Merry Christmas! Well, almost.

Gamefaqs just recently completed its Game of the Decade contest, determining by popular vote that the greatest game to come out between the years 2000 and 2010 was The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. I have no desire at all to disagree with this assertion, but picking a single game is far too difficult for me. On the other hand, if I had to name the best five games of the decade I would put forth Majora's Mask (2000), Paper Mario (2001), Metroid Prime (2002), Windwaker (2003), and Mother 3 (2006). 

There is a certain manga that I truly love, its title is Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku, and its awesomeness knows no bounds.

The man on the cover is the manga's protagonist, Junichiro Koizumi, actual former prime minister of Japan. You see, this manga proposes a world exactly like the our own, except that throughout history political disputes were handled not through diplomacy, but through mahjong (an oriental gambling game that can perhaps best be equated to bridge or poker). Ridiculous special attacks and famous world leaders appear (Bush Senior, George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, and even The Iron Lady to name a few) and each is more badass than the last (except Sarkozy, who is often the butt of jokes). Even Pope Benedict gets in on the action. Prime Minister Koizumi's ultimate technique is the Rising Sun (it has been animated as well), and combined with his many cheats and bluffs he fights valiantly for the Japanese people.

Who better to be the villain of this series (and consequently of this post) than one of history's most evil leaders: Adolf Hitler.

I will not speak of Hitler's historical atrocities, but only of his additional actions within the manga. Instead of committing suicide, Hitler escapes Germany by way of submarine to fight again another day. Cardinal Ratzinger accidently aids the tyrant's flight and vows to defeat him after he ascends to the position of Pope Benedict. Hitler bides his time, and ends up establishing the Fourth Reich on the Moon! To stop him from destroying the entire Earth, the Group of 8 sends its elite mahjong players to defeat him and his Nazi cohorts. Of course, being one of the most evil despots of all time, Hitler's mahjong prowess is unprecedented; the Fuhrer's ability is such that he need not even play a hand to win it, he can see the very fabric of reality and know what events will unfold. Worse yet, when taxed he can take the form of the legendary Super Aryan, capable of untold mahjong feats. Koizumi and his political companions are currently locked in furious battle against the menace of Hitler with the fate of the free world in the balance!