So I thought I would give Aborto's Team Contest a try. This was of course inspired by the arrival of the world's most frantic 3 on 3 fighting game ever. Rival Schools 2, is a good guess but it is also wrong. I am in fact talking about Marvel vs. Capcom 2. MvC2 has found a new home on the Playstation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade, and fight fans couldn't be happier. Aborto has tapped into our natural want of free swag and asked everyone to come up with their own 3 man or woman dream team. I've already seen some pretty awesome trios, and I'm very confident my team could not only stand their ground, but possibly take out all those who stand in their way.

My team consists of the shape shifting, body surfing Alex Mercer, the passing through Kamen Rider Decade, and finally the cannibalistic soul swallowing Kirby. To me being versatile is everything. One of the best fighters in comic history is Batman. He is a very versatile fighter and can adapt to meet various situations. The same can be said of everyone on my list. Whether it be adapting their body to meet the situation head on, changing their form to counter whatever is before them, or absorbing the powers of their enemy to fight fire with fire. These guys are ready to rock.



By now you all have played, or at least seen Prototype. If not the game is about a man named Alex Mercer. he wakes up in the morgue to see some doctors performing an autopsy on him. Like any regular person he freaks out and escapes. This surprisingly isn't his biggest problem. His biggest problems are the fact that he can't remember a damn thing , the military is trying to kill him, and he just so happens to be a living breathing weapon. You see Alex has the ability to absorb and store mass. Mainly organic, but he can also absorb small amount of inorganic matter as well. He can then take this extra mass and shape shift, something very similar to the T-1000 from Terminator 2. He can turn his arms into weapons, fall from great heights without getting hurt, create armor, or disguise himself as one of his many victims. His powers do more than just help him fight and survive. His power to absorb matter also help piece together his shattered past. He not only takes the physical form of the person he absorbs, but also their memories. With this new found power he hopes to put back together his life, and save New York city...one mind at a time.

Mercer is very power and can do just about anything. That power and freedom were the reasons why I enjoyed Prototype so much. You could just spend hours running around, jumping from building to building, gliding up and down the streets like a homicidal flying squirrel that was just looking for a reason to kill someone. When you got your fill of exploration you could climb to the tallest building, lock on to some poor fool 100s of stories below you and just cannon ball towards him at break neck speed. Turning him, and everyone within a 10 foot radius of him into a bloody mess. Mercer can do more than just run around and jump really high. He can augment his offensive abilities by morphing his arms into several deadly forms. He can turn his arms into giant claws, that would put Wolverine's to shame, 3 ton mass hammers, that look like organic Hulk hands, but cause way more damage and destruction, a giant blade for those that like to slice tanks and helicopters in half just as easily as they do people, arms that quadruple his strength, giving him the power to throw heavier objects harder and further, and turn anyone he punches into a red mist, and finally my personal favorite he can turn his arm into a whip that lets him slice people in half at a distance, grab people and objects that are out of reach, and it lets him hitch a ride on any helicopter in range, thus making it easier to hijack. But with all that offensive power he wouldn't leave himself open. Defensively he can turn everyone around him into free health by absorbing them. Sometimes you may find yourself under heavy fire while trying to escape, for this he can create a shield. It's very durable and it allows him to plow through cars and people as he tries to find a nice quiet place to grab a bite to eat. But when you decide to take the fight to them, you can don his full body armor. Due to his weight he loses the ability to sprint and glide, but he can still get around if need be. Plus he still has access to all of his offensive powers. So he can sit there taking damage while giving out so much more. And just like any power house, Alex is capable of pushing himself to kill everything around him with one move, or focus all of his hate and rage into one target. These Devastator moves allow Alex to cause spikes to erupt from the ground all around him skewering everything around him, or he can release a devastating tentacle attack that spreads out causing much more damage. And if the situation calls for it he can unleash a concentrated stream of these tentacles into a single target.

Adding Alex to the MvC3 roster would be insane. Just imagine all he could. He could be set up with a high number of special moves. Just enter a button combination and he will shift his arms, giving him access to some different moves. Also I can see his combos being pretty crazy with his arms changing to different weapons between blows, then chain that into a body surf, then pop them into the air to keep the party going. For a projectile he could have his ground spike, and he can use his whip fist to preform a Scorpion style "Get Over Here" move. And for his super attacks, his last Devastator would work perfectly, it would be like of those whole screen energy beams super moves, only it would be tentacles. His second super move could be the hardest move to pull off because it requires a good opening and great timing. Basically if you connect he grabs the opponent and randomly does one of his absorption animations as he flat out kills them, and restores his health. It's tricky to do but the payoff would be worth it. I mean really, just imagine him jumping on the Hulk and violently stomping on his head, then you see the green monster vanish into Alex, FOREVER!!!



Next up is Tsukasa Kadoya a.k.a Kamen Rider Decade. Tsukasa is arrogant, stubborn, and for the most part a dick. But he is much deeper than he lets on, and he is very compassionate about those in trouble. He is a Kamen Rider who is out on a journey across the different worlds to right the wrongs, restoring balance, thus saving his temporary world from destruction. You see, there are 10 different versions of Earth. Each one has it's own set of Kamen Riders. But something happened which has caused the other 9 worlds to begin merging with his. Each world is going through some sort of crisis, and solving those is only made more complicated by the fact that Decade is known as the Destroyer of Worlds. So he must prove himself to that world's Kamen Rider, while aiding them in their struggle.

Like all Kamen Riders, Tsukasa uses a belt to Henshin (transform). But his belt use cards. These cards not only allow him to Henshin, and preform various attacks, but they also allow him to change into one of the 9 other Kamen Riders. While in their forms he has access to all of their weapons, skills, and powers. And for the Riders who have alternate forms he can use his Form Ride Cards to access them. When around one of the other Riders Decade is able to use his Final Form Ride cards. These cards transform the other riders into powerful weapons or tools. Once in these forms he can use his Final Attack Ride cards to unleash a very devastating move. When the situation seems particularly tough Decade can call upon the power of his K-Touch, to transform him into his ultimate form Complete Form. While in Complete Form Decade can use his Final Kamen Ride cards. These summon the selected Rider in their ultimate form. The Rider mimics Decades movement and together they preform a very powerful joint attack.

Decade would be a cool entry because of his various forms. Each form could have it's own moves and combos, he each one could even have it's own super attack. To cut some extra stuff out they could only give him access to the 9 other original Rider forms, plus he would be able to go into his Complete Form. This way they all can have more moves, and during combos they could alternate between their different forms, or certain advanced moves can cause a brief change in form to dish out a stronger attack. As for his super moves, one could just be the finishing move of which ever Rider he is at that time. His second one could be his regular secondary finishing move using his Ride Booker in gun form. This would basically be another full screen beam attack.






Rounding out my dream team is the one and only Kirby. Kirby is a little pink puff ball with arms and legs. He is kind, caring, and loyal. He uses his powers to save Dream Land, and to protect the innocent.

What makes Kirby so deadly is his ability to inhale with such force that he creates a powerful vacuum capable of drawing people and objects much larger than him. Because of how elastic his body is he can expand his mouth and body to consume whatever he just sucked in. If it's a regular enemies, projectile, or other inanimate object he can only expel them as a powerful star shaped projectile. But where Kirby really shines is when he consumes an enemy with an ability. He can either spit them out, or swallow them. If he swallows these enemies he gains their abilities. He is basically a cute, pink little version of Sylar from Heroes. And this is what gives him an edge. No one ever expects to cute little pink ball smiling in the corner. And when they realize something is up, it's already too late.

We've all already seen what Kirby is capable of in 2D fighting game. He really has no reach with his short little arms and legs, but he makes up for that with pure sucking power. Just imagine him consuming the Hulk or Ironman. It would look funny, plus it would be rather cool. Kirby would be one of those characters that only skilled players would really use, because his move set would slightly change to reflect the person he consumed, and casual players aren't going to try to familiarize themselves with characters they might never play as. Still he would be interesting to watch. For his super moves he should be able to do a super suck. This move is un-blockable so you either have to hit Kirby or try to get around him. Anyone in front of him will be pulled towards his open mouth, where they will automatically get sucked in. Aside from the power and range, the difference between his vacuum special move and his vacuum super move is it can cancel out other super moves. So if Cyclops fires off his super optic blast just as Kirby goes into his super he will actually just suck up the beam, leaving him in a more puffed up state. His second super move can only be used in this state, but when activated Kirby opens his mouth and expels hundreds of stars towards his opponent.



And there you have it. This would be my ultimate team. Why, because you really have no idea what to expect from any of them. Their shape shifting and ability altering powers will constantly have their foes guessing. Because Alex is an unstoppable force, powered by a rage that can not, and will not be contained. Decade has 10 years of experience, and 9 of the strongest fighters at the palm of his hand. And lets not over look Kirby who is just itching to give any challenger a taste of his/her own medicine. And just to make things more interesting we got Kirby locked in a box, and we are going to starve him while we blast "Who Let the Dogs Out?". Then when it's go time, we will unleash the beast. ALL UP IN YO ASS...ARRFFFF ARRFFFF!!!

Well the achievement list for Prototype was added to http://www.xbox360achievements.org/ today. It is what you would expect. Complete all mission, kill x amount of enemies, destroy x amount of vehicles, beat the game on hard mode, and what not. I'm not really going to go into detail on them. You can just check them out here http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/prototype/achievements/

What i did want to talk about is one achievement in particular. It's called Trail of Corpses. It's worth 30 gamer points. but what caught my eye about it is what you must do. You have to kill Kill 53,596 infected. This is just like Left 4 Dead's Zombie Genocidest achievement where you had to Kill 53,595 Infected. Which in turn was just like Dead Rising's Zombie Genocider achievement where you had to...you've guessed it Kill 53,594 zombies. I remember when I was checking out the achievements for Left 4 Dead and i saw Zombie Genocidest, i was like NO WAY. I quickly looked up Dead Rising to confirm my suspicions. It seems a trend was started by Dead Rising. Any game that offers up an infinite supply of infect/ undead enemies will have an achievement such as this, with just one more kill than the last.

You might think there is some fault behind my logic because of games like Dead Space, and Resident Evil. This wouldn't really apply to "survival horror" games, and I use the term loosely for both of them. These games would take too many playthroughs to reach this high of a kill count. Left 4 Dead works because the 4 campaigns are short and they change every time you play them so they won't get too repetitive. Still i love the fact that people are taking what Dead Rising has started and are expanding on it. man i can't wait for this game. And I'm anxious to see what the secret achievements are. Hopefully one of them has me body surfing on someone for a mile, or something like that.

This is the discussion me and my PS3 having friends got into last night on Xbox live because I started talking about Prototype. They responded by saying the game looked generic, and Infamous looked much better. I've been looking forward to Prototype since it's announcement 2 years ago. The month before I received my first glimpse of Prototype I saw a quick teaser for Infamous. All i saw was a junk golem being hit by a lightning storm. I looked it up online and found out it was PS3 only, so i basically wrote it off. As the months and years passed I read, and watched any media I could find on Prototype. For a year I worked for Vivendi before the Activision merger. With the aid of my ninja training I was able to find press releases with information and videos the company put together to show the media. For lack of a better word i was obsessed with Prototype.



A year later gameplay videos for Infamous came out. After watching them I was pretty much back to my mindset of not caring about the game. To me it just looked liked Crackdown, only instead of guns you used lightning, and you couldn't super jump only slowly climb up the sides of things. Basically it was Mark Echo's Getting Up with a 3rd person shooter mechanic added to it. I've always been more fond of running up and killing my enemies with my hands or melee weapons when given the chance, plus the whole idea of being a super powerful being capable of anything seemed more up Prototype's alley with the main character running up the sides of buildings, gliding, and elbow dropping tanks. I much prefer slicing a man in half as opposed to shocking him to death. Both games focus on one form of fighting but do offer up the other. Prototype gives you access to several guns, while Infamous lets you used electricity powered punches to dispatch anyone that gets to close. Still my money is on the guy with razor sharp claws. Now don't get me wrong Infamous looks like fun. Being able to climb on top of a light post and shot some guy in the face with 1.21 gigawatts of hate would never get old, and the main character seems to be capable of causing some serious destruction. I also did get a kick out of watching him rip the bio-electrical energy out of someone, even if it did resemble when Alex Mercer consumed the mass of one of his victims. Still I prefer keeping the fight up close and personal, and as brutal as possible.

Now where the games seem to hit a stale mate for me is in the missions. Both games seem to offer up a variety of missions, and the different gameplay mechanics of both games also seem to factor into these missions. In one mission in Prototype we see Alex Mercer sneaking into an army base to kill and consume a helicopter pilot. Now disguised as him he has to fly the attack chopper around aiding in on different assaults against the infected monsters destroying the city. He has to keep this up in order to get the location of a key military figure they want him to pick up to bring back to base. he of course has different plans in mind for the man. In Infamous Cole McGrath has to rescue a train of hostages from a gang that has been terrorizing the city. The gang won't stop coming so Cole has to get the hostages to safety. Using his body he supplies energy to the train to get it moving while he takes out any opposition along the way. These are just a taste of some of the more thought out missions. with a variety of other missions ranging from escort, to rescue, to destroy this, and the go to this location missions seen in sandbox games.

I can't really say much about the stories. They both seem interesting, but I would actually have to play both to get a better understanding of them. Both games have different ways for you to get the backstory and some foresight into the main story. Infamous has the player collecting old audio logs left behind by people who fled the city after the blast. Some tell Cole about what happened to the city while he was in the hospital, while other explain what was going on in this part of the city while Cole was off somewhere else. As for Prototype Alex has lost his memory. To find the truth he must complete the web of intrigue . To do this he must hunt down key individuals, kill and consume them to add their memories to his own. When you do this you get a minor flash back from your victims perspective that might offer insight as to what is really going on, and what happened to you. In this one brutality wins over exploration.

Now one aspect of Infamous that makes it shine over Prototype to me is the good/evil system. It's nothing new, it's been seen in many games before, and like all the others it will result in a good ending or a bad ending. But along the way you shape your experience based off the choices you make. The people react differently to you and the city changes to reflect you. The sky will turn dark red from your evil ways, or heroic posters of you will begin popping up all over the place as you save lives, and help people out. Also certain powers are only available to the certain alignments. I think it might be possible to get all of them if you go evil, then bust your ass to become good. But it might just be faster to play the game a second time. Sadly Prototype's Alex Mercer is a man driven by revenge so he doesn't really care about anyone. The only choice you get is do you go all out when fighting, or be precise to minimize the collateral damage.

Well as I bring this to a close, I'd like to state one more time, I don't have anything against Infamous. My lack of a PS3 has given me no reason to care about the exclusive game, and anytime I've compared it to Prototype was just me pointing out why in my own opinion Prototype is more interesting to me. I'm not saying one game is better than the other, I'm just saying there are certain reasons why one is more appealing to me than the other. But if I was going to say Prototype is better, it's only because of the Alex Mercer figure you get if you reserve the game at Gamestop. LOL, shameless plug for a company I don't work for, and I somewhat hate, check.

I know this movie came out about 2 weeks ago, but I still don't care. Someone has to say something, I just hope I'm not too late. Before I get into the actual review I just wanted to say I'm surprised Dtoid doesn't have someone that reviews movies for the site. It would be a nice addition, plus it would be nice for people to get an honest review about a movie from like minded people. Until then I guess I will do what i can to fill the void.

Now, on to business. The Spirit was...just ok. There was nothing really redeeming about it, besides a 3.5 second shot of Eva Mendes bare ass, and another exaggerated portrayal of Samuel Jackson, by Samuel Jackson. I say this mainly because most of his roles are just him but exaggerated to one side of the spectrum or the other, but there is nothing wrong with that he is the black Chuck Norris. But aside from these 2 things I wouldn't really recommend this movie.

Fans of the original comic will be turned off by the fact that it really doesn't follow the source material. Originally The Spirit was just a detective, similar to Dick Tracey, who fought his arch nemesis The Octopus. Neither man had any powers they were just regular people, also The Octopus was a master of disguise and the reader never saw his actual face. In the movie both men are immortal and posses super strength, durability and agility. Also you see The Octopus' face, and the only hint of a disguise is his random ass costumes as a samurai with his Pulp Fiction sideburns, and as a nazi. Neither get up makes any sense at all. They just serve as a means to keep the audience in the movie, trying to figure out the reasoning behind them, and to add some comedy to an otherwise lack luster movie.

The movie seemed to just drag it's feet. The real problems with it become noticeable early on. The plot is pretty boring, because it is just lame. The few actions scenes range from mediocre to somewhat interesting. And by few I mean 3. Also the main character is pretty boring. He is flat and somewhat annoying. I really got annoyed with him jabbering on and on about how his city needs him, and how she is his friend, lover, mother, dog, proctologist, blah blah blah. Most of the movie is spent listening to him talk about the city or how The Octopus.

Alright to wrap this up, The Spirit was dead on it's feet. Every now and then there would be a quick pulse of life, that would eventually fade as fast as it came. The cheese level was just to high to make it enjoyable, and if you loved the comic then you will hate this movie. Save yourself the time and money and just wait for The Watchmen. A few months after that The Spirit will be on dvd and bluray. I say wait till then, because with a dvd you can at least freeze the scene of Eva Mendes' ass.

If you saw the original Crank chances are you probably didn't think they would make a sequel. I mean the movie ends with the main character Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) falling out of a helicopter miles above LA, hitting a moving car with enough force to bounce at least 10 feet in the air before coming back down hard on the pavement right in front of the camera. After few moments he blinks and you hear a faint heartbeat. Now there is no way a man could survive this, let alone be in any shape for another balls to the wall adventure, blazing a trail of destruction and chaos through the busy streets of downtown LA. Well if you thought that, then you don't know Hollywood that well.

After his near death experience Chev is picked up by the Chinese mafia. They nurse him back to health because they plan to harvest his organs. Turns out the chemical that was suppose to kill him in the original movie somehow gave him a damn near unstoppable heart, and had some other interesting side effects on the rest of his inner workings. Chev comes to briefly on the operating table to see his heart removed, and replaced with an artificial one designed to keep him alive long enough to collect the rest of his organs, including his naughty bits. He escapes, and the chase is on as Chev hunts down the man that is transporting his heart. In the original Chev had to do whatever he could to keep his adrenalin flowing to keep his heart pumping. Things like driving through a busy mall, killing people, and sexing up Eve (Amy Smart) his girlfriend. This time around Chev needs to basically shock himself in order to charge up the battery in his artificial heart. You can already guess what that means, and yes it does mean more sexing of Amy Smart.

The first movie had over the top action and a very silly plot, but it all worked. Mainly because the director, writers, and actors new it was the silliest thing ever and they embraced it. This looks no different, outside of the fact that the plot is sillier and the action is more over the top. I mean the trailer has him giving some guy a shotgun enema, and him basically getting jump started by a car. COME ON PEOPLE!!! 2009, F@CK YEAH!!!

So far all I've found for it is the red band trailer. Which is full of boobs, ass, f bombs, violence, and just awesomeness. It is no where near SFW, so I will just add the link to it. Next to Watchmen this looks like one of the best movies coming out this year. So far anyway.

http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/12/crank-2-trailer

If you liked Dynasty Warriors Gundam then get ready for the sequel coming out latter next year. I have no idea what the story is about, nor do i care. These types of games no one really plays for the story. They just play to relax and get their button mash on, and to feel unstoppable as they take on an entire army by themselves.

This time around though, you have to face not only the regular gundams from the different series, but you also have to take on some of the much larger ones. Just imagine a gundam big enough to grab another gundam with one hand. YEAH...that alone is all I need to make me want to play. Hopefully the game will let you play as one of these behemoths, and they don't get lazy and just give you the same gundam 3 times, just colored differently. Yeah I'm looking at you Qubeley gundam. Anyway I'll have more details for you as the game gets closer to our shores. In the mean time he is the official trailer, and a video of someone getting stomped on by that giant gundam I mentioned earlier.