Nintendo and me. Part III

 

Hello again, today's blog continues my journey with Nintendo.

In the previous blogs, I told you how I got my handheld consoles, and today, I'm gonna explain how I had my first home consoles. 

I remember the day Nintendo announced the Switch, I was very shocked because it was a hybrid console, you could use it on the go, like a handheld and you could also plug it into the TV like a home console. Since that day I started saving money as a crazy person; every income I received, I saved it for the Switch; my mom and my dad also helped for the cause. My aunt who lives in the United States would come to visit, so my mom sent her the money so she could buy the Switch there because it was cheaper than here. She also gifted me two games: Super Smash Bros Ultimate and Pokémon Let's Go Eevee. so I was very happy when it arrived, then I would save to buy my own games, mostly Pokémon. This year I sold some of the games I didn't use anymore (except the Pokémon games, never again) so I could modify my Nintendo Switch to play pirated games, it was hard for me but at the end it worth it.

Years later, the same aunt sent me money for my birthday, so I added my savings and decided to buy a Nintendo Wii U, this console was realized before the Nintendo Switch, it was the base idea of the Switch, to play games in handheld. The Wii U wasn't very popular, even though it was a successor to the famous Wii. I wanted to buy a Wii U because if I modified it I could play basically every Nintendo game from every previous console, like Wii, Gamecube, Nintendo 64, SNES, and NES; something I always wanted as a kid. So I did, I remember going to Metrocentro to bring my Wii U, then I had to wait because it was going to be modified, but finally I had it, and I've played so many games that I wasn't able to before. 

Also that year I bought another 3DS, the New 3DS XL, my mom helped me to buy it because she felt kind of guilty that my old 3DS didn't work anymore, it was already modified and I got a great deal for it. But with these 3 consoles, My inner Nintendo fan child and I are very happy, because I am able to play almost every Nintendo game I  always wanted to, so my journey with Nintendo is not over yet.

Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you enjoyed it. 

And in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night.

- Carlos Meléndez

31 Minutos

 

A show that was important for me in my childhood was 31 Minutos, a Chilean puppet show that premiered in the 2000's. I remember watching it on Nickelodeon, I used to stop everything I was doing to watch it, I downloaded the songs and listened to them in my dad's car.

The theme of the show is that they are in a news program, where all the puppets work at. We have the main character: Tulio Triviño, who is the main host, he is very stupid and gullible, is the one who has more money, and is always screwing everything up, then we have Juan Carlos Bodoque, he is my favorite character, he is very sarcastic, loves gambling and he introduces the section "La Nota Verde" when he teaches about the planet and how we should take care of it; Juanin, he is the producer of the show and coordinates everything about it, he was unique in his species and was found by Tulio ans d Bodoque when they were kids; Patana who is Tulio's nephew and want to become a great reporter; Mario Hugo, a reporter who has tons of dogs and is hopelessly in love with Patana, and many others like Guachimingo, Calcetín con Rombos Man, Policarpo and Guaripolo.

The music of its show is great, especially on the Ranking Top of Policarpo, it is inspired by different genres of music. They have collaborated with a lot of musicians like Chancho en Piedra, Los Bunkers, Belanova, and many more. I'm glad to see that the show is still popular on the internet, I always see clips of the show on TikTok or YouTube, and also a lot of memes. One thing I really like about this show is that it doesn't treat the kids of his audience like stupid children who get entertained with stupid jokes, no, they treat the children for what they really are, adults in progress, they know that kids are smart, and they can understand complex subjects, and that's something that a lot of kids shows should have in consideration, shows like 31 Minutos and Bluey are great examples of this.

Thanks for reading my blog, and in case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening and goos night.

-Carlos Meléndez