Last week on The Entertainment Dome, Attack on Titan prompted me to pull out the conspiracy board once more, James had opinions to share on some new games he played and we weren’t particularly impressed with some of the new Pokémon announcements.
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Ten Echo Fighters I Want for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
A new Super Smash Bros. game is on the way, which means the Internet is rife once more with debates and theories as to which new characters will get the chance to duke it out with Nintendo’s greatest all-stars. Though now the discussion has changed slightly thanks to the introduction of Echo Fighters.
While it might just be a fancy new term for the long maligned clone characters, people seem to have accepted this idea with fondness. This feature means we can have new characters easily join the roster as glorified palette swaps while still retaining their original personalities. So far, we have Lucina, Dark Pit and newcomer Daisy acting as Echo Fighters for Marth, Pit and Peach respectively, and fans are already wondering if we’ll see any more show up.
Of course, I have some ideas of my own that I’d love to see. So even if we don’t get any new, original characters, here are ten Echo Fighters whose inclusion would make me more than happy. Continue reading
The Entertainment Dome Episode 89 – Let’s Go Leak E3!
This week on the Entertainment Dome, James and I share are already outdated opinions on Team Sonic Racing, the new Pokémon games for Switch and some of the E3 leaks before the main event next week.
Favourite Moments in Fiction #9 – Super Sonic VS Perfect Chaos (Sonic Adventure)
WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Sonic Adventure
I’ll be among the first to admit that Sonic’s first 3D outing has not aged well. However, I have too much nostalgia for the game to care. As one of the games that acted as my gateway into the franchise, I have a lot of fond memories playing Sonic Adventure and I still enjoy playing it to this day. If I had to pick an all-time favourite moment from it, though, it’d probably have to be the final boss fight. Continue reading
My VG Music Picks #51 – Be Cool, Be Wild, Be Groovy …for Icecap (Sonic Adventure)
If you heard this music without context, you wouldn’t think it would fit an ice-themed level, would you? And you’d be right. Icecap in Sonic Adventure is a much more platform-heavy level that requires you to take a slightly slower, more methodical approach to it… until you get to the snowboarding section that is. Continue reading
Sonic Forces – …Me to Question This Franchise’s Future Again
After a hiatus of sorts that was born from the unmitigated disaster known as Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, 2017 was set to be the year of Sonic the Hedgehog’s return. And while most eyes were focused on Sonic Mania, – a nostalgic throwback to his glory days in the 90s – my attention was placed squarely on his new 3D outing, Sonic Forces. If Mania was specifically designed to pander to Classic Sonic fans, Forces seemed to be doing the same for those who grew up with the more recent titles, such as myself.
Even when early previews were quite negative, I remained optimistic that while the game might not be the same level of quality as, say, Sonic Generations, it’d at the very least provide me with plenty of enjoyment and help usher in a new age of good 3D Sonic games. Sadly, that is not entirely the case. Continue reading
The Entertainment Dome Episode 68 – The Turkey Sandwich of the Final Fantasy Series
This week on The Entertainment Dome, James has been playing a bunch of new videogames, including the re-released Final Fantasy XII, I gush over the edgy, new Sonic the Hedgehog villain and we round things up with a discussion on the kick-ass Castlevania Netflix show.
The Entertainment Dome Episode 63 – E3 2: Electric Boogaloo Part 2
This week on The Entertainment Dome, we finish off this year’s E3 recap with a ramble about the showings from Ubisoft, Sony, Nintendo and more.
The Entertainment Dome Episode 60 – Fifteen Year-Old Me is Screaming
This week on The Entertainment Dome, we have a short natter on the newest Far Cry 5 info, we discuss how the upcoming Castlevania Netflix show might actually be good and I let my Sonic fan-boy out when talking about Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces.
The Entertainment Dome Episode 53 – Attack on Mediocrity
This week on The Entertainment Dome, James and I spend the first half of the show recapping and discussing the first two episodes of Attack on Titan‘s second season. The second half is spent on me incoherently gushing over my new favourite videogame – Persona 5 (apologies for the peaked audio).
