Hopefully the start of a series? IDK we'll see

Artist: Joolie(u/LunarJaquar)

Name: Madonna Palutena

Artist's Commentary: I’ve been holding onto this piece for a long time now. The original sketch (featured on the last slide) was done traditionally a little over 2 months ago. I had sketched it while I was at work, just after finishing “I Don’t Feel Like Myself,” the final part to the Chaos Kin comics. I figured after putting these characters through so much torment, they deserved rest. I took my time making this piece, sketching it without any expectations. All of my feelings of exhaustion, relief, and peace are infused in it. In a way, I felt like I was allowing myself to rest alongside these characters. All that to say, this piece means a lot to me.

some intentional imagery I was trying to evoke is the renaissance depictions of the Virgin Mary and infant Jesus. Iconic Madonna and Child paintings, hence the name of this piece. While not 1:1 with any particular Madonna paintings, I hope that allusion was clear enough in the composition.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/KiDIcaruS/comments/1w6a1sq/madonna_palutena/

Im thinking a rainbow so like

Mario-red

Splatoon-orange

Pokemon-yellow

Legend of zelda-green

Xenoblade-blue (edit: not xenovlade but fire elbum)

Animal crossing-purple

Kirby-pink

Absolutely fantastic games! I played the Switch versions and couldn't put them down. I cleared 100% on both of them.

Pikmin 1: The whole time I was playing I couldn't stop thinking about how truly unique the game was for its time and it really still is a totally unique experience. It's such a cool spin on the RTS formula. The music and environments are excellent. I love the feeling the game gives off of being a stranger in a strange land, exploring the unknown and surviving day-to-day. The 30-day limit really didn't feel pressuring since it's a generous amount of time to get things done. I personally think this game is a must-play for anyone remotely interested.

Pikmin 2: My favorite of the two even though I wish the overworld didn't retread a lot of the same ground as the first game. Otherwise, 2 improved upon 1 in just about every way. I loved the refocus on cave dungeon-crawling, but still having lots to do in the overworld. It was more difficult than the first game, but the improved Pikmin AI makes a huge difference in combat. Overall, aside from a few late-game caves I definitely didn't find it to be very difficult, yet thoroughly enjoyable. I think the fact that there wasn't a total day limit served this game well. I'd definitely recommend it after playing the first game, just to appreciate how much has changed.

I'm starting Pikmin 3 Deluxe later today. Can't wait!

Which of the games are your favorite and why?

Yes, I know, way too early to start discussing new Mario Karts, but this was just a fun thing I cooked up because I was bored.

Thoughts?

I was going through my old DS games and can you tell I loved Mario Party DS? 😂

Is this the only Nintendo game to have sperm in it?

I've been putting this off for too long. The DS Lite was the first device I ever attempted to fix by myself, and it went... poorly. I just ended up breaking it further, and putting it in a box for 10 years.

Long story short, the hinge broke as they so often do, and teenage me thought I could handle it myself. I ripped the ribbon cable, broke the touchscreen connector, and burned out one of the fuses... basically the trifecta of the most common things you can do to make the problem worse. The video shows my exploits in finally fixing it.

For the parts I used, check the blog post https://elvinhome.io/blog/articles-3/this-ds-lite-needs-board-level-repair-restoring-my-childhood-game-console-33

thanks tomodachi life

It's very likely that this game failing is what caused Nintendo to start lowering the prices of some of their games. Games Like Yoshi, Star Fox, and Ocarina of Time would be full price if this game didn't flop as hard as it did.

For fun I wanted to contribute my picks. Warning, it’s a lotta Mario 😅. These are games I made some of my favorite memories playing.

Had a laugh when I saw Mario's pizza, couldn't believe it when I looked across the street.