Did somebody say Robot Punch!?
Breaking from the seriousness of the past few installments, this we we cover some of the more light-hearted stories to break the surface. First, Pikachu wants to be your workout buddy. A real-life giant robot has invaded Japan. And a Hollywood hottie loves to tear out people’s spines!
Spider-man! Spider-man! Does whatever a spider can! Like piloting giant robots to fight space monsters. Wait, what?!?
This week on Robot Punch!, we hit some of the fun highlights in recent anime news. There’s details on a Professor Layton movie, a life-sized Gundam replica, and of course…how Japan does Spider-man. Prepare to see your favorite childhood heroes in a whole new light…
Whether you grew up on Voltron, Robotech, or even Power Rangers, it’s been every kid’s dream to pilot a giant robot. The roar of massive power turbines, altering the landscape with every step, grappling alien beasts like the titans of ancient Greece… A non-stop adrenaline rush!
In this week’s Robot Punch! we take a look at a couple of the hottest giant robots from the world of anime. And of course, one that’s not so hot. It’s Fuck-Marry-Kill: Robot Punch Edition!
The phone rings. “What’s that? I gotta go save the world? Alright…which is it this time? Zombies? Nazis? Robots? Oh, it’s Nazis again. I’ll be right over.” It’s empowering being the one to single-handedly mow through hordes of generic bad guys on your way to take down The Big Boss, but over the past decade, it feels like we’re fighting the same armies. Are there no new races or organizations lurking in the shadows, plotting our demise? It’s time to enlist a new menace to give evil a fresh face!
Robots are as much a part of gaming as growth-inducing mushrooms and seemingly endless collectibles. In a wide variety of genres, gamers are given the opportunity to engage in cybernetic shenanigans, whether it’s building, destroying, riding, or flat-out being a robot. At first, I thought it’d be a good idea to try and rank some of gaming’s greatest robots; after all, gamers love their ordered lists. Try as I might, however, I just couldn’t bring myself to rank them. Instead, avoiding the whole apples vs. oranges argument altogether, I thought I would share with you some of my favorite robots from my personal gaming experiences in a list with only a slightly particular order.
With Mega Man 9 on its way to our consoles, one could say Mega Man is a seasoned pro at beating robots, stealing powers, and running around in blue speedos. With that many games under his belt, however, it’s no surprise that every adversary he’s encountered hasn’t been the most brilliant invention. I daresay some of them shouldn’t have even gotten past the blueprint stage. Therefore, I am nominating some robots into the Villain Hall of Shame that deserve to become scrap metal.
