Sean "Slazo" Hickman

#SlazoCollection Day 498. Azusa Nakano figure! Ah yes, my K-On phase. Why yes I did get into anime in '09/'10, how could you tell? In fairness, the series does have some great songs, Azusa's story is neat, and Kyoto Animation even back then were damn good at what they did.

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Slazo Nostalgia Month ain't over yet, as we're playing my childhood Digimon game! No, not the one with the poop. Or the crappy fighter. It's the isekai one! www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Well at least I got to turn 35 before the end of the world, that's nice.

Watched Wake Up Dead Man! Curiously, while I think this is the best written Knives Out film and the one I respect the most, it's also the one I enjoyed the least. Not sure what that says about me, hm.

Also could not want a Fire starter less than a fucking dog, looks like I'm Team Water for Gen10!

Okay, not perfect, but this is the best I've ever done in one of these.

That said, I'd say outside of the Winds and Waves segment at the end... that... wasn't great for the 30th anniversary...

So, time for usual always wrong Pokémon Presents predictions!

- Gen10 reveal - names, starters, glimpse of world, little else
- Champions release date and no its not Stadium 3 rip me
- Colo & XD on Switch online today
- Masters EX & Unite get Legends ZA units
- Yes Sleep and Cafe Remix still exist

#SlazoCollection Day 497. Pokémon Snap! 30 years of Pokémon, huh? So why not celebrate with one of the greatest spin-offs, the original Snap for the N64. So much fun playing this as a child, and trying to get a high score to send in to N64 Magazine. Back when you had to do that with analogue film.

INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

Genuinely did not know the new Resi was out today until I was in town just now. Will have to remember to pick that up at some point once it price drops a bit.

#SlazoCollection Day 496. Lost Odyssey! From that curious period where the 360 actually had a bunch of JRPGs. This was probably the best of that crop too. And crazy how there were then no more turn based RPGs until Expedition 33 a few years ago. Definitely no others. Nope, no sirree...

#SlazoCollection Day 495. Alone In Space! I always get this one mixed up with On A Sunbeam, despite them being very different. I guess it's the covers? Either way, these are nice stories, but also clearly from Tillie Walden's early days as they don't stick with me in the same way as her later works.

#SlazoCollection Day 494. Dancing Stage Mario Mix! I remember very well the Christmas I got this, as within about an hour of playing it my mother was sick of the sounds of me thumping around upstairs on the dance mat, and then I... barely ever played it again, sadly.

#SlazoCollection Day 493. Staryu plushie! From ye olde classic Pokémon plushie range, it's Staryu. Which I imagine the plushie makers must have been laughing over at how simple this one is compared to most Pokémon. No Starmie plushie though, two stars would be too much.

How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

"As his post goes on, his language gets older. 100 years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words" Fascinating. So how far back in time can YOU go?

#SlazoCollection Day 492. WarioWare DIY! Considering how much I loved WarioWare Touched at the DS’s launch, surprised I didn’t buy this at the time, only getting it a few years ago. I guess while the whole building and sharing levels appealed for games like LittleBigPlanet, here… not so much.

#SlazoCollection Day 491. Popup Parade Toga Himiko! The best villain from My Hero Academia, said by someone who has only seen the first season, and therefore never seen her in action. But her design is brilliant and she definitely seems to have been copied by several other series since.

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Slazo Nostalgia Month continues as we move on to Beyblade, which made spinning tops the coolest thing to watch every week. Wonder how well that'll translate to a video game... www.twitch.tv/slazoking

Finished Ayakashi Triangle vol 3! Good to have some more substantial plot and consequences in this volume, with the fight against Jinyo, Suzu becoming the Ayakashi King, and developments for the rest of the main cast too. Hopefully it keeps that momentum going now.

#SlazoCollection Day 490. Digimon World: Next Order! I think this was the point where the new era of Digimon games started blurring together for me, mainly because we went back to the World branding which is a decades long hodge podge of experimentation and styles…

"We attempted to deliver your package today" Well I've been in all day and you didn't ring the doorbell or knock, so like fuck you did.

#SlazoCollection Day 489. The Paper Menagerie & The Hidden Girl! While I remember having a desire for short stories of the sci-fi variety a while back, I don't remember how I ended up arriving at Ken Liu. These two definitely sated my craving though, with plenty of interesting concepts and tales.

#SlazoCollection Day 488. Beautiful Katamari! This was the first Katamari game I bought at launch, and... hm. It's still good fun, and the soundtrack still rocks (Into The Sky <3) but with a third of it's meagre levels locked behind paid DLC... it was not worth full price.

#SlazoCollection Day 487. Jolteon plushie! Another Eeveeolution, and arguably the coolest of the original three, though I’ll always love Flareon. But this dude learned Pin Missile! Arguably Gen1’s best Bug move! And some Electric moves I guess, but mainly Pin Missile.

#SlazoCollection Day 486. Wii Sports Resort! I know more about this game from Summoning Salt than I do ever seeing people discuss or play it. I remember it being one of the attempts to sell Wii Motion Plus, but also… I had Skyward Sword for that…

#SlazoCollection Day 485. Oozora Subaru Nendoroid! Shuba shuba shuba! Everyone’s favourite duck in denial VTuber Subaru! An absolute ball of energy and passion that you can’t help but be won over by, even with the language barrier. Probably my fave in all of HoloJP.

A fabricated statement from Nintendo of America's Twitter account addressing a fictitious scenario in which the Earth's oxygen supply is presumed to be depleting at a rapid pace, leaving humanity with mere days to live. "This is Miyamoto. On behalf of everyone who is employed at Nintendo Co. LTD and its subsidiaries, we deeply mourn the countless human lives which will be lost due to the depletion of the global oxygen supply. To anyone who has ever played one of our games, we are eternally grateful to have created long-lasting fun and memories for you. To ease the suffering of families and children across the world, the Mario Kart World game for the Nintendo Switch 2 system will be available as a free download on Nintendo eShop for the foreseeable future. We hope this small gesture of kindness will ease the pain as humanity prepares for a worst-case scenario." The statement is distastefully plastered with logos for Nintendo and Nintendo Switch 2, as well as with a render of Mario from Mario Kart World.

A fabricated Twitter thread responding to the fabricated Nintendo statement. John Default Profile Picture: "No one read this statement and thought it was distasteful? Why did Miyamoto think this would help anyone?" NintenDeen: "Simple: Nintendo is so depraved that they'd exploit a global crisis to boost the player count of the failed Mario Kart World and force consumers back into the Switch 2 ecosystem to boost sales and player numbers."

A fabricated Twitter thread responding to the fabricated Nintendo statement. PlayStation Nation: "What the fuck are you doing falsely advertising sales during these trying times? I went to the website and Mario Kart World is still selling for $80 USD." Kremling Kevin: "If you actually read the statement, it clearly says the discount is available on Nintendo eShop. Meaning the application on the Switch 2 itself, not the web browser version." PlayStation Nation: "Point still stands."

A fabricated Tweet responding to the fabricated Nintendo statement. Isaboner: "Nothing for Switch 1 owners?"

Had a dream that there was global panic about the world running out of oxygen, Nintendo was the only video game company to make a statement about it, and the internet collectively spent its final hours on Earth debating whether Nintendo was being genuine or not

Still remember getting my Pokémon imports from there back in the day, because who wanted to wait a *year* for the UK release

#SlazoCollection Day 484. Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards! Fresh from today's stream, it's the only YuGiOh game I've ever bought. Despite watching a ton of the anime growing up, the actual cards and games rarely appealed to me, but getting to play through Battle City was a blast.

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On this day of love and xoxo and heart emojis, it's time to romance the heart of the cards! Slazo Nostalgia Month continues (begins?) with YuGiOh The Sacred Cards on www.twitch.tv/slazoking