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  • dezeray112
    There has been quite a lot of talk in regarding how video game companies handle season pass content reveals (based upon Tekken 8's second season pass that revealed Anna Williams' return plus another three unrevealed characters) with some saying that they should had followed the approach in which the likes of how Street Fighter 6, Mortal Kombat 1, Guilty Gear Strive, Fatal Fury COTW revealed the contents within their pass.

    Whilst I can see this as a benefit to those who truly want to know what sort of content is within the pass that can guarantee and justify their purchase, but at the same time, personally I wouldn't mind keeping them unrevealed as I am the kind of person that likes to keep on guessing.

    I do predict that if the next Smash does do a season pass (similar to Ultimate), should they take the approach to reveal all of its content within the pass route or should they leave parts of its content such as characters unrevealed until the reveal date route?

    What is everyone's opinion on season pass reveals?
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    KneeOfJustice99
    KneeOfJustice99
    ...I've given this a bit of thought, and my take is basically that while I understand an interest in creating "hype" by keeping characters secret, I don't think you should be able to pay for a season pass that you don't know the contents of. Partially because you literally don't know what you're buying into, but also because I think the sheer amount of toxicity in roster discussions in the last few years can be traced directly to the "mystery season pass" thing, giving creedence to factually wrong ideas like "this STUPID character is here instead of MY FAVOURITE who has been REPLACED" and the like.

    Like, I wouldn't expect Smash 6 at launch to be like "oh yeah the next three fighter passes contain the following 17 characters" but at least knowing in advance, or just not doing the whole "season pass" thing at all and keeping things individualised.
    dezeray112
    dezeray112
    Perkilator
    Perkilator
    I’m conflicted. On one hand, knowing which characters are in the DLC in advance would at least help mitigate the fighting and tunnel vision over who’s gonna make it next…at least in theory. But on the other hand, suppose that the DLC pass has some heavy-hitting 3rd party characters. Would their companies want them to be revealed in advance?

    Basically what I’m saying is, let’s assume certain 3rd party companies don’t want their characters revealed for Smash too far ahead of time. Would that mean you’d have to settle for only revealing a few characters in advance?
    dezeray112
    Finally decided to get Crunchyroll and watching the likes of Yu Gi Oh and the first season of Digimon revitalised my interest for the two anime franchises.

    Also to add having watched Mashle: Magic & Muscles, it is absolutely more bonkers than I thought especially since Mash cannot use any magic at all.
    dezeray112
    I see that the live action Street Fighter film has found a new director with Kitao Sakurai who was mostly known for his work of the "Eric Andre Show."

    Whilst I am aware that expectations for the film is low, but I am eager to see who has Capcom and Legendary Pictures tapped in for the writing as well as who will be casted and what direction the story will take.
    dezeray112
    Well, I have been rather hesitant for a few weeks on whether I wanted to give out my thoughts and views regarding to the Knuckles TV show, but here it is.

    Whilst I actually felt that the first two episodes were decent and had something going forward, unfortunately afterwards it seemed like the show struggled to figure out what sort of concept and direction it wanted to tell its titular character to go as the episodes went onward that left me rather underwhelmed.

    I wasn't entirely too invested in Wade Whipple throughout the series in which I felt there was too much focus on his character and not much emphasis on Knuckles that kind of feels like a reminiscence to how I felt with Tim Story's Tom & Jerry when they were side lined in favour of the uninteresting human characters.

    Overall whilst I can see that show will appeal to younger audiences, but for anyone who expected a show that is centralised upon its titular character will only end up being rather disappointed.
    dezeray112
    Having watched the first 20 episodes of the Pokemon: Horizons anime, I will say that whilst it is certainly a departure from the journeys that Ash Ketchum and company had adapted for many years, but with the new direction with Liko, Roy and company is a breath of fresh air that still maintained the fun and entertainment aspects that the original had.

    Other than that, I will hopefully give my thoughts and review on the Knuckles TV show either by tomorrow or Friday.
    dezeray112
    Finished watching Tim Miller's the Secret Level series in which the episodes are based upon certain video game franchises.

    Overall some episodes were decent whilst there were some that felt rather rushed and underwhelming such as the Mega-Man episode (which I was highly looking forward to, only to be left rather disappointed at the end.)

    Whilst The Secret Level is indeed a rather interesting concept on sheet, however some of the episodes could had done with a bit more length with its run time which would benefitted some of the shorter episodes.

    My rating: 6/10
    dezeray112
    If I were to ask anyone around the globe (other than the UK), do they know who "Robbie Williams" is?
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    Being from the UK myself; it's pretty commonplace for even people here not to know who he is, especially below a certain age. I'll admit I'd be hard-pressed to recall off the top of my head if you caught me in the street... but then, I might be an outlier, I'm pretty terrible at remembering names to begin with.
    dezeray112
    dezeray112
    As someone who is also from UK myself in which I grew up listening to some of his hits that include "Angels", "Rock DJ" and "Let me entertain you" during the mid-90s' to early 2000's, the reason I asked to see if anyone is familiar with Robbie Williams is that he has a film based upon his life called "Better Man."

    Whilst I have yet to see the film myself, although I have heard great reviews, it hasn't been doing too well within the box office especially from a domestic and worldwide perspective.

    The thing is whilst Robbie Williams is still a musical icon within the United Kingdom, I don't think the same can be applied anywhere else as he isn't considered a well known global superstar.
    Qwerty UIOP
    Qwerty UIOP
    dezeray112
    Fighting games that I could possibly see getting a Switch 2 port:
    • Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3
    • Street Fighter 6 (containing content from seasons 1 and 2.)
    • Possibly Tekken 8?
    • The new Virtua Fighter game.
    • Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.
    • Also maybe a Switch 2 port of the Killer Instinct (2013) game?
    dezeray112
    If I were a Liverpool FC fan, I'd be horrified by the prospect of Elon Musk's interest in purchasing which I do not see this happening and I am sure no Liverpool FC fan would want him anywhere near the club.
    dezeray112

    I can't understand how exactly Sony's CEO criticising critics as his reason to why the Spider-Man-less cinematic universe films flopped. Whilst I do understand that sometimes its usually best to go watch a film to determine whether it meets to your standard or not, but sometimes critics usually look more into the quality aspects,

    The reason Venom films did reasonable well is that Venom is one of the more recognisable Spider-Man villains within the franchise and therefore it will have its appeal with audiences despite the critic reviews.

    When you look in to comparison with the likes of Madame Web, Morbius and Kraven the Hunter, this feels like the complete opposite and they are not within the same level of popularity in contrast to Venom which is why it struggled to connect with audiences and the box office.
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    In addition, there were decisions made by Sony that kind of baffled me for example, what gave them a good idea to bring in Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpness who penned the story for Morbius for Madame Web?
    Janx_uwu
    Janx_uwu
    What does Sony expect the outcome of this to be?

    Me as a respected film critic: goodness gracious thank you sony ceo. I now see the error of my ways. I'll start pretending to like your movies now
    dezeray112
    Hard to believe that by tomorrow, we will almost reach the last day of 2024.

    In terms of video games in 2025, we will bound to finally get the unveiling of Nintendo Switch's successor and for me, I am personally anticipating quite a number of new information associated with fighting games from the updates of Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8 to the release of Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves and the much long awaited anticipation of SEGA's new Virtua Fighter project.

    As for films in 2025, I'm mostly generally looking forward to the superhero films in which I hope they will do well in which I predict that the MCU films will continue pounce back and Superman will soar.
    dezeray112
    Having just finished watching Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, I'm guessing this may not be the last of Feathers McGraw.
    dezeray112
    Some parts of the film social media really need to understand the differences between domestic and worldwide box office.

    In addition on what I think about social media being so obsessed with the numbers for Sonic 3 and Mufasa in which I do not understand what is the point of this and at the same time, I do not really care which film does better.

    I predict that both films will do well within the box office numbers this month.
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    Going back to what I was referring to especially to what I stated in regards to social media needing to understand the differences between domestic and worldwide box office numbers, the recent amount of "Sonic is number one film in America" within the Disney Animation Studios page kind of confirmed what I had feared.

    Here is some clarification. Whilst yes, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is currently the number one film in "America" which is correct as it made almost 30 million more than Mufasa in the domestic box office. But in contrast, Mufasa is currently the number one film within the worldwide box office numbers which is also correct as well as the film is released within a number of countries ahead of Sonic 3.

    I don't mean to cause any offense to anyone who are fans of the the Sonic the Hedgehog 3, but what I do really question to those posting on social media with constant flooding of "Sonic 3 is the number one film in America" poster is that do they realise they are making themselves look rather silly for not reading the context carefully?

    I do love the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, but seeing these posts misread and misinterpret the context is making me feel rather embarrassed to be part of the community.

    Lastly, I will still go and see both films eventually.
    fogbadge
    fogbadge
    In my experience a lot of people don’t care about the context, only the stuff that makes them look right
    dezeray112
    dezeray112
    fogbadge fogbadge - I 100% agree with you completely, it is just a shame that nowadays people do not learn to read the context and only find information that fits within their narrative and agenda.
    dezeray112
    Since SEGA and CAPCOM are both looking to revitalise their dormant franchises, I wonder if Nintendo should follow suit?
    dezeray112
    Watched Venom: the Last Dance:

    What was supposedly meant to be Tom Hardy's last dance as Eddie Brock and Venom, ended in a rather messy and underwhelming finale to the trilogy.

    I do get that there are people who enjoyed this film in which I do respect their opinions regardless to whether I agree with them or not. But for me in my opinion, I felt the Last Dance was a big disappointment.
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