July 23/07 - Video Games

Video Games 
Category: Life
 
 
We only had my old Sega Genesis in the house before Darrel was first 
diagnosed in September 2005.  He rarely played any of the games I had, as most 
were purchased before any of the kids were born.  But, almost anywhere  you
went at Sick Kids in Toronto, there was a Nintendo system of some kind.    While
the other floors had the Super NES system, the onocology floor had the  Game
Cube.  It was certainly a vast improvement over what we had at home, and it  was
where Darrel first discovered Zelda....The Wind Waker! 

Being stuck in insolation, and in his bed for nearly all his time in the 
hospital, for every visit, he alot alot of time to play it....er...I mean
mostly  watch Mommy play it around the clock.  Later, the Children's Wish
Foundation  would provide us with a system and many games for home as part of
his Big Wish.
 
I would also like to thank Nintendo, as they sent Darrel personally, "The 
Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition 1986-2003" .  A family member had 
approached the company about perhaps being able to buy an advance copy of the 
new "Zelda: Twilight Princess", and had explained his situation to them.  Since 
they couldn't realistically do this, they sent out a promotional disc that 
included four of the original Zelda games.  Their gift was unexpected, and held 
Darrel's interest until the Twilight Princess was released.

Below is a list of many of the games Darrel has enjoyed on many of the 
Nintendo systems that have come his way:

Game Cube

The Legend of Zelda: (original self titled game)
                                : The Wind Waker
                                : Twilight Princess
                                : Four Swords Adventures
                                : Zelda II- The Adventure of Link
                                : Ocarina of Time
                                : Majora's Mask
Kirby: Air Ride
Mario Kart: Double Dash
Super Mario Strikers
Shrek: Super Slam
          : Smash N' Crash Racing
Pokemon: Colosseum
Barnyard
NickToons Unite
Scooby Doo: Unmasked
                    : Night of 100 Frights
Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle For Bikini Bottom
Animal Crossing
Scaler
Sonic Heroes
Crash: Nitro Kart
TMNT 3: Mutant Nightmare
Spiderman
Super Maro: Sunshine
Chicken Little
Happy Feet
Rugrats: Royal Ransom
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown


Game Boy Advance

The Legend of Zelda: (Classic NES Series)
                              : The Minish Cap
Pokemon: Ruby Version
               : Emerald Version
               : Fire Red Version
               : Leaf Green Version
               : Mystery Dungeon
Power Rangers: Time Force
                        : Ninja Storm
                        : SPD
Dora the Explorer: Super Series
Scooby Doo: Cyber Chase
                   : Mystery Mayhem
Batman: Vengeance
Atomic Betty
Cars
Kim Possible 3: Team Possible
Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Nintendo DS

Pokemon: Pearl
                : Diamond
Transformers: Autobots
Flushed Away