Let's talk about, Animal Crossing!

My history with Animal Crossing: 

For my next post, I decided that I would talk about one game that I played a lot as a kid, and still play occasionally, that game is Animal Crossing. Everyone that I know, first played it on the GameCube back in 2001. However, I first played 'Animal Crossing, Wild World' on the Nintendo DS Lite, when I was about 5 or 6 years old. Once 'Animal Crossing, Let's Go To The City' came out on the Nintendo Wii, I played that more than I did on the DS, and now I mostly play 'Animal Crossing, New Leaf' on my Nintendo 3DS, which admittedly is a great game.

One of my favourite things about it, is definitely the free exploring, and very little instruction because it's more you play the game the way that suits you. Wild World and New Leaf are very similar, in Wild World, you're a new resident, whereas in New Leaf, you are the Mayor of the Town, they have added in some more content, but that's the gist of it.

The History of Animal Crossing:

Animal Crossing was originally released on the Nintendo 64 in 2001, however this version was only released in Japan, later that same year, Nintendo enhanced it and released it on GameCube. This version was localised and released in North America in 2002, Australia in 2003, and Europe in 2004.

Animal Crossing: Wild World was released for the Nintendo DS in Japan, North America, Australia and Europe in 2005. It was the first game to use Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. The game was later re-released on the Wii U Virtual Console on October 13, 2016.

Animal Crossing: City Folk, also known as Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City in Europe and Oceania, was released for the Wii in North America, Japan, Australia, and Europe in 2008. It was later released in South Korea in 2010. It was the first Wii game to utilise the Wii Speak, an accessory that allows players to talk to each other during online play. (Which I personally had but never used because I never had Wifi lol).

Animal Crossing: New Leaf was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan in 2012, North America in 2013, Europe and Australia in 2013. As I mentioned above, you are appointed as the Mayor rather than just a resident, in November 2016, a new update was released along with "Welcome Amiibo", being able to use amiibo cards and characters for various parts of the game.

Nintendo have announced that they will be releasing another Animal Crossing game called New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch, which won't be coming out til March 2020, but I am so excited about it!

What I am most excited about:

When Nintendo talked about the release of Animal Crossing on the Nintendo Switch, it was supposed to come out this year, however later talked about in a direct that it needed more development, so therefore, they're releasing it next year instead. I think the thing I am most excited about for this upcoming game is that fact that it's on an island, rather than just in a town. There are a few spin off games like Happy Home Designer and Pocket Camp, that I do have and played, but didn't love as much compared to the original games, so I really hope that Nintendo can live up to the high expectations that all fans have of Animal Crossing and release an amazing game!

I'm going to leave this here, but what are your thoughts?

Zelda Breath Of The Wild Review

Zelda, Breath Of The Wild: 

For this post, I decided to review one of my all time favourite games on the Nintendo Switch, which if you do not have, I one-hundred percent recommend getting one, because they are absolutely worth the money.

For anyone that doesn't know the history of all the Zelda games, I would suggest watching GameTheory on YouTube, MatPat definitely explains the timeline and the history much better than I ever could. I will attach a picture of the timeline below, which is only approximate, considering how long and complicated the timeline actually is.

Anyways, Breath of the Wild is set at the end of the series' timeline, as you can see in the picture above. You control Link (the main character in all Zelda games), who awakens from a hundred-year slumber to defeat Calamity Ganon before it can destroy the kingdom of Hyrule. I love the fact that with this game, you can explore freely, so any instruction that you're given, is at the start of the game, and usually if you're doing a quest. The main objective of the game, is to defeat all four of the divine beasts and defeat Calamity Ganon.

Just a disclaimer, this is the order that I defeated the divine beasts, you do not have you do it in the same order, you can research the best order, but it's each to their own! :) 

The first divine beast is, Vah Ruta, who is found in the Zora Domain, which contains Waterblight Ganon, whom you have to defeat to free the divine beasts power and obtain it.

'Waterblight Ganon'
'Power obtained: Mipha's Grace'














As I have defeated this divine beast, I can honestly say that this one was definitely the easiest, considering there are plenty of platforms for you to hide behind when he attacks you with his ice and water shots. Although it did take a while to do.

The second divine beast that is needed to be defeated, who is found in Gerudo, Naboris contains Thunderblight Ganon, once defeated, you free Urbosa's spirit, obtaining her power to help defeat Calamity Ganon.

'Thunderblight Ganon'
'Power obtained: Urbosa's Fury'












Admittedly, I actually had to get my partner to help me defeat this one, as it is the most difficult one to defeat. Thankfully, we did manage to defeat Thunderblight Ganon, but if you're only starting out, I would suggest defeating this one last, so you can use the other powers to block his attacks.

The second to last divine beast is Vah Medoh, who is found in Rito Village, with this particular one, there are a couple of things that you have to equip before you can actually defeat the beast. Which I will list below.

1. Snowquill tunic for 600 rupees
2. Snowquill trousers for 550 rupees
3. Snowquill headdress for 1,000 rupees
4. A LOT of Arrows

'Windblight Ganon'
'Power obtained: Revali's Gail'












Out of all the divine beasts, bearing in mind that I have defeated all four, the last one being yesterday, Windblight Ganon is one of the easier ones, even though it comes after the Gerudo divine beast, in comparison, it is much easier to defeat. I would suggest using the tornadoes and wind that he attacks you with, use your paraglider to shoot him with arrows, makes it much easier to defeat the beast and free Revali's spirit.

 The last divine beast is Rudania, who is found in Goron City, on Death Mountain, before attempting to defeat this one, I would suggest getting the Flamebreaker armor. This can be obtained either through a quest, or you can buy it in Goron City. There is a quest that you must complete to actually get to the divine beast, but I won't spoil it too much.

'Fireblight Ganon'
'Power Obtained: Daruk’s Protection'











This divine beast, I only defeated yesterday, and it's easy enough, but I would suggest using a walk-through to get to the terminals because it is extremely confusing.


Main objective:
Once all the divine beasts are defeated, the next thing you're supposed to do, is go to Hyrule Castle and defeat Calamity Ganon. The good thing about defeating all the beasts before going to defeat Ganon is that it actually decreases half of his health, so you're not having to go through a phase one and phase two when attacking. In the game, while exploring, you can see the lasers from the divine beasts going directly to Hyrule Castle, once you have got to Ganon, they unleash their attacks on him and that's what decreases his health, the rest is up to you.

Honestly, this game is absolutely amazing! Even after you have completed all the main objectives, there are a bunch of side quests and shrine quests that you can do, so the fact that the developers have put so much effort into this game, and made it such a long game, is incredible.

I'm going to leave this here, what I described about the divine beasts, is only a small pinch of what you can do, and there are quests that you have to do to defeat the beasts, but I would suggest buying a copy and playing it to find out.. it also is on the Wii U as well, so if you have one, I would definitely get a copy of this game!

So, who am I?

So, who am I? 

Hey pals! I decided to start a blog, well I have done a few in the past, but this one is the one that I am 100% taking seriously. I really want to blog about my lifestyle, the things that I love doing, and share some of that with you!

First of all, my name is Shannon, I was born in South Australia, I have lived here my whole life, and although it's not the greatest place on Earth, I have everything that I need, and I am extremely grateful for that. I have two brothers, I live with my mum and dad, my adorable kitty, Monty, and my fiance.

Admittedly, I'm not exactly the most exciting person, but that's okay, we all have our quirks right? I've been singing and playing guitar since the age of 5, apparently I sang all the time when I was little, but I didn't start taking it seriously until I was around twelve or thirteen years old. I haven't picked up my guitar in a while, but I'm hoping this blog will give me a reason to use it more. I'm going to list some basic knowledge about me below, but please don't judge me, it's only my first post, I promise I will get better! :)


1. What shows are you into?
Well right now, I have been watching Riverdale and The Originals. I absolutely loved The Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, Teen Wolf and Game Of Thrones! Please no spoilers! I've only seen up to the end of season 6.

2. What website do you visit most often?
Honestly, probably Facebook or Instagram.

3. What takes up too much of your time?
Playing the Sims 4..

4. What’s the best way to start the day?
A big cup of coffee!

5. What’s the best single day on the calendar?
Hands down, Christmas day!

6. What was the best book or series that you’ve ever read?
Definitely The Hunger Games, I know it came out so long ago, but the books were honestly amazing!

7. What are you most looking forward to in the next 10 years?
Getting married and having kids with my partner

8. If all jobs had the same pay and hours, what job would you like to have?
Either an actress or musician

9. Favourite colour?
Mint Green

10. What songs have you completely memorised?
Most of the songs on my Spotify playlist, and there's over 1000 songs...



I hope this helped you to get to know me a little, so I will leave a cute photo of my cat and post again soon!