Gym Leader #2: Misty - Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen

Gym Leader #2: Misty - Water

Misty has two Pokemon; Staryu & Starmie. Her gym is extremely simple, you just need to walk up to Misty, you don't even have to battler the two trainers.

Staryu

Level: 18

Types: Water

Ability: Natural Cure

Attacks: Tackle, Harden, Recover & Water Pulse

Weakness: Grass & Electric

Strategy: If you picked Bulbasaur or picked up a Pikachu, you are gonna do fine. If not are are gonna hit it hard with Special Attacks, as well as inflicted status effects to help you.

Starmie
Level: 21
Types: Water/Psychic
Ability: Natural Cure
Attacks: Rapid Spin, Swift, Recover & Water Pulse
Weakness: Grass, Bug, Electric, Dark & Ghost
Strategy: If you picked Bulbasaur or picked up a Pikachu, you are gonna do fine. If not are are gonna hit it hard with Special Attacks, as well as inflicted status effects to help you.

Once you defeat Misty you will get TM 03 Water Pulse and the Cascade Badge.

Misty

Gym Leader #1 Brock - Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen

Gym Leaader #1 Brock - Rock

Brock has two Pokemon; Geodude & Onix. His gym is extremely simple, you just need to walk up to him, you don't even have to battle the trainers.

Geodude

Level: 12

Types: Rock/Ground

Ability: Rock Head

Attacks: Tackle & Defense Curl

Weakness: Ice, Ground, Fighting, Water & Grass

Strategy: If you didn't pick Bulbasaur or Squirtle, you might have some trouble, you can catch a Mankey or Nidoran on nearby routes if you need the fighting-type advantage.

Onix

Level: 14
Types: Rock/Ground
Ability: Rock Head
Attacks: Tackle, Bind & Rock Tomb
Weakness: Ice, Ground, Fighting, Water & Grass
Strategy: Same with Onix, Onix will use Bind, which is a non-attacking move by with it takes damages, after two turns it will deal the damage back twice as hard.

Once you defeat Brock, you will get TM 39 Rock Tomb and the Boulder Badge.

Brock

Collection Update #3

Collection Update #3

(March, 2018)

Tomb Raider II (Playstation 1)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition (Xbox One)

Pokemon Leaf Green (Nintendo GameBoy Advance)


Pokemon Red (Nintendo GameBoy)


LEGO Marvel Superheroes Hulkbuster Smash-Up

Red Sparrow (Cinema)

Tomb Raider (Cinema)

Tomb Raider II is a classic straple in game history, spawning several films and now getting a rebooted video game recently. I played it at a friend's house when I was about 8 and enjoyed it then because I thought it was cool as it was a mature game for an 8 year old. Especially how I bought down my Playstation 1 from the loft, I thought it would be great to get the game and play it for myself.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was an impulse buy, I haven't played it yet but I can't wait as I have been wanting to play it for ages now. I have heard it feels a bit like Skyrim and plays like a Fallout. I play these sort of fantasy games more as a barbarian-like class - I like to get the biggest weapon I can get my hands on and smash stuff... we'll see how that works out for me.

Pokemon LeafGreen plays through the remake of the original Pokemon Games, but with the added Sevii Islands which are home to previous region legendary Pokemon. I remember watching the walkthrough to the game on YouTube, by the YouTuber Lueroi; but I never played it before, so I through I would play through it and see how nostalgic it would be.

Pokemon Red is one of the original Pokemon Games, alongside Pokemon Blue & Pokemon Yellow; and technically Pokemon Green in Japan. Either way, it was the remaining Pokemon Game I haven't played through yet on the Original GameBoy. Just like the other 1st Generation Pokemon Games, you play through the Kanto Region catching Pokemon, defeat Team Rocket, later defeating the Elite Four and becoming the new Pokemon League Champion.

The LEGO MARVEL Superheroes Hulkbuster Smash-Up set is a pretty cool LEGO set, it's apart of the upcoming Marvel Infinity War LEGO Sets, which co-inside with the new MARVEL Movie coming out. I'm gonna cut to the chase, I bought it for the Hulkbuster, not for the rest of the stuff, don't get me wrong, I like the other bits and minifigure but I wanted the hulkbuster mech; especially how I couldn't justify getting the £200 Exclusive Set.

Red Sparrow was an interesting thriller film. It has a lot more blood, gore and sex than I expected. It's about a ballerina who goes a painful accident, forcing her to give up on her dreams. She is later recruited to be a Russian Spy who uses her sex appeal and body to get information. She later becomes a double agent for the CIA, trying to find a mole in the Russian Intelligence Service. Honestly, I can't understand how it is a 15/R, surely it has to be an 18/NC-17 age rating.

Tomb Raider was an exciting action film, following Lara Croft attempting to find her father after he becomes lost after 7 years of travelling to find ancient Japanese Death Goddess' Tomb. Based of the original concepts of the video game series, I feel that it had a strong female hero and a great villain with amazing special effects and action scenes. Not going to lie, but it possibly the best video game movie ever, and a pretty great film all round.

This, I'm Trained For - Trials of the Blood Dragon

Cross the track before the train in Final Reckoning - 20

Level #27 Final Reckoning

Continue along the track as normal, you'll get to the part where you get on to the bike for the last time, shooting through a cannon and over some small ridges; jumping over a train track. You need to make it to the train track by the around 8 Minute mark; so you'll be riding for about 4 Minutes before the train track.

You'll know if you have made it because there will be 2 small green lights, if they are red, you didn't make it in time. You can make faults, but you need to quickly recover from them.

Motorbike Jump over a Moving Train

The Truth is Out There - Trials of the Blood Dragon

Find all five secrets - 40

There are 5 Secrets Portals which will take you to a level where you will have to control the Turbo Flip.

Level #5 Enter Miami:

Continue along the track as normal, until jump up onto a tall ramp, which dives down underneath a futuristic waterfall. Ride slow off the edge of the ramp and jump into the Pink Portal.

You'll have to drive the Turbo Flip up and over the "Cocktails" Sign just under the "s" to pick up the Pink Key.

Level #9 Ancient Riddles:

Continue along the track as normal, until you ride through the water, then down a ramp. Ride slowly off the ramp to fall into the Blue Portal.

You'll have to drive the Turbo Flip up and over the ancient cave walls, the final jump, you don't want to drive flat out otherwise you'll bounce right off the wall and have to do the sequence again. The final ledge has the Blue Key on it.

Level# 15 Insect Invasion:

Continue along the track as normal, until you are climb through a burning rumble and shooting insect soldiers. You'll come up to a part where you can shoot a tumor to destroy a wall which will fall down to allow you to continue, just before shooting an insect soldier. Turn back and shoot the tumor on the opposite wall, making the wall fall over. Go to the left and jump into the Yellow Portal.

You'll have to drive the Turbo Flip up the burning rumble, you have to go slowly because driving flat out will not allow you to get over jumps or overshoot them completely, picking up the Yellow Key at the end of the section.

Level #20 Limbo:

From the beginning, you need to ride slowly down the mine cart track, to fall and down a level, joing backwards off a bottom track into the Orange Portal.

You'll have to drive the Turbo Flip up and around the saw blades to pick up the Orange Key.

Level: 24 Clubbed to Death:

Continue along the track as normal, just after defeating the Pink Shinja, you'll fall down the grates, then you'll have to the grappling hook to raising grappling tube to avoid rotating saw blades. Once the grappling tube has reached the top, swing to the left into the Green Portal.

You'll have to drive the Turbo Flip around a large Pinball Machine, you'll have to pick up the letters "SIN", which will give you the Green Key.

Once you have found all 5 Secret Keys, the locket underneath the bunk bed will be opened, as well as the Epilogue becoming available. To see the Epilogue, you need to complete the final mission, Level #27 Final Reckoning. The locker has hardcore tracks which are insanely difficult to complete.

This is a reference to the X-Files, with the tagline "The Truth Is Out There".

Turbo Flip RC Car

Laser Tagged! - Trials of the Blood Dragon

Survive 30 Seconds in the Laser Pit - 20

Level - #13 R&D

Continue along the track as normal until you get to the laser pit. There is a button with a skull in the centre of the laser pit, which you need to step on to start the timer. When the button has been pressed you need to survive for 30 seconds, once the timer is up, the lasers will shut off and you can then continue.

This is a play on words from the popular combat games of laser tag.

Blu-Ray Laser bursting balloons

Boomshakalaka! - Trials of the Blood Dragon

Score a basket - 20

Level - #3 Hack to Slash

Once you have gotten off the bike and began storming through the facility on foot, you'll get to "Security Level 5"; hacking a computer and riding two lifts up, passing a basketball hoop on the left side wall, then hacking another computer, with a large pip to right coming out of the ceiling. Once you have hacked the computer 2 Basketballs will drop down from the pipe.

You have to push one back to the left, dunking the ball in the hoop. You have 2 chances before you'll have to restart from the checkpoint.

This is a reference to the popular phrase which is screamed after a slam dunk in a game of basketball, usually used by Brian Wheeler, the announcer/commentator.

Michael Jordan performing a Slam Dunk

Perfection #3 - Call of Duty 3

Call of Duty 3 tells the story of the Polish, American, French, Canadian & British struggle in the Battle of Normandy, in World War II. You fight along fellow soldiers, against the Nazi intruders who plan on conquering the globe. You play as an infantryman, highlander, demolition expert and a tanker driver to push back the Nazi onslaught. Seeing the brutal and never-ending fight the allies had to endure through make you experience the realness of the physical and mental battle the men and women went through. The blood, the mud, the trauma; for a video game which came out 12 years ago, it shows the intensity extremely clearly.

There are 13 Chapters in the game, which I completed on Easy, then on Veteran Difficulty; which was extremely annoying with god awful enemy spawns and dumb things which happens more often than not. But the stupid rag-doll physics made me laugh, which help baring through the Veteran playthrough. I couldn't play the multiplayer as the server was disconnected about 8 years ago now.

I also got the achievements; Hot Potato & Big Air. The other achievements involved completing a level only using a certain type of weapon, or limited amount of rounds, or taking a limited amount of hits. The achievement Assault Trooper, to use only Assault Rifles in a level was glitched, refusing to unlock. I even made a new account to attempt to get the achievement, but it was glitched on the other account as well... 

Difficulty: 3/10 (easy difficulty) 9/10 (veteran difficulty)

Time to complete: Around 25 Hours

Overall Enjoyment: 5/10

I found that when killing a certain enemies, extreme ragdoll physics would through the enemy 6 feet into the air for no reason, which was interesting in a house. Also the last mission, just before the end when you have to hold out in Chambois against the oncoming Nazi Soldiers, I died a couple of times and the checkpoint there is brutal, you have to fight through the same building, then use the Flak Cannons to destroy the armoured cars and tanks. I found this part the most difficult/annoyest part of the whole campaign. It sometimes felt slow and point to point kill objectives, which was annoying but whole game holds up pretty well from 2006 when the game was originally released.

Hot Potato - Call of Duty 3

Pick up and return 5 Live Grenades - 25

This can be done in a number of missions. To pick up and return a live grenade. The Grenade Icon will show if you are show to a live grenade. First press X to pick it up, then Right Bumper to throw it back. It does not have to kill anyone, it just has to be throw.

This a reference to the WWII American Slang giving to a Nazi Stielhandgranate, saying it looked like a Potato-Masher. Also coming from the childhood circle game of hot potato, in which children would pass a bean bag around the circle, getting quicker and quicker, until someone dropped the bean bag.

M24 Stielhandgranate

Big Air - Call of Duty 3

EXTREME! Find a Big Jump and catch some air! - 25

Mission: Night Drop

You'll find yourself driving a Willys Jeep and you'll have to jump over a stone brick wall. Give a big run up and get big air over the ramp.

This took me a couple of times to complete.

Willys Jeep - 1941

Perfection #2 - Pokemon Omega Ruby

Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire are remakes of the classic Gameboy Advanced games of Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire. You start in the back of a moving truck, moving to your new house in Littleroot Town, you meet a new friend May/Brendan and then saving the Pokemon Professor from a wild Pokemon, and getting a starter Pokemon. You are then challenged with defeating all the Hoenn League Gyms and the Elite Four. You also run into the evil Team Magma who plan to cleanse the region with fire. Anyway, you defeat the Pokemon Gyms, Elite Four & Champion, defeat the evil criminal team and awaken and catch an Ancient Primal Pokemon, all the while collecting Pokemon and building a team of strong Pokemon to befriend.

There are 8 Gyms, 4 Member of the Elite Four + the Champion and a bunch of Pokemon to catch. I completed the Hoenn Pokedex to the best of my ability without restarting or buying the other game. Meaning I did no catch; Kyogre, Latias, Sableye, Lotad, Lombre, Ludicolo, Lunatina or Seviper; Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken, Treecko, Grovyle or Sceptile - this is because I chose Mudkip as my starter Pokemon.

Once the Elite Four has been defeat and you have been accepted into the Hall of Fame, the end begins - The Delta Episode is a short post-end game where you end up catching Mega Rayquaza & Deoxys. You can also go to the Battle Resort to defeat multiple trainers to become the very best that no one ever was. There are also a bunch of Legendary Pokemon you can catch from previous Pokemon games, some you need certain requirements other while soaring.

My Team:
Mega Swampert
Gardevoir
Mighyena
Hariyama
Probopass
Cradily

Difficulty: 4/10 (defeating the elite four) 7/10 (catching the Hoenn Pokedex)
Time to complete: 35 Hours to ~100% Hoenn Pokedex
Overall Enjoyment: 7/10

The real problem is catching all of the Pokemon in the Hoenn Pokedex. A large factor is that I ran out of evolutionary stones. But you can find coloured shards underwater and trade them for evolutionary stones at the Treasure Hunter's Shack on Route 124. In both Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire you can use the DexNav on the bottom screen, while shows you what Pokemon are in that route normally, so you can easily find out what you need to catch. Apart from that I believe that the games have got a lot easier from previous Pokemon generations, especially the Elite Four battles, I didn't have to grind at all for levels like previous games. Either way, I was really great to play a remake of one of my childhood classic video games.

My Pokemon Omega Ruby Trainer Card

How to catch Ho-Oh & Lugia - Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Starting at the Sea Mauville, you need to catch to a Scientist who works for Captain Stern, he says he is searching for a Scanner which is lost onboard the wrecked ship. The Scanner is in the sunken part of the ship, inside the control room. The Scanner is hidden on the lower-right stairway.

Return to the Scientist, he tells you to deliver it to Captain Stern who is back in Slateport Harbour. He rewards you with either the Clear Bell or the Tidal Bell, depending on your game. Clear Bell - Omega Ruby / Tidal Bell - Alpha Sapphire. 

Ho-Oh

You need to climb to the highest point of the ship, right off the bow of the vessel. There will be a mysterious floating ring. Ho-Oh waits inside the other realm.

Ho-Oh

Level: 50

Type: Fire/Flying

Ability: Pressure

Attacks: Sunny Day, Fire Blast, Sacred Fire & Punishment

Weakness: Electric, Water & Rock

Lugia

You need to dive to the underwater control room. There will be a mysterious floating ring. Lugia waits inside the other realm.

Lugia

Level: 50
Type: Psychic/Flying
Ability: Pressure
Attacks: Rain Dance, Hydro Pump, Aeroblast & Punishment
Weakness: Dark, Electric, Rock, Ice & Ghost

Ho-Oh & Lugia

Touring Italy Forzathon - Forza Motorsport 7

There are 3 Challenges in this Forzathon and the rewards is the 2013 Audi R8 Coupe V10 Plus 5.2 FSI Quattro.

Challenge 1 - Complete a Race at Monza in an Exotic GT Division Car

(Any Monza Track / Any Exotic GT Car)

Challenge 2 - Go at least 100mph at Mugello

(Any Mugello Track / Any Car)

Challenge 3 - Win a Race at Night in a Forza GT Division Car

(Any Track at Night / Any Forza GT Car)

The 2013 Audi R8 Coupe V10 Plus 5.2 FSI Quattro is a Super Rare Exotic GT Car in S Class.

Audi R8 Coupe V10 Plus 5.2 FSI Quattro - 2013

To Arms! Forzathon - Forza Motorsport 7

There are 3 Challenges in this Forzathon and the rewards is the Surely You Joust Driver Gear.

Challenge 1 - Complete 5 Laps in a Vintage Sport Coupe Division Car

(Any track / Any Vintage Sport Coupe Car)

Challenge 2 - Beat a Rival

(Any Rival)

Challenge 3 - Complete a Race in the 2010 Noble M600

(Any track / 2010 Noble M600)

Jousting Knight

Night Time Driving Forzathon - Forza Motorsport 7

There are 3 Challenges in this Forzathon and the reward is the 2000 Plymouth Prowler.

Challenge 1 - Complete a Race at Night

(Any track at Night / Any car)

Challenge 2 - Complete a Race at Yas Marina at Night

(Yas Marina at Night / Any car)

Challenge 3 - Win a Race at Night

(Any track / Any car)

The 2000 Plymouth Prowler is a Uncommon Forza Special Car in C Class.

Plymouth Prowler - 2000

Flock Together Forzathon - Forza Motorsport 7

There are 3 Challenges in this Forzathon and the reward is the 1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans AM SD-455.

Challenge 1 - Complete 2 Laps in the 1973 Ford XB Falcon GT.

(Any track / 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT)

Challenge 2 - Go at least 120mph in the 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans AM

(Any track with a long straight / 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans AM)

Challenge 3 - Complete a race in the 1998 Eagle Talon Tsi Turbo

(Any track / 1998 Eagle Talon Tsi Turbo)

The 1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans AM SD-455 is an Common Historic Road Racing Car in D Class.

Pontiac Firebird Trans AM SD-455 - 1973

Fingers Crossed Forzathon - Forza Motorsport 7

There are 3 Challenges in this Forzathon and the reward is the 1972 Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E49.

Challenge 1 - Win a Race

(Any track / Any car)

Challenge 2 - Beat a Rival

(Any Rival)

Challenge 3 - Complete a "Pass the It" Tag Event

(Any Pass the It Multiplayer Event)

The 1972 Chrysler VH Valiant Charger R/T E49 is a Common Classic Muscle Car in D Class.

Chrysler Valiant Charger R/T E49 - 1972

Spectacular Journey Forzathon - Forza Motorsport 7

There are 3 Challenges in this Forzathon and the reward is the 2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed.

Challenge 1 - Complete 3 Laps at Monza in an Exotic GT Division Car

(Any Monza Track / Any Exotic GT Car)

Challenge 2 - Stay on track at Virginia International Raceway in a Sport GT Division Car

(Any Virginia International Raceway Track / Any Sport GT Car - Stay on the track.)

Challenge 3 - Win a race in a Hypercar Division Car

(Any track / Any Hypercar)

The 2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed is a Super Rare Sport Luxury Car in A Class.

Bentley Continental GT Speed - 2013

How to catch Heatran - Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Start at Fortree City, head East into Route 120 and then Surf in the northern most lake to reach the Scorched Slab. Head down to the bottom floor, passing Flannery on the way. You will see a mysterious floating ring. Approach the ring and you will fight Heatran.

Heatran is the Legendary Pokemon of Volcanoes and the Earth's Inner Core

Heatran

Level: 50

Types: Fire/Steel

Ability: Flash Fire

Attacks: Metal Sound, Crunch, Scary Face & Lava Plume

Weakness: Water, Fighting & Ground

Heatran