DBZ Raging Blast!!!

Well since I had Wednesday off I spent most of the day playing DBZ Raging Blast, the best game to come out on the date of November 10th... just kidding Modern Warfare fans I'm just not much of an FPS gamer. Anyway I quickly got used to the controls but I just wish that you didn't activate the specials with the right analog stick since it seems that I have to flick it twice or sometimes 5 times to just use a special and you have no idea how many times I used Kaioken instead of Kamehameha and that made me lose so many times. But besides that the graphics look just like the anime, infact they look so much like the anime it confuses me why Namco Bandai, the same company that made Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm couldn't make Storm look like Raging Blast... Also the inclusion of SSJ3 Broly and SSJ3 Vegita is pretty cool even though I haven't played as them yet. Instead of Tenkaichi 3's story mode where there is like 3 or 4 missions per saga but there are like several battles built into each of them there is one mission per battle in each saga but I take that as a good thing because it means more fun loading screens. Oh and the loading screen is brilliant, you collect little capsules and you eventually use them for something, I think to buy custimization stuff, but I'm not sure, and since you are collecting stuff you are completely focused on getting more capsules and so you sort of want the loading screen to be longer, it does a great job of keeping you intertained while it loads. Hmmm... what else is there to talk about... Oh, the stages look awesome and the fighting is nice and fast like any other good DBZ game... and uhh... I guess that's it...

Well remember I post every other day, oh and DBZ fans I highly recomend this game, it may not have the roster of Tenkaichi 3 but it is still awesome.

Manga Vs Anime: Rosario + Vampire

Wow, all of my recent posts besides my Weekly Jump summaries have been about video games, I need to start doing more stuff about Anime, and that starts now with a type of post I haven't done yet, Manga Vs Anime, and of course Rosario Vampire (AKA Rosario + Vampire) is the perfect example for this topic. Oh and yes if you are familiar with Rosario Vampire then you know it's not exactly for little kids but it's not like it's as adult as Gantz, of course it still is for 16+ (I would say 15+ but the manga rating does say 16+ so whatever) so it's only right that I give you warning. Oh and this probably contains spoilers about the series too... Oh and it probably won't make too much sense unless you've seen the series or know the basics about it... but I've bored you enough with warnings let's just get the actual post...

Ok so to start off this topic let's begin with the story and whatnot shall we? Well, Rosario Vampire is an action series with some ecchi (adult) elements and humor, and the anime is an ecchi series with some action elements... but I'll get to that later, for now let's talk about the story. Ok so the story revolves around Tsukune Aono, a highschooler that doesn't want to be accepted by any high school until his parents find out about a school called Yokai Academy, and if you know what the word Yokai means then you should know exactly where this goes. Tsukune enrolls in the school only to find out that it is a school for monsters and if they find out he is a human he will most likely be killed for discovering it... He then befriends all of the female main characters, Moka Akashiya a vampire, Kurumu Kurono a succubus, Yukari Sendo a witch, and Mizore Shirayuki a yuki onna (if you don't know what that is then visit the wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki_onna). Seems like your regular ecchi adult series right? Well actually the manga is more action oriented and the ecchi aspects only pop up around the begining of each arc but of course you can call me whatever you want for reading it but honastely I only read it for the comedy that comes from the ecchi and the awesomely epic fights. Quite frankly sometimes the story seems like a school lovey dovey drama anime... like School Days... which just make me wanna take a nap. However the fighting scenes are awesome and in the manga the main character fights more than twice and the battles last longer than 5 seconds.

Ok so you heard me praise the manga so much that you probably want to hear about the anime, now before I totally bash on the anime I want to make one thing clear, season 1 wasn't THAT bad and it was actually pretty watchable... but season 2... well you'll see. Ok so, let's talk about the anime, well in the anime alot was cut out including alot of major villains, the season finale was a BIT too over the top, especially the public execution thing and the crucifiction thing... and there is plenty of continuity, like how they publicly told the whole school that Tsukune was human and just because he was at the place that they defeated the guy who revealed him as a human everyone instantly beleived he was a monster like them even though it was PROVEN. And how Moka is able to give others Vampire powers by transfering her blood into other people, she did that once and in the manga it was explained that once he used the powers once Moka had to give him more blood to activate it again, unless she gives him too much blood and he is given the power to control it he can not use it at will, and yet somehow he does in season 2 of the anime even though she only gave him blood once, wow that was difficult to explain. Also in the anime each fight lasts about 10 seconds and the narrator even says how long the fights last so it's like their rubbing their laziness in our faces. Oh and Tsukune only fights twice in the whole anime, once for each season finale, the rest of the time he just relies on his friends and there is even several episodes that he mopes around about not being able to protect himself. I could go on and on about the flaws of this series but I'm sure to the one or two people who read my blog I have already bored you to death with all of this.

Top 5 Launch Titles

Well this is going to be a top 5 list of games released on the same day of the console it's on.

5. Redsteel - Nintendo Wii
I know, I know, alot of you like to complain on how much you hate Redsteel, but you know what I liked it, the multiplayer is fun, the story mode is awesome (except for the sudden difficulty curve in like either the middle or near the end of the game), and the Wiimote isn't as inacurate as people think. I am not really that hyped up for Redsteel 2 since it takes a huge curve away from what Redsteel was, because the original Redsteel was like Yakuza and seriousness with samurai swords and it was sort of dark in a way, but Redsteel 2 is just Samurai Cowboys and quite frankly I'm not sure if that will work, of course the gameplay does look entertaining and so I might pick it up sometime after the release when the price has gone down.

4. Elebits - Nintendo Wii
Ok don't get me wrong just because it's number 4 on the list doesn't mean it's bad, in fact Elebits was quite good... I think, well I only rented it so it's been a while but I do remember having a blast with it and regretting that I rented it because I defiantly should have bought it. If you never played the game basically you go around flipping things over, or opening things, to look for and capture these little creatures known as Elebits, you needed a certain amount of Elebits to access certain areas or lift certain objects... I think or some sort of limitation like that, and it sort of reminds me of Katamari... well anyway from what I remember this game was great and defiantly utilized the Wiimote very well for a launch title game.

3. Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower - PSP
Ok, this game came in close second but when you see what number 2 is you will know why this is 3rd. Well first of all this suffered from the dreaded loading time almost all early psp games had, and this game REALLY shows it. But if you overlook that, it's basically a lowered down version of the Darkstalkers Collection (a game only released in Japan) but on the psp. If you are as much of a Darkstalkers fan as I am you should own this game, I mean I used to rent it, then I just bought it, then I lost it, and then I re-bought it, yeah it was totally worth it too. It even has the endings for each character from all of the games, but sadly no Dee =(, oh well he was just a clone of Demitri with Donovan's sword anyway...

2. Ape Escape: On the Loose - PSP
This one is a remake of the original Ape Escape game, and Ape Escape has got to be the main thing that defines my childhood so this game just has to be this high on the list. Even though when I feel nostalgic enough to replay every Ape Escape game I own (and yes I do that alot with series like Ape Escape and Klonoa) I would always play the original PS1 version over the remake just for that old PS1 feel, but that's not to say this is a bad remake oh no, no, no, I would never say that, in fact for the people who don't want to hunt for the original or if they just want to take Ape Escape on the go, then this game is defiantly for you. I don't know what it offers new to the table in terms of content but the graphics sure are an improvement from the original.

1. Jak & Daxter - PS2
Ok, so this wasn't a launch title, but it was the first PS2 game I ever played, it's one of my favorite games of all time, and it was released around the beginning of the system's lifespan. I always have nothing to say about #1 on my lists because I have too much to say... wait... that didn't make sense... Oh well, anyway this game has got to be platforming on ANY SONY console at it's best, at least in my opinion, I forgot how awesome this game was until I played the recently released Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier (which is awesome) and suddenly had the urge to play the original again, the way the series evolved was something I was never really to happy about, adding things like guns, bad words, and taking Daxter's name out of the title were a bit strange to me so the original is still my favorate, it's also the only Jak and Daxter game I actually beat, and yes I beat it 100%, so those of you thinking I am "a newb for not beating jak 2 or jak 3" I beat the original COMPLETELY! Yes that means EVERY SINGLE POWER CELL! so yeah... Anyway back on topic this game is great and if you haven't played this game there must be something wrong with you because it's a must have game for the ps2 right next to Kingdom Hearts or Budokai 3.

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This Week in Weekly Jump

Ok you know the drill, I summarize this week's Naruto and Bleach chapters so let's get to it!

Naruto Chapter 470

Current Battle: Kirabi VS Kisame

- Ok more stuff about what Sakura was saying to Naruto, he thinks it was stupid for her to travel so far just to tell him that she loves him and is over Sasuke and blah, blah, blah... so boring...

- Sakura wasn't really over Sasuke so she was lieing like Naruto said... wow I really want some sort of conflict or something now... It's not as boring as I am making it out to be but explaining it makes me feel like I am explaining an episode of some drama series...

- The Kages decide to go with an approach of stopping Madara without killing the two remaining tailed beasts, which is awesome if Kisame doesn't kill Kirabi.

- Kirabi was able to use some technique to make a pencil go through a freakin tree, now that's resourseful.

- Kirabi uses the power of his Biju to headbutt Kisame but his sword absorbs his chakra making it not do that much damage.

- The chapter ends as we finally see what Samehada (Kisame's sword) looks like fully.

Bleach Chapter 381

Current Battle:

- Ichigo enters the Gargunta Mayuri made but not before saying something that you don't want to say to a person who holds your life in their hands.

- Unohana tells Ichigo that because of Aizen's zanpakutou he is the only one who can actually face Aizen.

- And of course before we hear what Aizen's zanpakutou does we cut to Yammy getting his @$$ kicked.

- Mayuri and Byakuya have a little chat... something about corpses... yeah... you don't wanna know.

- Apparently everyone fighting the war, in Hueco Mundo and on Earth have seen Aizen's shikai, and apparently if you see it he has some great advantige, but Ichigo hasn't seen it and so Unohana says that as long as he doesn't see it they could win the war.

- The chapter ends as Ichigo accepts that he is the only one who can defeat Aizen.

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Top 5 Releases (of this year) I Am Sooo Excited For

Well right now as I am wrighting this I am too sick and injured (nothing serious though) to go to school, but I am not too sick or too injured to use the internet so here is a list for you, I will probably end up doing one just like this in January for the releases of 2010.

5. DBZ Raging Blast
Ok I am gonna be honast, I wasn't too excited for this game at first but hey, 70 characters (two of which are SSJ3 Vegita and SSJ3 Broly) with graphics so good it makes it look like the actual anime (unlike freakin Ultimate Ninja Storm...), and after finally figuring out the controls of the demo it was actually pretty badass. So yeah in a nutshell I will definatly get this game on release date (MW2 fans don't be mad, I just want Raging Blast more because I am not that good at FPS games...).

4. Bleach Soul Carnival 2
Well when I saw Soul Carnival 1 on play-asia I thought "so... what kind of game is it?" because it had that stupid "action" or "adventure" or god forbid it might have had an "action adventure" genre which are all slapped on to any game people don't feel like defining into a real genre but as I saw some gameplay I found out it was a hack-and-slasher with chibi style Bleach sprites on the psp, something I could not turn a blind eye too since I am such a sucker for a good hack-and-slasher (do I use hyphens there or... oh forget it...) or beat em' up. Then I saw screenshots for the sequel I realized it started from episode one and went to... well who knows where, and so I just can't help but ask for this game for Christmas, especially since it comes out on the same day as accel 3.

3. Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3
Oh man I was hyped for this game before, but with that full roster leak I REALLY can't wait for it to come out. I am so interested in what they will do with Anbu Kakashi and now I have a replacement for EX3 when my friends come over, well actually this isn't a replacement, it's an improvement or maybe an upgrade, since this game's story mode possibly can't be as bad as EX3's (notorious for being just awful) and this game has more characters than EX3 and the very important detail, that it is IN ENGLISH! Awwww yeah, I seriously can't wait for this game, oh and did I mention the freakin Wi-Fi? Well yeah that's another way it's more superior to EX3... I also find it kind of funny that it took Japan 3 trys to get a Shippuden game like EX3 and it took America one try to top it, and we are only on Shippuden episode 5! Of course I meant no offence to Takara Tomy...

2. Little Big Planet PSP
Oh man I spent so much time swapping this game with Revolution 3 for #2 but... I guess I just came to the decision that I guess I want Little Big Planet in the palm of my hands just a little bit more than the American upgrade to EX3... Well what can I say about this game... at first I thought it was just a rumor but this game is real and it's coming out on the same day as Revolution 3, good thing I have been saving up so I can buy both on the same day (but which will I play first?). I really don't have much to say about this game... since it's just gonna be so awesome...

1. Naruto Shippuden: Accel 3
Ok this one should be obvious, I love the Ultimate Ninja series and when they finally announced a sequal to accel 2 (Ultimate Ninja 5) I was so excited, I was probably one of the only people who didn't mind that it was on the psp. When I saw the graphics I REALLY didn't mind that it was on the psp because they look better than accel 2, but then I heard that there would be no PTS characters and it made me sad that I couldn't play as Zabuza vs Suigetsu but I am over that now because I can play as kid Kakashi, Obito, Tobi, and even CS2 Future Sasuke! So with all of that and supposidly 3 story modes (normal story mode, Sasuke's story mode, and an original story mode) it is going to be awesome, especially since that original story mode looks interesting. Oh yeah and they will all be in RPG mode like Accel 2, which I was a huge fan of.

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