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This Week in Games - Chris Pratt Meets The Banana Slamma

Code Mystics Teases New Game With Countdown; Maybe New Killer Instinct?

Code Mystics Teases New Game With Countdown; Maybe New Killer Instinct?

In my situation, I gotta pick my battles, and the KI reveal was one where I made the call. I'm not one to make excuses, so I apologize for leaving you hanging on KI, but that's just the reality of my situation.

My friends who are playing it have complained about this but otherwise everyone seems to enjoy the game so...

Bethesda Studios, which in and of itself already puts a bunch of videogames potentially outside of Sony or Nintendo's reach (although, do we want more of them...? Let Microsoft keep that dross locked up in an ivory tower, for all I care).

Ioved that comic in Nintendo Power! I anticipated getting every issue to see hiw it and the Zelda comic panned out.

For the naysayers still complaining about the upcoming movie, please remember that even Sony had to release the Emoji Movie before giving us Into the Spiderverse. So maybe Illumination will pull their own 180° after the recent Minions flick.

For the naysayers still complaining about the upcoming movie, please remember that even Sony had to release the Emoji Movie before giving us Into the Spiderverse.

But, in the name of writing wrongs: yeah, Sifu getting nominated for "Best Fighting Game" doesn't feel right. Sifu seems more like a brawler like River City Girls or Double Dragon, and I wouldn't call those "fighting games," but Geoff does whatever's most convenient for him.

They're games. You fight in them with either melee weapons or just your hands and feet. What limits are you imposing on a game to allow it to be featured in the "fighting games" category? (Which is a pretty broad term to begin with, much like "shooter".)

Pratt's laughing all the way to the bank, but he'll be remembered as the worst part of an otherwise enjoyable movie.

We also got to hear Charlie Day as Luigi, and while it's just Charlie Day being Charlie Day, even he can get away with it because, at the end of the, er, day, Charlie Day is leagues more entertaining and charming than Chris Pratt. (Two words: "Pepe Silvia"). Some promotional images on the Internet have shown the complete "Facebook Minions Meme"-tier taglines they've made up for the movie, most infamous being Luigi's "Get Luigi'd"; "Mama" Luigi Mario deserves better. Hell, even "Terminal Seven" would be better for the guy. That said: some images have shown the Mario bros in Brooklyn; acknowledging them as being from Brooklyn is an excellent nod to old, established lore. We also have some images floating around showing Pauline in Brooklyn, possibly as the mayor.

I can see where people come from with not quite gelling with her odd mix of cartoony proportions and realistic movement and textures. But it doesn't bug me too much. And while Anya Taylor-Joy is a bit too subdued and girlbossy as Peach (I mean, people have loved Peach for being a bit of an openly-ditzy airhead since forever, let her be an airhead!)

she's channeling a ton of Peach's attitude from the Super Mario Adventures comic that ran in the pages of Nintendo Power long ago. Folks can claim that Princess Peach has been girlbossed—and she has been because That's How You Write Princesses In 2022™—but Peach has a reputation for being a firebrand. Super Mario Adventures had Peach willing to throw down with Bowser at a moment's notice, with Toads having to hold her back from slugging the Koopa King across the face.

And that's just the comic—even in the games, Peach has a history of being in the fray. She was playable way back in Super Mario Bros. 2, she was a party member in Super Mario RPG, and she had tons of playable sequences in the Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi games where she used her cunning to help piece apart villainous plans (and help Mario, while she was at it).

That is a big red flag which could affect the reputation of the movie as a whole unless kids don't ultimately care how Mario is voiced in the end.

but if his performance as Mario ultimately turns out to be a lemon, he won't escape the karma that will result from it.

Considering what era we're in now, having Peach remain an airhead would be the kiss of death for this film. What worked in the games can't work in today's film environment. People expect women in strong, functional leadership positions now, even moreso if they are monarchs.