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April 05, 2007

"Really big shewww"-my best Carson

Think back.

What is your favourite power-up? In any game.

Even the one's you're thinking "Is that even a power-up?" count. I promise.

Solid Snake's tux in Metal  Gear Solid, maybe? Sure, it was useless, but I'm sure a lot of members of Foxhound make due breaking into fancy dinners. It's an easier living working as a waiter anyways. I'm sure some waiters will dispute this. I've seen the way they're treated. Like the homeless! I take it all back.

Maybe you'd consider a new set of tires a power-up in those Gran Turismo games. You'd be wrong. And I'm aware I'm back tracking, saying you're not allowed to believe new mufflers are power-ups. But guess what? I'd be right. And it's all because I don't understand. So, go ahead, start your own blog, "Pressing Ignitions" or something. Call your own shots! Dare to argue that those bullet hole decals on your Honda Civic even compare to the greatest power-up of all....

Kuribos_shoe_pic

KURIBO'S SHOE!

I don't who Kuribo is.But I know this.

The dude has boulders for feet. But he knows how to get around, green shoes with a wind-up key.

Foul play may have been involved, how else does a mammoth lose one of his shoes? But I'm not going to comment. Same goes for Mario co-opting the apparel. Racoon pelts and magic capes are everyones for the taking. But someone's shoe? It's obvious that when a shoe that large, impervious to spikes and white plants that bite, goes missing, someone's going to come looking.

Regardless, Kuribo's shoe is the greatest power-up of all time.

Everyone is seemingly allergic to spikes. Characters can't even come into contact with the non-pointy sides of the mentioned spikes without something going wrong. Kuribo's shoe (henceforth refered to as The Shoe, or Her Shoeness), doesn't even break a sweat. Forget leather. It must be made out adamantium.

Adamantium cursed by the gods.

Super Sonic is cool, too. I guess. But the thing is Mario is already Super. Even when he’s just hanging out. Or when he’s on his deathbed, he’s still Super. The name of the game is Super Mario Bros. after all. When he's injured he bacomes the size of an infant. That's pretty super to me. What Kuribo’s shoe does is make him unstoppable.

Could you imagine Luigi in that sneaker? He wouldn’t even have to move. Peach would just feel that there is something out there to live for, and she’d break free of Bowser’s castle herself. And from that day forward, Bowser would search for the other shoe of the pair, and win Peach back. Not only was The Shoe green, but so was Bowser...with envy. That's on top of his already green reptile skin.

So how does your favourite power-up stack up? Does it even hold a candle, or does it get blown out by the intensity of The Shoe?

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  • Tyler, currently a journalism student at Durham College, has never spent a day where he hasn’t at least touched a video game controller. While just touching a controller does seem odd, it at least shows his commitment to the hobby. Read of his adventures of playing video games into the early hours of the morning, and learn of his frustrations as he tries to beat Kid Icarus for the first time of his life.

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