Club Nintendo 2011 Platinum Reward Unboxing!

So, two reviewers here on Null (Rinzler and myself!) recently got their hands on the latest Club Nintendo elite status reward! Platinum, no less. There's really not much more to say, so check out our unboxing videos down below! Just click a link and have a good four minutes of your life. It's time well wasted, folks.

My Unboxing (Fiftybottles):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNv0FXjXrR0

Rinzler's Unboxing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fzzT5hJwts&context=C3495d3dADOEgsToPDskKwmrk0Br019HwJVOiAOzo6

Sorry for the Last Post

As you can see, the title is what I mean. I have deepest regrets for doing something so childish. I'm just expresses my inner emotions through pictures that I created. Like a poet with his or her poems. Like an artist with paint or an author with words. I am just a follower of these great people. I may have missed some of the great people who express their feelings. If you thought I would make more of those, well too bad. I'll only give you one more though.

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Just Some Stuff...

Okay, so recently a few things have happened... Thor has recently retrieved the password for our YouTube/Gmail/Blogger account, so I took the liberty to upload a video review, which is kind of crappy, for the Club Nintendo Platinum Reward... Which is being uploaded as I type this on my phone.

The other info I had to inform you about, is that our fellow blogger, Chi You has been temporarily demoted to an author for posting a poll asking who was right, me or him. Not to worry, he has been informed and will be fully reinstated as a full admin before the turn of 2012.

Another quick note, I will also be making a video review for Mario Kart 7 as well as Super Mario 3D Land.

Thanks for reading,

~Captain Picard

Minecraft Requests

I am taking Minecraft creation requests if you don't know. It has to be something you won't censor or look like something you will censor. So, I will be able to make a lot of thing. I would prefer if you gave Minecraft city ideas. Sad face.

I have an emergency station, if you don't know, I have a visual tour of it. I have a church, inn, observatory, indoor shooting/bomb range, therapist, a brewer stand, a vendor, a well, a soup kitchen/homeless shelter, hunting store, cafe, a lighting shop and a color wool store.
Well, if you want to tell me a request either e mail me with the e mails at the side or post a comment.

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Lucky Number 7

So over the weekend, my dad was supposed to buy me Mario Kart 7 from the NWS in NY City, but he ran out of money, so I was forced to get it today, after school. Anyhow, I ended getting it on the 6th instead of the 4th, like I was supposed to. I did however, get the 2 pin set from Gamestop (and an Yellow Bird plush) with the game.

Overal, the game has its many ups and downs (literally, with that damn hanglider), and one strong point the game has is something I have admired about Mario Kart since I used to play my N64, which is probably collecting dust somewhere in my basement, was the music used in Rainbow Road. The developers and composers that helped with this game gave it a unique feel, but the classic fanfare kicked in about halfway through the first "section" (longer courses, such as Wuhu Loop, Maka Wuhu and Rainbow Road have you complete three segments of the course, but only one lap). The way the music blended with the graphics almost made me cry myself to the finish line.

The gamplay that Mario Kart 7 has to offer is truly one-of-a-kind, in the sense that is has the virtue that it hasn't been done before. The 3D effects really add depth (pardon the pun) to the game, and the first-person-racer mode allows you to use the gyro controls to race. I still can't forgive Nintendo for putting Mushroom Gorge in this game...

The only area I think that this game lacked in was the characters. The game has some new characters, and the ability to customize your kart, but the characters you'd expect to be there have been replaced by some useless characters from Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario 64. Otherwise, this game was among the stars (literally, again with the hanglider), and is bound to be like it's predecessor, which has only dropped in price by 5$ in almost 4 years.

I give this game 99.5 hangliders out of 100.

Our opinion on Minecraft

Sorry that no one posted anything about the Minecraft Official release. Well, here it is, we've only been out for about a year now, so we said stuff about Minecraft since Feburary of this year. We continued to say things about Minecraft, me posting lots of things about it. In the month of July, I posted Minecraft Traps for everyday, and currently I'm making a city to show off to you, the viewers. Overall, I have posted the most about Minecraft, I never really stood there and valued it. Yes Fiftybottles posted things that were cool, like a cavestory texture, Minecraft movie, Minecraft videos and stuff no one really cared about. He just improved the Minecraft appearance. Sad face.

I on the other hand will take requests for what you want to see about Minecraft. I will mold Minecraft into whatever, and make this a Minecraft experience. Minecraft is about observing natural structures on you computer and not in real life, it's about bragging about awesome generating bugs, building huge things because you have no life, and just having fun with mods. Sad face.

In short, Minecraft is awesome juice straight from a semi awesome fruit. Half the awesomeness is from what you make of it. Whether you build or mod, Minecraft is what you make of it. This is not Null Review's official review of Minecraft but it is close. Sad face.

Voxatron Review

Ohmigod, it's Fiftybottles! (resounding applause) Thank you, thank you. As you obviously noticed, that whole "Freebies and Betas" died a loooong time ago. But anyways, I'm back, and I'm here with another review. It's a bit shorter this time, but let's hope you still enjoy it!

Voxatron was released originally with the "Humble Voxatron Debut", a day before Halloween. It's obviously over now, but I managed to pick it up (on the last day, no less) and I figured, hey, why the hell not? Let's review this mother!

Voxatron is an old-school shoot-em-up with a twist. Sure, you're still blasting away at hordes of demons, monsters, and giant pigs with fists that could break Chuck Norris, but the entire game is made of voxels. Don't know what voxels are? Ever heard of Minecraft? Then you know what voxels are. They are essentially 3D pixels. Minecraft uses a completely voxel-based engine (which is how it achieves the whole "block-building" effect), albeit on a much larger scale than "Voxatron". A.K.A. The voxels in this game are much smaller. This means that you can run around, blasting tiny chunks away from buildings with your pea-shooter, and watching them collapse in a pile of rubble before your very feet and eyes! It's immensely satisfying to shoot the stilts off of a cage containing hundreds of little monsters, and watch them pour out of the remains to tear your face off. There are really no limits to what a voxel-based engine can do, and there's really no better showcase for that than this game.

Voxatron comes with a 27-room sample level, labelled "Adventure Mode". It's very fun to play through, and shows you just what can be achieved in the impressive engine that Lexaloffle has crafted. The real bulk of the game, however, comes from the "BBS Levels" game mode. Every single user-created level is stored in here, an you can play them at your will, save them to your favourites, browse character models, filter which levels you want... it's just great. There's already a tremendous community in this game, with already 441 user-made levels having been uploaded to the BBS (one of which is mine. "Onslaught Arena", look 'er up on the BBS!). That's pretty incredibly considering how long the game has been out.

Voxatron comes with a tremendous, easy-to-learn level editor that will have you blasting baddies in your own stages within no time at all. It's a bit clunky, and I wish there were some more options, but with the promised updates and the sheer amount of customization options, this part of the game is an absolute blast. Design your own dungeon, then litter it with items and power-ups to slay the evil army of tear droplets that approach from the hallway in front of you. Trap the player in a cage and force him to shoot his way out into a post-apocalyptic mad-world that wants nothing more than to see you dead. The possibilities are endless, and you really have the ability to flex your creative muscles and let your talents shine.

In conclusion, Voxatron is an awesome game that is definitely worth the current asking price of $15. Hell, if this game was $30 it would still be an incredible buy. Without hesitation, you should head on over to the website and download this sucker A.S.A.P.!

Voxatron gets 88 "Swords of Fortune" out of 100.

Super Mario 3D Land

SUPER MARIO 3D LAND

Hello peeps. So... a few weeks back I got Super Mario 3D Land, and I must say it is my favourite game of 2011 so far. And we still have December left. So, the bottom line is, that if you have a 3DS and $40, you need this game. You actually NEED it. This game has AMAZING graphics, keeping you in constant awe. The other great thing about SM3DL, is that it is an amazing blend of SMG/SMG2 and SMB3/NSMB. There is that sense of nostalgia you get when you first see the Tanooki Leaf, or when you hear the familiar underground theme, and the sense of adventure when you grab a Boomerang Flower.

Graphics - 100%

Playability - 100%

Music - 100%

StreetPass - 100%

Throwback Factor - 100%

OVERALL - 100%

I should probably do my Business homework now...

If I told you that you looked stupid not visiting this blog, would you believe me?

Hey guys, I'm back, and in case you are wondering who I am, I am 16 Bit, but now I am Captain Picard. Don't know who Captain Picard is? Go watch Star Trek: The Next Generation, you'll find out.

...Anyhow, since we are all busy with school, (I think) the amount of posts has almost completely flat lined, and we hope to solve that...

Because I got Super Mario 3D Land.

Now you will bask in the glory of my epicosity, and you will also wait until whenever-the-hell-I-feel-like-it for a review.

Polls

I made another poll for all of you to know. Only the cool people can click "my fist and break both disc"

Minecraft City

I have lots of time on my hands on certain days so I thought about installing Single Player Commands mod and builtng a city. I have an emergency response team ready and I built their headquarters. Here's a look at the main lobby and counter.
This is the detective's office. He has the best name
This is Detective Poopenstanky Mcpolicemanson's office
This is the doctor's office
The patients go on the bed, put their stuff in the chest and eat cake for instant health.
This is the emergency team sleeping place, bunk beds for space.
The top of the emergency tower, it is a lookout over the city. In the corner is netherrack, light it in emergency like a creeper take over.

Minecraft Livestream

Probably none of you know of this, but PortalFTW and I did a livestream last night, of both of us playing in a private minecraft server I hosted (no, you can't join, don't ask, random viewer. I'm a jerk, I know). Here's the link to that, and have fun!

http://www.livestream.com/nullreviewnotfound/video?clipId=pla_23ad632d-91ce-4ff4-9c20-6b5e27cc96a1&utm_source=lslibrary&utm_medium=ui-thumb

The Quest for McQuack

Not only does this video feature absolutely mind-blowing minecraft parkour, but it also features awesome music. The DuckTales moon theme, to be precise. Be amazed...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huuidZ3tBok&feature=player_embedded

Team Fortress Two Review

Team Fortress Two or TF2 is the sequel to Team fortress classic, if you don't know. I never played Team fortress classic but good games shouldn't rely on the prequels for support. So, without further a due, here is my short review.

The graphics of TF2 is amazing thanks to the many updates that enhance many things. They are the best. The cartoonist look to all of the characters gives a charm to them to make them unforgettable. Nothing is out of place, except the few bugs but they don't get in the way of the game.

The weapons are exciting with special things for all of them. No two weapons are a like. Some are community made so more can come. Only certain weapons randomly picked up. This makes for annoying doubles taking up space. But because certain things are picked up, crafting becomes necessity in getting the weapon you want. So, the doubles are helpful. On the topic of crafting, items are very nice things to get. Besides weapons, you can get hats, badges or things that do things in games. They are exciting to get and fun to add to your character. A tedious thing about the items is that there is limited space. You can only get 50 items unless you buy the big backpack. But it's $5.00, it depends on how rich you are. Somethings can't be crafted unless you buy something. A really annoying item is the Mann.Co supply crates that requires $0.50 to open.

I can't really say anything about the sound. They both whatever they come with but I don't play that much with sound. When I do play with sound it is great. The dialogue of the characters fit and are hilarious.

The gameplay is typical for it's genre. Multi player first person shooter. The typical awesomeness from Valve. The achievements and weapons keep making come back so there's always something to do. There are nine classes: scout, soldier, pyro, demoman, heavy, engineer, medic, spy and sniper. Each with their every own special abilities and weapons. So, once you're bored of a class simply switch.

All in all, Team Fortress Two is a game like no other with funny dialogue and characters. Stunning visuals and sound along with achievements and weapons making doing nothing extremely hard.

I give this 99/100 Sandvichs because the small bugs here and there plus the updates where no server works.