Retro Jason is the best Jason
WatchingFreddy vs. Jasonwas the best thing I’ve done to unwind post-E3. What a good decision.
It had been years since I’d last seen the movie — long enough to forget how stupid, and good, and stupidly good it is — and I caught the last half hour on TV. That was the exact right time to show up.
I was a few drinks in at that point and quickly began rooting for Freddy. His goofy-ass theatrics won me over big time. But then it dawned on me: this gimmicky battle could only end one way. They’d want to leave room for a sequel. Sure enough, Freddy winks at the camera despite, uh, being beheaded.
Still, “The overwhelming evidence is that Jason [won],” perIMDB, “as Freddy has been reduced to a severed head which can only wink suggestively at the camera. WithJason X, we know that there is anotherFriday the 13thfilm, but no moreNightmare on Elm Streetsequels, the 2010 film being a remake of the original. So this is finally the end for Freddy Kruger, his body destroyed and his soul burning in hell.”
This is all a long-winded way of saying that Jason is apparently the best (or at least better than Freddy Krueger), and the best Jason, I’d argue, is his vividly-coloredFriday the 13thNES incarnation.
Jason’s purple outfit is now available inFriday the 13th: The Gameas a swappable skin for “Jason, Part 3” thanks to the game’smost recent update. That content has come to PC, PlayStation 4, and now Xbox One as of today, following a short hiccup with acertification failure. It’s free, to boot.
There’s also a double XP event, from June 23 to June 25, along with a 13,000CP bonus.
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