Tomodachi Life: Newest SpotPass item & Population of 100!

The 16th means the 2nd item of the month is officially out :D This time, we have the Pawn Shop Uniform!

It is $40 and available in Orange, Yellow, Purple, and Blue.

Not too much has happened since last time. We received a letter from one of our own travelers:

And actually had a new traveler camp out:

I finally got the tiara color I wanted to match my Mii’s dress:

A new engagement and wedding happened:

Meanwhile, two new Miis ended up getting set up:

Plus a few random news updates:

But as for the biggest newsflash… I moved in the final 6 residents to Pink Sea Island from a lovely Classical Music Anime that then crushes your heart and soul for absolutely no reason because they deserve somewhere to be happy which ended up getting us to 100 and a special newsflash!:

You can find all 6 on the QR page, but here is a sneak preview of 4 of them just enjoying the things they love and actually getting to live the life they deserve:

Note: I received the game early from Nintendo. Thank you, Nintendo! :D If you are interested in Tomodachi Life, you may want to look into picking it up!

Mummy-Me Maze Forever

So, I am currently on the final Captain Toad level. I don’t expect to do the speed challenges (I may do some attempts for fun, but it’s just not something I really care to do) so this is kind of my final level in Captain Toad. And wow, do I hate it.

I haven’t made it unknown that I can’t stand the Mummy mechanic. I think the extra challenges are fun by themselves without the need for the Mummy challenges which I feel adds an extra hecticness that I just do not enjoy in my puzzle games. I generally play puzzle games more for thought exercises and relaxation so the added stress of something forever chasing you gets frustrating quickly (and in a similar sense, I don’t enjoy the speed runs either because I like enjoying Captain Toad and not trying to just rush through it over and over).

Overall though, I actually find Mummy-Me Maze Forever “easier” than Mummy-me at Pyro Puff Peak which involved gathering 170 coins. I think Mummy-Me Maze Forever just allows more flexibility despite how hectic it can get at points.

Even though I’ve figured out what I need to do to complete Mummy-Me Maze Forever, that doesn’t actually make it any less hard. There are parts that are completely unforgiving and considering you constantly have to be sprinting, it actually hurts after a while… and it is not a short level with 50 floors.

You have a break on floors 10, 20, 35, 45, and 50.
Floors 5, 15, 25, 30, and 40 contain Chargin’ Chucks and Magikoopas/Kameks.

While most of the areas contain stationary enemies (afterall, you’re being chased enough as it is and will have 4 Mummies chasing you by the end of it), you will eventually have to deal with floors of Boos and Goombas which, while easy enough to avoid in general, if you do accidentally hit a dead-end there is a high chance you will die if you have already been hit.

Each level has at least 105 coins. If you’re lucky, a normal mushroom, golden mushroom, or large pile of coins will spawn (essentially like 5 different piles of coins close together). These seem random as to why they do spawn (I’ve sometimes gotten them even on the first level), but they are quite helpful. Similarly, there is also the pick axe which is the only thing that can kill the Mummy and get help make levels a bit easier.

Once you’ve hit level 5, I’d highly recommend no longer bothering to get all the coins. I think in general, most people will want to collect all the coins on earlier levels in preparation (afterall, you need 5,000 by the end), but this isn’t actually needed. The spawn rates of those bonus coins do go up as you get higher and you will actually get 1800 coins just from the final floor so you only really need to try and get at least 3,200. I managed to get 2.9K at the 21st floor so it’s honestly not too bad. But honestly, as soon as you hit level 5, just work on getting to the end as quickly as possible. You will easily earn enough coins just making your way there and if you miss a coin, do not go back for it. While one Mummy is easy to control, the 2nd Mummy easily stands much further back while the next two Mummy will be towards the middle and thus, the best thing to really do is to keep moving forward. Always choose between not getting hit to grabbing some extra coins.

There is, of course, still some randomness to it–the maze itself is randomly generated each time along with placements of coins, enemies, and any other extra spawns with the only thing staying the same is the Mummy’s and their distance from you.

That said, I do wish they either removed the Mummies or changed some other things around. I don’t really enjoy having to sprint the entire time. v-v; Now I am off to try again…

Tomodachi Life: March updates!

So, it is officially March bringing us Spring back on the island (and Disney Magical World) and a brand new SpotPass item:

The Leprechaun Hat! It is available in Green, Light Green, and Dark Yellowgreen.

We also get a brand new Interior–the Train Interior:

Which is really cool. The scenery actually moves outside the windows. As you can see, I bought several. Here is a picture of it being used:

Anyway, there are also new seasonal items due to Spring’s return so be sure to check that out as well :) I’ve almost had the game for a year now so, ignoring colors, I’m actually pretty close on my collection–I believe most of the stuff left is StreetPass related now and the last food item I need can’t be gotten in stores. Hopefully I’ll have everything soon.

As for the residents themselves, it’s been rather quiet, but here’s a few updates!

I never really showed off the Monthly Interior, Winter, last month, so two belated pictures for that:

A new child was born and traveled off:

While another moved in:

And a letter arrived from one other:

We also have quite a lot of people (and more you can’t even see on screen yet) waiting to travel:

I really need to StreetPass more.

Besides that, it’s mostly just been random news:



Note: I received the game early from Nintendo. Thank you, Nintendo! :D If you are interested in Tomodachi Life, you may want to look into picking it up!

In which I talk even more about Pokemon Shuffle

If you’ve been watching my twitter, I’ve already been giving random updates on the game, but if not, I wanted to make an entry with some more thoughts as I’ve gotten further into it and also talk about some of the special events going on. But first, look at this lovely high quality Mega Audino from the official Pokemon Shuffle site:
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So cute T~T

But yes, moving on! I’m currently up to level 90 which is honestly a complete nightmare and from looking around, I’m not the only one having issues with it. I also have been having a lot of issues with the Expert Stages unfortunately as it seems those Pokemon are the best to use for that level :(

It just really makes me wish the game was an actual game you could buy. I’d prefer being able to play for hours if I feel like it versus only getting to try a few times every few hours. StreetPasses help, but it’s still not perfect. And one of the best ways to get better at something is to keep trying and this is literally a game where you need to keep pausing which actually just makes it even harder.

I’d have preferred the ability to keep trying and would easily take a game I had to buy over the freebie with micro transactions. Despite my frustrations, I’m still enjoying it and having a lot of fun catching Pokemon. Even if sometimes I cry as another Pokemon escapes after the 20th time I’ve attempted a level…

One thing I’ve noticed though is a lot of people writing the game off because it’s “just like Pokemon Trozei” and it reeeeally isn’t. I’m not great at explaining the differences, but as someone who actually does not enjoy Trozei at all, it gets tiring to hear that so often (kind of like everytime Mega Audino is compared to something from Madoka Magica -_-).

But yes! For those who are playing the game or maybe downloaded then stopped, here’s some things currently happening if you Check in:
-To celebrate the game launching, a special stage with Mew is available until March 9th, 2015.
-Daily challenges also have started up recently! Until March 16th, the following events will be happening:
–Every weekend (Saturday and Sunday), Meowth will be available to battle once a day to earn quite a bit of coins. You can not catch him–the stage is literally just to earn coins and it is actually quite helpful.
–Every Monday, you can try and catch Frost Rotom as many times as you want.
–Every Tuesday, you can try and catch Heat Rotom as many times as you want.
–Every Wednesday, you can try and catch Wash Rotom as many times as you want.
–Every Thursday, you can try and catch Mow Rotom as many times as you want.
–Every Friday, you can try and catch Fan Rotom as many times as you want.
Despite their limited times, they do all require a heart for each attempt/play so be sure to have some on hand before they go away!

And now, back to trying to catch Charizard…

Pokemon Art Academy complete!

So, it’s been a long while since the game has been released, but today I finally managed to complete every lesson + quick sketch thingy. You can check out the “ceremony” in the video below for doing that along with all the various drawings I’ve done:

I kind of liked the license design I had from just completing the normal licenses, but oh well! Every single drawing shown are ones from lessons with the exception of three:
1. Jigglypuff – I wanted to see if Free Paint ones were needed so this was a test. They were not :P
2. Pikachu dressed as Mega Audino – For the Cosplay Pikachu Contest
3. Mega Audino – For the Favorite Pokemon Contest

But yes, it was a fun game and helped me understand construction shapes a bit more! I’m still kind of awful though. Especially at drawing Pikachu despite that being the final exam for each part… But yes, I shall end this with the lovely certificates!:

And if you’d like to see all the art that was shown in a gallery over a video, you can click here for the Pokemon Art Academy Game Diary page.

Pokemon Shuffle

So, Pokemon Shuffle came out today! It’s a fairly cute game–somewhat similar to Pokemon Trozei, though, I honestly prefer this game. It is free to download, though, the catch is the game is very heavily based off mobile games. You have to wait to get more “hearts” in order to enter a Battle. Each Battle costs a heart (a heart will replenish every 30 minutes), you can buy gems to replenish them instantly (and sometimes get gems for free in the game itself) and also for coins which can be used to get power-ups and great balls.

So far, I’ve only purchased gems once. I have been able to get some of the harder to get Pokemon and you can watch an hour my playthrough of the game below:

That said, while you do not need to pay for anything, the game requires a bit more luck for some things if you don’t–you’ll see a good example when I’m trying to catch Torchic which starts at 45 minutes and 10 seconds or so in. And don’t even get me started on the expert timed ones T___T

You can also check out the trailer below:

Plus Mega Audino is in it and is the first Mega you get and that is amazing:


LOOK HOW CUTE SHE IS.

But yes, despite some frustrations with the heart regeneration and how few coins you really earn, I’ve found myself having a lot of fun with it. Remember, it’s free to download so there’s no reason not to give it a try!

Tomodachi Life: Newest SpotPass Item & Updates

It’s the 26th of the month which means a brand new SpotPass item!

The Clothing Shop Uniform. It is available in Pink, Hot Pink, Light Blue, and Black. Keep in mind that you have less time to get it as February is a shorter month! I was kind of hoping for a late Valentine’s Day thing or even something silly for President’s Day, but oh well.

Besides that, most of what has been happening on the island is still lots of kids. Many new ones were born:


And most went traveling:


Though, I did move one in!:

And a new couple ended up getting together withRagna setting up Misora and Solo:

Plus, we even managed to get a new camper!:

Along with a letter from one of the kids already traveling:

We also had lots of fun news updates:




Finally, if you missed it, some of the shops had decorated for Valentine’s Day!:

Note: I received the game early from Nintendo. Thank you, Nintendo! :D If you are interested in Tomodachi Life, you may want to look into picking it up!

New Club Nintendo items are up

As mentioned, Club Nintendo did say they’d be adding new items to the store this month and on the first business day of February in the early morning hours, the site went down coming back with various new items. Our first priority was easily the physical items as neither of us enjoys downloading games. If you have less than 150 coins though, you will not be able to afford anything.

Since my fiancé and I both put coins into the one account, we each picked an item. I chose the Animal Crossing playing cards:
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Close runner-up:
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2016 Desktop Calendar. I really like the 2015 look (as shown), but without knowing for sure how it’d look.. well… I also would like something I’d probably have around longer.

As for my fiancé, he picked the Majora’s Mask Messenger Bag:
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He loves Zelda and needs a new messenger bag so!

Runner up:

He really likes Deity Link and if this was a poster, I think he’d have gotten it immediately, but because it is a puzzle, there would just be no where for it to go for a long time. I think if we ever see it for sale somewhere, he will have it. If it was a poster though, I think we’d still be deciding as I sadly only had 1,400 coins available.

Also a close contest for him was the 3DS XL pouch:

As for Smash fans, you’ll be happy to see the next set of Smash Brothers posters:
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I do like them, but it wasn’t as big priority for me as the first set.

Finally, there are A LOT of games available and no limit on these so if you don’t want any of the physical items, there may be stuff for you!

Heck, I even saw things I’d want if I didn’t already spend all my coins.

So, some highlights for me and/or m fiancé from the game list (aka games I’d have gotten if I got all the physical stuff I wanted):
Game & Wario (Wii U) – 600 Coins
Harmo Knight (3DS) – 300 Coins
Fluidity: Spin Cycle (3DS) – 300 Coins
New Super Mario Brothers 2 (3DS) – 600 Coins
Clu Clu Land (Wii U) – 200 Coins

I would say Game & Wario and HarmoKnight are the big ones for me though along with Clu Clu Land which I’ve been pretty intrigued about. Also tempting even though I still have the original game– Super Mario World (Wii U) – 200 Coins and Mario Party 2 (Wii) – 250 Coins.

Edit: My fiancé has claimed this section for more of his own picks:
Golden Sun (Wii U) – 200 Coins
Mario vs Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (3DS) – 200 Coins
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (3DS) – 200 Coins

But yes, if you have some coins to spend, be sure to do so! You have until the end of June 2015. Also the code for Flipnote Hatena 3D will be out through the “To-Do List” sometime this week so keep an eye out!

Tomodachi Life: New things for February

So, it is officially February 1st which brings us both a new SpotPass item and a new interior today in Tomodachi Life!

To start, the brand new SpotPass item–a Football Uniform!:

Most likely being released to celebrate the fact that today is the Super Bowl. I personally prefer the Puppy Bowl (and it is what I will be watching), but regardless, this outfit is available in Red, Blue, Purple, and Grey. Even the shopkeepers are getting in the football spirit it seems:

As for the monthly interior, we have the new Skyscraper interior which is largely based off the Fancy Dinner Proposal area:

Anyway, as for random happens on Pink Sea Island…


Link proposed to Zelda and they quickly had their wedding ceremony.

Conan asked Mysty out:

She said yes.

We received some letters and visits from some of the kids who have gone off traveling:

Along with new children being born:

And more being sent off to travel as well:

Random News & Birthdays:



Finally, I’ve been getting QR requests again… Please read the FAQ on the QR page for any QR questions before asking. I will not put up any QRs of real life people I know or characters I’ve made up that aren’t already there.

Note: I received the game early from Nintendo. Thank you, Nintendo! :D If you are interested in Tomodachi Life, you may want to look into picking it up!

The Lost Valley

If you caught my stream yesterday or watched it on Youtube, you’d know I finally started playing Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley. It’s not that I wasn’t interested in it–Harvest Moon games in general (and I know some people consider this a “fake” Harvest Moon game–I consider both this and Story of Seasons part of the franchise personally) tend to start off slow and Lost Valley is no different.

That said, once I’ve kind of figured out my way around, I started to enjoy it a lot more. I do have some issues with it (I have tons of trouble with landscaping in general so this game is just… incredibly hard for me all around with that), but I still think its a fun game in itself. I do wish characters couldn’t spawn places you can’t get to though… Like, I mean, you could try and make a path up, but I literally ended up doing this from the start of the day until 4AM at one point to get to a character. It just gets kind of ridiculous at times trying to traverse this giant area and essentially the only fix is doing a ridiculous amount of landscaping which takes up a lot of time. Like this may be the first game where I’m not sure when my character will get married. I wish you could invite others to your town as it’d help a lot x-x I’d love to just get everything level (minus certain parts like my way up to the Goddess’ Spring) so I can start doing things… but it’ll be a long time for that.

At least my animals will stay with me. And I really love the cow designs in the game.

But yes, I’m honestly looking forward to playing it more and while it isn’t perfect, most Harvest Moon games aren’t. There’s definitely stuff I’m not looking forward to in Story of Seasons and I feel this game is being too harshly judged.