It is hard to believe, but the first film was released to cinemas on this day in 1988, making the Land Before Time franchise 35 years old. Boy how time flies.
Please feel free to share your thoughts on this milestone in this topic.
LEGO 2K Drive is still on top of my wishlist, but after seeing what its reduced price has been during several sales over the past year, I now have a good idea what will likely be my best opportunities to get the full content at a price I can be okay with. I have decided that while I still won't purchase it just yet, I think during Steam's summer sale in June or July will likely be when I'll finally buy that game.
However, I did get myself a couple of classic games that just recently became available on Steam. In fact, a whole bunch of classic EA games not only just became available on Steam last week, but also all of them are currently on sale for at least half off until next Thursday (here's the sale page, if you're interested to see what's available: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36135791/sale/Classic-Games-Sale). The two games I just bought earlier today are Sim City 3000 (which was among the several various games I had fondly played a lot over twenty years ago) and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (a game that I'm sure I would've be interested in playing back then if only I knew it even existed, but at least now I'll finally have the opportunity to try it, once I can set aside enough time for it).
If you remember the first game that came out almost two years ago (A Maretime Bay Adventure), this upcoming game will be mostly similar, with perhaps the most significant improvement being that you'll be able to play as all of the main six ponies rather than just Sunny. Expect it to be available on May 17, which is two months from now. Oh, and here's the official trailer for that game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7v-NIqxifg
As for this week's new episode of Tell Your Tale, it apparently released a few hours early at some time last night, but I decided to stay consistent and wait until today to share the link and my comments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZieS1ktwEfA
Another Easter themed episode, though this one was more interesting with the sudden appearance of a giant egg in the middle of town and no one has any idea what it is. As the main six ponies react to it in various ways, they eventually discover buttons depicting their cutie marks that they must press, sometimes requiring parts of the egg to be twisted around like a giant puzzle. Once they complete the puzzle, the egg cracks open to release a pastel phoenix that spreads chocolate eggs all over town. Some details I found notable was Misty reading her new spell book to speculate the egg might contain a phoenix (though she misidentifies it as a "flaming bird of terror" which later causes the other ponies to be briefly terrified when the egg is opened), and the return of Eggmund Bunny from last year's Easter themed episode (who is revealed to have gifted the giant egg to the town, but had failed to include his instructions due to being overwhelmed by caring for his dozens of baby bunnies). Overall, a rather interesting episode, but that's all I can really say about it.
Also worth noting is that a couple days ago, the next two episodes of Tell Your Tale were accidentally made available to watch, through they were quickly taken off after a few hours. I chose not to watch them or post any links, since I correctly assumed they had leaked early. I guess Hasbro has rather poor quality control on their YouTube channels lately...
An Easter themed episode means lots of bunnies to deal with. I normally don't care much at all for episodes that feature makeovers, though at least this one has an interesting addition with Allura and Twitch making their first move in Equestria. Allura sees the Nova Charm she seeks (or something resembling it) among Pipp's accessories, so she gets the idea to send out Twitch to blend in with the countless bunnies to retrieve it, much to the evil rabbit's displeasure. Of course, he gets so caught up in the chaos that he misses out on his opportunity, and by the time he realizes it, he's left with no option but to stay with all the bunnies for the upcoming celebration. Overall, aside from a reminder that Allura and Twitch are still a hidden threat, this was an otherwise forgettable episode.
It's Thursday, which means there should be a new episode of Tell Your Tale coming out today. There is a new episode that has released in several languages... but not English?
Since I'm not fluent in any other language (not to mention, I personally don't trust a dub in other languages to be entirely accurate, especially since TYT had apparently recast all the foreign voice actors for Season 2 for seemingly no reason), I can't watch the new episode just yet. As soon as the English version, in one form or another, finally does become available, I'll edit this post to provide a link and share my thoughts on the episode. (Such a pity, because from the bits and pieces I'm hearing about so far, this could be a very interesting episode.)
EDIT I probably shouldn't be awake at this hour, but as soon as I found out that the English version of the new episode finally went up, I decided to immediately watch it, as well as share the link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=950N2owgNR0
Sunny feels insecure over the thought she might be the only remaining alicorn, so Zipp offers to help her find answers, by searching through the ruins of Opaline's castle. After a lot of searching, they eventually find a tapestry depicting several alicorns, and the presence of Sunny's magic causes it to animate into another depiction of several alicorns. They are soon forced to leave with the tapestry as a rave by a bunch of racoonicorns finally causes the entire structure to completely collapse. For me, this episode was more than worth the extra wait for several reasons. We got to revisit Opaline's castle in the aftermath of her final defeat, though it doesn't quite match up to how we saw its destruction in Make Your Mark chapter 6. Also worth noting is that Make Your Mark had made references to an alicorn realm named Skyros, so the discovery made in this episode gives us hope that we might even get to see that place later on in the series. At this point, there are multiple paths the storyline could go down from here, and now I'm really looking forward to seeing what's next. Overall, definitely my favorite episode of Season 2 thus far, and possibly even my favorite of all TYT episodes, so that's really saying something.
Not much new this week, so here's the latest new episode of Tell Your Tale (and just from seeing the image before watching it, I can tell this is going to be a rather significant episode): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d4H8KPgUus
This episode features Misty and Izzy, along with Violette Rainbow (a unicorn filly introduced in Issue 14 of the official G5 comic series), which is significant as I honestly can't think of any MLP character (of any generation) who was introduced in the comics and later made a notable appearance in the main show. Even so, this episode doesn't really reveal much about Violette for those of us who have not read that comic (myself included, as I've only seen bits and pieces shared publicly online). This episode also includes the breezies, though only as a catalyst for the "Swirlpool Starlight" to appear, allowing the three unicorns to glimpse into their futures. Those visions begin with a review of their pasts, so while Violette and Izzy embrace their visions, Misty is initially terrified, but assurances from her friends allows her to get through her harsh beginnings to see that she really does have a bright future ahead of her. Overall, a rather nice episode on its own, though it does leave me wondering if Violette (or anything else from the comics) might make another appearance somewhere down the road.