Am I the only one having problems with the "Search" thing here on DA? Every time I type in a subject, (e.g.: Wilfre, Raposa, Drawn to Life. (xD)) it keeps saying that there are "no deviations to display"....are you kidding me? Has anyone else been having problems like this lately? xAx

Okay, this is just a little thing, but when Megaman 10 comes out, should I draw up a new group of Sonic Mavericks in commemoration? xD

I just want to know what you guy think. :V

My T.V. finally tanked and died today. xAx For the past few months it's been having screen issues, but now it won't even turn on. Ah well, the television itself is well over 21 years old (I'm not kidding, the thing is ancient by today's standards xDDD) so I shouldn't be surprised. xwx;

Ah well, as for updates I've got a shitload of things to scan, but I haven't had much time to scan them. I've still got to post a lot of the stuff I scanned before as well, sooo....yeah. Hopefully I can come up with a proper update later on this month.

One more note: MY BIRTHDAY'S COMING UP ON THE 10TH. HUZZAH. 8D

...that is all. :3

-JokerzTheFox

.....yeah. |D

Today's Subject: Drawn to Life The Next Chapter (Wii).

Hoo boy, here we go again. After I beat DTL2 on the DS, I decided to try out the Wii version to see if it fared any better. Did it?

The Good
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1. Graphics: This is also a bad thing, but in terms of graphics the game is actually really good. The character models are neat, the enemy models are REALLY good, and the Boss.....oh wait...we'll get to that in a moment. >>; Back to the good though, they managed to make the 3-D graphics work for this game well, and I personally think it made the game an interesting experience.

2. The Hero: The hero in this game looks AMAZING when it's drawn. I mean it, unlike the somewhat grainy hero in the original game and the DS version of The Next Chapter, this hero comes out looking crisp, clear, and amazing. The movements and motions it makes are also pretty fluid as well.

3. The Plot: The overall plot is pretty simple, and it has a "Saturday Morning Cartoon" feel to it. I'm not going to spoil anything, but it involves four worlds as always, four ancient items, and at one point you have to kill another "creation" Hero....sort of.

4. The Feel: This game really feels like playing through a Saturday morning cartoon series, I know I said that already, but it honestly does! The simple plot, lightheartedness and the Raposa make this game look and feel like the cartoons we all used to watch before Viacom screwed us over.

5. It's More Like the First Game: You have to find things, you have to solve problems in the village, you have to journey to insane lengths to find crap. Oh, and the levels are a LOT longer and can be a bit difficult sometimes.

6. Drawing: It can be a pain in the ass (I hate having to lift the Wiimote and point it at my shitty T.V. screen during gameplay xD) but the things you draw can come out looking pretty nifty.

7. It's Obviously the Real Sequel....or At Least half of it: The feel and look of this game (Aside from the 3-D and some other minor things) is nearly identical to the first, and the entire plot actually makes more sense than the plot in the DS version. You still have to draw specific weapons for specfic levels like in the first one, you have to restore a ton of crap in the village, and there's even unnecessary things to draw too! (Eg. Flowers, clouds, etc.).

8. The Villain: I can't reveal the real villain without spoiling anything, but it's pretty awesome, and has that satur-*Shot*

The Bad
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1. Graphic Glitches: Like I said, there's bad things about this to. This game suffers from "Basic Platforming Glitch Syndrome" BPGS for short. In otherwords, there's certain times when things don't work correctly, things are out of place, etc. etc.

2. The Bosses: There are NO bosses in the game aside from a large monster simply named "Boss" in World 2, and the final Boss. However, both of these are jokes compared to the bossesfrom both DS games.

3. The Credits: No awesome song. Just a shitty, PC-Game esque scrolling text with generic music. Oh, and they can be viewed at any time. Even BEFORE you beat the game. *Facepalm* >A<

4.It Still Seems Incomplete: There's no connection between this game and the DS version, which is actually why I think this is more of the "Adventures of Drawn to Life" of the series, with the first game and the DS The Next Chapter being the "Drawn to Life SatAM"....if that make sense. Whereas DTL and DTL2 for the DS are riddled with dark plot points and gloom, this game is a LOT more lighthearted and cartoonlike. However, I was hoping that the games would connect eachother somehow, and no, I don't mean by connecting online either. xAx;


Suggestions of Improvement
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1. MAKE THIS A CARTOON OR COMIC: If anyone knows a good flash animator or something, then hell, try to make this into a series! It would be a hell of a lot more entertaining than say, ANYTHING ELSE ON T.V. xD

2. MAKE THIS THE OFFICIAL SEQUEL: Seriously, THIS is technically the sequal in my eyes. Why? Well for one it feels a LOT more like the first, for another Wilfre's still dead in this one, and for the last it creates an appropriate (if this makes sense) time gap. Mari is a LOT more stressed out by the end of this game. That would explain why she's even MORE stressed out in the DS version.

3. ADD BOSSES.


In the end, I give this game 7/10. It COULD have been awesome, but the serious lack of bosses and awesome credit sequences knocked it down a peg in my eyes.