My replacement screen finally arrived, and despite my cat's best efforts, this time she didn't break it mid install process (though she did bite me for the crime of trying to stop her).

Very glad to have it back, and it's interesting noticing the subtle differences now in some of the games between this and original hardware. Vegas Stakes kinda sounds awful on this core?

But otherwise, it's honestly better as a kick around device than the Kirboy. The buttons are in better shape, the screen's bigger, the speaker is louder, and it's rechargeable instead of depending on AAs.

I love my weird monster children

Like I said in the last one, I have always loved the Sneasel line. I really fell in love with Weavile when Pokken Tournament came out - I loved its fast and tricky playstyle. I spent hours grinding out Weavile games, I used it exclusively in story mode, I even made my trainer a black and red winter outfit so we would match. I have never been very good at fighting games, so I eventually quit playing Pokken, but my love for this little ball of cold violence and malice has never faded. Despite its many weaknesses in the main series, Weavile remains my #1 favorite Pokemon. It's a shame I never got around to using it when it was good during Sword and Shield VGC lol

I was a real goody-two-shoes as a kid. When my friends would shoplift candy or makeup I was aghast, just completely shocked that anyone would do such a thing. Not to mention the times when other kids tried to steal stuff from me, like my GBA SP or my copy of Phantasy Star Online... But there was at least one thing that I stole as a kid - something I couldn't bear to give back...