I very much enjoyed these Christmas game ideas. That's a fair point about your game though, I suppose I kind of missed the whole idea behind meister games (i.e. you aren't the master at the start). Anyway, both of these games would be fun little holiday diversions. I suppose making a whole game based around a holiday wouldn't exactly be a big money maker though.

I'm not sure. There's no lack of classic games with the sort of humor that such a game would be filled with. I wonder why, back in the day when companies like McDonalds were commissioning games, no candy company had something like that made. I'd be all for it. Too many games are serious these days and we could certainly use more whimsical concepts where you bash some skulls in with gumdrops or something.

I think we'd have to use some classic characters from various Santa stories, and perhaps some random characters like Father Time to fill in some gaps. You could have some sort of roasting chestnut as a fire spirit, Frosty as an ice spirit, and maybe reindeer in some capacity? There's plenty of interesting ideas there. Mother Earth replacing Dryad?

The next challenge will be to take your favorite game (or one of your favorite games) and theorize what it would have been like had it been developed by different people. For example, I could theorize how Bioware would have made Final Fantasy VI. Have at it!

I see you mean Adriaan's Pokémon review. I wonder did you happen to catch the date on there? Did you perhaps notice that it was posted on the first day of a particular month? Anyway, I have no logical idea what you're talking about. Is this seriously the story they put in a game primarily aimed at children? I can't imagine this making any sence to my 10 year old brain. What happened to the days where Team Rocket was just trying to rob everyone?

Wait, are you seriously comparing people teaching animals to do tricks or keep them in purses to Pokémon battling? So what you're basically saying here, is that as long as they don't kill each other it's fine to battle animals?

OK sarcasm aside, the next time you complain about a review that seems odd, maybe you should make sure it isn't an April fools joke?

On a side note, can someone please explain to me what in the world the plot to Pokémon Platinum was?

Wow, OK I can do that. As long as you remember that I haven't actually completed all of them. I'll just base it on what I have played, and what I know of them. I'll exclude side games for now, I can rank those as well if you need me to. Here we go:

9. Dragon Quest I - The game that started it all hasn't aged all that well. It can be quite tough after many more modern games to go to one where you have only one party member, have to do lots of grinding, and have little direction. Still, it is an interesting historical piece.

8. Dragon Quest II - Similar reasons to I. The presence of a party makes it a little more friendly to the modern RPGamer, but it is still tough. Again, an interesting historical piece. The best thing to do is get the Game Boy Color version of I and II and play that.

7. Dragon Quest III - The fact that you get to make your own party and set off and explore make this game a lot of fun. The first Dragon Quest with a Job system, I'd say it feels somewhat similar to the original version of Final Fantasy. Still rough around the edges, but worth picking up the Game Boy Color version and giving it a go.

6. Dragon Quest VII - Now the presence of this game lower on the list would seem to suggest it is the worst of the more modern games. That's not exactly why it gets bumped down on the list. It has great gameplay, a brilliant job system, and a lot of interesting story elements. The issue is the pacing. The game is insanely long, and it can take you upwards of thirty hours to even get to the point where you can use the job system. Worth playing at some point, just understand the insane time required.

5. Dragon Quest VI - Only available on DS in the US, this is a very interesting Dragon Quest, and features a pretty sweet job system. It apparently is a little too unbalanced for some (I guess you can get super powerful by exploiting the job system) but still an absolute blast to play.

4. Dragon Quest IV - One of my personal favorites, Dragon Quest IV (DS version) splits the game up into several chapters, going through the back-story of your companions before eventually embarking on the main adventure. The only downside is it lacks the party chat feature present in the Japanese version, thus making us miss further characterization.

3. Dragon Quest VIII - Obviously the best looking game in the series, VIII provides a huge world to explore, and a fun story and localization that includes voice acting not present in the original Japanese version. They even included a fully orchestrated score! The character advancement system isn't as interesting as earlier games, and load times can be a bit annoying, but overall a fine game.

2. Dragon Quest IX - The most recent entry is also one of the most interesting in the series. You get to build your own party, and explore one of the largest game worlds put into a DS game. The story provides a lot of interesting moments in the places you visit, focusing more on the stories of the world's people rather than the over-arching plot. The multi-player capabilities mean this game has nearly endless replayability.

1. Dragon Quest V - Monster collecting? Yes. Amazing story? Yes. Classic gameplay? Yes. Don't skip this game. End of story.

More in-depth than ranking the entire Dragon Quest series?

Oh wow, that's an interesting question. I'd say the deciding factor here would be the baggage each character has. Having lost his family, Cyan seems like he would be the more reckless of the two, so I'd give Frog the edge there. Also, Frog has the Masamune as an advantage.

Absolutely, hands down, Celes. Edward is just some spoony bard, and Celes preforms an opera with basically no preparation whatsoever. That tells me all I need to know!

No doubt in my mind the winner is Shadow. Shadow does all kinds of stealth ninja type things throughout Final Fantasy VI, and I can't remember Edge doing anything of that kind at all in Final Fantasy IV. Poor excuse for a ninja!

I'm going to call this one a wash. Both are easily distracted by a pretty face so I think they'd both drop the task and go flirt with the first girl they came across. If we leave that factor out I'm going to go with Locke since he's the only one who actually does much thei...excuse me, TREASURE HUNTING in his particular game.

Oh no doubt Edgar. Dude is in a position of authority (King), and is completely abusing it to hit on a horribly underage girl. Granted Setzer was the only one of the two who actually tried to do something, but still. Edgar is a creeper!

Lightning is the obvious choice here since Tidus is kind of a tool. Also I don't think he's really that feminine anyway. Anyway the point is Lightning is awesome!