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Unpopular Opinion: Azazel Wasn't A Horrible Tekken Boss IMHO

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Tekken bosses can be controversial. I didn't like Tekken at first (specifically the first two games) because of the input lag problem and the bosses are F*CKING HARD. Yes, talk about the CPU and one may remember the final battles against Heihacki (the first Tekken game) and Devil ( Tekken 2 ) were monstrously difficult. It was because the first two games are purely experimental concepts. One may also consider the hardware limitations of the fifth generation consoles vs. the improvements brought upon by the sixth generation consoles to the current nine generation consoles. Some older games were just meant to make you mad. Tekken 6   was a game in 2007. Yes, it was the good old days when the arcade was still there. Basically, any fear against Azazel was with the arcade model. However, I played Tekken 6 on the PlayStation 3 meaning I had INFINITE CONTINUES. However, a boss that was too difficult back in the day, even with infinite continues, was still a pain. Maybe, one can talk ...

Magneto As A Victim Of Revolving Door Writing

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I watched X-Men: The Animated Series without knowing Magneto's LONG history. It turned out that the original X-Men was in the 1960s -- meaning Haim Saban's famous TV series was decades after the original. It turned out that Magneto's original group was called the Brotherhood of EVIL Mutants -- a group of mutant supremacists. Magneto was just a dark mirror to Professor Xavier during the earlier days of the X-Men. Magneto existed as a Social Darwinist as well. This was the Silver Age comics when most villains were pretty much one dimensional. It can be noticed that Magneto had his "deepening" with Chris Claremont in the 1980s  It can be noticed that Magneto went from a one-dimensional villain to having a deeper background. Magneto was later revealed ot the survivor of the Holocaust in the Second World War.  Any backstory given to Magneto feels too random at times. For example, the famous revelation (decades later) that he was secretly the father of Quicksilver and S...