Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

Is it me or is modern Disney RUINING EVERYTHING? I even wonder if Warner Bros. buying DC Comics was a good or a bad thing. SJWs are ruining games such as badly written or for the sake of some small butthurt minority somewhere. Yes, all for the sake of representation and badly created messes such as A Little Mermaid remake. I don't mind a black Ariel but shouldn't she be a reason to move the whole story to Africa? Africanize the story? That would've been the best thing to do and say, "Well, let's reinvent it and take it to Africa!" Instead, the diversity didn't work. Disney ruined Marvel such as how Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch get retconned as no longer Magneto's children (which was a very interesting plot point), how certain X-Men characters just get written off without a good reason, etc. I believe that Disney actually ruined Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite . I was getting hyped for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite for so many reasons. I get to play as my fa...

  After writing on Mortal Kombat characters I hate the most -- I'd like to write about characters who are not-so-popular or unpopular but love them. Yes, I will be vocal and not let my opinions on these characters go unheard. They're in the order of their appearances instead of ranking them.  Kintaro I'm always going to be in that crowd of Kintaro was better than Goro. Yes, I'm aware that Goro was more popular . However, Mortal Kombat II defined Mortal Kombat -- NOT the first game. I remember someone at the arcade cussing over how Kintaro was that difficult to defeat. Kintaro's original storyline was his desire to avenge his good friend Goro. Over time, that storyline gets retconned AND he becomes less and less developed. Kintaro made a roar at the beginning of Mortal Kombat Armageddon . However, Kintaro becomes even more ambiguous as the "Kintaro" that Taven defeated WAS one of Shinnok's illusions. Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks and Mortal Kombat (2011)...

I decided to buy the game Pac-Man World Re-Pac. I remember borrowing Pac-Man World on the PSX back in 2000. With minimal Internet back then - I never got to finish Pac-Man World . Some games were tough back then presumably to sell the fabled cheat devices. Oh yes, I used to use GameShark often in survival horror games like Resident Evil 3 (my first Resident Evil game). I gave Pac-Man World a shot and I got too frustrated with it. Someone I knew only played the classic game instead of exploring the Pac-Man franchise's evolution from a chomping maze into a platformer. The game's story still follows closely from the original. Pac-Man returns home to find his family missing. Pac-Man must rescue his family from the Walking Spoiler villain Toc-Man and the ghosts. What happened to the Ghost Witch of Netor from the past games? The game has a semi-open world where Pac-Man must explore and try to save his family. One can play a bonus game if one is diligent enough to collect all the PACM...

It's no secret that I purposely skipped watching Dragon Ball Super nor do I intend to rewatch all the Dragon Ball episodes. My argument is usually because it's gone too long and it can be easy to get lost. I'd like to focus on how Frieza became a fanservice villain because of his popularity. True, there can be moments when Frieza is often pitted against his Movie Only brother Cooler whose fifth form is theoretically more powerful. However, one can't argue that Frieza has become a fanservice villain throughout the years. Frieza was finally defeated during the Namek Saga. What happened next was that Frieza became a fanservice of sorts. Cameos here, cameos there. It seems Frieza was simply given cameos because of how popular the villain has become.  Frieza's popularity might be why he also made non-canon movie appearances. Cooler's own concept was already a contradiction of sorts. The events in  Cooler's Revenge and Return of Cooler can't fit in. Cooler is...

Interview With the Vampire was my awakening -- at only 10 years old! I'd watch horror movies to prove myself not to be a sissy. There have been many horrifying deaths but none so horrible as the mortal woman on stage. The Theatre Des Vampires is described in the Vampire Chronicles where vampires perform mock plays.  According to the Vampire Chronicles Wiki - we can read this description of the theater but take it with a grain of salt: Théâtre des Vampires is a theater in Temple du Boulevard in Paris. It was once owned by Renaud. As a mortal, Lestat de Lioncourt worked there, first as a cleaner and stagehand, and eventually as an actor. His most famous role was Lelio, the hero of the play The Romance of Lelio and Isabella. Lestat's friend and lover, Nicolas de Lenfent, also worked there as a violinist. Lestat's acting skills and beauty eventually caught the attention of Magnus, an old vampire looking for a worthy mortal to pass on his Dark Gift. Magnus abducted Lestat while...

  I could go ahead and b*tch all day about the super-duper crazy AI of this game. Yes, finally played  Mortal Kombat II at home using the Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks adventure game. Okay, it's no secret that I don't play the first eight games anymore . I'm still mad at Netherream Studios for not remastering Mortal Kombat (2011) because it's practically the beast. I'm probably among the few who think the game didn't age well. Interestingly, Tekken had its first game released also in 1994. Tekken managed to influence Mortal Kombat  and MK (2011)'s new attack scheme is obvious! The first game Mortal Kombat (1994) didn't really age well even if Goro became more popular than Kintaro. The game introduced 12 characters and started to ramp up the engine. It also demoted Shang Tsung and Reptile to extra. Shang Tsung was practically OP during the first three games. I'm glad that Shang Tsung can only morph into the opponent in later games. The game introduced ...

I've finally finished Seiki Ninja Jiraiya which translates into World Ninja War Jiraiya . I'd like to say it's one weird series because Japanese is hardly spoken. It's full of strange executions such as when non-Japanese characters are played by JAPANESE actors. I can easily accept the Yamaji family (and Takumi Hashimoto was there as Manabu). Takumi was only 16 years old when he played Boi in Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger   - making him only 12 years old when he played Manabu.  It can explain why some people never got unmasked at all! It would be awkward especially since some of the ninjas are descendants of Western characters such as Billy the Kid or a descendant of the Crusaders. There's also Turkish ninjas and it's one strange series. Sure, I'm already used to defying logic in Tokusatsu such as dealing with Super Sentai having giant Megazord battles every week, how often the MOTWs explode in the city (and Dimensional Warrior Spielban introduced the one-shot won...