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Mortal Kombat X's Cancelled Goro/Onaga Saga

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  Mortal Kombat X truly had a really interesting comic book series. Sadly, after a series of interesting episodes - we just need to REALLY accept that some things were not meant to be completed, right? What truly was an exciting plot dangler was when Goro sought the power of Onaga. If you remember, Kotal Kahn actually cut off Goro's arms (which I believe is rumor become reality since some say Goro's arms were ripped off in a non-existent comics). Goro gets eliminated from the competition due to his injuries and Sheeva becomes the new Shokan queen instead. So, Goro meets Daegon. In the original timeline - Onaga had NOTHING to do with the Red Dragon. Here, Daegon is a servant of Onaga when it was not used in MK Armageddon .  You can consider this video from History Behind the Warrior which DC Comics writer Shawn Kittelson talks about what could've happened. I find this very interesting and why this NEVER happened is still a mystery to me. It's revealed that Goro is desti...

Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi Trilogy

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After I have written about two rather AWFUL Dragon Ball Z -based games - I'd talk about the greater games that made me throw away those two games. This is the Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi trilogy which allows you to relive the stories of the Dragon Ball Z franchise. Although not exactly complete (and there's no arcade mode) but this game has a different fighting mechanic. The full 3D gameplay makes use of unconventional ways of entering special moves (such as pressing L2 + Triangle + Up together) or pressing a button to fly or go down. In fact, the game is simplified such as doing the basic attack to doing a super move is the same for every character - that is entering the command. The second to the third game did introduce the concept of transformation. The transformation concepts would actually have certain characters go into different phases. Some transformers are irreversible (ex. Frieza and Cell) while others could revert back to base form (like the Saiyajin characters...