Monday, May 22, 2017

Ultra Street Fighter II - the Final Challengers

Look! Nintendo has came up with a new innovative gaming system.. the Nintendo Switch!

And not surprisingly there are classics like Mario Cart, Zelda etc... oh and there is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_Street_Fighter_II:_The_Final_Challengers. It is 30-year anniversary of the Street Fighter series... and who would give there is yet one more version of this?

Now let's do a little recap... the original Street Fighter was actually not that fun.. slow and very difficult to execute but powerful special moves and left player is Ryu right player is Ken... Street Fighter II was hugely innovative and successful.. EIGHT characters each have different moves and background music! So cool that there are rows of quarters lined up to play... and then there was Champion Edition ooh boss vs boss! And then someone made wacky hacks.. .and then there was Hyper Fighting! Faster and new moves and stuff... and then Super was a major disappointment. It was SLOW (because it used Champion Edition' speed when everyone is used to Hyper Fighting). and gosh the sound is horrible with a wacky new sound system. New characters aren't so fun... The SUPER meter takes so long to fill up each round... But there is one thing that SUPER debuted.. the combo counter. And then it got faster with Super Turbo.. faster.. and then gosh MUCH MUCH MORE difficult. I am a decent player who can probably finish Hyper Fighting on a quarter and I can barely beat one or two rounds... and then the world is TIRED of the same old graphics and stuff.. Street Fighter then started something entirely new... the Alpha series... then some 3D (kinda blocky) things... some cross-over editions such as vs XMen and all that... there are so many before reaching Street Fighter III. SFIII is new graphics but still 2D. What? just one super out of 2 or 3? oh well the world gets a bit tired of the whole thing after decades... then Playstation things come with SF 4 and 5... Still kinda 2D fighting but a lot of graphics power nowadays..

Why did Nintendo decide to do 1 more Street Fighter II and using the crappiest version: Super? Probably can do Alpha series.. or modern series.. but it can be nostalgia factor and processing power may be limited on the Nintendo Switch.

Oooh... there are Evil Ryu and (new) Violent Ken! oh and that's it? I am a bit disappointed. Well Evil Ryu is out for decades ok?

Can anyone explain why the hell take out Ryu's sign:

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Good Bye Radio Shack

https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/radio-shack-closings-14-illinois-locations-shuttering

There was almost always a Radio Shack near me. I live close to one. I work near one. I go to college near one. This was where I got my first computer. The Tandy 1000. I used to like reading its catalog. Remember there used to be no internet back then. There weren't Walmart, Best Buy, Target either. That was the place for electronic things like wires, RC cars, and Tandy computers... Why is there need for so many stores I don't know. But it is quite remarkable that they last that long.

Radio Shack once upon a time expanded in many countries and now ended up bankrupt. The rise and fall of it is worth a study case in business classes. (Nah but I won't ever attend such classes cause not likely anyone will make it interesting enough for me to attend) What contributed to its failures? Management problems? Too few interesting things on the shelf? Too expensive? Killed by online shopping? Brick-and-mortar stores are in general dropping like flies. Just what else can remain as actual retail stores? Only restaurants and nail shops?

Prediction of the next retail closing: Game Stop

I no longer have time for any video games. Yes, they are cool but time consuming... and can be bought online and not need to be from a store... It is hard to make a profit... so I predict this won't last too long.