Travelling Nintendo : The Updated Setup

In the past I have spoken of the travelling pack, the setup for hitting the road for Nintendo buffs... usually for reasons of evacuation during disaster events. Of late I have amended my travelling pack guide and made the following changes.

- From small shoulder slung bags I changed my emphasis to large shoulder slung messenger bags. I have been plumbing the depths of a local thrift store group that worked out of my local school for inspiration, settling on a multi pouch style of messenger bag, with compartments for your handhelds and games and charging cords and a large central pouch for food and drink and incidentals for the trip.

- I started preaching the virtues of a first generation Game Boy Advance being in your set, noting the need for one device powered by easily replaced physical batteries (when plugging in to recharge is not an option). Of course you will also have to invest in a clip on light source for this resistant beast, but given the handhelds range of gaming content it's alright to make do with a weakness or two in exchange for longer more sustainable potential in the long haul.

- The philosophy of travelling with multiple handhelds. A GBA and a 3DS... possibly also an older DS Lite. Simply because charging wise the most efficient is the GBA (be it the SP with over a dozen hours of charge at full, or the original with replaceable battery charge) followed by the DS Lite, and finally the 3DS. One of the most damning things about new tech, the more advance it is the quicker it consumes energy.

- Speaking of charging I have advanced my theory on the Nintendo multitap from GameStop (allowing you to charge a GBA SP or DS, DS Lite and DSi or 3DS all at once. Not only do I think you should own this if you also have an MP3 Player and tablet you should own multiple chargers. The plug on this can adapt to recharge any device that plugs into a USB slot on a PC, so you can't have enough of these plugs for charging I assure you.

For me I am working on a travelling pack pack for study and research with a GBA GBA SP, DS Lite and 3DS. Game wise I am still working on different recommendations lists, but that is a topic for a future Travelling... stay tuned.

Waiting to Recharge 5/12

Let's see, we have a bit to go over...

Ever take the time to buy a multitap charger for Nintendo's handhelds? I got one from Gamestop and it charges a GBA SP, DS Lite and 3DS all at once... I need to buy another one. Apparently the main plug attaches to the multitap via a USB plug, which means you can attach your handhelds to a PC to charge... or you can attach any device with a USB plug for charging, like my MP3 player, or this Kindle Fire HD. Definitely need a second one of these.

Game wise I got a mix of stuff to talk about coming up.

Game Boy (Color) - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets GBC
Game Boy Advance - Same as GBC, GBA version
DS - Dragon Quest IX Sentinels of the Starry Skies
3DS - Monster Hunter Ultimate 3 Demo

Reviews, and one demo preview, coming soon. Stay tuned.

I would worry about talking about Nintendo at E3 this year,and their conference opening press conference... except they cancelled that this year and only have stuff for investors and high class media media planned. Joy. Nothing like getting the cold shoulder from Nintendo to start the summer right. Oh well, hopefully the demos out of E3 are worth it at least.

At the end of this year's tech upgrade things went to enhance my work, and add content. So that means no love for Nintendo... for now. Once again if I am renewed for another year of work I will put an investment into the Fall... though, spoiler, it might be the the Sony PSVita. Stay tuned.

Well that's updates for the coming week. Time to get to work.

Podcast Update December 6th

FINALLY UPDATED... and finally gearing up to get back to work!

DS Life Episode 4 and 5 is presently out, and I am almost finished with 3DS Habit Episode 1 to get it out. Now that I am doing actual audio I will be assembling 3DS Habit Episode 2 shortly (once I pick the topics and begin assembling the cast).

So slowly but surely I will be getting this back on track. Stay tuned.

Top 10 Nintendo Podcasts of August

Top 10 Nintendo podcasts of August...

10th - 3DS Life Episode 19 and 14 and DS Life Episode 3

9th - 3DS Life Episode 13

8th - 3DS Life Episode 6

7th - 3DS Life Episode 4, 10 and 15

6th - 3DS Life Episode 3, 5, 7 and 12

5th - The Game Boy Show Episode 1

4th - 3DS Life Episode 2

3rd - 3DS Life Episode Zero

2nd - 3DS Life Episode 1 and DS Life Episode 1

1st - DS Life Episode 2

Download count? Hmm... over 600 downloads. Hope to go over a thousand by the end of the year... knock on wood... but if not at least we did pretty well for the year. Stay tuned.

3DS Life Ep 19 now available

3DS Life Episode 19 (E3 2012 Part 1) is now available for download.

Upcoming Nintendo casts and progress
3DS Life Episode 20 - 0%
E3 2012 Part 2

Game Boy Show Mini 3 - Review
Movie themed reviews. Star Wars, Harry Potter, Aliens and Predator... oh my.

N4GR Ep 1 - Review
Golf Mario, PGA and Hawaiian

Wii Life Ep 1 - 0%
Premiere

Stay tuned for updates.

Podcast Update April 18th

Before I continue I noticed that I still have to put in links for 3DS Life Episodes 9 to 11 so I will get to that today ASAP.

As for updates? New cast is up.

3DS Life Ep 17
Today 3DS Life is absorbing DS Life into its cast, and adding DS reviews to the cast.

Celebrating the first anniversary of 3DS Life, we talk apps (present and wanted) on the 3DS, as well as review Animal Crossing Wild World DS and Pokemon HeartGold DS (so much is happening in these new DS games I may have to post updates in 3DS Life... or spin off a cast just to cover Pokemon talk... we'll see.

Next week's casts?
Wii U Life Ep Minus Eight (April 23rd)
First Generation gaming pre-reviews

Versus! Ep 1 (April 25th)
Premiere! Introduction, and first versus (Bill Walsh's College Football) (SEGA Genesis vs Super Nintendo)

Nintendo Five Generation Retro Ep 1 (April 27th)
Review of Sam and Max Season One (Wii), and preview of Versus May Super Nintendo games

Stay tuned for updates

Summer Schedule 2012

The problem with summer is usually maintaining reviewing stock. The schedule for Thursdays I have planned though will hopefully cover it just fine.

3DS Life
Switched to monthly for the summer.

DS Life
Switched to a 30 minute special... or 2... during the summer.

Forest Crossing Home Companion
Maintaining its BiMonthly release schedule.

Game Boy Show
Same as DS Life, 1 or 2 specials.

Nintendo Summer Slam
Summer only series (May to August) covering the SNES, N64 and GameCube.

Wii Life
If I can get ahold of a used Wii before or by May? Bringing the series back.

Wii U Life
Monthly continuing to count down to Holiday 2012.

And that's the summer schedule, stay tuned for updates as summer draws near.

Podcast Reviews March 7th

Got a couple of Nintendo casts coming out this week or starting up development wise...

3DS Life Episode 15
80% Completed
Almost done, just wrapping up with a review of iSpot Japan.

DS Life Mini 4
Development
Starting to work on this shortly. April hope to have a Pokemon cast coming up... once I finish this trade...

The Game Boy Show Mini 2
60% Completed
New opening, and wrapping up by reviewing Tonka Raceway (Game Boy Color).

Hope to have a classic Pokemon cast in April (just need to write it up).

Wii U Life Episode -3
Assembling this week, but not official yet... waiting to see how much content I got so far, and planning a new opening.

Stay tuned for updates.

Podcast/AroundHawaii.com Updates February 28th

DS Life Mini 3 is now available. Mini 4 will start with Castlevania Portrait of Ruin and go from there. Stay tuned for updates.

3DS Life Episode 15 is on the schedule for reviewing, featuring reviews of Dillon's Rolling Western, iSpot Japan, Sakura Samurai Art of the Sword and more.

Scripting Wii U Life Episode Minus 2 continues, should be out in March.

Finally new Nintendo Hawaiiana out on www.aroundhawaii.com. Please vote for me if possible, the better my star rating hopefully the more likely Nintendo will start sending review materials.

Stay tuned for updates.

Podcast Updates February 26th

Wrapped up DS Life Mini 3 today, should be putting it out today. Also wrapped up my review article for Nintendo Hawaiiana (www.aroundhawaii.com). Already planning next month's content.

Next up podcast wise is 3DS Life Episode 15. Working on that this week.

Next month we'll be celebrating the first anniversary of 3DS Life, still working on lining up content for the cast.

Stay tuned for updates.

Podcast Updates February 1st

Next up is 3DS Life Episode 13, but it might be a little late. After that it is DS Life Episode 3 (Tuesday February 7th). Stay tuned for updates.

New rotation of games for Nintendo Coins over at Club Nintendo at nintendo.com, checking now...

Podcast Updates January 31st 2012

Thanks to everyone for downloading and listening! Downloads are doing really well! Thanks!

Several hours to work today so lets get to it!

3DS Life Episode 13
Peogress : Working on it today
Status : 40% Completed

The Game Boy Show Episode 1
Progress : Cleaning off the shelves and putting as much as I can up for trade to get casts moving again Game Boy wise. First episode is spring cleaning.
Status : Scripting

Wii U Life Episode Zero
Progress : First cast may focus on the newly anmounced Nintendo Network once more info comes in on it.
Status : Development

End of Podcast Restorations Day 1

Day 1 ends with two series getting back on their feet linkwise.

Day 2 we continue with Digital Scribbles and PSP DLC Life next up.

The next thing here is 3DS Life, wrapping up the archives restoration. Stay tuned for updates tomorrow.

DS Life links restored

DS Life podcast links now restored. It was the shortest link list of the active casts so it didn't take too long... thankfully.

The longest list will be 3DS Life, and that'll be done last.

Wii U Life will be relaunched later this year with a fresh new Episode Zero once I confirm when I'm adding it to the reviews lists.

Stay tuned for updates as they come in.

New poll up (Theatrhythm Final Fantasy 3DS)

While working on DS Life and getting that back up I ran into news of a second 3DS game with paid DLC... well, Nintendo did promise last year to go with more premium content this year... so there you go.

Poll is on the right side. In the meantime should be wrapping up the DS Life restoration soon. Stay tuned.

Podcast Restoration Day 1

We finally kick off restoring the archives. Switched to mediafire, going to use rapid share for backup once things are rolling along normally.

Right now working on Equestria This Week but next is DS Life, a short little update. Stay tuned for updates.

Podcast Reconstruction Day Minus 1

In the aftermath of the destruction of Megaupload by the nefarious forces of the Dept. of Injustice (probably a branch office of the Injustice League of America), I'll be taking the next so many days to reload casts and set up a new cast schedule.

The main body of work begins Sunday (January 22nd) but for now here is what will be going on.

New casts (knock on wood) every Thirsday. The series that will go on will be...

3DS Life (next episode 13)
DS Life (next episode 3)
Wii U Life (next episode Zero once they announce when it's coming)

I hope to have the archives up again with a new file sharer by Monday at the latest. Stay tuned for updates as they come in.

Podcast Updates (January 5th 2012)

Knock on wood we should have 3DS Life Episode 12 out today. Stay tuned.

As for what is coming out next?
3DS Life Episode 13
Part one of the Game Boy Advance Ten reviews

DS Life Episode 3
Still working on this, random reviews.

More updates coming soon, stay tuned.

Podcast Updates (December 7th 2011)

3DS Life Episode 11 now available. In the meantime here are the new casts now being worked on...

3DS Life Episode 12
The newest system update and all its content (Spot Pass, video recording, new Mii Plaza content, etc) is reviewed.

DS Life Episode 3
Random reviews.

Hope to end the year with music casts for 3DS Life and DS Life, and get Wii U Life back on track in 2012 as new information begins coming out again.

Stay tuned for updates.

Podcast Update for November 5th

New DS Life (Episode 2) now out and available!

Reviews
- Harvest Moon Island of Happiness
- Professor Layton and the Curious Village
- Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
- Sim City Creator (pre-review)
- The World Ends With You
- Touch Detective 2 1/2

Coming up next, 3DS Life Episode 11 (40% Completed) and DS Life Episode 3 (Coming Soon)

Stay tuned for updates!