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Ganked from Li, who will probably rip my answers to shreds, and rightfully so.
1.What was the first video game you have ever played?
Pac-Man, Atari 2600
2.What was your first console?
Atari 2600
3.Have you ever visited a video game arcade?
I used to all the time, but arcades aren’t what they were anymore.
4.What was your first handheld?
Game Boy Pocket *loves Kirby*
5.What was the first game you've beaten/cleared completely? (Got to the last level/got 100%/beat high score, etc.)
Super Mario Bros. *hums Mario theme*
6.Games based off of real sports: Yay or Nay?
Yeah *bows to Madden*
7.Online games: Yay or nay?
Does pogo.com count?
8.Do you play any Massively Multiplayer Online RPG games? (MMORPGs?)
I don’t have the comp to do so. I’m not sure if I would anyway, though this RO people talk about is intriguing.
9.Do you play any virtual pet games? (Neopets, Teripets, Aftermathzone, etc.)
Used to play Neopets
10. Puzzle games and Strategy games: Yay or Nay?
Yes on both.
11. Do you play any RPGs?
Best genre ever
12. Do you play any Platformer games?
Just Mario games
13. What was the first game/console/handheld of yours that stopped working?
Stopped working? *laughs* I’d never let one of my systems break. The Game Boy was replaced by a GBA, but it still works.
Characters/Plot
14. Do you actually care if a game has a plot or do you just play games for the gameplay?
Must have a good story. That’s why FF8 stunk.
15. Name a few video game characters that are your favorites.
Yuna (FFX/FFX-2), Locke (FF6), Luigi and Daisy (Mario series), Link (Zelda), many others.
16. Name a few series that are your favorites.
Final Fantasy, Mario, Zelda, Grandia
17. Has a video game ever made you cry?
Final Fantasy 6, every friggen time there was a Locke/Celes scenario.
18. Has a video game character annoyed you so much that you wanted him removed from the game? If so, name the character.
Angelo from DQ8 pisses me off *ducks punches from ang* I could do without Yuffie from FF7 too.
19. Do you "pair" or "ship" characters up with one another? (make/create/write romance involving them)
I always thought Lulu and Auron should have been together.
20. Do you write video game fanfiction?
I wrote a Chrono Trigger fanfic once.
21. Do you draw video game fanart?
I can’t draw.
22. Do you come up with theories on how a character came to be/what he or she would do in a situation/why he or she is moody/etc.
I have a theory on why Mario and Peach aren’t married. You see *mute* …. *scowls like Woody Paige*
23. Are you a "fanboy" or "fangirl" of any character?
Yuna, I suppose Rei counts since there is a Sailor Moon game.
Boss Battles/Villains
24. Hardest Boss Battle
Final battle with Kefka in FF6
25. Most Frustrating Boss Battle
Atma Weapon in FF6, not hard just took forever.
26. Most Rewarding Boss Battle
Final battle with Kefka
27. Funnest Boss Battle
Hammer Bros. in Super Mario RPG, what a joke
28. Most Boring Boss Battle
Atma weapon
29. Boss Battle that dragged out for a long, long time
Atma Weapon
30. Boss Battle with the coolest music
Oddly enough, it was the only saving grace for the battle, Atma Weapon.
31. Most Surprising Boss Battle
Evil Jessica in DQ8, didn’t see it coming at first.
32. What's your all time favorite villain?
Kefka
33. What's your all time least favorite villain?
Dhoulmagus from DQ8, dissapointing. What a pity.
34. Do you ever feel sorry for the villains?
Wiegraf from FFT seemed to be a victim of circumstance.
35. Are there any villains that seem like they should be playing for the good guys, but aren't?
All the ones I’ve ever thought that about turned out to be good guys in the end. Magus (Chrono Trigger), Leo (FF6), etc.
36. Most malicious villain
Rapthorne (DQ8) is just evil.
37. Most surprising villain
The whole Church of Yevon in FFX kinda shocked me. I mean I saw Seymore coming, but the whole church? I mean come on, how could they live with themselcves knowing they were encouraging the continuation of Sin.
Favorites
39.What's your favorite 3D game? (PS1/N64 generation)
Super Mario Sunshine
40.What's your favorite arcade game?
Tron. Ol’ Skool
41.What's your favorite next-gen game? (Gamecube/PS2/X-Box)
Right now its FFX-2. Dress up on a PS2? Okay, Paine in Full Throttle, let’s dance.
42.Sequels/long series: Yay or nay?
Final Fantasy, Grandia, Mario, and Zelda do it well. Star Ocean is alright.
43.What's your favorite Online Game?
Don’t play ‘em.
44.What's your favorite console?
Tie between SNES and PS2
45.What's your favorite handheld?
GBA
46.Have you ever got yourself involved in a "console war"? (arguing that a console is better than another console)
No, not really.
47.Have you ever defended a character/game/console you liked in an argument? Which one?
I think I defend Yuna against nay sayers all the time.
48.Name a game that you like but everyone else seems to hate.
FFX-2
49.Name a character that you like but everyone else seems to hate
There seem to be a lot of Locke haters, which I don’t understand, Yuna too.
50.Name a game that you hate but everyone else seems to like
Resident Evil series
51.Name a character that you hate but everyone else seems to love.
Angelo DQ8
Miscellaneous
52.Have you ever stopped before you finished a game because it was too frustrating to go on?
Once or twice, but I always go back and finish it.
53.Will you stop at NOTHING to get 100% in a video game?
Depends on if the ending will be different, if not then no
54.Have you ever injured yourself at a video game? (Space Invader wrist and Mario Party 1 blister victims may answer yes)
Yeah, Mario Party 1 gave me a ton of blisters. And I cramped my thumb once playing Mario Kart.
55.Has a horror/survival genre video game scared you to the point that you refused to finish the game? Did you get nightmares from said game?
Oooh, Resident Evil’s so scary. NOT. It’s a game for Pete’s sake.
56.Have you ever thrown a controller/disc/cartridge in a fit of frustration?
Controller, yes, other’s no.
57.Do you need to blow/clean certain games to get them to play?
NES and SNES
58.Have you ever played a game for so long that you missed sleep over it?
I did that with FF6
59.Were you ever involved in the Pokemon craze?
Yeah
60.Last but not least: Do you picture yourself playing video games 10, 20, or 30 years from now?
Of course.
One last note, is it just me or does everyone already know that it's going to be Chris and Mendesa(sp?) in the final two of American Idol? They're the only ones who can actually sing.
1.What was the first video game you have ever played?
Pac-Man, Atari 2600
2.What was your first console?
Atari 2600
3.Have you ever visited a video game arcade?
I used to all the time, but arcades aren’t what they were anymore.
4.What was your first handheld?
Game Boy Pocket *loves Kirby*
5.What was the first game you've beaten/cleared completely? (Got to the last level/got 100%/beat high score, etc.)
Super Mario Bros. *hums Mario theme*
6.Games based off of real sports: Yay or Nay?
Yeah *bows to Madden*
7.Online games: Yay or nay?
Does pogo.com count?
8.Do you play any Massively Multiplayer Online RPG games? (MMORPGs?)
I don’t have the comp to do so. I’m not sure if I would anyway, though this RO people talk about is intriguing.
9.Do you play any virtual pet games? (Neopets, Teripets, Aftermathzone, etc.)
Used to play Neopets
10. Puzzle games and Strategy games: Yay or Nay?
Yes on both.
11. Do you play any RPGs?
Best genre ever
12. Do you play any Platformer games?
Just Mario games
13. What was the first game/console/handheld of yours that stopped working?
Stopped working? *laughs* I’d never let one of my systems break. The Game Boy was replaced by a GBA, but it still works.
Characters/Plot
14. Do you actually care if a game has a plot or do you just play games for the gameplay?
Must have a good story. That’s why FF8 stunk.
15. Name a few video game characters that are your favorites.
Yuna (FFX/FFX-2), Locke (FF6), Luigi and Daisy (Mario series), Link (Zelda), many others.
16. Name a few series that are your favorites.
Final Fantasy, Mario, Zelda, Grandia
17. Has a video game ever made you cry?
Final Fantasy 6, every friggen time there was a Locke/Celes scenario.
18. Has a video game character annoyed you so much that you wanted him removed from the game? If so, name the character.
Angelo from DQ8 pisses me off *ducks punches from ang* I could do without Yuffie from FF7 too.
19. Do you "pair" or "ship" characters up with one another? (make/create/write romance involving them)
I always thought Lulu and Auron should have been together.
20. Do you write video game fanfiction?
I wrote a Chrono Trigger fanfic once.
21. Do you draw video game fanart?
I can’t draw.
22. Do you come up with theories on how a character came to be/what he or she would do in a situation/why he or she is moody/etc.
I have a theory on why Mario and Peach aren’t married. You see *mute* …. *scowls like Woody Paige*
23. Are you a "fanboy" or "fangirl" of any character?
Yuna, I suppose Rei counts since there is a Sailor Moon game.
Boss Battles/Villains
24. Hardest Boss Battle
Final battle with Kefka in FF6
25. Most Frustrating Boss Battle
Atma Weapon in FF6, not hard just took forever.
26. Most Rewarding Boss Battle
Final battle with Kefka
27. Funnest Boss Battle
Hammer Bros. in Super Mario RPG, what a joke
28. Most Boring Boss Battle
Atma weapon
29. Boss Battle that dragged out for a long, long time
Atma Weapon
30. Boss Battle with the coolest music
Oddly enough, it was the only saving grace for the battle, Atma Weapon.
31. Most Surprising Boss Battle
Evil Jessica in DQ8, didn’t see it coming at first.
32. What's your all time favorite villain?
Kefka
33. What's your all time least favorite villain?
Dhoulmagus from DQ8, dissapointing. What a pity.
34. Do you ever feel sorry for the villains?
Wiegraf from FFT seemed to be a victim of circumstance.
35. Are there any villains that seem like they should be playing for the good guys, but aren't?
All the ones I’ve ever thought that about turned out to be good guys in the end. Magus (Chrono Trigger), Leo (FF6), etc.
36. Most malicious villain
Rapthorne (DQ8) is just evil.
37. Most surprising villain
The whole Church of Yevon in FFX kinda shocked me. I mean I saw Seymore coming, but the whole church? I mean come on, how could they live with themselcves knowing they were encouraging the continuation of Sin.
Favorites
39.What's your favorite 3D game? (PS1/N64 generation)
Super Mario Sunshine
40.What's your favorite arcade game?
Tron. Ol’ Skool
41.What's your favorite next-gen game? (Gamecube/PS2/X-Box)
Right now its FFX-2. Dress up on a PS2? Okay, Paine in Full Throttle, let’s dance.
42.Sequels/long series: Yay or nay?
Final Fantasy, Grandia, Mario, and Zelda do it well. Star Ocean is alright.
43.What's your favorite Online Game?
Don’t play ‘em.
44.What's your favorite console?
Tie between SNES and PS2
45.What's your favorite handheld?
GBA
46.Have you ever got yourself involved in a "console war"? (arguing that a console is better than another console)
No, not really.
47.Have you ever defended a character/game/console you liked in an argument? Which one?
I think I defend Yuna against nay sayers all the time.
48.Name a game that you like but everyone else seems to hate.
FFX-2
49.Name a character that you like but everyone else seems to hate
There seem to be a lot of Locke haters, which I don’t understand, Yuna too.
50.Name a game that you hate but everyone else seems to like
Resident Evil series
51.Name a character that you hate but everyone else seems to love.
Angelo DQ8
Miscellaneous
52.Have you ever stopped before you finished a game because it was too frustrating to go on?
Once or twice, but I always go back and finish it.
53.Will you stop at NOTHING to get 100% in a video game?
Depends on if the ending will be different, if not then no
54.Have you ever injured yourself at a video game? (Space Invader wrist and Mario Party 1 blister victims may answer yes)
Yeah, Mario Party 1 gave me a ton of blisters. And I cramped my thumb once playing Mario Kart.
55.Has a horror/survival genre video game scared you to the point that you refused to finish the game? Did you get nightmares from said game?
Oooh, Resident Evil’s so scary. NOT. It’s a game for Pete’s sake.
56.Have you ever thrown a controller/disc/cartridge in a fit of frustration?
Controller, yes, other’s no.
57.Do you need to blow/clean certain games to get them to play?
NES and SNES
58.Have you ever played a game for so long that you missed sleep over it?
I did that with FF6
59.Were you ever involved in the Pokemon craze?
Yeah
60.Last but not least: Do you picture yourself playing video games 10, 20, or 30 years from now?
Of course.
One last note, is it just me or does everyone already know that it's going to be Chris and Mendesa(sp?) in the final two of American Idol? They're the only ones who can actually sing.