New Years Special
-It is the year of 2008, eight years after the third millennium and two years before the decade, we now start this very special with our hosts Kai and Ryusuke-
Kai: -Sitting on the director’s seat- Hey, I’m Kai Yamato, head admin of Tokusei forums, the writer of this fic, the creative mind behind four original works in progress, the baddest ass-kicking half-demon in RP, the-
Ryusuke: -Clears throat, interrupting his gloating-
Kai: Oh and this is Ryusuke, the co-host.
Ryusuke: That’s right and the writer of upcoming Eve of Fire.
Alba: -Off screen- And co-writer of Panzer that is if he’s even part of the project at all.
Seth: -Off screen, nodding-
Kai: Hey, I didn’t pay you guys to talk!
Fenri: -Off screen- We get paid?
Hellfriede: -Off screen- Are you going to work on my story soon?
Kai: Anyways, as I was saying we’re going to be looking back at the year 2007 and see what the wonderful times it has given us-
Kyuto: -Abruptly enters- Hey Kai, can I be in the fic?
Kai: -Hurls shuriken-
Kyuto: -Dodges- Ha! Ya missed! –Not knowing that the shuriken was exactly aimed at him, it cuts the nearby rope causing the sandbags falls on him- Ow.
Kai: Anyways, as I was saying, let’s look back at the year 2007.
Ryusuke: And see what has it offered us.
Kai: The year before that, the Wii and Playstation 3 was released, joining the Xbox360 and sparkling the new era of video gaming. While the Gamecube and Xbox are discontinued, the Playstation 2 is still running with lots of support.
Ryusuke: Of course, as usual, there are not much interesting games as several hyped titles are delayed to this year.
Shoku: -In the audience- >.>;; Nonsense, Ridge Racer 7 is a good game!
Kai: We’ll look at the latest .Hack series, .Hack//G.U.
Ryusuke: G.U. takes place seven years after the original .Hack games, with Haseo as the main character.
Kai: Like Kite, he’s a Twin Blade but his class is an Adept Rogue, allowing him to pick two to three classes. That makes it a three in one deal!
Ryusuke: -Whispers to the audience- More like four in one later on. –Gets hit by a thrown rock-
Cain: Ryusuke, stop spoiling for the audience. >>
Ryusuke: Yessir.
Kai: Of course, there’s also screaming. Lots of them.
-Cues montage of video clips (Courtesy of Youtube user Zer0theBurninator) –Ryusuke: I ever wonder if people in the house hear them.
Kai: Boy, wouldn’t that be a scene? Anyways, with Megaman Zero and Megaman Battle Network having met their conclusion, we deal with a new Megaman. No… Two! Two Megaman in one year! Megaman ZX and Megaman Star Force! How amazing is that?
Ryusuke: Of course, Classic and X series have yet to be finished.
Mega and X: -In the audience-

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Kai: Especially, the other one that everyone probably has forgotten by now.
-Meanwhile in space-
Volnutt: Help! I’ve been stuck here for eight years!
Mario: -Flying by- Super Marioooooooooooooooooooo Galaxy!
Luigi: Waaaah! –Crashes-
Volnutt: O_O
-Back to the show-
Kai: Yup, he’ll probably forever remain in a cliffhanger. Anyways, let’s see here… Ah yes, the new generation of Pokemon Diamond & Pearl! Probably the biggest Pokemon game yet!
Ryusuke: The length is incredibly big; it takes a very long time to get to the next town, and the artificial intelligence for the opponents are fierce! It never took this long to finish a battle!
Kai: -Fumbling with his Pokemon Diamond- Agh! Stop it! Stop it! Damn you Palmer! –Puts it away- Anyways, one of the flaws in this game is the lack of new fire types. The only new fire types in this generation is like... what? Five? Jesus Christ, Gamefreak, can’t you think of anything else? I could barely beat the grass gym without ‘em!
Ryusuke: Of course, some Pokemon are left out in the opportunities of getting a new moveset such as the Eeveelutions for a huge example. Because of the split with the special attack and physical attack, some Pokemon have noticeably gotten weaker or stronger.
Kai: Nevertheless, with its wi-fi connection and global influence, it has plunge into another big Pokemon trend!
Ryusuke: Of course, the Global Trading System is the flaw. I mean seriously, a level 5 Turtwig for a level 100 Mew? This is just plain ridiculous!
Kai: And it’s still vulnerable for hacking. Nintendo has yet to go somewhere to prevent this.
Ryusuke: With the video games category done, let’s move onto other stuff.
Kohji: -In the audience- No Halo 3 and Guitar Heroes?
Kai: Umm… We didn’t get those games.
Kohji: Lame. –Leaves-
Kai: Anyways, one of the most notable thing done last year… Let’s look at Toonami. Ryusuke, summarize.
Ryusuke: With pleasure. -Light shines on him, clearing throat- The sun sets on a world without Toonami. The once mysterious T.O.M. is now reduced to a freakin' knockoff of Thomas the Tank Engine! The lineup is now plagued by ninjas...only they're not ninjas...they're WIZARDS! Wizards from another world, man! And, they've gone through strings of arcs doing the same thing!
Sasuke: -Tapping on the table, doing the exam-
Kai: Yup. Now look at TOM.
Tom: -Enters- Yes?
Kai: Not you, Tom.
Tom: Oh my bad. I’ll be taking my leave then. ^^;; o.o;; -Leaves-
Kai: Anyways, look at TOM. Does this look like TOM to you? Definitely not! What the hell were they thinking?
Ryusuke: To make matters worst, we’re plagued with two more new characters with the same face.
Kai: The one of the good things that Cartoon Network did is removing Miguzi…
Shoku: -In the audience- And putting Adult Swim on Friday Nights. ^.^;
Kai: But their programs are… complete… piece of… crap! Look at Out of Jimmy’s Head, have you ever seen a series that bad? Their jokes aren’t even that funny!
Ryusuke: Not only that, they have sold themselves to live shows just to gain ratings.
Kai: In other words, they’re trying to be like Fox. They have Goosebumps almost everyday on October! And hell, they still showed it after Halloween is over! And guess what? It took over two fours of the lineup before Toonami! What the hell, man? What the hell?!
Ryusuke: Moving on to another topic, the collapse of Geneon. A very sad, sad day for us in the anime world as they have given us high quality dub such as Trigun and Samurai Champloo.
Kai: Indeed. We lost one of the best dubbing companies in anime; they still got some stuff to finish though.
Ryusuke: Looks like that’s it for now. –Skimming through script- You didn’t even gotten that far?
Kai: What else am I supposed to review? There were many stuff happening at the same time!
Ryusuke: Well, Happy New Years to all and a good night!
Alba: -Looks at calendar- It’s January 8.
-Cracks!-
Kai: Overdue?! Aw man!
-Happy 2008, everybody!-