Neat trinkets from gaming #2: Wobbuffet and Lego DSi

As my struggles with finals continue, it's nice to spend an afternoon with friends in the ole' City of New York. Even better is when you find a bunch of new doodads to write about for your video game blog about video games.

First up is one of the new releases from Jakks Pacific line of Pokemon toys. Previously, I thought the high of Jakk's talking plush line would end at Piplup, which every girl I know is inexplicably transfixed with. Little did I know that during a stop at Toys R Us with friends yesterday that I would find one that is superior in every way (and if you disagree with me you are a liar and a communist): Wobbuffet.

For those of you less-than-familiar with the Pokemon franchise (why are you reading my blog, then, though, since that's all I talk about), Wobbuffet is well known both in the Pokemon anime cartoon for its appearance alongside Team Rocket as a kind of comic relief to the already comical trio (its name in Japanese is based off of the expression, "I don't think so." which is why when he pops out of his ball after Jessie and/or James say something in the cartoon to quip "WOOOOOBBBBAAAAAFFFFEET," it's a lot funnier in context when he's saying it in Moonspeak, where his name is Sonansu). Also it is known in the competitive battling community for being one obscenely broken mother, bringing games to a standstill through stall in the 3rd Pokemon generation when it gained the ability Shadow Tag (which prevented your opponent from switching Pokemon) and battles between Wobbuffet would never end because the "Struggle" matches would never deal enough damage to either Pokemon to make up for the Leftovers recovery.

Anyway, in case you haven't seen my full Twitter picture, it's me wearing a Wobbuffet shirt and I'll be damned if I don't love that endless-battle making miscreant. For $15 at TRU, I got to take the lovable lump home and cuddled with it in lieu of a Jenni (insert Pokemon police officer joke here). It's roughly 15" tall, so it's rather large, adorable and says its name when you squeeze its hand.

Second on my list of things is something you cannot buy but maybe with a fortune and a lifetime of Lego collection you could possibly make: the Lego DSi at the Nintendo World store. Let me tell you, I didn't even play with Legos when I was a kid but I was taken aback by this construct from the future or space or from space future.

I wish I had stolen a shot when my friend was standing next to it just to establish the scale of this thing. Also I wish the Lego DS stylus that was crafted appeared in my picture, but then again I'm taking pictures for my blog using a 1.3 megapixel camera phone on low battery, so that should be some indication of how quality I am.

Needless to say, this thing is huge and very good looking. The detail given to all of the minute aspects, be it screen graphics to lens on the internal camera (yes, they included a Lego bit that resembles the DSi internal camera lens), work of art, waste of time, welcome distraction while ambling through Rockefeller Center, the Lego DSi is an important piece of video gaming paraphanelia that should be seen at all costs if you're in the area.