#all of the promotion that's coming out for fatal attraction. he's simply the perfect man perhaps

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Mega Man X Super Mario Vs. Cut Man Or Bowser

The Instagram video above is courtesy of masskutt and is from last year’s Famicase exhibit, which I featured in the Super Attractive Club newsletter #5. Or so I thought it was from the My Famicase Exhibition 2016.

Upon closer inspection, it’s actually a best of-type event, one that touched upon all the previous exhibits, leading up to the 2016 installment that immediately followed. If you zoom in, you’ll notice the different dates on the posters on the wall…

And once again, this particular set-up is what inspired me to do something similar, for the Tetris block party this past fall…

In addition to having fake game cartridges to look at, there were fake games that you actually play as well. Including something that starred Perfume?

Though the highlight, imho, was the Mega Man X Super Mario mashup, as seen in action at the very top…

Bonus pic time: masskutt is primarily involved in music (he’s one of the organizers of Fami Mode, if I’m not mistaken), and am assuming this is a shot of KPLECRAFT’s set-up that masskutt took while hanging out once…

And, um, yeah… the latest issue of the Super Attractive Club newsletter is kinda overdue isn’t it? Sorry about that, though once again, it’s just been insanely busy. But it’s coming soon, along with a fresh batch of Game Culture Snapshots, and most importantly, the shirt that was teased last time!

Yet if you can’t wait until then, because you simply need something to wear for the new spring season right here/right now, and also you’ve purchased everything available in the Super Attractive Club shop, may I recommend Sony’s modest yet very much awesome line of Parappa The Rapper apparel? Such as…

A pair of shirts also popped up over at Cotton Bureau quite recently that may be of interest to some. Here’s something for all the Sonic fans out there…

And if you’re a proud Switch owner, why not tell the whole word with this…

The thing, I prefer apparel that’s related to video games, yet which doesn’t scream “HEY EVERYONE, I LIKE VIDEO GAMES!!!” But sometimes making such a bold announcement is necessary, which is why I want this hat (via oldgamemags)…

Back to the subject of Famicoms and music; remember Family Continue? Well, here’s their latest jam…

For perhaps obvious reasons, I’m always interested in how elements of video game culture, particularly the stuff that’s very much rooted in Japan, is presented elsewhere. So on that note, HYPER JAPAN (“the UK's biggest J-culture event”) just announced guests is TORIENA. Which means the perfect chance to show off her artist bio pic, which I dig for obvious reasons once again…

Please enjoy these various pics of Japanese game composers, courtesy of videogamesdensetsu. First we have Alph Lyra (Capcom’s house band), Gamadelic (Data East’s house band), S.S.T. Band (Segas house band) and Zuntata (Taito’s house band) at the Game Music Festival 1992…

Next is Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan, aka SNK’s sound team…

Some additional pics of Zuntata…

Harumi Fujita, who did Ghosts'n Goblins, with a few other Capcom sound specialists…

And Haruomi Hosono, of Yellow Magic Orchestra fame, who produced the ground breaking album Video Game Music, alongside Masanobu Endō, the creator of Xevious…

Also please enjoy this commercial for the aforementioned album…

I’m always pleased whenever anyone points out the original of Dhalsim, from Street Fighter 2, which is from Master of the Flying Guillotine (via videogamesdensetsu once again)…

So I’m a pretty huge fan of Touhou Project, which has a very strong connection with fan art, as anyone familiar with the games may know already. Which I used to dig, but grew tired of over time. Though these pieces by jothelion is the first instance of me giving a rat’s ass in a very long time…

I also dig his take on Mother/Earthbound, a series that I don’t even really care for (sorry everyone)…

Whenever new hardware arrives, like the Nintendo Switch in this case, I often find myself revisiting hardware that is all of a sudden considered “old news”. And not just because I’m playing Breath of the Wild on the Wii U.

I also just realized that I’ve once fired up Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, despite it being included in the New 3DS I got on day one. Though I mostly am motivated to give it a shot due to this LSD: Dream Emulator inspired digs (courtesy of pilotshades)…

Time to check in and see what My Life in Gaming has been up to. And their latest video concerns two different mediums that were both at their apex in the late 80s/early 90s: video games and home video…

The latest super obscure Japanese game that I wish I could play but cannot, due to that pesky language barrier, is Gourmet Battle Quiz Ryohrioh Cooking. I learned of its existence from obscurevideogames and basically I’m sold on anything that’s remotely Iron Chef-like. A brief taste…

Which Sonic related gif do you prefer? This one, of Sonic Blast Man: Real Puncher (via obscurevideogames once again)…

Or this one, from Sonic Adventure 2, of Big the Cat doing… something in the back ground (via sonicthehedgeblog)…

Back to the topic of obscurity, as well as Parappa; I recently came across this flyer for an shmup I had never heard of before (via the shmups Tumblr, naturally), which honestly doesn’t look all that special..

But the name caught my attention, enough for me to investigate, and I came across this listing in the PC Engine Software Bible. Turns out, it’s the first video game that Masaya Matsuura worked on! The author of the description also note…

“I actually bought a copy of this game when last I was in Tokyo, and presented it to Matsuura at his office during an informal interview. He was incredibly surprised to see the game, as he'd lost the original copy of the track, and ripped the disc on the spot in order to get it back! Pretty nifty. Honestly though, I only played it for about 30 minutes. It's really quite ok, but is way more interesting for its history than anything else.”

Anyhow, the name Metamor Jupiter would make a KILLER band name, would it not?

Sticking with flyers, which do you prefer? The one, for Rush’n Attack, featuring a very happy mom (via thevideogameartarchive)…

Or this one, for a BattleTech center, featuring a very happy cowboy (via vgjunk)…

Apparently, back in the day, SNK ran an organization called Nakoruru & Terry Club (the former is from Samurai Shodown and the latter from Fatal Fury, for those not in the know), which was a non-profit that was “established to support the healthy development of young people”. This included getting kids involved in team sports and being environmentally aware, according to fightersmegamix, which also has a link to the now defunct site.…

Not sure why news of this makes me so happy, but it does!

And here’s something else that makes me happy, though instead of explaining it myself, am just going to quote pancakepax…

"esports is so powerful they will agree to use a sponsored player’s fursona in place of the actual player’s photo for promotional material”

That sure is one funky way to highlight a bad URL (via hitoshura.demon-server)…

Please enjoy this combination of Kirby and… the Illuminati? The Freemasons? Or simply insert your fave clandestine assortment of old white guys (via thewaragainstgiygas)…

And finally, here we have my next project; to create my own Genesis Mini Classic…