E3 2011

In honor of E3 & head to head fighters all over the world, I will take this opportunity to speak on what I feel the event will reveal to the fans. 

Everyone knows that E3 is for the gaming companies, (Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo), but for the last few years in the Community a lot of emphasis has been put on head to head fighting games, (Street Fighter, Tekken, Mortal Kombat). It's safe to say that with the popularity of EVO rising and the Community scene rising once again, this event will be major.

I'm sure, as a fan, you all know that SSF4 AE is releasing, I'm sure they will be pushing that at the event along with Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike, which will now be available on PS3 & XBox as a DLC to play online.Catch a first look link here, 3rd Strike HD Filters. Capcom (Ono & Seth) will be losing their voice quite a bit because of course we all know that Street Fighter x Tekken is in full effect now as well. There is rough draft character gameplay and new characters being released every 2 weeks. 

Hwoarang - Tekken

Sagat - Street Fighter

If you have never been to my site before or even seen one of my YouTube vids, you wouldn't understand why I'm disappointed in SSF4 AE. I won't go into it now, I'll just say go check it out. Namco/BANDAI's Mr. Harada will be layin it down with Tekken Tag Tag 2 & I see alot of big things coming for that title, major tournament play.

Trailer 2011

Gameplay

Hopefully, lol, hopefully he will unveil some Tekken X Street Fighter content, even if it's little. The one cool thing about Harada & Namco is they don't beat around the bush like Capcom. When they release something, it comes dtraight to the fans to see. Not a bunch of smiley faces & trolls, not a bunch of sneaking in offices & lying about Chun Li being on fire... It makes me believe that Ono is straight up flaming...

We should hopefully be seeing something on Mortal Kombat. I'll say DLC content like Skarlet and hopefully Kenshi will be coming too...

Skarlet

Kenshi

Marvel VS Capcom 3, who's next to come on the scene? Doc Oc, Frank West, what about Strider or Ms. Marvel... Where's Cyclops? IJS... Especially with EVO coming, people will be pissin their pants waiting to see if there are some types of changes and reveals to the titles they have been playing for the past months. 

Cyclops

Strider Hiryu

I'm not a big fan of BlazBlue, when I had it I realized that it wasn't for me, it was a knock off Guilty Gear to me, and Guilty Gear was my shit. I would love to see Guilty Gear come back at E3, that would be an epic event. I will be putting up a new YouTube episode soon in reference to E3, be on the lookout. Meanwhile, if you want to share any comments or questions be my guest, I'd love the feedback.

Plain and simple, I think this year at E3 will be an outstanding event and with EVO right around the corner it adds to the rage. Summer of 2011 is fire, Thor, X-Men, Green Lantern, Captain America and of course the great Transformers. Then you have 2 of the most epic events in electronics and gaming history, E3 & EVO.

Street Fighter Generation Youtube Episodes

I've been running my own YouTube episodes for a while now. lol, I get more hits on there than I do here of course. I am going to post my YouTube vids on here for the public that have not seen my show. Give me some feedback & show the Generation some love.

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5: Super Suite Tourney

Episode 6

Episode 7

STREET FIGHTER CLEAR -- A True Beginning

Street Fighter Alpha 2 was by far one of the best SF games made because of its grasp to the storyline. The characters, the designers & the music were all classic. With that being said, there are some things that were left out of this game, and as a fan of the SF series it actually hit me in the head recently, I mean, I always had thoughts of what the perfect SF game would be, but now I could actually put it in my own words and have it viewed by other SF fans.

SFA2 was released in 1996, a great year of gaming, both in home & arcade. The designers of this game went the extra mile on everything from combo chains to air blocking. 

HOWEVER... It hurts me to say that when SFA was released it was supposed to take place before SF2, as we all know SF1 was release in 1987, I'm sure the younger generation know absolutely shit about that. In 1987 there were only 2 playable characters, Ryu & Ken, Ken was only playable if the 1st player (Ryu) lost to the 2nd player (Ken) in a versus match, and Ken would continue on. None of the other characters were selectable. 

The other characters were:

1. Sagat

2. Adon

3. Gen

4. Birdie

5. Retsu

6. Lee

7. Mike

8. Eagle

9. Geki

10. Joe

In Street Fighter 2 you had the opportunity to use Sagat which was the ONLY character returning from the original besides Ken & Ryu. Once Alpha hit, you then had your opportunity to use Adon, Gen & Birdie. Eagle was a playable character in SFA3. So that leaves you with 5 other characters from the original SF game that were never playable since 1987, the year is 2011. lol. As a gift to the fans, that would have been something worth giving, whether those characters were bullshit or not, you should have given the public the opportunity to use them. Especially when you release characters from Metro City:

1. Guy

2. Rolento

3. Sodom

4. Cody

As a person who wants to help design a storyboard for a SF game, let me show you how a beginning should go. I'll show you who I would want to do my soundtrack, my design work and production.

STREET FIGHTER CLEAR

Characters:

1. Ryu - Street Fighter posterboy
2. Ken - Ryu's friend & sparring partner.
3. Gouken - Ken & Ryu's teacher and older brother to Akuma.
4. Sagat - Emperor of Muay Thai, Sensei to Adon & rival to Ryu. Last man in SF1.
5. Retsu - Fallen monk & old friend to Gouken.
6. Joe - A top ranking american street fighter.
7. Lee - Talented "scorpion style" fighter. uncle to Yun & Yang.
8. Birdie - a London street fighter and ex-wrestler.
9. Adon - Sagat's student and rival. Not as strong, but more acrobatic.
10. Geki - Mysterious ninja from Japan.
11. Mike - Fomer Heavyweight Champion. Banned for killing an opponent. 
12. Gen - Ruthless ex-assassin and world renowned martial arts master.
13. Eagle - Ex-bouncer hired by British Secret service.
14. Akuma - Gouken's younger brother, self proclaimed "Master of the Fist", the "Japanese Devil".
15. Charlie - 1st lieutenant to the US Air Force. He must track down the Shadowloo.
16. Sodom - Original member of the Mad Gear Gang. American man obsessed with Japanese culture.
17. Rose - A fortune teller from Genoa. She is the supposed child of the leader of Shadowloo.
18.  Dan Hibiki - Son to Go Hibiki
19. Go Hibiki - Father to Dan Hibiki, rival to Sagat. In battle he gouged out Sagat's eye.
20. Guy - 39th Bushin ninja master helped friend in Metro City take down the Mad Gear Gang.
21. Rolento - Former Red Beret member, in Metro City he was responsible for narcotic producing plants. 
22. Chun-Li - Interpol investigator, searching for clues in the death of her father.
23. M. Bison - Supposed leader of the Shadowloo and controller of Psycho Power. Bison has come in contact with almost all of the competitors in the World Warrior Tourney.


This would be a true clear beginning to the Street Fighter series. Something the fans will faint over. It allows character that were never used to be playable & it also shows you new but old characters that should have been implemented before. 


PRODUCTION TEAM:
Designers: Noritaka Funamizu, Ryota Niitsuma
Composer: Hideki Okugawa


If you don't know who those guys are, do your research. I think my Street Fighter would be the greatest one made ever. No DLC's, straight old school gangsta shit...

The Best Truth Is A LIE...

I told a really good friend of mine that I would be posting this blog for the true comic book fans, especially as it related to the movies that spawn from them. As a man that reads comics I feel somewhat biased to some of the horrible shit I see in the theater. My friend told me that I have to look at it from every angle, I can't just be critical of the book and myself alone. In a sense I can understand, however, there are things that change my mind and put me back on the road of selfishness once again, the reason I say selfishness, well, I'm sure it is a million mf's that feel the same way as I, but like I said, this was my dawg and I talking.

I sat down and did some research and I came up with a list of comic book movies that I enjoyed, they are:

1. X-Men 1 & 2

2. Spider-Man 2

3. Blade 1 & 2

4. Iron Man 1 & 2

5. Kick-Ass

6. The Incredible Hulk (2008)

7. Batman Begins

8. Dark Night

9. Hell Boy 1 & 2

Now, there are a few more movies on the list, however, I just wanted to get into the importance of the major titles and why they were good. I also will give you a list of the movies I totally fuc'n hated... They are:

1. Spider-Man 3

2. Hulk

3. Wanted

4. Daredevil

5. Ghost Rider

6. X3

7. Wolverine

8. Elektra

9. Superman Returns

I'll give you all just a sec to review those movies... OK, As we as fans of comic book movies should know, Thor & Captain America are releasing later this year, they are Marvel Studios Productions, meaning they are incorporated with films such as Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. Even though X-Men & Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Blade & Elektra are all Marvel comics/movies, they are not filmed as part of the Marvel Studios group, which means that their stories may not intertwine with one another. In 2012 The Avengers is due to release and for the fans, who are The Avengers? Cap A, Thor, Iron-Man & sometimes the Hulk, you get the picture, of course their are some characters left out.

Hawkeye even makes his first appearance in this film. This is the type of film I want to see. I know it won't be exactly like the book or comic, but as close as possible to meet with the likings of the hardcore fans as well as regular movie watchers.


Kick-Ass may have been probably one of my most favorite comic book adaptations. It stayed as to the book as possible with maybe 2 changes. But the changes it had, the fan could deal with and like. Can't wait for the 2nd installment and hopefully they keep it to the stroll of the book once more.


Kick-Ass

Now on to the BULLSHIT...
They saw Spider-Man 3 was sooo fuc'd up they tried to make Tobey come back in part 4 to battle against The Vulture... lol, are you serious, The Vulture??? Oh yeah, Black Cat was not going to be Black Cat, she was going to be some dumb shit called The Vulturess... Total Fail... Once Spider-Man 4 folded, they decided to start allover from scratch with a new star, a new suit and a new image, oh yeah, and WEB CARTRIDGES...


Tobey, it was not your fault, Thank you for Spider-Man 1 & 2, you did a great job. Now this new kid, Andrew Garfield. A total reboot, and from the looks of it, the story seems to be old school like the original comic was. Flash Thompson, Gwen Stacey & Curt Connors as the Lizard. Mary Jane's slutty ass wasn't first. lls.


Spiderman 

Superman Returns... Point blank, the villain was a goddamn Kryptonite meteor... Exit stage bullshit...


Wanted hurt me soooo bad.... 


WANTED (comic)



By far, Wanted was one of the best comics made since 2000. It ran from 2003-2005. When the movie was released in 2008, fans had high hopes and then they realized who was playing the roles of the characters and what characters were not included in the movie. Sadly, when the comics were written & drawn, they had certain stars in mind to play the parts in the live action movies. If you ever get the opportunity to read the graphic novel, check it out. Angelina most definately was not supposed to be in this movie... 





NOW... X-MEN: FIRST CLASS is releasing this year. This is the prequel to the X-Men series. It's set in the 1960's and it focuses on the relationship Xavier and Magneto had before they became enemies & how the School for Gifted Youngsters came about. Below I will show you the actual trailer and then the IGN review, then I will review it myself and explain why people either hate it, like it or don't understand it... 

IGN Review:

Now... To a certain degree, the movie doesn't look too bad & the IGN review makes it look a little better. It explains what I was going to say about Mystique, because ALOT of fans were trying to figure out why she would be on the film if she wasn't even thought of to be w/ Magneto yet. Azazel & Mystique are Nightcrawlers parents and this film obviously explain his origin. X3 totally destroyed any help to First Class because of all of the characters they revealed & this whole Havoc shit is really pissing me off. 1st Class should be Beast, Angel, Iceman, Cyclops & Marvel Girl. To some true fans it's somewhat of a slap in the face, BUT, FOX does that to you. They gotta make up for past fuck ups, so they are trying.


I'll go see the movie of course and hopefully it won't totally disappoint me how Wolverine fuc'd up Deadpool. Attached is a list of every X-Men character ever. Check it out & place them where the movies characters fall in.


X-Men Members

NUTHIN FOR FREE THESE DAYZ....

MORTAL KOMBAT (2011)

On March 8, 2011, Ed Boon & the creative team at NeatherRealm Studios are releasing the demo to MK 2011. PSN exclusive... That's fuc'd up. Now me, myself, I'm not an XBox 360 fan, but I don't feel like the fans of the franchise should be deprived of a game demo that they have been waiting for since, let's be  honest, MK3. Not to mention, PS3 owners, the demo is not a free download, unless of course you are a Playstation Plus member. Let me explain Playstation Plus to you all out there. Playstation Plus runs you $49.00/yr. or $17.99 for 3 months. PS Plus discounts "some" games that are available for download on PSN. I refuse to sign-up and pay for something just to get a corny ass demo w/ 4 characters. I can wait for the real thing. As I explained to you all earlier in a previous blog, I don't really expect much from MK, but I'll buy it to see where it goes.

The demo includes Scorpion:

Sub-Zero:

Johnny Cage:

& Lastly Mileena:

If you didn't know, MK will be part of the EVO 2011 roster line-up. The game is due to release in April. I'll just wait, oh yeah, sorry Xbox, Ed was just trying a way to make you pay for the demo & since he couldn't find a way yet, he didn't release it. You'll pay 1 way or another...

TOP 3 CHEAP CHARACTERS -- MVC3

CHEAP THEY ARE...

BY FAR SENTINEL, DANTE & AMATERASU ARE THE CHEAPEST CHARACTERS ON MVC3. 

By all means, do what you do, use who you use. But, people that have absolutely no skill at all can win fights with these 3 characters as a team alone. I'm still getting better at the game, so I'll never knock what another player does.

lls!!! Everyone & there mother knows hows to do Dante's combos, & Ammy, when you have combos like cr. H, H, H, H, H. I mean there ya go...

The 7 Stages of Grief (By Justin Wong)

The link above basically shows you how one of the legends of the MVC franchise feels at times while playing this game. Even though the fun factor is very high, there are alot of frustrations setting in, you just have to work around them...

Real Life Tourney Play

Weekend Community Events Feb. 18-24

The realization is that the Community is real... Tournaments are real & important to the day & age of head to head fighting games. SSF4, Tekken, MVC & BlazBlue. Every year you hear about some new goofball in the community that takes a bracket & runs with it, but then the true legends comes back and toatlly whips their ass all over again. Daigo was at one point the BEST in the world when it came to SSF4. At EVO 2004, he and Justin Wong had a match that embedded itself in history and not only made EVO even more popular today, but gave a nick name to Daigo known as the Beast... 

Every week SRK & EventHubs will post the community tourney list and unfortunately Maryland, Iowa, North Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado & Delaware are not allowed to have tournaments because by law it is illegal to participate in tournaments for money because you win by skill & not by chance. At EVO 2010 Nin & Rip had a great Tekken 6 Final match. Nin took it all & made a hefty pocket as well. What I have tried to explain to NBA 2K & Madden fans that the level of play and money exchange is nowhere near the amount of what the Community brings in.

At EVO 2010 the SSF4 Grand Finals showcased Daigo vs Ricky Ortiz. Ortiz had 2 opportunities to get back in the game, but Daigo put it away with Ryu. Right now in MD, the only thing we can do is have casuals at side clubs and pay $5 or $10 to get in. But it'll do til we travel and compete. The EVO 2011 date, location & roster is as follows:

July 29th - 31st

Rio Hotel Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Marvel vs Capcom 3, Super Street Fighter 4, Mortal Kombat 9, Tekken 6 & BlazBlue

I WILL BE AT EVO 2011... SEE YOU THERE... THE COMMUNITY IS REAL...