A Disney "Smash" Clone?

It's been a hot minute since I talked about Disney, So..here I go.

The return of WB's MultiVerses got me thinking about what a Disney Smash Bros Clone would look like? I mean, a XOver Fighting game featuring Characters from All of Disney's IP's. They'd have a Ton of Characters and Stages to draw from too - from the Disney Classics, Pixar,Marvel,Star Wars,Fox, and maybe some 3rd Party Guest Characters too.

Here are my ideas for a Disney Super Smash Bros-style game  

First is Multi Layered Stages. Each Arena will have breakable Floors, Ceilings, and Walls, which will lead to another part of the Arena. Next up a Day/Night Cycle. For Outdoor Arenas, the Sky will change depending on the Time of Day.    

Speaking more about the Arenas, we have Stage Hazards. Most Arenas will have dangers for the player to avoid. Now, let's talk about the Modes - 

"Campaign",where you,as Mickey,go on a quest to save The Disney Video Game Universe from Beelzebob Ogre and his minions. Mickey also recruits others after beating them. This is basically Subspace Emissary from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, complete with Platform Stages, Enemies, and Sub-Bosses.   

"Arcade" where you're chosen character will battle 7 random opponents, play 2 "Break The Targets" mini-games, and fight an unplayable Boss (who that is depends on the character).  

"Battle", where You and a Computer opponent battle on a Stage of your choice. Supports up to 6 Players (both Human And CPU).

"Team", where Teams of up to 3 Players can battle.

"Tournament", where characters compete in an 8-man Tournament.

"Survival", which has the Player battle Every Opponent one after the other.

"Boss Rush" Battle the Main Bosses in a Gauntlet (available after all of the main bosses are fought)

"Online Challenge", where You battle Online.

"Dojo" where you train. 

"Options" allows you to change the Difficulty, Match Time, Number of Stock "Lives" a Player has, And Turning Off Items.

Speaking of, Items will appear in every battle to either help the player or hurt them. Items range from Weapons to Healing to Traps to Power Ups. Each Character will have their own Special Attacks and a Super Attack. To activate the Super Attack,when the Characters "Super" bar fills up, they can either do a Super Combo or their Super Attack.

There are also Items called "Summon Balls", which act exactly like Super Smash Bros' Assist Trophies and contain Characters who are not Playable.

Battles play out just like Super Smash Bros.

Now, let's talk about The Characters and Stages. Who exactly will be in this Game? Here's the list of the Fighters.

Season 1 (Playable) - Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck,Scrooge McDuck, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit,Pete, Elsa, Mulan, Rapunzel,Merida,Moana,Darkwing Duck, Kim Possible,Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow,Dr. Doom ,Wolverine, Deadpool,Buzz Lightyear,Darth Vader,Yoda, Luke Skywalker, Aladdin, Buffy Summers The Vampire Slayer, Baymax,Bart Simpson,Maleficent,Wreck-It Ralph, Homer Simpson,Luz Nicada,Goliath, The Xenomorph, The Predator,and Demona.

S1 Summons - Huey, Duey,and Louie,Goofy,Minnie Mouse,Hades,Vanelope Von Shweetz,Ariel,Maui,Beast,Genie,Ursala,Dr. Facilier,Olaf,Bill Cipher,Hag Grimhilde,Peter Pan, Captain Hook,King,Jake Long,Iceman,Firestar,Emperor Palpentine, Han and Chewbacca,Maggie Simpson, Stewie Griffin,Angel,and The Toy Story Aliens.

Season 2 (Playable) - Hercules,Hiro Hamada, Star Butterfly,Perry the Platypus,Mr. Incredible,Syndrome, Blade, The Hulk,Boba Fett, Leia,Bender, Tron,and Peter Griffin.

S2 Summons - Merlin,Robin Hood,Phil (hercules), Baloo and the Sea Duck,The Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers,Dipper and Mable Pines,Dash and Violet,The Emotions (inside out), Remy,Hawk Eye, Storm, Thing, Kylo Ren,Lando in the Millennium Falcon,Leela, Ellen Ripley,Quora,and Tim "The Toolman" Taylor.  

Season 3 (Playable) -  Raya, Tarzan, Frozone,Elastagirl,Captain Marvel,Black Panther,Darth Maul,Rey,Fezzig the Giant, Eda Clawthorne,Cricket Greene,Mal,Uma,and Indiana Jones.

S3 Summons - Milo Murphy, Gaston,Quasimodo,Ysma and Kronk,Anne Boonchuy and the Frogs,Kick Buttowski,Dr. Doofensmirtz,Flick and the Circus Bugs,Lightning McQueen,Randall Boggs,The Punisher, Ghost Rider, Scarlet Witch,Kevin McAllister,Neytiri,Hank Hill,and Gonzo.

Season 4 (Playable) - Stitch,Jafar,Shego,Randy Cunningham,Woody,Mike Wazowski,James "Sully" Sullivan,Venom,Green Goblin,Mace Windu,Ahsoka Tanno,and The Rocketeer.

Season 4 Summons - Hamster and Gretel,Asha,Nick Wilde,The Queen of Hearts,Lord Hater,Wander and Sylvia,The Gummi Bears, Meilin "Mei" Lee, Wall-E, EVE, Spider-Gwen, Miles Morales, Magneto,John McClane, Agent Fox Mulder and Agent Dana Scully,and Sisu.

Season 5 (Playable) - Simba,Don Carnage,Jessie, Emperor Zurg,She-Hulk,Red Skull,Finn,Obi-Wan Kenobi,and Shere Khan.

S5 Summons - Dr. Drakken,Fix-it Felix,Sgt. Calhoun,Hopper,Tiana,,Mirabel Madrigal, The 7 Dwarves, Timon and Pumbaa,Cruela DeVille,,Judy Hopps,Long John Silver, Kida, Milo Thatch,,Miguel Rivera,Joe Gardner (Soul form),Shuri,Silver Surfer,and Wasp,Stan Smith,and Jake Sully  

Potential Guest Characters - Ryu, Chun-Li, Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockheart, Goku, and Sora. 

Sub Bosses (Unplayable; Campaign Mode Only) - Captain Hook, The Horned King, Evil Elsa, Black Friday, The Blot Master, The FemForce, The Emsheyu, The D-Board, Ultra Pete, and Malice Mouse.    

Bosses (Unplayable) - Chernabog, Apocolypse, Dragon Maleficent, Thanos, Onslaught, Queen Xenomorph, and Lord Beelzebob Ogre (Big Bad).   

Now for the Stages:

Season 1 Stages - Cinderella Castle, Main Street, Yen Sid's Lair,St. Canard Bridge,The Mystery Shack/Gravity Falls,Scrooge's Mansion,Middleton,The Wasteland, Niceland, China,Scotland Forests,Elsa's Ice Palace,Chorona/Rapunzel's Tower, The Islands, Springfield/Power Plant, Springfield/Elementary School, Springfield/Moe's, Agrabah, Maleficent's Castle,Sunnydale,X-Mansion, Castle Von Doom, The Death Star, Dagobah, Tatooine, Hook's Ship,Castle of the Horned King,Neverland, Bayou, San Fransokyo,and Bald Mountain (Boss Stage).

Season 2 Stages - Cape Suzette, Ancient Greece,Tron World,Rhode Island Brewery, NYC Roofops,The Baxter Building, Future(rama) City,Beast's Castle,Syndrome's Island and Lair,and Mewni,

Season 3 Stages - Kumandra, The Owl House/Boiling Isles, Doofensmirtz Evil Inc,The Big City,The Bell Tower of Notre Dame,Arlen,The World of Pandora, Auradon Prep, Wakanda, Temple of Doom,Metroville,Danville,and Amphibia,

Season 4 Stages - Monster's Inc, Norrisville, Andy's Room, Canteen,Zootopia, Hawaiian Beach, Asteroid M, Wonderland,Toronto,and Jedi Academy.

Season 5 Stages - Pride Rock,Sanctum Sanctorum,Atlantis, Mountains of Colombia, The Kingdom of Rosas, Element City,A Zeppelin, and Drakken's Lair.

Now for the Story - The Disney Video Game Universe, where every Disney and Disney-related Video Game Characters live. One day an evil Legion-like entity called Beelzebob Ogre appeared and caused havoc. He and his minions corrupted everything they touched and to make matters worse,they also corrupted the denizens of the Universe. Mickey Mouse, managed to escape and made a promise to free his friends and save the Universe.

And That's it. So what do you guys think? Lemmie know in the comments section,

Stay Gold,Space Cowboys and Resist Modern Attitudes!!

The Retro King Has Spoken!!!!!!!

Discovery Family: 10 Years of Darkness!

Discovery Family, the network that hasn't learned a thing from Discovery Kids' failure and the two monsters responsible for the Hub's demise, not just the honcho of Discovery Family himself, but also the guy running all of Discovery, or Warner Bros. Discovery, to be precise.

It was 10 years ago, on a day, like this day, television was changed forever, but for the wrong reasons. For 4 years, the Hub was a gateway for everything nostalgia and giving us new content that would co-exist with the existing brands. A joint venture between Discovery and Hasbro, the Hub was the best of both worlds.

However, nothing last forever. On this date, October 13, 2014, Discovery, through new management, took some of the percentage from their 50/50 deal with Hasbro and turned it into the very network that is today, Discovery Family. Discovery Family as a whole is nothing more than a rehash of Discovery Kids, nothing but edutainment, dwelling in the magical world of Equestria itself and the denizens there are forced to live in that dark world of edutainment for all time.

And what makes this un-anniversary even more bleak is the fact of the very person who is in charge now, David Zaslav. Long ago, I called Henry Schleiff, who was in charge of Discovery Family the real life Tirek. So the way I see it, If Schleiff is Tirek, I guess that makes Zaslav Unicron. Ever since gaining control of Discovery and merging it with the famed studio Warner Bros., his position became very clear. Just like Unicron, Zaslav has become the destroyer of worlds. Not just with the movies, but all of television as well.

After all this time, Discovery, now called Warner Bros. Discovery, haven't learned their lesson after Discovery Kids' demise. Now, after 10 years, they are doing the same thing all over again. And through this experience is why I am a little skeptical about MeTV Toons, fearing that it will suffer the same fate as the Hub if the politics and underhanded deals get through the airwaves. But only time will tell.

In short, in spite doing the same thing that happened to Discovery Kids, Discovery Family caused us longtime Hub viewers to dwell in the darkness 10 years ago today.

And now, you know the news. Until next time.

Saraba da (Farewell), for now.

And to my fellow crusaders, we fight on, for we continue to resists modern attitudes of those of a Henry Schleiff and a David Zaslav. It's people like them is why we formed this crusade in the first place. We will not be bullied. We will make a difference and change the world for the better, one crusade at a time.

Fight the Power!!

The Second Coming of Cartoon Network/Boomerang? - MeTV Toons

 

Another savior for nostalgia or another fad awaiting its uncertain fate? Only time will tell when this new channel proves its worth for us viewers.

Greetings Toonsters!

 Thought I drop by and tell about a new channel that is coming to fruition this June. It is call MeTV Toons. They say it is the second coming of Cartoon Network/Boomerang. But I am getting ahead of myself. So before I talk about this channel in question, let's talk about a little history of the very channel this one new venture spawned from.

MeTV, which is acronym for Memorable Entertainment Television, was launched on January 6th, 2003. Like Nick @ Nite before it, this up and rising network showed classic TV shows from the 1930s all the way to the 1990s. Yes, this network had our favorite shows, no matter what decade it came from. It could be classic sitcoms like Leave It to Beaver, Hogan's Heroes, Green Acres, The Brady Bunch, Happy Days and Full House, dramas like Perry Mason, Dragnet, In The Heat of the Night, comedy shows like The Carol Burnett Show or classic action adventure shows like 60s Batman, Star Trek, Buck Rogers and even The Incredible Hulk. Heck, even there was Saturday Movie feature block, hosted by Svengoolie, but most of the movies were Science-Fiction and/or horror movies. Unfortunately, we can only watch this channel through either regular cable, DirecTV or having a digital antenna (if you can find some space for a stronger signal).

But, I am getting ahead of myself, but the question is, what does MeTV have to do with cartoons. Good question. Here is the abridged version of the answer. Fast forward to 2021, MeTV gave us a cartoon block called Toon In with Me. First airing as a sneak preview on January 1st, and then becoming a regular show 3 days later, this block showed classic cartoons of yesteryear, the Golden Age of Animation to be precise. From those of Looney Tunes, to those of MGM like Tom & Jerry and Droopy, to Popeye and Betty Boop, and yes, even those of the Walter Lantz variety, including Woody Woodpecker. The block was so popular, and after 4 seasons (and still going strong), it was announced on  May 2nd, 2024, that they are releasing a new 24/7 channel called MeTV Toons. Since the demise of The Hub Network on 2014, we long for a channel that we can enjoy, without all the backstage politics and so forth. This channel not only will air the classic cartoons from the Toon In with Me block, but it will always air other cartoons like Inspector Gadget, The Mask and even classic animes like Marine Boy and Speed Racer. The people who green lit this ensured us that the only original content on this channel is documentaries on the cartoons in question and its history and background and so forth. From experience, I have to be skeptical about this. I don't want be disappointed soon after I enjoyed it after a few years. But this is a need to know process, but I am hopeful this channel goes through. Even though I will use a digital antenna to get this channel one day, I hope they will put this in digital streaming services and we can watch it through wholeheartedly. Here's to hoping. MeTV Toons will be released on June 25th, 2024.  I will leave you with the list of shows that will air on this new channel. Until next time, stay frosty.

Saraba da (Farewell), for now!

Not just toons, MeTV Toons!

List of shows to air on MeTV Toons

Baby Looney Tunes
Freak-a-Zoid
Huckleberry Hound
Looney Tunes
Scooby-Doo
Josie and the Pussycats
Jonny Quest
2 Stupid Dogs
Wacky Races
Touché Turtle
Krypto the Superdog
Mr. T
Beetlejuice
Police Academy: The Animated Series
Captain Planet
Betty Boop
Popeye
Dynomutt: Dog Wonder
Challenge of the GoBots
Smurfs
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Kwicky Koala
SilverHawks
Rocky & Bullwinkle
Speed Racer
Marine Boy
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
Top Cat
The Abott and Costello Cartoon Show
The Mask
Tom & Jerry
Droopy
Yogi Bear
Snagglepuss
Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles
Woody Woodpecker
Heathcliff
Inspector Gadget
Xiaolin Showdown
Magilla Gorilla
Wally Gator
Droopy: Master Detective
Mr. Magoo

That is all for now. Thank you.

Article about MeTV Toons: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/metv-announces-toons-network-a-free-network-dedicated-to-classic-animation-241017.html