I've finally finished Shin Megami Tensei Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker on 3DS. Did both the Sept and Tri arcs.

Clocked 85 hours into the game overall - which is more than I did with the first game (60+ hours on first one). Enjoyed DS2 more than DS1 in terms of story and characters.

Also I was way overpowered in the Tri arc - reached lv 99 and had all high level demons.

So with that, I've finished all of the SMT games on 3DS.

My next game I will play on 3DS will be my recently/last purchased 3DS game: Dragon Quest VIII.

As for my next SMT game - I'm likely gonna start on Shin Megami Tensei V on Switch.


My overall score comparison for the whole SMT series I played so far....

If Nintendo stays with Illumination for future Nintendo movies, will that rule out Pokemon characters being in a Smash Bros. movie?

No unless The Pokemon Company had a partnership with the people who made Detective Pikachu 1 for another movie or something.

But technically I dont see why Pokemon cant be in a Smash bros movie made by Illumination - its not like Pokemon is tied to one sub IP (Pokemon games, anime, TCG, and Detective Pikachu are all separate kinda like how Spider-Man is separated by comics, movies, cartoons and games).

True, and Detective Pikachu is clearly in it's own continuity.

I just saw The Super Mario Movie and it was fucking glorious. I loved it. So much fun. Brimming with energy, life and character. Hilarious throughout.
I had a broad grin on my face the whole time. Pure fun. Recommend it for everyone.

And btw, there was zero cringe. Don't know what anyone would find cringy here.

Best animated movie since Incredibles 2.

This is probably the most faithful video game movie adaptation out there. It's so unapologetically Mario. Absolutely wonderful.

mZuzek thinks EVERYTHING is cringe.

I have every one of these games, or I'd pick them up! All digitally, some physical as well (I have Mario Kart 8 and Mario Oddyssey physically on top)

Maybe if Illumination could prove they could do a more serious movie then I'd trust them with a Zelda movie.

Solidly acted? Keanu barely speaks and when he does every line is delivered in this weird stilted voice like he's trying to be Clint Eastwood, but doesn't know how. Donnie Yen has a couple good scenes, but otherwise sounds as if he's bored just being there. McShane does the best acting in the movie and I enjoyed his performance, but the rest of the cast ranges from 'bad' to 'passable'. The gravestone scene is good, but its made good by McShane and Fishburne.

As for the writing... well... to start if 'High Table Duels' existed before this movie was written then why did the third movie happen at all? Winston is aware of a method to get them all out that situation by having John engage in a duel yet he saves that tidbit until this movie? Why? It doesn't make sense. Then consider the duel between Shimazu and Caine, Caine clearly doesn't want to kill him and doesn't even care if Shimazu and his daughter go so long as he tells him where John is headed. But he had no trouble finding John in Osaka and throughout the rest of the movie, easily locates him in Berlin and Paris. So why kill Shimazu? There's no guarantee he actually knows where John is headed, no order to do so, and Caine clearly has no trouble following John without his info. It makes any dramatic tension of the scene ring completely hollow. Then, Mr. Nobody. I liked Mr. Nobody because he was ruthless and clearly had a plan. He spares John because 'the bounty ain't big enough', splits his hand with a knife to get in with the High Table, plays hardball with the Marquis to get the bounty as high as possible and then let John go in the end because... he saved Mr. Nobody's dog? It's heavily implied that he *needs* John's bounty to be as high as possible given the pains he goes through to get it yet he changes sides without explanation or hesitation.

The action scenes were the highlight of the movie. The Osaka scenes ran a bit too long, the Berlin scenes had more stupid writing where the club goers continue dancing despite the people getting shot in the head and dudes fighting to the death with axes, but the Paris scenes were fantastic. A little unrealistic that his bulletproof suit would protect him from the insane amount of damage he takes, but I can accept that and just enjoy how beautifully done those scenes are. And I enjoyed the duel at the end. It was dramatically satisfying, and good way to end the series.

That said enjoying parts of a movie doesn't make it a great movie, or even a good movie. It wasn't a terrible movie either, but I wouldn't rate it highly if I were a critic, thus my surprise.