Death Battle Fight Prediction: Bardock (Dragon Ball) vs Omni-Man (Invincible)

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, Death Battle coming out with the episode they should've done with Invincible's Omni-Man. Omni-Man vs Bardock is such a cool idea for an episode. You could even say they would be each other in their universes despite their differences. Yes this is another Goku vs Superman style fight that's actually a close fight.

Bardock's preview confirmed they are using Episode of Bardock canon for the episode. Let's be honest, the less of Dragon Ball Heroes used the better. I felt this was the best version of the fight hands down. Homelander would easily lose to both these guys. Honestly I haven't been this excited for an season premiere episode in a long time.

Verdict

Omni-Man

I know there's a lot of bias Dragon Ball fans that's likely going to jump me for siding with Omni-Man. I actually came with some solid arguments why I think he does. For starters, Great Ape forms has a major weakness being their tails. Omni-Man could grab it to weaken Bardock or rip it off. Thus, removing that form from his arsenal.

Bardock is lucky in this canon he has a Super Saiyan form to make up for that. Bardock is early Dragon Ball Z scaling character with everything considered. A lot of people might jump at several Saiyan traits. Such as a dying Saiyan gets a power boost during combat. Let's be honest, that's not good to win here. Bardock is a planet buster character.

Sure, it took three of Omni-Man's species to do the same. However some similar feats quickly destroyed that being used against him. People need to realize Omni-Man's son fought the man who killed his dad in the sun!!! This is largely possible due to a rather unique biology trait. Omni-Man's species can alter their mass to increase resistance to whatever harming possibly killing them.

This also means Omni-Man potentially could tank some of Bardock's strongest attacks too. I also notice people heavily playing off Omni-Man lacks projectiles. It kinda doesn't matter when the man can fly to planets with ridiculous speed. Keep in mind, before Instant Transmission got introduced in Dragon Ball Z. The characters had to use space ships to travel to planets.

Obviously that's notably longer than teleport techniques we seen since. Omni-Man on that logic is simply a lot faster than Bardock or any Dragon Ball character on his level. Another critical factor is Omni-Man has a lot more overall experience. He's been fighting all kind of threats several times the length of Bardock's life span.

Omni-Man also a more tactical fighter. Bardock is more of the over powering brawler type. Which isn't a good idea against Omni-Man. Not only that, Omni-Man as a Superman type character. More on the higher end of that unlike his first Homelander whose on the lower end of power scaling. This is important due to their respective alien warrior races.

Omni-Man was among the strongest of his kind a long time. Bardock was more on the lower class Saiyan warriors. Another notable factor going back to his son fighting inside the sun. We still haven't seen any Saiyan fight inside the sun or survive planet destruction. In fact, Whis prevented Earth's destruction when Frieza caused it.

This heavily suggested even beings as powerful as Goku can die in planet destruction. Omni-Man had a particular feat involving planet destruction to end up keep fighting. Therefore, I don't see Bardock surviving an planet destruction especially from his own attacks capable of doing that. Again, Omni-Man likely caught on to stuff like this during a fight.

Saiyans still require oxygen to survive. Thanks to a particular fight with Frieza. Omni-Man can survive in space while Bardock wouldn't know techniques to do the same. Even if he did know one, Omni-Man might stop him from performing it. Bardock would need a space ship to escape an planet's destruction. As stated before Omni-Man simply flies to safety.

Let's be honest, Bardock's scouter virtually useless. His combat armor would help to tanking some attacks. Eventually, armor going to break at some point in this fight. Omni-Man's own body ends up being the most durable armor in this fight. I know I gotta discuss Super Saiyan Bardock as well. I actually felt that's where this fight being the closest.

Bardock still notably much slower than Omni-Man. Raw power wise differs, Bardock does have some powerful blasts. At the same time, Dragon Ball characters on his level lacks strength feats. Which is bad against his opponent that has several impressive strength feats. Often people confuse strength and raw power when discussing versus debates.

I can tell you they are vastly different categories. Strength mostly a character capable of lifting something. Which could also affect durability to a degree. Raw power is majority about the effectiveness of attacks. Strength plays more into physical combat in comparison to projectiles Bardock using.

This means if Bardock gets low on energy. Let's be honest, Saiyans gets carried away during combat. To the point, they failed to realize the situation they're about to be in. Hell they often don't finish fights over their own arrogance. It's safe to say the same could possibly happen here. Dragon Ball characters quickly burns through their energy supply.

We even seen notably more powerful characters run out of energy. All of a sudden, Bardock using projectiles as well as his transformations working against him. Omni-Man lacks transformations actually a good thing. He's already at his most strongest all the time by default. Bardock has to transform to better his chances against some opponents.

Again that doesn't translate well against Omni-Man in this fight. Especially if Omni-Man figure out how those works. He can quickly prevent either transformation from happening. Yes I know the preview shown we see Great Ape Bardock. I'm just stating a fact of a real possibility in this fight. Also Omni-Man can accurately determine the threat level of his opponents without anything additional.

Scouters are flawed at best, they aren't accurate at measuring one's power level. In fact, there's several times when scouters tied they exploded. This also could play in a false confidence Bardock gets too. An member of the Ginyu Force had a similar situation. Which led to Vegeta punching him in the face, it hurt a lot.

Obviously he expected the punch to not hurt at all. Omni-Man can easily move much faster than Bardock's space ship. Which isn't even designed for combat in the first place. If Bardock tried to escape through his ship, he's screwed. Another critical factor is Omni-Man could survive worst injuries. He could surprise attack Bardock then finish him off afterwards.

Saiyans can fight anywhere as stated by King Kai. However the loop hole of this trait is they can't adept to some combat situations. Omni-Man with his more insane experience could figure ways to make it harder for Bardock. Most Saiyans aren't bright to begin with. Again I'm not saying Goku stupid or anything, he lacked school altogether.

Also because Bardock's heavily relying on projectiles. He isn't going to be skilled enough in a physical fight. Yes both warrior races are natural born fighters. Bardock simply doesn't have many moves outside his projectiles ones. Which is bad when he runs low on energy. Even considering his unusual mental abilities like seeing the future.

Omni-Man could counter that to a degree as well. It's possible for Omni-Man to see whatever Bardock's mind showing him. By the time, Bardock finishes seeing the vision. Omni-Man very likely going to counter what Bardock possibly going to do next. We previously had an Gundam pilot with a similar trait loss to Optimus Prime!!!

Bardock isn't that different from some of Omni-Man's opponents. Omni-Man likely going to give respect during this fight. It doesn't mean he isn't going to die worst than Homelander though. Hell Bardock could go for his strongest attack. Omni-Man has exactly what he needs to force Bardock into his own attack ending this fight.

Death Battle also gotta try explaining how Bardock survived what killed him originally. Which I'm still confused by to this day. It would've been different if Bardock didn't time travel. Not only that he tanked Frieza's planet destroying attack, Death Battle. Obviously Bardock couldn't handle Frieza's attack. Which indirectly would bag the question.

How would he survive Omni-Man for that matter? Bardock doesn't have much over Omni-Man. He possibly has the raw power advantage. I strongly felt in most categories Omni-Man wins the overall stats. To be more direct, Bardock doesn't have a sure way of killing Omni-Man either. Thankfully it wouldn't involve destroying every last cell like Kid Buu.

Another important factor is well Bardock isn't his son Goku either. Just like Goku Black whose stolen Goku's body also not Goku either. Thanks to Goku and Vegeta, we know a Saiyan's potential scary high. Unfortunately, Bardock lacks majority of that himself. He is basically your typical Saiyan warrior before Planet Vegeta gotten destroyed.

Even how he was trained vastly different from his son's training. Bardock was raised to be a Saiyan warrior. Goku ended up having several masters that helped him become a better fighter. A massive difference in their respective life styles. Bardock was more used to doing bad things. In vice versa, Goku always been the hero saving a lot of lifes from powerful threats.

Bardock doesn't even begin to compete with his son Goku. Obviously Goku has a lot more techniques within his arsenal. It's safe to say Goku easily could defeat Omni-Man by himself. This is critical because eventually Bardock going to run out of strategies long before Omni-Man does. It's only a matter of time before that happens.

I already know a lot of Dragon Ball fans are high balling Bardock. Simply because he's an Dragon Ball character capable of destroying planets. You also need to realize something else. Both these characters would prepare planets for an intergalactic empire. Therefore, destroying planets is simply not an option. They also would need permission to destroy planets otherwise or it wouldn't be pleasant for them.

This means both of them were forced to a degree to hold back while fighting entire civilizations. This could heavily impacted the fight too. Omni-Man was a member of the All-Star super hero team. Before he's shown his true colors killing them all. Not a lot of people realized Omni-Man was under cover while on Earth.

Obviously Saiyans never done that. They usually go straight into battles without a care in the world. I guess in this case it's worlds lol. Bardock simply came off more restricted than Omni-Man in that department. Omni-Man after revealing his true side stopped holding back. Although, he didn't kill his son means deep down he still cared for things that's important to him.

Basically Omni-Man isn't limitless like Superman. Already a much more balanced Goku vs Superman fight on that logic. Bardock simply not aware of his full potential that his son gained since then. Which would've deeply impacted the entire fight as a whole. Omni-Man still does have limits to a degree. This might come down to the last three maybe three moves it's that close of a fight.

The way I view this is Bardock a rather impressive low class Saiyan warrior. He just isn't Omni-Man level impressive though. Bardock's biggest advantages easily can be used against him. Omni-Man is simply too much for him to handle alone. In the end, this is going to be a truly amazing fight. I simply felt Omni-Man going to win this fight.

Winner: Omni-Man (Invincible)

I also wanted to clarify Goku has reached Ultra Instinct form. Notably more powerful than Super Saiyan Blue form. Obviously, Bardock wouldn't know of those transformations as well as Kaio-ken. An technique that multiplies power increase in the user. But like most Super Saiyans forms puts a huge strain on him.

Bardock going beyond Super Saiyan 4 to Super Saiyan God, Super Saiyan Blue and Ultra Instinct is too much. Although, we also could argue the possibility he might end up with Ultra Ego instead. A form Vegeta himself gained that an destroyer candidate has. Capable of destroying anything with his aura. Either of those forms would've been too much for Omni-Man.

No I didn't pick Omni-Man because Superman defeated Goku three times. Neither Thor defeating Vegeta for that matter either. Same with Reverse-Flash defeating Goku Black as well. I mean look this is possibly how it's going to play out. If Dragon Ball Heroes version of Bardock got used instead. Then yes I easily would've went with Bardock.

He has access up to Super Saiyan 4. Which isn't as powerful as Super Saiyan Blue. But it's notably more powerful than Super Saiyan 3 for that matter. Obviously that would've been a stomp in favor of Bardock, kinda boring to be honest. I'm glad this is the version of Bardock they're using. This actually closer to how many people thought of Goku vs Superman before reality hit em hard.

This is a lot closer that I actually can call a fight. The more recent version of Goku vs Superman was a fight finally. It's no longer a massive stomp in favor of Superman. I felt this is going to be a great alternative take on the concept, the show needed. It's actually different enough to stand out on it's own. Omni-Man vs Bardock going to be a great episode indeed. 

Chucky show review (2021-2024)

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I wasn't planning an review of Chucky show so soon. But here we are, I actually enjoyed this show a lot. Yes unlike my previous blog entries about the show. I am going to spoil the hell out of it here. In all honestly, I felt the same when Ash vs Evil Dead show got canceled. It kinda stings a bit, I'll live though.

Chucky (2021-2024)

Essentially the eighth installment broken up into three seasons. It's a follow up to Cult of Chucky, some high school students became targets of the serial killer. You can tell they got creative as they're writing this. Season 2 felt almost like Seed of Chucky again not a good thing. Some felt Season 1 was the overall best.

Personally I kinda felt Season 3 despite some things ended up being my favorite season of the show. Yes several characters from the movies shows up to a degree. Chucky kills a lot of people still not Michael & Jason numbers though. I'm happy most of the actors reprised their roles. Speaking of actors, several other actors plays different characters with Devon Sawa having the record of five characters.

All killed in some way by Chucky no less. I easily could make the joke if Death had so much trouble killing him in Final Destination series. Somehow Chucky got Sawa five times. I almost wanted a sixth to do that famous "I shot him six times." Season 1 is mostly high school centered. Which funny enough the newer Goosebumps show had a similar angle with Slappy.

Season 2 was more of them being orphans in a catholic place. Season 3 we ended up in the White House. Some might think Season 3 might've went a little too big. The way I see it is a former mayor loses her position in the community because of Chucky. Season 3 went further with Chucky doing something worst towards the President of the United States.

You can easily say Chucky has no respect for authority. They heavily expanded on the multiple Chucky bodies concept. Season 2 felt like they lack focus with the desperation of bringing so many characters together. Yes there's plenty of funny moments especially in Season 3. I know some might be mixed over the ghost Chucky thing.

You knew eventually concepts like that Chucky gets to do right? We nearly prevented him going out to space, a famous joke concept. Which isn't inspired by similar films like Jason X or Leprechaun 4: In Space. What's crazier is this aired on two channels then later on Peacock during it's original airing. Most horror shows aired on one channel during their original run.

In this case Chucky aired on both USA and Syfy respectively. They even done a commercial I still remembered with him talking to Michael Myers!!! This alone blew my mind, before Chucky came to Dead by Daylight too. As a kid of slasher films, I was very excited over that. Sure, it was more about one of the Halloween films.

I mean come on, we had two of the biggest slasher villains in a commercial together. This almost felt like Freddy vs. Jason to me. Unofficially Tony Todd in Scream: Resurrection facing one of the Ghostface killers. Hey it's Candyman vs Ghostface!!! I know about the fan game Terrordrome, I loved it!!!

The show heavily centers on three high school students in every season. I felt changing out characters would've deeply impacted the show into the direction it needed to go in. I kinda wanted more Andy myself considering he's Chucky's nemesis. The show was meant to end things with them. I don't think it fully did though.

Indirectly because it's a show the stories kept longer than they needed to be. Let's put it this way, the length within his movies are just right. Season 2 kinda felt longer than necessary. All three seasons had eight episodes that's constant enough. The show greatly explains Chucky way more than any of the movies.

Chucky always up to something not pleasant. Someone always there to try stopping him. Chucky show had a lot of interesting ideas with everything considered. The special effects are mostly done well. Yeah some of the writing kinda like Gotham show to a degree. Probably a little better than that honestly. This show felt like fan service itself.

I will be honest it's not my favorite entry in the franchise. I do actually like the remake that several people in the original film franchise were against. Again that also isn't among my favorite Chucky entries. I'll reveal my top 3 favorites shortly enough. I will confirm it's not the worst among them either. Chucky show was surprisingly better than expected.

3. Child's Play

2. Bride of Chucky

1. Child's Play 2

Child's Play 2 heavily impacted the show as well as Chucky's appearance on Dead by Daylight. Still among my favorite sequel horror movies ever!!! Chucky franchise is among the most constant I ever gotten into. Chucky show itself isn't constant though. The pacing can differ without warning at times. You also may not like how they may chosen to spice up the story at times.

Chucky is such an rememberable character on this show. I even made several memes regarding it myself. I'll directly mention a particular one I previously discussed. In Jennifer's nightmare within A Nightmare on Elm Street 3. She dreamed about this star getting interviewed on television. The host suddenly transforms into Freddy attacking her.

In Season 2, Chucky hosted a talk show while largely the episode following Tiffany & a few character's stories. Late into the same episode, Chucky kills a famous wrestler. Maybe it's just something that happened. I wouldn't be surprised that nightmare scene inspired this joke either. Largely Season 2 reminds me of my favorite Freddy movie as a whole.

To be brutally honest, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 way better in comparison. Season 1 I felt had just the right balance for things. Season 3 almost felt like let's get nuts!!! Almost from start to finish, the insanity kept getting more out of control. At the same time, it was a surprisingly interesting season. Chucky had several milestones during that season.

Chucky show almost felt like the fans took control of the franchise. Just not in the same way as Star Wars, I'm not going further into that. I say that because you get just enough what you want from the franchise. Yes it's not perfect but it's still one hell of a fun time. The show itself kinda felt like a huge party.

You just don't wanna be alone or Chucky gets you thing. This show almost threw out every idea people had left. I'm sure there's still plenty of other ideas not done yet. I also loved how every season ends with Chucky doing a kill count. Every season had other antagonist characters to a degree. Mostly it's Chucky & Tiffany no surprise there.

Caroline herself becoming the next Chucky essentially. She went from being a little girl into a monster. Personally I liked eventually someone takes over from Chucky's legacy. Yes I know Chucky dies a lot especially true with this show. At some point, he won't be able to come back to life. He previously died from his condition that rapidly aged him.

This alone almost ended Chucky's story. Luckily for him, he worked out a deal with his god. Thus, the whole ghost Chucky thing. Some of the stuff Chucky says I'm even amazed they allowed on television. Yes he sure loves to curse like a sailor everybody knows that. This show doesn't hide what a true monster he actually is.

Chucky always been among my favorite slasher villains. This show almost felt like several movies rolled into one. To me, Child's Play 2 was essentially the perfect Chucky movie nothing going to change that. It was the first Chucky movie I ever seen as a kid. Obviously, I got great nostalgia for the film.

Chucky show doesn't shy away from the kill scenes either. A handful of people not much happens with fates you can kinda figure out on your own. Like the time, he scared an old nun. In a similar situation he caused in Child's Play 3 that gave both of them heart attacks. I will be honest, I did like some alternative versions of Chucky with The Colonel being my favorite.

The Colonel is a parody of Colonel Walter Kurtz from Apocalypse Now. This Chucky was easily even crazier than the main one. He killed a lot of Chuckies as well as tortured Andy for a notable period. My least favorite is Buff Chucky aka their answer to Sonic Boom Knuckles. By now there's some similar concepts people still remembered.

Such as Uber Jason & Super Freddy respectively. Super Freddy was palm stupid but it kinda worked with Mark's nightmare. Then again considering what Freddy actually could do. Super Freddy was virtually pointless in the first place. I will be honest Uber Jason kinda awesome in comparison. Buff Chucky was just a stupid idea that shouldn't happened.

He even loss to a brain washed Chucky, that's pathetic!!! Two of these seasons felt like Chucky quickly had another plan following his original plans. In Season 2, he comes back during Christmas to kill em. In Season 3, I know I sound like a broken record by now. Ghost Chucky that led to a rather unexpected ending.

I also gotta say Jake might be the stupidest hero character to date. Especially with trying to use Good Chucky to end things with him. At the same time, he didn't prepare for the possibility of Chucky taking his body. He was too dumb to realize brain washed Chucky already back to normal. Even before the exorcism for that matter.

I will give the actor pulling off his Dourif voice that was kinda awesome. Speaking of Dourif, his daughter plays two characters on the show. Nica Pierce and flash back Chucky respectively. I actually give respect to using her in place of her dad during those. Just imagine with the technology to de-age him, it just wouldn't work.

They also made Nica essentially Tiffany's Andy in a nut shell. Which I loved the concept a lot myself. She needed a true enemy for so long. She ended up hating her more than Chucky. She even came to watch her death sentence get carried out. Which by now you should know didn't go according to plan. Chucky show has plenty of surprises on the way.

Chucky still got it after all these years. Again the cancelation stings a lot. Just imagine this and Ash vs Evil Dead marathon I'll watch that on Halloween!!! This show was one of my big shows the years it's aired in. Let's be honest even Season 2 was better than Halloween Ends. Such a disappointing final Halloween movie.

Chucky show felt like a combination of ideas a lot of fans had over the years. We finally got to see a lot of them played out on this show. Also there's the question where do we go from Season 3? Thankfully it's an cliffhanger that will be continue off of in the next Chucky movie. All of a sudden, it no longer suffers the same fate of many shows.

Some might criticize the quality of Chucky dolls on the show. I strongly felt all of them are notably better than expected. Considering how budgets works between movies and making episodes of a show. It's kinda difficult to say which ends up being more expensive. On one hand, you got a movie with a planned period of finalizing.

The other you gotta do several episodes with the same budget as well as a similar expected finalizing process. The later felt like what easily could've been several Chucky movies in comparison. Regardless which was more stressful, Don does amazing work. I don't think Chucky got canned over the budget getting too expensive.

If I had to make a guess, network changes ultimately didn't see it within the lineup anymore. Thankfully it wasn't canned over low rankings that taken Ash vs Evil Dead show down. I'm just glad The CW rushing out Arrowverse shows as well as using every excuse to canned their own shows didn't happen. Which I'm still quite salty over The CW!!!

Chucky show kinda was like Tales from the Crypt or better seasons of The American Horror Story. Obviously Ash vs Evil Dead show in several ways too. This show will always meant a lot to me. It's better than Freddy's Nightmares that had Robert Englund reprising his role. At least, Chucky could say my show better lol.

I loved how much of the lore they added through the show itself. Some were quite eye opening like Tiffany sold out Chucky leading to the events of Child's Play 1. I should point out she's also in Dead by Daylight too. Yes Jennifer Tilly reprised her role as well. Personally I'm not a Tiffany fan but I do respect her to a degree.

This show felt like the years we waited since Cult of Chucky totally worth it. To clarify, Cult of Chucky came out in 2017. Two years before Child's Play remake with Mark Hamill. The show does a great job connecting to all the previous Chucky movies. In the end, I just wished parts of the ending a little different.

The ending itself wasn't bad but simply came out of no where. It's not rushed by any means like the ending to Red Tide among Double Feature season of American Horror Story. Which also forced Death Valley getting rushed with just four episodes!!! Despite how inconstant the pacing can be at times. Chucky show still ends up living up to things.

Death Battle Fight Prediction: Denji (Chainsaw Man) vs Yuji (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, today I'll be covering the other huge fight debate about Chainsaw Man vs Jujutsu Kaisen. The one many people may talk about more than Gojo vs Makima. I'm personally more interested in that one, it just interesting across the board. I felt this one is kinda clear cut who wins in comparison.

I will be doing the shorten fight prediction format, I apologize I'm leaving a lot out. I figured with the possible length of Verdict section. It might be better for those that just wanna know who I think wins. Of course, there's other people that really wanna read about that stuff too. Not to insult any of them directly, I just felt I wanna get this particular fight prediction out the way as quickly as possible.

Verdict

Denji

There's a lot of factors that goes into this fight. I'll be brutally honest, we're putting a normal set up character against a rather broken one. Even if Yuji had the stats advantage, he wouldn't win. For starters, Yuji is more of a strategist out of the two. Therefore with some of his techniques, he could use blood manipulation to bounce back from decapitation.

There's a few notable problems with cursed energy usage. Such as there's obviously a limited amount one can use. As shown in Gojo vs Sukuna's fight, a prolonged fight can cause brain damage. Although, they had a way to help prevent that as well as getting more cursed energy. We never seen Yuji prevent brain damage from using techniques for a notable period.

Therefore, it's debatable if he's experience enough to do so or not. Another factor is Sukuna later possessed Megumi for remainder of the story. Yuji was implied to be stronger than Sukuna. Ultimately Yuji destroyed the spiritual barrier between their souls plus his refusal to come back to his body. It quickly led to a disappointing death, someone had to say it.

We don't know if Yuji actually stronger than him or not either. He's more human in comparison to his opponent. Not only that, Yuji simply wouldn't know critical things to help him end the fight. One of which I don't think even possible for him. Which would involve ripping both their hearts out then swapped em.

There's a lot of problems with that situation. Assuming he actually rips Denji's heart out. He wouldn't know to turn Denji back to an human by swapping out hearts in the first place. Also there's clear limits to blood manipulation that could get in the way of Yuji trying it. You got to realize blood manipulation notably slows down blood flow in the body.

Simply removing his own heart could end up killing him instead. Even trying to use blood manipulation prior to doing that. As for Yuji destroying spiritual barriers thing. Sukuna took a lot of Black Flash hits for that to happen. We would need to assume the possibility an reality. Which in this particular case actually isn't at all.

You got to realize Sukuna possessing either Yuji or Megumi. He was forcing himself spiritually on another person's body. Which made any spiritual barrier of him possessing anyone partly unstable. It simply was never going to be whole. Thus, this is exactly why overtime Black Flash destroyed the spiritual barrier.

The big problem in this situation is a particular deal Pochita done to revive Denji. Basically, Denji is essentially incapable of staying dead regardless of the situation. He technically died over an hundred times in a particular training session. But wait there's more, devils simply need to drink just a little blood.

Sure Yuji can use blood manipulation to help prevent Denji getting some. But that's more of a temporary situation than anything else. A devil with most of it's body destroyed including hybrid forms can instantly regenerate among drinking blood. This is a game changer because Yuji has less effective methods to heal during combat.

Not only that, his deal with Pochita aka the Chainsaw Devil made their souls complete together. Yuji constantly hitting em with Black Flash simply won't do much to their spiritual barrier. We still haven't talked stats yet surprisingly. Ultimately it's kinda pointless because of another terrifying trait of devils.

The more feared an devil is by people, the more powerful it becomes. Some of which are essentially god like beings like the Falling Devil. They are nearly unkillable devils at that with insane stats. Let's put it this way, the Darkness Devil easily destroying people. What ended up saving them from death in hell was someone making a deal with that devil.

Another terrifying factor is if Pochita in control. The Chainsaw Devil has a ridiculous power. When devouring other devils, their concepts are wiped from existence. This means if that devil devours any devil regardless of a concept, anything related to it virtually no longer exist!!! In Yuji's case, he simply wouldn't exist in any form anymore.

Chainsaw Man is among the strongest devils that isn't the top class. His usage of chainsaws are kinda ridiculous too. It's almost Ghost Rider like how some of his powers works. Sure Denji isn't as smart or thinks things through like Yuji. Sadly, Yuji beyond the heart swapping situation lacks a solid way to put him down for good.

Denji also has another endurance feature among his powers. If you pull that cord on his chest, he can get going again. Also people cheering him on also helps with that. Which obviously works against causing fear to become stronger the more typical devil way. I'm not saying Yuji is weak by any means.

He held up against some tough opponents especially Sukuna. I hope Kenpachi puts him in the ground if that fight happens. Honestly, Yuji does have more techniques in comparison. At the same time, Chainsaw Man widely known for being harder to predict. His stats could destroy Yuji depending on how feared or cheered on he is.

I could be more direct about things. Yuji is a rather impressive character within his story. He's simply put against someone he had no real hopes of winning at all. Yuji simply going to be over whelm in this fight. Regardless if Denji or Pochita in control which would be worst here. They have a more strict kill method or rather how to make Denji mortal again.

Pochita in control destroyed some amazing devils & hybrids with ease in comparison. He even survived got sent into space than came back like nothing happened. I highly doubt Yuji could survive that. I'm still not done yet, Yuji and Denji prefers getting in close to their opponents. Which is very bad considering well everything Chainsaw Man can do.

End of the day, we got one amazing balanced character against another that's no longer balanced at all. No matter how you look at this fight. Yuji simply can't do much to delay the inevitable here. Chainsaw Man is full blown ridiculousness in comparison. Yuji virtually screwed from the start to win this fight.

Winner: Denji (Chainsaw Man)

Jujutsu Kaisen review (2018-2024)

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, it's finally time to review Jujutsu Kaisen. Let's say despite finally getting into it this year. My opinion changed a lot over a couple months. This might be the most mixed I ever felt while doing an manga review. Yes there will be huge spoilers, you may not wanna read this. I will say the Dark Trio got a bright future ahead with Chainsaw Man left.

Jujutsu Kaisen (2018-2024)

The story about an high school student named Yuji. He came across an rather unusual object. This led to his friends at school getting attacked by a cursed spirit. In a desperate attempt to save his friends. He swallowed one finger of Sukuna, the cursed object in question. This suddenly put Yuji in a rather interesting situation.

He became the host to the King of Curses, Sukuna. Sukuna needed nineteen more fingers to be whole. But very late into the story, he only gets nineteen of them to somehow regain his full form. The last finger ended up being used against him. Anyway, Yuji possibly up for execution ends up joining the Jujutsu Sorcerers.

He ended up becoming an student in one of their schools. Look I'm done being nice about this story. Even Jujutsu Kaisen 0 ended with a notable plot hole not answered in Jujutsu Kaisen itself. Obviously, the author heavily inspired by several huge name Shonen Jump stories. I felt he played too much off of those rather than coming in with something his own.

In comparison, the author of Chainsaw Man done the exact opposite. He decided to go as much anti Shonen as possible, people are loving his unique take on the genre. This story really tried to become the next Bleach, it's not sadly. I would say roughly half the story. Which would be two seasons of the anime show is somewhat worth checking out.

The other half is filled with major problems. I don't even see how people are loving it anymore honestly. I'm actually glad it's ending this week for good!!! I previously talked a good deal about Sukuna's final battle. I did predict several things that ultimately did happen. Including the author lied about a particular character's fate, you loss creditability pal.

I expected Yuji would be the one to defeat Sukuna. What I didn't expect was how he ended up doing that. Every single usage of Black Flash, Yuji does to Sukuna took it's toll on the spiritual barrier of him and Megumi. Oh yes poor Megumi whose obviously inspired by Naruto's Sasuke, I surprisingly liked him. He got dealt quite a crappy hand in the final two arcs.

I really wish the author better explain how Sukuna forced a piece of flesh down Megumi's throat. Somehow led to him possessing Megumi. Honestly can anyone explain how that was possible? Previously he was possessing Yuji's body. He also had as statement before nineteen fingers. Again how did he regain his full form without his last finger?

Especially when Nobara of all people used her voodoo style technique on that finger. Which ultimately screwed him over against Yuji. This is indirectly like how Yhwach got defeated in Bleach. The only true difference is Yuji still would've won without her help. Sukuna also refuse to return to Yuji's body among dying.

His life was also connected to the ice chick who also dies. Speaking of her, I expected her to assist Sukuna at several points in Sukuna's final battle. She never does not even once!!! She was too busy fighting the broken casino power guy the entire time!!! There's plenty of questionable writing with this. Like the author was clearly tired of people talking about Gojo.

To the point, he rushed his final battle with Sukuna. At the beginning of the final arc out. Personally, if I were the one writing this. I would've had Gojo show up near the end of the final battle instead. At that point, whoever left would need all the help they can get. Why kill off your most popular character like that?

But wait there's more I wish I was kidding too. Yuta previously took out Kenjaku who had the technique to swap bodies. Yuta among stealing that swapped bodies with the deceased Gojo. Surprisingly none of that ladies three outcomes happened. Two being Yuta dies while in Gojo's body. Yuta later swapped back to his old body.

This twist was rather mixed on the JJK community. On one hand, it was a nice surprise Yuta while in Gojo's body fights Sukuna again. They really didn't like Gojo ultimately dead. This actually notably affected sells of the story. The final battle was strongly similar to when Madara had a similar stand in Naruto.

Obviously that quickly gotten old, this followed suit. Not to mention, some bs things that went Sukuna's way. I previously talked about the lawyer having an instant kill move. But somehow that cursed object in Sukuna's head gotten the sentence which never was a part of that court theme power. Thankfully the lawyer did survive in the end, I kinda liked him.

Kenjaku was essentially an Aizen character that ultimately didn't deliver in the end. I will give him credit for being involve with what might actually be my favorite JJK fight. Well it's a joke fight that's rather unusual as well as unique that's quite funny. This alone was more entertaining than the fights in the final arcs for me.

To sum up this joke fight with Kenjaku. It's almost like this comedian jujutsu sorcerer constantly changing reality to a degree. It wasn't technically a fight but more so let's throw in as many jokes as possible. On the surface, this seemed like a bad idea. Somehow I kept laughing as I was reading this particular fight.

It was later revealed this acted as a distraction for Yuta kill Kenjaku. As he's dying, he confessed to having fun with that joke fight. I wasn't even expecting that at the time. This joke fight was so unexpected as well as funny. I kinda felt all fights after this fell since then. To be fair, Gojo vs Sukuna was a good fight with many problems.

I did ended up liking Jogo the most among the villain characters. He represents people's fears of volcanoes. I did praise the moment he burn everyone human in an restaurant. Let's be honest, if it's not the next Bleach. It's also not the next Yu Yu Hakusho either. Which I felt is better than both of them. All three stories involves high school students that takes on the supernatural to protect people.

Considering how the anime planning to possibly skip two arcs. I'm not happy with this, some parts are important despite being somewhat minor. Like Yuji does get executed but he still lives. There's also this one guy that ends up becoming an cursed spirit too. I hated Culling Games, it destroyed the series for me.

Also Sukuna having access to a merger that never happened is also poor writing. But on the plus side, I'm glad he never activated it either. I would've been more upset with the story otherwise. You quickly notice half way through the author not fully realizing his concepts it shows. It's true to some degree Bleach done this as well.

Jujutsu Kaisen 0 had Rika's soul leaving. It's unexpected how her soul still with Yuta though. This really tried to also be the next Hunter x Hunter too. We have characters that possibly puts so much thought into everything. Hunter x Hunter is returning it's place, good!!! Not only that, from what I heard it's a way better story than this.

Parts of this also inspired by My Hero Academia. No one knows if it was planned for JJK to end the same year or that got forced onto the author. He had to release a particular chapter in two halves due to being sick. The other half we waited a month for but combined one of the better chapters of that arc. I do like some characters in JJK myself.

I ended up disliking more characters in comparison but there's more I like than in Naruto. I do think Yuji was the perfect choice of being the protagonist hands down. It's unclear if he actually became more powerful than Sukuna or not. Despite Sukuna himself implying otherwise. We also never found out how he made his fingers into cursed objects.

The only two major things we do know about it. This process occurred an thousand years ago. It is very likely Kenjaku himself done the process. This story also doesn't shy away from death. Some arcs has a lot of death, it's amazing Shonen Jump allowed it or when Chainsaw Man destroyed those numbers. Let's just say the numbers in JJK doesn't compare to how many died in that.

Jujutsu Kaisen is the most Shonen amount the Dark Trio. Somehow being the most popular among them. Again that also makes it the most overrated as well. We start with a hype that eventually goes down. It kept going down as the story goes on. The final chapters are obviously rushed, not great stuff. Even Bleach rushed wasn't this bad!!!

The author really tried making an complex system for combat. Some pointed out when he doesn't properly use his own system at times, that's a bad sign. Yuji is among the best written characters. Yes I love Gojo myself, his fate was very unpleasant. Not only he dies piss people off. How the author goes about it made that even worst.

The end of one chapter, the author states Gojo going to win. Then we see Gojo talking with dead characters. At the end of that particular chapter, we see Gojo died. It's almost like he had enough hearing about Gojo to suddenly changed his fate like that. Authors like this I have virtually no respect for at all.

I did like Panda whose a rather unique character. He's technically three characters in one body with his siblings. All of them are possessed doll that's animal theme. Panda was later revealed to be Special Class cursed spirit. Which led to a particular moment I disliked. Obviously my overall favorite JJK character is Yuta.

I know some have reasons to not like him. I like Yuta because he was in the same boat as Yuji for a different reason. He also has Copy a rather broken technique. He virtually can use anyone's cursed technique especially in his Domain Expansion. I also liked he's accompanied by a Special Class cursed spirit named Rika.

Rikia was originally the girl he liked when they were kids before tragedy happened to her. Also I gotta mention Kenjaku got the US government involved. Personally, the story would've been much better with this. The entire Megumi situation Sukuna done to him really gotten under my skin. He really wanted to save his sister but ultimately that gets thrown hard against his face.

Plus with Sukuna possessing him, he couldn't prevent the cursed sorcerer possessing his sister from death either. Virtually it became a hopeless situation that broken his soul. Eventually he did fight back at Sukuna to a degree. This also was a major factor why some of the characters joined Culling Games too.

I felt this story is a little too long for it's own good. The author clearly doesn't even understand his own story. The pacing notably gotten worst overtime. Not many characters got to shine either. The list for how flawed Jujutsu Kaisen truly is a rather long one. I will be brutally honest, I can't recommend anyone reading it notably eventually issues may come up that turns em off.

This is ending on Chapter 271 after all. The final battle is just all over the place. It's a bit too predictable to my liking. Also there isn't much to help it stand out either. It's basically Sukuna taking everyone on. Personally, I did want this originally for Yhwach in Bleach. Indirectly I'll give a little credit to the author.

Culling Game was a desperate attempt at having a possible tournament arc. Obviously, there's plenty of better tournament arcs in Shone Jump stories. Jujutsu Kaisen felt too complex for it's own good too. To the point, when you eventually realize what's going on. You start to get rather disappointed or you may not get the answers you seek.

Again the joke fight was the most fun I had reading the final arc. Beyond that, it's mostly meh to I gotta read something else!!! I mean even Black Clover with the longer waiting periods is better than this. Jujutsu Kaisen is possibly one of the most disappointing manga series I ever gotten into. I also gotta mention the artwork starts not being as great as the story goes on.

End of the day, this just isn't a good story. It felt like the author had to use particular traits of other Shonen Jump stories to keep his boat afloat. Without those, JJK really offers nothing. This mostly felt like a great idea on paper with terrible execution. In all honestly, this story just never truly lives up to that hype you wanted.

The last few chapters are so lackluster. Removing them simply would make it a little better. The author simply couldn't give them something fun or a true happy ending. Instead they had to deal with a small fry of a cursed user. Plus further ruining Sukuna's character while in the afterlife. Even Bleach had a surprisingly decent final chapter with everything considered.

I said it once, I'll say it again Culling Game ruined Jujutsu Kaisen!!! Removing two arcs connected to it would've saved this story. In all honestly, I'm so disappointed with everything. A lot of unfinished concepts left in the story. We don't have much to go on Yuji's Domain Expansion either. Not only that, the final battle was simply too long for it's own good.

I felt if Yuji vs Sukuna should've been it's own fight instead of this everyone vs Sukuna thing. Maybe this story could've had a chance. Also screwing Megumi over the way the author done didn't help things either. Clearly he doesn't think things through as well as hates popular characters. Why else characters like Gojo the most popular character to die in such a fashion?

Jujutsu Kaisen simply has some ups prior to the half way mark. Then it kept going down for me that point on. There wasn't many moments I praised either. Yuta's back up plan now that took some guts to go. The joke fight was one of my thing JJK things ever!!! This is exactly what happens when an franchise becomes so overrated it can't handle the demand.

Hell's Paradise review (2018-2021)

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I apologize this kept getting delayed. I been thinking a lot about it on the side to keep my thoughts fresh enough for this review. I will say this one surprised me a lot from start to finish. Considering it's reputation Hell's Paradise could be seen as a gem. I felt this one you should give a chance, it's a great story.

Hell's Paradise (2018-2021)

It's a story about the best shinobi of his village, Gabimaru. He gets set up by his clan to be executed. However none of them were working on him. A particular executioner named Sagiri offered him an alternative to his fate. Obviously after a little time he accepts the task. He goes to a mysterious island with other death row inmates.

All of them were accompanied by executioners from the Shogun. The task is to receive an elixir of immortality also called Tan. This has a rather unique plant theme you won't expect while getting into it. Majority of the story, we see these characters literately go through Hell to survive. They eventually get lucky to get even smaller breaks, it gets that intense.

I won't shy away from the surprising level of violence, sexual content and possible nightmare fuel content. This manga was unusual in terms of the extra effort put into the artwork. Not to mention, how you could read it officially online from other Shonen Jump stories. Usually costing a bit more than those in comparison.

Also this had a few years run compared to the other two series within the Dark Trio. Jujutsu Kaisen about to end this week while Chainsaw Man got awhile. I came to like everything about this. Most of the characters were quite interesting. They also kept Gabimaru a certain amount of over powered without ruining the story.

I mean come on One Punch Man!!! This would be my Naruto, I don't care what those fans say otherwise. Hell's Paradise is surprisingly constant from start to finish. The author did state to constantly edit himself while writing this. Personally I prefer an author doing that than another author throwing out concepts without fully realizing the entire point of it all.

Yes I'm looking at you, the author of Jujutsu Kaisen!!! There's a lot of interesting back stories as the story goes on. The main enemy group, Lord Tensen is mostly humanoid plant people. There's a major twist regarding them at the end. I knew from the start who my two favorite characters going to be. Neither disappointed me as the story went on either.

Obviously Gabimaru a changed man that wants more than anything to be with his wife. Aza Chobe aka the bandit king was a rather interesting antihero character. Even his ending portions in the story were quite unexpected. Eventually several factors led to a surprising end to those that survived. Even Gabimaru could life a peaceful life now.

His former master over played his hand, he got a fate worst than death. For me, the one part of the story that sticks in my mind the most. When Gabimaru's clan came after him. Most of them were receiving praise as well as criticisms from Gabimaru. Then they died smiling afterwards is something you don't forget.

This task was unexpectedly brutal from the start. You would be very surprise all those that survived in the end honestly. So many fights in later portions, some might felt repetitive. Honestly, all that fighting I felt was justify in this story. You really see how badly they wanna live. All the insane situations they had to endure on the way.

The story ends up being a parallel on the same concept being love. Gabimaru wants to be with his wife no matter what. So does Rien with her deceased husband. Gabimaru was becoming a better person despite all the chaos. Rien finally realized how she became a monster in the end. She also created Lord Tensen for her own resurrection plan that would involve killing a lot of people.

Which would've taken place from the same country the inmates and executioners came from. In the end, an unexpected answer changed Rien. She asked Gabimaru why not destroy her husband's remains? He gave a very pleasant, heart felt answer. She chose to die while healing Gabimaru and Sagiri. Also some previously killed off characters came back as well.

Hell's Paradise is very true to it's name. They go to what seemed to be a beautiful island with a dark secret. This almost doesn't classifies as an Shonen story. Considering Gabimaru doesn't improve as much as your typical Shonen heroes do in these stories. Then again, he already was the best shinobi of his village.

In a way, he actually didn't need to get any better. He does get some changes to how he fights. He does end up as a surprisingly pleasant person with everything considered. Also this is a surprisingly dark story with not as many light moments. Which kinda worked to it's advantage. Not only that, the artwork is truly amazing stuff too.

There's plenty of twists as the story goes on. I know there's people that wants this out of the Dark Trio. In all honestly, this group wasn't designed to operate like that. If you don't like what's in the Dark Trio. Simply go make up your own trio instead. Hell's Paradise I felt is a great story. Sadly underrated and possibly overlooked from the other two stories within the Dark Trio itself.

I will talk about the ending, it's beautifully done. On the way back to the country they got sent from. They quickly came up with a plan. The samurai among the death row inmates would get forgotten by the Shogun. Some characters left to other locations altogether. The brothers went back to crime in a new location.

We get an unexpected time skip to a year following the events. Sadly we don't see Gabimaru talk to Sagiri again. At least, we see her to talk to his wife. Despite all of this, the story had a great, peaceful ending. You really couldn't ask for more than that. It's kinda like Yu Yu Hakusho's ending in that sense. Hell's Paradise is a story you should consider reading soon.

My lineup for an 3D Castlevania compilation game

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I know I kept talking about Castlevania. Yes I'm still playing Castlevania Dominus Collection. I do have other blogs I'm planning that's not Castlevania theme in the works. None of them are officially written yet. Right now their very concepts are in my head. I just wanna confirm I'm not running out of ideas.

1. Jujutsu Kaisen review (possibly next week)

2. Resident Evil 1-3 on GOG thoughts

3. More Death Battle prediction blogs (not many though)

This isn't including what might get added on either. Which would make things around here a bit more exciting. I figured to put more thought into whatever I write. Therefore, you get more me when you're actually reading my blog entries. Maybe another Doom blog possibly on the way too. Sadly it won't be about Doom Eternal, I still don't own that.

Right back on topic, a week ago I made a particular game lineup as a meme on an website. Obviously it's an Castlevania compilation game concept. Now I would be very surprised if they actually planning to make it. Right now majority of the fans including myself aiming towards the 3D Castlevania games. It kinda makes sense, we gotten most of the 2D Castlevania games we wanted.

Now it's time we finally get our hands on the 3D ones. The lineup I personally selected could be the most fun achievement/trophy hunting yet. Even if M2 doesn't return to make it. I'm not even if they handle games on PS2, N64 and Wii respectively. A major reason to be worried if another company ends up making it.

All we can hope for a decent company steps in to do the insane task of putting this Castlevania compilation together. I do plan to fully explain my lineup as well. Honestly, this could be one of the finest to date. Especially with the right company making this. I confess my standards are through the roof from Castlevania Dominus Collection.

Sadly games like Rondo of Blood remake from PSP are exclusive to a particular company. I still felt that's mess up to not include that version with majority of it's previous compilation on PS4. Even if it were possible that's technically 2.5D Castlevania game. This would be a higher demand than leftover Castlevania compilation.

1. Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness

I know some people might quickly jump at where's Castlevania 64? Well you still getting that, a better version. But also new campaigns with new characters as well. Not to mention, it would be nice for more N64 games to get ported. I felt this game could be seen as a gem for many reasons. Either you love or hate it's flaws, you still going to play it.

2. Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

Officially the beginning of the original Castlevania timeline. It's mind blowing this isn't rerelease much. I recalled having this years ago, I never finished it. At the time, I was very new to the franchise. This is one of the more popular 3D Castlevania games. Especially having Koji involved you gotta play it. Simply having this here alone makes it a true Castlevania collection.

3. Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

Believe it or not, Castlevania show adapted parts of this game in later seasons. Technically a sequel to fan favorite Castlevania 3. This is often referred to as an 3D metroidvania Castlevania game. Again Koji is involved makes this a must play. In all honestly, I been hoping for an opportunity to play this. I strongly felt it has to be included in an 3D Castlevania compilation game.

4. Castlevania: Judgment

I know this might seem like an odd choice. I do think majority of the lineup would help get bridged together with this game. Kinda like Harmony of Despair, characters from several eras cross over. This was an Wii exclusive fighting game, I had back in the day. For me, a high light of playing as Death. Not only that, this further adds more replay value to the compilation game as well.

You already got several playthroughs in all these Castlevania games. Obviously all of them are different eras of 3D gaming for the franchise. Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness marked the beginning of that. Possibly Castlevania: Judgment marked the end with Koji's reputation. All of them plays heavily different from each other.

This by itself would be a major reason to play em. Castlevania: Judgment is an fighting game that had one of two guys responsible for Death Note. The other three Castlevania games are so different. I would need hours to fully explain all the differences. Another huge reason to play this is possibly the most fun achievement/trophy hunt ever.

Let's put it this way, I had so much fun achievement hunting Castlevania Advance Collection. In comparison, this quickly blows that away potentially. You also get plenty of fan service as well. This collection would be guarantee hours of entertainment. Yes, emulation alone of this lineup will be rather difficult.

Considering how Castlevania Dominus Collection handled the other DS controls. I felt they can be creative with the Wii controls for Castlevania: Judgment. Hell just imagine VR support, a lot of people wanna play that!!! The right team also gives us plenty of cool stuff. Art work & songs hopefully custom playlist returns.

Castlevania 3D Collection is possibly the last Konami compilation game I'm waiting for. I just don't wanna be in my eighties when it comes out lol. Obviously, this will be the biggest in size Castlevania compilation. I also felt it will quickly make up for taking up so much space. This felt like the perfect lineup for that compilation.

This might be an unpopular opinion. I don't see the point of including both versions of Castlevania 64. Especially when you get much more with the later Legacy of Darkness version. The boss lineup combined will be among the most exciting stuff for this. I felt this could be the most replay Castlevania compilation to date if it happens.

I would be even mind blown I nailed the exact lineup when it does happen too. M2 had a bonus Castlevania game in all their Castlevania compilations. Kid Dracula, Dracula X and two versions of Haunted Castle respectfully. Konami doesn't even to be directly involve to make this work. The right company gets permission to develop, they do the rest that simple.

Castlevania 3D Collection could be truly amazing stuff in the right hands. The insane amount of content alone, I'll pay any price they ask for em no lie. It could be forty to fifty for all I care. I simply want more Castlevania in my life!!! Honestly, this compilation really would open the doors for some amazing opportunities as well.

Just imaging all these Castlevania games in one compilation is possibly too exciting alone. They really could do a lot with this concept. There's a chance we might be waiting longer than Castlevania Dominus Collection. Considering the platforms in question, they got their work cut out for em. I'll be even more direct, a lot of people wants an 2003 TMNT game compilation.

I strongly felt that isn't going to live up to the hype. Especially they already gotten the main TMNT compilation they always wanted. In comparison, I actually do think this lineup lives up to the hype way more. There's more of a rather interesting variety in well everything. We actually see the evolution of 3D Castlevania in one compilation.

I could sit here for hours giving people more reasons to help make this a reality!!! I really believe this could sell amazingly well. If Konami doesn't act like well Konami about it. They simply allow the right team to do the ambitious project their way with as much time needed. We are talking about one of the greatest game compilations in existence.

Why does it need to stay as a recurring thought in your heads? The idea itself is simply too great. A lot of us needs to come together to convince em to make this Castlevania collection. Honestly, how could they lose with such an lineup? Not only that, we getting more games from those platforms too. The more great games pulled from those, the better I say.

Ranking Castlevania games

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, I confess I'm still playing Castlevania Dominus Collection. Very recently I gotten map completion in the DS Castlevania games. I officially done the process on all seven 2D metroidvania Castlevania games. I figured for fun as well as attempt get it out my system. I got a lot of Castlevania rankings.

No I don't plan to rank every aspect of these games. Which would've been a very lengthy blog entry.

2D Metroidvania Castlevania games

7. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

6. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

5. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

4. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

3. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

2. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

1. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

I felt to me, Dawn of Sorrow done just enough to best the two metroidvania games everyone talks about.

Favorite ranking

7. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

6. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

5. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

4. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

3. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

2. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

1. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

It really came back to small things, Aria of Sorrow was virtually perfection.

Map completion process

7. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

6. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

5. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

4. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

3. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

2. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

1. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

I know what a surprise, Portrait of Ruin with the insane 1000% map completion. Ended up being the most satisfying map completion among them.

Ranking main characters

7. Shanoa (Order of Ecclesia)

6. Juste (Harmony of Dissonance)

5. Nathan (Circle of the Moon)

4. Jonathan and Charlotte (Portrait of Ruin)

3. Alucard (Symphony of the Night)

2. Soma (Dawn of Sorrow)

1. Soma (Aria of Sorrow)

Soma in either game was mind blowing awesomeness.

Ranking secondary playable characters

7. Richter Mode (Symphony of the Night)

6. Sisters Mode (Portrait of Ruin)

5. Maxim Mode (Harmony of Dissonance)

4. Julius Mode (Aria of Sorrow)

3. Albus Mode (Order of Ecclesia)

2. Julius Mode (Dawn of Sorrow)

1. Richter Mode (Portrait of Ruin)

This came down to hairs, Richter Mode was incredibly fun.

Updated ranking, I just played Old Axe Knight Mode in Portrait of Ruin. Here's the new official ranking after I played that.

8. Richter Mode (Symphony of the Night)

7. Sisters Mode (Portrait of Ruin)

6. Maxim Mode (Harmony of Dissonance)

5. Julius Mode (Aria of Sorrow)

4. Albus Mode (Order of Ecclesia)

3. Julius Mode (Dawn of Sorrow)

2. Richter Mode (Portrait of Ruin)

1. Old Axe Knight Mode (Portrait of Ruin)

Ranking overall maps

7. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

6. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

5. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

4. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

3. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

2. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

1. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Considering Portrait of Ruin had ten maps, all of them were quite enjoyable to play.

Ranking Death boss fights (strictly Death)

7. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

6. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

5. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

4. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

3. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

2. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

1. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

I do enjoy every Death boss fight, Aria of Sorrow still ended up being my favorite.

Ranking Dracula boss fights

4. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

3. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

2. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon

1. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (True Dracula)

True Dracula is essentially a fusion of Dracula and Death. But this final boss fight was so great, I couldn't leave it off.

Ranking final bosses

7. Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (Maxim and Dracula's Wraith)

6. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (Menace)

5. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Shaft and Dracula)

4. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (Dracula)

3. Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Chaos Entity)

2. Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (Dracula)

1. Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (Death and Dracula/True Dracula)

You had to face two of the toughest bosses at once. Then the concept goes further with a fusion of True Dracula making a truly epic finale.

Keep in mind, stuff like this people likely differ in their opinions. You are only see my opinion here. Once again probably for the third time, I highly recommend playing these Castlevania games.

Castlevania Dominus Collection review

On September 8th, I gotten every map completion in Castlevania Dominus Collection. Now I fully done that with all seven 2D metroidvania Castlevania game on one console being Xbox. I never thought in a million years I'll ever do it. I kept knocking off stuff from my gaming bucket list this year. I am really satisfied with this new Castlevania collection.

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, my amazing wife bought me Castlevania Dominus Collection. I been waiting since Castlevania Advance Collection to play this. I kept hearing recently how awesome this collection truly was. Not to mention a surprisingly epic shadow drop no one saw coming. Stuff like this, I wish I grew up with the franchise.

This is on Xbox Series X version. I already owned both Castlevania Anniversary Collection and Castlevania Advance Collection.

I figured to review the game in question. This quickly became my number #1 Konami game of the year. yes even more so than Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked. I was so impressed with Castlevania Advance Collection. In fact, I actually gave it Game of the Year. My expectations are going to be insanely high with this.

Castlevania Dominus Collection (2024)

Despite being advertise as a four game collection. It's actually a five game collection since you get two versions of Haunted Castle. The main Castlevania games in this collection are the DS Castlevania games. Unlike the GBA Castlevania games, Koji Igarashi was directly involved with all three games. This automatically makes them better but I still have a lot of respect for em.

Haunted Castle (both versions)

I actually started playing with both versions of Haunted Castle. Let me tell you how mind blowing different those experiences was. The original version of Haunted Castle is another alternate version of Castlevania 1. Three Castlevania collections, we're still getting Castlevania 1 wow right? Anyway, just when you think Castlevania: The Adventure was bad.

Then I sure go news for you, this is much worst!!! Let's get a handful of the positives out the way. I do kinda like some of the artwork. Also the soundtrack is easily the best part of the game. Beyond that, it goes south fast. The sound effects aren't great or remotely rememberable. The controls do take time getting use to.

Just when you think you got em down, try going up or down the stairs!!! I never struggled so much on the stairs in an Castlevania game before. The game is questionable on continues. It's one of those arcade games you think you're getting a lot of continues, you aren't. The game even could end with one death!!! Simon moves slightly faster than reacting to attacking things.

Usually you can easily jump attack enemies. Even on a bridge falling apart but you can't do that. You also can't use your sub weapon because it takes longer than necessary. Thankfully it's not forever but on the last stage, you really don't want that. The bosses are alright at best, the second boss ended up being my favorite.

Thank god there's only six stages!!! Six stages of Hell, where's three more of em. If you get that Nine Circles of Hell reference. I am so glad we get a save state as well as the ability to rewind. Previously in another compilation, Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection. You didn't have rewinds but it had achievements/trophies.

Unfortunately neither version of the game has achievements/trophies. But at the same time, it's still a decent achievement/trophy lineup. Haunted Castle really quickly wore out it's welcome. I would even dare to say the worst version of Castlevania 1 I ever played!!! The best being Super Castlevania IV, no need to compare everyone agrees!!!

Haunted Castle Revisited is a remastered version. I guess we can technically called this a redesigned version of the game. The new team took what essentially was the arcade game, I refuse to call it a classic. Then they made much needed changes that notably made it a million times better!!! In every possible way, this is the true definitive Haunted Castle experience.

After you beat it, there's a stage selection. Sadly neither version gets pictures in the Gallery Section. It previously happened to Castlevania Dracula X in Castlevania Advance Collection, the same team. This is way better than Dracula X as well. Every Castlevania game's soundtrack is included as well. Haunted Castle Revisited notably changed several sections.

It reminds me of MediEvil Remake doing the same thing. The final stage is vastly better as well as more interesting too. The boss fights all been notably improved. It's no surprise I prefer these boss fights!!! Yes that includes Dracula X too. Haunted Castle Revisited was a nice surprise. No one was expecting it even with the now epic shadow drop of this collection.

It is notably extended to a degree. You know kinda like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game. Where the stages pulled from the original TMNT arcade game got extended. People kept comparing this to Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth, which I never played. Which was also developed by M2.

The enemy placements is much more fair. If you fall, don't worry you will respawn with some health taken. I did receive some health items I wasn't sure where to find em in a blind playthrough. When you die, you will resume from where you left off. This alone put it high among the classic style Castlevania games.

The artwork was truly amazing almost mimicking the DS Castlevania games style to a degree. I felt the overall pace was notably nicer. It wasn't like hey hurry up like in the arcade version. I don't know if there's a limit on the continues or it's infinite by default. Both are way nicer than not knowing until you die what happens like in Comix Zone.

Comix Zone is way better than Haunted Castle arcade too. They made the intro more awesome. The insane character art during the ending. This felt like something you never knew you needed. Once you got it, you couldn't be any happier. If you are feeling that with Haunted Castle Revisited. Then good we're on the same page.

DS Castlevania Trilogy

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

A large amount I'm going to talk about heavily applies to all three Castlevania games. I will directly mention stuff that differs em somewhat. They virtually aren't the same at all by any means. They simply have a lot of similarities, well it should being in the same franchise. All three of them are within the main Castlevania canon.

Dawn of Sorrow is a sequel to Aria of Sorrow, a game I love so much!!! Portrait of Ruin is a sequel to Bloodlines, another game I love a lot as well. Order of Ecclesia is kinda an important spin off game. The Belmont clan are in two of these Castlevania games. In their absence, we have Shanoa a magic user that works for a church.

Dawn of Sorrow plays very similar to Aria of Sorrow with you playing as Soma again. You can claim souls that notably helps you out as you're playing the game. You also get a lot of weapons as well. I felt Hammer to me was the best merchant in these DS Castlevania games, I kinda like the guy. You may have to look it up, this actually takes place in Germany.

Correction: the castle actually called With Light's Castle. There's additional areas that connects to the castle. I kinda forgot to mention that originally.

Parts of my family tree originated from there. Portrait of Ruin is a rather interesting Castlevania game. In a few ways continued the story of Castlevania: Bloodlines. At the same time, this is a vastly different game. You play as both Jonathan and Charlotte. Jonathan so happened to be John Morris' son. You come across two ladies that are later revealed to be Eric's daughters.

Speaking of Eric, he's in the game. Sadly he acts more of a sage meaning he's dead. He comes off as a mentor of sorta to Jonathan. There's ten maps to explore with most being inside paintings. Somehow Order of Ecclesia went a little further with more maps concept. Dawn of Sorrow has two maps with the Abyss being my favorite.

Order of Ecclesia, the Belmonts are missing. Sadly there isn't much given to why that is. You actually get to travel to many locations. Something James Rolfe would've loved. Speaking of him, I highly doubt he'll read this. Hey Rolfe you should revisit Best Castlevania topic one more time. Make sure to talk about the GBA and DS Castlevania games!!!

I'm still a little salty over that AVGN episode sorry. I would love for you to try guessing how many maps Order of Ecclesia has? If you guessed twenty one of them then congratulations. Keep in mind for two of these games, the maps do differ notably in size. I kinda liked the idea of traveling around. I just wish it was done slightly better, it's not bad by any means.

Portrait of Ruin, you play as two characters. You can swap between them as well as a few team actions. Which to be honest aren't well executed. Just when you got pushing heavier objects down. The train part late into the game will cause you to freak out!!! You are suppose to push the train with your partner.

The way it's setup, the AI doesn't properly register that action. I figured to quickly press to the left you might need to do it twice with Jonathan. Then quickly swap to Charlotte to hope the train stops before you get forced off the screen. I almost had to consider trying to glitch pass the train. I was somehow able to do it.

Dawn of Sorrow does use the additional DS controls the most. Which every platform recreated to a degree. You have to gain an ability to break ice. You can use the pointer to simply break em was a great idea. The duo in Portrait of Rune is like two game play styles in one. You got Jonathan whose more of a fighter.

Charlotte being more of a defense magic user. Shanoa is also a magic user while mirroring a trait to Soma. She can claim glyphs to get abilities. Virtually being the female Soma, it starts out not great. Very late into it, this game blew my mind how awesome it suddenly gotten. You always got to make room to grind up levels.

You can find better stuff or buy em to get further. In another related Castlevania blog, some stuff I'm not discussing will be in that instead. A little heads up, you're getting two Castlevania blogs today. There's a lot of bosses, a great variety that keeps things interesting for a longer playing period. Dawn of Sorrow adds among defeating most bosses, you got to use seals.

This can be strict but thanks to rewinds & save states it's not much of an issue. If you don't do em correctly, the bosses regains some of their health. It's a little cheap sure but it helps to push you to do better. You also can view the maps through the stats screen for a more clear idea. For example, unless you somehow see the opening on the smaller map already on your screen.

You may need to access the map screen to see where to go. Personally, I done surprisingly well with the smaller map. If Castlevania Advance Collection already more content than Castlevania Anniversary Collection. This is even more content than that. Not only you get Boss Rush Mode in all three games. You also get a few secondary versions of the campaigns too.

Oddly Sisters version in Portrait of Ruin doesn't have an achievement. I kinda see that as disrespect towards Eric maybe that's just me. I can say these are a lot of fun to play as well. Notably better than the second campaigns in the GBA Castlevania games. Julius Mode is way better since they play off of Castlevania 3 concept.

You can swap between three characters with Yoko being the missable character. Sadly, there isn't anything representing Grant at all. It's kinda mind blowing to play as three characters. Richter Mode is way better than Symphony of the Night version. You play as both Richter and Maria, likely pulled from Rondo of Blood.

Albus Mode is in all honestly, one of my favorite Castlevania modes ever!!! It's virtually a faster shooter version. This might come as a huge surprise to some. I strongly preferred this over the main complain. This mode kept blowing my mind with it's awesomeness. I'm glad I finished playing that the end of achievement hunting this game.

Speaking of that, The Creature's sprites were directly pulled from the same game too. This is Portrait of Ruin to clarify. The Creature actually appears in all three DS Castlevania games. Order of Ecclesia has a few variations including Goliath whose the boss one. I got a nick name for this collection. Castlevania: The Frankenstein Collection.

He also appears in both versions of Haunted Castle, I can say that. I'm even happy Medusa returns in Portrait of Ruin as well. Easily my favorite Medusa boss ever!!! Order of Ecclesia sorta combines fighting with magic. You still do magic attacks like normal. But you also use magic to use your weapons too.

This alone was a major reason I struggled so hard in Order of Ecclesia. The game is surprisingly harder than the other two DS Castlevania games. To me, it felt like each one kept getting more ambitious in some way. You could argue Order of Ecclesia might've been a little too ambitious. I can safely say I highly recommend all three of these fantastic Castlevania games.

Yes there's a notable learning curve to a degree. Dracula's castle is presently different in all three games. Obviously it's the biggest in Dawn of Sorrow. My favorite maps in the other two Castlevania games. Burnt Paradise quickly became my favorite. It's a parallel world to Nation of Fools. Both are twisted distorted carnival, destroyed buildings worlds.

Then add in Medusa being the boss we got a rather unique fun time. I can say instantly Skeleton Cave was my favorite in Order of Ecclesia. It's kinda a remind to Cave of Skeletons from Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance. Which also ended up being my favorite section too. Look I always had a thing for skeletons that's never changing.

These DS Castlevania games further pushed everything. I am deeply impressed by their hard work overall. In all honestly, they really knock it out the park with these games!!! Obviously or maybe it's not to some people. Order of Ecclesia was my least favorite of the three. Dawn of Sorrow ended up being my favorite with everything considered.

In the long run, I had the fewest issues than the other two DS Castlevania games. Portrait of Rune was truly amazing stuff, I'm so thankful to finally play it. I would even say to me one of the greatest Castlevania games I ever played. Order of Ecclesia felt a little too strict overall. None of the maps included are boring by any means.

I just felt comparing Order to Ecclesia to the other two DS Castlevania games. It simply fell short of them but still a great Castlevania game. Also making the condition to get the best ending a little too secretive didn't help either. Again more information on that in a related blog. I also can confirm the grinding process works just fine in all three games.

I should point out all three of them has side stuff you can go. Order of Ecclesia's case, it would help better your chances in the long run. We all knew the best three Castlevania games in the collection going to be. I also love removing ominu from Dominus spells DS. A clever title reference trick. You also get a gallery that's done way better than Castlevania Advance Collection.

Now all three DS Castlevania games has their own section. We also have a music section with the option to create your own playlist. They even went further with the presentation than expected. If you wait a little bit before selecting the DS games. It loads up something awesome to watch from them. Instead of that surprisingly cool ending credits animation.

They decided to do prerecord game play of the DS games together on the bottom of the screen. Oh okay I'll take that, rather impress they pulled that off. This is in the credits section for anyone wondering. Achievements wise I explain more in detail in another blog. I still prefer achievement hunting Castlevania Advance Collection the most.

Here's how I view things from Castlevania Anniversary Collection to Castlevania Dominus Collection. Kinda like the overall procession of the GBA Castlevania games. Each newer Castlevania compilation kept getting better. I really felt that's on the money. All were developed by M2 with Konami that made every Castlevania game originally.

Now along with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection. The two greatest Konami compilations I ever played in my entire life!!! There isn't much actual negatives I can say about it. I could even gave it a perfect score, it was that damn good!!! It's quite rare when I give a perfect score to games too.

Castlevania Dominus Collection goes beyond your expectations. Then it kept blowing your mind with it's sheer awesomeness. Even with Haunted Castle arcade included. Most of these games are so good you don't even care you got one bad Castlevania game. This is as close to perfection for a compilation game I seen in a long time, a very big recommendations.

My Epic Castlevania Dominus Collection Journey

Hello everyone I'm XboxClown89, you thought I was done talking Castlevania lol think again!!! I'm still mind blown I fully achievement hunt Castlevania Dominus Collection. Within the calculate time of three days according to TrueAchievements' website. I will explain mostly my main strategy for such an ambitious achievement hunt process.

This achievement hunt was from August 29th to September 4th.

The first few hours I actually played both versions of Haunted Castle. Before I officially started the hunt, which ended up being my toughest to date.

There's no achievements for either version of Haunted Castle. I simply wanted to play em before the main DS Castlevania games.

Thankfully majority of the achievements is simply defeat bosses. You also have three start a game achievements as well as beat three alternative modes. Now those are the easy achievements. A lot of bosses can be quite frustrating. Order of Ecclesia kept the boss lineup straight forward. The other two DS games, it's possible to miss a few bosses.

Also no Nest of Evil in Portrait of Ruin doesn't count towards this. You will be all kind of monsters with Death being the most recurring boss. He's in five difficult boss fights across three games. It's very important to get geared up as well as leveled up. Especially in Order of Ecclesia's case, it's a tough game. For me it took a good while before I could grind up levels the way I wanted to.

To clarify, if we counted both versions of Haunted Castle. Dracula has the most actual boss fights in the game. Which would technically include a what if final boss with Soma.

You got to adapt very quickly or you won't get far. If you can look stuff up, you may need to. There's some curve balls that threw me off during this process. You need to expect hours will go into this achievement hunt. You have several screen options, I prefer most of it being the main screen. On the right side is the other essentials you'll need.

This by itself saves time from going to stats screen to keep checking experience you need. In order to level up, which can get rather tedious at times. You gotta learn the maps to the best of your ability. Dawn of Sorrow is one huge map while the other two DS Castlevania games has several maps. Which does notably differ in size.

My main thought process is keep going even with all the road blocks I faced. I wasn't willing to give up, I did use rewind notably to confess. Sometimes, you gotta find the better gear. Otherwise even being leveled up with not great stuff. Well your chances aren't great well before the ending portions. I do like how straight forward the achievements were.

Although, I kinda prefer the variety within Castlevania Advance Collection myself. You got a ridiculous amount of work ahead. If you dare attempt going for every achievement/trophy in this compilation. Also expect some unfair advantages during the boss fights too. Some might even cause possible rage quitting.

Another factor is because two of them has several maps. You will start to feel over whelm with where to go. At times, you may wanna watch or read a guide to help. Personally, I only looked stuff up when I needed to. This will truly test your determination from start to finish in every sense of the word. The secondary modes excluding Sisters mode in Portrait of Ruin are notably faster versions.

Simply start up a game, it even have to be fully started to get achievements/trophies. These aren't as close as hard as many boss achievements/trophies in the game. There's a great variety within the boss fights too. You should know if you haven't played em or the GBA Castlevania games. There's a lot of bosses with a few optional ones.

The way Order of Ecclesia played out none are missable bosses. Another major factor is you got to know conditions for the best endings. It's all very different across the three DS games. In Dawn of Sorrow, you got to use Mina's Talisman before entering a particular boss room door. Which doesn't have a boss inside to clarify.

This is the easiest of the three to get. In Portrait of Ruin, Charlotte during the sisters boss fight must have Sanctuary spell to save em. Then you play the remaining worlds before the final bosses. I can tell you from experience this is a pain to pull off during the boss fight. We haven't gotten the most frustrating.

This one could be seen as a two part condition for the best ending. The first major condition the game doesn't openly tell you until the bad ending with simply showing trapped villagers that's it. Yes you gotta save the villagers. This is important because if you saved em all or not. By the time you fight Albus determines your ending.

Thankfully if you get the bad endings, you can resume to go for the best endings. Therefore, you don't have to start over to do it all over again thank god for that!!! The second factor is making sure you collected all three Cerberus glyphs. Which gives you entry towards where Dracula is in his castle. One cool ability done differently across all three games is being able to fly really comes in handily.

There is no full map completion achievements, same with Castlevania Advance Collection. There's no need to consider how long you're taking since it has no impact on which ending you get. I do recommend taking as many breaks needed. Personally I marathon the crap out of it until I got em all. I hope this helps people to better their chances at getting every achievement/trophy.