08/08/2006 Entry: "August Megaparty #8: Pokemon Party!"

God damnit, every time I take the day off from work, something amazing happens in the city. I'd totally forgotten that mere minutes away from the office at Bryant Park today, Pokemon was celebrating its tenth anniversary with "The Party of the Decade," some ridiculous outdoor convention where players fought, where free hats were given out and where costumed characters ran amuck, all in the name of PIKACHU. Why did I have to pick TODAY to play hooky? Why?

Fortunately, the Pokemon official site was running a live video webcast of the event, and...well, Live 8 this waddn't. As video webcasts are still a growing, unperfected phenomena, this one definitely fell on the "needs improvement" side. Notwithstanding the fact that the event was ridiculous just for what it was, the webcast mainly consisted of totally clueless day-hires forced to dwell on-camera in sweltering heat with absolutely no fucking clue what they were supposed to be talking about. Total comedy.

Using my digital camera's movie recorder to archive a webcast playing on my computer monitor -- WHOA TECHNOLOGY -- I gave the event about an hour of my day off. I guess I picked the right hour, because I saw everything from mental breakdowns to Hulk Hogan to a rock group in oversized boots singing Pokemon theme songs. Read on...

I never caught this guy's name, but he was the general host -- the guy who stalked the field looking for interesting sights and for random visitors to interview. Obviously working more from a series of bullet points than an actual script, the poor dude was completely and totally lost. This is close to a verbatim quote: "There's people behind me in the tents, and some of them are with their parents, and their parents are bringing them waters, because it's hot and they need waters. Pokemon is ten years old, can you believe it? I remember when it first came out, I was there and a lot of these people right here in New York City with their waters was there."

The guy was a goof, but it wasn't all his fault. Like, he'd have to host these general segments about very particular things that could be summed up in four sentences, and then he'd throw to someone else, only to find that there was no one else to throw to. He'd then have to stand there and continue talking, despite the fact that he had nothing more to say, and despite the fact that he had all of the improvisation skills of a grandmother-in-a-coma. Usually, the narration would drift back to how many people were carrying "waters." Click here for a sample, and keep in mind, this was some of his better work.

Random Host Dude fared a little better when confronting Pokemon players with interviews; at least, he did when he could find someone willing to give him an interview. Apparently, no prep work was done before the cameras rolled, and poor Random Host Dude had to creep around the area poking kids on the shoulder and begging them to leave their video game stations to talk to God knows who. If nothing else, the kids seemed to be having a blast.

Most of the webcast consisted of a Pokemon tournament, where selected players from specific age groups battled against one another on the big screens. I admit it -- I got kinda into it. Especially since every freakin' player had the same Pokemon team, consisting of three big birds and Mewtwo. Winners, and losers apparently, were all given big ass trophies that made me wish I was twelve years old, good at video games, and in Bryant Park today. Also on hand were a slew of costumed characters, and a giant Pikachu balloon borrowed from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

A surprise addition to the "Party of the Decade" was HULK HOGAN. POOR HULK HOGAN. My God, I have never, ever, ever felt bad for Hulk Hogan until today. I never thought I'd ever, ever feel bad for Hulk Hogan until today. There is no way, no way in HELL that he had any idea what he was signing on for. Shown above is Hulk's first appearance, still backstage, before the reality of the situation had a chance to settle in. Here, he cuts a promo on Pikachu and more or less says everything a person being broadcast on a children's webcast should never say. But he's Hulk Hogan; he can scream about fucking the corpses in your family tomb and still make it sound kind of gregarious.

Things got a lot worse for Hulk when he finally made it onstage. Wrasslin fans know that Hulk Hogan hates having to share the spotlight, and here, he had to share the spotlight with everyone from a 7' Treecko to the president of Pokemon America, to some other lousy hosts, to a bunch of kids who beat other kids in video games. And since the cameraman understandably had no idea what to focus on, we got fifteen minutes of the Hulk standing there in silence, looking like the lovechild of Pissed and Confused. When handed a microphone and asked to make with the Hulkness, the best he could come up with was some completely balls-out incoherent rant about what it'd be like for him to wake up not as Hulk Hogan, but as Pikachu. WHAT THE FUCK!?! Click here to see a snippet, and try not to spit milk when one of the idiot hosts insists that he's "more of a Machamp."

The "Party of the Decade" was all kinds of awesome and all kinds of stupid, and I'm really pissed off that I didn't get to be there. I mean, they had free hats!

Chestnuts roasted by Cat @ 08/08/2006 07:59 PM EST

Good Lord.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 08/08/2006 08:00 PM EST

10th anniversary and Pikachu was the only original Pokemon on stage?

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 08/08/2006 08:01 PM EST

Those pics of the host are really unflattering. He either looks really sleepy or like a child molester.

Pokemon was after my time, so I can't say I'm too nostalgic about it. I'm actually more nostalgic about Matt's "quest for Bulbasaur" article.

Chestnuts roasted by spaz307 @ 08/08/2006 08:02 PM EST

Same here, kinda.
I never got into it much, and I only got into the gameboy games when I was already too old to be into them.

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 08/08/2006 08:09 PM EST

Damn! Sixth.. I so knew I should've hit reload... guess i'll read the article now

Chestnuts roasted by Todd @ 08/08/2006 08:11 PM EST

Hello everyone! This is my first time posting, but I've been a loyal fan of the site for close to, geez... Has it been over six years already?

I was really hoping you had known about this event ahead of time, Matt. In fact, when I first read about it, I thought about how great your review was going to be. I'm guessing I should have sent you a note or something ahead of time. Oh well.

Keep up the awesome work, Matt.

Chestnuts roasted by TheFullNelson @ 08/08/2006 08:14 PM EST

I bought the original Game Boy game the week it was released. It was very good and a completely original concept for 1998. The show wasn't bad either. Yet at that time, the megapopular thing was Furby. I thought to myself, "Pokemon should be in the spotlight instead."

I later regretted that wish. There WAS a time when you could play the game in public...

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 08/08/2006 08:15 PM EST

Holy crap... Hulk Hogan and pikachu together at last. I think I can die a happy man now.

Chestnuts roasted by Mike @ 08/08/2006 08:18 PM EST

On the one hand, I can't believe Pokemon has enough kick left to celebrate it's tenth year, but on the other hand, I'll probably play one of the new ones when it comes out. (At home. Where no one will know)

Chestnuts roasted by Cat @ 08/08/2006 08:19 PM EST

I've met Hulk Hogan. The man is massive, and if he wasn't such a PR nut, he'd probably rip the heads off of most of the pokemon on stage.

And I never got into Pokemon either. I was more of the "Magic: The Gathering" age, and by the time Pokemon rolled around I was too cool for it. My younger brother on the other hand...

Chestnuts roasted by Frito @ 08/08/2006 08:20 PM EST

Wow, and here I thought Fashion Week was the event of the year in Bryant Park. Poor Host Dude must have been really thirsty.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 08/08/2006 08:26 PM EST

I hope they provided him with free waters.

Chestnuts roasted by Cat @ 08/08/2006 08:29 PM EST

When it comes out, I'll be all over that new Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Blue Rescue Team like a 27 year old loser. You know it's good because you can't even remember the name- it makes almost no sense. Any name with that many unrelated "exciting" words jammed together has to be good. Plus, you get to be a Pokemon. Case closed.

(Matt, don't you have a Pokemon tattoo in your own personal Mystery Dungeon?)

Chestnuts roasted by Welsh Rabbit @ 08/08/2006 08:51 PM EST

hm I always thought this was matt's job

Chestnuts roasted by bren @ 08/08/2006 08:59 PM EST

Ahh... I remember my first taste of Pokemon. Not quite 10 years ago... it was maybe fall of '98. I was screening fansubs with Club A-Type and we popped in the undigitized porygon "seizure" episode. Ahh... yeah. It was all KFC beanies and Pocket Pikachu from there!

It's hilarious to look back on how mocked and ridiculued I was for watching anime 10 years ago, and how it's totally cool now. *sigh*

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 08/08/2006 09:02 PM EST

OMG. The Machamp girl sounded like Kelly Ripa on a 20 Vault Cola Sugar rush. I do feel sorry for Hulk.

I liked the original version, but pretty much stopped when the cast kept changing. The Gameboy Games were fun.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 08/08/2006 09:14 PM EST

I've only ever experimented with Pokemon on a handful of occasions, but I really like the idea. Forcing little mythical creatures to do battle is great - it's all the excitement of cock-fighting, but with a cute Nintendo spin.

Chestnuts roasted by gramsci @ 08/08/2006 09:15 PM EST

I didn't want any part of Pokemon at the time of its inception. So I decided to sublimate my OCD tendencies another way. RPG mini-games/Skill Trees.

All the enemy skills in VII, all the Triple Triad cards in VIII, all the Tetra Master cards in IX, all the Xenocards in Ep. I, all of Rikku's Mixes in X--64 Flavors gotta mix 'em all!

And I'm still at it today. So, I'm not bashing Pokemon. I'm saying Diff'rent Strokes for Diff'rent Folks.

I'd still put my lvl 100 Squall up against Pikachu anyday of the year, though. Oho, a Thundershock! How cute. Try a Lionheart on for size!

I am such a dork.

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 08/08/2006 09:37 PM EST

I got lucky with Pokémon - I got Red before it took off, mostly because Nintendo Power told me it'd be good. For once, that (now) crappy magazine was right.

In all honesty, I'm still into the games. I've got a copy of Fire Red that I want to take with me to college, though I'm not sure if playing it on my Game Boy Player is a good idea or not...

Chestnuts roasted by Paul @ 08/08/2006 09:56 PM EST

Pokemon...Hulk Hogan. Uh, I don't see a connection.

Chestnuts roasted by mudogramx @ 08/08/2006 10:12 PM EST

They were both popular and now are currently irrelevant

Chestnuts roasted by NovemberOne @ 08/08/2006 10:23 PM EST

Can it be? Two of my guilty pleasures colliding? I don't usually admit loving pokemon or wrasslin'. That audio clip has got to be one of the most amusing things I have heard in ages. So, what pokemon would Hulk have been in he had never gone back to the red and yellow?

Chestnuts roasted by MissJess @ 08/08/2006 10:36 PM EST

Paul: Same here. I was one of the first kids literally in my school to be into Pokemon because Nintendo Power's preview of it made me obessed with it. I, too got the Red version and used the Missingno cheat to get about 12 of my pokemon to level 100 by multiplying the rare candies. I later got the Silver version, and I stopped there.

And it's not really the 10th anniversery here in US, because it was released in Japan in 1996, we didn't get it until 98. I know this because in '98, I had just started high school and that september I had gotten a 2 month old albino corn snake...which I named Pikachu. I'll end my post with that.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 08/08/2006 10:37 PM EST

I, um, still haven't finished Pokemon Blue. But I heart my Pokemon Pinball.

And again, I got the tip off that something nutty was going on in my work neighborhood and again I couldn't be assed to leave my air conditioned cube world to go see it in person. One of these times I'm gonna be screwed because Matt doesn't choose to cover it and I'm too damned lazy to go see for myself.

Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 08/08/2006 10:45 PM EST

Hey folks, reload and do another scan through the post. I just added two more videos.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 08/08/2006 11:13 PM EST

That is just the best F'ing thing I have ever read. I love this place !!

Chestnuts roasted by Hukfin @ 08/08/2006 11:18 PM EST

Guess I showed up for the Megaparty fashionably late.

Anyway, I have to say that I LOVE Pokémon (though I wish Misty was still a regular character because I am a hardcore, diehard Ash + Misty shipper), and seeing that there was a 10th anniversary party is awesome. (Though, I'm as sorry I missed it as Matt is.)

Oh and Mike took the words right out of my mouth when he said "Hulk Hogan and pikachu together at last." that really rocks.

Hmm. Guess I didn't have anything useful to say. *shrug*

Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 08/08/2006 11:24 PM EST

Umm...someone does'nt read their emails mat...i know yo get thousands, but i mailed you on Friday to tell you about this whole pokemon thing...only i said it was wendsday not today...it did seem cool though, I woulda went but work needed me today...

Chestnuts roasted by mandy_Reeves @ 08/08/2006 11:34 PM EST

In regards to the Hulkster and Pokemon, my god. I'm surprised he didn't kill himself right there on stage and scar all of those kids for life... awesome.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 08/08/2006 11:36 PM EST

After watching these videos, I'm calling off work tonight. I don't think it's safe to leave the house right now.

Chestnuts roasted by Bludge @ 08/09/2006 12:16 AM EST

I totally wanted to go to this, but I had work.

Chestnuts roasted by Denise @ 08/09/2006 12:17 AM EST

hmm apparantly his meniscus is well enough to do this but will likely miss his summerslam match with orton.

Chestnuts roasted by catfan @ 08/09/2006 12:23 AM EST

catfan: i think i'd rather see hogan wrestle the host over bottled water than work orton in a uninspired match.

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 08/09/2006 01:38 AM EST

ha! i bet the hulk gives his agent a very detailed list of events he WILL NEVER ATTEND AGAIN after this.

Chestnuts roasted by chance @ 08/09/2006 02:53 AM EST

My gawd, has it been ten years already?

Between this and those Beast Wars 10th anniversary toys, this is the first time in my life I've ever felt...legitmately old...

Chestnuts roasted by Timmy @ 08/09/2006 03:42 AM EST

I'm with ya, Timmy.

Chestnuts roasted by Ragnarok @ 08/09/2006 04:01 AM EST

It just sank-in how head-explodingly awesome this is!

Someone has to say this...
POKÉMANIA IS RUNNIN' WILD BROTHER!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 08/09/2006 04:21 AM EST

shittyhost.wmv loops from end to beginning almost seamlessly. Weird.

Chestnuts roasted by RewolfJ @ 08/09/2006 04:45 AM EST

The first article I ever read here was http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/503.html way back in 2000, so this is like some weird bit of nostaliga for me about a site dedicated to nostaliga. How postmodern.

Chestnuts roasted by Evin @ 08/09/2006 05:27 AM EST

lololOLOL. This is way, way too funny.

WHAT IF I WOKE UP AS A POKEY-MAN?

Chestnuts roasted by Zharicant @ 08/09/2006 05:28 AM EST

If it were up to me, Pikachu would come out of nowhere and attack Hogan from behind. Pikachu would then reveal himself to be Randy Orton and he'd say, "Gotta catch 'em all, bitch!"

Chestnuts roasted by Dr. Acula @ 08/09/2006 05:48 AM EST

Did that host have a bit of cross-eyeness? That was bad.

Chestnuts roasted by Geoffinsanity @ 08/09/2006 07:49 AM EST

"Pokemon sounds like some kind of Jamaican gay porn..."

I can't believe my own little sister, who is 14 now, still collects all those cards...she has a notebook with the sleeves and everything! And mind you, she is not fat, nor does she wear glasses. She also has a lot of friends,and goes out all the time, contrary to the stereotypical geek. So this makes her Pokemon obsession all the more confusing.

I, however, could never bring myself to watch that show, or play the games...mind you, I was 16 when it came out, so it wasn't meant for me anyway.

Chestnuts roasted by Number 5 @ 08/09/2006 07:53 AM EST

Is it wrong of me to admit I arranged my last two semesters in college around the cartoon? No? Good.

Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 08/09/2006 08:44 AM EST

I might be banned from ever posting here again for saying this, but I loathe pokemon. and furby. I worked at a toy store during the christmas season of 1998.

Chestnuts roasted by bitchpants @ 08/09/2006 08:47 AM EST

Er...

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 08/09/2006 08:57 AM EST

I am not a fan of that Pokemon stuff, and just seeing Hulk Hogan hawk this stuff really hurts his image. But not as much as having a VH1 reality show with his daughter using reality to further her talentless music career.

Chestnuts roasted by mjf7583 @ 08/09/2006 09:49 AM EST

Hmmmm ... I'd like to walk around in a Pikachu suit just to see people's reactions. Do some completely normal things like laundry or ride the subway.

Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 08/09/2006 10:25 AM EST

Man, this is awesome -- thank you for the coverage. I was discussing this with my roommate last night; despite his ambivalence toward Pokémon, we would have gone to the festival if he had been able to take the day off work for the requisite train ride.

Shortly after lamenting our not having gone to The Party Of The Decade, we agreed to reconvene at the city in 2011 to check out the Poké-happenings in the area. I may be able to coerce somebody to accompany me to the Nintendo World Store on the launch date for Diamond and Pearl, though!

Chestnuts roasted by David Brennan @ 08/09/2006 10:38 AM EST

LemurCat: that's funny, at Comic-con all I wanted to do was get pictures of people in super-hero costumes doing completely non-super-hero type things. The only one I ended up with was a shot of Cobra Commander buying a coffee, but I really, really love it.

Click here to check it out

Chestnuts roasted by gramsci @ 08/09/2006 10:56 AM EST

"WuhwuhwuhWAIT! Is Pikachu buying or not??" "..What?" Hahahahah oh shit that was so awesome. But Hogan needs to learn more than one Pokemon before he can start ordering all "dem Pokemaniacs" to vote for his stupid daughter. Yeah I said it. Bring it on, Hogan.

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 08/09/2006 11:41 AM EST

Wow, this shit is hilarious. Poor Hulk. I hear he injured his leg and won't be able to fight Randy Orton at Summerslam- maybe he can tour with these guys instead! NYC is a crazy place.

Loving all the updates, Matt. Keep up the goodwork.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 08/09/2006 11:52 AM EST

Don't worry, Mystie, I can still mock and ridicule you for watching anime. Just for old time's sake. And just to bring those good times back, I'll even refer to it as "Japanimation."

Also, I think I speak for everyone here when I say it is imperative that we pool our money until we can pay to genetically engineer a giant yellow bioelectric gerbil and then hire Hulk Hogan to wrestle it. That is all.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 08/09/2006 11:55 AM EST

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
The only animals on the Pokemon world (Earth-P) are Pokemon. Pokemon are at least semi-sentient creatures, with developed though processes and sense of self.
The people of Earth-P eat meat, from animals. As I just said, Pokemon are the only animals.
Am I the only one creeped out by that?

Chestnuts roasted by Erich @ 08/09/2006 12:14 PM EST

10th anniversary of Beast Wars? I have 40 boxed and packaged BW toys back home in my dads attic. I wonder how much they are worth?

Chestnuts roasted by Mikee Teevee @ 08/09/2006 12:15 PM EST

I was so upset that I couldn't go to that event and get the Pikachu with Fly, but I can't afford to fly to New York from Seattle for one day just to get a Pikachu. Sigh...

Chestnuts roasted by Brandon @ 08/09/2006 12:16 PM EST

Mike, some of them are worth a considerable amount, assuming you're talking about the originals.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 08/09/2006 12:17 PM EST

Never got into the Poke' craze. Watched the show a handful of times and played a couple of the gameboy games for a total of 15 minutes.

I blame my aversion to having worked at AMC when the first two movies premiered and they were giving out Mewtwo cards. Kids are fucking ruthless! Some would reach into the ticket booths trying to grab extra cards RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR PARENTS. I'd've bit some thumbs off if it weren't for fear of losing my job. But when you're 16 you're naive about shitty jobs.

Chestnuts roasted by ColonelCatsup @ 08/09/2006 12:19 PM EST

LOL! Outstanding! I am really not a big Hogan fan, because of all the people in wrestling that he's treated like crap over the years. Good to hear he's gotta swallow a little humility from a 7' foamy japanese mascot wannabe.

In fact, I'm not a big fan of Pokeman-achu. I don't remember Matt ever covering the silly-anime (meaning the card trading, big haired stuff that Fox Kids seems to love) in a column. Would love to read his views on it.

Chestnuts roasted by Yooka @ 08/09/2006 12:29 PM EST

I bought the Red Game Boy version about 7-8 years ago just to see what all the fuss was about. I played it for about a half-hour but try as I might I just couldn't get into it. Oh well. I gave it to my little brother so it got some love...

Chestnuts roasted by Chris D. @ 08/09/2006 12:32 PM EST

This makes me think of the weekend web over on Something Awful in which they attacked a forum of people who think Digimon are real...anyone see that?
Here it is.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 08/09/2006 12:33 PM EST

Really Matt? Fecking hull, I have Optimus Primal as the gorilla, Megatron as the T-rex. Sorry to totally retract from the madness that is Hogan, but I am watching him get all hyped and angry whilst spinning pound signs rotate on my retinas.

Also......I ....I love X-E. Keep up the good work.

Chestnuts roasted by Mikee Teevee @ 08/09/2006 12:40 PM EST

Jessica Marie you've officially just made me feel better about myself. So, Squall and anime-monster collecting series do have a previously established link. At least I didn't drag the Nesquik bunny into it.

Anyone who can decipher this post gets a cookie. It makes sense I swear.

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 08/09/2006 01:11 PM EST

gramsci -- Effin' classic. Cherish that, man. And just to ponder, is Cobra Commander more or less evil without caffeine?

Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 08/09/2006 01:39 PM EST

Holy crap, I just read that link to something awful...really disturbing stuff. There are people walking around society who think Digimon is REAL?

Ok...from this point on I declare that He-Man and all of the collective Masters of the Universe are real. That's right. And I'm pretty sure Hordak lives in that creepy house two doors down the street. I think I saw him watering the plants last Saturday.

Chestnuts roasted by Justin @ 08/09/2006 01:48 PM EST

...and I believe Cobra Commander is slightly more evil on caffeine. But only when encouraged by Destro.

Destro: Hey double C, bet you won't blow up that bridge over there?

Cobra Commander: Hmmm...Yesssssth, perhapssss I WILL blow up that bridge for no apparent reassson. COBRA!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Justin @ 08/09/2006 01:52 PM EST

Justin,
Why did did it take you this long to declare He-Man real? Hello, Mr. Obvious...

Chestnuts roasted by Bludge @ 08/09/2006 02:12 PM EST

Sweet Mary! That Something Awful article is...is just unfathomable. My gut hurts. Thanks for the link Jessica.

Chestnuts roasted by ColonelCatsup @ 08/09/2006 02:13 PM EST

does that include She-Ra?

Chestnuts roasted by bitchpants @ 08/09/2006 02:15 PM EST

Hmmph... I wonder who win this fight: Pokemon or Sora, Donald, or Goofy from Kingdom of Hearts? Sora not only has various drive form but can summon various Disney character.

Chestnuts roasted by Kowl @ 08/09/2006 03:02 PM EST

I'd say Sora, just on principle.

I'd appreciate it if this was the last comment of this nature. I know I started it, and I apologize. I just have legitimate fears of becoming like those digimon cats, now. *shiver*

That being said, I invite you to bring that convo over to FinalFantasyHybrid, Kowl

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 08/09/2006 03:27 PM EST

Erich: That thought occurs to me too. I try not to think about it much...

Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 08/09/2006 03:59 PM EST

Hogan sharing the stage with someone? My, but times have changed. I guess Pikachu now owes Hogan, and will have to do the honors for Hogan on "Hogan Knows Best."

Will Pikachu take the Fingerpoke of Doom?

Chestnuts roasted by TorgovsOrtega @ 08/09/2006 04:05 PM EST

I got lucky with Pokémon - I got Red before it took off, mostly because Nintendo Power told me it'd be good. For once, that (now) crappy magazine was right.

Paul: it's fixed. They revamped NP last year and it's more grown-up now. You won't feel brain cells die when you read it anymore, honest. It's good now.

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 08/09/2006 06:25 PM EST

If that's the case, Mars, then I need to give it another shot.

'Course, since I just got around to buying a GameCube ($100 for it with Metroid Prime, Midway Arcade Treasures, and three controllers...thank you Radio Shack), I won't be getting a Wii or DS anytime soon, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to afford Super Paper Mario or Twilight Princess on release. I guess that kind of makes it a moot point. ;_;

Chestnuts roasted by Paul @ 08/09/2006 07:35 PM EST

I was almost in one of those Pokemon suits the other day. NO joke. A friend of mine is working at the Pokemon World Headquarters (don't ask) and needed a 5'1" shorty to fill one of the suits. Alas, I had to work that day; what festivities I must have missed!

Chestnuts roasted by Pirate7L @ 08/09/2006 07:36 PM EST

I was keeping the reality of MOTU a secret due to fear of ridicule and claims of lunacy. I was inspired to speak out by the Digimon lunati...er...fans.

Yes, unfortunately She-Ra is also real. Because without her, there would be fewer sightings of Modulok. And we all love Modulok.

Chestnuts roasted by Justin @ 08/10/2006 12:39 PM EST

Back in '99, I had a GameShark for the Game Boy, and the codes to get Mew & tons of Rare Candies.
I was the most popular kid on the playground for two weeks solid.

Otherwise, I admit to still playing NetBattle (an online version of battling) semi-regularly.

Chestnuts roasted by Suigi @ 08/11/2006 03:22 PM EST

Wow,Gameshark and Rare Candies....good times.

Im suprised they didn't bring out Bill Cosby.

POKEYMAN?!

Chestnuts roasted by St205 @ 08/12/2006 01:33 AM EST

Good god... Hulkster... Pikachu... Unholy Alliance.... Flesh Rotting Off Bones In Spite.....

Chestnuts roasted by Johnny Bluejeans @ 08/12/2006 06:39 PM EST

The last paragraph was absolutely brilliant. Bill Cosby should have hosted it, or Dan Castellaneta pulling off his Cosby impression that has graced many a YTMND.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt (NZ) @ 08/17/2006 04:17 AM EST