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Under 30 minutes to go until the Switch 2 Direct starts.

Having watched all of the episodes of the Danganronpa: The Animation and even though I haven't played any of the games in which I can't say how much of the animation adaptation maintained its faithfulness from its source material, but overall it was pretty decent (although my only nitpick was that parts of the epsiodes felt rushed.)

Watches the Danganronpa anime series for the first time and boy, those punishments on the students were absolutely brutal.

So Marvel Studios Youtube channel are currently doing a live video called "Announcement" in which I think this has something to do with the casting for the Avengers: Doomsday film.

So far announced are Chris Hemsworth, Vanessa Kirby, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Letitia Wright and Paul Rudd. I think there will be plenty more to come.

Also revealed so far as of now Wyatt Russell, Tenoch Huerta Mejia, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Simu Liu, Florence Pugh, Kelsey Grammar, Lewis Pullman, Danny Ramirez and Joseph Quinn.

To be fair, I would still probably prefer it if they just reveal the entire character pass, even though using the character's background colour as a hint might be some way to keep fans guessing.

Why does this poster still scream "Jack Black" more than Steve (even though this still looks nowhere like Steve?)

Other than that, the film is only two weeks away and I haven't seen much marketing buzz or hype for the film.

This could still change depending whether WB/Legendary Pictures put much effort in to promoting the Minecraft film, although I'm not going to put my expectations much on this.

As promised here are my thoughts of the Snow White live action:

Just finished watching the liva action Snow White. Will gather my thoughts on the way back.

Will be interesting to see how well this is going to go.

But other than that, I actually enjoyed most of the Disney era Power Rangers series which included the likes of Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, SPD, Jungle Fury and RPM. So I am pretty optimistic that it could do well.

So yesterday, Masahiro Sakurai provided his views in regards to the Japanese gaming industry and how they should consider the approach of ensuring that their games shouldn't always be "westernized" and consider maintaining the uniqueness and fun elements within Japanese games (which is what PLATINUM7 highlighted in my previous comment.)

This sort of reminded me of a time when Capcom and Keiji Inafune (who was head of research and development at the time before he left) attempted this with titles such as DmC: Devil May Cry, Lost Planet 3, Bionic Commando (2009), Dark Void etc.

Inafune was a vocal critic about the state of the Japanese gaming industry and how much it lagged in contrast to the west in which he even went as far as calling it "finished." His strategy of utilising several titles above in an attempt to cater to the West did not turn out the result nor success he was hoping to achieve which was why Capcom struggled during the 2010s.

Even former Capcom senior VP Christian Svensson stated:

“Both [DmC Devil May Cry and Lost Planet 3], and some of the prior (like Bionic Commando) were driven by [Keiji] Inafune… now departed,”

“You’d have to ask him but as I recall, the logic was something along the lines of ‘doing the same thing is going to get us the same results (if we’re lucky). Let’s try something from a different perspective.’ In some cases, a Western one.”

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Anyways going back to Sakurai's statement, I do believe that he does raise a point as I do generally think that it is important to have a balance of understanding and acknowledging what makes the Japanese gaming industry authentic. DmC: Devil May Cry along with the titles listed above maybe examples that would fit the criteria of attempting to appease to the West as does Final Fantasy XVI (in my opinion.)

Also with what Wario Wario Wario stated, I do find it rather ridiculous that there are some individuals on social media that will misinterpret the context to his words and twist the narrative around to fit their agenda which conflicts (and missing the point) with what Sakurai was pointing out in the interview.

I think I will give my own thoughts on Sakurai's statement tomorrow.

Happy 20th anniversary to a Disney Channel gem, the Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

I really hope that there are further plans for Shang-Chi within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But if this rumour is true, this could be a rather interesting direction for the character.

I've heard rumours that Sadie was a potential casting for Jean Grey, but since she is casted for Spider-Man 4, maybe Mary-Jane Watson or Angelica Jones?

After watching the first episode of Daredevil: Born Again, I can't believe that Foggy Nelson really died.

As of today, only one more month until the Nintendo Switch 2 direct presentation takes place.

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?

Having watched the second season of Digimon Adventure, I'm going to be one of those people and say that I still feel that Tai should had been with Sora over Matt.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Curious, but has anyone attempted to capture a Suicune with one Poke ball in game?

Netflix's Dragon's Dogma anime had plenty of areas that could had exploited the lore of the video game adaptation, it is a shame that it ended up being rather underbaked.

And we are "Prepare 4 Launch!", here is the first teaser trailer for the Fantastic Four: First Steps:

So there is a Fantastic Four: the First Steps trailer due tomorrow and then Jurassic World on Wednesday.

This will be interesting.

As of today, only two more months until the next Switch 2 Direct.

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

Having watched three of the Resident Evil live action films by Paul W S Anderson and I am still wondering what was the point of having Alice?

If I were to ask anyone around the globe (other than the UK), do they know who "Robbie Williams" is?

It has been almost 2 years since the last trailer for Pragmata. I really hope that Capcom will have something in store for the delayed game this year.

I remember having so much fun with SSX Tricky back in the old GameCube and Playstation 2 years.

I just wish there were more games like these today.

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?

Whilst I am glad that the Nintendo Switch 2 does support backwards compatibility, I'm still curious whether this also supports region free games?

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.

This is looking really impressive. Hope to see more new information for the new Virtua Fighter project.

For anyone who is familiar with the Super Sentai franchise, actor Robert Baldwin who played Ramirez/Cyan Ranger in Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger sadly passed away after a two year battle with colon cancer. May he rest in peace.

Since today is the start of 2025, interestingly Power Rangers SPD takes place in the year 2025.

2025 is finally here in the UK!

Wishing everyone on Smashboards a happy new year and may this hopefully give you good health, happiness and prosperity!