Hey, I know it's a little early to be saying "Happy Halloween!" But I'm not sure I'm going to have enough free time to say it on time.. so here it is!
DARKSTALKERS Is an awesome franchise. I miss it dearly. I wish Capcom would make a Darkstalkers 4 already. It can even be 3d on a 2d plane.. although I'd prefer high res sprites myself.. Anyway, back to Darkstalkers, and some history thereof.
The first in the series, fully titled Darkstalkers - The Night Warriors was released on US playstations in 1996. I played it a little bit. Capcom basically built off of the Street Fighter II engine. It added a few very innovative things to capcom's 2D fighters. Air block, chain Combos and crouch walking were welcome additions indeed.
It wasn't untill 1996's Night Warriors-Darkstalker's Revenge that I REALLY got into it. I still play it once and a while on my Sega Saturn. I didn't have a Saturn back then, because they were uber costly. But back in 1999 i got one realitivly cheap.
I completley missed out on DarkStalkers 3. It (well the best version of it) was released on the Playstation in 1998. But I did pick up Darkstalkers Chronical: The Chaos Tower for PSP, when I had one. It was pretty darn fun, And I learned that it was originally going to be for the Sega Dreamcast... Go figure. It had every single Darkstalkers character as a playable.
Since then A lot of the Darkstalkers characters have made Cameos in various mash up games. Marvel vs. Capcom, Capcom vs. SNK, NamcoXCapcom, Gem Fighter, Puzzle Fighter, Cross Edge, and a few others.
There was also a horrible HORRIBLE Cartoon made for the US. It only ran for 13 episodes but I'm glad it got cancelled.. I'm not even going to post a link on here.. it's that bad.
But On the other hand there was a pretty cool OAV made for it. Here's a music video made from some clips.
Udon Entertainment even put out some comics based around the Darkstalkers Universe. The series is to continue soon, with the next installment set for an early 2010 release.
Well that's about all I gotta say about it. so unitll next time.. here's a kitty.
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Supernatural is a drama/horror television series starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester.
They're brothers who hunt down demons, ghosts, and other negative paranormal phenomena. The series debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB. I've been a fan ever since. I had been itching for something like X-files since it had been missing and this one scratched the itch. It's a roadtrip kind of show. changing locations often.
The show first started off as a "Freak of the week" affair, however it also had a underlying Main story that tied the season together. The first episode starts off in the Winchester home with Kid Dean, Baby Sam, along with their Dad, John (Jeffery Dean Morgan), and their Mom. It's near Bedtime. It turns for the worst really quick. Without spoiling it the Mom dies. John starts training them to be hunters.. Fast forward to present Day and we see Sam with his Girlfriend Jessica who winds up dying the same way. Dean picks him up and says that Dad is missing. Sam wants revenge on whatever killed his girl, And that's how the Adventure starts. Also a Yellow Eyed Demon wishes for Sam to become his successor.
There was also two miniseries put out by Wildstorm/DC. This one Followed the Origins of John Winchester, Sam& Deans Dad, After the events of the first episode's opening.
in this one, John is out trying to find a better place for his boys Dean and Sam while being hunted by other hunters and even demons coming for one major thing, Sam's death. At this point We know that Sam has been chosen.
There's a pretty crazy mythology in this show. We soon learn that ghosts are afraid of Iron. Demons can be caught in certain symbolic circles, and Salt circles Are very protective. Loading up a shotgun with rock salt is a good idea.We also learn that there's an underground group of people, Known as Hunters. They are usually the ones who save people from all kinds of monsters.
There's also mythical Items like "the Colt" and "the Knife" both of which have the distinct property of being able to kill Demons on contact. There's all kinds of monters on this show. In the first couple of Seasons they refer to "Dad's Journal" and kind of wing it. From Vampires to Zombies, to Windego to Sirens they'll be hunted, and human lives will be saved.
Today's the 10th anniversary of the ol' Sega Dreamcast, and as such I thought it'd be appropriate to make a blog post based around Sonic The Hedgehog.
Now Sonic started out in 1991. Artist Naoto Ōshima, designer Hirokazu Yasuhara and programmer Yuji Naka are generally credited with the creation of the character. I remember going to a friend's house shortly after playing the heck out of Super Mario Bros. 3 to check out his Sega Genesis. I was blown away! Blast processing indeed! Sonic was immediately deemed cooler than Mario just due to the speed and attitude. I still Liked Mario, but Sonic was the bomb.
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 came to American shores in November 1992. By this time I already had a Genesis.Sonic 2 was the first appearance of Super Sonic. Now, The Chaos Emeralds were important in the first game but they did nothing other than let you see the real ending of the game. However, in Sonic 2 once you had the Chaos Emeralds and 50 of those ever so collectible rings You went SUPER. The transformation sequence and look was an homage to DragonballZ.
This was also when I met up with my Brother in law and we made lots of comics based around an idea of Sonic the Movie... looking back, it's pretty ridiculous but then, so are we, so whatever. A strong Bond was made over those days drawing comics however.
The Obsession Grew once they began airing, not one, But two Sonic the hedgehog Cartoons in 1993. First you had "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog" This cartoon was full of puns and was a poor attempt at being a funny show. It just starred Sonic and Tails. The show wasn't really that great. You had annoying robots Scratch (A robot chicken) and Grounder (some kinda tank with drill arms) as well as Coconuts (the robot Monkey) trying to get Sonic for Dr.Robotnik.
Oh geeze did that show suck.
Then Suddenly Out of Nowhere Sonic's Saturday Morning Cartoon came out.
Known simply as "Sonic The Hedgehog" (SatAM) to the fans), it brought a much more serious tone and Darker environment with it. I was introduced to many New Characters such as Princess Sally, Bunny Rabbot, Antoine, Rotor..and so on.
Then back in 1993, in school, someone left a copy of Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog issue #4 on my desk. No one claimed it so I took it. And thus my Comic collection began. I still get Sonic comics...They're on issue #203 so far. The comic in of itself is pretty much a continuation of SatAM.
in this pic clockwise: Princess Sally, Bunnie Rotor, Sonic, Tails, and Antoine
So in 1999 They decided to redesign Sonic. From To coincide with the launch of the Dreamcast. Sonic Adventure was a hit!! And that's pretty much how we got the Sonic of Today. Even with it's wierd Music which you can find here --> www.sonicstyle.org/music/albums.php
An anime called "Sonic X" was produced. It was voiced by 4Kids. The anime in itself wasn't THAT great. But they did adapt the Sonic Adventure Story. Another anime came out in 1999 (US) called Sonic: The Movie..but it was based on Sonic CD.
IN my opinion though Archie's Sonic comic is the best representation of the character. Oh but wait what's this??? Sega's making an old school sonic game again?
But don't get your hopes up folks... they said the same for Sonic Unleashed...
I've been watching Batman Cartoons most of the day today.
I have always been a fan of Harley Quinn. I bought the Graphic novel Preludes and Knock Knock Jokes. I have yet to Read it cuz Jason has it... but anyway...
Harley Started out in Batman The Animated Series back in Episode #22. "Joker's Favor" back in September 1992. She was voiced by Arleen Sorkin. In 1994 an origin tale was created for Dr. Harleen Quinzel named "Mad Love". In 1999 The Story made it into the animated series. Here's the show in parts.
Harley had became a legitimate threat.
It didn't take long for Harley to become her own character, and a fan favorite. She even teamed up with poison Ivy quite a few times.
Harley even showed up in an episode of the now canceled "The Batman" cartoon on the WB. The episode's title was "Two of a Kind". It was the only one that I remember where she had a speaking part. She looked like this in that show.
Harley Quinn has appeared in other media in the form of Batman video games.Most of these games are nothing spectacular. However Batman: Arkham Asylum is Quite a fun game. Here is Harley's trailer for said game: I don't particularly like her new Uniform..She looks like a battle Nurse or something.. but the game is good.
Currently, Harley Quinn is in an on going series called "Gotham City Sirens" with Poison Ivy, and Catwoman. It's written by Paul Dini of Batman:TAS fame.
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