illgrillchill writes:
"When I was in elementary school, a major Japanese franchise hit American shores: Pokémon. Before I knew it, Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue swept the schools, with the card game quickly following. The cards were exhilarating: purchasing booster packs with the chance of getting rare cards, boxed sets guaranteeing you to get some powerful cards, and even the allure of debating with your friends whether or not a trade is “fair”made for exhilarating playground debate."
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The Nintendo DS has some amazing titles available. Here are some of the best nostalgic games that every child of the DS era grew up playing.
I enjoyed both Rush games, I did think the action was sometimes too fast to see what was coming up in terms of hazards though, which meant replaying the same stage a bunch of times, other than that they were enjoyable, good special stages, 3D sections and bosses for the most part.
DS is one of the best consoles of all time. Such a rich library of software
Zelda were all glorious on it.
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On March 17, CATACLYSM descends on Hearthstone, bringing back the fan‑favorite destroyer, Deathwing. Only this time, he’s not the Worldbreaker you remember. In the final moments of Across the Timeways, Murozond refused to accept defeat from Chromie and the Heroes of Time, so he smashed the Hourglass of Time and opened a portal to a nightmare timeline where Deathwing never fell. Now this undefeated Deathwing is invading Azeroth with six terrifying Lieutenants, and they’re ready to break the world all over again!
Were they ever not cool? I think it depends on who you ask, and what card game you're talking about.
No.
Well, I absolutely love Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft and if Nintendo decides to bring a virtual pokemon card game to the table I'm sure I'd love that too.
I don't think they've ever been cool, but HearthStone is addictive. I never thought I would get into card games but that one just reeled me in. Don't knock it till you try it.
I don't think they'll appeal to school yard children as much as they did in the past due to all the tech kids got these days.