Spyro 3 fail

I’ve been playing Spyro 3, Year of the Dragon, all this week. I don’t know why, but I like the Spyro games. What other game can you play as a dragon (even if he is purple)?

I beat Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage with 100% completion the week before. Got all orbs and all gems. So, I was planning to beat Spyro 3 with 100% completion too.

I was doing pretty good with this goal. And then I hit a wall.

The Country Speedway. I’ve always hated the speedway levels. You have to hit or go through all the goals within the time limit to beat it. 4 kinds of goals and 8 of each kind = 32 things total. After a few runs you memorize the course until you win. Spyro 3 added a racing minigame quest, too.

In this speedway you race some biplanes flown by pigs. When pigs fly.. ah whatever.

Picture from Giant Bomb

Anyway, apparently there’s a bug in the game. If you leave the speedway without winning the racing minigame, you can never win it. Even when you’ve won. And, of course, I had left the speedway after finishing the 1st minigame in there.

I’m serious. I won that race twice before looking up an FAQ to find out why it didn’t reward me.

So my goal of 100% got shot down. I was so … angry … I quit entirely.

Mehhhhhh. Wild ARMs 4 will cheer me up.

How to download and install KR Test Client

Since I’ve been told this blog is the #3 result for “KR Test Client” in google, I felt I should at least add some guide on how to get said client.

1. Go to KR Mabinogi’s website: http://www.mabinogi.com/c3/

Note: You must use Internet Explorer.

2. Logging in is not necessary; you just need to navigate to the download page. Mouse over the computer picture and select the first button that comes up underneath it. Picture below.

3. Click the test server client. It’s the second orange button there and has a gamepad with “TEST” written over it. Picture below (click to enlarge).

4. Begin download.

5. Install client when finished.

Q. But won’t it overwite my CN/JP/NA/TW server install???

Nope! Test server is special and won’t cause any conflicts with the server you already have.

Q. But how do I get a KR account to play on test server?

I can’t help you there. Try to find someone who has one to give away. That’s how I got mine many years ago.

Ponyo

A Miyazaki film now playing in theaters.

Synopsis
It’s from the creators of Howl’s Moving Castle. A young little goldfish lives under the sea. She is the daughter of the ocean’s guardian, and she wants to be human. One day she swims away from home, gets stuck in a jar, and washes up on the shore, and a little boy named Sosuke rescues her.

He names her Ponyo. Through her magic she begins to turn into a human, but her father is against it completely.

Will Sosuke and Ponyo be able to stay friends?

My thoughts
It’s definitely a Studio Ghibli creation; the animation gives it away real fast. There are some funny old ladies in it, and they reminded me think of the evil fat witch in Howl’s Moving Castle.

The father was a really funny, eccentric, creepy guy. I wish we were given more background on him. The fish and water under his command (and Ponyo’s) was something to see, very animated and interesting. There was a long, stormy ocean scene, and it was quite impressive.

It’s meant for kids, so there’s no real epic fight or anything. Just a, you know, happy ending. I wasn’t really impressed with the story, but the presentation is great. There are a lot of details in the scenery.

Worst Part
Ponyo’s voice is annoying. Fortunately she doesn’t say much.

Disney had hand in this, so many voices are kiddies (one of the Jonas Brothers is Sosuke, but to make up for this, Betty White was one of the old ladies, which was hilarious).

Best Part
Lots and lots of fish and sea creatures (crabs, octopi, planktons, jellyfish). I loved every second of it. But I’m really into fish and the sea.

Also there was a quite sudden, unexpected song at the end that was just so childish and unfitting that I laughed out loud (a few other people around me did too).

Some fanart I found on Google:

Those fish were so cool.

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All images grabbed from google. Forgot to source them… Here’s a more in-depth review of its release at the Venice Film Festival.