Sean Akizuki's Personal Blog

Well I didn't realize that 32 years ago that the Ice Climber game came out. So I haven't been updated with Nintendo games as in forever (and I don't even find myself missing Super Mario World as much as I used to) but I'd like to do some remembering of some games that I used to play. Yup, aside from the super annoying Spelunker game  -- I thought about how I played this game back then on the Family Computer wondering how it'd end. The game sounds simple but it can be frustratingly hard. How? I remembered how clunky old school gaming can be. I remembered how I ended up screaming PAIN and FOUL when I played Megaman 2 the first time on the Megaman Anniversary Collection. The objective was to climb up the tower and avoid some enemies, icicles and not to mention jumping through FAST MOVING PLATFORMS. So I never got to finish the game especially when the Playstation came and I just dropped a lot of 8-bit games except those that have aged well. So how did it end? I...

Once upon a time there was a legend who revolutionized the 3D graphics fighting game area. That guy was Namco's Katsuhiro Harada. Although Virtua Fighter was the first 3D graphics fighting game but it was Tekken that revolutionized and evolved that industry through ups and downs. I remembered how I wasn't always a fan of Tekken due to sluggish controls during the first two games (the third started fixing that so I did become a fan of Tekken 3) though those games sold in the 90s. The first Tekken game took the world by storm and a second one was released just a year later after the firs game. Tekken 2 was starting to evolve with more character endings but there was still the problem of the computer is a cheating bastard. Tekken 3 was the last fifth generation console (and it was still a PS1 exclusive) before the arena upgraded into the much more powerful sixth generation consoles with Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken 4 and Tekken 5. I still can't forget reading from an old el...

Nobita Aquino got what some would call a taste of his own medicine when Playstation Network suspended his account named PwedeNaYan last August 29, 2015 . He was still put under observation ever since he offended the Mortal Kombat fanbase during the time the PS3 and X-Box 360 versions of Mortal Kombat X were cancelled. Now, with the upcoming release of Mortal Kombat 11 -- he finally expresses his woes over the fact that it's already 2019 and his Playstation Network account is still good as suspended until further notice. "I don't see anything wrong with what I did. If you want to blame anyone for the cancellation of Mortal Kombat X for the PS3 and X-Box 360 -- you can blame my predecessor Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for it." said Nobita on his official Twitter account. It was said it has been chaos at the Aquino Household ever since Nobita heard of the news that Mortal Kombat 11 was coming out but he could not pre-order due to his PSN account being suspended. It a...

As in-fighting between Kris Aquino and Nicko Falcis aggravated as of late -- another revelation has revealed a recording that Atty. Romulo Macalinlang did receive orders to release Narco Alcos from jail twice. The first incident in Dasmarines, Cavite  as well as the second incident in Camarines Sur  revealed that Leni Loud Robredo and Kris were both responsible for the two escape incidents. The smartphone of Atty. Macalinlang did contain a conversation that revealed both Kris and Leni Loud gave him orders. Also, it was revealed in Macalinlang's Yahoo and Gmail addresses namely attymacalinlang@gmail.com and abogadongsinungaling@yahoo.com that he had received checks and cash transfers from both Leni Loud and Kris. Part of the expenses that were broken down also included magic dust sold from India and China which allowed Atty. Macalinlang to let Alcos escape from jail not once but twice. It was also revealed that Alcos himself is supposedly paid for by both Leni Loud and Kris. Al...

Ever thought of the time you actually never realized something was super old school? Part of my childhood (and perhaps partial old shame)  is Hanna Barbera cartoons shown during the 50s to 70s. I thought about how Cartoon Network once aired a segment called "World Famous Toons". Then I thought about the list of cartoons that I could remember watching, liking, and had no idea that they were actually my parents' cartoon shows. So what cartoons did I remember to be that old? Here's some of those shows that would be very old by now judging many of them are in the 1950s to 1970s: Flintstone's Yippie, Yappie and Yahooie The Impossibles Top Cat Huckleberry Hound Yogi Bear Tom and Jerry Snagglepus Scooby-Doo Quick Draw McGraw Touche Turtle Peter Potamus and So-So Wacky Races Penelope Pitstop Mightor and Moby Dick Mighty Herculoids and Galaxy Trio Jonny Quest I just watched these shows and didn't really care how old they were. So what? They...

Some successful games won't age well and we know it! Sometimes, you just enjoyed the game back a decade or more ago yet I ask myself, "Do I still want to play them again?" While there are still some old school games worth playing -- others are just MEH already and have aged terribly in this day and age. The first four Tekken games Tekken is a highly successful game but not all the old school entries of that game are worth playing all over again. While I would still pick the first Tekken Tag Tournament game for fun but the second game is so much better! So I thought of some problems that I had with the first four games -- they were still testing new stuff.  First two games had rather stiff controls, Tekken 3 well the sidestepping is almost as bad as Mortal Kombat 4/Gold and not to mention most of the character endings do lack personality IMHO. Tekken 4 also has bad sidestepping issues and it wasn't until Tekken 5 that I decided to get deeper in Tekken. S...

As Power Rangers Beast Morphers draws near -- I just wanted to think about how the Power Rangers license was sold by Haim Saban and said deal was approved by Toei. Now it's Toei and Hasbro co-owning Power Rangers. I'd just like to to a bit of a trip to memory lane of shows that once made up my childhood and others that are just old shames in my list. So what's up with Hasbro? I could remember watching the following shows as done by Hasbro in the 90s -- G.I. Joe, Transformers, Glo Friends, Potato Head Kids, My Little Ponies, Go-Bots (which was pretty much the less popular predecessor of Transformers), Visionaries, Maxie's World (which I watched having a crush on its non-existent protagonist) and did I mention Sesame Street? Though the ones that quickly became my favorites were both G.I. Joe and Transformers -- which both had controversial moments as well. I remembered how I didn't immediately like the idea of Cobra Commander getting replaced by the synthetic Serpe...