Wednesday, May 24, 2023

The Flash (2014 show) review

This will be a long entry, please as many breaks as inhumanly as possible. You don't need to be The Flash and quickly read all of this!!!

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, before I get to the review. I still have three shows to get caught up on within the Arrowverse. Depending on things, I may cover the rest of them in one blog entry. For the present, we are here to review The Flash. Not the 1990s show but the more recent 2014 show. I will say I do enjoy both live action Flash shows.

Also I don't plan on watching more connected shows universes. Unless I felt what I had for Arrowverse. It's a huge commitment as well as a lot more hours to try staying on top of. Sometimes the very thought of doing that makes you not wanna do it. I'm not saying Arrowverse is perfect, it also has some bad seasons as well.

The Flash (2014-2023) show review

The Flash I felt pushed the boundaries the most. It may not be as ridiculous at times as Legends of Tomorrow. It isn't as dark as earlier seasons of Arrow either. The Flash does have a weird mix of science, cop and superhero show rolled into one. I may upset some people by stating this. I personally don't like the guy playing the character in the live action DC movies.

I do respect Grant Gustin's take on the character. The Flash almost from the beginning became a team focus show. Of course, they had some interesting members for a time. One particular character actually got removed from the show because of not pleasant remarks on social media. They did plan to bring the character in question back but it never happened.

There's a few notable things I gotta mentioned. Such as Barry Allen got introduced on Arrow because getting his own show. No disrespect towards Arrow, I always liked The Flash show more. They attempted to remove filler by making shorter story arcs on the show. Which started in Season 6, there's several main antagonists altogether that's not given much time.

They weren't rushed for the most part but Batwoman from another universe kinda felt like it was. Most of the main antagonists are evil speedsters. Personally, I felt they could've had them appear less. But also have other villain types to take a bigger role. Very much the case with DeVoe in Season 4. Even with the shorter story arcs, there wasn't enough variety.

Yes there was plenty of smaller role villains on the show. A good number of them appears a couple times. They were very focus on keeping it fast. No not Fast & Furious, just fast in general. There's time travel with some crazy possibilities that's not even presented on Legends of Tomorrow. Barry had to make a lot of difficult decisions through out the show.

Yes, The Flash was always featured in the crossover arcs too. He really doesn't miss a beat whatsoever. Some actors plays several characters with one particular actor playing a ridiculous amount of them. Tom Cavanagh, seriously this guy had range. More recently, Danielle Panabaker who previously played both Caitlin Snow & Frost.

She now plays a third related character to them named Khione. More recently, some unresolved stuff from much earlier in the show came back full circle. Yes that includes Eddie Thawne as well as Ronnie Raymond's fate. To clarify, Raymond's body became a vessel for Deathstorm. The show previously had Deathstorm from Earth 2 before Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover arc.

Yeah let's talk about that crossover again. It essentially was what both Avengers: Infinity War & Endgame truly meant for Marvel Cinematic Universe. Sadly, this wasn't the end of Arrowverse. Thus, things started to go down from there. One particular night in Barry's life kept haunting him. Yes, he also has an nemesis named Eobard Thawne aka Reverse-Flash.

Possibilities wise, sometimes it really bags questions how the character keeps coming back. No really, he had some of the worst situations imaginable. Somehow, he comes back to terrorizes Allen. Mostly, the show was solid with some stories taking a little longer. Now more recently, you kinda wish those newer ones had more time put into them.

Season 3 is by far to me the worst season of the show. Although, Season 9 in a few ways could be seen as my second least favorite season. In Season 3, Barry takes on Savitar whose vastly different from the actual character in the comics. On the show, he was revealed to be a time duplicate of Allen. Savitar knew his existence was short lived but attempted to trick Barry into becoming him.

The entire season heavily played off of Iris going to die. Until a surprise move that no one seen coming changed that. Basically we had a temporary evil Barry Allen whose on borrowed time. The show does cover the multiverse more than the rest. I will say this they aren't rushing the final season. Which I can't say about the show Gotham.

Along with the usual superhero stuff. I did previously mention this was partly a cop show. Well Allen worked with the police for years. Also his father figure later turned father in law Joe worked there until he resigned. Joe was always like a second dad to him. His actual parents were very kind people. The guy who plays his father on the show also played the character on 1990 Flash show.

Not only that he also plays Jay as well as a brief reprising his 1990 Flash role in a crossover event. The main actress on the 1990 Flash show appears in a few episodes as another version of her character. Which is strangely interesting because Gotham also done this with Paul Reuben as Penguin's dad. Reuben later voiced in an episode for Legends of Tomorrow.

I also previously mentioned this is a science show. Some of these concepts how they figure out stuff is truly mind blowing. Some of it I personally felt was impressive work. Most of his enemies are labeled as meta humans because they all gain powers. Most of them from the same event back in Season 1. The Flash is a show you wouldn't think had a lot of thought put into it.

Now I do got to mention The CW is mostly aimed at teenagers. Some might not like how they go about several things to fit within that age group. I strongly felt this show is the most notable with that. Barry always finds ways against insane odds. People already made a petition for Gustin to be the movie Flash. Sadly, on a few factors it just isn't in the cards.

Arrowverse might've suffered from adding in Supergirl & Black Lightning into the mix. Both shows that originally weren't in the same main universe. But because of what occurred in Crisis on Infinite Earths, pieces of their universes got merged with what was left of the original universe. The Spectre more recently confirmed the multiverse is back.

Which is strangely interesting because they also done that on The Winchesters show. A prequel to the show Supernatural. Which I previously reviewed on here, I loved it. Also The Winchesters takes place in an alternate universe too. The CW is a little weird with how they handled any multiverses. Chuck who previously was God destroyed most of his multiverse as a huge ego move no lie.

Back to The Flash, you get to learn a lot about the characters. Iris is very presented on this show unlike the 1990 Flash show. Where she only was in the first episode that's it. Personally, another bad move to me was never allowing another person to take up Barry's mantle. For years, I thought Wally or one of his kids would.

To clarify something, they surprisingly finally done it very late into the final episode. Three people chosen by Barry Allen to continue on his legacy. I still go back to one of my bigger criticisms. They could've done Barry for two or three seasons. Then swap out with someone else to do another few more seasons. Which ended up happening on Batwoman for it's last two seasons.

Sadly, not officially with some ideas who might've depending on the timelines. Some characters like Nora as in his future daughter had a bad end but ultimately got changed. They really tried bridging most of the epic events from the comics into the show. The Flash isn't as constant as you would think. But still one of the more constant shows within Arrowverse.

There's a lot of surprises you may not see coming. Season 1 is still one of the finest seasons they ever done. Some special effects are done amazingly well while others just doesn't work. As long I don't see a person moving a string around I'm good. There's a lot of drama more so than Arrow surprisingly. In the long run, DC should be proud what they had done.

Update: on May 24, 2023, The Flash as well as Arrowverse ends.

The final episode I felt is one of the best episodes they ever done outside crossover events. They brought back some of Flash's greatest enemies. I know to some degree it might not make sense because both Thawne characters are connected to the Negative Speed Force. The rest of them not exactly, they all were cheating death for one last showdown.

Who would ever thought the final antagonist of the show would be a decent dead man? No really, Eddie sacrificed himself to stop Reverse-Flash whose a future descendant of his. The Negative Speed Force decided to go the most personal it ever has. I will say now that's a twist no one could ever predict. Honestly, they made Eddie seem like a couple characters on the show rather than being himself fully.

There's some surprises I didn't even see coming. Final episode wise from Arrow and The Flash. I felt this was the best ending hands down. Most of Arrowverse shows got canceled. The final season itself made kinda reversal in how the last seasons were going. But right near the end started to felt like the earlier two seasons.

I would say The Flash stands as the greatest Arrowverse show. Sometimes Legends of Tomorrow is simply more difficult to predict as well as more creative at times. Not to say, The Flash wasn't creative in it's own right. I am sad Arrowverse is officially over. I been watching it for a couple of years now. I'm more sold on it than DC Extended Universe just saying.

What we aren't argue is this was the best live action Flash show. The previous 1990 Flash show simply was on the wrong channel. Episodes aired out of order, a similar mistake happened with Supergirl years later. I also felt some of his enemies were done well while others were more on the questionable side. There is a theme song but not much of an actual opening into the show.

The Flash even makes the science fun to watch. Especially the more ridiculous brings more confusing to explain stuff. I just wish they weren't ending anything. I kinda felt how I did with the show Supernatural with this. At their core, you could watch these shows. They really tried delivering fan service, they don't always deliver.

It's still a little weird they barely bring in Batman but some members of the Justice League shows up. The Flash is a show it's best to not think too much. Just enjoy it for what it truly is. A weird mixture of a show you could enjoy with your family to some degree. It's not the greatest DC show ever made. I still say it's one of the finest I had the pleasure of watching all these years.

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Comparing Clown v. Board of Education to Homie the Clown (The Simpsons)

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, today I have a topic not many covered but still getting more notable overtime. As a huge Simpsons fan, sometimes the plots of newer episodes comes strikingly close to the older ones. However is Clown v. Board of Education too similar to Homie the Clown? Keep in mind, I have to fully spoil both Simpsons episodes for this comparison, I apologize in advance.

Homie the Clown originally aired within Season 6 of The Simpsons. Very recently Clown v. Board of Education aired in Season 34 of The Simpsons. Clearly a huge time gap but we aren't here to talk about that. There's several things both episodes have in common. Even considering how they change it from Homie the Clown, you still felt like you seen this before.

1. Krusty starts a new clown education business
2. A member of the Simpsons becomes a clown
3. The mob gets involved
4. The mob takes over the business

Early on both episodes, Krusty gets an idea to start a clown theme education business. In Homie the Clown, all the students were getting trained to become Krusty. Let's be honest, he can't be everywhere at once. In Clown v. Board of Education, Krusty allows children to become students. Bart left his old school for Krusty's, it sorta reminded me of School is Hell from Treehouse of XXV.

I say that because in both stories, Bart left his old school to join an unusual school. Where he becomes one of their top students. I felt someone had to make that comparison. Obviously every story in Treehouse of Horror episodes isn't canon. Homer graduates to become a new Krusty. Homer and Bart were decent clowns in their respective episodes.

The mob gets involved for different reasons. In Homie the Clown, they were upset Krusty didn't give them money from gambling. In Clown v. Board of Education, the mob wanted to invest a new illegal operation. This by itself left a huge plot hole. Let me explain, in both episodes the mob ends up taking over both businesses.

Early into Clown v. Board of Education, neither Krusty or the mob remembers the events of Homie the Clown episode. We know this because Fat Tony stated on investing into an education business for the first time. Except it actually wasn't, the mob gets involved with a good variety of businesses on the show. Unless, Fat Tony would've clarified they previously done an college now an school.

Then I wouldn't had an issue with it. Look I know Season 6 was a long time ago. We are talking about a particular episode from 1995. A lot of people from the golden days already moved on. Fat Tony is heavily presented in both Simpsons episodes. Not the same character if you recall Fit-Fat Tony became the new Fat Tony.

This changed happened not long after the original Fat Tony died. In Season 22, his identical cousin originally known as Fit-Fat Tony. Later in the same episode, he ends up taking his place like nothing had happened. Like The Simpsons' newest cat originally named Snowball 5 now renamed as Snowball 2 for a similar reason.

In both cases, a previous similar character dies. To end up getting replaced in later episodes of the show. I know this has little to do with the actual comparison. At least you know I'm a huge Simpsons fan. Homer simply got quickly trained while Bart was attending Krusty's school. This means, Homer officially is a clown while Bart never finished because of the school got burnt down.

Homer had to go to several events as Krusty. He actually had an close enough appearance to him, the mob couldn't tell which one was the real Krusty. Bart got to compete against his old school, it was a close one too. In Clown v. Education, Krusty had to convince people to allow his clown school to happen.

This isn't a factor in Homie the Clown's case with his clown college. Krusty was barely involved with his college but heavily involved up to a point in his clown school. The situation with the mob was quite different too. The mob simply took the college from Krusty while he still involved with his school. Now how Krusty gets out of both situations is very different.

In Homie the Clown, Homer & Krusty had to attempt a clown trick. They ended up pleasing the Don, they were allowed to go. In Clown v. Board of Education, Fat Tony burnt Krusty's school down for the insurance money. In turn, Fat Tony rebuild the business without Krusty. Effectively meaning Krusty was free to do what he wanted.

Basically Krusty started both businesses because he had money trouble. Let's be honest, plenty of episodes shows how bad with money Krusty actually is. It's even rare to see Krusty be happy for something he's done. Both clown Simpsons characters tried to protect Krusty their own way. Yes there's some major differences as well.

The entire point is you virtually got a basis that's too similar to something the show already had done. Sure some episodes came close to this situation. At the same time, there's major differences. I couldn't even say they're the same episodes with a new coat of paint. In a sense, I technically could in this particular situation.

Another similarities is we see how the mob changes how their education businesses ran. In Homie the Clown, members of the mob took the clown teachers' places. In Clown v. Board of Education, certain objects like markers became a part of an illegal business. Also, two members of the mob sits outside the building with no real idea why in the first place.

To clarify, I'm not insulting any real life mobs or gangs. But I felt to the actual people they're parodying they wouldn't happy after seeing this episode. To be technical, this is more what if Homie the Clown was more centered on Bart rather than his dad. What's next, Santa's Little Helper becomes a Mime? I felt the actual recent episode was alright with some good jokes thrown in.

Honestly with the huge time gap, it's very possible they either forgotten or simply didn't even know about Homie the Clown episode. Regardless, Clown v. Board of Education receives an D for not being different enough. Most of the major plot points are very similar. It's almost like that kid cheating a test then swapped with someone else.

In hopes, the teachers doesn't notice. But you can bet I did notice very heavily. I do prefer Homie the Clown, it's a classic Simpsons episode. Season 6 as a whole was one of my favorite Simpsons seasons ever. There's no debating Clown v. Board of Education is guilty of not being more of it's own thing. In truth, it's not a bad episode especially for a Krusty episode.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

My thoughts on the new update in Saints Row reboot

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, yesterday we gotten a massive free update to Saints Row reboot. But the dlc missions which is paid dlc got delayed. Thankfully, a little earlier this morning I played em. I'm going to give my thoughts what I think about these changes as well as those missions. I will spoil it isn't the best dlc mission pack.

First let's talk about the insane amount of fixing or revamping mechanics of the game itself. I mostly will be focusing on an issue most didn't like prior to this update. A lot of people felt enemies were virtually bullet sponges taking a lot of ammo to put down. Now several aspects of combat is made to be a more enjoyable experience.

There's some technical issues, I had a glitch late into the last dlc mission that prevents two characters moving. Thankfully after I continued that no longer was a problem. I actually loved the new district a lot. I just wish there was more to do, it was so small. I quickly got that district done, no I didn't watch anyone prior.

I virtually went in blind, same with the dlc missions. Yes let's talk about them, there's three missions like How The Saints Saved Christmas, Gangstas in Space or The Trouble with Clones. Honestly this was a huge letdown in comparison to those. You start with an dlc Wanted mission. It ends with a movie star named Chris Hardy whose has no relations to the Hardy brothers in wrestling lol.

The second mission kinda felt like an mission you may do in some Assassin's Creed games. You have to carefully follow the target, Hardy in this case. You have to avoid or quietly take out some of his body guards. You'll need your camera to scan his face as well as voice. Thankfully I done this mission with no problem.

The last mission had some interesting surprises. Like the Saints used a movie of Hardy's against them. Then they surprised him and Marshall with a plot of another movie. All of a sudden, they used movie plots against each other. It sorta reminds me of a particular scene in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. Where both the heroes and the main antagonist plays this game ultimately rigged by the heroes themselves.

Seriously I don't have a lot to compare the weird logic to. Surprisingly, all these dlc missions are actually shorter than they usually are. Even considering those in Saints Row 2. But even those dlc missions had a real challenge to them. This is more or less you'll quickly memorize things then rip right through it. They do throw a lot of enemies at you.

I am going to be honest I did expect a little more than this. I hope the next two major upcoming updates might be better than this. It wasn't a good start in an attempt to bring people back. If anything, it might've caused more people to leave the game. There's a new handful of new stuff but the cosmetics is a notably bigger amount.

I do like the new helicopter myself. The new gun that fires a chained weight at people I'm not sure about. I prefer dual wielding the boxing glove guns way more. It is a shame the good is quickly pushed away by these set backs. Even if it were done better, I still don't think it's enough to bring people back. I am going to be brutally honest, both Postal 2 and 4 respectively had great recent updates.

There's no comparison especially in P2's case with Two Weeks in Paradise mode. All the levels including Postal 2: Paradise Lost in a single run is very impressive. I'm sure they will make some more changes. I do like the new HQ but I already preferred the ones I gotten. Some might compare this to a particular HQ you get in GTA: San Andreas with some similarities to boot.

I'm not saying Saints Row just ripped off GTA but it kinda seems like that. I will say the game itself has a lot of revamping. Personally, they need to improve the customization screen. They also need to look into more interesting outfits that could be added to the game. Maybe get the community involved might renew interest in your game guys.

Monday, May 8, 2023

Every guess prediction I have on Death Battle Season 10

This will be a lengthy post, please take as many breaks as possible. Also this also will be my finalized take on the concept. After this, that's all folks!!!

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, before I get to today's topic. This is my first blog entry in my new home. I'm still on a longer video break but I may write when I can. I figured to go more into details on sixteen symbols representing every fight within Death Battle Season 10. Keep in mind, some symbols has a few different meanings making it a little confusing to properly cover in a short video.

I will start from the Atomic symbol going clock wise to the Duel symbol. I am going to be throwing out a lot of big requests. Some I virtually see so often, it's amazing they haven't been done yet. Also we already know what four fights going to be. This is more meant on twelve symbols than all of them. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this rather interesting blog entry.

Most of these I taken from my own DB videos. A handful of guesses are added to now the definitive take on this concept. I will make a list later on which fights under every symbol I added in. Although, I already got my hands full with a lot of fights. Thankfully, this will be a fun one. Honestly, I am not even sure how on the money I am with any of these I chosen.

Atomic symbol
This one should be incredibly obvious. I would even say one of a handful very heavily requested. It also another Marvel vs DC episode. Seriously, did we need more of that rivalry on their show? In this particular case we have The Atom (DC) taking on Ant-Man (Marvel). Both have a similar legacy with a few characters.

Regardless which character on both sides. Both of them wear suits that allows them to shrink as well as grow in size to a degree. Sadly, it is being animated in 2D style. I felt this one could've worked a bit better if they had done it in 3D instead. I do think this is a close fight despite the critical advantages. Not to mention, a longer delay to start an season with this as your opener maybe isn't a good idea guys!!!

Wave symbol
Obviously this one is a water fight. I don't know many requests that fits the bill here truthfully. Even with a handful I know of might not be that exciting. Of course, people kept throwing out requests daily. I just don't wanna let some people down. One fight they recently discussed on their podcast show. Chaos (Sonic) vs Kyogre (Pokemon), two ancient powerful water creatures.

Now because they talked about it doesn't mean they are going to do it on their show. Another water fight I recently learned about just not as interested in personally. Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender) vs Juvia Lockser (Fairy Tail) respectively. Both female characters are widely known for manipulating water.

Swapping symbol
Previously I had four guesses but I'm adding in a particular guess everyone else quickly jumping on. I'm even going to start with that fight because it's very obvious who wins this fight. Ash (Pokemon) vs Yugi (Yu-Gi-Oh!), this is actually more unfair than the first Pokemon vs Digimon fight they done. Let me explain, Yugi also has the spirit of the pharaoh through an artifact.

Whose very skilled at the famous card game based on another plain of existence. This also comes with surprises Ash or any pokemons he uses aren't prepared for. Not only that, there's even stronger creatures Yugi potentially could pull out of his deck in this fight that could easily trump Ash badly. We aren't even considering his more supernatural abilities either.

Not only that, we also have different card types. Such as trap card, revive, transform them into toons and much more. Yugi might be given access to the Egyptian God cards too. Just one of them could destroy Ash's chances instantly. Of course, they will attempt to recreate both dueling styles. More dramatically different than in Pokemon vs Digimon episode.

In Pokemon duels, both trainers are simply placed a small distance opposite of each other. It's sorta different in Yu-Gi-Oh! duels in other things where technology is used to recreate the cards. Also it's not often when other people's pokemons attacks the other trainer unless they are commanded to. This isn't even an issue in Yu-Gi-Oh! duels.

Yu-Gi-Oh!, cards are being used while Ash uses poke balls filled with one pokemon each. Ash can't use poke balls to capture any creature Yugi or the pharaoh summons either. A big connection is both do has card games that's still being collected today. Some actually goes for some ridiculous prices I'm not kidding.

They do also share some big connections as well. Both were the main protagonist of their respective anime shows. Swapping done differently is heavily represented as well. They also have a rival they do best a few times. This also shares a similar flaw to DIO vs Alucard. You are comparing an Shonen Jump character against another character that isn't.

Several comic book universes are notably higher tier with more ridiculous feats. Yugi can also swap places repeatedly with the pharaoh as shown against Pegasus in their famous duel. Keep in mind, he also had a similar related artifact that allowed him to read minds. This alone makes going against them both very difficult to predict.

They previously discussed this fight on their podcast show. Now I have three Marvel vs DC fight ideas it could be. Beast Boy (DC) vs The Reptil (Marvel), Parasite (DC) vs Rogue (Marvel) or Amazo (DC) vs Super-Adaptoid (Marvel) respectively. In their own right presents a different take on swapping. Ash can swap out pokemons while Yugi & the pharaoh can swap out monsters.

Beast Boy vs The Reptil is more of a shape shifter fight. Both are widely known for transforming into all kinds of creatures. Parasite vs Rogue plays more on characters that can steal other people's powers through touch. Obviously, this also notably affects their personalities as well as their stats. Amazo vs Super-Adaptoid is one I see requested a lot.

These two machine characters can copy abilities as well as arsenal whoever they copied. Similar to Metal Sonic from Sonic series. Essentially giving both machine characters insane potential. I have another guess that ended up becoming it's own short follow up video. Chrollo Lucilfer (Hunter x Hunter) vs All for One (My Hero Academia) respectively.

Both are leaders of a famous villain group. Widely known for being not only the strongest member. They also can steal other people's powers. Which they can easily swap between all the abilities they possess making that a rather interesting fight. They're also among their respective universes' top tier characters.

I strongly felt I covered as many possible angles we possibly could go here. We have swapping out creatures to transforming into them to stealing powers or simply copying them from others. If I had to place a bet which one of these fights they may end up doing. Amazo vs Super-Adaptoid has the most insane potential out of all these fights.

Question mark symbol
This one should be incredibly obvious. It is one of two fights voted into this season by the fans. Discord (My Little Pony) vs Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls) respectively. A fight so out there logic is virtually non existent here. I highly doubt it's another fight representing that particular symbol. Most that see this will heavily question, "What exactly did I just watched?"

Dollar sign symbol
A common sign for the rich or greedy people in general. I highly doubt Bruce Wayne, Tony Stark and Lex Luthor are coming back this season. I don't think they are going to use a rich character. Obviously, we have to look at some potential greed theme fights it could be. Everyone else is heavily jumping on Mr. Krabs (SpongeBob Squarepants) vs Scrooge McDuck (Disney) respectively.

McDuck previously was in an episode where he won. Two famous greedy cartoon characters that's really broken in what they can do. Also keep in mind, SpongeBob himself was too broken for Super Friends Aquaman to handle. Which further bags the question how can either character win? They previously used Wario from Mario series too.

Flower symbol
There's two fights in particular I think they could be doing. First up being Poison Ivy (DC) vs Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho). Both are red haired plant users that uses unusual plants. Also both originally as comic characters DC comic book & Shonen Jump magazines as well as manga volumes respectively. Of course, there's also a very big request.

Which also so happens to be you guess it another Marvel vs DC fight. I see this one requested all the time for years too. Swamp Thing (DC) vs Man-Thing (Marvel), two powerful plant creatures with some insane powers. Swamp Thing has The Green that's connected to every plant life. At one point, he had an White Lantern ring which represents life.

Man-Thing is essentially the guardian of the nexus of the entire Marvel multiverse. Despite the similarities, the differences actually makes this a more interesting fight. Also originally they both debuted strikingly closer to each other. Which is a strange tread a few episodes also has going for them as well.

Toxic or Pirate symbol
Here we go with our first curve ball symbol they thrown. Either we're going to get a poison theme fight or a fight that may have a pirate involved. It is because of this I have to cover this symbol different twice with each having their own line up of guesses I have. I know this weird logic is going to cause some confusion with people.

I wanna focus on the toxic guesses first. Keep in mind, both characters may not represent toxic in the same way. There's harmful materials that can harm even kill people. There's also toxic behavior that could lead to ugly situations if left unchecked. Which is exactly my big guess had to be. A particular request people are throwing out, Killua (Hunter x Hunter) vs Akame (Akame Ga Kill).

Both were members of a group they no longer wished to be involved with. Not to mention, both were skilled assassins. Akame's sword cuts anything it cuts rapidly fast like a powerful poison. I do also have a weird guess that also strangely could fit the bill for this as well. I know at first this may seem like a joke fight, it's not.

Omega Shenron (Dragon Ball) vs Captain Pollution (Captain Planet and the Planeteers) respectively. Both are the dark side of powerful beings that belongs to their respective planets. Also among their many powers meant to destroy everything. Both do have a corrupt take on fire, wind, air, and earth. They also have toxic as another power they possess as well.

Alright time to cover what if it turns out to be a pirate symbol. I will be throwing in an extra guess a lot of people are quickly jumping onboard for. Spinal (Killer Instinct) vs Cervantes (Soulcalibur) respectively. Which would follow Ivy vs Orchid from Season 2. This one is a little tricky to explain. Neither is necessary alive that wields a sword or two in Cervantes' case.

Spinal was a skeleton revived by Ultratech while Cervantes was so corrupted by the Soul Edge. He became an inhuman being himself. More recently, Spinal was attached to an artifact they brought him to life. Personally, I don't think they're doing this one yet. Most my pirate guesses has One Piece characters.

1. Law (One Piece) vs Bruno (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
2. Blackbeard (One Piece) vs King K. Rool (Donkey Kong)
3. Luffy (One Piece) vs Naruto (Naruto)
4. Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach) vs Zoro (One Piece)
5. Kaido (One Piece) vs Acnologia (Fairy Tail)
6. Whitebeard (One Piece) vs Escanor (The Seven Deadly Sins)

I strongly felt three of these are actually very interesting fights themselves. There's no sugar coating this, Luffy vs Naruto is a bad idea. Regardless if Naruto does have overall higher stats. The big problem he's facing is Fifth Gear Luffy being a broken classic cartoon character style. Which means Luffy potentially can't be taken down by several things that could've taken down Fourth Gear.

Luffy is virtually like a cartoon god not quite Mask or Popeye level broken. But enough to say Naruto might not have what he needs to take out Luffy for good anymore. This isn't even comparing Luffy's advanced Haki usage that gives Luffy other critical advantages as well. Personally, I don't think they plan to do Blackbeard vs King K. Rool yet.

I already talked a lot about Blackbeard on my blog, I just felt like a broken record at this point. He is currently one of the strongest pirates in his universe. King K. Rool is Donkey and Diddy Kong's nemesis. A weird connection is Luffy's family name Monkey is a reference to the actual animal. The Kongs are several different kinds of apes themselves.

There's a short period where King K. Rool himself was a pirate too. It would be a strangely interesting fight simply because how different these two fights. Law vs Bruno are essentially leaders of their own groups with the intention of taking down their bosses. Which ended up being down by the main protagonists of their respective stories.

They also have a somewhat similar powers. Law can reattached dismembered limbs or attach things to others with ease. He also has some attacks that heavily damages your insides. Plus he can teleport a notable distance making him scary to face. Bruno has a Stand power that allows him to create zippers. Yes huge zippers that can allow him to hide inside locations.

This ability can even be used on himself too. He can unzipped parts of his body then rezipped em back up like it's nothing. This is clearly a battle of willpower as well as wits, I love it!!! Kaido vs Acnologia is a request I'm starting to see a lot recently. Two powerful dragon men with some impressive feats. Yes this is another One Piece vs Fairy Tail fight.

Previously we had two related currently 1-1 making this a tie breaker if that ends up being the third fight. Both also got defeated very late into their manga series as well. The one fight I wanna see is Kenpachi Zaraki vs Zoro. Two legendary swordsmen with some major similarities. Obviously Bleach & One Piece are two of three manga franchises that makes up the big Shonen Trilogy.

Also both are widely known for being terrible at trying to find their way around. They also have a notable history tanking punishment but still ends up winning their fights. Both also defeated an opponent that claimed they couldn't be cut before too. They also defeated a few multiple limbs opponents as well.

Update: I previously forgot about Whitebeard vs Escanor lol. Two powerhouse characters that's very tremendous. Also they both have a mustache, wield a bladed weapon and eventually dies in the story. Honestly, this would be an epic showdown if it ever happens. Personally my money says the late Whitebeard got this in the chest lol.

I do see this one being largely hyped like no tomorrow when it shows up. A lot of people are likely dying to know which fight represents this symbol. I think this one has the potential being one of the best fights of the season. Even if they chosen the ones I'm not as sold on. People seem to love pirates right?

Star symbol
Either we are going to have a space fight or characters with some aspects to the universe in some way. There's also a huge chance for a particular fight with an JoJo's Bizarre Adventure character. Don't worry I plan to cover it both ways. I actually wanna start with a fight everyone else is quickly jumping on. Giorno (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) vs Joker (Persona) respectively.

I will be honest I'm not into Persona but I'm still a huge Sega fan. I had to look up Joker several times. As far I'm aware both characters has some form of reality manipulation. Very different from each other that quickly bags a lot of questions with not enough answers. Just from the wits aspect alone I wanna see this fight.

Obviously some may also jump on the possibility of Superman returning. He still gets a lot of requests including a particular one I'm really against. Sadly some of these are also Marvel vs DC fights too. Although I'm willing to support one of these fights to happen. I confessed I already requested that fight myself.

1. Superman (DC) vs Saitama (One Punch Man)
2. Superman (DC) vs Silver Surfer (Marvel)
3. Superman (DC) vs Goku (Dragon Ball) round 3
4. Superman (DC) vs Sentry (Marvel)

You can tell with most of these requests, Dragon Ball fans are still angry over those episodes. Some even over a stupid reason of not waiting again to do Ultra Instinct Goku. I think by now Superman is heavily inconstant with truly ridiculous feats. Even a limitless Goku still has some form of limitation holding him back.

Not to mention, Goku isn't prepared to face every power Superman has either. A good number of them Goku simply lacks counters for. I will be honest, I know a few people that will leave the show over doing a round 3. Personally we shouldn't even gotten an round 2 but it happened anyway. Easily the most boring out of those fights too.

Superman vs Saitama does make some sense. Both are the main protagonist of their own comic stories. Often shown to be the strongest super hero among his super hero team. Both also constantly hold their own against strong enemies as well. This is surprisingly more fair than putting Saitama against Popeye. Now we're going more epic in scale, yes more so than Superman vs Saitama.

I actually can talk about two fights nearly the same time. Sentry was given a more powerful serum that gave Captain America his enhancements. Often stated to have the power of a million exploding suns. Potentially the most powerful, scariest Marvel Superman rip off character. To clarify, Marvel has a couple characters similar to Superman in some ways.

Silver Surfer is more of an intergalactic character. At times, he would go around the universe to locate planets for Galactus to take. He rides on an insanely durable, fast silver surf board made from his powers. Which also means both Superman and Silver Surfer are aliens. Superman uses energy from suns sometimes the stars.

Silver Surfer has cosmic energy, stated by Mister Fantastic to be the best energy in the universe. Essentially both have intergalactic energy sources that made them god like beings. Sentry and Silver Surfer also has some form of reality warping. Not a lot of people realizes, Superman has a long history struggling against reality warping.

Silver Surfer with help can hold his own against beings as powerful as Galactus. He has fought Thor several times in the past. Thor already been in three episodes now!!! Silver Surfer also has several abilities Superman surprisingly lacks not considering his reality warping powers. Superman would struggle heavily against Silver Surfer in a fight no question.

Mostly by Mister Mxyzptlk, whose ridiculous broken as a character. Unlike that imp, Superman wouldn't know how to get around their reality warping powers. Sentry also can be considered as two characters. It is common knowledge at this point, Sentry has two personalities. His evil personality is called The Void.

The Void has powers exclusive to that personality making it harder for Superman to predict during a fight. The worst possible case scenario is the version where both personalities works together. Essentially having both personalities' powers at once. Some alternative versions like Death Seed Sentry wouldn't be a fair fight against Superman.

Sentry also can cheat death itself by simply deciding to not die. This also makes Superman getting a lot of solar energies virtually useless. Not to mention, Superman has to spend 10,000 years inside the sun to become a God himself. Clearly, Sentry has plenty of time to prevent that from happening. Superman is fast on foot but he isn't connected to either Speed Forces.

Which would've allowed him to move fast enough to in either direction in time. Sentry also held his own against the strongest canon Hulk there is. Another critical advantage is even weakened, Sentry still has his powers unlike Superman. Both Superman and Sentry has an huge S on their outfits. Yeah, these Marvel characters are no joke in what they can do.

Recycling symbol
Either we're getting another rematch or the one fight I actually believe it to be. Obviously, a lot of fights could potentially get rematches. Personally, there's one particular rematch I been wanting ever since the original episode. Master Chief (Halo) vs Doom Slayer (Doom) respectively. Doom Slayer is more likely going to win this time.

Bethesda bridged classic Doom games to the newer ones. Excluding Doom 3 since those take place in a separate universe with three different Doomguys. Doom Slayer has a truly sick arsenal with upgrades to boot. I actually felt this is going to be an intense rematch that so many waited a long time to wait. I know some people rather see Captain Planet take on the Magic School Bus.

Partly a joke fight with some similarities. But the very fight so happens to have Captain Planet. No not Captain Planet vs Aang either, that's a stomp anyway. Considering a new Toxic Crusaders game is coming out. I do believe they are going to do Captain Planet vs Toxic Avenger. Now this more directly towards Toxic Crusaders show but I could link stuff to his main movies as well.

Both are in 90s cartoon shows about taking care of the environment. They also had their own rogue of villains that's heavily against that very purpose. Both are the main heroes of their teams too. Although the Planeteers has to combine their ring powers to create Captain Planet. Both also defeated their evil doppelgangers.

Captain Pollution and The Noxious Offender respectively. Both are also shown to be more on superhuman levels than everyone else. The main Toxic Avengers movies are mostly about Toxie taking out the corruption of his town. Personally I'm a huge fan of Toxie myself, yes I want him to win. Another major connection is both been absent for a few decades now.

Yes there are plans to bring back Toxie though. I also should point out even their doppelgangers has some similarities as well. I highly doubt they would put those two against each other on their show. Both heroes are incredibly nice to the innocence. Neither has a normal human like appearances either. I should point out with help, Toxie has defeated the devil before.

Justice Scale symbol
A lot of people are quickly jumping a particular Phoenix Wright fight. Personally, it sorta screams another huge request I seen everywhere at this point. Yes I also requested this following fight myself too. Judge Dredd (Rebellion) vs The Punisher (Marvel) respectively. I may take a little bit to explain the big connection here.

Judge Dredd is essentially everything within the law itself. He is often stated in his own franchise to be judge, jury and executioner. They combined those into a crazy job. Frank Castle was in the military, he also used to be an undercover cop. One day, his family got killed with himself nearly dying. Among recovering, he chosen a more extreme way of doing things.

He chosen to become The Punisher, an vigilante with no regard whatsoever to criminals. This allows him to do some crazy tactics to interrogate people as well as kill em on the spot. Castle also has military grade arsenal making him very dangerous to face. I know some people also wanted Judge Dredd to face RoboCop.

Personally, the connections isn't as big. Also this would be the more entertaining fight to watch too. Judge Dredd wields an unique firearm called a Lawgiver that has several functions. Essentially he could match or surpass the insane arsenal Castle has just with one gun is pretty insane to imagine right? Both have a strong case of justice taking the law into their own hands.

Well one still technically is law enforcement while the other isn't one anymore. Castle given up on the system, which could act as an advantage in this fight. Non canon wise, both had previously fought DC's Batman before. Whose been in five episodes now!!! Don't you guys think that's enough Batman? Back to this, I really wanna see these two go at it.

Half circle symbol
This symbolizes a path of doing good and bad things for a cause. Which perfectly sums up Alex Mercer (Prototype) vs Cole MacGrath (Infamous) respectively. Mercer was essentially the protagonist of the original Prototype game. He later ended up becoming the antagonist of Prototype 2 leading to his demise.

Infamous series allows players to do good or/and bad decisions at will. This also was a fight voted in by the fans. Also among the shortest debut gap among characters to date. One other confirmed fight also in the same boat but under a different symbol. Cole also had some stuff that made the authorities viewed him as a criminal in their eyes.

Yin/Yang symbol
I strongly felt this is likely going to be Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat) vs Jago (Killer Instinct) respectively. Both have defeated an enemy of the Gods. Although by different means, there does exist evil versions of them. Often considered to be among the greatest fighters of their universes. I don't think it's going to be much else here.

Man in suit symbol
There's two fights with one everyone else quickly jumping on. I'm still more into my main guess for this particular symbol too. Yoshikage Kira (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) vs Tohru Adachi (Persona) respectively. As previously stated I'm not into Persona. I had to look Adachi up a few times. Both have a spiritual companion as well as some form of reality warping powers.

Alright the one guess I may get shot for, yes that's a major hint what the next fight I'm going to cover is. Last season, they done John Wick vs James Bond. But there is one particular fight more potentially closer as well as being even more intense at the same time. Two legendary assassins that always kills their targets regardless of situations thrown at them.

I am talking about Agent 47 (Hitman) vs Golgo 13 (Golgo 13) fight. These two are really great at killing people. This even could come down to the last move I'm not kidding. They don't struggle much, they also pull off even the most difficult of assassinations. So you know a fight with such characters is going to be one of the finest fights the show ever has that's actually a close fight.

Pentagram symbol
I actually have two major guesses what could represent this particular symbol. Once again, likely getting tired of me saying this. There's a particular fight everyone else quickly jumping on. Although, it's actually one of my biggest requests to date for the show. I know some might've expected me to criticize or not support it.

How can I not support Spawn (Imagine) vs Ghost Rider (Marvel)? Both were given their powers through Hell by a hell lord. Early on, the heroes turned on those hell lords. Which they ended up defeating on their own. Both are also widely known for their insane potential. They also have chains as a regular part of their arsenal too.

I didn't go with Doom Slayer vs Master Chief because well Halo has no relations to Hell whatsoever. Obviously, every symbol is representing those particular characters. To me, I would've been mixed that turned out to be the fight here. The Unimaker itself only works on demonic beings too. I figured to quickly mentioned this before revealing my other guess.

The other fight is more from huge requests with those particular characters I seen over the years. Dean Winchester (Supernatural) vs John Constantine (DC) respectively. Yes it is possible they could end up choosing Dean's brother Sam or even do both brothers against Constantine. Personally, I felt Dean has more direct connections to Constantine they could work with better.

Both had a show that often displays the Pentagram symbol. Supernatural and Winchester shows as well as most of Arrowverse shows aired on The CW channel. Not only that demons are a recurring enemy of theirs. At times, both used magic for several things. Constantine rarely needs help when it comes to magic.

Both also hidden their collective arsenal that can handle almost everything into a particular location. Yes both also been to several other plains of existence especially Hell several times. A weird connection actually Warner Brother Animation themselves. They made a few animated movies where Constantine shows up.

The same department also helped in a particular crossover episode with Scooby-Doo on Supernatural. Their personalities are strikingly similar as well. They also outsmarted God before. Although it was a very differently done in both their situations. Time travel is a smaller connection the two shared. On Constantine show, he had an angel ally that turned out to be an enemy the entire time.

The Winchesters has an angel named Castiel as their best friend. They were able to get King of Hell, Mr. Crowley to their side that led to his demise. He was a demon that took over Hell from Lucifer was caged with no one else wanting to take it over. The list of other similarities alone is enough reason to believe this one might actually be happening soon.

Spiked ball with chemical symbol
Including myself, everyone jumping on a particular fight here. I'm personally going by the symbol itself. I did tried looking up what this symbol actually is. If someone knows I would love to know please? I strongly felt we're getting Bowser (Mario) vs Dr. Robotnik (Sonic) respectively. Both previously loss their last fight on the show.

The main enemy of the top video game mascots. There's a lot of similarities, virtually more than enough. I actually would be here for hours to fully go over all the ones I'm aware of. This fight has so many ways it could be done on their show. There's no question, this is the fight the symbol is heavily referencing.

Duel symbol
There's a lot of fights that could potentially fight the Duel symbol here. But I largely think it's the last confirmed fight, Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls) vs The Chosen Undead (Dark Souls) respectively. Not only it has a similar gap in debut appearances to Alex vs Cole. There's a lot of equipment to consider for this one fight.

Not only that, both are known to be challenging RPG games. They also the main protagonists of their respective games too. I also think this one is going to be somewhat interesting to watch. Obviously, Chad yes I know it was you. You chosen this fight since you love stuff like this. To me, this could be seen as a spiritual successor of sorts to Guts vs Nightmare fight.

Newly added guesses in order they appeared down below...
1. Katara vs Suvia (Wave symbol)
2. Ash vs Yugi (Swapping symbol)
3. Swamp Thing vs Man-Thing (Flower symbol)
4. Akame vs Killua (Toxic/Pirate symbol)
5. Omega Shenron vs Captain Pollution (Toxic/Pirate symbol)
6. Kaido vs Acnologia (Toxic/Pirate symbol)
7. Superman vs Saitama (Star symbol)
8. Yoshikage Kira vs Tohru Adachi (Man in suit symbol)
9. Spawn vs Ghost Rider (Pentagram symbol)

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Whose my favorite Tekken character to play as?

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, today I figured to reveal my favorite Tekken character to play as. I also will quickly list a few others from other fighting games as well. Mostly I wanna focus on Tekken in particular because Tekken 8 coming out soon. Tekken has a lot of characters even for a fighting game franchise, choosing an overall favorite to play as is very difficult.

Mortal Kombat series
Scorpion

Street Fighter series
M. Bison

Killer Instinct series
Fulgore

Soulcalibur series
Nightmare

The one Tekken character I really enjoyed playing as above everyone else is Mokujin. I know some Tekken players might be disappointed. Mokujin is a comical character in his story portions. Outside that, Mokujin randomly changes out fighting styles. It's rare when you get the same fighting style you just used in a match.

This also comes with a bigger challenge than playing as the other characters. Instead of having to master one character, you virtually have to master them all to be great as Mokujin. Plus you quickly need to adapt during matches makes this a great challenge. There's some limitations to how much the character mimics from everyone else.

Let's be honest, you don't really notice at all. In later Tekken games excluding Tekken 7, Mokujin can be customized. You have a training dummy beating up professional fighters for crying out loud lol. Mokujin has some interesting cameos as well. Like his strange usage with Pac-Man in PS versions of Street Fighter x Tekken.

Mokujin is a master level character. The learning curve for some will be a long, difficult one. Veterans should quickly master this unique character. Mokujin is a character that gives new meaning to mimic fighting game characters. Most likely, the most well known mimic fighting game character is Shang Tsung from Mortal Kombat series.

Sadly, this character seems to be underrated or not getting notice within the Tekken community. Which is a shame because Mokujin ends up being the most unique character in any Tekken game he appears in. They even included a female Mokujin model. How often does one character offer either gender models especially in fighting games?

Mokujin always meant a lot to me over the years. I'm still disappointed the character never made it to Tekken 7. I still considered Tekken 7 the best fighting game ever made!!! Also the character has strangely interesting sounds only they make. Which quickly helps in standing out from the rest of them. Also some rememberable endings as well.

One particular ending, two Mokujins are dating inside the Bandai Namco building. Done in a similar style to a very particular Fullmetal Alchemist OVA with Alphonse Elric. In most cases, a powerful forces shows up. Mokujin comes to life until that force gets defeated eventually becoming lifeless again.

Which is strangely similar to Sir Daniel Fortesque from MediEvil series. Mokujin does predate that character roughly a year in Japan, I checked. The best part is the character isn't even out of place within his own franchise either. We have a few machines as well as animals fighting too. But in terms of what the character actually is not many fighting games share this concept.

One other fighting game I can name that has a similar character was Mace: The Dark Age. Another fighting game from my child hood. Mokujin is virtually playing as nearly everyone without having to exit to the character selection screen. This also makes Mokujin the trickiest Tekken character to program as well.

I know for some that's difficult to believe. This simple looking character has the most potential moves in the entire series. Of course, there's a few similar characters over the years. Like the original Unknown, Combat in Tekken 4 and Tetsujin. Tetsujin is the metal counterpart to Mokujin. Mokujin is obviously made out of wood so it kinda made sense to do a metal take on the concept.

I would say Combat in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 would be my favorite version of that character. Simply because you can select their moves out in another mode. Actually done better than Shujinko in Mortal Kombat: Deception yes shots fired!!! To me, it all begun with Mokujin. The character will always be my go to mimic fighting game character.

No one else will ever present the level of mastering challenge that Mokujin presents. Tekken games are known for having a huge roster of characters. Which is quite impressive they can program such complexity into a character. I hope these reasons helps people understand why Mokujin always been my favorite Tekken character to play as.