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If he's such a Kung Fu Master why is he dead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQn8VHfDjO0

Kung-Fu Master - Precursor dos beat 'em ups modernos

Kung-Fu Master foi lançado aos arcades em 1984 e no Japão, o game levou o nome de Spartan "X". Basicamente, a premissa de Kung-Fu Master resume-se a um jovem lutador, enfrentando os valentões dentro de uma torre, com socos e chutes, para derrotar o vilão da trama e salvar a amada dele. Enfim, é um game com uma premissa simples, mas que foi sucedido por Renegade(1986), que popularizou o gênero com temas urbanos e vingança. Ambos Kung-Fu Master e Renegade eram jogos single-player, mas isso mudaria em 1989, com a chegada de Final Fight, que determinou padrões que seriam seguidos por outros games dentro do gênero: Um dos guerreiros seria péssimo em força, mas proficiente em agilidade(Guy); Um deles seria o mais forte, mas o mais lento(Haggar); E por fim, o terceiro personagem seria o mais equilibrado(Cody). Diversos beat 'em ups foram inspirados em Final Fight, como é o caso de Captain Commando, Cadillacs & Dinosaurs, a bilogia Dungeons & Dragons(Shadow Over Mystara e Tower of Doom), a trilogia Rushin Beat, feita pela Jaleco, e a trilogia Streets of Rage, elaborada pela SEGA. No começo dos anos 2000, o gênero estava defasado, mas ganhou uma reformulação através de séries como Devil May Cry em 2001, e Bayonetta em 2009. Vale ressaltar que o Open BOR, um famoso motor gráfico criador de Beat 'em ups, tem inspirado os fãs a criar games com o propósito de atrair os saudosistas que acompanhavam os beat 'em ups desde as décadas de 1980 e 1990, até mesmo fãs da nova geração de gamers.

Oogway would call Death my oldest friend.

Get gud

There are only two ways to raise a child:

1) be a good parent

2) be a Shifu

back on my kfp gijinka shit after 10 years (wip)

Master Tigress 🐯💫

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I wish they did more with Tai Lung and Tigeress' indirect sibling relationship in Kung Fu Panda.

Tai Lung's entitlement wasn't born out of pure ambition and arrogance. It was born from wanting to make his father proud by following the dream Shifu had for him.

Tigress was Shifu's second chance. He was emotionally distant and strict with her because he blamed Tai Lung's rampage on him being spoiled by too much love and support. The real problem was raising him for a specific, highly prestigious role that only one person can fill and not preparing him for anything else.

Then when Master Oogway said that Tai Lung wasn't worthy Shifu didn't try to convince his master of his son's talent and potential. He didn't reassure him that he wasn't a disappointment and redirect him towards other goals. He just... silently went with it without thinking about what was behind Tai Lung's anger.

Does Tigress resent Tai Lung for getting raised by a far more fatherly version of her dad and ending up as a villain anyways? Does she blame Shifu's awful parenting on the brother she never met? Does she worry about turning out like him?

At the very least she despises him for hurting her dad.

And what does Tai Lung think of Shifu's new kid? Does he resent her for being his replacement? Is he jealous that she became part of the Fearsome Five while he (in his mind) never amounted to anything? Does he ever wonder what it'd be like to have a sister (in more than name?) Would Shifu's heavy expectations be less crushing with a sibling to share them with?

I wish their parallels, along with the potential parallels between their sibling relationship and Tigeress' relationship with Poe, got a chance to be explored.

Someone needs to do an analysis on the way the Kung Fu Panda movies use old-fashioned vs. modern language ("Panda we meet at last"/"Hey how's it going") and old-fashioned vs. modern settings (forbidden-city-esque palaces/modern-ish Chinese restaurant) to indicate class differences in their characters, and how those class differences create underlying tensions and misunderstandings.

Tigress

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