X-Men ’97 Already so far A nostalgic feast for fans much loved X-Men: The Animated Series, Capturing the atmosphere of the 1990s while taking his character’s story into the next chapter (sometimes at dizzying speeds). The fourth episode, “Motendo/Lifedeath – Part 1,” is coming out this week, and Marvel just released a clip that teases the 90s throwback style.
Jubilee and Roberto suddenly entered a version of Konami’s X-Men Arcade game, released in 1992.same year animated series debuted, but the game was based on an entirely different medium: the 1989 cartoon pilot X-Men: Peeps of the X-Men. As the title suggests, it centers on Kitty Pryde, and while it was never actually made into a series, the game (and its source material) is fondly remembered by fans – for over thirty years This last shout out became very interesting.
Add to “This show is produced by go through fan, for The “fan” factor was that Kitty Pryde wasn’t there X-Men: The Animated Series Not at all; she was replaced by Jubilee in that show as a nod to the teen audience.Besides, Sunspot and Jubilee are not here X-Men arcade game, despite its screen name X-Men ’97 exist X-Men: Jubilee Rising.So there are a lot of jokes in there X-Men arcade games/X-Men: The Animated Series/X-Men ’97 continuum.
So why is X-Men ’97A character from a video game jumping onto the streets of a dystopia? The episode titles provide some hints. “Motendo” heralds the arrival of Mojo, an interdimensional villain obsessed with violent, sensational television shows, and his natural turn to violent, sensational video games (witnessed by an extremely excited crowd) was inspired by Nintendo and Mojo’s as the portmanteau suggests. .
As for what the rest of the title “Lifedeath – Part 1” might refer to, that’s also interesting; see what James Whitbrook of io9 wrote About its comic origins and the role Storm might play in its story.You can watch “Motendo/Lifedeath – Part 1” when it hits theaters Disney+ Tomorrow, April 3rd.
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