Hiding Behind my Mii

“Hey, how you doing?”

“Me? Oh...uh, I’m uh, doing okay.”  

“What are you wearing today?”

“I’m wearing a nondescript white t-shirt/dress kinda thing.  It’s cool and helpful! In case I Streetpass anyone and they need a Mii to help light up a dark room in Find Mii.  I’m so awesome! And thoughtful.  Did I mention helpful? I remember when I spent so many play coins just to hire a white t-shirt clad dog at random to fight for me...”

“...Yeah, okay.  I’m...just...  Going to go now...”

If I ever had an actual epic conversation like that, I think my life would have been that much fuller.

Happy Anniversary, N3DS!

Today marks the one year anniversary of the North American release of the Nintendo 3DS.

Usually, I don't care about such things but Nintendo sent me a little present today and since we're all in the mood to celebrate, I decided to take a look at what I've done with Zarnyx: The 3DS Edition in the past year.

When I first got little bluesey N3DS, he was bought with not much fanfare.  In fact, I deliberately canceled my pre-order at Amazon just so I could waltz into Nintendo World to pick up one from the herd from the damned source!

I'm not that obsessed over Nintendo but I was looking for some sort of freebie.  Nintendo World is glorious at freebies, so I was hoping for something awesome!

It turns out I got diddly-squat.

Zarnyx: The Nintendo 3DS Edition

I have had the 3DS for just shy of an entire week.

I did not attend the Best Buy Union Square NYC Launch Party, I canceled my pre-order on Amazon and opted instead, to pre-order the thing at damned Nintendo World in NYC.

It was the wrong move to make and I knew as much a week before the blasted thing launched.

I got zero swag from Nintendo World, and just about as much fanfare on the Monday - one day after its U.S. launch.

The girl who rang me up at 9 a.m. was less than enthusiastic.

While I was not impressed by the swag anyway (sour grapes! sour grapes! - no really, the case would have been awesome but everything else was mostly 'meh'), it still sucks to get nothing when I'm used to the opposite.

But that's okay.

I love my Aqua Blue.  For the most part.

Zarnyx, the Aqua Blue Nintendo 3DS.