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September comes in Poison Jabbing with a Croagunk theme! My little way of celebrating the upcoming premiere of Pokémon: The Arceus Chronicles on Netflix, a new anime special advertising Legends Arceus as well as just serving as a giant fanservicey love letter to the Sinnoh arc of the anime. Brock's Croagunk, one of my favorite new characters introduced in said arc, makes a comeback in the special, hence the theme. Also threw an appropriate little TMNT nod into the display name both for fun and because Shredder's Revenge's physical release should ALSO be hitting in September.

[Nazo the Hedgehog]

My avatar is still the same character but now it is in a form called Hyper Nazo. He is using his most powerful move called the master breaker to destroy the entire planet.

[Ingolme]

2 minutes ago, Nazo the Hedgehog said:

My avatar is still the same character but now it is in a form called Hyper Nazo. He is using his most powerful move called the master breaker to destroy the entire planet.

What motivated him to destroy the planet? And will anybody save it?

[Nazo the Hedgehog]

15 minutes ago, Ingolme said:

What motivated him to destroy the planet? And will anybody save it?

"You see... Being born from negative chaos energy, makes me naturally inclined to as obtaining power as possible... In time, I will have more energy than any star, any universe... But there is one entity I will never be able to surpass. That's right Knuckles, your precious Master Emerald. A source of infinite energy, created by the gods themselves. No matter how much energy I absorb, I will never be able to reach a level of infinity. Therefore, the only solution, is to detonate the planet, which in turn, will shatter the Master Emerald, into thousands of pieces. Dispersing them throughout the galaxy, along with their power. Making it impossible to be restored." That is his long explanation of his ultimate goal. He also says, "I will not be damned to eternal subordination towards that rock!"

tl;dr - He wants to destroy the master emerald because he wants to become the most strongest being alive. So he will destroy the planet in order to achieve that.

Hyper Shadic, a fusion of Sonic and Shadow, stop Nazo with the help of Super Tails and Knuckles. After getting defeated, he enters the void, where his energy is extracted and reverts him back to his normal base, then is blasted to death. Only a ring fell to the ground. Sonic and his friends have defeated Nazo, but he had enough energy to conceal himself in a ring and Eggman grabs it, which leads to the sequel. But the sequel has been cancelled so I'll never know what happens after that.

[Haalyle]

My avatar and signature are both of Joker, the main protagonist of Persona 5. Mainly because he's my favourite character.

[ART-DX]

I decided to use Juniper Lee now because she was one of the characters that I most liked and related at the CN. Also, it gives me motivation to let my hair grown again, I'm aiming to let it grown until my hip.

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The spooky season is upon us again and I'm celebrating both it AND the fast-approaching release of Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope with a Halloween Bowser theme for October! Avatar is from an official Halloween-themed Mario illustration.

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As you might guess based on how rarely I use Sonic-related avatars, I'm going into Frontiers hype mode for November. Peppered some references to various aspects of the game into my display name and member title while said avatar uses the main cover for Game Informer issue #347, which spotlighted the game and featured cover art by Sonic comic mainstay Evan Stanley.

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CHRISTMAS COMBO TIME! Went for a Digimon theme this year with an avatar taken from the Our Digimon Christmas Carol album. Focused on Guilmon because Tamers is my favorite and even threw in a little reference to Yamaki's crew at Hypnos in my member title.

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Starting off 2023 with a Skeledirge theme! Haven't started my copy of Violet yet, but I'm looking forward to having this magnificent Croc on my team.

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Celebrating the impending release of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake with my February combo! My avatar is the image of SpongeBob in Mario's duds from the poster for Nick Animation's Smash Ultimate tournament. (Figured it'd be appropriate what with Cosmic Shake being a 3D platformer and the whole costume gimmick it has.) My display name also calls back to Sponge's very first home console solo adventure. 

[Austroid]

Avatar and signature are Eggman gifs from Sonic X, and my display name is a funny Eggman quote from the dub.

(They're all computer-related, but that was by accident lol)

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March marks the conclusion of Ash Ketchum's long stint as main character of the Pokémon anime (in Japan, at least), so I had to commemorate that in some way since the anime itself was my first introduction to a franchise that has brought me a ton of joy and great memories over the years. (Still remember the first episode I came across while flipping channels: Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden.) As such, I'm breaking out a Pokémon anime-themed combo for the month ahead, which includes an avatar taken from the final shot of the show's current Japanese opening (which itself is a direct callback to the final shot of the OG Japanese opening) and a member title referencing the 2BA Master album and song. Monday is also Pokémon Day, so I couldn't have picked a better time for the switch. Here's to Ash, Pikachu, Misty, and Brock's final few adventures.

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Next month is the long-awaited debut of the Super Mario Bros. Movie, so I HAD to dedicate my April combo to the hype. Specifically went with a Bowser theme cuz he's mah dude, and I'm SUPER excited to hear Jack Black rock him on the big screen.

 

 

[sonicclaasic]

My avatar Is the Sonic classic Mini Icons statue because I'm a fan of classic Sonic from the 90's era and that's where It all started and vibes to and memories. 

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Making my way through a MegaMan NT Warrior rewatch now that it's on Capcom's YouTube, so decided to theme my May combo around one of my favorite Navis, SharkMan.EXE. I'll be experiencing the Battle Network games for the very first time through the Legacy Collection when I pick it up later this year, so I'm looking forward to seeing how all of these characters fit in to the game universe compared to the show's. (Including SharkMan, who, as I understand it, only appears as an optional boss in the first game. Glad the anime at least got some mileage out of that wicked design.)

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June swings in with a Spider-Man 2099 theme! HAD to rep my boy Miggy in honor of his cinematic starring role hitting next week. Avatar is courtesy of a print ad for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.