SeanSilv25

I'mma keep it 100 with you: personally, my 2026 has been HELL so far. It feels like every little thing that could make my life unenjoyable has been cropping up like a decade-old cicada. Damn you, Murphy's Law!!!

But enough about my shitty half-year, let's just get into the (more often than not) better parts of it

The Room; Finally saw the infamous legend of Wiseau. You are TEARING me APART, Tommy! Batman: Arkham Asylum; Amazing and all, but is there a lore reason why Man threw me in the Aslume? Am I stupid? The Muppet Movie; Incredibly charming, as-is most Muppet projects. Still wonder how the Lovers, Dreamers, and Kermit are doing at finding the Rainbow Connection Crash Bandicoot 4; About as wacky and punishing as a Crash game would be expected to Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc; Was "Reze Arc" really the best subtitle they could come up with? (Animation was stellar tho) The_Arkham_Tapes; Strangely not the first Batman analog horror ive see, but probably better than that first one Final Destination 5; I think the best FD movies are the ones that add onto Death's rules, because the substitute rule adds whole new layers Wonder Man; I never thought I'd care about (much less think about) the fake Mandarin from Iron man 3 again Mortal Kombat 2; Damn, they actually made me kind of fuck with a tournament arc story Final Destination: Bloodlines; That one kid in the opening "WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS?!" Batman: Arkham City; Pretty cool, but I think it was better when Batman had a more closed-in environment to explore BFDI Elsewhere; Justice for Money. There was no chance of escape from three ways Planet of the Apes; Wait there are HOW many sequels? YOU MANIACS! YOU BLEW IT UP!! Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged; Attention Duelists! DBZA is honestly better. Just more consistently funny Jackbox Games; With the right gang, this is the best kind of tomfoolery The Velocipastor; Starting off with an intentionally missing explosion FX. Those fuckers know what they're doing... Among Us TV; Really late on arrival. Kinda sus, tbh Gunsmith Cats; Cool, I suppose The Mummy; Little known fact, this happens every time Brendan Fraiser finds himself in a desert Real Steel; I think the script needed a second pass. The boxing was pretty neat tho The Dinosaurs; Hey, what's that big rock in the sky- *AND THE DINOSAURS ARE GONE!* Shin Godzilla; Kinda peaks at the end of the second act. But godDAMN is it a crazy second act Mega Man 11; Easy mode was too easy, but I couldn't beat Block Man on Normal. I can't tell if that's on the game or on me Crank; I can't believe we got GTA the Movie before GTA VI Batman: Arkham Knight; It was impeccable how I went from vibing with it to only wanting Joker and Scarecrow to shut the hell up TRON: Uprising; So we're just not gonna get a follow-up on that finale, huh? The Punisher: One Last Kill; So... which kill was supposed to be the one last kill? The Super Mario Galaxy Movie; My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined The Backrooms Movie; This script also kind of needed a second pass. it's like describing the Backrooms to someone who's never heard of it and asking them to draw it Dinosaur; They're walking. And they're walking. And they're walking. And they're walking And they're- Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai; I honestly hate musashi in a way that the anime doesn't want me to. He just does the same shtick over and over and OVER again My Bloody Valentine; I think I was in the wrong mood when I watched this. Should probably go back for a more fair shot The Final Destination; TBH this one kind of blends with the rest Pixels; Pixels (2015)'s a baaaaad film? Miami Connection; Jumps from violent kung-fu murder to singing about friendship. Wack Jurassic World: Dominion; I never wanted to hear the OG JP cast talk about "sliding into DMs", nor do I ever want to hear it again Shark Excorcist; What happens when you combine no budget, no passion, and no common sense Tentacolino; The above, but if you tried to make up for it with drugs

EXTRA "UNDECIDED"S

It feels like forever since we've gotten an actual direct. So much so that I've almost forgotten how to format these. Almost

But enough about me, let's just get into the games

Rhythm Heaven Groove; Really gotta wonder who betrayed and trapped this game for it to have disappeared until now Onimusha: Way of the Sword; My perception of Musashi has been forever tainted by his portrayal in Baki. I hate him in a way the author doesn't want me to Dragon's Dogma 2; ...TBH I got nothing here Stellar Blade; TBH this still kind of looks like Nier Automata but without the personality Orbitals; How many times has this been at one of these already? Is it actually gonna drop or what? Rayman Legends Retold; FUCK YEAH HE'S BACK Big Walk; I can already see the "Friendslop" allegations now One Piece: Grand Gourmet; IDK anything about One Piece so I realy got nothing again Pokopia Expansion Pass; Howzabout another type of apocalypse for your apocalypse-course meal, eh? Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave; Cool and all but seriously: Is this supposed to be before or after Three Houses? You can't just drop Sothis outta nowhere and refuse to elaborate! Ninjala 2; Oh yeah, you were a thing DK Challenge & Bananza's Mario collab; ...This is really the only Mario stuff we're getting here? Jujutsu Kaisen Rumble: Survivaton; Lords of the Fallen II; How many dark fantasy-souls-look-alike are we gonna get today? Lies of P; At least this one looks a bit more steampunk-y Devil May Cry 5; Can't talk, already doing the Devil Trigger Dance Muramasa: Revenant Blades; Alright, I suppose Xenoblade NS2 Editions; Neato Xenoblade Genesis; I was excited at first, but seeing the full high-fantasy vibe and "magic school isekai manga" premise, I'm a bit disappointed Nintendo Switch Sports Resort; How dare you stand where he stood! RuneScape: Dragonwilds; Cool and all, I guess Hello Kitty Party Land; So is the series as a whole called Sanrio in Japan, or is Hello Kitty an existing name over there? Star Fox 2026; I swear, they STILL look like Splash Mountain animatronics to me (Watch Falco be that one goose skeleton they put in Star Tours) Final Fantasy Resonance; Hey, I called dibs on the Resonance name three years ago, buddy! Back off! (I'm really starting to get tired of the 2dHd art style...) Pikuniku 2; Why am I getting Katamari vibes from the art style Dragon Quest Monsters; Cool, I suppose Duskbloods; Still not a fan of the Fromsoft aesthetic because they somehow all look the damn same to me Splatoon Raiders; Aw hell naw, they shoved Big Man in a Wily Capsule Deltarune chapter 5; Really starting to get drained of the Undertale/Deltarune stuff at this point, TBH Metaphor: ReFantazio; Cool Minecraft NS2 Edition; First we Flint, then we Steel! LET'S CHICKEN JOCKEY Sizzle Reel; cool, I suppose Kingdom Hearts Collection; Finally! No cloud versions (Cloud Strive gets nuked from orbit) Kingdom Hearts IV; OH MY GOD EVERYBODY STAY CALM! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!! Ocarina of Time Remake; This and Star Fox prove that Nintendo's claims about not having ideas for a new F-Zero mean complete boosh. Come on, man, where is it?

So... are we sure that was a Nintendo Direct? Because that felt more like a Partner Showcase. Also, was it just me or did Koizumi pop up between trailers more frequently? It was kind of "immersion breaking" TBH

I wasn't able to watch it live on account of being in class, but after watching, I really don't care that I couldn't because there was barely anything interesting in it.

So instead of running through each and every game shown off, I'm only gonna mention the ones that I actually have something to say about.

Let's see, uh... it's good to see Bomberman back in action. Never played his series but it's always nice to see the scrimblos of the internet get some spotlight.

FF7 Rebirth. I'm surprised the Switch 2 can even run that, tbh.

Scott Pilgrim EX. Coolio.

Resident Evil 9. Whoever it was that was playing the background footage needs to get some aimbot going or something.

Bethesda stuff. Todd Howard jumpscare.

But yeah, there really was NOTHING this time round. It kind of says a lot about your presentation if you've had two soccer games shown off in the first ten minutes.

Not gonna lie, last year was kind of ass. Not media-wise, just generally. But regardless of the quality, I've still got a tier list of all the stuff I checked out for the first time, backed up from over six extra months!

and I'll have to divy this up because apparently this was too much for one post. Didn't know that could happen, but okay

Portal 2; Legitimately spectacular. By the end, I didn't want it gone in the slightest Fantastic Four: First Steps; Honest to god? Fully fantastic say that again... 22 Jump Street; Haven't laughed that hard in a while. And not to mention the friggin' Jeff jumpscare Dog Man; I'd say "that's why he's the GOAT", but he's clearly the DOG Thunderbolts*; Wasn't expecting much from this, but talk about a sleeper hit Portal; This was a triumph. I'm making a note here: "HUGE SUCCESS" The Truman Show; Fuck, that was just a legit good movie Final Destination 2; Decent enough, but that "I'm in control of my life" scene was freaking hard The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball; Like the Phineas & Ferb revival, it's like they never left Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl; God damn, Feathers has unimaginable aura for a wordless, flightless bird Transformers One; THE AGE OF BAYFORMERS HAS ENDED! TRANSFORM UP!!! Sherlock Holmes (2009); Decently good, but it left me beyond discombobulated Olive the Other Reindeer; That was sweet. I don't have much else to say, it was really wholesome Marvel Zombies; ...So are we gonna get a follow-up on that cliffhanger before Secret Wars closes the multiverse, or...? Futurama; I don't know if this is better than The Simpsons, but Zapp Brannigan can bite my shiny metal ass! Primitive War; I came for a movie about dinosaurs in 'Nam, I got a movie about dinosaurs in 'Nam. I am satisfied Shaun of the Dead; I feel like I should have watched this at the Winchester, grabbed myself a pint, and waited for this year to blow over Kingdom Hearts Real-Time Fandub; This was pretty funny for a 1-to-99-year-old kid such as myself Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit: Tried to watch this years ago. Wussed out, only came back now, and it was alright Evil Dead 2; Everything needs more Bruce Campbell in it. 'Nuff said Aliens; That was good, but my god, was there technical difficulties. I don't know if I should blame the Xenomorphs or the Gremlins Re-Animator; The fuck you mean this was a Lovecraft story (...Oh god, WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CAT IN THIS MOVIE?!) Flow; This movie was basically the assembly of your average JRPG party. All that was missing was for them to kill god Luxo Jr.; I'm surprised I hadn't seen this in full before, aside from Luxo's I-homicidal tendencies Speed Racer; This would be a lot more "peak action" if they stopped cutting in and out of the legitimately cool race scenes, dammit! 9; ...Well, I need new pants Heathers; Take a shot for every 80's movie that got a musical out of it (Don't actually tho, you WILL die) Muppet Family Christmas; It was good seeing Jim himself in this, since it was one of the last things he worked on before his death GSA: Gawblin's Crown; Stopped doing single-episode long abridge series, but this bypasses that. 'twas alright

Well, another year of people's childhood's dying has come and gone, and after the last two years of making it a kind of tradition, I'm back to rank all the newest episodes of DEATH BATTLE! But additionally, I'm gonna be throwing back in the four episodes from 2024 because it's only four episodes. Might as well fold that season into this one, y'feel?

16: Kratos vs Asura: This is an incredibly dead horse, but this episode just did not deliver. Maybe all the hyping up from all the way back at the Ballot days raised expectations?

15: Bardock vs Omni-Man: I really didn't care about the verdict and all, but regardless, THAT SUN DISK THAT I HATE!

14: Master Chief vs Doomslayer: I really don't get why people voted for this over a Shadow vs Mewtwo runback. Like, we ALL saw this outcome coming.

13: Tom vs Wile E. Coyote: Normally, someone who loves cartoons as much as I would be all over a matchup like this, but I didn't really f with it. Not after the year-long wait, the Coyote vs Acme drama, and the fact that Tom shouldn't have lost all his lives from that plane.

12: Blade vs Buffy: The opening vampire-slaying spree was the best part. But after that, some mf's were always trying to ice-skate uphill. And that mf was me.

11: Deku vs Miles Morales: The fight itself was alright, but it gave us Street Slayer Deku, and I will always thank it for it.

10: Simon vs Kyle: My best buddy Time Jester LOVED this episode (Because he's a big Gurren Lagaan fan) but I found it decent enough (DC do more with Kyle, I SWEAR TO THE PRESENCE!)

9: Dante vs Clive: While this one was fine, hot take: Torrian fights aren't always that Smokin' Sexy Style as they claim.

8: Among Us vs Fall Guys: Funny enough even though I thought it would be a mess after its DBcast

7: Ash vs Yugi: Felt like a pretty solid season finale, but it's too bad we didn't see Yugi play Pot of Greed to draw three additional cards from his deck.

6: Shigaraki vs Mahito: I didn't care about the matchup on reveal, but this was pretty surprisingly good. Too bad Mahito couldn't grow up enough to see it.

5: Ghost Rider vs Spawn: Even though this likely harmed the Penance Stare's already growing fraud status, this was pretty good, I'll be damned (YES, YOU WILL).

4: Ruby vs Maka: This was Luis' first try at 3D animation and it was honestly better than anything I had seen in RWBY proper.

3: Joker vs Giorno: You thought that Requiem would take it all, BUT IT WAS I! DIO!

2: Hulk vs Godzilla: (Godzilla) You can't defeat me (Hulk) I know, but he can (Banner) SCIENCE RULES! (But for reals, that was freaking sick. And that scene of Hulk Thunder Clapping back down and powering through an Atomic Breath? Absolute CINEMA)

1: Bowser vs Eggman: What else can I say except BEHOLD THE KING! ANNIHILATING EVERYTHING, IN A SEA OF FLAME!!

Do note that I will be listing these in order from most wanted to least, as my number 16 will be controversial and I need at least a bit of buffer space to save my hide from crucifixion

But with that out of the way...

Henry Stickmin

Unfortunately, my original GOAT pick of Captain Underpants, didn't make the cut, so I will have to go with my good ol' number two.

Henry would be really fun to see in DB. With the amount of gadgets he has at his disposal, he could really give anyone he fights a tricky time. Though if he does end up dying to his opponent, the battle would HAVE to end on a FAIL screen. That would certainly be one way to complete the mission.

2. Ash Williams

Hail to the king, baby!

But for real, I'm surprised that Ash hasn't been on the show already. The groovy Deadite-slaying champ would be perfect in this setting. Hell, even the analysis could benefit from it, as I can totally see Ash being Boomstick's hero. TL;DR, everything could always use some more Bruce Campbell.

3. Steve Minecraft

Haha funny block man go brrrr.

As is expected for Minecraft, Steve would bring an incredibly creative touch to DB. If his results in Smash Ultimate are anything to go off of. And that's not even mentioning if they give him access to Creative Mode. Steve's opponent would be shivering in their iron boots when first he mines, then he crafts.

4. Meta Knight

Haha Brawl scaling go brrrr.

Meta Knight is a real cool dude, and the last of the Kirby Trio to be used in DB. And like his Kirby brethren, should he get on, he could have an incredible showing of the power that threatened the residents of Dream Land. But the problem is that his most popular MU is against Zero, and I don't really FW that. I'd much prefer he fight someone like Riku, or hell, even Jubei. At least someone who stands a chance, y'know?

5. Samus

It's been over a decade, and we haven't seen ANYTHING Metroid on the show since then. Samus really needs this and an updated analysis, and she didn't even lose last time.

6. Spider-Man

Same story with Samus, except we've seen multiple Spider people since then. Miguel, Gwen, Miles twice (Last time being two episodes ago as of writing this). Peter could really use this, but less so than Samus.

7. Constantine

Constantine's a cool bloke. Sometimes that's all you need to warrant them on DB.

8. Pac-Man

In the year of our lord and savior 2025, the Pac is officially back, so let's get him on the vs debating scene, why don't we? It'd be fun!

9. Shantae

I dunno. I don't know much about Shantae, but I have nothing against her so... eh?

10. Kamen Rider Geats

Honestly, I'm confused. I thought Cap vs Ichigo was the Kamen Rider matchup everyone wanted to see.

I honestly don't know what to say here, as I had literally never heard of this guy until a few days ago. So I guess he's kinda just... mid-road?

11. Slenderman

Something about this one just feels... wrong. I mean, we were so close to getting Sonic.EXE on this contest, which doesn't feel right with me, seeing a creepypasta on DB. Secondly, does Slenderman even have a proper canon? I thought all of his lore was scattered and heresay, like SCP (Which is not a good thing to me) So preferrably, no thank you.

12. Flowey

An Undertale character got in that WASN'T Sans? Most impressive.

But regardless, I don't really know about Flowey. I don't know if it's just the internet numbing me to Undertale, but I'm not that enthusiastic about this series getting in. Not even mentioning how it would work with how game-centrically meta it is.

13. Sakuya Izayoi

Sakuya is what I like to call "A matchup whore" which is a character (Traditionally a very anime one) who seems to get put out against just about everyone you can think of (Other examples include Homura and Goku)

But other than that, I'm not too keen on Sakuya. Tohou is an enigma that I shall never be able to understand, and as much as I love JoJo, seeing her fight DIO (Probably) because she is a JoJo reference isn't that appealing to me.

14. Springtrap

Normally, I'd be okay with Springy-Boy here. He got some new stuff to work with through DBD, so I can feasibly see him in a DB setting. But in a world where people will vote for him to fight *Junko* of all characters? No. That matchup does not work as well as you think it does. Hell, would it even really be Junko fighting and not a million Monokuma? They'd be way better fighting someone like Chucky or the Joker. At least THOSE make sense to me.

15. Frieren

One "trait" about me that I've noticed is that whenever an anime gets so internet-rulingly big, I usually am not interested in it in the slightest and start getting sick of hearing about it, very much in an "Everywhere I go, I see his face" kind of way. Frieren very much falls into this category. I don't really know what she has got, and I don't really feel interested in changing that any time soon.

16. Hatsune Miku

A while ago, I compared my views on "The Batman" to the "I did not care for The Godfather" joke from Family Guy. And in many ways, Miku is the same, if not more accurate. I always saw her, her voice, and everything about her as "too uncanny" if that makes any sense. And it didn't help that her fans can be very vocal and very everywhere, breaching over to the point of "Thing VS thing, but Miku" territory. And now that is starting to carry over into the Champion's Island. In short, I do not like Miku, Tumblr. Her smug aura mocks me. You may crucify me now.

You starting to see why I had #16 at the bottom?

It has been 10 years since the Lego Multiverse tore itself open. 10 years since the rules were broken. 10 years since the Toys-to-Life genre peaked. And to this day, I still love it with every inch of my heart.

No prelude, DIRECT NOW!

Mario 40th Anniversary; I'm likely never going to be able to go to Japan in my life, so I guess the museum stuff just won't apply to me. But nevertheless, happy birthday Super Mario Super Mario Galaxy Movie; And I thought the Sonic movies jumping from Sonic 3&K to Adventure 2 was wild Mario Galaxy collection; (64 and Sunshine still locked through 3D All-Stars): Let us out! Let us OUUUUUT!! Mario Tennis Fever; Let's hope this isn't JUST tennis like Ultra Smash (And I really don't see what Japan sees in the baby characters) Mario Wonder NS2; ...Okay Yoshi and the Mysterious Book; I wonder if there will ever be a Yoshi game that doesn't revolve around a book or arts and crafts... Storm Lancers; I literally saw the Futurama episode that parodied 80's anime last night. It's like the universe is trying to tell me something Dinkum; Oh my god Dirk Dinkum is back... someone tell him to GO AWAY! Popucom; I feel really bad for anyone who's colorblind, friendless, or both who were interested in this Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream; That one Mii really knows what we all want Mortal Kombat Legacy Collection; I wonder what Japan got in their direct, since I know MK is basically banned over there FFVII Remake; Lynked: Banner of the Spark; I completely forgot about this one the moment it moved on to the next. Sorry Hades II; I really wonder if Roguelikes are going to become the new SoulsBorne-likes craze Kirby Air Riders; OK real talk... Swap-Force-like Amiibos aside, does anyone care about anything in this game ASIDE from the City Trial mode, because that's all I've seen about this Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment; You think this'll keep itself canon or just full-on undo it like Age of Calamity did? Dragon Quest VII Reimagined; I totally thought this was gonna be Dragon Quest 12 until it said 7. I don't know jack about DQ Nintendo app and Virtual Boy; Bold move bringing the VB back, Nintendo... bold move Fatal Frame II Remake; I wonder how many of this series' sales were provided by photographers picking it up? NS2 version updates; Neat, I suppose PowerWash Simulator 2; Cool Suika Game Planet; I only know about this game because a YouTuber I watched played it as part of a tournament. Now it's become Mario Galaxy. Cool Metroid Prime 4; So is every Nintendo protag getting a bike now? Link has one, Mario's had one since MK Wii, Kirby kind of does through Air Ride, and now Samus? DK Bananza DLC; Man, DK Isle's looking a lot smaller than I last remember it Pokemon Pokopia; Plot twist: This game winds up confirming the "Ditto is a failed clone of Mew" theory Pokemon Legends Z-A; New Megas aside, revealing paid DLC campaigns before the game comes out is a really bad idea Danganronpa 2x2; (Monokuma): Follow me, and ponder the question... "What if others fell into despair?" Dynasty Warriors: Origin; 2 Warriors in one direct? Satisfactory Monster Hunter Stories 3; I feel like we've seen this in every direct for the whole year Final sizzle reel; Cool, I guess Resident Evil 9 (+ 7&8); So no Raccoon City? (Nukes the city again) Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave; Two questions: 1) Who gave Castlevania Alucard the Sword of the Creator, and 2) SOTHIS?!