Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

Well it's been two days since the release though I just got my game today. Okay, I could go ahead and bitch about some of the game's shortcomings like why are we missing Stage Fatalities AGAIN? Hopefully, there will be Stage Brutalities to make up for it. But in spite of imperfections, I thought about targeting a game that for me was a massive disappointment namely Tekken 7. I waited for that game before I got a PS4 and guess what -- that game has plenty of wasted potential ! Shao Kahn is a better pre-order bonus than Eliza So I remembered the idea to why I even pre-ordered the game. Shao Kahn is a better pre-order bonus than that who cares vampire known as Eliza. Namco could've made a pre-order bonus containing legacy characters but NO... they decided to settle for that rather idiotic Eliza. What's her role in the game anyway? Shao Kahn is that legendary Big Bad in Mortal Kombat. He had the most badass death in MK (2011) where the Elder Gods carried him over for judg

MK11 is a hype though I thought of one seriously mistreated character -- SHINNOK! I always thought Netherrealm apparently does have an extreme favoritism for Shao Kahn. Why do you think they decided to retcon the idea of him being killed by the Deadly Alliance -- back when it was still Midway before it got bankrupt and bought by Warner Bros.? Why do you think Shinnok was treated as such a wuss in MK4 and MK Gold? I don't think they really cared about him. TBH, I think Wuxia series have more respect for his source material Tong Tian Jiao Zhu (Heavenly Grandmaster) -- though the Eight Immortals (1998) TV series had him betrayed by his right hand man Pan Golin. So what's my thoughts on MK11 and Shinnok himself? Turns out that he's Kronika's son and Cetrion's brother -- which may make Kronika also the mother of the Jade Emperor and Tai Shang Lao Jun (Grand Supreme Elderly Lord) in the process. Kronika does have the ability to restore anything so why didn't she d

Kitana here suddenly looks Chinese after MANY YEARS of looking not Chinese. Do you remember Katalin Zamar played her in MK2? MK Gold did make her look Chinese though I liked her MK9/MKX look that resembled Talisa Soto the best (for nostalgic reasons) -- so why is Kitana once again looking Chinese like she did in MK4? Yeah sure Kitana looks hotter now (resembling a hot Chinese actress) but I think the whole Talisa Soto reference was better. I thought that I kinda prefer the less hot version of Kitana than this one namely from MK9-MKX because it had more nostalgic value. I dunno why I'm not appreciating this change so much -- I kinda just prefer the Kitana that looked more like Talisa. Heck, I wish Talisa voiced her in MK9!

MKX had a good pre-order bonus in the form of a depowered Goro. Now MK11 is moving towards another direction by giving a pre-order FAR MORE WORTHY than Eliza in Tekken 7 -- the BIG BAD of Mortal Kombat himself Shao Kahn (or at least a past version of him) is returning. The difference between Goro's pre-order and Shao Kahn is this -- Kahn appears in Story Mode while Goro's doesn't. Eliza in Tekken 7 doesn't even appear in Story Mode and her Character Episode isn't even a bit interesting. Seriously what happened to you Katsuhiro Harada and Bandai-Namco?! So why is Shao Kahn a good pre-order bonus? Remember the times that you got to play as a depowered version of him in MK Deception (Gamecube version), MK Unchained (PSP), MK Armageddon and in MK vs. DC? Well, it was fun to take control of him even if he got depowered or to get your revenge for all the hard times he gave you during MK2, MK3, UMK3, MKT (he was playable but not depowered). Adding him as a pre-order D

Ever remember when you played the Street Fighter games during the 90s as a child? You probably had a Japanese version and an American version. No, the game where the names were Balrog was Bison, Vega was Balrog and Bison was Vega is NOT a fake -- it was the original Japanese version. So what happened? There were many theories though the only one that seems to make sense is it's because Mike Bison (Balrog's Japanese name) sounded too much like MIKE TYSON. But here's my theory behind the name changes? The meanings were somewhat there. Now we have the definition of the names.  Balrog means a dormant beast-man you don't want to encounter. Claw's fighting style is pretty much passive-aggressive. A balrog also moves in the shadows. Claw would be an assassin and moves like a balrog.  Vega is a Spanish word meaning fertile plain. Investopedia also calls it a measure of price volatility of the underlying asset. Vega is also the brightest star in the Constellation Lyra. Ok

How legitimate is this leak from Reddit ? I can't be certain but one thing is certain -- we do have a new character named Cetrion. She's probably the Earth Goddess or maybe a descendant of the first Mother Goddess Nuwa and Fuxi. The reveal so far makes her look like Gaia from Greek mythology. Now if Kronika happens to be the mother of Shinnok as well -- this has me thinking of who also could be Kronika's children if we mix more Chinese mythology together. I already pointed out how Shinnok is probably based on the fallen Elder God known as Tongtian Jiaozhu . With that in mind then both Yuan Shi Tian Jun (the leader of the Three Pure Ones and some regard he and the Jade Emperor are the same) and Tai Shang Lao Jun are also her sons. So has the Jade Emperor practically gotten rid of his own mother as well from the throne during the great war to take over? So what role does Cetrion fall into? Does she fall as Nuwa's successor as a nature goddess? Hmmm...

So okay, here's Liu Kang arriving and somehow I'm kinda upset that the younger version doesn't look like a younger Robin Shou -- I mean didn't we have Brigitte Wilson, the late Trevor Goddard and Linden Ashby as the basis for the models of Sonya Blade (and in extension, Cassie), Kano and Johnny Cage? Liu Kang's aged form looks like an aging Shou so why not use the younger Shou's appearance for well the younger Liu Kang here? Tthe trailer hype is there. I don't like how less scary the Revenant Liu Kang costume has become based on the story trailer though. I think about seeing the latest videos where he has his nunchucks further giving him the Bruce Lee reference all the while making him the Chinese version of Ryu. Like Ryu, he's got a friendly rival (Kung Lao is Mortal Kombat's Ken) and they were beating off big-time antagonists (Shao Kahn and M. Bison/General Vega) then one unique feature is the darker side. Mortal Kombat could've created a se

Old skool or new skool? Why not both, right? It's just like I tend to prefer older Super Sentai and newer Kamen Rider or how I prefer classical music while enjoying new school technology. MK11's probably convoluted storyline where Kronika the Keeper of Time seeks to restore balance (and she's the anti-villain main antagonist) has caused both past and present to collide. She hopes to restore the balance of time but may be doing some things unethical in the process. What's so cool about this trailer in spite of the rather sh*tty song? I'd like to point out how this can create confusion if two eras collide. We also see past Jax meeting present Jax. Both Liu Kang and Kung Lao from the past soon meet their Revenant selves -- just imagine Ryu clashing with a future version of Evil Ryu in a time paradox! We also see what could be Liu Kang's newest fatality and Jax's would-be fatal blow. Sidenote, I just wish that they molded Liu Kang's face after a younger

Just look at this FREAKING TRAILER. Yes, Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa is somehow given his tribute some time after MK9. The first tribute he had was when the phrase "Your soul is mine!" was used there though... You may notice that the younger Shang Tsung looks eerily similar to Ian Anthony Dale. So why didn't Tagawa voice the older Shang Tsung for the first part of the tournament? I wish that they used Tagawa's younger self as a template for MK9 Shang Tsung -- just like they used Brigitte Wilson's and Linden Ashby's faces in spite of neither cast member voicing said character. For me, this is a good throwback to the now elderly actor!

I could go ahead and still not think about Lightspeed Rescue at all while watching GoGoFive and I thought Time Force's toning things down actually worked their way. But I wonder what REALLY happened for these shows to get a budget cut in the form of only 40 episodes?! You can think of several reasons why I think these shows NEEDED extra episodes before they ended. There are several stuff that the American side had that the Japanese side didn't have which I will discuss over and out. I may be a huge Timeranger fan, I still think it's Yasuko Kobayashi's best work but I think Ransik was more entertaining than Don Dolnero -- especially with how he's a futuristic version of Dr. Giba from Jiban. Ransik had some depth in spite of his tendency to suffer from character decay -- you can think of how Hirohisa Soda ended up turning Garoa from a genuine threat to an idiot. Maybe we can also talk more about Trust and Triumph probably needed to be a two part arc. I would ha

Megaman is one series that I was obsessed with in my late tens and early teens. Then I thought that I do still have an obsession with Megaman (to a certain extent) but not as far as to "must have every Megaman item and game" -- I just want to gather all the favorites that I played in the NES, PSX and PS2 games. Note that I won't be ranking them according to collections such as Anniversary Collection and Legacy Collection and neither will handhelds be mentioned here since I have NO handheld systems. Games like Megaman NAVI and Megaman Star Force won't be included. Spin-off games like Megaman Legends 2, Megaman Legends and Misadventures of Tron Bonne will be included. But I'd actually rank them by series as to avoid confusion but I'd actually also rank the series ACCORDING to my preferences. This won't cover up an entire list either and I still am getting hesitant to get Megaman 11 and play Megaman 9 and 10 too... I. Megaman X series -- my favorite X s

One of the many reasons why I don't like Power Rangers is the tendency to add comic relief characters that usually go nowhere. Power Rangers Ninja Steel had its own comic disasters known as Victor and Monty -- they're even far worse than Bulk and Skull. Now are we seriously transporting Cassidy and Devin from the overrated Dino Thunder to create the siblings Ben and Betty? The first episode just shows how the writers may just intend to waste them. I can stand comic relief but not when it goes to the point like Bulk and Skull from MMPR to Zeo, Professor Calamitious errr Phenomenus from PR in Space to Lost Galaxy, Casidy and Devin from Dino Thunder, Boom from SPD, Spike from Samurai, Cassidy and Devin then it's really not worth it. I always find it to be rather humiliating than funny if you're tasked to play such roles -- such as when Ben and Betty nearly injured the mayor or their stun gun that doesn't work. So really, what's with the writers with how they ar