The Toys R Us Odyssey

Of course as an avid DS gamer I wasn't just going to pass by the opportunity to at least travel to my nearest Toys R Us to browse around and see what I could be getting and getting for free. So on Thursday along with one of my friends I hit up TRU to see what I could find. Like I said before I was hoping to snag Sim City DS, Brothers In Arms DS, and then some old games I haven't got around to picking up like maybe Starfox Command or Hotel Dusk. Much to my surprise the store didn't even open until 10 a.m. so I sat and waited for around 30 minutes. When it finally did open up my friend and I headed inside and were the first in the video game section.

Sadly, within my first pass I realized Brothers In Arms wasn't there, the number one game on my list, but there were to many games for me to just leave free money behind. I picked up one of the two Sim City DS games and started to browse around and see what else I was willing to buy. My friend quickly became bored with my indecisiveness over Sonic Rush, Starfox Command, and Brain Age and went off to dig through the bargain bin games that were 10 dollars each. After awhile I joined him, by this time he was making a large hole in one corner, when to my surprise he pulled a copy of Nanostray from the bottom. I've always wanted to get Nanostray, but I've never been able to find it, even when it launched, and the only copy I found was a used one that was just the cartridge. It was the diamond among the rough, as the only other DS games were some Texas Hold Em', Disney games, and several copies of Super Black Bass Fishing.

However, I now had a problem. The free game in the deal had to be of equal or greater value as the lowest priced game. So I would either have to get another $10 game for free or purchase a $20 or higher one to get Nanostray for free. I wasn't thrilled about spending even more money, but I didn't want one of those crappy games left in the bin. The only game I might have considered was Super Black Bass Fishing, just because I like to fish, but I remembered that it got a horrendous score on IGN, a 2.5 as a matter of fact. Even though I went on a long spill about how reviews shouldn't be the most important factor when purchasing a game a 2.5 is pretty darn bad, but as it turns out I wouldn't be a hypocrite after all. Although I was uncertain my friend was dead set on the game. He likes to fish as well and it wasn't his money. So after giving it much thought I decided what the heck I'll give it a try and got the game.

After putting a good amount of time into each game (Except for Sim City DS, I'm holding out and making myself beat my other games first.) I'm pretty happy with my haul. Super Black Bass Fishing isn't a 2.5 in my highly opinion, especially for those who do enjoy fishing out there. The multiplayer is actually kind of fun. Of course Nanostray is a blast and I'm positive I'll like Sim City when I get to it. Now I just got to get around to beating all my other games! But here's to hoping you took advantage of the TRU Buy Two Get One Free and found some great games too. We can only hope that this won't be the last time we get a deal like it.