Lenni Reviews: Street Fighter Origins: Akuma

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Written by Chris Sarracini and illustrated by Joe Ng, this story follows a young Akuma through his childhood and along the journey to becoming a terror of the Street Fighter underground. There are a few holes in the story, such as exactly how Akuma (or anyone, really) learned to throw chi energy blasts at people, or how his brother, Goken, learned to fight; but you are given some decent insight as to why and how Akuma became seduced by the Dark Hadou.

Joe Ng's art is stunning. Every page is detailed and there are bonus character design pages at the end of the story. You can tell great care was taken to get the feel of the game into the comic and Ng succeeds in doing so.

I would recommend this book to any fan of the game or of Akuma in particular. You may wish (as I did) that it was a bit longer, but you still come away with more back story on how he came to be. Akuma's not even my favorite and I still felt emotionally attached. Pick this one up, you won't be disappointed.  

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Project X Zone Spotlight

Project X Zone for the Nintendo 3DS is what you get when developers play nice. A mega crossover

with characters from Capcom Sega and Namco all  in one game. Originally planed for Japanese  release only Project X Zone is making its way to America. This jammed packed RPG – fighter is filled with a ton of iconic characters from Mega Man, .//Hack, Tekken, Space Channel 5 and even classic Dante from Devil May Cry. The release Date is 6/25/2013 so be out on the look out for this title.