She's done it again!

Last year, Bev got me BANG! for my bday/xmas and that was a wicked present. I played that game countless times and still do til this day. 2 days ago, she got me again. As I unwrapped the RW & Co paper, I started to see a red box.. !!!!

New Super Mario Bros Wii!!!!

I don't think I've been this excited for a game since the remake of FFIV for the DS. In my mind, there hasn't been a good Mario since the one for Super Nintendo. Since this one is a throwback to the SMB of old, it gave me a huge rush of nostalgia. Add to that the fact that you can play with up to 3 other people made me think about all those times I woke Adrian up way too early in the morning to play Mario 3 on our NES together. Most of the time he would just sit and watch me beat the levels, but I still enjoyed sharing the experience with him. Right away, I called up Adrian and told him we had to get it. The only problem was that it was $60 and I wasn't about to dish that out for a video game. I looked around the net to see if there were any deals (eBay, Craigslist) but nothing that stood out. I really wanted to play this game with my brother.

The thing is Bev didn't know any of this. The only thing she knew was that one time we passed by a GameStop and I went in to check out the latest games. We stopped by the Wii station and I picked up the controller to play the first level of NSMBW. I asked her to check out the price while I was playing and she told me it was $60. I told her I wasn't about to get it for that price. That was it. How she possibly knew that that was the ONLY game I would even consider paying cash to buy eludes me.

When I saw what she had got me, I was obviously estatic!! I told her that this present could not be topped, but she didn't believe me. Bev if you're reading this, trust me, for all the reasons listed above, this present will definitely bring me the most joy this year.

Thank you :)