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[Drago]

1. Pokemon
Pearl hasn't left my DS in a while, though I usually just jump on once in a blue moon to fill up my Dex and smack about my rival (Raoul) a little bit. Or to get walloped by Andrew. The anime... look, it's always been pretty much the same thing, but at least the earlier series seemed less hollow and more entertaining. Nowadays, it's so formulaic and unbearably colourful. And they've decided that every new Pokemon needs to have the exact same voice. And umm the manga... only ever read the first issue back in '98. Which I regret; I hadn't realised the main character was toting my boy Bulba.

2. Digimon
Always been just an annoying cash-in on Pokemon's success to me. Though I must admit thinking about it gives me fuzzy memories of my younger days disliking this anime.

3. Sailor Moon
That's a cartoon for girls, right? Never got into it as a kid, likely never will.

4. Yu-Gi-Oh!
Duel your monsters in an arena... Sounds familiar again, but after watching an episode back in 2005 (maybe 2004? Not sure.) I got into it. I'll never figure out the card game itself (I mean seriously. WTF?) but that still doesn't stop me from enjoying the anime (though I haven't watched an episode in about a year now). I never liked the fact that Yugi essentially cheated (heart of the card? WTF??) while the superior characters like Kaiba were the 'bad guys'. Yeah, whatever. Kaiba was just an ambitious son of a bitch. Not his fault.

5. Naruto
Never once seen an episode. I note with amusement that the latest game has a 'European version', though. What's up with that? Amusing voiceovers provided by Bob Hoskins? One can only hope...

6. Dragonball
Though technically superior to Z, my younger days waking up in the morning to see if Goku would actually hit Frieza will always make me have a soft spot for the latter. Depends on how much Krillin is present. Lots of Krillin makes the show better. Billions of Goku/Gohan/Goten/whichever stupid Saiyan is popular at the time is not so hot. Means less Krillin, you see. The lord never intended for GT to exist; I honour His intention.

7. Super Mario
Part of my life since 1990. About the only franchise for which I'll trust nearly any spinoff, Mario's all aces in my book. The cartoon was lame, but it gives value now for completely different reasons.

8. Final Fantasy
My first FF was VII... bad idea. It remains one of my favourite video games ever, and as such, the only other FF I've grabbed, X, continues to disinterest me. It just feels to me like a VII wannabe. I try to like it. I really do. If you include it, Crystal Chronicles was an overpriced disappointment that leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

9. The Sims
Only ever played it twice. The first time, back in about '04-ish, my friend and I were playing it all day. Was loads of fun, my Sim was a social retard who would cry about having no friends, then go to bed whenever people were over. The second time we played, we spent like an hour creating the place then burnt it down within minutes. Not so fun.

10. Zelda
Like Mario, a franchise I trust. Which was my favourite? I tend to think it's Majora's Mask... not sure. Excuuuuuuuse me, princess!

11. Crash Bandicoot
I had a PlayStation, but I was always a Nintendo man. Crash was an also-ran, and I only ever played a demo of #3. It was passable. I prefered Spyro.

12. Tekken
Again, I'd only ever had much experience with a demo for #3, but now that I work at an arcade, you have to get to know Tekken a little bit (as well as every other friggin' machine in the place) for customer service reasons. I've played a bit of Tekken 5 (and I suck at it. My stupid kangaroo won't just hit people), but now we've got #6 in. I'm pretty excited about it; I've played it a little bit and I suck at it too (my kangaroo looks nicer, but he still doesn't want to hit people... he has a pouch, isn't he a she??); I just love the fact that I can have a Tekken Card with my name and records, so everyone can know who I am and how much I suck whenever they play me.

13. Full Metal Alchemist is angry for being excluded.