Somehow had an idea kinda similar to this (thankfully visually different though). Might see another Gargoyle Misango of sorts later in the month 😶‍🌫️

All of that Monster Card(s)! shenanigans has the added plus of it being poorly documented online- which we could've remedied if it wasn't so tedious 😆(5/5)

An additional point about the 1v3 is that single-hit moves are almost genuinely useless in the later levels. Gaining/losing MP is also extremely tedious and while playing I thought of infinite ways that it could be better/less unfair-seeming. Despite this, I still love Amazing Island 😅 (4/5)

The game is not the worst thing ever (it's functional), but the last level demands too much. You'll likely need to reset to get better RNG at times- taking forever. Monster Card(s)! being 1v3 makes it a constant uphill battle which is sad considering how fun Amazing Island is otherwise. (3/5)

Monster Card(s)! is a card-based RPG where your created monster is put on a card with specific stats proportional with its in-game stats. It has two moves and you can give it one more. There's a type chart, but it's overall superfluous. It's wonkiness is interesting, but there are big flaws. (2/5)

After a long while of on/off trying, we finally true 100%'d Amazing Island! For genuine 100%, you need two GBAs, a GBA link cable and a GCN link cable. Playing through all of the minigames was a fun exercise in discovery, but the GBA tribulations were a completely different story... (1/5)

Frosty and I collaborated once more on this video detailing the shoes of ARMS with a fairly unique presentation! (won't spoil the fun here though). I entreat you to watch it when you can- it's under 20 minutes, so your only excuse is if you're scared of shoes.

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A few projects from Frosty and I will be released this month. I'd consider them slightly more experimental than usual so please look forward to them!

OVERALL THOUGHTS (2/2): Nonetheless, I had fun overall. I won Minesweeper, (first to win an Expert game), and got second in Singles and Doubles. Not being able to ban stages in Doubles likely cost us the event, but I digress. I have hopes that future events will improve on this one.

OVERALL THOUGHTS (1/2): First time going for two days, probably won't do it again. Didn't hate it, but the lack of arcade games made day 1 feel superfluous. The heat and the bad food we got led to an unprecedented sickly feeling for me most of day 2 which definitely impacts my opinion sadly.

- Seemed like some vendors had their games picked over/they had a TON of PS2 games (can't stop that though). - No prizes for 2nd place, which wasn't how it was for other years. Winner takes all is stupid in my opinion. + Despite venue change, the event still had the same vibes as other ones.

+ Tournaments were timely and ran smoothly. One did seem a bit slow, but it had 50+ people and we weren't in it. + Vendors were nice and prices were okay (funnily those AI-advertising vendors had the worst prices). - The venue was HOT- to the point where I was nauseous (probably the food+heat).

We peeped the schedule prior and saw a Minesweeper event and a social media meetup thing: + The former was fun and chill, but had an inconsistent description making it unclear if it had a prize (got a shirt). - The latter was so loose it was barely anything- needed some kind of mediator/structure

- Disappointing selection of arcade games. Seemed like less than before and several of them were broken to the point where you couldn't really enjoy them. - Unfortunately continuing the trend of people not understanding personal space- had several people unnecessarily walk/bump into me.

+ The convention center fit the event nicely, it seemed spacious, albeit somewhat disjointed overall. - Several putrid AI advertisements, for event food as well as some vendors, (the food was not great/stale and we decided not to buy from those vendors at all). + Good variety of vendors.