#vs. X-Calibur

[theturncoattournament]

Do you love a character with a good redemption arc? Or a corruption arc? Or even just seeing the kind of storylines that emerge from a character who was formerly aligned with an enemy side decide to join a different one?

Then welcome to...

The Turncoat Tournament!

This is a tournament for characters who have changed sides at some point in the story. It can be from good to bad, bad to good, or from one morally ambiguous side to a different morally ambiguous side, as long as the change in allegiance is still clear. Characters can change sides multiple times, and ultimately end up returning to their original side, and still qualify for the tournament!

Due to the subject of the tournament itself being inherently spoiler-y, I will by default not be tagging posts with spoiler warnings. However, below I do have a list of all the pieces of media that have characters in the tournament; if you see something on this list that you do want spoiler tagged, please let me know, and I’ll start tagging it with spoiler warnings!

Media list:

(Arranged in alphabetical order)

2001: A Space Odyssey/2010: The Year We Made Contact

Ace Attorney/The Great Ace Attorney

Animation vs Minecraft

Arthurian legend 

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Bamse - Världens starkaste björn

Bones

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Bungo Stray Dogs

Centaurworld

Chess The Musical 

The Chronicles of Narnia

Code Geass

Critical Role (Campaign 2) 

Cult of the Lamb

DC Comics (Batfamily, Flash characters, Shazam family)

Devil May Cry

Doctor Who

Dog Man

Dragon Age: Inquisition 

Dragon Ball Z

The Evillious Chronicles 

Fable III

Fairy Tail

Fake Princess

Farscape

Final Fantasy XIV

Game of Thrones

Genshin Impact

The Good Place

Gravity Falls

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

Hannibal

The Hunger Games

I Expect You to Die 3

The Incredibles 

Just Dance

Kingdom Hearts

Kinnporsche 

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts 

Kirby series

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords manga

The Librarians

The Locked Tomb

Machineries of Empire

Maleficent

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Marvel Comics (X-Men, Avengers) 

Megamind

Merlin

Mistborn

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls

Nan Quest

Once Upon A Time

One Piece

The Owl House

Pandora Hearts

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Person of Interest 

The Pirates of Penzance

Pirates of the Caribbean 

Portal 2

Power Rangers: Dino Fury

Pretty Cure (Fresh Precure, Kira Kira Precure a la Mode, Suite Precure, Hugtto Precure)

Provost’s Dog

Princess Tutu

Raya and the Last Dragon

RWBY

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Smallville

Sonic the Hedgehog OVA 

Soul Eater

Soul series (Soul Calibur/Edge) 

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Wars (Prequels, Original trilogy, Rebels, Clone Wars, Knights of the Old Republic) 

Steven Universe

The Stormlight Archive

Sunless Sea

Tangled: The Series

Teen Titans (2003 series) 

Teen Wolf

Terminator films 

Transformers

Tron Legacy

Vorkosigan Saga

Warrior Cats

Wings of Fire

Wolf 359

Worm

Young Justice

Yu Yu Hakusho

[reblip-reblog]

Where to find Link:

(+characters dressed like him/referencing his appearance)

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Will reblog with images

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Standard "Legend of Zelda" Games -

Skyward Sword

The Minish Cap

Four Swords

Ocarina of Time

Majora's Mask

Twilight Princess

Four Swords Adventures

Breath of the Wild

Tears of the Kingdom

A Link to the Past

Oracle of Seasons/Ages

Link's Awakening

A Link Between Worlds

Tri Force Heroes

The Legend of Zelda

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

The Wind Waker

Phantom Hourglass

Spirit Tracks

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Outside Standard "Legend of Zelda" Games -

Pre-Minish Cap

Pre-Four Swords

Pre-Breath of the Wild

Hyrule Warriors

Age of Calamity

Cadence of Hyrule

BS The Legend of Zelda

BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets

Link's Crossbow Training

The Legend of Zelda Game Watch

Zelda (Game & Watch)

Link: The Faces of Evil

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon

Zelda's Adventure

My Nintendo Picross: Twilight Princess

Other Nintendo Picross Games

Pre-Skyward Sword Manga (Akira Himekawa)

Valiant Comics (George Caragonne)

Other LoZ Mangas/Comics/Books

DIC Legend of Zelda Cartoon

Captain N: The Game Master

Super Smash Brothers series

Mario Kart 8

F1 Race

Uniracers (Unused)

Super Mario Maker

Animal Crossing Series

Soul Calibur II

Donkey Kong Country 2

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

NES Tetris

Tetris DS

NES Remix

Death Road to Canada

Sky: Children of the Light

Monster Hunter

Dynasty Warriors VS/Samurai Warriors Chronicles3

Kirby Series (Sword Ability)

Yoshi's Woolly World

WarioWare Series

nintendogs + cats

AR Games

Miitomo

Miitopia

StreetPass Mii Plaza

Find Mii

Nintendo Land (LoZ: Battle Quest)

Nintendo Badge Arcade

NES Remix 2

Nintendo Cereal System

World of Warcraft

Yoshi's Island 4

Asterix & Obelix XXL 2

Terraria

Transformice

Scribblenauts Unlimited

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Sonic Lost World

Dino Run

Starbound

A Hat in Time

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Jump Rope Challenge

Bayonetta

Phantasy Star

Final Fantasy (sort of)

Google Maps

Ittle Dew

Mable & the Wood

Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up

The Cat Mario Show

My Little Pony

Powerpuff Girls

Nintendo E3 x Robot Chicken

Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Unused; source code)

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Unused)

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Unused)

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((There may be more than one "Link"-type character in a single entry -- Hero's Shade, Fierce Deity, Linkle, Ravio, Animal Crossing player in Hero's Outfit + W. Link, Mario Kart Links + Outfit for Miis, the pre-characters listed above, etc.))

((I am counting characters who can dress up as Link, such as in BS Zelda, Sky: Children of the Light, Animal Crossing, the Badge Arcade rabbit, etc.))

((The same Link can appear in multiple entries.))

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Got a lot of information from these sites:

‎Let me know if I missed or skipped over any that I should add to the list!

I might reblog this with images.

[annon-guy2]

Street Fighter Vs.: Game Idea Question

NOTE: Please note that if a Street Fighter crossover happened with Mortal Kombat, the violence WOULD need to be toned down to fit a Teen Rating, so remember that. And before you all go, "Mortal Kombat shouldn't be rated Teen! It should be rated Mature!", look at Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Raiden in the Injustice Games where there're no Fatalites (Not counting the censored version of Sub-Zero's Win Animation).

[madara-fate]

Annon-Guy: So what kind of Video Games do you like? Like Genre wise.

My favorite type of games are Fighting (don't play online much due to how the players can curb stomp me) like BlazBlue, Racing (mostly kart racers like Mario Kart) and Platformers. Although I do like certain RPG's and Visual Novel Games as well.

I ESPECIALLY love Crossover games like Marvel Vs. Capcom and while I haven't played Project X Zone, the interactions are 😘!

I don't really think I have an absolute favourite genre, but the first genre that came to my head were the Western RPGs, specifically the Bethesda style RPGs like the Elder Scrolls series. But honestly I don't really have a favourite, but I suppose I'm not really into fighting, driving/racing, and platforming games. I used to be really into fighting games during the 5th-6th generation of consoles (PS1-PS2 eras) where Tekken was among my favourite game franchises, and I also liked Soul Calibur and Dead or Alive. But Once the 7th generation came, I kinda fell out of love with fighting games, and embraced other genres instead like RPGs and FPSs.

[smashbrosodyssey64]

FIGHTING GAME TIMELINE 2024

Fighting game timeline

(Note: This runs concurrently with the Assassin's Creed timeline)

https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline

November 30 1524, Ezio Auditore passes away

1583- Events of Soul Blade, Sophitia and Taki def Cervantes

1586- Events of Soul Calibur 1 Kilik/Xiangua def Seigfried 

1590: Soul Calibur II,  Raphael destroys Soul Edge’s Core, Siegfried finishes the job

1590-1591: Events of Soul Calibur III/IV: Mitsurugi’s endings are canon

1608- Soul Calibur V. Ezio Auditore escapes Brawlhalla to participate, is apprehended by Valkieries

Here is the official timeline taken from the official Samurai Shodown V website. All the series' chronology takes place during the Edo period and considering the seasons of Northern Hemisphere:

Year/Period

Japanese Era

Game

1786 (January through late summer)

Tenmei Era (6th Year)

Samurai Shodown V

1787

Tenmei Era (7th Year)

Samurai Shodown (2019)

1788 (early spring through early summer)

Tenmei Era (8th Year)

Samurai Shodown I

1788 (summer through early autumn)

Tenmei Era (8th Year)

Samurai Shodown III

1788 (autumn through early winter)

Tenmei Era (8th Year)

Samurai Shodown IV

1789 (spring through summer)

Tenmei Era (9th Year)

Samurai Shodown II

1789 (autumn) through 1790 (summer)

Tenmei Era (9th Year) and Kansei Era (1st Year)

Samurai Shodown 64

1789 (mid-autumn)

Tenmei Era (9th Year)

Samurai Shodown V Special & Samurai Shodown V Perfect (non-canon entries)

1790 (late autumn through winter)

Kansei Era (1st Year)

Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage

1791

Kansei Era (2nd Year)

Samurai Shodown Sen

1799 (new century start)

Kansei Era (10th Year)

Samurai Shodown VI (non-canon entry)

1811

Bunka Era (7th Year)

Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage

1863- Events of The Last Blade

1864: Events of The Last Blade II

1957-Kazuya Mishima is born

1957-1961- Kazumi asks Akuma to kill Kazuya and Heihachi

1962- Hehachi kills Kazumi, imprison Jinpachi, throws Kazuya off cliff

1983: First King of Iron Fist Tournament happens: Kazuya def Heihachi

December 1984: King of Iron Fist Tournament II happens: Heihachi def Kazuya

August 5, 1985- Jin Kazama is born

1987- Ryu and Ken witness murder of Gouken by Akuma

1987: First Street Fighter Tournament happens, Ryu def Sagat

1987: Doctor Brown Sugar uses his time machine to host the World Heroes series over the course of the year. Shadaloo uses the machine as a basis for the Psycho Drive. Unknowingly, this cracks the space time continum

1988- Street Fighter Alpha tournaments occur, death of Charlie Nash, Destruction of Psycho Drive fractures space time continuum . Marvel universe bleeds into universe, Marvel fracture is repaired, the events of Taisen Net Gimmick occur. Ken Masters becomes champion of Darkstalkers rights, is unsuccessful

1991: Street Fighter II tournaments occur. The following video games are created

Pocket Fighter

Capcom vs SNK pocket fighter

Puzzle Fighter

1991-  Ryu is sent to the following  universes

Family Guy vs. American Dad

Fortnite

Capcom Fighting Evolution

IDARB

Varth

Battle Cats

Summoners War

Rockman x Dive

1992: Street Fighter EX tournaments occur

Summer 1992: The events of Ninja Gaiden Black/Sigma/Sigma Plus take Place

Winter 1992: The events of Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword take place

1993: Terry Bogard successfully defeats Geese, knocking him off his tower and presumably killing him

Summer 1993: The events of the Ninja Gaiden Dragon War Manga take place

1993: Ryo Sakazaki is successful in stopping Mr. Big, rescuing Yuri, and Takumi 

1993: SIN tournament occurs  Marvel and Capcom universes are merged once again due to portals, angering Galactus. An unknown trio defeat galactus

January 1993:

Q3 1993- Virtua Fighter/DOA 1 tournaments begin concurrently. Lau and Kasumi win respectively (Tina is the official winner of DOA won)

 1994: Ryu is sent to the following worlds

Asura’s Wrath: Yokozuna vs Street Fighter

Street Fighter Duel

Teppen:

Granblue Fantasy

Street Fighter the mouse generation 

3D Dot Game Heroes

Tatsunoko vs Capcom

Winter 1993: The events of Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite take place

1994: Ryu is drafted into Super Smash Brothers, interconnecting Capcom, SNK,Virtua Fighter, Ninja Gaiden/DOA,  Namco, and Akira characters with the Nintendo verse

August 1994: First KoF tournament takes place,  Team Japan defeats Rugal

1994: Ken Chun-Li, and Terry are plucked from the dimension to Join super Smash Brothers

Q3 1994: Virtua Fighter and DOA tournaments happen concurrently, Ryu Hayabusa/Akira Yuki win respectively

1995:

July 1995- KoF 1995 occurs Team Japan defeats Rugal

Q3 1995: Virtua Fighter 3  and Dead or Alive 3 happen concurrently, Kage and Ayane win respectively

Q4: 1995- Xtreme Beach Volleyball takes place on Zack Island

December 1995- Black Moons incident occurs, death of M.Bison, Shadaloo dissolves

Ryu is sent to the following universes

Shadowverse

Blood Brothers II

Fist of the Northstar

KoF Ultra

MTG

Minecraft

Power Rangers Battle for the Grid

7 Nights

1996:

“World Warrior Tournament: A New Generation” begins

July-August 1996: King of Fighters 1996 begins: Team Japan defeats Chizuru and Goenitz. Chizuru attempts to form Team Sacred Treasures, is unsuccessful

Q3 1996: Virtua Fighter 4 and Dead or Alive 4 tournaments happen concurrently, Kage and Zack win, although Zack’s title was given to him by Helena

Q4 1996: DOATech absorbs J6 Corp bringing an end to the Virtua Fighter tournament. The second Xtreme Beach Volleyball Tournament takes place on the second Zack Isand

1997: “World Warrior Tournament: Second Impact” begins

July 1997 King of Fighters 1997 begins: Team Sacred Treasures seals Orochi, Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami are  presumed dead

1998: “World Warrior Tournament: 3rd Strike begins, Gil is defeated, Secret Society is dissolved

King of Fighters 1998 is cancelled

1998: Wolf Hawkfield and Jeffery McWild join All Japan Pro Wrestling for the year as guests, participating in that year’s championship Carnival as singles competitors and Real World Tag League as a team

1998: The events of Ninja Gaiden III Razor’s Edge take place

1999: King of Fighters 1999 tournament begins Team K’ wins tournament

July 2000: King of Fighters 2000 tournament begins  Team Hero wins SouthTown is destroyed by Zero Laser

Q3 2000- Dead or Alive 5 tournament takes place: Jahn Lee wins but disappears before being crowned

Q4 2000: The third Xtreme Beach Volleyball Tournament takes place

2001: King of Fighters 2001 begins, Team Hero wins

Capcom vs SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001 begins: Ryu wins, defeating Terry

Q3 2001: Dead of Alive 6 Tournament takes place, Jahn Lee wins

Q4 2001: The fourth Xtreme Beach Volleyball Tournament begins

2002: King of Fighters 2002 Ultimate Match begins Team Japan wins, defeating team K’

2003: King of Fighters 2003 tournament: Team Ash wins

2003: SvC Chaos occurs: Ryu wins

2004: King of Iron Fist Tournament 3 begins: Jin Kazama wins

2005: King of Fighters 11 takes place: Team Ash wins

January 2006: King of Iron Fist Tournament 4 completes: Jin wins

April 2006: King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 begins: Jin wins

December 2006:Pandora releases Pandora’s Box onto the world, reviving M.Bison and setting into motion the events of Street Fighter x Tekken. Asuka and Lili find the box first, falling into the deepest recesses of th  North Pole as result

December 2006  World War 3 breaks out, interrupting King of Fighters 12. January 2007: Jin Kazama is deposed by Lars Alexanderson and Eliza Boschonovich ending the world war

June 2007: Jin Kazama is located the events of Tekken 7 story mode play out. Jin is pulled into Super Smash Brothers dimension from here

December 2007: King of Fighters 13 begins Team Ash wins Ash defeats Saiki

December 2007: Events of Tekken 8 take place

2009: Doctor Light spearheads rebuilding efforts, causing Barack Obama to put him on the currency. The events of Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite take place, the infinity gems are used to finally right the timeline 

December 2008: The events of KOF 14 take place, Samurai Showdown characters are transported to this time via Doctor Brown Sugar

December 2009: The events of KOF 15 take place. Samurai Showdown characters are transported to this time via Doctor Brown Sugar

2024: the events of Street Fighter 6 take place

20XX: The events of Mega Man take place. At some point, Ryu teaches Doctor Light Hadoken and Shoryuken techniques

2048: The events of Strider take place

2099: The events of Cyberbots Full Metal Madness take place

2XXX: The events of the  Megaman X series takes place

2348: The events of Star Gladiator takes place

56XX: The events of the Megaman Legends series take place

XXXX: The events of Megaman X Zero take place

[tokiro07]

Any UU moments in particular you are excited to see animated?

This is not at all what you asked, but because it's something I've been thinking about lately, I decided to answer your question with my expectations for how the anime is going to break down episode by episode and then just highlight which events are my most anticipated

Season 1:

Ch. 1

Andy and Fuuko vs. Void and Shen

Trip to Baikal, meeting Gina

Gina defeated, meeting the Union

Clothes, trip to Longing, Spoil Phase 1

Spoil Phase 2, Victor awakens, Spoil defeated

Victor vs. the Union

Addition of Galaxy, trip to Rio

Meeting Chikara, battle with Rip begins

Tatiana vs. Feng and Creed, Tatiana's backstory

Andy, Fuuko, Tatiana and Chikara vs. Rip and Latla

Child Rip introduces Under, Chikara joins the Union, Fuuko resolves to become stronger

Season 2:

(13) Brief recap, Billy's betrayal

(14) Apocalypse retrieved, Juiz explains the loop

(15) Undead X Unluck, meeting with Anno Un

(16) Soul Calibur, journey through Andy's memories

(17) Andy and Fuuko vs. Victor, closing the book, death of Sean

(18) Negotiations with Rip, Autumn Phase 1, death of Anno Un

(19) Autumn phase 2

(20) Juiz vs. Billy, battle with Feng begins

(21) Battle with Feng, death of Shen

(22) Resurrection of Shen, Feng defeated

(23) Summer defeated, Winter goes unchecked

(24) Deal with Under, Winter defeated, meeting with Under

Season 3:

(25) Brief recap, Who would win: Hydrogen Bomb or a Spring Breeze?; Fuuko resolves to break out

(26) Fuuko vs. Kururu (extended scene dedicated to Kururu to fill up time); Fuuko's message to Andy

(27) Plan to take on Under, Top and Chikara vs. Creed begins

(28) Creed defeated, "I love you, Fuuko"

(29) Andy vs. Billy

(30) Andy concedes to Billy, Spring battle begins, Fuuko chooses Beyblade and summons Isshin

(31) Isshin's backstory, Beyblade battle

(32) Karuta battle, Spring Phase 3

(33) Union+Under vs Spring

(34) Spring defeated, final cherry blossom viewing, Fuuko assassinated

(35) Union vs. Ruin, addition of Ghost

(36) Preparation for Ragnarok, Andy leaves the Union

Season 4:

(37) Brief recap, meeting with Lucy, rampage through the Rules, addition of Seal

(38) Andy vs. Seal, sealing of Lucy

(39) Sealing of Andy, escape from Seal, Rip arrives

(40) Andy vs. Rip

(41) Rip and Latla's backstory, death of Rip and Latla, Andy resolves to Loop

(42) Andy vs. Nico, Andy vs. Ghost

(43) Tatiana vs. Ruin, Billy arrives

(44) Billy vs. Ruin, Juiz explains the Loop (again)

(45) Fuuko becomes the leader of the Union, God's descent

(46) Union vs. God, Juiz's Rebellion

(47) Death of Juiz, Victor's Rebellion

(48) Ragnarok, Anno Un's epilogue, Fuuko's declaration of war...Fuuko meets Akira

[Season 5: Loop 101 Arc in progress]

I may have the timing a little off here and there, a few plot points might take a little longer or go faster than I anticipate, but I think it should be pretty easy for there to be a strong finishing point or cliffhanger every 11-13 episodes, standard length for a seasonal cour

Also, I'm honestly just really impressed with myself: I did this with minimal reference to the wiki, I really just have the general order of events memorized, apparently. It went so well that I feel like I must have forgotten something really important and will end up having embarrassed myself

My real worry is that this is just going to become a repeat of what happened with Medaka Box, though; I made a similar prediction around the same time (approximately the 150-chapter mark) that would have organized the current material into four seasons with a fifth planned for the remaining story, and LOOK WHERE THAT GOT ME

Here's hoping David doesn't hurt me like Gainax

[xolta]

Games part 5

Xolta's Big old recommended games list Part 5 gen 6-7

Dreamcast: Illbled(mind fuck/ surivival horror) Sonic Adventure 1&2(platformer) Chu chu rocket(puzzle) Crazy taxi1&2(taxi em up) Dynamite cop(beat em up) Jet Set Radio( 3d platforming) Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (adventure) Power Stone 1&2(platform fighter) SoulCalibur(fighting) Space channle 5(rythm)

Game Boy Advance: Advance Guardian Heroes(beat em up) Advance Wars(Tatics) Astro Boy: Omega Factor (anime em up) Bomberman Max 2(bomber man) Bomberman Tournament(zelda like rpg) Bubble Bobble: Old & New (singel screen platformer) Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (metroidvania) Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure (platformer) Digimon Battle Spirit 2(platform fighter) Drill Dozer (platformer) F-Zero: Maximum Velocity (Future racing) Fire Emblem (Srpg) Game & Watch Gallery 4 (mixed bag) Godzilla: Domination! (kaiju fighting) Golden Sun (rpg) Gunstar Super Heroes (Run and gun platforming) Justice League Heroes: The Flash (im speed em up) Konami Krazy Racers (kart racing) Metal Slug Advance (run and gun) Metroid Fusion (metroidvania) Pinball of the Dead (pinball) Mario advance series(platformer) Sonic Advance series(platformer/ bullshit pits) Summon Night 1&2(rpg/Gay charters in the 2000s) Super Puzzle Fighter II (puzzle) Wario Land 4(platformer)

Xbox (og): Beyond Good & Evil (adventure) Blinx: The Time Sweeper(platformer) Breakdown(first person action) Burnout 3 (raceing) Crazy taxi 3(taxi em up) Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge(plane fighting action/plup em up) Fable(rpg) Gladius(rpg) Halo 1&2(fps/ i perfer the pc port) Jet Set Radio Future(action 3d platforming) Ninja Gaiden Black (charater action) Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (Fps/tps) Panzer Dragoon Orta(on rails shooter) Phantom Dust (action/wackey) Psychonauts (platformer) Super monkey ball deluxe(ball rolling/rage)

PlayStation 2: The Adventures of Cookie & Cream(platformer) Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance(action rpg) BCV: Battle Construction Vehicle(janky vehicle combat) Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (3d metroidvania) Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (3d metrovania) DarkWatch(fps) Final Fantasy X-2 (jrpg) Final Fantasy XII (jrpg) Gitaroo Man (rythm) God Hand (charater acrion) God of war(charater action) Grand Theft Auto 2-3(sandbox action) GunGrave (big dumb action game) IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (combat racing) Katamari Damacy (Ball rolling action) Killzone (fps) Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil (platformer) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (hack n slash) Maximo vs. Army of Zin (Platformer) Metal Slug Anthology(collection) Namco Museum: 50th Anniversary (mixed bag) Nightshade(action hack and slash platformer/Ninja ass and tits) OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast(raceing) King Kong(adventure) The Punisher(tps) The Red Star(beat em up/shooter) Samurai Western(samuri em up) Sega Classics Collection(collection) Shadow Hearts series (jrpg) Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 1&2 (jrpg) Shinobi (action platformer/Ninja ass and Dick) Soul Calibur 2&3(fighting) TimeSplitters 1&2(fps) War of the Monsters (3d kaiju fighting) The Warriors(beat em up) We heart Katamari(ball rolling) Dragon quest 8 (jrpg) Viewtiful Joe 1&2(CRAZY ACTION/i perfer the gamecube versions)

Gamecube: Alien Hominid (run and gun) Animal Crossing (life sim) Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and The Lost Ocean (jrpg) Beyond Good & Evil (action adventure) Bloody Roar: Primal Fury(fighting) Custom Robo (mecha combat) Donkey Konga (rythm) DragonBall Z: Budokai 1&2(anime fighting) F-Zero GX (future racing) Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles(action rpg) Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (tatics rpg) Gauntlet: Dark Legacy(hack n slash/warrior needs food badly) Kirby Air Ride (racing) Lost Kingdoms (jpg) Mario Kart: Double Dash (kart racing) Mario Superstar Baseball (baseball) Mega Man Anniversary Collection (collection) Metroid Prime 1&2 (fps/3d metroidvania) Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (rpg) Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (platformer) Puyo Pop Fever (puzzle) Resident Evil 4 (surivial horror) The Simpsons Road Rage (crazy taxi clone) Skies of Arcadia Legends (jprg) Sonic adventure 1 &2(platformer) Super Monkey Ball (ball rolling/rage) Super Smash Bros. Melee(platform fighter) TubeSlider(future racing) Ultimate Muscle( Wrestling) Viewtiful Joe 1&2(CRAZY ACTION) X-Men Legends (action rpg) Sonic heroes(platformer)

Nintendo DS: Advance Wars: Dual Strike(tatics) Advance Wars: Days of Ruin(tatics) Aliens: Infestation(metroidvania) Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow(action rpg) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow(metroidvania) Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin(metroidvania) Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia(metroidvania) Contra 4(run and gun/hard) Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies(jrpg) Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime(action adventure) Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker(monster rasing rpg) Elite Beat Agents(rythm) Final Fantasy Tactics A2(srpg) Izuna 1 & 2(rouge like/rpg) Kirby Canvas Curse( kirby rolling) Kirby Squeak Squad(platformer) Kirby Super Star Ultra(platformer) The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass(advenutre/ gimmicks abound) The Legendary Starfy(platformer) Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ(shoot em up) Metriod prime pinball(pinball) Lunar Knights(action adventure) Mario kart ds(kart racing) Metal Slug 7(run and gun) New Super Mario Bros.(platformer/bah bah sim) Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword(charater action) Okamiden(adventure) Pokémon Platinum& daimond(monster rasing rpg) Pokemon soul sliver and heart gold(monster rasing rpg) Pokémon Black and White 1&2( monster rasing rpg) Scribblenauts 1&2(puzzle) Scurge: Hive(metroidvania) SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters DS(tgc) Sonic Rush (platformer) Sonic colors(platformer) Super Mario 64 DS(3d platformer) The World Ends With You(action rpg) WarioWare: Touched!(mirco games)

Xbox 360: Bayonetta (charater action) Beautiful Katamari(ball rolling) BioShock 1&2 (fps with some rpg elements) Blue Dragon(rpg) Burnout Paradise (raceing) Crackdown1&2(Sandbox tps) Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage (manily anime em up) Halo 3(fps/I perfer the pc version) Lost Planet 1&2(tps) Tekken Tag Tournament 2(fighting) Vanquish (tps/Exploding knees) Viva Piñata(life sim) Sonic Generations(platformer) Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (action adventure) F.E.A.R. (fps/horror) Forza Motorsport 3(sim racing) Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing (kart racing) Call of Duty: Black Ops 1&2(fps) Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2&3(fps)

Wii: Animal Crossing: City Folk(life sim) Battalion Wars 2 (rts/tps) The Conduit (fps) de Blob (platformer) Donkey Kong Country Returns (platformer/ i perfer the 3ds version) Epic Mickey (3d platfroming/Bad camera) Excite Truck (racing) Excitebots: Trick Racing (racing) Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn(Srpg) The House of the Dead: Overkill (light gun) Kirby's Epic Yarn(platformer) Kirby's Return to Dream Land(platformer) MadWorld (charater action) Mario kart wii(kart racing) Metal Slug Anthology (run and gun) Metroid Prime Trilogy (fps/3d metroidvania) Monster Hunter 3 Tri(monster hunting) Muramasa: The Demon Blade (action) NEW Super Mario Bros. Wii(platformer) NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (flying/jank) No More Heroes 1&2(action/ i hear other versions are better) Okami ( adventure) Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers( hack and slash jank cheese cake fest) Rodea the Sky Soldier (flying platformer/ dont play the wiiu version its trash) Sin & Punishment: Star Successor(rail shooter) Sonic Colors (platformer) Super Mario Galaxy 1&2(3d platfromer) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (platform fighter) Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars(fighting) Wario Land: Shake It(greed) Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure(puzzle adventure) Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (law em up)

psp: Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (paltformer) Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower (fighting) Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law (law em up) Metal Slug XX (run and gun) Power Stone Collection (platfrom fighter) Wipeout Pure(future racing) Wipe out pluse( future racing)

[dangan-kagura]

Why I Don't Like Street Fighter

After seeing this new trailer for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, I knew that it was time for me to write this. I know I’ve written about something like this before, but now I’m including more of it.

See, even though I’m a fan of the fighting game genre, I do have particular tastes. Out of the most popular fighting game franchises out there, I’m not big on Street Fighter.

Street Fighter IV was my introduction to that series. At the time, I didn’t really get the big deal about it, nor did I understand the hype most people at the time had when it came out in 2009. And unfortunately, when I decided to try the game out, it must’ve been a bad first impression.

Let me tell you that the opening to the game is no good. The theme song was just… what, unbearable to listen to? Well, it’s been like over 15 years since the game came out, but when I first played the game, I skipped the intro since the theme song wasn’t cool enough to listen to, and I thought that maybe they didn’t have to go so far as to make a really long intro for a game that I failed to see the big deal about, because once I got to the gameplay, that’s where things felt like a mess.

Street Fighter IV felt like a really slow and sluggish fighting game.

I think that maybe since I was still a little new to understanding how 2D fighting games are played, I had a hard time trying to input certain commands. Namely the charging commands. I could barely get Chun-Li, Vega and Bison to do any special moves, I just had to rely on using heavy punches and heavy kicks multiple times to clear their story modes. Not to mention, the tutorial menu for commands was too small and wasn't specific enough. It didn’t say anything about doing a fireball special move with the entire control stick.

My bad opinion about Street Fighter IV led me to think that this has to be one of the worst fighting games and the world is too blind to realize this.

It also led me to believe that Capcom should not have made Super Street Fighter IV, because if Street Fighter IV felt like a piece of shit game, there should be no reason people should play SSF4, it could be an even crappier game. Shit, it also led me to think that Capcom should not have made Marvel vs Capcom 3, because again, it would feel like a slow, sluggish, and broken fighting game.

But I will admit to this, there were a few, only a few, things about Street Fighter IV that I thought were interesting. The EX specials concept was interesting, performing a special by pressing two of the same types of punches and kicks. The problem however was that at the time, all my favorite fighting games like Tekken, Soul Calibur, and KOF were all 4 button fighting games, and since I play these games on console, I just stick with using X, ⬜, ◯ and △. Street Fighter is a six button fighting game, so I wasn't used to using the shoulder buttons, I just swapped the medium attacks with the heavy attacks since I figured they’d work the same way in KOF. Anyway, the EX specials concept I figured was cool and thought how cool it would be if KOF got to feature that, and they did with The King of Fighters XIII which at the time I thought was a more interesting 2D fighting game than SSF4. The brave edge attacks in Soul Calibur V & VI are also based off EX specials.

Also, Street Fighter IV had a feature where you can select which characters can speak English and which ones can speak Japanese. It was a little interesting, and it reminded me of how half of the cast of Virtua Fighter speak English and the other half Japanese. However, the anime cutscenes ruin this since those cutscenes won’t use this feature. In fact, I couldn’t really picture Street Fighter being an anime game series. Maybe it’s because all the anime games I’m used to have a certain moe (MOH-ae) theme to them. Guilty Gear and Blazblue felt like they had moe themes, but there was nothing moe about Street Fighter.

Now let’s just ahead to 2013. That was when Capcom vs SNK 2 came out on the PS3 via the PS3’s online store. While I was against the idea of Street Fighter having a crossover with Tekken, I thought that KOF was a better crossover. The game was fun at first, but it has its moments where it makes no sense to me. The final bosses are random, with two of them being so super powerful, I couldn’t clear the game fighting them. And the AI for characters like Vega was bad, he always blocks your attacks even on the easiest difficulty.

As the years went by after that, I got fed up from seeing everyone obsessed with Capcom. Things like…

Mega Man and Ryu in Super Smash Bros.

The crossover with Professor Layton and Ace Attorney

Akuma in Tekken 7

The Resident Evil film series (which sucks btw)

I think after playing Capcom vs SNK 2, it gave me the impression that Capcom doesn’t do a good job at making fighting games. I'll say it again that I was concerned that Marvel vs Capcom 3 would also be a piece of shit fighting game if it was gonna play the same way Street Fighter IV plays. Yet, everyone loves those games, which puts me in the minority.

I later got the impression that Capcom was sold out and only cares about getting rich and not actually caring about the quality of their games.

Here's what I mean by that. The same year Street Fighter IV came out, a Street Fighter movie centered on Chun-Li came out. It wasn't that well received of a movie from what I remember, and let me tell you that I come from a generation where I've been told that live action movies based on video games are never good. The only reason they made such a movie was to promote Street Fighter IV's release. Did they really have to make a redicous movie to promote a game that I didn't like?

Not just that, but also the Resident Evil film series. Just as Street Fighter got a movie to promote Street Fighter IV's release, the 5th Resident Evil movie came out to promote Resident Evil 6's release. Knowing that there's a lot of hate surrounding that film series, why did Capcom think it was okay for Hollywood to make such a movie? I don't need to mention that the first two Resident Evil movies are among Roger Ebert's most hated list, which consists of some of the most poorly received movies that have their place as being titled as the worst films ever. Most surprisingly to me, Resident Evil 6 ended up getting hated by fans.

Despite what I have to say, the world seems to love Street Fighter. Pop cultures like Wreck It Ralph, Ready Player One, Gravity Falls, Shazaam, Neptunia, and even Danganronpa have their moments of Street Fighter references.

Granted that Gonta Gokuhara is one of my favorite Danganronpa characters, I can probably let this slide.

The truth is, if I had to pick the number 1 best fighting game series, I’d pick Tekken.

Why? Because to me, playing Tekken wasn’t any different from playing Metal Gear Solid. As a teenager, not only did I take interest in PlayStation only games at the time, I wanted to lump Tekken with some of the biggest AAA games out there, like Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, and Final Fantasy. Yet when Tekken 6 was being made, I read comments that everyone was gonna play Shit Fucker 4 instead. Some of them were probably trying to lump Street Fighter with those big three games mentioned. But I couldn't see Street Fighter as being on their level of popularity. I admit it, I could list a bunch of fighting games at the time that I think are better, Tekken 6, Soul Calibur IV, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Heck, I'm perfectly fine with playing Castlevania Judgement. Compared to them, Street Fighter IV just didn’t sit well with me.

Due to my jealousy and perhaps hatred for Capcom’s popularity, it led me to boycott not only their games, but also boycott Tekken 7 and Super Smash Bros. and I don't think it made a difference.

To this day, I’ve never played Tekken 7 and don’t even have a clue what the plot is or what the character endings are. And what’s worse is that the trailer for Akuma’s guest appearance made it look like it was gonna be canon, and I only just found out that it apparently is canon. Fucking hell man! It even pisses me off to know that the arcade at my mall doesn’t have Tekken 8, yet they have Shit Fucker 6. I just can’t picture Capcom being number 1. To me, they’re more like, what, the bottom 20?

But let’s talk a little more about me being annoyed by Capcom’s popularity. Even though Tekken 8 doesn’t have guest characters (for now) what annoys me is when I play online and fight against someone’s custom character who’s dressed like Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil. Seriously, I think I’ve lost count on how many people I’ve fought against dressed like that. It shows that...

The only reason people love Capcom so much doesn’t have anything to do with Street Fighter, it’s because of all the money Capcom is making for all the Resident Evil 4 ports that have been made.

Why? Because Resident Evil is a fucking horror game and everyone is a fucking horror nerd who don’t even give a shit about poorly made horror movies and games!

*Ahem* Granted that Resident Evil 4 is a great game, it just wasn’t fun to play anymore. It really annoys me when gaming sites make coverage for all the lousy Resident Evil spinoffs that are made every year. I once wrote that I didn't take interest in Resident Evil 6, thinking that Resident Evil 5 was gonna be the series finale and a sequel wouldn't make sense. On the brightside, I have read that Resident Evil 6 wasn't well received. Is it because the game feels less like a horror game and more like your typical action game? Is it in any way similar to the live action film series? I remember IGN's review of RE5 where they thought the game had more of a Gears of War experience. Despite was everyone had to say about RE6, Capcom later made Retarded Evil 7.

Heck, I would probably go in a rage if I found out that Capcom was making Resident Evil 8. I admit it that I live in denial of the existence of Street Fighter V & VI and also in denial of the existence of Resident Evil 7, Mega Man 11, and Devil May Cry 5. Ask me about those games and I’ll be all like, “Nope. Doesn’t exist. No such thing. I don’t believe it.”

But I can’t lie to myself forever and it was bound to happen.

The new Fatal Fury game is gonna have Ken and Chun-Li as guest characters and I’m not excited about it. Ironic, because I do see KOF and Street Fighter as good rivals and even thought that a crossover game with the cast of Street Fighter IV and KOF XIII would be interesting to see. The problem is not only did I not like SF4, but I’m in the minority that prefers KOF as my favorite 2D fighting game series.

Is that okay to say? Is it okay to also say I prefer Battlefield over Call of Duty because I think Battlefield has better storytelling and doesn’t have a string of controversies like Call of Duty? Is it any different from saying I prefer Bleach over Naruto because I think Bleach is cool looking and Naruto just looks childish? Is it different from saying I have no preference when it comes to Coke or Pepsi? Or how about saying I prefer Limp Bizkit over Linkin Park because I believe Limp Bizkit is what true nu metal should sound like and Linkin Park is just sold out to Michael Bay.

But I will admit to this. I did enjoy Fighting EX Layer.

While it uses the same 6 button layout as with Street Fighter, I feel like it’s a game that has everything Street Fighter needs to be a better series. Fighting EX Layer plays faster, doesn’t go over the top with things like a long intro with a bad theme song, and also has a feature where you can input commands without doing it the old fashioned way (I hope that makes sense). It was only after playing it that I found out that its developers Arika also developed the Street Fighter EX games, and I probably thought, “Okay, this is better than what Street Fighter is like”. But the only reason I played Fighting EX Layer is because Terry Bogard is the game’s guest character. While he is fun to play as, the unfortunate part is that his ending makes a Street Fighter reference.

And there is actually a fighting game I like that is, in a sense, kinda like what Street Fighter IV was like, the 2019 Samurai Shodown game. If I had played it as a teenager, I would probably think that it feels like it has the same slow and sluggish feeling SF4 had. I don’t know… I probably liked it since it didn’t feel any different from playing KOF XIV. And unfortunately, playing it didn’t change how I feel about SF4. What exactly was Capcom's objective with that game? Make a modern fighting game the plays more like an early 90s fighting game? Kinda sounds like the objective with Mega Man 9.

As I mentioned, to this day, I’m still boycotting Capcom and games with Capcom characters. Heck, I've never even played Senran Kagura Peach Ball all because the game opens up with Haruka making a fucking Shit Fucker 5 reference! But with this new Fatal Fury game coming out, that could sadly make the boycott list too. No way am I gonna enjoy the game if I have to deal with Street Fighter characters being in the game, and I’ll be fucking pissed if SNK made it canon. Even though I like Fighting EX Layer and the 2019 Samurai Shodown game, playing those games won’t be enough for me to give Street Fighter another chance. If I ever did play a modern Street Fighter game and found out that it plays the same way Street Fighter IV plays instead of how KOF XV is played, that’s just gonna piss me off. At this point, it’s too late to start over.

And I’ll be fucking pissed out of my mind if Akuma fucking returns for Tekken 8.

[djchorlocontrolection]

The Dj's Project - vs. X-Calibur (Scratches Dj Rectangle) 1995

[dmcheatsheet]

Albert Purpure. this aarakokra lived among the Emernians and learned their Claymore fighting style. he wasnt taught to fly young, still bad, so uses wings to dash/ charge, and wears heavy armour.

Emernian bar tender. hes a descendant of the brother Eber Finn. he likes to buy rare and cheap stuff, like half a walkie talkie item, or rare monster part no one knows a use for. he has a collection of dwarven keys to unknown, likely lost, ruins. he has a talent from every civ on the wall behind him (little telescopes on the bar 2 look) he has a story for each. he also has a vintage collection of alchohol, none full, if u talk X culture with him and tell him some fun facts, hell share X cultures signature brew.

shes a halfing who left the city of scrolls, hates 'lore' and learning and all that brain stuff. she is here to 'return to monkey' and hates the people who seek her out for her random yet hyper-specific knowlege. she has each petioner promise not to tell others. but shes given blueprints for a dam which finaly worked, told the tribe how to make potion vs petrify, and origionally warned them about a profecised draught before even the rain knights knew. she wants to live like an animal, in beast form, with her Bataroo pets, but people keep coming for her. when party meets her, she saves them or they interupt her while she eats worms in badger form.

wyla, weaver who wants some silk to work with. She can craft scarecrows so well they some to life someohow (pc can figure, elementals) shes woven wattle into fences, baskets, waaay to much wool. shes rich by Emernian standerds but wants the real good stuff like artists of her calibure in other cultures. can make Sameite if u enough silk, and pay in the silver used. Shes so bored she may get accept the next marriage offer purly to have something to do. shes aromatic.

[theturncoattournament]

Polls will start going up on Thursday! Given the number of them (there are 64 polls total), it will probably take a couple of days for all the R1 polls to be posted.

As a side note: some people submitted their propaganda with notes about spoilers attached (which I've kept in the propaganda), but given that this is kind of an inherently spoiler-y tournament by nature- I will generally not be tagging spoilers.

I have compiled a list of all the media that has characters in this tournament, though- so if you see something on this list that you do want tagged for spoilers, please let me know! Otherwise, by default, I will not be tagging things with spoiler warnings (this list will also be added to the pinned post).

Tournament Media List:

(list is in alpha order!)

2001: A Space Odyssey/2010: The Year We Made Contact

Ace Attorney/The Great Ace Attorney

Animation vs Minecraft

Arthurian legend 

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Bamse - Världens starkaste björn

Bones

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Bungo Stray Dogs

Centaurworld

Chess The Musical 

The Chronicles of Narnia

Code Geass

Critical Role (Campaign 2) 

Cult of the Lamb

DC Comics (Batfamily, Flash characters, Shazam family)

Devil May Cry

Doctor Who

Dog Man

Dragon Age: Inquisition 

Dragon Ball Z

The Evillious Chronicles 

Fable III

Fairy Tail

Fake Princess

Farscape

Final Fantasy XIV

Game of Thrones

Genshin Impact

The Good Place

Gravity Falls

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

Hannibal

The Hunger Games

I Expect You to Die 3

The Incredibles 

Just Dance

Kingdom Hearts

Kinnporsche 

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts 

Kirby series

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords manga

The Librarians

The Locked Tomb

Machineries of Empire

Maleficent

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Marvel Comics (X-Men, Avengers) 

Megamind

Merlin

Mistborn

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls

Nan Quest

Once Upon A Time

One Piece

The Owl House

Pandora Hearts

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Person of Interest 

The Pirates of Penzance

Pirates of the Caribbean 

Portal 2

Power Rangers: Dino Fury

Pretty Cure (Fresh Precure, Kira Kira Precure a la Mode, Suite Precure, Hugtto Precure)

Provost’s Dog

Princess Tutu

Raya and the Last Dragon

RWBY

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Smallville

Sonic the Hedgehog OVA 

Soul Eater

Soul series (Soul Calibur/Edge) 

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Wars (Prequels, Original trilogy, Rebels, Clone Wars, Knights of the Old Republic) 

Steven Universe

The Stormlight Archive

Sunless Sea

Tangled: The Series

Teen Titans (2003 series) 

Teen Wolf

Terminator films 

Transformers

Tron Legacy

Vorkosigan Saga

Warrior Cats

Wings of Fire

Wolf 359

Worm

Young Justice

Yu Yu Hakusho

[z-raven]

My fav games in no particular order.

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, Phantast Star IV, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, Pokemon Gen IV, Dragon Quest VI Realms of Revelation, Saints Row 2, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds, Command and Conquer Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge, Marvel VS Capcom 2, Vigilante 8 2nd Offense, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Star Wars X-Wing Alliance, Mortal Kombat 9, Banjo Tooie, Soul Calibur 3, Evo Search For Eden, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Super Empire Strikes Back, Super Mario Advance 2 Mario World, Sonic 2, Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy, Unreal Tournament 2004

[sjbattleangel]

Ugh! Yep. Steven Universe is considered by many to be completely identical to hateful bile like The Turner Diaries. You know? Because an incredibly diverse, queer friendly animation milestone created by a non-binary, bisexual Jewish woman and one of the most horrific acts of Neo-Nazi hate speech committed to page are totally the same! (Sarcasm) It gets worse! Cartoons considered "Irredeemable Media":

Steven Universe

She-Ra

Star Vs,

Voltron: Legendary Defender,

Young Justice,

Most Disney films

TMNT 2012

My Hero Academia

Naruto

Kill La Kill

Dragon Ball Z

AKIRA

Anything by Satoshi Kon

Evangelion

Heavy Metal

Anything by Ralph Bakshi

Teen Titans (GO! and '03)

Anything by Greg Weisman

Anything by Don Bluth

Ren & Stimpy

Rick & Morty

Futurama

The Simpsons Comics considered "Irredeemable Media":

Anything by Dan Slott,

Anything by Geoff Johns

Anything by Jason Aaron

Anything by Jonathan Hickman

Anything by Grant Morrison

Anything by Scott Snyder

Anything by James Tynion IV

Anything by Joshua Williamson

Anything by Marjorie Liu

Anything by Devin Grayson

Anything by Vita Ayala

Anything by Ann Nocenti

Anything by Rick Reminder

Anything by Chris Claremont

Anything by Jeremy Whitley

Anything by Sina Grace

Anything by Adam Glass

Anything by Brian Michael Bendis

Anything by Joe Glass

Anything by Leah Williams

Anything by Katsuhiro Otomo

Anything by Marv Wolfman

Anything by G. Willow Willson

Gail Simone's entire Birds Of Prey run

Anything by Gail Simone

Anything by Tom Taylor

Anything by Tom King

The entire X-Men series

The entire Deadpool series

The Dark Knight Returns

The Killing Joke

Watchmen Video games considered "Irredeemable Media":

Grand Theft Auto

Doom

The Last Of Us 1 and 2

Wolfenstein: The new Order and The New Colossus

Bayonetta

Tomb Raider (old and new)

Fire Emblem

Ninja Gaiden

Dragon's Crown

Ratchet and Clank

Jak and Daxter

Sly Cooper

Persona

Final Fantasy

Sonic The Hedgehog

Street Fighter

Soul Calibur

Halo

Bioshock

Bioshock Infinite

Metal Gear Solid Films considered "Irredeemable Media":

Everything by Stanley Kubrick

Everything by Brian De Palma

Everything by Quentin Tarantino

Everything by Clint Eastwood

Everything by Tim Burton

Everything by Wes Anderson

Everything by Dario Argento

Everything by John Carpenter

everything by Sergio Leone

Everything by Sam Peckinpah

Everything by Rian Johnson

Everything by J.J Abrams

Everything by Matt Reeves

Everything by Sam Raimi

Deadpool 1 and 2

The Dark Knight Trilogy

Everything by P.T.A Anderson

Everything by Tim Miller

Everything by Steven Soderburgh

Everything by Oliver Stone

Everything by Gaspar Noe'

Everything by Paul Verhoven

Everything by David Cronenburg

Everything by Alfred Hitchcock

Everything by David Lynch

everything by David Fincher

Everything by Lars Von Trier

The Mad Max series

The Matrix

The Indiana Jones series

The Star Wars series

Any film from the 80's

The entire horror genre

Nearly all of the MCU

A.N: This list is MOSTLY satirical. A.N.N: Yes, it's Toxic Purity Culture. A.N.N.N: This is stupid.

What the fuck is irredeemable media? I thought it was The Turner Diaries and Nazi shit but people are saying Steven Universe is irredeemable? Classic literature?

The hell are they smoking?

Yeah, "irredeemable media" is basically just another purity culture term. It basically just means "anything and everything I don't like" at this point.

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 1019 - Initial Thoughts

And we return!

A week break and an excellent anime episode later and we can continue on from the raid to settle more fights.

One hopes that 1020 is gonna bring us something huge like 1000 and 1010 but we'll have to get through this one first and see

Spoilers for the Chapter, Please also support the Official

Starting this one with a color spread this time, a fancy bikini shot for the ladies as they ride on Jimbei's shark bros with the rest of the crew. Nothing to look too deeply into I don't think

Starting with the chapter we have Sanji vs Queen about to commence, as well as Miyagi trying to give the healing remedy to Zoro through the bandages in vain

What's the bet that Zoro will be pissed at Sanji for bandaging him up so thick that it took longer for him to get back in the fight?

In the Polar Tang Luffy is urged to wake up too, but of course when he does it's one thing on his mind: Meshi!

But Sanji's mention of Franky being intrigued by Queen's lasers leads into his fight with Sasaki

Sasaki doesn't like that his Armoured Squadron has turned on him and is ready to kill anyone regardless of whether they're controlled, though Franky can at least plea ignorance since he hasn't seen Tama's power before

New Sword though, WW had the disappointing dagger but Sasaki has a kinda drill sword

And he's in his hybrid form, which is twice the size of General Franky

Whaaaaaaaaaaaa? He's using his triceratops frame to spin like a propeller...he's literally hovering with his neck...

Paired with his sword the 'Triceracopter' attack is effective, but Oda really is drinking the wild juice today

'The Triceratops is a pretty special breed of dinosaur' - maybe, but it don't fucking fly Sasaki!

Sasaki looks to prepare a tackle, but as Franky guards himself with his mini-shield, Sasaki is using his propulsion to get more distance instead, charging Franky with more momentum

The mech suit is taking some damage, but Franky uses that momentum to hit a headache of a German Suplex

He tries for the Victory Slash again, but Sasaki copters out and his sword is broken

Pushed to a corner, this means Franky has to use his big guns: the big gun

Also interesting note that they're near the performance floor, the battle is once again converging into the same spot

The General Cannon sends Sasaki in the air, but not KO'd and hammers head first into Franky

Also noticing that there are some weapon-themed names among the flying six; X-Calibur, Ulti Mortar, Fang Pistol, now Tricera Bullet/Magnum

The mech is lost but Franky ejects out of it, leaving Sasaki open to a Radical Beam

That finishes Sasaki off, for now at least, I don't think you can write off most of the Flying Six being KO'd for good right now. But still, 4 down, Black Maria to go

Finally back up to Kaido and Yamato and Kaido is lamenting how Yamato refuses to be a feather in his military cap, and that he even went out of his way to get a devil fruit for him

But Yamato also sees it differently, he only ate it because Kaido starved him, and was unaware of its powers too - since he likely spent most of his life in Wano which is mostly ignorant to what DFs are

We finally get to see it though, at first I thought he was a Kitsune but Devon has that, so my guess is that Yamato has the Inu Inu no Mi: Model Okami

So a fair bit of coverage there.

Luffy's awake, Zoro is being delayed a little, Franky got his win and we know what Yamato's Zoan form looks like.

While I understand that people wanted more from Sasaki character wise I won't fault Oda because we envisioned a narrative he wasn't following. Would it have been cool for him to be related to Kokoro? Sure, but it wasn't all necessary, and we can't undermine Sasaki's durability; he was jumped by Denjiro first (who is still AWOL), had his belly cut open early into the fight, got suplexed right on the head, plus he took a General Cannon and survived - the same kinda attack that even knocked Big Mom back a bit. Franky was clever in his fight too, using the deception of his mechsuit to carve an opening - I do however wonder if the suit will return into play, the docking system is already jammed by the Numbers and now the shoulder cannon and shield are tattered, maybe it's cause for an upgrade?

Luffy being awake will of course set us on a path to get him back in the fight, and Zoro's delay seems to be leading to him arriving only at a decisive moment - perhaps when King comes to outnumber Sanji or someone attacks Tiny Tiny Chopper.

Yamato's Zoan form looks cool, though I do worry like others about how feminine it looks. I trust Oda not to make Yamato go back to identifying as a woman when Kaido's defeated but it is a small voice in the back of the mind, I know a lot were set on the White Tiger as well to counter the Azure Dragon and it might still be the case but it does look to be more canine. It is kinda strange how similar it looks to Su Long as well, the argument of Yamato or Carrot continues in that regard and maybe a plus for whoever thinks that Momo and Tama will join the crew as apprentices with Carrot and Yamato as retainers to parallel Oden, Toki, Inu and Neko (Yamato being Inu as the Okami and Carrot being Neko since Su Long is Moon Lion).

Alas, more questions will be due for next week, one expects Robin to get that W over Maria next time around, though the fact that we're running out of big names is still cause for worry, their converging on the Performance Hall implies there might be a battle royale at the end, army vs 2 yonko or something? No Week break for now so we shall have to wait and see.