So I've been trying to work with Twitch but a number of problems came up, mostly time restraints and the biggest of all was Toonami starting at 9, which I loved, but it also meant I had no time to play before Toonami. Well, things have changed, Dragon Ball gets an hour at 8PM EST then there's two hours before Toonami, which means now I have a window to work with where I will be filling up that time with my games on Twitch. Starting this week, I will live tweet with the DragonBall hour and let everyone know what I'm up to, and then from 9-11 Dragon Quest Builders with my narration and commentary.
The plan is to play this game until I finish the story mode during this specific window with an hour at 4PM EST every other day of the week dedicated to Dissidia Final Fantasy NT as I chase the Dancing Mad title, meaning I will play Kefka in offline battles until he reaches top rank, after that, I will tackle the story mode or online matches, depending on what the online community is like at that point, but if the ESL tournament comes back for another season, definitely online. I will try to stick with this model on weekends with Dissida possibly being an hour or two earlier, although the weekdays may go to Final Fantasy XV either Comrades or sidequests in the main game depending on my mood. Weekends will definitely stick to Dissidia and Dragon Quest Builders, at least until Dragon Quest Builders is done. At some point I will either switch to Uncharted 4 or more Final Fantasy. Oh, and before I forget, next week Super Bowl Sunday, I intend to do a pregame show with Dissidia for an hour or two up until kickoff.
Saturday 9-11 PM EST - Dragon Quest Builders
Sunday 3-5 PM EST - Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (Quest for Dancing Madman Title)
Monday - Friday 4-5 Dissidia or FFXV
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Saturday, January 26, 2019
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Dragon Ball Super Broly, Megalobox, Mob Psycho 100 and Mobius Final Fantasy VII Remake
For those who wonder where I've been fr over a month, I wish I could say I had something good, but mostly it was Mobius Final Fantasy event Final Fantasy VII Remake Fatal Calling. I am playing it because it is apparently the closest thing I will be getting to playing the actual Final Fantasy VII remake which seems to be about as likely to happen as me dating Britney Spears. It became a high priority for me because I didn't finish the last time it was active and it actually makes you start events over instead of saving progress even though they literally changed nothing. I'm not quite done yet, but I'm close enough I have some time to blog again and it was really important to cover Broly.
The main event here is Dragon Ball Super Broly. Not only is there a new Dragon Ball movie with Broly, but it also makes him canon. The movies that were released before took place outside the canon timeline, and it doesn't take a lot to notice that none of them can possibly fit with the main story, Toei Animation just made the movies to make money with no regard to story integrity which is fairly common in Japan. However, Broly was very popular and it was one of the franchise's biggest controversies, possibly the very biggest of all, that he was popular despite not being a true Dragon Ball character. Akira Toriyama finally gave in and put Broly in the story after the universe survival tournament arc. This time around, Broly lived his entire life stranded on a remote planet where he developed his fighting skills under his father Paragus who, as an old school Saiyan, believes Broly's entire worth is based on his fighting ability which seems to be potentially greater than Vegeta. After Frieza came back for the tournament he tries to rebuild his empire and sends out scouts to find anyone he can to fight for him and two scouts sumble upon Broly and Paragus and bring them home to Frieza. At this point, Frieza has a very different perspective on Saiyans, since the last two survivors have surpassed him he wants one on his side to bring Goku and Vegeta down. All of this happens while he is trying to gather Earth's Dragon Balls to wish himself taller bringing him in conflict with Bulma who wants the Dragon Balls to wish herself younger, and thus their competition of vanity brings the saiyans all together in one place and Frieza sadistically amuses himself by sending Broly to fight Vegeta tellign Paragus that he's allowing them to have revenge for their exile. Of course, Broly is psychotic and it becomes a free for all battle royale that is just everything any Dragon Ball fan would want. First round, Vegeta goes Super Saiyan God because somehow they figure out how to do that without five support Saiyans, and Broly holds his own with a new form that allows him to use the power of Great Ape without actually transforming into a Great Ape. Round two Goku steps in and uses every trick he's got. Round three, Goku and Vegeta both go Super Saiyan Blue and double team Broly who's still not wearing down and Frieza kills Paragus to set off Broly to go Super Saiyan. Round four, Goku lures Broly into a fight with Frieza before teleporting to Piccolo so they can practice Fusion. Yes that's right, Gogeta has become canon, which finally explains why Fusion Reborn was one of the movies released last fall with Broly and Bardock, this movie actually takes all three non-canon character plots and makes them canon. I won't give away he ending, but what I've described so far is something that just has to be seen, even if you know it, even if you've seen it, you have to see it again. I will say Broly did not die, so it was left open for a sequel or even possibly another season.
I have to say something about about Megalobox because last time I said I would and then I didn't. It's a pretty good story that is arguably sci-fi, but I actually have seen that the technology sort of exists for different purposes, so it's only a matter of time before somebody makes this real. In case you haven't seen the show and don't know what I'm talking about, it's boxing but with mechanical frames on the arms that add some extra punch to the punches. This makes the sport more dangerous, but boxers still want to box and spectators still watch so the show goes on. In this world there is one unfortunate nameless wannabe who has been fighting in underground matches but wants more, he wants to get into an official tournament open to anyone. A chance meeting with the reigning champ makes this a possibility, but it will be a long road for this underdog. Basially it's Rocky meets Real Steel, and it's got all the old school heart with all of the new school flash.
Mob Psycho 100 is another newbie on Toonami, the first Crunchyroll collaboration. Mob is an esper, possibly the most powerful psychic medium there is, but he is quite unaware and unimpressed with it. He is an ordinary school boy who wouldn't be worth noticing if it weren't for his powers. His story starts working for phony who needs him for back up when he encounters spirits that he does not have the power to fight himself. For him, life is normal, just including the ability to bend spoons and spirits like Dimples who wants to become god but a surprise exorcism has reduced him to little more than comic relief. For all of the extraordinary thigns that happen, Mob is unfazed, but he is actually trying to restrict his own power until one emotion reaches 100% and breaks through and overwhelms him until his power comes out and he goes psycho. It's really Mob's stark naivete that sells this seies, because otherwise it's the same as everything else out there, but never have I seen a hero who is so unenthusiastic.
So I have to get back to Mobius, but I promise as soon as I have finished Fatal Calling, I will be getting back to Twitch for Dissidia on Sunday to chase the Dancing Madman title, and saturday nights I plan to show something for Toonami Faithful between the Dragon Ball block at 8 PM EST and the proper Toonami block at 11 PM EST. I also need to find time to edit Supers so life is pretty busy. See y'all next time and stay gold!
The main event here is Dragon Ball Super Broly. Not only is there a new Dragon Ball movie with Broly, but it also makes him canon. The movies that were released before took place outside the canon timeline, and it doesn't take a lot to notice that none of them can possibly fit with the main story, Toei Animation just made the movies to make money with no regard to story integrity which is fairly common in Japan. However, Broly was very popular and it was one of the franchise's biggest controversies, possibly the very biggest of all, that he was popular despite not being a true Dragon Ball character. Akira Toriyama finally gave in and put Broly in the story after the universe survival tournament arc. This time around, Broly lived his entire life stranded on a remote planet where he developed his fighting skills under his father Paragus who, as an old school Saiyan, believes Broly's entire worth is based on his fighting ability which seems to be potentially greater than Vegeta. After Frieza came back for the tournament he tries to rebuild his empire and sends out scouts to find anyone he can to fight for him and two scouts sumble upon Broly and Paragus and bring them home to Frieza. At this point, Frieza has a very different perspective on Saiyans, since the last two survivors have surpassed him he wants one on his side to bring Goku and Vegeta down. All of this happens while he is trying to gather Earth's Dragon Balls to wish himself taller bringing him in conflict with Bulma who wants the Dragon Balls to wish herself younger, and thus their competition of vanity brings the saiyans all together in one place and Frieza sadistically amuses himself by sending Broly to fight Vegeta tellign Paragus that he's allowing them to have revenge for their exile. Of course, Broly is psychotic and it becomes a free for all battle royale that is just everything any Dragon Ball fan would want. First round, Vegeta goes Super Saiyan God because somehow they figure out how to do that without five support Saiyans, and Broly holds his own with a new form that allows him to use the power of Great Ape without actually transforming into a Great Ape. Round two Goku steps in and uses every trick he's got. Round three, Goku and Vegeta both go Super Saiyan Blue and double team Broly who's still not wearing down and Frieza kills Paragus to set off Broly to go Super Saiyan. Round four, Goku lures Broly into a fight with Frieza before teleporting to Piccolo so they can practice Fusion. Yes that's right, Gogeta has become canon, which finally explains why Fusion Reborn was one of the movies released last fall with Broly and Bardock, this movie actually takes all three non-canon character plots and makes them canon. I won't give away he ending, but what I've described so far is something that just has to be seen, even if you know it, even if you've seen it, you have to see it again. I will say Broly did not die, so it was left open for a sequel or even possibly another season.
I have to say something about about Megalobox because last time I said I would and then I didn't. It's a pretty good story that is arguably sci-fi, but I actually have seen that the technology sort of exists for different purposes, so it's only a matter of time before somebody makes this real. In case you haven't seen the show and don't know what I'm talking about, it's boxing but with mechanical frames on the arms that add some extra punch to the punches. This makes the sport more dangerous, but boxers still want to box and spectators still watch so the show goes on. In this world there is one unfortunate nameless wannabe who has been fighting in underground matches but wants more, he wants to get into an official tournament open to anyone. A chance meeting with the reigning champ makes this a possibility, but it will be a long road for this underdog. Basially it's Rocky meets Real Steel, and it's got all the old school heart with all of the new school flash.
Mob Psycho 100 is another newbie on Toonami, the first Crunchyroll collaboration. Mob is an esper, possibly the most powerful psychic medium there is, but he is quite unaware and unimpressed with it. He is an ordinary school boy who wouldn't be worth noticing if it weren't for his powers. His story starts working for phony who needs him for back up when he encounters spirits that he does not have the power to fight himself. For him, life is normal, just including the ability to bend spoons and spirits like Dimples who wants to become god but a surprise exorcism has reduced him to little more than comic relief. For all of the extraordinary thigns that happen, Mob is unfazed, but he is actually trying to restrict his own power until one emotion reaches 100% and breaks through and overwhelms him until his power comes out and he goes psycho. It's really Mob's stark naivete that sells this seies, because otherwise it's the same as everything else out there, but never have I seen a hero who is so unenthusiastic.
So I have to get back to Mobius, but I promise as soon as I have finished Fatal Calling, I will be getting back to Twitch for Dissidia on Sunday to chase the Dancing Madman title, and saturday nights I plan to show something for Toonami Faithful between the Dragon Ball block at 8 PM EST and the proper Toonami block at 11 PM EST. I also need to find time to edit Supers so life is pretty busy. See y'all next time and stay gold!
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