Breath of the Wild: Where Does it Fit in the Legend?

The Legend of Zelda truly is an epic tale spanning literally hundreds of thousands of in-game years, spread over eighteen main series games. That’s a LOT of lore and backstory! But any true Zelda fan will know two things: first, the games don’t come out in chronological order; and second, not every Link and Zelda are the same person. Skyward Sword explains this perfectly when the final boss, Demise, places a curse on Zelda’s bloodline and ‘the Spirit of the Hero’, basically meaning that every time there’s a Princess Zelda and a reincarnation of Link, there will be a reincarnation of Demise there to ruin their day. Which usually means Ganon/Ganondorf. If you play the games in order of release, for the most part, you’ll be jumping around the timeline like Marty McFly and very little will make sense. There’ll be references to other games that you’ll recognise but overall you’ll probably end up confused.

Top 5 Grass Types in Pokémon

It's no secret that I'm a huge Pokémon fan. With so many Pokémon of so many different types out there, it can be quite daunting narrowing down your favourites. But I'm going to give it a try, kicking things off with the Grass type. 

Now there's actually not a lot of Grass types I really like so three of these five are Starters. But only one is the fully evolved form!

5) Swadloon

My love of Swadloon sort of came out of nowhere. I used a Sewaddle in one of my playthroughs of Black2 and I really didn't expect to like its whole evolution line so much!

Swadloon's design is simply adorable: it's all cuddes up in its little leaf with a grumpy little look on its face... my heart just melts!

4) Grotle

The first of the three starters on this list is Grotle, the evolved form of Turtwig. I love the Gen 4 games and all the Sinnoh Starters, and with Chimchar and Piplup I like the mid-stages the least. However that's not the case with Turtwig.

I'm not 100% sure what it is about Grotle but it's my favourite of the Turtwig line. I love its design and personality and whenever I've used one in Gen 4 it's always come out on top for me. 

3) Leafeon

Another Gen 4 and my favourite Eeveelution of them all... Leafeon! I adore Leafeon's design since it looks elegent and beautiful like most Eeveelutions but it also had a hint of power about it.

That leaf on its head (although pretty) looks like a deadly, razor-sharp weapon in my eyes. I still stand by my belief that we should have had Leafeon in Gen 1 instead of Jolteon... or at least had four Eeveelutions. We all tried to use Leaf Stone on Eevee, don't deny it! 

2) Rowlet

"Wait... not Decidueye? But it's all over your profile pics!?" That's true, but I love Decidueye for its Ghost typing (spoiler alert for that Top 5!) so that's why Rowlet takes this spot. Infact, Rowlet is my new favourite "basic stage" Starter!

Its entire personality is just so adorable yet amazingly cool at the same time. The way it tilts its head, the way it narrows its eyes... I want one in real life! And they got Rowlet's anime adaptation down perfectly!

I've been obsessed with this little guy ever since that first Sun & Moon trailer and he is definitely deserving of my Number 2 spot.

1) Sceptile

The big bad gecko of Hoenn takes the gold as my favourite Grass type! There's a number of reasons for this...

First of all Treeko is my favourite Hoenn starter. Second, Sceptile's design is near perfect (the pink stripe bugs me for some reason). And third: it is hard as nails!

Most the Grass starters are slow and bulky whilst packing a punch but Sceptile doesn't have time for that nonsence! It runs rings around its opponents, Leaf Blading and Leaf Storming its way to victory.

With the reveal of Mega Blaziken we all knew Sceptile and Swampert would receive Megas in ORAS too. And although Mega Swampert's design is flawless in my eyes, Mega Sceptile looks pretty darn bad ass too! Plus it was really refreshing to give it a second type, that makes sense, in the form of Dragon.

Splatoon 2: First Impressions

Splatoon 2 is the upcoming sequel to arguably one of the Wii U's best games. The Global Testfire gave us the first taste of what's to come and it is looking sweet! Check out the video for my review of Splatoon 2... so far at least!

Nintendo Switch Review

My thoughts on the Nintendo Switch, quite easily one of the best consoles I have ever played! It's had a great start with even more amazing games on the way. Watch the video for my full review!

Highway to the Danger Zone...

On Wednesday I'll be launching my brand new project:

Can't wait! Tune in for games, anime, music and surprises along the way! 

Hopes and Speculations for Pokémon Gen 7

With Pokémon Sun and Moon due "late 2016," here are my hopes and speculations for the 7th Generation and what the new games might contain. The video version of this podcast will be uploaded tomorrow evening. 

HAPPY POKÉMON DAY!

Gen 7 Pokémon Games Have Been Confirmed: Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon!

After the day-long speculation of the Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon logos yesterday, we've finally been given our answer in today's Pokémon Direct: Generation 7 of Pokémon is on the way!

Fans have been trying to guess what the next main series game will be since Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire came out, if not longer. With the multiple Zygarde forms that were revealed many people leaned towards "Pokémon Z," which seemed like the logical answer. Others thought Gen 6 remakes of Red/Blue or Yellow for the 20th Anniversary, but instead we've got the re-releases on the eShop.

All we know about Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon at this point is that it's a 3DS title as expected, it'll be out "Holiday 2016" with a world-wide release and it'll have nine languages to choose from instead of seven. Furthermore, you will be able to transfer Pokémon from the eShop versions of Red, Blue and Yellow to Sun and Moon via Pokémon bank.  

With the confirmation of Sun and Moon we've now got a whopping six games in 2016 to mark two decades of Pokémon. Super Mystery Dungeon (in Europe) and Great Detective Pikachu (Japan only) came out earlier this month with the Wii U version of Pokken Tournament due for initial release on 18th March. There's no release date for Pokémon GO yet but the eShop versions of Red, Blue and Yellow will be available tomorrow (27th February), marking the 20th Anniversary of Pokémon's original release.

That's plenty to be getting on with until Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon arrive. This truly is the year of Pokémon!