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It's my first post of 2008…27 days into it! Damn, where the hell was I? This time last year I had, like, 4 blogs by now! Let's just say that I had been partying for the last 3 weeks…and that College started up again.

I tried writing my now-trying-to-be-annual Year In Review 2007 blog three different times, with 2 times giving up due to lack of interest in doing so, and one time getting 3/4 of the way until myspace ate all my work somehow.

So, without further adieu, instead of wasting my whole night writing & researching my blog and suppressed memories, here is my Abridged Review of 2007:

(In mostly Chronological Order)

-My KB Toys store closed in January, making me focus completely on the CVS job.

-Got a new Kitten on Super Bowl Sunday!

-Bears lost the Super Bowl

-Frat Bro DJ got sick around the same time and was in the hospital for 3 months, very terrible

-Turned 19!

-Went on a Quest to find a Shamrock Shake: Unsuccessful

-During Lent, I did a quest on eating the Fish Sandwich at every local fast food chain: Successful (Also: remind me to never do it again)

-New Pledge Class came into my DPO Frat…I didn't get a "Little Brother" that semester for some reason

-Got a girlfriend in April following some really unlikely circumstance. Sam & I are still together 9 months later!

-Created an 11-Point To-Do List For Summer. I completed 8 of those points in May alone.

-Went to NYC 3 times over the course of the year. You can simply scroll down to see exactly what I managed to complete.

-Went to 6 Flags in May…in short: awesome time, that's the best time to go.

-Started a Facebook, sadly lived up to the addiction by somewhat neglecting the myspace page

-Saw SEVERAL movies over the summer, including the much-awaited Transformers and the Simpsons Movie…both very awesome.

-Ratatouille: Awesome

-Spider-man & Pirates 3: Slightly Awesome

-Shrek 3: Not Awesome

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-For some reason, blogged the premiere of High School Musical 2 in Real-Time.

-Sadly neglected the blog, mostly due to busyness and lack of motivation

-Found the Shamrock Shake reincarnated as the Chocolate-Flavored Minty Mudbath Shake…might have been the chocolate, might have been the mint, or both…but I didn't like it.

-Holidays came and went

-STILL haven't finished watching all the DVDs I got for Christmas

That's about it. All in all, a good year.

And to make sure that you, the blog-reader, don't feel gypped by that, I'll get to another point I've been wanting to make that's more to my level.

And that is what might be one of the most anticipated Nintendo Games, Ever: Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii.

Hell, I don't have a Wii yet…but that's because I promised myself that I would hold out on it until the game came out. It's been roughly 1 1/2 years since Wii's launch, and Brawl finally has a definite release date for March 9 (quite the difference from what was originally supposed to be a Launch title back in '06)

And with this game focusing on the different Playable Characters, fans, nerds, and geeks alike have all been speculating what the final Roster will be. Fortunately, we in the U.S. will have to wait for long, as the Japanese release is slated for Next Thursday, and we'll certainly know everything then.

For those of you forgot some details from the previous game, Melee, had a total roster of 25 Characters, not counting the dual characters of The Ice Climbers and Zelda/Shiek counting as single characters.

Currently, Brawl on the other hand, currently has a confirmed starting roster of 21 Characters, with Solid Snake & Sonic confirmed as hidden characters as well as unconfirmed appearances by Luigi, Jigglypuff, Ness (Earthbound), and Lucario (a 4^th generation Pokemon). Counting Shiek, Zero Suit Samus, and the 3 Pokemon of the Pokemon Trainer (Squirtle, Ivysaur, Charizard) as their own separate characters, the starting roster becomes at least 25. And not counting the Hidden Chracters, which we know nothing about save for Sonic, Snake, as well as Luigi, Jigglypuff, and possibly Ness and Lucario…The total roster is rumored to be at least 40. That's a hell of a lot.

This bring me to my topic: The Fan Speculated Characters. If one has ventured to IGN, or even been into its message board for the past…year, fan speculation has been fierce and steady, with some ridiculous choices like Master Chief from Halo, various Final Fantasy characters, as well as several characters that have only appeared in one game that no one but that one nerd has ever heard of.

That's just stupid. It'll never happen and these theories only exist in these nerd fantasies, or like actual nerds, somewhere in the bottom of a garbage can covered up by various paper towels and tissues to destroy such evidence.

Before I digress yet again, This is my list of 5 Potential Smash Bros Characters That Probably Won't Happen. Unlike several fantasies, these are plausible and would be welcome additions, but they will probably not show up this time around. Maybe next time.

-Ridley (Metroid series)

This is the main villain from the Donkey Kong Country series, he basically looks like this, but his appearance has changed slightly with each passing game. With the addition of Diddy Kong as a playable character, many in the fan community have assumed that K. Rool should follow.

While unlike Ridley, I do believe that this guy's possible for playability, but I also believe that he'll be a Boss character. He's slightly bigger than DK himself, probably at Bowser height, and his speculation for moves would have to be creative, as I really can't think of many except for throwing his crown and doing mega punches/slams. The Smash Bros guys are more creative than I am.

-Geno (Super Mario RPG)

Now this character is a favorite of mine, and at this point we're heading to 50/50 Territory. This means that I believe that an appearance by this guy warrants an even division of "Possible" and "WTF Are You Thinking?!"

For a brief history of this character, Geno is actually the body itself, its very soul is actually a Star Spirit from the Star Road who had inhabited a doll and became human-sized to help out Mario's quest, and fought with a variety of energy beam attacks. And this bastard hasn't been in a major role since.

His possibly moveset can be very diverse, mostly focusing on projectiles. Geno Beam, Geno Whirl, and his Star Gun are all major possibilities for special moves, while his Geno Boost would be a creative idea for his Up+B move. Hell, I've theorized that his Final Smash could be the Geno Flash, Geno Blast or even the Geno Whirl itself which has been known to deal 9,999 damage in the original RPG. Can I just say that the very idea of this character would be kickass? I thought so.

Only problem? That little deal about Square-Enix owning most of the rights to the game, especially to Geno, but  Nintendo & Square seem to have reconciled in recent years and that a reintroduction to this classic game may come back, and adding Geno would certainly be a good start.

-Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie games)

The only thing stopping this guy from making a Brawl appearance is the fact that Microsoft made Rare their bitch 5 or so years ago. I forgot how long its been. Banjo (and Kazooie) are the stars of Banjo-Kazooie, and its sequel Banjo-Tooie, both for N64.

Banjo and his birdie companion Kazooie would've made one hell of a tandem character. Banjo was all the physical moves, all the close combat fighting would've been him. Many of the special moves would be provided by Kazooie, and there's basically no limit of combos or ideas for moves. The egg projectiles would have to be the regular B move, something like Beak Barge move, the Beak Bayonet or something akin to Banjo swinging around Kazooie for the Smash B move, Up B move involving flight, and the Down B being the Bill Drill.

For Final Smash, this could range for anything, we could do the Beak Bomb, we could have Invincibility with the Gold Feathers, hell, we could've had Breegull Blaster, the F'ing Sniper mode!

But nope…damn you Microsoft.

And now the Final Not Gonna Happen Character (this time anyway):

-Mega Man

Like it's gonna happen this time. You never know about a future game with this guy, but he certainly deserves his due. Appearing on the NES, SNES, and the various Game Boy incarnations (Mega Man 64? What Mega Man 64?), he can definitely join the ranks, but being owned by Capcom…he's not Brawling for a

while.

Oh sure, we could configure his moveset. Blasters, able to steal other player's powers, using Rush somehow, but there's no reason to do it. He's just not gonna be in this game. Hell, it's even been confirmed that Mega Man will NOT be in it. The end.

Well, that's it for me, but be sure to tune in next week when we find out the real Final Roster and I'll comment on it!