Male Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses recast

Chris Niosi has been removed from the 2019 Nintendo Switch game Fire Emblem: Three Houses and the 2017 mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes. One reason is his non-disclosure agreement violation with Nintendo. Another reason is his history of abuse towards others. Male Byleth has beem redubbed by Zack Aguilar. A patch to redub male Bylet in Fire Emblem: Three Houses is in development.

American Idol season 17 is a popularity show

American Idol season 17 unfortunately had its outcome predetermined. Most of the voting bloc pre-locked their favorites and blindly voted for the same contestant regardless of the endeavors of others. Laine Hardy relied on that kind of vote to win. The real winner is either Alejandro Aranda or Uché Ndubizu.

Aladdin and The Lion King join the billion dollar club

As I have expected, Disney's live-action remake of the 1992 animated classic Aladdin and the photorealistic CGI remake of the 1994 animated classic The Lion King have joined the billion dollar club. They are the third and fourth Disney films to achieve this feat respectively in 2019. The previous two are Captain Marvel and Avengers: Endgame. It took over two months for Aladdin to join the billion dollar club. The Lion King achieved this feat in only three weeks.

The live-action remake of Aladdin is directed by Guy Ritchie. It stars Will Smith as Genie, Mena Massoud as Aladdin, Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine, and Marwan Kenzari as the villain Jafar. It is Will Smith's first film to join the billion dollar club. On the other hand, the photorealistic CGI remake of The Lion King is directed by Jon Favreau, who previously directed the 2016 remake of The Jungle Book. It stars Donald Glover as the voice of Simba, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Nala, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, and James Earl Jones reprising his role from the 1994 original as Mufasa.

As of this blog post, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com, Aladdin has grossed $1,011,925,108 worldwide ($347,390,830 in the United States, and $664,534,278 overseas). The Lion King has grossed $1,014,772,857 worldwide ($376,272,857 in the United States and $638,500,000 overseas).

American Idol renewed for 2020

TheIdolPad.com is pleased to announced that ABC has renewed American Idol for season 18 (or season 3 on ABC). Having said that, major changes are expected to happen. Sadly, the show is on thin ice.

American Idol Season 17 Top 14 and Song Choices

American Idol season 17 (or season 2 on ABC) premiered on March 3, 2019. The top 14 was already revealed in advance on TheIdolPad.com.

Here are your top 14:

• Alejandro Aranda (keyboard and disc jockey set) - "One Dance" by Drake, WizKid, & Kyla
• Alyssa Raghunandan (no instrument) - "She Used to Be Mine" by Sara Bareilles
• Ashley Hess (piano) - "Fix You" by Coldplay
• Dimitrius Graham (no instrument) - "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran
• Eddie Island (no instrument) - "Bennie and the Jets" by Elton John
• Evelyn Cormier (no instrument) - "The Middle" by Jimmy Eat World
• Jeremiah Harmon (piano) - "We All Fall in Love Sometimes" by Elton John
• Laci Kay Booth (no instrument) - "I Miss You" by Blink-182
• Laine Hardy (guitar) - "That's All Right (Mama)" by Arthur Crudup / Elvis Presley
• Madison VanDenburg (piano) - "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys
• Riley Thompson (no instrument) - "Suds in the Bucket" by Sara Evans
• Uché Ndubizu (no instrument) - "Finesse" by Bruno Mars
• Wade Cota (with guitar) - "Trouble" by Ray LaMontagne
• Walker Burroughs (no instrument) - "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" by Margery MacKay (from The Sound of Music)

The top 10 will be chosen like this: 7 will be chosen by public vote, and 3 will be chosen by the judges. Who I predict will make the top 10 are:

• Alejandro Aranda
• Alyssa Raghunandan
• Ashley Hess
• Dimitrius Graham
• Jeremiah Harmon
• Laci Booth
• Laine Hardy (He's the last person I want to win.)
• Madison VanDenburg
• Uché Ndubizu
• Walker Burroughs

The last person I want to win is Laine Hardy, because he reminds me of Phillip Phillips. He is more of the same as many of the past American Idol winners. Anyone else is fine with me. My favorites are Dimitrius Graham, Uché Ndubizu, Ashley Hess, and Madison VanDenburg.

#04 Samus, and #04e Dark Samus

After a two-month hiatus, it is time to resume on the series about the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster. This time it is Fighter #04 and #04e, which are Samus and her Echo Fighter Dark Samus.

Samus is the protagonist of the Metroid series, since the original game Metroid. When the original game first came out in 1986, it was not a well-known fact that Samus is a woman. She was my favorite Nintendo character, until I discovered Fire Emblem. She is the galaxy's most famous bounty hunter, often helping the Galactic Federation fight off the Space Pirates. Little is known about her childhood and her time with the Galactic Federation.

Samus is widely praised as one of Nintendo's most iconic heroines, and a groundbreaking example of a powerful female protagonist in video games. Another groundbreaking Nintendo heroine is my favorite Nintendo character, Ayra from Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.

Samus was designed by Hiroji Kiyotake, who would later design Wario, who debuted in Super Mario Land 2: The Six Golden Coins.

Then there is Dark Samus, her Echo Fighter.