I love Super Mario Strikers. It's the only thing keeping my love for my Nintendo alive right now. Especially since the release of the new Zelda title has been pushed back again (to Dec. 11)

I was hoping for the new zelda last Christmas, but that was before the development team announced a delay until April. Brooklynne gave me a "magic dollar bill" for my birthday that was supposed to transform into the game in April, but the zelda programmers thwarted her plans and announced a longer wait, this time until September. Since then, the game has been delayed twice more with projected dates of Nov. 19 and now December 11th. There have been rumors that Nintendo is planning to scrap the GameCube release altogether, and only release a version for their new system, the Wii, and it's not hard to believe the rumors anymore.

If that happens, I'm going out and buying a Sony or a Microsoft. Or both.

But for now, a small shred of love remains for my beloved Nintendo, the company who taught me that anyone, including my mother, could save the princess. I think of my love for my Nintendo when I play Super Mario Strikers. So much fun, and if you can remember that "a" is pass and "b" is shoot, you can be a pro. What is this world coming to when you need a college degree and six fingers on each hand to play a game?

Thank goodness for Stikers and Mario Party and Paper Mario and all the old-school fun you can still have when you're a kid at heart.