Super Mario RPG Nostalgia!!!

Remember that game that came out somewhere after the mid-1990's that sold out at Funcoland and was always missing at Blockbuster when you went to rent it?

That game was most likely Super Mario RPG or SMRPG for short! Whether or not you were about 9 or 10 back than is different though. What most people agree on is that SMRPG was a hit and one of the best Mario games that has ever came out, at least until the Nintendo Gamecube was released...

The Secret Boss, Culex

The Toadstools that were hypnotized by Davey Jones, the Pirate Boss from the bottom of the ocean...

SMRPG box art!!!

So Smithy and the gang take over Bowsers Keep

...and Mario gets along with Bowser!!!

The Protagonists of  SMRPG fan art!

One of the cult-fan bases that started was for Geno fans. Geno's character was actually more important than one may think, at least contrary to the first time you played as a kid (if the first time that you played SMRPG was as a child). Geno was special because he knew who Smithy was before the story even began and was the only good guy that came from the same Super-Universe as Smithy... to help Mario and his friends!

SMRPG good guys and bad guys

Another new character to SMRPG was Mallow who believed that he was a frog. Though he looked like a cloud and was plagued with self-doubt over the whole appearance-doesn't-match-my-soul thing, until Mario with Mallow's help, discovered his home was in the clouds... Even after Mallow found out he was from a land in the sky, he never gave up on his identity as a frog...

The SMRPG world map.

No matter how many times I've played SMRPG, the SMRPG world always seems to take more or a lot less time. Sometimes I think it's going to take forever and it goes by really fast or I'm going to breeze through it and it takes longer than I thought haha :D

A remastered picture of the SMRPG world map!

A GIF for Geno!

Fanart of Mario and Princess Peach

Super Mario RPG and the Seven Stars

 Even if they release five more FF or KH games, I'll still probably be always loyal to the SMRPG title. Without SMRPG, Square and Enix wouldn't have learned enough to continue making good games in their other long runners like FF or KH.

Blast From the Past Remix - "Sobakasu" Jazz Version!

Hey Guys, remember Kenshin the Wandering Samurai!? Well, the guys at Platina Jazz made an amazing remix of the first opening "Sobakasu" that you should really check out! They take the light hearted nature of a Rounin-style opening and give it some 30's western flavor. Let me know if the ragtime interlude gives you chills! What I wouldn't give to hear them in concert...!

Be sure to give them a like on FB and a Sub on Youtube!




-chansu

Grimmjow and Ulquiorra The Lesser of Two Evils

Grimmjow and Ulquiorra

The Lesser of Two Evils

Fans of the anime series, Bleach, wonder which of Ichigo's main rivals, either Ulquiorra or Grimmjow, from Aizen's Espada deserve more of the credit for rivalry. Both Grimmjow and Ulquiorra have managed to defeat Ichigo at different times on his journey through Hueco Mundo or even before he went there by confronting him in KaraKura town which is his home. Since Ichigo was the link between the regular world and the Soul Society, the substitute shinigami, both Grimmjow and Ulquirra wanted to face off against him and get rid of him for Aizen. Both fights were close and Ichigo would've lost both times if it weren't for something unexpected...

Ultimately, the choice is up to you...

Bleach, Espada:  Grimmjow

Grimmjow fought Ichigo to defeat him and prove that his Hollow nature was stronger than Ichigo's. Ichigo seemed enamored with Grimmjow's power and almost perceived that his shinigami power was not enough to protect KaraKura town. Ichigo nearly defeated Grimmjow.

Bleach, Espada:  Ulquiorra

Ulquiorra acted as Aizen's right-hand power in exchange for numerical increases to his hollow-form number, in the Hueco Mundo hierarchy established by Aizen himself. Before Aizen's control of Hueco Mundo, hollow-forms did not observe hierarchy.

Also there's our past when it comes to our well-loved Hueco Mundo arc...
Ichigo's Youthful Crisis
Ulquiorra - A Case Study

J-Pop Video of the Day

Hey guys, this is usually RPGHero's segment but I felt like hijacking it for once (or twice). This song is for those who've grown up and left people and places behind in order to pursue their dreams.

"In a town far, far away

I'm doing fine

What's important is

both 'changing' and

'staying the same.' "

Tooku Tooku (Far Far Away) by Makihara Noriyuki

» Click for English Lyrics «

English

I want to give all my strength
And greet a shining day in this town
So that you’ll know how I’m getting on
Even if we're far, far apart

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the garden
They always are at this time of year
I remember the invisible snow storm of flowers
That danced on the platform at the Shinkansen station
It's like the 7-5-3 festival
Even this uncomfortable suit
Looks kind of good on me now
I've even gotten good at picking out ties

On my invite to the class reunion
I circled “Will not attend”
To all of you who wrote to me
Saying “I’m worried about whether you’re OK”

I want to give all my strength
And greet a shining day in this town
So that you’ll know how I’m getting on
Even if we're far, far apart

When you said “You can come back any time”
On the payphone at midnight
It made me smile
And that’s how I’ve managed to make it this far

No matter how high a tower I go up
I can’t see my hometown
I’m always holding in my heart
Something I can't lose

In a town far, far away
I’m doing well
What’s important
Is "changing"
And "staying the same"

On my invite to the class reunion
I circled “Will not attend”
Though I really want to see everyone's faces now
More than anything

I want to give all my strength
And greet a shining day in this town
So that you’ll know how I’m getting on
Even if we're far, far apart

Because I’ve decided that this town
Is where I can make my dreams come true.


Source: kiwi-musume.com

-chansu

Fireball "Charming" ~Season 2~!

You won't believe what my most anticipated series for the Spring season is! Fireball's second season, "Fireball Charming"! And let me tell you, it surely lives up to both it's prequel and its name... it's just as spontaneously hilarious and and endearing as before!

Watch the first episode here, on Youtube!

-chansu