The Fancy Pants Adventures

I haven't played this game in awhile. Last time was probably close to my last achievement on 7/11/11. I left off with one achievement left in the game. The time trial runs. So I started earlier this week on it and I finished them all off tonight. Another completed arcade game for the week. I'm hoping for one more but I don't see it happening unless by chance. Since I haven't posted on this game I'll add a bit more info on it. I originally bought this game because it looked liked a huge upgrade compared to N+ which I don't think I'll ever be able to finish that game. Anyway Fancy Pants is a fun game to game. It has to be if my kids enjoy playing it. Being able to characters look helps add more fun into the game for them. Their is a collection aspect and finding everything can be hard but there are plenty videos online to help you find everything if you can't or find them all just running around the board having fun trying to figure it out. I guess I should add your guy is a stick figure jumping off walls to get around everywhere in the boards you play. That looks like enough info for anyone. 8)

Puzzle Arcade

Well I finally finished off Puzzle Arcade last night.  The worst part is it didn't remember any of the previous puzzles I have done.  I guess the last achievement I had was when I was on my old Xbox before I got an Elite and transferred everything over.

I finished off the 3 level fractal puzzle and I was expecting the 5 * 250 completed puzzles to pop as well.  It didn't.  I had to do 4 more puzzles over 250 pieces to get the achievement.  So that sucked but at least in turbo mode it helped me finish up the puzzles way faster than just normally doing it.  I did split up the days so it did carry over and I didn't have to do it all in one sitting.  I know another game that is bad on that and I'm sure I'll be starting over on that one as well if I ever go back to it.

So yea for another arcade completed game.  I worked on 2 more last night and both are closer to being finished so hopefully I'll finish them up sometime in the near future.

Yu-Gi-Oh! BAM

Well I didn't see this coming and it came out of a closed Beta yesterday.   I've always enjoyed playing Yu-Gi - Oh! and this game changes it up but it is pretty fun to play.

Your deck is limited to 14 cards. You have only 3 monster card zones and 3 spell card zones.  No traps from what I've seen so far.  No more going into defense as you have to attack every round.   So there is not much on stalling but you can change out the type of deck which mentions defense but I haven't got to a point where I can or maybe would want to switch depending on the opponent.

The game goes through a story line and you have the option to read more as you go but I'm mostly just playing so I like that the option is there to not force you to read all the story bits.

One big thing to add is that they have power ups in this game in which you can activate during a duel and their is a good chance you will win.   During the tutorial it will have you put 3 down.   First takes 500 points off opponent, second increases all your monsters power by 2000, and the last destroys all your opponents monsters.   Definitely a win when playing all that.   However once you use them, that's it, they are gone.   I have earn 2 more in the game so far and they are different.   If you really want to have them you can buy them in the store and spend your money on them.   I don't plan to do that so ill hold onto what I have for now.

The only thing I didn't see is if their was a way to play against your friends online or not.   Even if the game doesn't have it I will still play as it's fun to play.

Update:  Here is the blog for everything in the game.  Looks you get to duel against your friends and get help from them.

https://www.yugioh-bam.com/blog/

Little 3 Kingdoms

I bought this game about a week before I finished up Kingdom Rush.  I read a review and it caught  my attention enough that when 2 months went by, I still remembered this game when it came out.  I don't know what it is but tower defense games on my iPad are just fun to play.  I've got a few to play that I haven't played yet or need to go back to.  So since I actually paid for this one, I figured I better play it sooner than later.

This game is more about the timing of building your troops versus placement and upgrading.  Well upgrading your guys is also in this game but it's the later missions like 70+, since that's where I'm up to in the game right now, where the computer is really building an army bigger and stronger than you can keep up with.  The special guys are the ones that will help you the most.  I have all the guys unlocked but one guy you  have to buy his magic which is more than all the upgrades so I never bought one.  Well now I'm wondering if I should have focused on getting a couple of those instead of upgrading all my other guys as the 70+ levels have stopped me from progressing finally.  I've finally hit a wall that I can't seem to beat and not quite sure how I'm going to do it yet.

I guess it would help to explain how this game works.  You have your castle and the AI has his.  You build your guys that come out and they walk across the field to destroy the others castle.  So of course the guys run into each other and it's a fight to get to each side to take the other out on the field in between.  Some guys move faster than others and they all each have a special ability that gets upgraded and allows you to do it more than once once they've upgraded some.

It's very easy to play outside when you're trying to click on the guy you want and it won't select him.  That or you want off the guy and no matter what you click you can't seem to do what you want.  So the game has some touch issues and I'm sure anyone will notice this if they play as you will bang the glass trying to get it to switch.

The graphics are in HD and look really good.  Nobody will be disappointed with them.  They are brightly colored and the each of the background boards look nice.

Even the music is a little soothing but I'm growing a little tiresome of it.

Hopefully I can press forward and figure a way to beat this part to earn some more money or I might have to restart and try upgrading differently for these higher levels so I can proceed through better.

So check out Little 3 Kingdoms if you're up for a little castle defense.

Kingdom Rush

I have finally finished Kingdom Rush.   I don't mean just beat it by getting through the campaign.   I finished the campaign, finished all Heroic and Iron Challenges, extra content that was added later on, and I got every achievement in the game.

One thing is for sure, if I had time, I would always play this game.   This is the best castle defense game on the iPad I've played and I have been playing a few.   So don't pass up on getting this game.

Acekard 3DS Won't Boot

So wife ran an update on the 3DS without thinking or asking me.   Now now the Acekard won't boot.

There was a new update on the Acekard site but that doesn't do any good if the 3DS won't boot the card.

Luckily it still worked in the DSi as hardware updates don't get pushed to it.   Yeah for keeping older hardware around.

Update the AKAIO software first.   Then run the firmware update update for the AK2i card on the DSi.   Then put it back into your 3DS and you should be good to go.

Good Idea

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