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I am so happy F-ZERO 99 is continuing to get updates. The mirror tracks are a blast. Also, I FINALLY got that 1st place W in the game!!! I got it on White Land I with the Blue Falcon, snipping 1st from a player at the last second.

I legit felt bad for Maddy. Jean wasn't even mad about her taking her place while she was gone. Scott came off a whole lot better here than he did in the comics regarding Maddy and baby Nate.

I noticed the wording on those using the Danger Room in X-Men '97 episode 3 is green. Maddy's powers are also color coated green. So maybe that was Maddy's powers at work screwing with Gambit. That or...

I don't get why Marvel is soooo terrified of letting Peter be married and have kids. That life looks good on him in Ultimate Spider-Man.

VGM Friday, clowns.

X-Men '97 episode 3

Ordered Fantastic Four Epic Collection: The Coming of Galactus. Never read this story but heard so many good things about it. Was hard to pass up at a $25 price tag. I picked up X-Men Days of Future Past Doomsday. Was pretty interesting to see how America went to crap in 30 years and just how some of the X-Men were taken out.

That collection of X-Men HC, TBPs and omnibuses... it's beautiful, man. My first Marvel Omnibus was Uncanny X-Men vol. 1, I still have it sealed. I've been collecting the Epic Collections to save some cash but I occasionally spring for those omnibus books when I can. I've got a couple other Marvel Omnibuses: Untold Tales of Spider-Man, Jack Kirby's Captain America run, Roger Stern's Amazing Spider-Man run and Ed Brubaker's first omni on Captain America.

VGM Friday.

Holy crap. I didn't think the Krakoan era was THAT extensive.

So I picked up the House of X/Powers of X TPB because it was discounted off Amazon. This is the Krakoan X-Men era, right? After reading this book, where would I go for the other X books in this era? The reading order sounds kinda confusing. I've been reading the Stan Lee/Jack Kirby OG X-Men run. Magneto is a straight up villain in these books. Scarlet Witch & Quick Silver: But what about the innocent people that will die? Magneto: I was also surprised to see Astreroid M show up this early in the X-Men history. I was for certain that was part of the Chris Clermont run, but nope, it was used as early as 1960s X-Men #5.

I rewatched the first two eps of X-Men '97. I caught a lot of stuff I missed on the first viewing.

The fight scenes in the first two episodes of X-Men '97 are GODLIKE. They are really putting that budget to excellent use. Cyclops is a BAMF here. There is one scene in episode 2 where Magneto shows that he is HIM and it just screams, "Behave, humans." The OG VAs are doing a superb job. Storm is as hammy as ever and I would not have it any other way. These VAs are the voices I hear when I'm reading X-Men comics.

Spoilers for X-Men '97

Saw the first two episodes of X-Men '97. I won't spoil anything but... DAT INTROOOOOOO!!!!

I finished watching the '90s X-Men series and for the first time, I saw the final episode, Graduation Day. Bruh. My. FEELS!!!

I never got to play Doom back in the day so Star Wars: Dark Forces was a real treat for me. The Remaster was not something I was expecting to see done. From what I hear, a TON of TLC went into making the Dark Forces Remaster. I'm hoping it gets a physical release on Switch. I went to check the file size for Star wars Battle Front on the eShop and that MF is a whopping 33+ GIGS!!!

Managed to get a physical copy of Contra Anniversary Edition off Amazon for under $50. Also, my Rolling Gunner + Overpower Collector's Edition Arrived. It came in a bigger, heavier box than I was expecting. Brotato. Play Brotato.

Shinmoneta is HILARIOUS. Been some years since I've watched it. Cat-Eyed Boy is a managa that sparked my interest when I spotted the first hardcover at my book store. The old-school art intrigued me so I picked it up. the whole series is collected in two volumes. I think this is the first I've ever heard of Kazuo Umezz, but it seems horror managa is his specialty. I'm not big into the genre of horror but I decided to take a chance on Cat-Eyed Boy. Another one of his works I picked up is My Name is Shingo, which is more sci-fi.

Apparently, the new Contra game only runs at 30 fps on PS4 as well. So the Switch was the only system to be hit with 30.

Cavern of Dreams takes me back to N64 platformers. Exploring areas and finding eggs is so much friggin' fun. Dead End City and Xelan Force are my latest SHMIUP pick ups. Dead End City is currently on sale on the eShop. I also managed to cop Rolling Gunner: Collector's Edition physical for a nice price off Amazon. It includes Overpower.

Just heard the news. Not the kinda news I was expecting to hear anytime soon. Akria Toriyama's influence on manga/anime cannot be understated. And he was only 68? Man. He could have had so many more years left in him.

VGM Friday, suckas, let's go.

Bonus.

I attempt another Side Oder run in Splatoon 3 using Marie's palette, which is the Splat Charger. Me: I'm gonna stack a bunch of fast charge chips and turn this into a Grizzco Charger. Game: I didn't find a single fast charge chip. Not. A. One. I'm also not a charger main so the last floor was ROUGH. I did complete the run, but it became more frustrating than fun. Hard to ink the ground when your weapon isn't the best at it and you keep getting swarmed. Even with damage increase on my load out, my non charged shots weren't that great.