My thoughts: Pokemon X and Y/Fire Emblem Awakening Charas.

Pokemon X and Y
     My Thoughts







   So as most of you probably expected, Pokemon X and Y have been quite the topic for Pokemon Gamers recently.  The first generation of Pokemon to completely immerse itself in a 3D world, and who knows what kind of new features there will be in this new release.

   However, this game has actually been viewed pretty negatively so far, and I'm kinda saddened by it.  Not because they are true, but because people are just "assuming" that "Oh no, it's going to be just like Black and White, it's going to suck and Pokemon will be destroyed".

   Okay, first off, just how much has been released about this game?  A single trailer, and a few pictures.  You are basing all of this information off of a few pictures, and a trailer?  Really?  I saw both of them, and nothing really stood out as terrible.  Heck, I actually like the new starters, and the Legends look pretty sweet as well!

   Second, yes, Pokemon Black was a little disappointment, but Black 2 was awesome!  It made up for all of the problems from the previous game, and I loved it.  There are so many little fun things to do, and it actually had a pretty good story.  In fact, it's probably the best story that's been done yet (I mean, not that Pokemon games are exactly known for having extensive story material).

   And finally, the standards they measure the game at is a little messed up.  While Pokemon Black wasn't so great by POKEMON standards, by REGULAR GAME standards, it was still pretty good.  If Black and White were the first Pokemon games ever released, they probably would have been a huge hit!  And it still sold a lot of copies.  Yes, it MAY not have been the best, but a company can only go so high without going a little lower.

   So, if you didn't figured it out by now, I'm pretty optimistic about this.  The Pokemon so far seem to have somewhat of a mystical feel, and I wonder if Pokemon is heading more towards a serious kind of story and gameplay...which would be AWESOME.

   But enough about that, here's a list of Fire Emblem Awakening characters that I find particularly cool!

	Chrom	Lord	Tomokazu Sugita	27th May
	The prince of Ylisse and descendant of the Hero-King. Though of royal blood, he leads a militia known as the Shepherds to defend his nation. Appears unsociable, but bursts into enthusiasm whenever things get interesting. Breaks the most things during practice.

The "main" hero of this story.  I said "main" that way because, when you get closer to the end, you basically end up the main character.  Anyways, Chrom was this game's "Blue-haired Hero", once again, similar to almost all Fire Emblem games, and he's probably my favorite.  He's kind of a mix between Marth and Ike, not quite being a brute fighter, but not exactly a girlish fencer either. He's generally cool and calm, and fights with both skill and strength.  He has some pretty sweet lines, and is a really cool guy.

	Avatar	Tactician	Decided by player               Miyuki Sawashiro               Yoshimasa Hosoya               Tōru Ōkawa	Decided by player
	You collapsed one day in the middle of nowhere for no apparent reason. Although you have no memories to speak of, it's clear that you're an expert tactician. You're extremely charismatic and can bond with almost everybody. The army's greatest enigma.

Yourself (in my case Brenn), this game's tactician (I'm actually a sorcerer).  The tactician was originally released I BELIEVE in Fire Emblem Blazing Sword.  However, in that game, you only got to name him, and he didn't do any fighting...you were just sort of somewhere in the background, and part of the story.  No sort of character customization appeared again until New Mystery, a Fire Emblem game only released in Japan.  While you could name him and actually fight, you were still stuck as a Lord, so while you were in it, there were still limits.

Now, the tactician is back, and he can fight...good.  You start as a tactician, but through the use of an easy-to-obtain item, you can become almost any class in the game.  You name him, choose his looks and voice, and even choose his better stat and his lacking stat (I chose speed for my positive because I tend to run alot, and luck as my negative because I'm TERRIBLE with dice).  And as I said before, you eventually become the main character, which is an honor, because the story is FREAKING AWESOME.

In fact, the only customization you don't perform is that you can't choose all of the classes (you can't choose a class that doesn't upgrade, and you can't choose Lord), and you don't choose their base stats and growths, but those are so minor that it really doesn't matter that much (although I bet some of you wanted to be a dragon).

	Kellam	Knight	Manabu Sakamaki	24th June
	An armoured knight who serves the Shepherds. He wears a blank expression on his face and rarely speaks. Lacks presence and isn't noticed by people even when he's standing right in front of them. Not that it bothers him much... The tallest person at the table.

What is hilarious about this, is that's, no joke, it's an understatement.  You first meet him during a battle, when he's been there for the past while, yelling and waving, and literally NO ONE noticed him.  He isn't just silent, it's almost like he's invisible.  And he's not just tall, he's a knight, so he's wearing LOTS of armor.

	Lon'qu	Myrmidon	Takehito Koyasu	10th October
	A swordsman from Regna Ferox whose skill with the sword is respected by even Khan Basilio. He's the silent and unsociable type, but gets flustered around females, making a red-faced getaway as soon as one gets near. The best vegetable peeler in the army.

Once again, an understatement.  He's not just flustered by them, he's literally AFRAID of being next to one.  While training one in the art of a sword, he gave orders from afar, because if he was any closer, he wouldn't find the courage to speak clearly.  Plus, he's an AWESOME fighter, and great on any team.

	Gaius	Thief	Shinobu Matsumoto	2nd January
	A thief from Ylisse. Calm, composed and able, he'll basically take any job if the price is right. He's positively obsessed with sweets and has over fifty types of candies hidden all over his body. Nose-bleeds more than any healthy person should.

A man who steals goods, fights well with a sword, has a calm, cool, "I'm the boss" personality, and in his spare time....makes pies.
MOST EPIC THIEF EVAH!!!!!!!!

	Nowi	Manakete	Kumi Tanaka	21st September
	A Manakete unattached to any nation. She looks and acts like a child, but is actually more than a thousand years old. Loves playing outside, like any child would, and is always searching for a playmate. Wakes up later than everyone else.

A two-thousand year old dragon who is more childish than HENRY is.  Always wanting to play with someone, but generally ends up scaring kids away because well...she's a dragon...

	Libra	War Monk	Megumi Yamato	1st July
	An Ylissean saint with a calm and composed nature. Because of his beautiful face, he's constantly mistaken for a female. He's the type of person who tends to pay attention to even the tiniest of details. Prays to god more than anybody.

Yup, he's even mistook for a female by your main character.  Even his VOICE has a female sound to it.  But other than that, he's a war monk...a cleric...with an axe...THANK YOU CREATORS OF FIRE EMBLEM, YOU ARE SO AWESOME!!!!

	Anna	Trickster	Saori Seto	11th June
	A mysterious travelling merchant. Has many identical sisters--so many in fact that even she has lost count. Friendly and polite, as one would expect from a merchant. She loves gold and wealthy customers and did I say gold? Has the most secret savings.

A traveling merchant with all her sisters looking not just exactly like her, but having the same name....HALLO NURSE JOY!

	Henry	Dark Mage	Akemi Okamura	13th November
	A dark mage from Plegia who wears an eternal smile on his face. He's strangely cheerful for a dark mage, but also incredibly cruel, having no qualms about placing curses on or killing people. Has the lowest blood pressure among his comrades.

Henry is SO much fun to have on your team, because he never wipes that smile off his face.  Smiling, even while obliterating undead, and constantly spouting bad jokes and laughing at them.  No character has made me laugh as much as Henry has.  Plus, Dark Mages are awesome anyways.

	Morgan	Varies	Depends on Avatar               Yoshimasa Hosoya (M)               Miyuki Sawashiro (F)	5th May
	Your child from the future. Because he/she has next to no memories of his/her life, nobody knows what timeline he/she's from. Has a childish enthusiasm and is quick to play along with others. He/she dreams of becoming a tactician like you. Moves around the most.

Yup, Awakening has TIME TRAVEL!!!!   And yes, you have either a son or daughter, who is basically more epic than you are.   Funny how she dreams of being like you, as she obliterated a boss in one single hit, and taking no damage from being hit with an axe.

	Owain	Myrmidon	Hidenori Takahashi	15th July
	Lissa's son from the future. He likes to stand out and tries to look cool, speaking in a theatrical fashion. Loves giving obscure names to weapons, as well as thinking up names for his special moves. The army's most hot-blooded member.

Okay...I take what I said back...Henry isn't the funniest character, THIS GUY is...he's just so...silly.  He's always confident, always spouting nonsense that probably came out of Shakespeare, and constantly trying to calm his "sword hand" from wounding an ally due to hunger for action.  He's like bad acting, Shakespeare's Hamlet, and Aaron Connell all merged into one being.  Absolutely fantastic XD

	Nah	Manakete	Rei Matsuzaki	29th March
	Nowi's daughter from the future. In stark contrast to her mother, she's extremely mature for her age and accustomed to controlling her feelings. Though still a child, she often questions the intentions of others. She's well aware of her odd name. Has the best teeth.

Okay...it's SO funny how different Nah and Nowi are...it's almost like she's the 45-year old long time mother, and Nowi's the 5-year old child.  What's even scarier is that whenever I use Nowi, I always have her marry Henry, and yet they create this child...WHAT HAPPENED???