Hi, I’m Philip Armstrong, aka Loki, aka Cooltendo. You might have read my internet comic about Mario and Link and Metroid over at http://www.drunkduck.com/Nintendo_Super_Squad/ It’s cool if you didn’t though. I asked Tim and John if I could share some thoughts I had on this game I played on their blog and they said yes! Here they are, please enjoy.
Big Bang Mini makes you cool. Not just cool for a DS owner, or cool for a person who plays games in general, but bona fide leather-jacket-tight-jeans-rock-star cool. When Big Bang Mini is nestled in your DS you strut.
If you’re anything like me this isn’t your normal attitude when it comes to games. I shudder at being labeled a “gamer.” Upon entering a Gamestop I tend to cower into my coat, shielding my face, afraid that I’ll be lumped in with the meathead “dude you just shot off that guy’s face!” brand of capital “G” gamers or with the Japanese obsessed weaboos who are expounding on the finer details of Ar Tonelico II with a disinterested clerk.
Lord forbid I ever take my DS out in public. I take advantage of the system’s portability primarily to move from the couch to the toilet without having to interrupt my game. I would never allow myself to be seen playing outside for fear of the silent judgement of strangers.
Not so with Big Bang Mini. It’s the kind of game that you play hanging around the bus stop or food court hoping that someone will take notice and ask what is that you’re playing.
“Oh, you know,” you reply, having prepared yourself for this very moment, “just a puzzle shooter mash-up travelog where you fling fireworks towards all sorts of crazy targets. There. I just exploded a surfing punk-walrus.” If you’re lucky you just might get the kicker response: can I try? Next thing you know you’re the life of the party, king of the crowd, Mr. rock star cool guy.
Grump Factory 