Sengoku Basara Retrospective: Sengoku Basara 2

The first Sengoku Basara wasn’t exactly a big hit in Japan, but it was received well enough so a sequel was inevitable.  The first game had a lot of room for improvement, to put it lightly, so this was another chance to do the formula it established better and boy did it ever.  Sengoku Basara 2 is where the franchise really starts.  It’s like the Street Fighter 2 or Metal Gear Solid of Sengoku Basara.  Like those franchises, the improvements are so drastic, and the story so unrelated, that the first game can be ignored.

No T.M. Revolution.  We’re off to a… bad start?

TV Edits of the Viewtiful Joe anime: Episode 18

In this episode, Joe and Junior are in a futuristic city and one of the robot servants there washes the V-watch, causing Joe's mach speed to go out of control and function as a flux capacitor.  I'm pretty sure the film they're in is Metropolis, which is supported by the city being named Mechatropolis.  I can't imagine there's a lot that would need editing for this episode, but let's see.

Sengoku Basara Retrospective: Devil Kings

In a well-lit office building on the top floor, an executive of a major gaming company inhales a line of a white powdery substance through a straw up his nose.  We will call him Crappy Com.

Shortly after, Crappy Com’s subordinate comes in.  This subordinate knows a thing or two about game design and what people like in a game.  We will call him Captain Obvious.

“Sengoku Basara is a decent hit,” says Captain Obvious.  “We should get it ready for America.”

Crappy twitches and stares at nothing in particular.  “Yeah.  Yeah.  America.  Yeah,” he says.  “I have an idea though.  What if we, like, do that, but make it NOT Japan?  No Japan.  Americans hate Japan.  Yeah.”  Crappy then sniffs a dribbling nose.

“That’s a terrible idea”, says Captain.  “Being in Japan the entire premise.  It’s where the title comes from.”

“Glad you like it.  Let’s do it!”

And thus, Devil Kings was born.

No T.M. Revolution.  We’re already off to a bad start.