I think that the villains knew he was Ben, but they couldn't do anything with this information until Jimmy Jones doxxed him. Knowing where he lives definitely changes the playing field.
Also, between Vilgax, Animo, and now Zombozo, this series new takes on classic villains have been very weird.
Edited by Joshbones on Jul 12th 2022 at 10:58:36 AM
This week's Ben 10 Breakdown has Kuro talking about video games. Yes, not only the titular episode, but his own pitch for a distinct Ben 10 MMO game. Joining him is the return of voice actor Kellen Goff, serving as a secondary commentator.
Amusingly, this episode spawned two notable memes in the fandom.
This week's full Ben 10 Breakdown focuses on the start of Aggregor's arc ("Escape from Aggregor"). This is the place where Ultimate Alien seems to find its footing.
Furthermore, Kuro reveals the winner of the brief contest to redesign the Stalker attack drone from last week's episode.
Earlier in the week, A.S.K Air (another Ben 10 YouTuber) uploaded a 10 minute analysis about Ben and Ester's relationship. Despite being one of the stronger pairings, he felt the series constantly railroaded Ben away to folks like Julie and Kai that didn't nearly have (or want) the chemistry.
Edited by XMenMutant22 on Jul 23rd 2022 at 10:35:25 AM
Making Kai out to be Ben's destined lover because of a popup from 2006 is one of the worst decisions they made. Having a decent couple break up because Spanner tried to Marty Mc Fly his parents together is insane, when we've been repeatedly told that's now how time travel works I this show.
I agreed that Julie was not Ben's match and he was terrible to him, which is why I thought Esther was a nice change, and she was pretty fun in her appearances.
I feel like it happened because writers wanted Ben 10K to be Ben's official future which means making Ken official which would mean Kai. (And let's not pretend that he wasn't intended as Kai's son - literally same skin tone as Ben's only love interest and name that sounds like Kai and Ben put together?) Not that it made any sense seeing how Kevin changed. And it really makes you question why they made Ester first and put in Kai so late...
The thing about Ben 10K is it couldn't happen. It was the world in which Ben never gave grandpa Max the cake. Ultimate Alien understood that, which is how we get Ultimate Ben, so Omniverse could have gone wild, and not try to dedicate themselves to a world which couldn't really exist. Making the OS 10K episode Canon would also mess with Kevin's story insanely hard, but they basically ignored that part, which is good.
Another quick 3-minute Ben 10 Breakdown, covering Kuro's thoughts on "Too Hot to Handle."
- The plot differing from the usual Batman Cold Open set, focusing on the murky criminal sides of P'andor and Kevin, was viewed as a plus.
- Kevin being encouraging to Gwen, even though she was "wrong" about P'andor being a innocent soul like the previous Andromeda Five, was a nice character moment.
- Likewise, Ben using an underrated Omnitrix method of pretending to be someone else using his alien form. Along with the Water Hazard vs P'andor fight.
- Heh, "Greg"...
Honestly, I thought Humungousaur's ability to also armor himself further with growing was a neat touch.
Another quick Ben 10 Breakdown, this time covering "Andres' Fault". According to his past polls, the Andromeda alien and his focal episode are a fan favorite.
Generally in Kuro's view, the plot has some good jokes at the expense of Ben's game and The Forever Knights. Yet, the latter is confusingly positioned as serious threat against Andres, who's considerably above their weight class in spite of his naivety. Andres is very likable throughout, but ultimately a mediocre gag-filled episode.
It's weird that in the same series where Argit takes over a forever castle and one of them plays MM Os with Jimmy Jones that they also become the final villains of Ultimate Alien, that feels off.
Also, speaking of Argit, you'd think that this would be, like, his last appearance in the show, because Kevin finally tells him off and his wierd friendship with him is finally over, but he never goes away.
Fun fact. Not in this episode but his return.
Captain Nemesis is one of the only bad guys in this show to successfully kill human characters which man is a rarity in the entire medium. Usually they get away with deaths like that by having them look inhuman or robotic.
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."Oh yeah, I'm waiting for a review on "Catch a Falling Star" because it's a fairly mature episode of Ultimate Alien. Great review as always for "Hero Time", nonetheless.
Furthermore, today's the 10-year anniversary of Ben 10: Omniverse.
I think most people in the fandom find Aggregor to be "eh". Other than being competent, he doesn't really stand out. Not as iconic as Vilgax. Not as entertaining as Animo. Not as sympathetic as Albedo or Charmcaster, or as complex as Malware. He kinda just exists in the minds of fans based on my experience.
"You see, I had to trap Sonic in the hell dimension cause he disrespected gamers."

I admit this premise was kinda weird in retrospect considering they knew his name? It wasn't a secret to them at least.
Like Ben was retired for five years so I get why no one hit him than but uh did no one try this till ultimate alien? Even after he'd remeet everyone
"That's right mortal. By channeling my divine rage into power, I have forged a new instrument in which to destroy you."