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They called the ubie cave the Hellmouth. So why can it enter Caleb already? What's so special about him?

What happened with Joyce in CWDP doesn't match FE at all. That wasn't just the usual harassment from it. Also Buffy was having dreams about Joyce. It really seemed to be building up to something... Important for what? Apparently not the seal since it thought Jonathan would open it. The first half of the season is basically devoted to FE wanting Spike. It was clearly more than just "it wants to screw with Buffy's friend". They weren't really connected at all. Buffy gave them all power to beat the ubies, not to correct the slayer line or to balance the scales or whatever. In the first half of the season FE was doing all this because the Slayer line was messed up, it was killing SITs and planned to eventually end the slayer forever. Then this suddenly switched gears to "lots of ubies makes me FE flesh" plan. So FE is just a dumbass? You'd think a primordial being like FE would know how it's seal thingy works. So much for being "BEYOND DEATH~!". It can't even open a little doorway. How come Jonathan's blood didn't work and it appeared Spike's was special, but then later any blood worked? Xander's worked and in the end the slayer's worked. FE said Jonathan's wasn't enough, yet later Buffy can cut her arm and it opens wide up. Yeah, but why? Why would tons of ubies allow it to do this? Just because it says so? Also originally it said it was tired of the mortal coil...then it wants to become one?

But it's still incorporeal when it merges with Caleb.

Yeah, but why? Why would tipping the scales = it is made flesh? In End of Days it says: "And for me as well. Look, when this is all over and our armies spring forth and our will sweeps the world, I will be able to enter every man, woman and child on this earth, just as I enter you." Which is it? It will be made flesh or it will be able to merge with everyone? And why can it only merge with Caleb until the scales tip?

Those are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to dropped stories or halfassed stories in season 7. Joyce harassing Buffy and Dawn went no where. FE wanting Spike went no where. Ending the slayer line went no where. Why was FE messing around with Jonathan and Andrew? What's with all the "Wood is evil" hints early in the season, like Wood nonchalantly burying Jonathan's body? Why is FE able to merge with Caleb? What exactly was FE's plan? How come it's goal with the ubies went from "I will be able to enter any man, woman and child!" to "I will become flesh!" out of no where? Why would having tons of ubies = FE is made flesh in the first place? Where did the seal come from? Why is the Hellmouth now a cave full of ubies? Luckily for Joss the nature of FE as the villain allows for weaksauce explnations like "well it was messing with Spike and using Joyce to scare Buffy/Dawn just to weaken the good guys" even though it's REALLY obvious they had big plans for that stuff and just dropped them. The whole season has horrible pacing, where it jumps around and drops things only to bring them back later like nothing had happened. Like early in the season FE gets Spike to kill again and he fights it off and everything seems fine. Several eps later Giles goes nuts over it demanding Spike get rid of the trigger and is so worked up over it he's willing to betray Buffy. WTF? Spike wasn't even killing anymore, it was a non-issue. If he was going to do something as wild as going behind Buffy's back he should have done it ages ago. It seems like they had no idea what they were doing in the last half of the season, probably because they were unsure about spin offs.

I'll buy it if it comes to the US.

Maximum Carnage and TMNT are both cool.

You could watch season 7 of Buffy 60 times and still not make sense of all the plot holes, continuity errors and dropped storylines. Joss and the others were as bad as WWE's creative team for that debacle.

I'm not into imports. I don't have the American DBZ games and don't really want them. Yeah it is. I have it on Genesis. Battle Monsters? Got it. It's funny. No to both. Ballz really sucks though. I have the SNES one. That's enough for me. I wouldn't say it counts. Game is overall a beat em' up. The Saturn port is enough for me. Here is my list... 1. Street Fighter(PC) 2. Street Fighter II(SNES) 3. Street Fighter II Turbo(SNES) 4. Street Fighter II Special Champion Edition(Genesis) 5. Super Street Fighter II(Genesis) 6. Super Street Fighter II Turbo(PC) 7. Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival(GBA) 8. Hyper Street Fighter II The Anniversary Edition(Import PS2) 9. Street Fighter III Double Impact(DC) 10. Street Fighter III 3rd Strike(DC) 11. Street Fighter Alpha(PSX) 12. Street Fighter Alpha 2(PSX) 13. Street Fighter Alpha 2(SNES) 14. Street Fighter Alpha 3(PSX) 15. Street Fighter Alpha 3(arcade) 16. Street Fighter Alpha 3(GBA) 17. Street Fighter Collection(PSX) 18. Street Fighter Collection(Saturn) 19. Street Fighter Collection 2(PSX) 20. Street Fighter The Movie(Saturn) 21. Street Figher EX Plus Alpha(PSX) 22. Street Fighter EX 2 Plus(PSX) 23. Street Fighter EX3(PS2) 24. Darkstalkers(PSX) 25. Night Warriors(Saturn) 26. Darkstalkers 3(PSX) 27. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure(PSX) 28. X-Men Children of the Atom(PC) 29. X-Men Children of the Atom(PSX) 30. Marvel Super Heroes(PSX) 31. X-Men vs. Street Fighter(PSX) 32. Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter(PSX) 33. Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter(arcade) 34. Marvel vs. Capcom(DC) 35. Marvel vs. Capcom 2(DC) 36. Capcom vs. SNK(DC) 37. Capcom vs. SNK Pro(PSX) 38. Capcom vs. SNK 2(PS2) 39. Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO(Xbox) 40. Pocket Fighter(PSX) 41. Star Gladiator(PSX) 42. Plasma Sword(DC) 43. Rival Schools(PSX) 44. Project Justice(DC) 45. Power Stone(DC) 46. Power Stone 2(DC) 47. World Heroes(SNES) 48. World Heroes 2(SNES) 49. Art of Fighting(SNES) 50. Fatal Fury(Genesis) 51. Fatal Fury 2(Genesis) 52. Fatal Fury Special(SNES) 53. Fatal Fury Wild Ambition(PSX) 54. Fatal Fury Mark of the Wolves(DC) 55. Samurai Shodown(Genesis) 56. Samurai Shodown III(PSX) 57. Samurai Shodown Warriors Rage(PSX) 58. King of Fighters 95(PSX) 59. King of Fighters Dream Match 99(DC) 60. King of Fighters 99(PSX) 61. King of Fighters 2000 & 2001(PS2) 62. The Last Blade 2(DC) 63. SNK vs. Capcom Chaos(Import PS2) 64. Mortal Kombat(SNES) 65. Mortal Kombat(Genesis) 66. Mortal Kombat(Sega CD) 67. Mortal Kombat(PC) 68. Mortal Kombat(GB) 69. Mortal Kombat(Gamegear) 70. Mortal Kombat(Arcade) 71. Mortal Kombat II(SNES) 72. Mortal Kombat II(Genesis) 73. Mortal Kombat II(32X) 74. Mortal Kombat II(Saturn) 75. Mortal Kombat II(PC) 76. Mortal Kombat II(GB) 77. Mortal Kombat II(Gamegear) 78. Mortal Kombat II(arcade) 79. Mortal Kombat 3(SNES) 80. Mortal Kombat 3(Genesis) 81. Mortal Kombat 3(PC) 82. Mortal Kombat 3(PSX) 83. Mortal Kombat 3(GB) 84. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3(SNES) 85. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3(Genesis) 86. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3(Saturn) 87. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3(arcade) 88. Mortal Kombat Trilogy(PSX) 89. Mortal Kombat Trilogy(N64) 90. Mortal Kombat Trilogy(Saturn) 91. Mortal Kombat Trilogy(Game.com) 92. Mortal Kombat Trilogy(PC) 93. Mortal Kombat Advance(GBA) 94. Mortal Kombat 4(PSX) 95. Mortal Kombat 4(N64) 96. Mortal Kombat 4(PC) 97. Mortal Kombat 4(GBC) 98. Mortal Kombat 4(arcade) 99. Mortal Kombat Gold(DC) 100. Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance(PS2) 101. Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance(Xbox) 102. Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance(GC) 103. Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance(GBA) 104. Mortal Kombat Tournament Edition(GBA) 105. War Gods(N64) 106. Bio Freaks(N64) 107. Mace: The Dark Age(N64) 108. Killer Instinct(SNES) 109. Killer Instinct(GB) 110. Killer Instinct 2(arcade) 111. Killer Instinct Gold(N64) 112. Eternal Champions(Genesis) 113. Eternal Champions Challenge From the Darkside(Sega CD) 114. Guilty Gear(PSX) 115. Guilty Gear X(PS2) 116. Guilty Gear X Advance Edition(GBA) 117. Guilty Gear X2(PS2) 118. Clayfighter(SNES) 119. Clayfighter 2: Judgment Clay(SNES) 120. Clayfighter 63 1/3(N64) 121. Primal Rage(PSX) 122. Weapon Lord(SNES) 123. Time Killers(Genesis) 124. Survival Arts(arcade) 125. Way of the Warrior(3DO) 126. Cosmic Carnage(32X) 127. Battle Monsters(Saturn) 128. Fighter’s History(SNES) 129. TMNT Tournament Fighters(SNES) 130. Double Dragon V(Genesis) 131. Tuff E Nuff(SNES) 132. Justice League Task Force(Genesis) 133. Power Rangers(Genesis) 134. Power Rangers Fighting Edition(SNES) 135. Ranma ½ Hard Battle(SNES) 136. Shaq Fu(SNES) 137. Tekken(PSX) 138. Tekken(arcade) 139. Tekken 2(PSX) 140. Tekken 2(arcade) 141. Tekken 3(PSX) 142. Tekken 4(PS2) 143. Tekken 4(Import PS2) 144. Tekken Tag Tournament(Arcade) 145. Tekken Tag Tournament(PS2) 146. Tekken Advance(GBA) 147. Soul Blade(PSX) 148. Soul Calibur(DC) 149. Soul Calibur II(PS2) 150. Virtua Fighter(32X) 151. Virtua Fighter 2(Saturn) 152. Virtua Fighter 3tb(DC) 153. Virtua Fighter 4(PS2) 154. Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution(PS2) 155. Fighting Vipers(Saturn) 156. Fighters Megamix(Saturn) 157. Last Bronx(Saturn) 158. Dead or Alive(PSX) 159. Dead or Alive 2 Hardcore(PS2) 160. Dead or Alive 3(Xbox) 161. X-Men Mutant Academy(PSX) 162. X-Men Mutant Academy 2(PSX) 163. X-Men Next Dimension(Xbox) 164. Bloody Roar(PSX) 165. Bloody Roar II(PSX) 166. Bloody Roar 3(PS2) 167. Bloody Roar 4(PS2) 168. Battle Arena Toshinden Remix(Saturn) 169. Battle Arena Toshinden 2(PSX) 170. Battle Arena Toshinden 3(PSX) 171. Super Smash Bros.(N64) 172. Super Smash Bros. Melee(GC) 173. Criticom(Saturn) 174. Dark Rift(N64) 175. Tobal No. 1(PSX) 176. Ehrgeiz(PSX) 177. Vs.(PSX) 178. Star Wars Masters of the Teras Kasi(PSX) 179. Cardinal Syn(PSX) 180. Iron & Blood(PSX) 181. Tao Feng(Xbox)

It's like a hybrid of UMK3 and MKT. It has the roster of the 16 bit UMK3s, the story retcons from MKT and some original stuff like Rain & Ermac's new Friendship and a bunch of new or modified Fatalities. Plus it's got a new name. New name = new game.

Yes, Kasumi Ninja is the kilt fireball game. Angus McGreggor is the name of the guy. It is Vortek with a K. I am running out of bad fighting games to buy. Good fighting games at that. Besides SNK stuff I don't know what else to get.

I don't say MK1 on Gameboy because there's actually good versions of MK1. MKA on GBA is the only version of MKA and so it's the worst overall game in the series.

It's so exciting that we've got all this news in just a few days time. We already know over 10 of the characters! Info came out sooo slow with MKDA. I can't wait until E3, where it will be up and playable. MKO is going there and will cover it like they did with DA in 2002. I really want more details on the story.

MKO just confirmed all this stuff. It's true. Also in the article there is a drawing of Bo' Rai Cho fighting Smoke(as a human).

Ok someone over at MK Online claims they got the new PSM in today. None of this is confirmed, but according to them... Nightwolf is indeed in. The bald guy with the pony tail is an alternate outfit for Sub-Zero Sindel and Kenshi are shown. There's a pic of someone who looks like Kitana, but they're not sure. The girl in white with the hat is a new character named Ashrah. Hotaru is a new character who "resembles Quan Chi" Konquest mode is back and radically changed. You now pick a character and play as them through an epic adventure where they age and learn new moves and get new outfits. It involves tons of MK characters, past and present. The story takes place right after MKDA and the new villain is The Dragon King, who was first built up in DA. The core gameplay is the same as it was in DA. Every character has two Fatalities and a Hari kari move. You can kill YOURSELF! Two mini-games are in. One is a MK version of chess and the other is a puzzle game they compare to Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo. It even has kiddy anime style versions of the characters like Puzzle fighter. Sounds crazy. I hope this guy isn't BSing, as this is all cool. Sindel!

Those are 3 cool games. At least in the sense that they'll be funny to mess around with. Ultra Vortek and Kasumi Ninja are MK klones and Fight for Life looks like one of the worst 3D fighters ever. I can't wait. I really want to try Shadow: War of Succession for 3DO too.

MK Advance is the worst MK game ever.

I don't want a Neo or Neo CD because eventually I'll get a MVS cabinet. I got a Jaguar today. I bought it so I could play Kasumi Ninja, Fight for Life and Ultra Vortek!

Yeah, MKTE is an upgrade to MKDA. Actually more of an alternate version. It's the half of the game they cut from the first MKDA to fit on GBA, plus a few extra stages and a few new characters(Sareena, Sektor and Noob).

I want the old ones just to own them. Just for collections sake. I have like every major fighting game ever except a bunch of SNK stuff. They need to put the older games on mainstream consoles. I'm too lazy to get a AES or MVS.

I figured Noob would be back because so many people were pissed he wasn't in DA. For some reason Noob is really popular. Everyone thinks he is "mysterious". I say he is more "halfassed". It's just Scorpion colored black with a vague story! That's not "mysterious" or "interesting".... Noob was in MKTE, but nobody seems to have cared about that.

Cool. I'll get it. I want 94, 96 and 97 on a US console.

MKO says TeamXbox claims MK3 is part of it, they're not sure if it's legit yet. If MK3 is part of it I want UMK3 too.

Mileena, Kitana, Baraka and Sektor also were added to MK Gold. Most people hate MK4, but I like it. Not as much as the first 3, but it's still fun. It plays more like MK3 than a 3D fighter and the weapons are more of a novelty than really useful. I had a long overview of it's gameplay typed out but it was deleted.... I suppose Reiko could be Kahn's son. It would be kind of lame to say that he had a son this whole time and just never mentioned him, but that's never stopped them before. Reiko's MK4 opening story mentions nothing about Kahn. It says he's one of Shinnok's generals who died and has apparently come back to life. In the show MK Conquest he appeared and was one of Kahn's minions. The developers have said he was "associated" with Kahn, but wouldn't elaborate. In the latest chat with them John Vogel flat out said Reiko was a lame character and he never wanted to use him again. I don't think anyone has any idea what Reiko's deal is.

Well, he doesn't shapeshift exactly like Shang. He just gets the person's moveset, but still looks the same. They're more like impersonations than morphs. But yeah, it's weak. I hate how Shinnok was hyped as an uber strong fallen elder god then turned out to be a pushover. Sort of. He and Roger Sharp were asked about it in Gamepro back in 93. They confirmed that there is something in the game called Ermac and it comes up when something that isn't supposed to happen happens. Whatever that means. The answer was extremely vague. They didn't say what it does or even actually confirm it was a red ninja at all. He also hinted it may be in MK II. Also over the years Ed has mentioned Ermac in interviews, but in a joking manor. Like he'll be like "anyone found Ermac yet?? " The problem with asking Ed is that you'll never get a straight answer. He loves the whole mystery of MK and always plays it up. Like he still claims there's a hidden code in MKDA to be discovered(but he "can't remember" what it was). It's hard to take anything Ed says seriously. You never know if he's being honest or just working the fans. There IS something in early MK games called "ermac" though. Until they switched to the T-Unit hardware all the revisions had a listing for "ermacs" in the audits menu. I am not sure what that is. Whatever it is it's not exclusive to MK, as it's in Smash TV too. The manual for the arcade version lists it as "error traps". People have been looking through the game's ROMs to try and find proof of Ermac and came up with nothing. There's no "ermac wins", no "Ermac" in the lifebar, no sign of him at all. Also the game is over a decade old and no one has been able to reproduce it or provided any solid details on it. Besides Ed's interview the article about it in EGM is the most cited proof that Ermac exists. WAY back in the day some guy named Tony Casey sent in a story and picture about Ermac. He told this ridiculous story about Ermac jumping down and giving clues and then a week later fighting him. The pic is really dark and shady looking. Quite frankley, it's a bunch of BS. The story is hilarious because of how hokey it is. What he describes is obviously not in the game or it would have been discovered 10 years ago. It also contradicts what Ed says since it's clearly not some rare glitch, but something intentionally programed to be in the game. I think the whole thing is just a clasic urban legend. My guess is that "ermacs" was simply some hardware related bug counter. The listing for "ermacs" is right under the listing for "Reptile Appearances". I am betting some player way back in the day saw that and thought it meant "Ermac Appearances" and passed it on to his friends. Then they passed it on and so forth until the rumor became "omg there is a guy in it called ermac!". Then the Tony guy took the rumor and sent the hoax story and pic to EGM and it snowballed even more. Finally Gamepro asked Ed and he gave his vague little answer and the legend was born. I don't think it will ever die. Even though it's over 10 years old and still no sign of him. Even though with modern technology we can look at the game's code and see that there simply is no Ermac in the games ROM. Everyone still believes it because they want to believe. It's silly, but fans love the mystery of MK. They love how "mysterious" the game's secrets are. The idea of this ultra secretive ninja that nobody has seen lurking in the shadows is appealing. It gives the game this mysterious, cryptic vibe. Like 90% of fans believe in it, yet no one ever has any proof. No one ever has any clear pics, any real details on it, any idea of how to get to him, or anything. It's always either "really well hidden~!" or "it's the rarest glitch ever!". Also people always cite the Ed interview or the EGM story yet because they're so old they don't actually remember what was said. "It was in EGM, so it must be true!" even though it was really just some fan who sent it in and who's story was really goofy sounding. The truth is that it's almost certainly just some boring old error log...but the idea of it being a mystery character is just so appealing people will never give it up.