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this surprising gaming moment caught me by surprise today.

I played a private match in Super Bomberman R 2 this morning, and me & the other Japanese players (ドットタイプツモン、 プルペル、らえん, & Norka) all picked Simon Belmont Bomber in the standard Pixel Land map with Special Abilities enabled!

Isn't that funny! XD

I seriously don't know how I can explain this WTF gaming moment without sharing the clip I've made of it... But I was in a Battle 64 match with MiriamPlay5940 a little while ago, and she got nuked. But it wasn't her bomb blast nor mine, as it was a lagged bomb blast that nuked her. :o

This WTF gaming moment I sometime experience in the private lobbies of Super Bomberman R-2 actually confuses me, as why might the players (mostly bronze graded in standard) sometimes disconnect when I (Currently as of Season 4, Grandmaster grade in standard) play a standard match with them? I ain't some kind of bully, I just like playing Bomberman matches with players of various skill levels. =U

There's three moments that really stand out for me, and all of them were from Nintendo games.

The first is the realization of the Second Quest, in the original The Legend of Zelda. I think it took me maybe 2 or 3 years to beat the game the first time through, but that crazy-as-hell remapped version drove me certifiably insane! I kept trying, over and over, giving up and then trying again later. I didn't finally complete it until a whopping 15 years had passed, and that was on an emulator with save states!

OK, now for the second memory, which is also an adventure in Hyrule. My favorite game in the series by far is Ocarina of Time on the N64; I have that whole thing practically memorized to the point I don't need strategy guides anymore. But I do recall when I learned of the trading sequence for the Biggoron Sword; talk about a headache but with a phenomenal reward! The only downside is that you can't kill Ganon with it - if you try, his flame barrier reforms and you have to attack his tail again.

Finally, I'm going to the Phendrana Drifts in the original Metroid Prime, on the Gamecube. The fully grown Sheegoth was bad enough early on, but when you go back and have to face that rock and ice creature Thardus...I don't know how many times he killed me, and it completely sent my temper through the roof. The only part harder was the Omega Pirate that feeds on Phazon and keeps turning invisible, a trait later shared by the final incarnation of the title boss itself.