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Apparently, when Luke was revealed as a DLC fighter for Street Fighter V, Nakayama (or at least his Twitter account) deliberately took the opportunity to confirm that this Luke was not, in fact, a returning character. See, one of the three original Capcom Fighting All-Stars: CODE HOLDER characters - Rook - was actually also named Luke... and was also blonde.


In the process, they apparently confirmed that a Capcom Fighting All-Stars board not only still exists, but that a full cabinet exists somewhere at Capcom. See, the pictures in these Tweets were apparently not from some sort of Capcom promotional image vault - but they were just taken before posting.

...look, I know the location tests said the game sucked ass or whatever but for the love of god please just release the ROM or something

Imagine working for some company or organisation or whatever and you're in an office with three other people, and they introduce themselves as like "Steve", "Chris" and "Michael", and while you're not on particularly good terms with any of them because Chris is weirdly self-centred, Steve keeps stealing your lunch, and Michael does a pretty **** job at running the place, it pays well enough that you're fine working there.

Then you arrive next week and suddenly Steve is called Chris, Chris is called Michael, and Michael is called Steve. No real reason for it, but then they keep changing for no reason and it kind of gets confusing when you're trying to handle office business, so you decide to call them "Narcissist", "Glutton", and "Incompetent" and pretty much everyone's fine with that, but you still need to try and make sure their name is correct for documents and even passive discussion depending on who you're talking to.



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I appreciate that despite AI apparently being in the cultual zeitgeist for close to two years by this point, and despite all of the evolutions that the technology has made over time, it still hasn't made a better greentext than the bottomless pit supervisor

Fun fact: one of London's most iconic landmarks of the past 100 years, the Post Office Tower, didn't exist until 1993.



Despite it being built in 1964 and opened to the public in 1965, and featuring a souvenir shop, viewing galleries, and a highly-rated restaurant, it was in fact a criminal offence to disclose the location of the building - to the point where a journalist, Duncan Campbell, was tried in court for revealing the tower's existence, and to the point where if a typical Londoner were asked for directions to the tower, they could theoretically be tried and sentenced.

The reason for this is a quirk of the Official Secrets Act 1911, which states that it is an offence to disclose the location of important communication centres to prevent espionage, sabotage, or terrorism. However, the Post Office Tower was for decades an essential central point of London's communication systems for radio and television, meaning it came under the perview of the Act.

In 1993, the MP Kate Hoey used the tower as an example of the protection of frivolous secrets under the Act in Parliament, which led to the tower being "revealed" to the public for the "first" time... which I imagine must have been a shock to the people who've eaten in the tower's restaurant for close to thirty years prior.

Random thought, but I'm a little surprised that (from what I can tell) F-Zero 99 is one of the only modern projects that springs to mind that uses a sort of simulation of Mode 7 graphics. (Though, it obviously wouldn't work exactly like it did on the SNES.) Considering how various elements of older consoles have been explored in different indie spaces and whatnot before now, I'd have thought Mode 7 - a pretty substantial SNES selling point - might get similar treatment.

I suppose, to a certain extent, Mode 7's been superceded by true 3D with voxel graphics for a similar "retro" look, but I think there's still potential in it. Then again, it's kind of interesting that (from the top of my head) I can't even think of games that mirror the Final Fantasy gimmick from IV, V and VI where there's travelling/airship sections that use the technology.

Maybe the issue is that it wouldn't work as well with widescreens, or that making it pixel-perfect would be quite difficult with modern engines? I mean, it occurs to me that there's a lot of workarounds you could use from modern engines in regards to sprites and hitboxes in a 3D space, so it seems like it'd be less hassle getting the actual process to work than on older hardware... but I'm just spitballing, obviously.

I might be completely wrong here, and maybe there's an entire Mode 7 indie recreation community out there I'm just not aware of. I'd honestly just have thought it'd get a little more use nowadays.

if you think about it, gambling is a fantastic investment of money. you can only lose 100% of your money but if you win you can win up to infinite% so like. just win

Y'know speaking of anniversaries, today is (probably) the 20th anniversary of the Angry Video Game Nerd's first on-screen appearance, specifically in the Jekyll & Hyde episode - though it's not exactly certain, because this date comes from the script for that episode (which says it was finished on June 15th, 2004) and it's presumed the episode was filmed that day.

So uh. Happy anniversary (?)

Hey all, just a random note to the Brits among us - make sure you register to vote for the General Election!

You've got about a week until its too late for you to get your voice heard - and even if our FPTP system is, frankly, ****, even deliberately spoiling your ballot or voting parody candidates sends a message to those in power.

Obviously I won't tell you who to vote or anything like that, just to get yourself registered to if you haven't already. (It's completely free, and it's only about a 10 minute job.)

Also, you can register for a postal vote if you like, so you don't even need to go to your local polling station!

Out of curiosity, say a crossover occurs - for argument's sake, a fighting game, but it could be anything - do you prefer when each character or world is represented with its own unique artstyle and sensibilities, when everything is redesigned to fit a more general style for the crossover, or something inbetween?

the main reason i think we should never do space tourism is because there is a 100% chance that it'll be like 2050 and your xittergrambook feed or whatever is just the same dog**** photo of people on the moon pretending to hold up the earth over and over again

i am lowkey mad it took this long for me to actually listen to DOOM's albums because this stuff is crazy good

Random F-Zero list I think is kinda interesting, namely crossover characters of sorts because it's lowkey a little surprising

• James McCloud is the one everyone actually knows about because his characterisation, design, and machine are intended to be a reference to Fox's dad in the Star Fox series, but there's actually a few more Star Fox connections
• Octoman is unusual in that he's retroactively a crossover character, appearing as a pilot in Star Fox Command
• Also, John Tanaka was the creator of the "G-Diffuser System", which is a system inside the F-Zero machines that allows them to negate G-forces - notably, the "G-Diffuser System" is also featured in Arwings for the same purpose
• More well-known is that Mr. EAD is probably intended to be some kind of interpretation of Mario, given his portly figure, moustache, and Starman belt buckle - plus that his name represents Nintendo EAD
  • Side note but Mr. EAD's vehicle, the Great Star, is implied to have been made out of Mr. EAD's "brother" in one of his interviews in GX, so uh, Luigi is his car I guess
• Billy is also kinda weird because he wasn't originally a crossover character, but his redesign in GX features an icon of AiAi's head on his belt - from the Super Monkey Ball - because of SEGA's involvement in GX
• Similarly, PJ in AX is directly intended as a callback to SEGA's Crazy Taxi series, though that's moreso in terms of his vehicle's design and name - Groovy Taxi
• Daigoroh might be a reference to the character of the same name in Lone Wolf and Cub

I probably missed a few here but one I should point out is that there's no real connection between Leon and Wolf beyond them both just being anthropomorphic wolves

if disney ever end up doing a fighting game of some kind i'm just gonna put it out there right now, one of my like top three picks from day one is going to be bill nye the science guy, who'll utilise his scientific and guy-based educational wackiness to absolutely science guy all over the competition

concept; necromancer who exclusively resurrects dinosaurs

hey remember that time mtv gameripped the character models from the revenge of the sith game then made a machinima of anakin skywalker singing a franz ferdinand song with yoda, mace windu and obi-wan in front of an army of clone troopers then broadcasted it on live television

Possibly one of my weirder takes, but an element I've grown to really like about the first Super Smash Bros. is that - due to the limitations of the N64 sound hardware and the decision to make almost every piece of music in the game a remix - it really feels like the game has its own more unified musical identity in which every "world" fits, rather than just being a collation of different "worlds" into its own through the use of gamerips.

There's probably a ton of reasons why Smash seems to have... lost a little identity over the years, but I think that's a small part of it. Also, Melee's orchestral tracks are fantastic (and I won't deny that in the slightest), but I do think there's a certain... appeal to the first game's sound. Not sure how to put it.

It wasn't until I became President that I realised...

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Random fun fact of the day: while there are several political borders all over the world that are visible from space, one of the only former borders to be visible from space is the former one between East and West Germany.

It's not actually the border itself that's visible, however - when viewed at night, the lights in both regions appear slightly different, due to running on seperate electrical grids installed after the border's installation. Despite the falling of the Berlin Wall, the effects of that period of history are still quite literally visible from space!

Of course, not everything we do is visible, but everything we do does have an effect. Not all of those effects are under our control, and sometimes it really does feel like we're on an out-of-control train barrelling somewhere unforeseen.

I just want to say, be good to one another, tread carefully - and above all, be kind. Even just a little. We may not necessarily be special, or important, or visible from space - but we matter. You matter. Kindness matters.

I considered doing this as a weirder creates thread but to be fair it'll age horribly either way so I may as well do it here;

In the scenario where you're essentially given control over the launch lineup for the "Switch 2", what would you choose to make it look like? Bear in mind you'll still need big stuff throughout the console's lineup, but feel free to go a bit wild with what you'd suggest otherwise lol

Have a follow.

Probably one of my weirdest takes to the point of arguably being a nitpick, but I hope the next Smash game goes back to having its fighter selection screen organised by franchise/theme as opposed to the order that the character was announced in the series. Doesn't necessarily have to be "the first row is ONLY mario" or anything but even if they took a Brawl-esque approach of certain "columns" having a unifying theme or something I think it'd work pretty well

Does anyone here have any massively underrated games that nobody ever talks about? I'll start;



Like, this game was such an iconic piece of history. Can't believe nobody seems to ever mention it amongst the classics! Apparently it even inspired some random "microgame" knockoffs or something, but the original's such a blast to run through.

Random open question to y'all.

A lot of discussion regarding Zelda stuff in the next Smash seems to already have a decent consensus, with one of those things being characters' designs - specifically, people tend to (for the most part) agree that Link and Ganondorf getting their TotK redesigns would be ideal.

That being said, in terms of Zelda herself, what kind of design would you prefer her to have if you were given creative control? Like, which game(s?) do you think should be the basis for her appearance? (Also, feel free to mention if you'd change her moveset alongside this.)

One thing I've always had a weird appreciation for in video games is "fake radio stations" whether they be an in-game mechanic or just a stylistic choice for the OST and the like. Obviously I recently mentioned Metropolis Street Racer on this note which does it pretty well, but I also kinda like how games like the Grand Theft Auto series handle this. Come to think of it, SEGA did this quite a lot in the Dreamcast era - Roommania springs to mind as another great example.

I lowkey think there's a ton of potential in this kind of system. I don't think it's patented anywhere, or at least I'm not aware of it being? This sort of system feels like it could work really well, especially in games with music or an urban landscape as a big part of their identity. Obviously it takes a bit more work than just playing the music and sort of takes control away from the player in terms of what's actually played, but... you could always have a playlist system or something.

I was looking through some of the Smilies we have here on SmashBoards, and there's a ton more than I expected. Come to think of it, I've not looked through them all that much. Even so...

Hey, Sonic R fans. I know you're here. I can see you.

Random thing to note, but if you're into that soundtrack, I'd totally recommend giving the soundtrack to Metropolis Street Racer for the Dreamcast a listen. It's another Jacques/Davis work, but it's got a really neat similar kinda house vibe to Sonic R's stuff (with, if I remember rightly, the same vocalist?) Absolutely worth a listen. It's a vibe.

Weird Pokemon thought; with how many Pokemon exist that are literally just objects, such as Klefki, Aegislash, Chandelure and so forth, were the objects' invention actually inspired by the Pokemon?

I mean, I can sort of understand how things like ice cream cones would deliberately mimic Vanillite or how sandcastles would deliberately mimic Palossand, but would they look at something like "hmm, how do we store trash", look at Trubbish, and go like "OH"

I basically just learned that Pokemon Rumble U exists, and I'm simultaneously morbidly intrigued, but also kind of kicking myself for not thinking there'd be a toys-to-life Pokemon game for the Wii U. Lowkey I think it had a few interesting ideas - especially the concept of making the toys themselves cheaper to acquire than most and offsetting it with a massive selection - it'd just be better if the game was. Plus like, the selection of actual "toys" itself isn't all that huge compared to others - obviously there's reasons for that (it's Pokemon Rumble U) but still

Toys-to-life in general's a genre/concept I'm... iffy on. It's really cool in concept and there's some cool games and mechanics that've come out of it, but it's also kind of really obviously a moneymaking scheme and in a weird way feels like a real thing of the past. Still think the concept has potential, though. Even if I also kind of don't want to see it come back.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but why are you mostly lurking the profile posts of all places?

it's like 7:20am and i haven't slept so this is probably dumb as hell but like
if you wanna send water to someone then like turn on a humidifier in your place and a dehumidifier in their place and it's like. wireless water. no pipes

Another weird public domain question that comes to mind - if you're from a country where a property is in the public domain, create a work using that property, and then release it internationally - would the work you've created have to be licensed in any other country where it's released, or would Rule of the Shorter Term apply?

As an example, in Canada, the literary character James Bond is partially in PD, and works such as License Expired were written by Canadian authors with this in mind. That said, License Expired hasn't ever been released outside of Canada. Is this because it would also require Bond to enter PD in the country in which the work is released?

Shower thought.

Given the guns the Phantom Thieves use in the Metaverse are all model replicas (albeit highly detailed, shoutout to Iwai), which only work based on a form of belief, it's not entirely unreasonable to suggest that they could use the P3 summoning method for their Personas - given that the Evokers function on a similar principle.

probably one of my weirder takes, but i think persona 5 dancing released way too early

not that it doesn't have some bangers, but idk if having three distinct versions of blooming villain in a roughly 30 song soundtrack feels right. especially when there are so many songs that'd be great to pull from in later projects like royal or strikers if it'd waited a few years. like i know that's not how it works but still

nothing against blooming villain by the way it's not like it's bad or anything but when a tenth of your songlist is blooming villain like. surely there's better picks right?

I think this only applies to the Brits and Europeans among us, but just a reminder that the clocks go forward at 1am tonight. Obviously a lot of clocks in your digital stuff (like phones, computers and so forth) will probably do so automatically, but other stuff like your ovens or whatnot might not do, so be sure to check that tomorrow (or when you get around to it.) Just a heads up!

fun fact: the world map seen on mega man 8's stage select screen is (roughly) accurate to earth's geography, which means that we can use this map to reasonably imply that dr. light lives somewhere in texas



texans, how do you pronounce "wily"?

okay i don't much like elon musk but i don't understand why he hasn't considered using an alternative launch method for his space x rockets or whatever. process is as follows:

1. build a rocket
2. transport to australia
3. drop it into the sky
4. it leaves the atmosphere
5. woo space

i don't see any issues with this. if there are any scientists here please help confirm if this hypothesis is feasible

consider the following:

• in the persona series, "demons" are formed from the collective unconsciousness
• their forms are based on human concepts, hence the religious, mythological, literary or urban legend themes
• the reaper is presumably particularly powerful because of the vast amount of human "cognition" associated with it
• persona 5 takes place in roughly 2016, give or take

ergo, i propose the following; harambe should replace the reaper in any future rereleases of persona 5

one pet peeve of mine i really don't understand is when you buy like, a bag of crisps or a bottle of drink or whatever, and the "serving size" is just. weird. like i learned today that apparently when you buy a 500ml bottle of pop it's considered "two servings" - i've never come across someone like "darn, i've drank half of it, time to only drink the other half tonight when it's all flat", but then all of the serving and nutritional info is based on these utterly arbitrary "servings"

it's even worse when you get something like a kitkat and it's like "oh yeah two sticks of a kitkat is a serving" or when you get a bag of wotsits and it's like "30g is a serving" like, who on earth is deliberately leaving two sticks of a kitkat to melt all day or like three wotsits left in the bag because "oops that's a serving"

Awesome Video Game Fun Fact: did you know that if you insert Mario 3 into Mario & Wario, you can play an enhanced version called Mario 3 & Wario?

Completely random thought - I feel like a Shin Megami Tensei fighting game would be really cool... on the condition that it deliberately makes a point of not just focusing on all of the protagonists. I mean, SMT is pretty much defined by its side characters and demons to the point where a lot of the protags don't even have their own names, so, y'know... that aside, a decent mix between them would be a lot of fun - imagining potential character candidates like Mothman, Heat, Shiki-Ouji, Matador, Terminator and so forth could be fun as hell.

Come to think of it, I suppose you could even seperate characters into different functional archetypes that indicate basic elements of their playstyle. Spitballing here, but maybe a little something like Demon, Summoner and Persona as well as a couple of unique ones like Demonica or Atma for specific, singular characters. Seems like it'd be neat!

I suppose the other way of doing it is to have you select a (or multiple) demon summons with their own unique abilities and then fight with a character capable of summoning them (such as characters with COMPs or Wild Cards), though I feel that might be a nightmare to balance out, and could run the risk of making some characters difficult to implement (such as non-protags/Velvet Room attendants from the Persona series).