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Mortal Kombat is a worldwide popular fighting game series that started in 1992 to compete with the then hyped Street Fighter II. Mortal Kombat's fighting game engine was similar to its rival's, though it had some differences. It had introduced the popular techinque known as juggling where you could keep hitting an opponent in the air for more damage. However, MK's greatest innovation was the Fatality, a finishing move that could be performed by the victor of the match, which resulted in the winner ending the loser's life in a gruesome manner such as heart ripping and immolation.

In 1995, a Mortal Kombat movie was released in theaters. Unlike other movies based on games, this particular one was exceptionally well-received even by those not familiar with the series..

The movie is based on the first game with some differences. It revolves around fighters chosen from around the world to participate in a battle of good versus evil known as Mortal Kombat. Liu Kang enters the tournament in order to avenge his fallen brother Chan Kang (Chow Kang in the video game), who was brutally murdered by the final boss of the game, Shang Tsung, an evil shapeshifting sorcerer who steals souls to maintain and sustain his life. Meanwhile, Sonya Blade of the Special Forces is hunting down a ruthless mercenary named Kano and tracks him down to the tournament alone. Finally, Johnny Cage, a 'washed up has-been' is given an invitation by an old friend to the tournament in order to confirm that his fighting prowess is indeed real. These warriors of Earth are guided by a dry-witted version of Raiden

Unlike other video game films, the Mortal Kombat film stays completely true to the original storyline, though there are some differences, such as the appearance of three MKII characters: Jax, Kitana and the MKII version of Reptile. The fight scenes are marvelous and the storyline itself is solid. The movie even features Fatalities, which was quite different from the time considering that infamous elements from their video game counterparts weren't normally prominent. Several of the differences from the movie were later transferred to the game, such as Cage and Goro's rivalry as well as retconning Kano into an Australian-Japanese thug thanks to the late Trevor Goddard..

At the time, if people wanted a perfect movie version of a video game, Mortal Kombat was the movie to look forward to until Tomb Raider came by.

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As a kid, I was sorta big fanatic of Star Wars. I thought it was teh most epic thing in mah life. XD Havin' only owned two games, Shadows of the Empire and Return of the Jedi for Gameboy, I've always had the desire and wish to use an X-Wing. That all came true and glorious with Star Wars Rogue Sqaudron, a game in 1998 released by Factor 5 for the N64 and PC. It's one of the many games that explore the 'Expanded Universe' section of the Star Wars world. And this game and its series as a whole focuses solely on the glorious battles fought by the Rebel Alliance's military force, Rogue Sqaudron

The first game was quite a smashin' hit. It had awesome controls and impressive graphics in its time. The gameplay always takes place in the skies where you combat hundreds of Imperials piloting whatever TIE variants they had like Inteceptors and Bombers. The game has at least 10 playable vehicles to choose from, 2, of which can be unlocked by beating the games 10 normal missions in one run. Aside from the infamous X-Wing starfighter, you get to pilot the A-Wing stuntfighter and the special V-Wing Airspeeder. Other unlockable ships include the Millennium Falcon, a TIE Inteceptor and even a car D: There was a duo of secret, well hidden passwords that could unlock the N-1 Naboo Starfighter, a starfighter that appears in Episode I, The Phantom Menace. Even though it is supposedly an obsolete ship in the Star Wars timeline, it is easily the best one in the game. The craft was used a promotion to the prequel movies bein' made after the movie storylines had concluded with Episode VI.

Due to the immense success of the first Rogue Squadron, a second one, Rogue Leader, was released on the Gamecube as a launch title in 2001. This particular one had missions based on the original trilogy, starting off with the Death Star attack and ending with the Battle of Endor. Most of the vehicles from the first game return with some new unlockable ships like like the Slave I and the promotional Jedi Starfighter used in Episode II: Attack of the Clones. As a launch title of the Gamecube, the graphics were and cutscenes were pretty dynamic and the controls felt much more better with a Gamecube controller. With the Gamecube's hardware, the game also includes short clips durin' menus for the fans to see

The success continued even further with the third title in the series: Rebel Strike. Its more of a mix of the two previous games, but with improved, polished graphics. The game this time is set up into two character specific 'branched' Campaigns: Luke's and Wedge's. Luke's follows the original movies' storyline while Wedge's focuses on blank spaces of the Expanded Universe of Rogue Sqaudron. The game also introduces the game-exclusive TIE Hunter, whose designs are based on the X-Wing's. Unlike the previous two titles, the game now has ground based missions, allowing the player to take to the battle on foot, usin' blasters and bombs and some missions, allows the use of a Lightsaber. Perhaps the most significant change was the addition of a two-player option, which also includes a Co-Op version of the previous title Rogue Leader

I have enjoyed the Rogue Squadron series in its entirety and I'd strongly suggest buyin' any of the three games if yer a Star Wars fan. It may not be a KOTOR game, but they're definitely must-haves, especially for nostalgia.

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I'm quite curious as to how many people on this single board actually still believe in this outrageous theory about Tobi, the leader of the Akatsuki.

This is a theory that was put to rest quite a long time ago when Tobi reveals himself to be Madara Uchiha, the man who set the Nine Tailed Fox against the Leaf Village and trained Itachi Uchiha in the true malevolent ways of the Sharigan in order to wipe out the entire clan, leavin' Sasuke left alive. However, when Tobi did reveal himself to be Madara, some had to be hard heads and tried to twist it around, sayin' he has Madara's powers when he clearly states he IS Madara. In a short amount of time, some fake 'scans' from the manga were posted on various sites of Tobi sayin' he is truely Obito Uchiha. The same thing happened with Minato bein' the Akatsuki leader, though that proved to be completely false since Minato had died usin' the Death Reaper Seal.

The sole reason for this confusion of Obito bein' Tobi is for two reasons: 1: The similar spelling of the two names, that Tobi was only a mere coincidence bein' an anagram of Obito with one O bein' taken out. 2" The similar placing of the visible Sharigan eye which is on the right side of the face. However, this proves to be mere coincidence, since, in flashbacks, Madara has always had two eyes, and plucked out his own brother's to prevent from goin' blind. Furthermore, Obito's corpse is certainly no use to Madara, bein' for two reasons:

-Obito never had a Mangekyou, nor the Mangekyou Sharigan on his body. Plus, Obito was not even born during the creation and rise of Konoha

-Since obtainin' his brother's Mangekyou, Madara has become immortal. Yes, he's beatable, but definitely immortal as he has lived through the ages.

As of this week 'Tobi' has at last removed the mask, but we will have to wait one more week before seein' the full face.

Any thoughts or questions?