I also want to send a thanks out to Katy for drinking and playing Super Smash Brothers Brawl with me tonight. You rock!

Now I know what you are thinking, why in the world I brave the road conditions if they were so bad. Easy, my preorder for Super Smash Brother Brawl came in.

So I made my way out to the garage and spotted what I thought to be a problem. The snow removal service for my complex had cleaned the roads for the complex, however they had failed to plow the section in front of the garages. This left about 4 feet of snow about a foot high butting up next to my garge door. I opened the door, got in the car and said fuck it. I floored it and plowed my car out on the first try. Woot!

So I’m driving down the street. Its mostly plowed but really just a lane of packed powder. Those rally racing skill I picked up playing Gran Turismo really paid off. Although I’m not sure you can get rally tires on a Mazda 3 4-door.

So I popped into Gamestop to pick up my game. Here is the conversation as I was checking out.

GS Employee: Hey Mario Kart is coming out in April would…

Me: (Cutting him off) Sure. What’s the minimum for pre-order

GS Employee: $5

Me: Do that.

I slide my way back home, and slip the game into the console. It was like an old friend coming home on a new console. So I pick up and Wii Mote and Nuchuck and wasted my entire afternoon. Well I wouldn’t call it a waste, but it was fun.

So about the game. The classic mode is everything that made the series great. All of the characters I care about are there. Some of the new ones are pretty cool too (Solid Snake, Sonic, and Zero Suit Samus to name a few). The story mode however does lack something, namely a cohertent story. I mean my nephew, who started middle school, could write a better fan fiction story than the thing they threw together. But let’s be honest, if you bought this game for the story you should be drug out in the street and shot.

So are you still wondering what a donkey kick. Its a kick that Zelda had in Melee, and presumably has in Brawl, that can knock you off the board for good at only 30% damage. Its what I like to refer to as her “I Win” button. Granted any decent player can avoid it, but it only takes one time lucky to feel the pain.

Speaking of the “I Win” button, I think I’ve mashed it so may times using different characters this afternoon that I have become numb to the carnage. God did I miss Smash Brothers.