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[Professor Pumpkaboo]

omg what is with this game giving me female pokemon

 

[Frostwraith]

Hey everyone, and a belated Merry Christmas from me. Hope you had a good one.

@Shishœ I've finally finished watching Bungou Stray Dogs.

Spoiler: 'Uh. SPOILER ALERT.' -- Hades

I liked the ending even though it's a bit open in that regard. Guess there's the possibility of a third season in the future. It was a good ending anyway.

Kyouka finally gets accepted into the Agency and turns out the boss can give its members control over their own abilities, which does explain how Atsushi began to control his own tiger powers. All Men Are Born Equal, indeed...

I do feel a bit bad for Francis. In the end, he lost everything he fought for his entire life, but he had to be stopped anyway. And that beatdown was badass. Akutagawa has a lot of potential for more development in the story... Maybe even him could join the Agency. Haha. Time to read the manga, I guess. The following story arc does seem interesting and the new villain looks threatening and working behind the scenes, exploiting the unstable Guild and getting potential new allies from there.

The ending scene with Dazai and the other Port Mafia guy ties this finale into the first episodes, showing how Dazai has changed since Odasaku's death. Really ties everything in this season into one final resolution.

Also, Lovecraft is weird. As expected of Lovecraft.

And Fluttershy , get in the bag. =P

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

And the beauty inside it

Looks more like
Ryunosuke Umemiya from shaman King with his hair

 

[Fluttershy]

And Fluttershy , get in the bag. =P

Pew. But I just got out of the bag

I should really start on Pokemon again.. hopefully I can get up and get it out of my room after one more battle..

 

[Coricus]

I. . .

I think pulling an all-nighter with Robobot to beat it may have been overdoing it.

I probably would have enjoyed it a lot more if I actually took my time or. . .waited until I actually had some rest, but the fact that I couldn't help myself probably speaks to the game's quality by itself.

Well, that and how much I love Sound Tests. Which I still need to unlock. *looks up* Oh, so I was on the right track assuming I had to beat Meta Knightmare to get it. I already cleared the first area in that while I was overdoing it, if far too slowly.


*EDIT* Switching to Pokemon, but that makes four Shinies someone I know IRL got from random encounters in one game. I still haven't seen any in my game.

 

[Deleted member]

Hey everyone, and a belated Merry Christmas from me. Hope you had a good one.

@Shishœ I've finally finished watching Bungou Stray Dogs.

Spoiler: 'Uh. SPOILER ALERT.' -- Hades

I liked the ending even though it's a bit open in that regard. Guess there's the possibility of a third season in the future. It was a good ending anyway.

Kyouka finally gets accepted into the Agency and turns out the boss can give its members control over their own abilities, which does explain how Atsushi began to control his own tiger powers. All Men Are Born Equal, indeed...

I do feel a bit bad for Francis. In the end, he lost everything he fought for his entire life, but he had to be stopped anyway. And that beatdown was badass. Akutagawa has a lot of potential for more development in the story... Maybe even him could join the Agency. Haha. Time to read the manga, I guess. The following story arc does seem interesting and the new villain looks threatening and working behind the scenes, exploiting the unstable Guild and getting potential new allies from there.

The ending scene with Dazai and the other Port Mafia guy ties this finale into the first episodes, showing how Dazai has changed since Odasaku's death. Really ties everything in this season into one final resolution.

Also, Lovecraft is weird. As expected of Lovecraft.

And Fluttershy , get in the bag. =P

Spoiler

The last battle is so over the top and the animation for the last two hits is so exaggerated that I love it, really makes for a great season finale.

Pretty sure they'll follow with a third season... when the manga has enough content, that is. These two seasons adapt 37 chapters total and the 4 novels of Dazai's past, the manga is still only has 11 chapters not adapted(with one getting an OVA) so it's gonna take sometime until it happens.

Akutagawa is that sort of "wow the edge" charater that gets a lot of development that ends up making me fall in love with, I already liked him in the first season and this one just made him much more sympathetic. And yeah, I'm like, 99% sure he'll end up joining the Agency once his hatred for Atsushi calms down and his more... murderous actions are toned down.

I really liked the scene of the celebration party, there's a lot of funny shots and Poe showing up just puts a smile in my face.

As for the manga, it gets even better from now, get ready for the weirdest recreation of Jojo Part 2's fight scenes as a whole arc where there are 4 Josephs. "I knew that you knew that I knew that you knew that I knew that you knew that I knew that you knew..."
It ties up some loose ends from the Guild arc too, emphasis on 'some' because Twain is just Put on a Bus and whatever Dazai did to Q has not been even addressed.

 

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

Johnny just danced through the danger in his review

Quick question before I watch it.

Are there any story spoilers in this review?

 

[praline]

So here are the current results from yesterday's featuring favorite arm blade Pokemon:

1st Place: Sceptile - 5 votes
2nd Place: Scyther/Gallade/Bisharp - 2 votes
3rd Place: Kabutops/Mega Garchomp/Escavelier/Kartana - 1 vote
4th Place: Leavanny/Pawniard/Fomantis/Lurantis - 0 votes

The results seem pretty spread out for the most part, but at the moment, Sceptile has a pretty firm lead.

For those that missed out on the poll and still want to give your vote, click here to access the Strawpoll.

Who's the other person who picked the right answer(Bisharp)? That's what I'd like to know.

 

[Champ Gold]

So what did I miss

 

[Coricus]

Hey everyone, and a belated Merry Christmas from me. Hope you had a good one.

@Shishœ I've finally finished watching Bungou Stray Dogs.

Spoiler: 'Uh. SPOILER ALERT.' -- Hades

I liked the ending even though it's a bit open in that regard. Guess there's the possibility of a third season in the future. It was a good ending anyway.

Kyouka finally gets accepted into the Agency and turns out the boss can give its members control over their own abilities, which does explain how Atsushi began to control his own tiger powers. All Men Are Born Equal, indeed...

I do feel a bit bad for Francis. In the end, he lost everything he fought for his entire life, but he had to be stopped anyway. And that beatdown was badass. Akutagawa has a lot of potential for more development in the story... Maybe even him could join the Agency. Haha. Time to read the manga, I guess. The following story arc does seem interesting and the new villain looks threatening and working behind the scenes, exploiting the unstable Guild and getting potential new allies from there.

The ending scene with Dazai and the other Port Mafia guy ties this finale into the first episodes, showing how Dazai has changed since Odasaku's death. Really ties everything in this season into one final resolution.

Also, Lovecraft is weird. As expected of Lovecraft.

And Fluttershy , get in the bag. =P

Well a Merry Christmas to you t-

Is that a reference to something, honey?

That aside, I think I remember overhearing the concept for that show on here at one point. It sounds interesting, but I'm worried that due to my being too uncultured to likely get many of the inspirations that part of what makes it so crazy would fly over my head if I looked into it. A good show would probably hold up despite that, though, so. . .what sort of tone would you say the series has? Any particular strong points stand out?

 

[Burruni]

Quick question before I watch it.

Are there any story spoilers in this review?

Yes.
He limitedly shows every area, the last one's name is a spoiler, and an overview of the plot at each chapter including the bosses.

NOW, with the review
I mostly agree, but with... a few points to add.

Spoiler

There's a few things that REALLY dig at me with HGH, and not quite the "gameplay change" sections like Pirate Curse.
First off, the "real" final boss. It looks and fights like its from an entirely different game and just overstays its welcome. ESPECIALLY a shame when Risky's fight is such a damn wonderfully handled thing. And.. this might just be me, but both phases of Tinkerbrain were unintuitive for how you fought it, and not understanding how a boss in a PLATFORMER works raises eyebrows.
Second, the other time you have a boss in such a layout, it's... also very off feeling, alien for Shantae and in a bad way. It's one of few sore spots before the climax.
Third, just.... how useless the Mouse Bite, Spider Venom, and Bat Sonar are..... like... reeaaalllly? The bat in general seems a little pointless but a power up that can only be used in one room, ech.

But, the biggest issue.... is it feels like a few stages and bosses were just cut from production.
Tassel Town feels like Wilbur was supposed to be a "midboss" like Twitch & Vinegar after you climb the tower, with Holly having an actual fight at the end... but no she just kinda happens to disappear at the end of that fight.

I know a "Nega Shantae chapter" was in the kickstarter, but I feel like a one-screen stage and boss was supposed to happen after you complete the dynamo but no it's just handled in a friendship speech.

And... Tinker Brain almost seems like it was intended to be a breather after Risky, which'd send you INTO the Genie Realm (which there is concept art of) for some actually climatic final boss; maybe even the corrupted spirit of Shantae's own mother. HELL, THAT'D APPLY TO THE ENTIRE THING OF "I think your Human Half is stronger than the Genie," from Uncle Mimic.

 

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

Yes.
He limitedly shows every area, the last one's name is a spoiler, and an overview of the plot at each chapter including the bosses.

NOW, with the review
I mostly agree, but with... a few points to add.

Spoiler

There's a few things that REALLY dig at me with HGH, and not quite the "gameplay change" sections like Pirate Curse.
First off, the "real" final boss. It looks and fights like its from an entirely different game and just overstays its welcome. ESPECIALLY a shame when Risky's fight is such a damn wonderfully handled thing. And.. this might just be me, but both phases of Tinkerbrain were unintuitive for how you fought it, and not understanding how a boss in a PLATFORMER works raises eyebrows.
Second, the other time you have a boss in such a layout, it's... also very off feeling, alien for Shantae and in a bad way. It's one of few sore spots before the climax.
Third, just.... how useless the Mouse Bite, Spider Venom, and Bat Sonar are..... like... reeaaalllly? The bat in general seems a little pointless but a power up that can only be used in one room, ech.

But, the biggest issue.... is it feels like a few stages and bosses were just cut from production.
Tassel Town feels like Wilbur was supposed to be a "midboss" like Twitch & Vinegar after you climb the tower, with Holly having an actual fight at the end... but no she just kinda happens to disappear at the end of that fight.

I know a "Nega Shantae chapter" was in the kickstarter, but I feel like a one-screen stage and boss was supposed to happen after you complete the dynamo but no it's just handled in a friendship speech.

And... Tinker Brain almost seems like it was intended to be a breather after Risky, which'd send you INTO the Genie Realm (which there is concept art of) for some actually climatic final boss; maybe even the corrupted spirit of Shantae's own mother. HELL, THAT'D APPLY TO THE ENTIRE THING OF "I think your Human Half is stronger than the Genie," from Uncle Mimic.

Thanks.

I'll hold off on the review until I beat it.

Speaking of which, the game should be arriving to me tommorow.

I'm beyond hyped.

 

[Ura]

So what did I miss

You've only been gone for like a couple of hours lol.

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Anyone wants to trade a Kartana for a Celesteela?

I've got all four of them babies ready to go.

 

[Deleted member]

@GoldenYuiitusin, i want to ask something.

A while back i was watching a video about 4 times Miyamoto was a..........errr "Asshole" (no really, that's what the video is called) and the content of the video was.....well i have my dobuts after giving it a second thought and one part mentions specifically mentions that "Miyamoto demanded Rare to scrap a lot of their work in Dinosaur Planet to turn it into a Star Fox Spin-off that infiuriated Rare so much, they sold themselves to Microsoft and rushed out the game with half of it cut, just to get away out of his reach"

I asked you this question because recently i remember lurking in this thread a while back and if im not mistaken, you mentioned that Rare wasn't opposed to retooling Dinosaur Planet into Star Fox Adventures, and i just wanted to verify it. Sorry if i bother you, thanks.

 

[AwesomeAussie27]

Anyone wants to trade a Kartana for a Celesteela?

I've got all four of them babies ready to go.

You seriously caught ALL the Ultra Beasts?

Spoiler: Pokemon spoilers

Azure confirmed as the new Lusamine.

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

You seriously caught ALL the Ultra Beasts?

Spoiler: Pokemon spoilers

Azure confirmed as the new Lusamine.

Hahahaha.

Spoiler: Pokemon spoilers

No way Jose. I'm not ready for that Nihilego brain surgery yet.

Just want the rocket Kaguya monster.

 

[Deleted member]

Well a Merry Christmas to you t-

Is that a reference to something, honey?

That aside, I think I remember overhearing the concept for that show on here at one point. It sounds interesting, but I'm worried that due to my being too uncultured to likely get many of the inspirations that part of what makes it so crazy would fly over my head if I looked into it. A good show would probably hold up despite that, though, so. . .what sort of tone would you say the series has? Any particular strong points stand out?

You shouldn't worry about that, I watched the whole first season without getting any of the references and only started to get them when Fitzgerald, Edgar Allan Poe and freaking Lovecraft showed up. I still don't get most of them.
It's an action series with some comedy thrown around(it being more played with in season 1 but it tones down for the better later). Imo, the character design is the strongest point for me, from the unique and colorful designs to their varied characterization and their abilities, which are usually a weird interpretation of their book's title. The battles are pretty cool and some have that Jojo-esque style of basically being a puzzle.
First season is pretty boring since its pacing is slow as hell(12 chapters adapted by episode 10. 12 ****ing chapters) so it takes time to get to the real good stuff like Chuuya, episode 10, the start of the Guild arc and shipping.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

Question, I hear a lot about how Sombra in Overwatch can hack Healthkits but for the life of me I can't get a straight answer on what that actually does so can someone clear up what it actually does?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Does anyone want some snivys? Im hatching some right now and I wanna know if anyone wants one before I wondertrade them

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Does anyone want some snivys? Im hatching some right now and I wanna know if anyone wants one before I wondertrade them

I'd like one.

That's if you don't mind.

 

[Coricus]

You shouldn't worry about that, I watched the whole first season without getting any of the references and only started to get them when Fitzgerald, Edgar Allan Poe and freaking Lovecraft showed up. I still don't get most of them.
It's an action series with some comedy thrown around(it being more played with in season 1 but it tones down for the better later). Imo, the character design is the strongest point for me, from the unique and colorful designs to their varied characterization and their abilities, which are usually a weird interpretation of their book's title. The battles are pretty cool and some have that Jojo-esque style of basically being a puzzle.
First season is pretty boring since its pacing is slow as hell(12 chapters adapted by episode 10. 12 ****ing chapters) so it takes time to get to the real good stuff like Chuuya, episode 10, the start of the Guild arc and shipping.

There's a touch of comedy?

That's what I like to hear. I wanted to make sure it wasn't anything too grim since all I really knew was the concept, so that definitely makes me more interested.

Knowing I don't have to get the references to enjoy it is definitely good, too.

Thank you for the warning about the first season's pacing, the show seems at least worth looking into sometime if I remember to.

 

[Ivander]

Question, I hear a lot about how Sombra in Overwatch can hack Healthkits but for the life of me I can't get a straight answer on what that actually does so can someone clear up what it actually does?

Basically, when she hacks a Health Kit, the opposing team can't use them and they recharge in 2-3 seconds compared to their usual recharge time. Basically, it can allow your teammates to heal 75 or 250 health very quickly and it messes with opponents since when they try to find a Health Kit that will heal them, they end up finding one that they can't use.
That being said, it is limited.

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

Someone is trying to find Voice Talent for a dramatic reading of one of the longest pieces of english literature ever... a Smash Bros. fanfic.

https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/5kza07/voice_talent_needed_for_dramatic_reading_of/

Good luck to him...

 

[Deleted member]

There's a touch of comedy?

That's what I like to hear. I wanted to make sure it wasn't anything too grim since all I really knew was the concept, so that definitely makes me more interested.

Knowing I don't have to get the references to enjoy it is definitely good, too.

Thank you for the warning about the first season's pacing, the show seems at least worth looking into sometime if I remember to.

I wouldn't say it's grim and the comedy isn't that present, it's mostly pretty laid-back and even when it does get more serious that tone is still present.
Though the Dark Era Arc(the first four episodes of S2) are pretty grim as its name implies since it's a sort-of flashback

 

[n8han11]

Anyone wants to trade a Kartana for a Celesteela?

I've got all four of them babies ready to go.

Well, I've got a Kartana deposited on the GTS and I've asked for a non-specific Celesteela in return, but it doesn't look like anyone else will take the offer. How about it?

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Well, I've got a Kartana deposited on the GTS and I've asked for a non-specific Celesteela in return, but it doesn't look like anyone else will take the offer. How about it?

Sure, I don't mind.

By friend code is 1375-7346-9605.

Oh crap, what I mean is a Kartana for a Celesteela. I don't have Moon.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

no one want to take up my Snivy offer? I'll just wondertrade them then I guess

 

[n8han11]

Sure, I don't mind.

By friend code is 1375-7346-9605.

Oh crap, what I mean is a Kartana for a Celesteela. I don't have Moon.

Oh. Since you don't seem to have any Celesteelas, the trade is now off.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Celesteela is the ONLY UB I don't have a copy of.

I have it registered in my dex, but I don't have one anymore

 

[Ura]

I just spotted this Brawl hack and I marked out. Mega Man Legends is one of my favorite games and seeing Volnutt in Smash Bros is hype as hell.

 

[redfeatherraven]

@GoldenYuiitusin, i want to ask something.

A while back i was watching a video about 4 times Miyamoto was a..........errr "*******" (no really, that's what the video is called) and the content of the video was.....well i have my dobuts after giving it a second thought and one part mentions specifically mentions that "Miyamoto demanded Rare to scrap a lot of their work in Dinosaur Planet to turn it into a Star Fox Spin-off that infiuriated Rare so much, they sold themselves to Microsoft and rushed out the game with half of it cut, just to get away out of his reach"

I asked you this question because recently i remember lurking in this thread a while back and if im not mistaken, you mentioned that Rare wasn't opposed to retooling Dinosaur Planet into Star Fox Adventures, and i just wanted to verify it. Sorry if i bother you, thanks.

Beating him to the punch with his own source:

http://www.geekinsider.com/game-never-dinosaur-planet/

Paraphrasing, Miyamoto suggested the change and offered the use of the Star Fox characters after noticing Sabre looked an awful lot like Fox. That much is true. However Rare was on board and voluntarily retooled the game accordingly. That comes from Phil Tossell, who was at the time the coding lead on Star Fox Adventures.

If you'd like to know more about the game's initial trajectory, plus a bit more history, go check the link. Good read.

The move to Microsoft, meanwhile, was financial and unrelated; Rare needed cash for rising development costs and MS threw down the most capital. Nintendo owned a massive stake in Rare at the time and we had a whole debate a few pages back on whether it was wise for them to not buy Rare outright as a first-party. That's probably what you're remembering from the lurking.

All around a much more civil affair, but civil makes for poor clickbait.

Question, I hear a lot about how Sombra in Overwatch can hack Healthkits but for the life of me I can't get a straight answer on what that actually does so can someone clear up what it actually does?

I got you.

Mechanics of Hack on Health Packs

• When health packs are hacked, they stay hacked for 60 seconds.
• Hacked health packs cannot be picked up by enemy players, but allies will still be able to pick them up.
• Hacked health packs respawn 3 times faster, which for small health packs would be from 10 seconds to 3.3 seconds and large health packs from 15 seconds down to 5 seconds.
• When multiple Sombras (either from enemy or ally) attempts to hack the same health pack, the player that initialized the hack first will have control over the health pack.
• Hacked health packs will have [an] icon above them, with a visible timer.

Source: https://www.furiouspaul.com/overwatch/sombra.html

 

[Curious Villager]

I've noticed that a lot of people have been requesting a Celesteela through the GTS today.

A shame, if I had more, I would have happily traded them away, I only have one left though (The other one I've traded away for that Solgaleo today.)

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I've noticed that a lot of people have been requesting a Celesteela through the GTS today.

A shame, if I had more, I would have happily traded them away, I only have one left though (The other one I've traded away for that Solgaleo today.)

All I want is a ditto from another region but everyone is asking for a ditto 91 and over, like why

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Why do people ask for pokemon of certain levels. That's the stupidest thing ever

 

[Coricus]

Why do people ask for pokemon of certain levels. That's the stupidest thing ever

Honestly, it's such a rude move that whenever I see it I figure they're probably trolling on purpose. Especially when they ask for Pokemon at levels that they can't even be legitimately obtained at, that's even more rude.

At least the GTS actually lets you look for more than a handful of trades at a time and filter out Legendaries now. There's a metric ton of jerks but at least it's far easier to work around them than when the GTS was first created.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Why do people ask for pokemon of certain levels. That's the stupidest thing ever

No idea. Why do people ask for a lvl 91 dittio ffs

 

[Deleted member]

Why do people ask for pokemon of certain levels. That's the stupidest thing ever

Maybe they want them for their playthrough and they're already at a certain point? It can also help to make sure the Pokemon is recently caught(so no EVs or changed moves) if asked around the level they appear in the wild

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Maybe they want them for their playthrough and they're already at a certain point? It can also help to make sure the Pokemon is recently caught(so no EVs or changed moves) if asked around the level they appear in the wild

The level they always ask for though is 91

The reason I traded for Necrozma is because they asked for a level 91 Shiinotic, and I just happened to have one by chance

 

[Curious Villager]

Have they done something about the event legendary pokemon requests?

I recall that you couldn't trade those away, but yet for some reason people could still request them through the GTS which was a little silly....