CrimsonKero's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[YOU FOUND HOLOBLADE (GBA Version)]

This is supposed to be some sort of long lost video game based on the heavily stylized work of 2D + 3D artist GRUB LORD, however it's not a very good attempt. Various background and UI assets are of a very poor quality and the sprites are only sort of ok.

[Moody Doodle]

Quick reminder. You are able to post GIF, WEBP, or other animated image formats without sound to the Art Portal.

["The Golden Mushroom 2"]

Original description (before it was changed in 2008)
"Do you plan on making a sequal to The Golden Mushroom? 'Cause if you are, then Maybe you could use some custom (recolored) Mario/Luigi sprites?"

That PM made my day, and I just had to make this. The Golden Mushroom 2 (a remake of the original but with recolors)

Thanks to Edd Gould and others for the voices.

Onto the review:
== Intentionally bad movies are still bad, it's not an excuse to vote 5!==
Score: 5

"The Golden Mushroom 2" is the final flash movie submitted to NG by MajinPiccolo. According to the opening credits, the late Edd Gould (who Majin had previously collaborated with at least twice) is one of the voice actors in this.

It isn't actually a sequel to The Golden Mushroom, but rather an abridged retelling of the original using different sprites, weird colour changes, and overall, of a lesser quality to the original, albeit very intentionally.

Many jokes have been altered, such as Wario and Waluigi dancing to Run DMC's "It's Tricky". They now dance to a different song, but Mario still ignores them.
Due to its shorter length, the scene select is gone. You're gonna have to watch it in one sitting. Or find a way to download the flash and convert it to video via Swivel.

Graphix: 2 | Sound: 5 | Edd: 4 | Colouring: 3 | Unintentional "flukes": 1 | Humor: 3-8 (Your mileage may vary, depends on your age, preference to sprite movies, loyalty to MajinPiccolo, etc.)

[My animation experience in a Nutshell]

== Try Flash ==

Vectorian Giotto appears to be some sort of Flash clone where, according to this video, has a defective fill tool. I recommend getting the real Flash, even Macromedia Flash 8, an older version from 2005 that still works wonders. Just make sure to get used to every single tool on there.

[Piconjo Lupwn - Intro]

This was originally published as a reupload of the Piconjo Jam, presumably by accident. It was swapped with the actual movie just minutes later.

[It's A Me A Mario]

== Itsa me, Mario, and-I welcome to-a Newgrounds! ==
Score: 8 | Critic Review

Really goofy looking Mario cartoon. I appreciate the style and the many MANY character expressions, but it does look rough in many areas, notably when outlines stick out. There are also some poses that change without any in-betweens.

MISCELLANEOUS SUGGESTIONS (as a NG creator, not necessarily for this submission specifically)
Upload a profile picture and a banner to your userpage, and add a description.

Graphics: 6 | Sound: 7 | Principles of Animation 9/12 | Style: 10 | Humor: 9

[CARDBOARD DOOM]

== Cardboard's easy to rip and tear ==
Score: 7 | Informative Review

Some things to note:

1. This video blends live action with 'gameplay' consisting of actual cardboard cutout drawn to resemble the graphics of Doom.
Enemies and weapons are either puppeteered by hand or moved digitally. The latter are sometimes animated using different sprites (such as the lost souls). A considerable amount of effort has been made to craft this video, even though a good amount of NG users (myself included) may prefer traditional animation or even stop-motion.

2. This video was released on YouTube on Sep 6, 2018 and has 10K views as of today.
This is the 15th video to be brought over to Newgrounds over a 2 week span by an already established creator (12k+ subscribers).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8RGaKyaJPc
The creator has since made other cardboard Doom videos, with one in 2020 covering the PC version (and also using 3D sets rather than 2D backgrounds), and a 2021 video about Doom 2 with John Romero himself cameoing as a severed head.

3. The video was initially published without a title as "untitled #1936309". I recommend putting the title in before hitting "Publish".

4. The actual SNES version of Doom was released in 1995 and lacks textures on the floors and ceilings, but it's acknowledged that these are ignored.

5. The video's tagged with 'doom', 'doom-2', 'doom-3', and 'doom-eternal' even though the video only covers the original Doom.

GAMESMADEOFCARDBOARD responds:

Thanks for covering all this!!

[gorbido vs woke mob]

== this short enough?? ==
Score: 8 | Short Review

judging from first-hand experience, this looks very tame.

animation: 7 | audio: 8 | cringe: 8 | humor (in general): 7 | humor (ironic): 10

migmoog responds:

Sorry anonymous frog we had too many pronouns and were pandering and virtue signalling

[A Shiny Minecraft tale]

NOTE: This is a very rare case of a movie with medals. To get them, you must click on 9 diamond items scattered around the Flash version of the movie.

To unlock the medals, add "?emulate=flash" to the end to open Ruffle. It should work completely fine.

Collecting both the axe and sword unlocks "Battle Ready", the pickaxe and shovel unlocks "Mining Tools', the helmet and chestplate unlocks "Suit up", and 3 diamonds unlock "DiamondHunter extrordinare"

How to unlock:
- Helmet: In a cave as the camera pans down. This can be a bit difficult to miss. To make it easier, try right clicking the flash and click 'Play' to pause the movie.

- Shovel: In the player's hotbar in the very first scene.

- Diamond #1. Behind the player and partially obstructed by the explosion. The one that falls
into the lava can't be clicked

- Axe: Held by a zombie underneath the lapis

- Diamond #2. Behind a tree on the left when the player weightlifts.

- Sword: In front of the tree on the left in the creeper punching

- Pickaxe: Right to the player when fully geared in the cave

- Chestplate: In the player's inventory, right to the multiple stacks of 'Stoan'

- Diamond #3. Under a skeleton's foot right in the FFUUUUUU scene

Hope that helps!