Month: June 2021

F the Celestial Dragons: One Piece Chapter 1017

Chapter 1017 of One Piece came out and this was an informational/update on the smaller fights that we have going around Onigashima with no updates on the big fights (Yamato vs. Kaido, Kid/Law vs. Big Mom) and we got Tama finally changing the tids of war by making a large number of Kaido’s forces switch side which we all knew it will happen sooner or later, We also got some updates regarding Zoro and Luffy’s statues who I think will still be out of the fight for the next 2-3 chapters, but this chapter was very important because we got two big infromation pieces on Queen and Luffy and here are my thoughts on the development of the story

  • Regarding Queen: We now know that Queen worked with Germa 66 at some point and it seems like he is holding some sort of grudge againts Judge that is why I think it is a fantastic paring with Sanji, we also saw the final look of his Cyborg form as the fight is moving forward, this could also lead us to figure more about the Pacifistas which could open the door further on Vegapunk which we know at one point he worked with Germa 66 and Queen as well.
  • Regarding Luffy: we now know that Who’s-Who was a big shot at CP0 and a rival to Rob Lucci and he lost his goverment job because he failed to protect a certain Devil Fruit that was important to the world goverment which was later eaten by a certain Monkey D. Luffy, now there are a lot of speculation about this matter and also confusion which adds many questions to the over arcing storyline and our main character in particular, such as:
    a- what is the importance of Gomu Gomu no Mi to the world goverment? does it contain a cerain power that Luffy hasn’t unlocked yet?
    b- Did Shanks know about this power? did he steal it from the world Goverment to keep it off their hand?
    c- Did the world Goverment know who stole it? since now we kinda know that Shanks and the world goverment have some sort of a connection why did he steal it from them?
    b- did they confused Gomu Gomu No Mi with the Yami Yami No Mi since they look very similar??
  • Gomu Gomu No Mi
  • Yami Yami no Mi

and since they look so similar it could be that the world goverement thought they had the Yami Yami no Mi which seems to be a devestating power but infact they had the Gomu Gomu no Mi which is nothing but a basic paramecia type fruit.
d- did Shanks popursly put the Gomu Gomu no Mi within Luffy’s graps knowing he will eat it? I don’t see this being talked about a lot within the One Piece community but maybe Shanks wanted Luffy to gain this power knowing Luffy wanted to become a pairate and him having the Will Of D. and what he can potentially do with this power?

Personal take: I believe the confusion between Yami Yami and Gomu Gomu could be real, the goverment thought they had Yami Yami which they only had Gomu Gomu, and I believe that Shanks attacked the Goverment ship because he wanted to keep Yami Yami from falling into Marshall D. Teach’s hands, Shanks had the scars when he first appeared in the story which means he had his run in with Teach before that, it is all possible that Teach told Shanks what he is looking for and what he wants to do with it since Shanks knew Teach and it is possible that they had a friendly chat before they started fighting, I also think it is possible that Shanks attacked Teach after this friendly chat when he learned Teach’s plans.

One Piece Chapter 1018 is coming on July 2nd 2021.

Everything E3 2021

Life is getting back to normal and we had E3 2021 as a sign of it, the midyear gaming convension skipped 2020 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and I really missed it, I have watched E3 conferances every year as far back as 2004 and it is always a nice thing to look forward to, this year’s E3 wasn’t as good as some of the other years before it but we got some good announcements and first looks at some of the games coming in 2021-2022 and beyond, here are the list of games that I am personally looking forward to:

Elden Ring is FromSoftware GRRM love child finally has a release date and it is January 22, 2022, the game is marketed as the biggest title FromSoftware has worked on and a natural evolution to their Souls like games and as a massive fan of both names behind this title I am very very excited to get my ass handed to me by this game when it launches.

Replaced is a 2.5D side Scrolling Cyberpunk Action game coming to Xbox Series X|S in 2022, the game took E3 by storm where people loved the aesthetics and the fast paced action.

Starfield is Bethesda Softwork’s next big game since Fallout 4 and it is the first new world they’ve built in 25 years, the game is described by Todd Howard as “Skyrim in Space” a game where you can do what you want and be who you want to be, take my money already and November 11, 2022 can’t come any sooner.

Redfall is Arkane Studio’s next IP, a Open world Co-Op Shooter where you fight vampires and a vampire worshipping cult, the game gives me a lot of Borderlands vibe and I cannot wait for it, it is hitting Xbox Series X|S summer 2022.

Halo Infinite is the next big Halo title from 343 Studios, the game has been in development for around 7 years and it was supposed to be a launch titles for Xbox Series X|S but it was delayed by a year, it is going to hit this holiday season and the Multiplayer portion is coming as a free to play addition to the game on both PC and Xbox systems with crossplay.

Forza Horizon 5 is coming to Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One this November, the game looks like the best looking and technically impressive game ever made and if Horizon 4 is any indication this game will be amazing, it is an open world racer where you get to drive the most amazing cars around mexico which going through a single player and multiplayer campaign with thousands of hours worth of content in it.

Shin Megami Tensei V was announced in 2017 and we got our first glimpse at what the game looks and play like and it looks glorious, the SMT series might be too hardcore for some people but if you give it the time and attention that it deseves it will blow you away and I cannot wait for November 12th.

Metroid Dread lives!!! if you didn’t know sometime back in the mid 2000s the Metroid IP had a rough time and it looked like Nintendo didn’t have any faith left in the series but the registeration of Metroid Dread gave us all the hope we wanted and we kept waiting for anything regarding this game but we never did until June 15th when Nintendo showed us the new game developed for Switch and it looks golorious, beautiful and slik and I cannot wait!!

Advance Wars 1+2 Reboot Camp was the biggest surprise of the whole show since no one saw it coming, the series has been dorment for more than a decade and with the success of Fire Emblem it just felt like Advance Wars was not coming back, I really hope this is just the begining and we will soon get Advance Wars 3 too.

The Sequel to Legend of Zelda Breath of The Wild will remain my most anticipated game until I get my hands on it, BoTW is my all time favorite game and I just know that Nintendo is making a bigger and better game for fans to spend countless hours in it, 2022 come fast.