The Bandicoot Banter

So there has been a lot of stir amongst the wrestling community concerning this year's annual Royal Rumble event, with so many possible winners and so many factors going into this match.  I'm interested to see which way WWE wants to go with the event, but as of right now, here are my top 10 most likely winners of the Royal Rumble Match. #10 - Goldberg With the hype surrounding Goldberg these last couple of months, especially by beating Brock Lesnar in the fashion that he did at Survivor Series, it's not unlikely that WWE would have Goldberg win the big one and challenge for the title at Wrestlemania.  He did say that he thought he had one more championship reign left in him, so only time will tell if WWE decides to cash in big on this freight train and give him one more shot at 'mania. #9 - Brock Lesnar Staying relatively close to my previous pick, Brock Lesnar is also confirmed for the Royal Rumble match.  It is also confirmed that once he and Goldber...

So on my facebook page I started a tournament based around the best overall fictional TV show character in today's television programming. If you would like to partake in the tournament, find me on facebook as Jeremy Bandicoot and vote! I will be providing coverage on here for people who do not want to partake, as well as helping me keep content on this blog while I'm away for break. Round 1 Match 1 : Pikachu vs Mallory Archer As round 1 kicks off, a pairing that nobody expected was put into the fray. No commonalities, no comparable traits, not even the same species, the adorable and electrifying pikachu faces off against the stoic alcoholic super spy, Mallory Archer.  The voting for this contest opened a measly 2 hours ago, and for the entirety of the contest thus far, they have been pretty even in votes.  Pikachu has taken on an early lead however, with 12 votes against Mallory Archer's 9 votes. It is still extremely early, and I'm interested to see if pikachu ...

So here are my thoughts for WWE TLC 2016: The Wyatt Family (Randy Orton & Bray Wyatt w/ Luke Harper) VS Heath Slater & Rhyno (c) for the Smackdown Tag Team Championships This match was pretty short and all-in-all very one-sided.  It went pretty much how I expected it to go.  Harper gave assistance and interference here and there, and as The Wyatt Family wore down the tag team champions, they were able to catch Rhyno off guard by distracting him with Bray Wyatt's Spider Stance, allowing Orton to connect with the RKO. Winners: The Wyatt Family Match Rating: 2 out of 5 Stars Nikki Bella VS Carmella - No Disqualification Match This match was pretty physical, and one of the more hard Women's matches i've seen in a while.  However, it was still pretty short and went directly the way everyone thought it would.  John Cena has an influence on the WWE even when he's not here... Also Carmella drops the fact that Natalya attacked Nikki Bel...

So I may be a little late to the party considering that the return of Crash Bandicoot was announced at E3 this year, but as this blog is appropriately named the Bandicoot Banter, and as an avid Crash Bandicoot lover since the day I was born,  I thought I would finally weigh in on my feelings about the Skylanders Game, the Remasters, and the media time that Crash has gotten as of late. Skylanders Imaginators - Crash Bandicoot Edition Crash Bandicoot as a playable character in   Skylanders Imaginators In the very beginning, when Crash Bandicoot's revival was nothing more than a fantasy in the land of forgotten and thrown away video game franchises, a common phrase was "never in Skylanders"  the video game community had made it very clear that if Crash Bandicoot were to ever return, they didn't want it to be through Skylanders.  However, that is exactly what happened, and people were definitely torn.  When it was announced that Crash Bandicoot was going ...

So seeing as how I started reviewing shows again, I thought I'd catch up on what all was happening on RAW and Smackdown Live, especially concerning it is the shows right after the PPV, so here is my two cents on tonight's RAW. Goldberg Promo So Goldberg came out to an awesome ovation and announced that he will not only be going for a title run, but he will be participating in the Royal Rumble match as well.  While this is pretty awesome, it brings predictability to the match itself, lessening the value.  At this point either Goldberg wins the Royal Rumble, or he gets screwed out of it by Brock Lesnar and we have Goldberg V Lesnar III at Wrestlemania.  I am excited, but at the same time I think creative could have done a lot better... Cesaro & Sheamus VS The New Day (c) for the RAW Tag Team Championships Just by the way that The New Day came out and the push and Cesaro & Sheamus were getting before this match, I really expected The New Day to drop the ...

Now I know I don't usually post wrestling-related content on this page, or post much of anything here anymore, but I want to get back into the swing of things. Survivor Series 2016 So Survivor Series happened last night, and I've gotta say, it was a hell of a weekend in wrestling. Not only because of the Survivor Series, but the excellent show that NXT produced at Takeover the night prior, which Survivor Series had to follow.  From what happened at Takeover, Survivor Series had to do a hell of a lot to follow that. Women's 5-on-5 Traditional Elimination Tag-Team Match I didn't get to see too much of this match, due to my being a college student and not being able to afford the WWE Network and the link I was watching the show on being bad, but with what I did see, I was very impressed with.  An interesting dynamic was implemented as the team captain of Smackdown Live, Nikki Bella, was attacked right before the match and as the rest of her teammates were alread...

So it's been a while since I tracked down some Easter Eggs for you guys, it's actually been since the first post on this blog, so I feel this is long overdue.  Also, an actual post on this blog is overdue, considering my average Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule had been compromised this week, and it's been about a week since you guys have received a blog.  That was due to a finger injury that I had sustained on Saturday, leaving me unable to type as fast as I normally do and left me unable to do the blog for a while, so my apologies.  My finger has been injured pretty bad, so I'm not sure how long it will be before I start posting regularly again.  At the very worst case scenario, I will post about once a week for you guys!  But without further stalling, let's dive into some more Easter Eggs, but this time, in the Super Mario franchise! 1. Three Mysterious Figures (Super Mario Galaxy 2) This one is one of the more creepy ones, as it contains three figure...

So I decided I wanted to finish this thing before we hit February, so here we go.  The exciting conclusion of my analysis of the Lego LP video games phenomenon, starting from where we left off on the last article, which was Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4. Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Screenshot from " Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes " This is an interesting one, as it is the perfect combination of a simple Lego money grab while at the same time, trying to change the formula up just a tad.  While the basic formula of making things out of lego pieces, collecting studs, and collecting minikits were the same, Lego Batman 2 was the first Lego LP game to feature both dialogue and an open explorable world.   This would be more impressive to me if this game wasn't the 11th in it's franchise, however, beggars can't be choosers.  The video game community was finally getting changes to the same old stale Lego formula, and these were changes for the better to be su...

So over the last couple of years, Nintendo has been on very shaky ground with gamers, and has been sort of losing its touch.  This article is going to go through everything from the minor setbacks to the complete devastations that Nintendo has been going through lately in chronological order. Nintendo Wii Don't get me wrong, the Nintendo Wii did insanely well financially.  In fact, it was Nintendo's 3rd best selling console of all time, Nintendo's best selling home console of all time and the 5th best selling games console of all time.   Nintendo Wii However, what makes this console an unqualified blunder on the part of Nintendo is that the Wii was the console that truly took Nintendo out of the serious gaming market.  With it's motion sensing technology, Nintendo claimed that the Nintendo Wii was the future of gaming.  However, the Wii spun off in a completely different direction and was found to be more functional and entertaining as a casual game...

So this is an idea that I thought would be fun to toy around with, and I hope you guys like it too.  It's basically a who would win in a fight battle between two icons/heroes/fictional characters etc.  Because this is such a lengthy process of research, determining outcomes, and simulation, this is probably something that will happen only once in a blue moon, but I hope you guys like this sort of thing. This is meant for you guys to enjoy, so I am very open to suggestions as to who you would like to see in a fight.  The first battle on the list is Crash Bandicoot (yes another one I'm sorry, after this article I'll take a break from good old Crash) VS Spyro the Dragon.  To truly analyze this fight, we have to go through the pros and cons of each character as well as any special abilities they may have and how the battle will go down.  So without further ado, let's get into it. Crash Bandicoot Background Crash Bandicoot Crash is a failed experiment of...