Like usual, it's been a while since my last blog post, but lucky for me, and possibly you too, I'm in the mood for a blog.

So! What's happened since I last blogged? Mario Kart. Oh yeah! I actually quite excited when it came to the lead up. And, let me tell you, Mario Kart Wii fixes some of the flaws that were made in Double Dash.
OK, OK, Mario Kart is old news. It's been out for more than a month everywhere. But yet I'm still pleased with it. Mario Kart is certainly a game I'm going back to. When I turn on my Wii with plans on playing Mario Kart, when I arrive at the menu screen, I'd ask myself: "What shall I do this time?". It's great! I haven't yet completed the Grand Prix, I'm actually making some Time Trial times thanks to the ingenius idea of online leaderboards, whether it be against your mates, your continent or the world, the fantastic Wi-Fi, unlike Mario Kart DS, you'll actually find some opponents, and competitions organised by Nintendo as well! Fantastic!
Oh, and my thoughts on the Wii Wheel? I like it quite a lot! All you need to do is get the hang of it and you'll be having a great time! Some might find it a little unresponsive, in the fact that when you wheelie on a motorbike or attempt a trick in the air, nothing will happen, but honestly, it's won't annoy you too much. It's still very possible to be pro with the Wii Wheel!
There are a lot of little awesome things about Mario Kart Wii, but I think that they're the main points.

Now what about The Wii Club? Well, things are going smashingly! After releasing the forum, I advertised it two places, both receiving negative responses. The first one was the Bit Blot forum, where I foolishly signed up under the false hype of Aquaria, which, sure, is still on my computer, but has only had 45 minutes of playtime. But that's not the point. I'd already tried to get The Wii Club more publicity on there beforehand, but it didn't aquire much interest, and was neglected quite quickly. But I returned, hoping a forum would insight more interest. WRONG!
You see, the users on there were a little hessitent because the forum looked as if it were inactive, when it had merely just started, but then they decided they'd pick on the font. What the?! The font I use for the headings on The Wii Club, known as Freshbot, has 4 "prong" things for the w's and m's. For some strange reason, they decided they'd have a sook about that. Seriously, what the?!
Then, I decided I might try here at Newgrounds. BIG MISTAKE. I was confronted with THE most imature forum users I have EVER seen! Even worse than the spammers over at Buziol's old forum! 'Course, I did what I typically do and ignored any comments I saw as unconstructive, and by the end, I just wanted the topic to die, which it did, eventually. Which brings me to my next paragraph explained later...
But the forum was successful, regardless of the two failed advertisements. In fact, we received a great oppertunity to expand the forum too! After doing some work, I closed the forum saying that the new one would be open soon.
And that's where things got even better! After contemplating over the forum header, my inovative inspiration kicked in! Man, and this was an idea I just couldn't just leave fermenting in my mind! After contacting Krusha and discussing it with him, I went ahead and started the project! I'd say more, but this is a public blog, and I can't just blab about my plans when they're supposed to be secret when the entire world can read this! Ah, but looking back on this post, I'll still very much know what I'm talking about. :P
But there has been one setback. Our new host had some trouble, and, as a result, all our data was deleted. Not a big deal, since I make and keep backups of The Wii Club. But what is a pain is that I can't put it back up. Like before, I would go into more detail, but I can't / won't.
Yes, good things are happening to The Wii Club! This big idea will certainly give us an identity, and I'll be sure to update you on its progress and show it off here as well when it's done! I'll show as many people as I can! And this time, I don't think it'll get that bad feedback I got from here and Bit Blot.

But Newgrounds! I must admit, this place ain't as happy as it once was. I'm well and truely in my "not that interested in Newgrounds" phase again. Last time this happened was sometime at the start of 2007. I've tired of Newgrounds. The low quality "Flash" that gets passed in the Portal give me less reason to go there, there aren't many good Flashes out there for me to review, a few submissions have purely disgusted me (I'd explain more on this matter, but it'd be controversial and awkward for both sides) and the fact that Newgrounds has got a whole lot more uninviting, imature and unfriendly, places I don't hang out in. Sure, where there's good on Newgrounds, it's fantastic, but there just hasn't been enough of it. Sure, I'll still be around, just not as often as before, when times were good.

In general? I recently got word that Nintendo had released the details about the Australian Connection Tour '08, and I'm seriously thinking of going. If I do, I reckon I'll go with one of my best mates, oyer. 'Twould also be awesome if I could take a video camera or digital camera to imortalize those awesome memories! Truth be known, I need a lot more Nintendo fan-gear, show a bit of the Nintendo fanatic on the outside, eh?
And speaking of Nintendo, are we Aussies thankful or what?! We finally have the release date for Super Smash Bros. Brawl! :D It's the 26th of June for those who've managed to avoid it. Will the wait be worth it? One thing's for sure, that wait has punished the game a bit, losing its hype from all the time back in 2007. Ever since the US release really. And, strangly, I read in NGamer that it only got 93. What the?! Especially considering that both Super Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess got 97. Ouch! But then again, who knows? It's even more stange, because Famitsu gave it a 40/40, or four 10/10's. Very strange...

Well, that should wrap that up! Ah, refreshing to make another long post. Too bad very few people read them! And no, no stats this time, I haven't achieved much on Newgrounds since my last post anyway. Time to sign off, so see you later, have fun and keep gaming! :D

Mush Man