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[KingofPhantoms]

The one thing I like about Mufasa is that, while still trying to reinvent his and Scar's backstories in a way that doesn't really align with any other continuity of the franchise (there's zero indication that Mufasa was adopted in any other piece of Lion King media), it's clear that the people working on it do care about continuity and the franchise as a whole.

Kiara, for example, made her second return to the franchise in this film. Not only is she quite a popular character among the franchise's fans, but she's also the very first character from a Disney direct-to-video sequel to make an appearance in any of their live-action films, in addition to (IIRC) being the first to appear in a TV series as well, specifically The Lion Guard.

Then you have the fact that Scar's original name in the film is Taka, something that was previously only ever stated to be the case in The Lion King: Six New Adventures books, which were made as sequels/prequels to the original film after it proved a major success. The books weren't written by anyone actually working at Disney IIRC, and it was eventually confirmed that the books were never really canon because of that, which ultimately makes sense as it contains characters who don't exist in any other story taking place after the first film. It's still somewhat sad as there's a lot of good writing potential there, and Scar's and Mufasa's backstories were generally considered a highlight of the books.

Finally, while I haven't seen the film yet, I've read that Simba and Nala have another cub at the end of the film, specifically a male one, meaning Kiara once again has a little brother. If the cub isn't Kion from The Lion Guard, then with all the other references, there's no doubt in my mind that it's at least meant to be an allusion to Kion.

Shockingly enough, for a sequel/prequel to a CGI remake we didn't really need, the film actually seems to have better respect for it's franchise than the almost every other Disney live-action remake. The story's probably notably flawed, but the writers and the rest of the film's staff absolutely deserve credit for taking great care to acknowledge both important and lesser known aspects of the Lion King franchise. Disney's decision to make it might have been a cash grab, but you can't say that the majority of the people working on the film don't care about the source material.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

So with my Christmas money. I'd gotten

Courage the Cowardly Dog T-Shirt
MonsterVerse figure of Kong in The New Empire
Peacemaker Season 1 DVD
The Fall Guy Blu-Ray

The rest I used to order plenty of books I wanted. Claw Emergence Book 3 and Claw Resurrection by Katie Berry, Demon Flyer and Reptilian by John Rust, Mishipeshu: The Legend of Grand Island by Matthew F. Winn, The Lazarus Key by Rachel Aukes.

 

[Z25]

“Itsa too late Bowser! I’ma Forklift Certified!”

 

[Will]

“Itsa too late Bowser! I’ma Forklift Certified!”
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THE LOAD ISNTOO FAR OFF THE FORKS ITS UNSAFE MARIO YOURE GOING TO GET YOUR LICENSEE REVOKED MARIO STOP MARIOOOOOOO

 

[Shroob]

“Itsa too late Bowser! I’ma Forklift Certified!”
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Mario will never be forklift certifi-----wait what

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Alright Smashboardians listen up. Arcane is over, so while the LoL people work on their next series, I propose a new Netflix animated show based upon the Bloons universe. So here is my personal idea for a Bloons Netflix series, Primal: Bloons TD

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Every five thousand years, the Sun God creates a young monkey priestess to guide the monkeys of Primal to glory and eternal happiness. And not so long ago, they gave birth to the monkey priestess Adora – destined to become a champion among all monkeys in a dark future. The young Adora is adopted by a kindly monkey family – unknowing of her future destiny.

Little does monkeykind know, a horde of rubber monsters known as Bloons are gathering with goals to attack Primal and bring death upon all monkeys. The Bloons’ leaders, the titanic monsters Bloonarius and Lych, aim to do this through their artificially-created monkey of darkness: Ezili, the Voodoo Shadow.

However, after years of abuse at the hands of her makers, Ezili soon takes a stand against the Bloons and escapes. And, as fate would have it, young Ezili finds herself adopted by the same monkey family raising Adora – and the two monkeys find themselves thrust into the ultimate sibling rivalry.

Life takes the two sisters on two different paths, as Adora is guided to her role among the Sun Gods, while Ezili, struggling with the bad blood with her sister, soon takes her own path with the aid of a quirky group of monkey companions as war takes hold of Primal and the Bloons unleash their armies upon the defending monkeys.

But destiny has a funny way of taking hold, and Adora and Ezili’s paths may cross again sooner than they think…
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I hope Netflix is okay with having two animated shows with protagonists named Adora

 

[Wario Bros.]

A few pages into "The Star Wars" graphic novel and it's pretty much not recognizable to what hit theaters in 1977.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Mario will never be forklift certifi-----wait what

new kart option for Mario Kart 9…or 10…whatever number we’re on after 9 years of us being on 8

 

[Noipoi]

Thank god for the Teraleak or Poketubers would’ve had nothing to talk about this year

 

[Wario Bros.]

If the next Smash will be just an enhanced Ultimate, is it possible for them to just patch the original Switch 1 release that makes use of Switch 2 specs?

 

[Megadoomer]

I'm almost done with my New Year's resolution for 2024. I wanted to read at least one comic a day (to get use out of my Marvel and DC apps and look into series/characters that I wasn't familiar with) and write down my thoughts about them, and I've managed to keep it up for the full year. (today, I read eight issues of Icon, a comic set in the same universe as Static Shock)

My New Year's resolution for next year will be much more straightforward; I'm just going to try to finish the Tom Baker era of Doctor Who. (my health's fine at the moment, so I shouldn't need to focus on improving that, and I'm trying to stick to resolutions that are fully within my control)

What resolutions (if any) do you have for 2025?

 

[SneakyLink]

Last minute before the year Fortnite collab updates.

First, the Twitter account for the game Dark Deception announced that the game is coming to Fortnite in some capacity. The game will also hit Roblox and Minecraft.

Spoiler

Lightning Mcqueen will have the same three styles from Rocket League: His standard appearance, Dinoco Blue, and a Cruisin appearance.
More Invincible was teased.
Ninjago figures are in the Lego Brick Life Map. Jay, Kai, and Cole have been spotted (I assume those three based on my Lego Dimensions Experience).
I am guessing Cars will join the update after New Years, alongside Godzilla and Hatsune Miku

 

[Guynamednelson]

If the next Smash will be just an enhanced Ultimate, is it possible for them to just patch the original Switch 1 release that makes use of Switch 2 specs?

I hope "enhanced Ultimate" comes in the form of simply being updates to the one we have already anyway.

 

[Lamperouge]

I didn't already have them so I went ahead and bought the Sonic 2-movie collection. The steel books are really nice, especially the one for the second movie:

 

[Noipoi]

If the next Smash will be just an enhanced Ultimate, is it possible for them to just patch the original Switch 1 release that makes use of Switch 2 specs?

I kinda don’t want an “enhanced Ultimate” because I don’t want to pay another $60 for a game I can already play on my backwards compatible Switch 2. If the next game is really an Ultimate DX that **** better really be deluxe. I’m gonna need a reason to buy the same game again.

Ideally it’d be something more substantial than like three more characters. Yeah new characters are cool and all but…$60 you guys.

 

[Shroob]

I kinda don’t want an “enhanced Ultimate” because I don’t want to pay another $60 for a game I can already play on my backwards compatible Switch 2. If the next game is really an Ultimate DX that **** better really be deluxe. I’m gonna need a reason to buy the same game again.

Ideally it’d be something more substantial than like three more characters. Yeah new characters are cool and all but…$60 you guys.

Silly Noi.


Switch 2 games will be 70$.

 

[Wario Bros.]

I kinda don’t want an “enhanced Ultimate” because I don’t want to pay another $60 for a game I can already play on my backwards compatible Switch 2. If the next game is really an Ultimate DX that **** better really be deluxe. I’m gonna need a reason to buy the same game again.

Ideally it’d be something more substantial than like three more characters. Yeah new characters are cool and all but…$60 you guys.

I'm not saying buying the whole game all over again but Nintendo makes use of your Switch 1 copy that you have via backwards compatibility and they give it a Switch 2 exclusive patch with enhancements of some kind.

 

[TheMightyP]

Saw Sonic 3 again with my siblings.

On rewatch, Gerald's a lot more serious than I remember. He still has his moments of comedy but overall, he's a vengance filled man, which really makes the dance scene even more out of place.

My oldee sister had this reaction to the post credits scene: When are they gonna add Blaze?

I too wonder that.

 

[Noipoi]

I'm not saying buying the whole game all over again but Nintendo makes use of your Switch 1 copy that you have via backwards compatibility and they give it a Switch 2 exclusive patch with enhancements of some kind.

Hmm…yeah that could be interesting

Saw Sonic 3 again with my siblings.

On rewatch, Gerald's a lot more serious than I remember. He still has his moments of comedy but overall, he's a vengance filled man, which really makes the dance scene even more out of place.

My oldee sister had this reaction to the post credits scene: When are they gonna add Blaze?

I too wonder that.

That’s for Sonic 5

 

[Lamperouge]

Saw Sonic 3 again with my siblings.

On rewatch, Gerald's a lot more serious than I remember. He still has his moments of comedy but overall, he's a vengance filled man, which really makes the dance scene even more out of place.

My oldee sister had this reaction to the post credits scene: When are they gonna add Blaze?

I too wonder that.

Ok but the dance scene is peak so it gets a pass.

 

[Noipoi]

Spoiler: Sonic 3

”Oh Ivo…you’re no Maria.”

 

[Guynamednelson]

I'm not saying buying the whole game all over again but Nintendo makes use of your Switch 1 copy that you have via backwards compatibility and they give it a Switch 2 exclusive patch with enhancements of some kind.

Well they're still going to want to make money off of Smash in some way that just continuing to sell SSBU won't provide, even if they want to take a third option in regards to "I don't want cuts" vs. "I don't want to pay $70 for the exact same game just with 100% more Alear".

 

[TheMightyP]

That’s for Sonic 5

Sibling car ride home when it's Bark the Polar Bear instead

 

[Shroob]

When's the Sonic movie where Vector goes on a mini rant about atheists?

 

[TheCJBrine]

I learned they have Steve rubber duckies and I must share an image of this beautiful specimen:

there’s also a creeper one:

 

[Lamperouge]

Figured some of y'all might be interested in this:

If you receive Pokemon Center emails, look for an email subject tiled "Please Update Your Pokémon Center Email Account" to sign up for a free Sitting Cuties plush.

Plush is $0.00 with free shipping.

Plush selection: https://t.co/CwjlhxDeAb pic.twitter.com/Sq56nirJtC

— Wario64 (@Wario64) December 30, 2024

 

[PLATINUM7]

Figured some of y'all might be interested in this:

If you receive Pokemon Center emails, look for an email subject tiled "Please Update Your Pokémon Center Email Account" to sign up for a free Sitting Cuties plush.

Plush is $0.00 with free shipping.

Plush selection: https://t.co/CwjlhxDeAb pic.twitter.com/Sq56nirJtC

— Wario64 (@Wario64) December 30, 2024

I absolutely love when there's a problem fetching the tweet.

Free stuff is cool as well.

 

[Lamperouge]

I absolutely love when there's a problem fetching the tweet.

FML

 

[Schnee117]

whoever tf runs SB not fixing social media integration or account deletion requests and whatever else needs doing (the forum is a stumbling zombie)

 

[Xyro77]

whoever tf runs SB not fixing social media integration or account deletion requests and whatever else needs doing (the forum is a stumbling zombie)
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I’d buy the site and fix everything if it were for sale.

 

[Shroob]

I learned they have Steve rubber duckies and I must share an image of this beautiful specimen:View attachment 397291

there’s also a creeper one:
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That really quacks me up.

Spoiler

 

[Xyro77]

Does anyone plan on Dynasty Warriors Origins (PS5) on 1/17/2025?

 

[Wario Bros.]

If Nintendo is planning to add more consoles to NSO, I can see TurboGrafx-16, Master System, Genesis add-ons, and maybe Game Gear.

GameCube ain't happening, regardless of how many are wanting it.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Why are people saying this is the last day of 2024 and that it's New Year's Eve when it's the 30th and New Year's Eve is tomorrow. Am I going crazy or something

 

[Noipoi]

Guys the plan to gaslight Professor Pumpkaboo about New Year’s is going great. We’ve only got one more day left so let’s make sure she doesn’t-

Why are people saying this is the last day of 2024 and that it's New Year's Eve when it's the 30th and New Year's Eve is tomorrow. Am I going crazy or something

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

If anyones uncle works at Nintendo, can you tell them to put the monday songs on Nintendo music because they are late

 

[ZephyrZ]

Figured some of y'all might be interested in this:

If you receive Pokemon Center emails, look for an email subject tiled "Please Update Your Pokémon Center Email Account" to sign up for a free Sitting Cuties plush.

Plush is $0.00 with free shipping.

Plush selection: https://t.co/CwjlhxDeAb pic.twitter.com/Sq56nirJtC

— Wario64 (@Wario64) December 30, 2024

Aaaah I always had marketing emails turned off to reduce spam, unless I'm missing something then I guess I won't be getting free plushie.

No no, it's fine GF. I didn't want your stupid plushies anyway.

Edit: Wait no actually I did have marketing emails turned on, I just haven't received this specific one yet. Phew.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Aaaah I always had marketing emails turned off to reduce spam, unless I'm missing something then I guess I won't be getting free plushie.

No no, it's fine GF. I didn't want your stupid plushies anyway.

Edit: Wait no actually I did have marketing emails turned on, I just haven't received this specific one yet. Phew.

I didnt get an email either but i dont remeber my password to log in AND the pumpkaboo Sitting is sold out so it doesnt matter to me anyway

 

[ZephyrZ]

I love him

Give him to me

 

[Michael the Spikester]

I'm currently reading Wildside by Steven Gould and this is a concept of a show I'd love to see.

Based on the book. The premise would involve seven portals appearing across the world in national parks leading to a parallel earth where humans and their extinct relatives never existed, a earth that is nothing but vast wilderness with extinct animals that still exists.

Africa: Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Asia: Chitwan National Park, Nepal
Australia: Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
Europe: Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany
New Zealand: Mount Aspiring National Park
North America: Yellowstone National Park
South America: Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

And from here how the world would react to this. Countries obviously fighting over the rights who gets to claim them especially the ones where the portals had opened, basically colonization from countries and governments with animal biologists and paleontologists joining them to research and study said extinct animals whether mammoths, saber-toothed cats, ground sloths, short-faced bears, moas, haast's eagles, thylacoleos, megalanias, tasmanian tigers, dodos, etc. and protestors notably environmentalists protesting on the idea of colonizing this world thinking it should be left in peace.

Worldbuilding such as extinct animals being brought back to our world to rewild and to zoos, helping endangered animals given healthy populations of that world by bringing them back to rewild and of course throughout the colonization of this world, new countries gains independence on this parallel earth and countries of our earth talks what lands they can claim.

What do you all think of this idea?