Psycho666Soldier

Damn, outright cancelled? No postponement or anything? The anniversary show is one thing, but having a year without the New Japan Cup just doesn't feel right.

That's awesome. It's too bad this wasn't a thing when Air Boom was around. That was actually a solid tag team that really started finding its stride right as Evan Bourne got suspended. I went from thinking it was a lazy tag combination to being pissed that their reign ended so abruptly.

Part of me wonders if WWE has chilled on people smoking weed recently with the rise of legalization. They've been making plenty of jokes about Matt Riddle, and Dawkins has made a very blatant joke on TV before. Maybe they're just capitalizing on previous personalities, or perhaps the talent just knows how to avoid getting caught on tests. But really, I feel like if they're not baked while they wrestle, what's the problem?

Edited mine to change my tag title winners

1??. Cole 2. Ripley 3. Gargano 4. ?Broserweights 5. Nox 6. Lee ? B1. Yes B2. Chair B3. ?Dunne B4. ?No B5. Over

I'm catching up on the last episode of NXT, then I'll be posting my picks.

Not sure how I feel about him being Batman particularly, but having seen him in High Life, I think he gets a bad rap based on being typecast through Twilight. The dude can act when he's not forced to be a goth teen heartthrob.

Well, fucking hell. I think my top matches go Hiromu/Lee, then Moxley/Suzuki, followed by Naito/KENTA. The first half had some good bouts that didn't stand out, but these last three were gold. Hell of a tour in general, really. Maybe the first time I've been hyped for all of the big New Beginning shows.

Mox/Suzuki is one of those matches that I could pick out imperfections, but it added to the vibe of the match. Really unique feeling, and a wonderful clash of personalities I didn't know I wanted so bad, yet felt so right. One of my favorite matches of the year so far. Watching Naito/KENTA now

Hiromu and Ryu Lee had another terrifying classic. In other news, water is wet.

Hell of an arc. I'm a bit bummed, though, about:

Happy Birthday, you slick fox, you!

I liked both of those matches more than most of Wrestle Kingdom. I actually have those two and the New Year Dash matches right next to each other under Okada/Naito, Ospreay/Hiromu and Okada/Ibushi.

From what I understand, it's only Netflix Japan right now, with an American release to follow later this year.

Where are you guys watching Dorohedoro? I had assumed it was on Crunchyroll, and then when I tried to search for it, I can only find it on places like KissAnime. I'll watch it that way if I have to, but I was curious what you were both doing.

I was anime-only until a couple months ago. I read from the beginning just to refresh myself on the plot and ended up blazing all the way to the current manga. The shit that's gone down is so insane, it's almost like a completely different series.

This for sure. I think it beats everything else we've had so far. Though, I did really like the first Rollins match other than the finish.

I ended up getting a subscription to digital Shonen Jump after the scans of MHA I was reading turned into scanlations. The verbiage and terminology was so skewed from what I was used to that I paid just to get the official translations. I do keep up with AOT and Dr. Stone through scanlations, which I get through Manga Rock, but that's because I downloaded the app before they had the big change over. Pretty sure it's a pay service if you download it now. As for where the translations came from? It seems like the recent stuff is all over the place. I used to use the site Manganelo.com, but it's been so long that I don't know if they're still getting proper new scanlations of noteworthy series.

I thought it was a really well-booked match with well-timed drama, good spots, and being able to tell a story and give a compelling match without relying on high spots. But different strokes, I guess.

Best ever? I'm not sure about that. But I definitely didn't think it was a snoozefest.

Worlds Collide 1???. Undisputed 2. Rhea 3. Finn 4. Garza 5. Moustache Mountain 6. ?KLR B1. No B2. Gargano B3. ?Barthel B4. Devlin B5. Over Royal Rumble 1.? ?Roman 2. Charlotte 3. ?Wyatt 4. Becky 5. Reigns 6. Bayley 7. Andrade B1. Kendo Stick B2. Over B3. Yes B4. Roman, Drew, Corbin, Rollins B5. ?Charlotte, Carmella, Sasha, Natalya B6. Yes B7.? B8. I just realized World's Collide has probably already started. If you have to discount the guesses, I understand

Oh, thank god. I hope this is true, because the other person, looking back, didn't even give a source.

Apparently the second show is going to be something in addition to Dark. Bad idea, if you ask me.

1.) :snes: Super Mario? World 2.) Hollow Knight (99%)? 3.) Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (100%) 4.) Castlevania: Symphony of the Night? (200.6?%) 5.) Shenmue 6.) Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope 7.) Shenmue II One of the gifts I got for Christmas(given the weekend before the holiday) was Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove. Comes with all the DLC. I've been wanting to play this for quite some time, but never pulled the trigger on actually spending money on it. Man, was I missing out. It's one of the most original nostalgia pieces I've ever played. It's like someone took Mega Man, Ducktales, and Adventures of Link and mashed them into one game. The level designs are clever and tricky, the gameplay is addicting, and the music is phenomenal. I only beat the main campaign and have only started up as Plague Knight(one of the DLC characters), but since that's how the game originally came out, I feel like that counts enough as a completed game. I still have feats to accomplish that involve playing through a second time, but otherwise I 100%'ed the playthrough. I'll do another completed game update when I finish all of the DLC. SHENMUE II. Holy shit, what a fun game. Improves on a lot of complaints I had with the first one. Surprisingly, the acting is better just enough to make most of the dialogue feel alive, which I think is also due to a big improvement in the dialogue itself. The cast of characters is more colorful, and the general vibe of the plot just feels more fun and engaging than the original. Hong Kong feels huge, and there is plenty more to do to pass the time in the game. Having time skips was a brilliant move, and I like that you can actually earn money from the capsule toys. I felt there were a lot more QTE's and little mini-games throughout. While the ending was yet another cliff-hanger, it felt more bombastic and satisfying than the first one. Even after the third time playing it, after all these years, I still find myself ending Shenmue I with a thought of, "That's it?!" The sequel didn't leave me feeling like that, and in fact, I'd argue it was almost too long of an ending: Minor spoilers I did feel like there were not enough part-time job options(the lucky hit job bloooooows), and the gambling felt almost impossible to credibly make money without resorting to saving and resetting when you lose. I think the increased amount of QTE's made a few of them very plain and suffering from repetitiveness compared to the supreme originality of each one in the first. Also, while mastering moves technically became quicker and easier, removing the option to train freely without gaming the system was a mistake. Other than these complaints, I had a blast with a game, and mostly feel it as an improvement on the first one, especially from a plot-perspective. I got all the trophies but three. One I can get just by playing the beginning again, and one I should be able to do within an hour of loading up a specific save file. But one of them will require pretty much playing the whole game again, and I'm not quite ready for that. Shenmue III was on the docket to be played next, buuuuut I ended up getting Death Stranding as a post-Christmas gift, so that might have to wait.