Angry Zen Minion Elric Colgan sent along another video preview of Super Robot Wars Z that features a shit load of attacks! This makes me so unbelievably happy. I think it’s set to drop fairly soon in Japan so those of you with PS2s that can play Japanese discs, be on the lookout. It’s doubtful we’ll ever get a US version. For some reason, American otaku do not heart the giant robots as much as their Japanese counterparts. What the hell is wrong with us! Everything is better with giant robots! Look at Demigod! Freaking awesome giant freaking robot!

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Reader Elric Colgan sent over what is essentially ten minutes of Super Robot Porn. I now have to spend the rest of the work day with rock hard crunchy pants. This is ten minutes of gameplay footage of Super Robot Wars Z which drops in September for the PS2. Oooooh, the slick cell shaded 3D makes me all tingly!

Good fucking lord, check out the finishing moves of Mazinger Z, Daitarn 3, RX-178, Great Mazinger, Getter Robo G, Xabungle, Zambot 3 (which Mike Dent just reviewed for Otaku USA), UFO Robot Grendizer, RGZ-91 Re-GZ, The Big-O (which I just had after watching this whole thing. The pants! Oh the pants!), Orguss, Baldios, Godsigma, Gundam X, Turn A Gundam, Overman Kinggainer, Gravion, Aquarion (that’s a fucking Falcon Punch!), Gundam Seed Destiny, and Eureka Seven. And that’s not even a complete list of all the robots that are in this thing!

Elric predicts that this will be a gigantic hit in light of the fact that Super Robot Wars A Portable for PSP beat MGS 4 for the number one spot! And after seeing this footage, I totally agree! SRW Z will fucking own Japan!

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AWE HELLS YEAH! The video quality is utter shite, but this is so freaking awesome! About 2:30 in, you get to see some full screen fighting action. Freaking brilliant! Tatsunoko vs. Capcom FTW!

The one and only drawback? We’ll never get it states side. Too many different companies own the U.S. distribution rights to various and sundry titles from both companies and it would be a bloody nightmare to get them to all cooperate. So we’ll just all have to visit Japan when this drops. Or grab the PS3 version because I’m told it can play any Japanese games!

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So now I pretty much have to get this WWE game. Anyone know which one it is?

An Ultra sized Ultraseven would probably squish Kamen Rider right quick even if Hongo is taking the ‘roids. People sized, Kamen ‘Roider and Ultraseven match up fairly well. And then stupid Dipsy comes in to fuck it all up. Curse yous, Teletubbies! Curse yous!

UPDATE: Of course, the real battle already took place.

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AZM ally Mike Dent sent over some pictures.

Oh look, it’s Tekkaman kicking the shit out Ryu!

And here’s a different Ken getting ready to go all Gatchaman on Ryu!

That’s right people, Capcom continues its versus series with Tatsunoko vs. Capcom!

Tatsunoko is the animation studio behind Gatchaman, Tekkaman, Casshan, Speed Racer, and a whole mess of other mind blowing anime! And of course, you know Capcom. So far, we’ve seen Ryu, Chun Li, some Rival Schools guy, Casshern, Ken, and Tekkaman in action. Can’t wait to see who they reveal next. I read on their Wikipedia entry that Tatsunoko also did Macross. Could we get some sweet Zentradi action in the house? It looks like they’re using sweet cell shaded 3D sprites for the fighters which looks absolutely gorgeous. Must see game play footage!

Unfortunately, the license nightmare almost guarantees that we won’t be getting this states side. Boo! This is such an awesome pairing, much better than MK vs. DC.

[Via Famitsu here and here]

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The lesson here? Never trust a pirate!

I think in a straight up contest without interference from outsiders, Link would clearly clean the shit out of Mr. Clean. Sure, Clean has those chiseled abs, that rippling chest, that ever so sexy dome. But Link rolls with weight and no matter how sexy you are, a fucking sword will slice and dice your gun show. Well, unless you have real guns. But the closest thing Clean has to a weapon is a mop. Link FTW, no question.

Now in a contest with the ladies? That might be an actual contest. Link seems to always be chasing after the princess. But Clean, he’s got MILFs a plenty knocking on his door. You can easily imagine Clean being more of a player than our favorite sword swinging elf.

Thanks to AZM regular Kevin Bahrt for sending this over.

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Been a while since we’ve run a proper Super Geek Wars poll. Logan easily defeated Manji. Poor guy. Even with his own anime now, always getting the shit end of the blade.

This week’s battle is slightly different and comes to us from a suggestion from AZM regular, Kevin Bahrt, and is inspired by this less than inspiring election cycle. Since we’ll never get the perfect kind of President that’s only seen in comics (Gaiman’s Prez from Sandman would totally get my vote), a true mixture of competence and moral character, let’s lower our standards for a bit. We pit the Asshole against the Moral Oral.

The Asshole is morally corrupt in his or her personal life but an absolute genius when it comes to the actual duties of the President. The Moral Oral is perfect moral role model but an absolute failure when it comes to his or her duties. When Katrina hit, the Asshole would have sent aid and relief workers right away and by now would have completely rebuilt New Orleans faster and stronger because he or she would have that technology. And then he or she would go home with a few hookers and some good blow to celebrate. The Moral Oral, having no actual experience or leadership skills beyond his or her moral standing, would do pretty much what our current administration did. Slow response, slow recovery, and no real solution to guard against future natural disasters.

You can’t get the best of both worlds in this fight. So what’s more important to you for President? Actual job performance or moral character? Do you care if the President bags hookers every night if the job is done right for once? Do you want your President to be someone everyone can look up to despite complete ineptitude? Party affiliation does not matter. Gender or ethnicity doesn’t matter. It’s character versus job performance, moral corruption versus moral…um… uncorruption, brilliant job performance versus complete fail, personal life versus public office. Vote now! Vote often! And fear not the chads, hanging or otherwise!

NOTE: I realize that this is probably not the best use of Boy Scout, but Moral Character Guy just didn’t fit the two syllable thing I was going for. See, I actually think about these crazy things I write sometimes. Honest!

UPDATE: Thanks to D-W, the Boy Scout is now Moral Oral. Makes more sense now kinda.

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29 parameters of “Fuck You” indeed!

Wasn’t sure how to categorize this one so I threw it in with SGW because all teh internets ban together to stop MySpace. Come to think of it, it’s been a good few weeks since I’ve checked my profile.

Anyway, check it out behind the cut. I can’t figure out how to stop it from autoplaying.

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Marty picked up the news that the eighth Mortal Kombat game will pit our favorite MK warriors against characters from the DC universe. As you might imagine, there’s no way DC would let Sub Zero skull fuck Batman’s severed head (you know Sub’s is kinky) so this iteration of Kombat will be free of the fatalities and blood that have become the signature of the series.

Without the blood and fatalities, what’s the point of a Mortal Kombat game? It’s like Street Fighter without Ryu, Smash Brothers without Mario, GTA without hookers. This, sir, is no Mortal Kombat!

Superman wins. Unless Reptile and Jade has uniforms made of Kryptonite cloth, Superman wins. And you can’t very well have a MK vs. DC game without big blue. Again, what’s the point? I suppose Outworld’s sun could somehow affect Superman’s powers, but that’s just stupid.

Without Superman, there could actually be some interesting matches. Batman would need to get rid of his stupid cape, but his hand to hand skills would fit in well with the Kombat ninjas. The Gotham family in general mixes well with ninjas. Lobo versus Baraka would be so entertaining. But again, without the fatalities or blood, I don’t think you could get Lobo to the party.

This might have been interesting when Marvel vs. Capcom first dropped or maybe when Mortal Kombat was still a big deal. Now it just seems a little late and a bit ponderous. Better to just make a DC fighting game and leave the Outworld out of it.

Update: We have trailer. Looks like there will be some blood after all. Thanks to commenter Charlie for the link!

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Universal is producing a movie called Earth vs. Moon which is the best title evar! Absolutely no details on the movie except that it promises to be a sci fi epic of some sort.

Let’s see how they stack up!

Earth is bigger. The Moon has no people which could be good depending on your point of view. The Earth is blue with its sexy atmosphere. The Moon is bare bones, no frills, no thrills gray. The Moon seems like it would be a lot more serious and stoic at a social gathering while the Earth might be the chipper life of the party.

So, where do you weigh in? Does Earth reign supreme or does the Moon finally take out its big brother?

[Via Hollywood Reporter]

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