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Episode 471: Nintendo’s LawyersEpisode 471: Nintendo’s Lawyers
Nintendo is the main focus of this week’s episode, but we can’t discuss the company too much or they’ll sic their lawyers on the podcast. Other than that, there’s plenty of safe things to discuss.
This week’s episode includes:
- Evil Genius 2 in development at Rebellion
- Nobody can find the source code for Icewind Dale II
- Breath of the Wild players will learn more about Zelda in The Champions’ Ballad DLC
- Where are all the Nintendo Switch game ports?
Also, learn about who won the contest, which was decided by the roll of a die.
Episode 424: Awaiting ApocalypseEpisode 424: Awaiting Apocalypse
The gang discusses the just-released Captain America: Civil War as well as mention the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse film, but they also do get into this week’s news, which is heavy on the Nintendo side.
The news includes:
- Nintendo NX cartridge rumors abound
- Fallout 4 Xbox One mods enter beta after May 19
- Zelda anchors Nintendo E3 plans
- Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare debut this past week
This week’s Question of the Week is “What era war would you like to see in a shooter?”
Retro Gaming Moves: Spinning Bird KickRetro Gaming Moves: Spinning Bird Kick
In 1987, Capcom created a new winner with the Street Fighter series. Knowing the demographic, they went for teenage boys with the desire to play fighting games in the arcade in competitive fashion. But is a good fighting game without some eye candy?
Chun-Li was the star, with her Spinning Bird Kick. Actually, Chun-Li never saw the first Street Fighter title… only Ken and Ryu (mainly Ryu) were available in the first series installment. This got our taste wet for battle, and Street Fighter II introduced us to a whole range of great moves and character designs.
Out of all the characters, Chun-Li held her own as a cute skinny yet muscular female with moves like no other. Her Spinning Bird Kick would allow her to flip upside down and whack the opponent upside the head a few times as they fall to their back on the stone.
Chun-Li, or “spring beauty” in Mandarin, was famous for her sexy anime legs and their spinning doom. Gamers would perform the move that the worse possible time for their opponent, such as in mid-jump when your opponent had nothing but death and peril awaiting their landing.
Ken and Ryu had spinning kicks too, but without the inverted impossible moves of Chun-Li it fell short of awesome. When it comes to animated violence, perceived hot chicks and young boys battling for ego and rights to be the winner, the Spinning Bird Kick and Chung-Li was a great choice.
The British rock band Arctic Monkeys have an instrumental song titled “Chun Li’s Spinning Bird Kick” and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance (wikipedia).
It does without doubt, every Street Fighter II player remembers the crazy spinning kicks of Chun-Li and this is what makes her have retro gaming moves!