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I'm just gonna add a little bit of brain candy to the whole Megumi backstory thing:
GGXPlus Artwork went so far as to suggest Axl actually went back in Time to his original Timeline briefly to meet up with his former Street Buddies/Thug Rivals whom he had defeated in the past.
This in and of itself is a nod to games like Streets of Rage/Final Fight/Double Dragon/River City Ransom. In fact Axl's whole backstory is that he cleaned up the entirety of the slums of Cotswolds, London, England in his original era.
I-No makes a comment in Strive that she originally didn't get along with her "boyfriend" and only fell in love with him after the fact... this might be a nod to "Poison" or other female enemy characters that appeared in these various beat-em-up games.
So when Axl starts punching enemies, he starts crying while he fights in the streets and says the catchphrase "I can't get nothin' out but tears!"... which is what I-No remembers of her missing boyfriend Will (William Bruce "Axel" Rose Jr.).
Meanwhile, on Axl's side of the Paradox, Axl remembers that his girlfriend was really gentle and kind and wore long hair just how he liked her to wear it.
If Megumi Saito was related to a Japanese Martial Arts master who taught Axl Low how to fight... it might in fact be a nod to the plotline of Art of Fighting (one of SNK's founding arcade action fighting games which later fed in to games like Fatal Fury and King of Fighters).
Speaking of which, a certain Kasumi Todoh IS IN FACT the daughter of a Japanese Martial Arts Master, and she is almost always looking for her long lost father in her storylines.
So in fact, Megumi Saitou (I-No's counterpart) might very well be a reference to Kasumi Todoh from Art of Fighting 3.
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Best review for anything ever. But especially Zelda.
I’m going to have that ZELDA song stuck in my head.
There’s 2 specific pieces of art/entertainment that I have adored throughout practically my whole life.
Xena and Zelda.
And the main reason - THE MAIN REASON - why…
Is that they both just let me figure out shit for myself.
Xena allows me to interpret from episode 1 to episode 134 what the bloody hell it is all about that to be honest, I’m probably the only person in the world that watches it THAT way. Unless you’ve read my thesis…
But Zelda…
And especially with ‘BOTW’ and ‘TOTK’
I can do the most insane, absurd, bizarre thing possible… And it will fucking work. It will say “Yes” to my wacky convoluted ways of thinking all the time.
And that’s why I have loved, still love and will always love it no matter how many times they reinvent it. Because there’s one thing they don’t change that makes me say “Fine”. And that’s letting me work it out and then telling and rewarding me for working it out.
I mean I could be wrong but I’m fairly sure there’s no “wrong” way to play either ‘BOTW’ or ‘TOTK’.
This review is 100% spot on and damn entertaining to boot. If you haven’t seen it,… go watch it. Right now.
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HAH! Streets buzzin', glass crashin'
Crew in the game, for their dismay
Crew in the game, for their dismay
Alex, Ryan, no time to lay
Misako, Kyoko, charm the fray
Ride out, legends unite,
Crew's cast, ready to fight.
Fists fast, legends' might,
Last blast, foes take flight.
Ride strong, mock the foe,
Crew's song, watch 'em blow.
Fists fly, they're just show,
Last cry, they're too slow.
Haggar smashin', Gilius slashin',
Blaze, Adam, they ain't just flashin'.
X-folks roll up, powers clashin',
Hey! It's the Lee brothers, and they look bothered
Huh?
What?
Is that Cody?
Is that Cody?!
Oh damn, it's so their final fight!
Crew's all here, tearin' the scene,
Through the ruckus, we're the machine.
Foes hit the floor, lookin' lean,
We show them the screams
Big boss frontin', thinks he's wide,
He got no soul, but we got stride.
Arcade legends, we don't hide,
We lay 'em out, ain't no place for trash.
Dust settles, they took the ride,
But in this game, we got the pride.
Side by side, we're the guide,
In the beat 'em up streets, we're the high tide.
Alex
Ryan
Gilius
Haggar
Billy
Bimmy
Bimmy...?
Bimmy?!?!
Oh CRAP it's Jimmy!
Misako
Kyoko
Cody
Ride out, legends unite,
Crew's cast, ready to fight.
Fists fast, legends' might,
Last blast, foes take flight.
Ride strong, mock the foe,
Crew's song, watch 'em blow.
Fists fly, they're just show,
Last cry, they're too slow
Ride strong, mock the foe,
Crew's song, watch 'em blow.
Fists fly, they're just show,
Last cry, they're too slow
Ride out, legends unite,
Crew's cast, ready to fight.
Fists fast, legends' might,
Last blast, foes take flight.
Ride strong, mock the foe,
Crew's song, watch 'em blow.
Fists fly, they're just show,
Last cry, they're too slow.
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