Tag: Rare

  • Retro Achievement List: Killer Instinct

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    Previously on Retro Achievement List:

    We here at Nerd Rating love achievements and trophies. We are admitted whores for them, but when you think about it, the practice of gamerscores is only seven years old with the introduction of the Xbox 360. We have 30 years of backlogged video games that need to be updated! So that is what we are venturing to do. Our new feature called Retro Achievement List will look back at games of the past and give them a set of achievements to strive for even if they may not seem serious.

    We now take on Rare’s combo-based classic fighter Killer Instinct. Let’s hit this game with an ultra combo.

    Achievement Unlocked:

     

    *Achievement #1

    KI 1

    Fight 20 matches with Spinal without making a single boner/penis joke.

    *Achievement #2

    KI 2

    When you are about to lose, tell your friend he can do his Ultra Combo on you, then as he starts, begin to fight back.

    *Achievement #3

    KI 3

    When fighting against Chief Thunder, throw pieces of wadded up paper at the screen and tell him to do something about it.

    *Achievement #4

    KI 4

    After completing a two hour session with TJ Combo, give into the urge to watch Dolemite followed by I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.

    *Achievement #5

    KI 5

    Using Sabrewulf in a two-player game, continually sing Hungry Like The Wolf until your opponent gives up or tries to assault you.

    *Achievement #6

    KI 6

    Invite someone over that you know has only played Killer Instinct on SNES to play Killer Instinct Gold on your Nintendo 64. You feed off of their jealousy like a douche sponge.

    *Achievement #7

    KI 7

    When a friend begins to ask why Tusk can reign down meteors on you ask why he is questioning logic in a game with a pirate skeleton, werewolf and two-headed demon with a spiked wooden dildo.

    *Achievement #8

    KI 8

    Refuse to play as Orchid in Killer Instinct 2 because you think they made her look like a crack whore with daddy issues.

    *Achievement #9

    KI 9

    Wrapping your 300 lb. naked body in tin foil for a Fulgore costume makes you the ultimate KI fan despite the neighbors insistence you are mentally handicapped.

    *Achievement #10

    KI 10

    Realize that 70% of the reason you pre-ordered a $500 Xbox One was for the new Killer Instinct. Cry yourself to sleep.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Killer Instinct Is Back!!!

    Photo courtesy youtube.com
    Photo courtesy youtube.com

    Damn you, Microsoft. Damn you, all of you. I went into the Microsoft press conference hard pressed that I was going to wait to get an Xbox One and you had to go and throw Killer Instinct in my face.

    RIGHT IN MY FACE!

    I have very few weak spots as a gamer in my hard heart, but Killer Instinct is definitely one of them. The 30 second video has KI stalwarts Jago, Glacius and Sabrewulf putting out the combos on each other with ferocity. I got goosebumps when I heard the ever familiar ULLTRAAA COMMMMBOOOO. And as we all know, goosebumps are akin to tears for a nerd.

    Killer Instinct releases this fall only on Xbox One.

  • Could Killer Instinct Be Ready For Another Ultra Combo?

    Photo courtesy biasedvideogameblogger.com
    Photo courtesy biasedvideogameblogger.com

    It looks as though Killer Instinct is crawling out of the grave that Fox dug for it. Last year, Microsoft was denied the renewal of the license because Fox had a similar named property and didn’t want to share.

    Well Fulgore days are here again!!!

    Microsoft and Fox have signed what Matlock would call a “Trademark Coexistence Agreement”, which basically means that they have something that is named the same thing, but are cool with each other using the name. See, Fox had a TV show back in 2005 named Killer Instinct and it made no complete sense to fight Microsoft on the use of the name of a show that no one fucking remembers. Oh and the fact that the game came way before the show also.

    Now this does not mean that a new Killer Instinct is on the way, but it does free up Microsoft to start one if they want to. I would think the fact that they signed this agreement would be a tell that they have more Jago action planned for the future.