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Bentendo
Currently playing: A little bit of Diabolical Box. Not really invested in anything at the moment.

Hiya there! I'm Bentendo, the admin/owner of the Nintendo Wikia. I'm a mega Nintendo fan and have been one since the SNES/N64 days. The first video game I've ever played was Super Mario World on the SNES, and I still consider it one of my favorite video games.


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Just a quick note for everyone - I probably won't be able to write any articles during any Sunday unless I'm lucky. Thanks for understanding! BentendoSmallLogo.png Talk


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[edit] Name

I was thinking back to when I first used the name Bentendo. When you think about it, it's a terrible nickname. Very silly and easy to come up with. I took on the name long before I was even remotely interested in Wikis (probably before Wikipedia even existed) or forums or even the internet. I used to doodle when I was a kid and made my own little Mario and Pokémon encyclopedias and titled them Bentendo (guess what my real name is!). After that I started using the nickname when I joined forums years ago, and thought it was easy to remember so I stuck with it. Whenever Bentendo is taken I just use either Bentendo24 or RoboticBuddy.

[edit] Video game interests

Looking at my list of video games you'll see that I'm interested in a wide variety of genres. It'd be best to ask me what genres I don't like rather than which ones I do - as the former would result in a much shorter and accessible list! So, to answer that question, I'm not too fond of sports titles - specifically ones made by Electronic Arts. These aren't exactly bad games, and they sure do appease their target audience, though after playing one version of it I just feel like I've played them all. Each new installment rarely includes anything noteworthy, and being someone who doesn't care very much about sports, and someone who can barely name any athletes, I just don't find these games very fun.

Next in line are fighting games. Now, don't get me wrong - they can be fun, though the only one I've ever really gotten into are the Smash Bros. titles, and I'd say that part of the reason I like that series so much is for the cast! Plus, Smash Bros. is, I hate to say it, not really a fighting game in the likes of Soul Calibur, Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. Rather, it's sort of like a party game - and surely the best one out there!

Finally the last genre that I don't like are real life vehicle simulations that have to controlling planes and boats and what not. They're just very boring. I can see why some people would like it, just like I can see why some people would like fighting and sports games, though the audience it's directed to I'd say is very exclusive.

Now that we've got that out of the way, let's talk about what I do like! My favorite genres include role-playing games, platformers, puzzle titles and action adventures - though the latter one is hard to find a good game in. My favorite series includes the likes of Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Final Fantasy, though you'd be hard pressed to find a major series that I don't like (that aren't included in the fighting, sports or vehicle simulation genres!). Some games that I don't like include Tomb Raider (the games I've rented are just terrible!), Advance Wars (odd considering how much I like the tactical RPG genre, specifically Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics), and the Wii series.

There are lots of games I'm indifferent about. One of the major titles that fit in this category include the Dragon Quest series. Whereas Final Fantasy has continued to innovate over the years, each Dragon Quest title seems to be the same to me. The new DS title was supposedly going to reinvent the series, though Japanese gamers got all ticked off and ruined what could have potentially been a superb title, now it may or may not just be sublime at best! I understand that the Japanese gamers have a craving for traditional games, though it's time to innovate! I mean it's hard for me to play Dragon Quest VIII for PS2 when Final Fantasy X and XII are just so much better!

[edit] Favorite games

NES games:

1.Super Mario Bros. 3
2.Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
3.Ninja Gaiden
4.Mega Man 2
5.Bionic Commando

SNES games:

1.Super Mario World
2.Yoshi's Island
3.Final Fantasy VI
4.Zelda: A Link to the Past
5.Super Mario RPG

Nintendo 64 games:

1.The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2.Super Mario 64
3.Mario Kart 64
4.Star Fox 64
5.Paper Mario

GameCube games:

1.Metroid Prime
2.Zelda: The Wind Waker
3.Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
4.Smash Bros. Melee
5.Animal Crossing

Wii games:

1.Super Mario Galaxy
2.Twilight Princess
3.Metroid Prime 3
4.Smash Bros. Brawl
5.No More Heroes

Game Boy/GBC games:

1.Tetris
2.Pokémon Red and Blue
3.Game Boy Camera
4.Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
5.The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

Game Boy Advance games:

1.Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
2.Golden Sun
3.WarioWare
4.Zelda: The Minish Cap
5.Metroid Zero Mission

Nintendo DS games:

1.Mario Kart DS
2.Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
3.Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
4.Elite Beat Agents
5.Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime

[edit] What people say about Bentendo

  • "Yeah, is English your first language?"
  • "Kinda choppy, I give it a 3/10"
  • "Pretty meh"
  • "Got a little bit of growing up to do it would seem, But you've got the right ideas."
  • "Yeah, I was just going through the Kid Icarus article. Major editing there. Did you write that? It was kind of poorly done...But keep up the work anyway."

[edit] Bookmarks

Which websites are on my bookmarks? Well (in order) --

[edit] List of games

Here's my large list of video games. These do not include games that I sold (farewell, my Sega), though occasionally I will include games that I have downloaded on my computer - though there aren't many!

NES

Hundreds... on my computer :)

SNES

Same as above (I have some actual copies), but to name a few...

Nintendo 64
GameCube
Wii
WiiWare
Virtual Console
Game Boy
Comming Soon
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Advance
e-Reader
  • Mario Party-e
  • Donkey Kong-e
  • Donkey Kong Jr.-e
  • Donkey Kong 3-e
  • Pinball-e
  • Golf-e
  • Clu Clu Land-e
  • Manhole-e
  • FOXBOX Kirby Slide Puzzle
  • That one game that stars Machomp...
Nintendo DS
DSiWare
PlayStation 2
  • Final Fantasy X - 9/10
  • Final Fantasy X-2 - 7/10
  • Final Fantasy XII - 10/10
  • Kingdom Heats - 9/10
  • Kingdom Hearts II - 10/10
  • Dragon Quest VIII - 7/10
  • Metal Gear Solid II - 9/10
  • Metal Gear Solid III - 8/10
  • Splinter Cell - ???
  • Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow - ???
  • Grand Theft Auto III - 9/10
  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - 10/10
  • God of War - 8/10
  • God of War II - 9/10
  • Katamari Damacy - 10/10
  • We Love Katamari - 9/10
  • Okami - 9/10
  • Capcom Classics Collection - 8/10
  • Sega Genesis Collection - 8/10
  • Ico - 7/10
  • Shadow of the Colossus - 9/10
  • Guitar Hero - 9/10
  • Guitar Hero II - 8/10
  • Sly Cooper - 7/10
  • Indigo Prophesy - 7/10
  • Bully - 8/10
  • Call of Duty 2 - 7/10
  • Marvel Ultimate Alliance - 7/10
  • Frequency - 7/10
  • Gran Turismo 3 - 6/10
  • Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando - 8/10
  • Silent Hill 2 - 9/10
  • Star Wars Battlefront II
  • Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
PSP
  • Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core - 8/10
  • Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
  • Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
  • LocoRoco 2 - 9/10
  • Patapon
  • God of War: Chains of Olympus - 9/10
  • Jeanne D'Arc
  • echochrome
  • Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Xbox 360
  • The Orange Box - 10/10
  • Grand Theft Auto IV - 10/10
  • Call of Duty 4 - 9/10
  • Call of Duty: World at War - 9/10
  • Halo 3 - 7/10
  • BioShock - 10/10
  • Mass Effect - 9/10
  • Oblivion: The Elder Scrolls - 8/10
  • F.E.A.R. - 6/10
  • The Darkness - 5/10
  • Dead Rising - 7/10
  • Crackdown - 7/10
  • Prey - 6/10
  • Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas - 8/10
  • Fallout 3 - 10/10
  • Gears of War 2 - 8/10
  • Fable II - 9/10
  • Street Fighter IV - 8/10
  • Dead Space - 8/10
  • NHL 2K8
  • Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
  • Tom Clancy's End War
  • Quake 4
  • John Woo Presents: Stranglehold
  • Dead or Alive 4
  • The Club
  • Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
  • Batman Arkam Asylum
  • The Beatles: Rock Band
PlayStaton 3
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - 9/10
  • Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - 9/10
  • LittleBigPlanet - 10/10
  • Resistance: Fall of Man
  • Lego Batman: The Video Game
  • MotorStorm
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

[edit] What video game songs are on my iPod?

Here are a list of video game soundtracks that are on my iPod. I'm constantly adding more, so this page will probably be updated quite a bit.

  • Super Mario Galaxy OST
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time OST
  • The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask OST
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl
  • Metal Gear Solid 2
  • Metal Gear Solid 4 OST
  • Metroid Prime OST
  • Metroid Prime 2
  • Portal's Still Alive
  • Kirby Super Star - Fully Orchestrated
  • Final Fantasy 20020220
  • Final Fantasy IX