Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Pathetic and Feeble


Technically, Boromir committed suicide when he let his obsession with the One Ring get him into trouble, resulting in Sauron's forces killing him.

Had Adolf Hitler personally confronted the Russian Commies, he would have died in a far worse manner than Boromir. While the book version of The Lord of the Rings said that Boromir took a lot more arrows than in the film, the gunshot wounds Hitler would have taken from the Russian Commies would have been far worse than the arrow hits Sauron's forces landed on Boromir.

In conclusion, even the most evil tyrants are only human, and if they were to receive the kind of brutal beatdowns you see in the TV shows, movies and video games, they would have died in a very horrific way that cannot be described.

Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Underrated Castles


If one were to think of Germany's castles, Neuschwanstein Castle comes into mind. However, there are two other castles that deserve respect. They are Hohenzollern Castle and Hohenschwangau Castle. Here are some fun facts about these underrated castles.

Did you know that southern Germany sits near a known earthquake-prone area? In 1990, a rare earthquake damaged Hohenzollern Castle, and the castle was under repair until the mid-1990s.

The Hohenschwangau Castle, which used to be the childhood home of King Ludwig II, survived World War II undamaged. You can even see it and the nearby Hohenschwangau Village from Neuschwanstein Castle.

If anyone were to visit Germany, please consider visiting these two underrated castles as well.

Monday, 28 April 2025

Still Juggling After 45 Years


Today marks the 45th Anniversary of the Nintendo Game and Watch. What began with Mr Game and Watch juggling balls became a huge sensation in 1980. Since then, Ball has been synonymous with the Game and Watch handhelds. It made a cameo as one of the treasures in Pikmin 2, and it was re-released on a few occasions, with the most recent re-release being a Mario-themed version as part of the Super Mario Bros 35th Anniversary celebrations. Even more remarkable is that some people who know about the Game and Watch handhelds were not even born yet when Game and Watch hit the store shelves, and I was definitely one of them. Incredible, isn't it?

Sunday, 27 April 2025

Gold Kirby


To commemorate the 33rd Anniversary of the Kirby series, here is a comic about Kirby inhaling the Golden Drink from Super Mario Party.

You may have heard about Gold Mario, but what about Gold Kirby?

Friday, 25 April 2025

A Tale of Two Atari Pac-Man Ports


You may have heard of the infamous Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man, but you have not heard of the Atari 5200 version of Pac-Man. That's because the Atari 5200 had poor sales figures due to low quality controllers. The Atari 5200 version of Pac-Man could have far better sales figures if not for the Atari 5200's poor quality controllers because the Atari 5200 version of Pac-Man is far superior to the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man as the Atari 5200 version is closer to the Arcade version than the Atari 2600 version.

Thursday, 24 April 2025

The Videos that made Internet History


Can you believe 20 years have passed since "Me at the zoo" and "My Snowboarding Skillz" made Internet History by being the first two videos to be uploaded on YouTube? Man, I really feel old...

Tuesday, 22 April 2025

Six Fan Arts Entry 2


Author's Note: This is a sequel to my first #SixFanArts Challenge comic.

Characters in this #SixFanArts Challenge Entry: Gold Fall Guy (Fall Guys), Tobrac (World of Warcraft, specifically the WowCraft videos by CarbotAnimations), Ugandan Knuckles (Sonic the Hedgehog), Mr Hot Dog (BurgerTime), Mr Game and Watch (Creamed Spinach Color) (Game and Watch), Sukapon (Joy Mech Fight).

If a regular Fall Guy wasn't good enough, how about a Gold Fall Guy wearing a gold crown?

For those wondering who Tobrac is, he is the orc OC in the CarbotAnimations WowCraft YouTube videos. His name comes from the reversed name for Carbot.

Remember Ugandan Knuckles? He is basically Knuckles with accents reminiscent of the Ugandan film "Who Killed Captain Alex?" by Wakaliwood.

As the first and most basic of the three main enemies in BurgerTime, Mr Hot Dog needs no explanation.

In the Super Smash Bros series, one of Mr Game and Watch's recolors is reminiscent of the original Game Boy's screen, which was ridiculed by Sega in a Game Gear advertisement titled "Creamed Spinach Color".

For those wondering who Sukapon is, he is the main protagonist of the forgotten Famicom game Joy Mech Fight. His popularity, however, only began to skyrocket when he appeared as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and long before that, Sukapon was the most requested miscellaneous Nintendo character for inclusion in Super Smash Bros Melee.

Monday, 21 April 2025

Kick The Magikoopa


People kicking Kamek, from left to right: Waluigi (Super Mario Bros), Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog), Link (Ocarina of Time) (The Legend of Zelda), High Elf Archer (Goblin Slayer).

A comic starring one of the lieutenants of the titular Goblin Slayer? Looks like Neo Retro Union has no place for goblins now...

There are some Super Mario fans who claim that Kamek is the true villain of the Super Mario series. That's why Kamek is getting kicked by other people in this comic.

Waluigi dislikes all Koopa Troop ringleaders, and Kamek is no exception.

If Sonic wants revenge against Nintendo for Sega's hardware production exit, he can always vent his anger and frustration on Nintendo's villains.

This comic is also a subtle nod to RuneScape's Combat Triangle, where ranged users defeat magic users. That's why ranged users such as Link and High Elf Archer are shown here kicking magic users like Kamek.

Kamek getting kicked could also be a dark nod to Kamek getting omitted from the Mario Kart World playable character roster.

Thursday, 17 April 2025

Belonging in a Museum


Let's face it. Hocotate's museums will be more than happy to take in all the non-organic treasures throughout the history of the Pikmin franchise. This includes Nintendo-related memorabilia such as the Super Mario World key, and the SD cards that have been used as storage devices for Nintendo handhelds such as the DSi, DSi XL, 3DS, 3DS XL and 2DS. Remarkable for a franchise revolving around leaf-headed creatures, isn't it?

Sunday, 13 April 2025

Ludicrous Price Tag


Currently, there are complaints about the Nintendo Switch 2's price tag being too expensive. And it does not help when the tariffs are increasing that price tag...

Friday, 11 April 2025

Skirt Drop


If Arle saw a drowning person at the beach, she would undress herself into her swimwear starting with a skirt drop in order to save the drowning person. This is exactly what happened at the beginning of Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne, where Madoka Kyouno saw a drowning person at the beach and undressed herself into her school swimsuit starting with a skirt drop when she had to save the drowning person.

This is how Madoka Kyouno started undressing herself when she had to save the drowning person:


If Arle did the exact same thing, one could imagine what swimies Arle is wearing under her skirt. The first possible choice has to be her two-piece swimsuit from PuyoLympics. It's also possible Arle is wearing a striped bikini. Still, there is a possibility that Arle is wearing a scale mail bikini. Whatever it is, Arle will always undress herself into her swimwear when it comes to saving a drowning person.

Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Kick The Mischief-Maker


People kicking the Mischievous Lemmings, from left to right: Rit (Rod Land, Soldam), Tam (Rod Land, Soldam), Ax Battler (Golden Axe), Tyris Flare (Golden Axe).

In Lemmings Touch, if a mischievous lemming enters the exit, it will result in a game over. Therefore, mischievous lemmings do not deserve any sympathy at all, which is why in this comic, the mischievous lemmings are being kicked by other people.

Tuesday, 8 April 2025

Two Panties


Author's Note: The panties in this comic are not panties to begin with. Rather, the panty in the first panel that Arle took off in the middle panel is a buruma, while the panty in the last panel is the bottom part of her two-piece swimsuit. Both of these sports attires come from the Puyo Puyo sports spin-off PuyoLympics.

Sunday, 6 April 2025

Swimming Pool Matriarch Visual Gag Variations 7


Author's Note: Can you believe that it has been several months since the last time I posted a Matriarch of the Swimming Pool Visual Gag Variations comic? Maybe time constraints do have a very serious effect on comic production after all...

I'm very sure Sofia the First from Disney's Sofia the First is secretly a Blaster Master fangirl because the vehicle driven by Jason in the Sunsoft NES game Blaster Master was named Sophia the Third.

Remember Sakura Kinomoto's Water Jester costume from Episode 3 of Cardcaptor Sakura? This battle costume is iconic because it appeared in both the anime and the manga. Given that the main part of Sakura's Water Jester costume had to be a water-resistant dress, it's possible that the core part of the battle costume is a swimsuit.

The default female Mii and Guest F are twin sisters because their faces are totally identical. The only difference is that the default female Mii wears a red shirt while Guest F wears a pink shirt.

Given that Mario likes Italian food, this mushroom eater would definitely love lasagna, meaning Garfield is not alone.

Starting from the London 2012 edition of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, female characters get to wear gymnastics leotards that double as swimming costumes. Rosalina is playable in the gymnastics events of the Rio 2016 edition of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. However, Rosalina does not appear in the swimming events, meaning the leotard that she wears in the gymnastics events did not go for a swim at all.

Swimming in a leotard sounds like an absurd idea since leotards are not designed to go swimming. However, all of that changed when Destira designed leotards that can double as swimsuits. Therefore, Sakura Kinomoto's Water Jester leotard possibly being a swimsuit, as well as the leotards worn by the female characters doubling as swimsuits in the swimming events of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games series, makes sense now.

Saturday, 5 April 2025

The End of DarkScape


Author's Note: This comic was made in response to the announcement made by Jagex on 29 February 2016 regarding the closure of DarkScape on 28 March 2016. DarkScape is no longer available as of 28 March 2016.

The Rabbid is screaming "DAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!" over the closure of the DarkScape servers because he enjoyed going on killing sprees in DarkScape, and now this open world Player Vs Player mode is shutting down due to lack of interest, which made him very upset.

The last panel in this comic is based on the chorus of "It's the End of the World as We Know It". It talks about the end of DarkScape, and it mentioned Deadman Mode, which was possibly the reason why DarkScape lost popularity.

Friday, 4 April 2025

Open World Massacre


Author's Note: This comic was originally conceived to commemorate the launch of DarkScape and Deadman Mode. DarkScape is no longer active as of 28 March 2016.

Have you ever wished for an open world Player Vs Player experience where everyone is at war with everyone else? Well, RuneScape used to have two versions of that kind of Player Vs Player experience. The modern version received DarkScape, which sadly, ceased operations on 28 March 2016 due to lack of popularity, while Old School RuneScape received the more popular Deadman Mode, which had several tournaments since its inception, with Deadman: Armageddon being the most recent one.

While DarkScape and Deadman Mode have their differences, they both have guards that attack players that have skulls above their heads.

Maybe the real reason DarkScape died was because it lost popularity to Deadman Mode, which allows you to get a bank key to carry out bank raids by killing opponents in order to steal more loot from other players, including loot from defeated opponents.

If Awesome Possum was in Deadman Mode, he would have been a major target for player killers because he is one of the most disliked characters in video game history. That's why he is shown getting struck by a Rune Javelin in this comic.

The Rabbid wielding two Steel Longswords is yelling "DAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!" because he is about to start a killing spree.

Thursday, 3 April 2025

8-Bit Phenomenon


Can we all agree that the Famicom and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) are huge phenomena that still continue to capture our hearts even after four decades?

Wednesday, 2 April 2025

More Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con Colours


Another comic about Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con colours? Looks like I really am increasing hype for the Nintendo Switch 2...

A Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) edition of the Nintendo Switch 2 sounds like a great idea, so why not have a pair of Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons that come in the two shades of purple found on the North American SNES controller with the A, B, X and Y buttons being coloured red, yellow, blue and green respectively as a homage to the Super Famicom and PAL region SNES controllers?

Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons that come in any country's national colours would be nothing new because there was a limited edition blue and yellow Game Boy Pocket that was only available in Sweden, so why not have a pair of orange Joy-Cons with the stripes of the Dutch flag in the middle for the Netherlands and a Spanish flag pair of Joy-Cons for Spain?

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