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[ChikoLad]

@--- You kept bringing up X7, right?

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You know the game's bad when the game that killed the X franchise scored better

I wouldn't even say X7 killed the X franchise, since X8 is a thing and it was awesome.

X8 just didn't sell very well at all, unfortunately.

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

The whole thing with the 'soft ban' on X-men and FF characters in Marvel games is so ****ing stupid its annoying -_-

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Don't wear shoes then. If you absolutely have to go to work, wear flip-flops or any open footwear.

Should probably show it to someone though.

Except I kind of have to for reputation of the store. And my mother's treating me like a baby for being extra careful when walking

I wouldn't even say X7 killed the X franchise, since X8 is a thing and it was awesome.

X8 just didn't sell very well at all, unfortunately.

X7 and X8 have DMC Syndrome. DMC1 sold alright and was critically acclaimed, so when the sequel came out, more people bought it because they heard so many good stuff about the first, but DMC2 was awful, and less people bought DMC3 at launch because they thought it'd be like the last game. Same applies to the X Series, 6 was awful, 7 was godawful and then they released a good game, but people didn't care as Capcom lost consumer trust, and people alsoo thought it'd be bad again

 

[Champ Gold]

OMG I'm finally an Uncle now. My brother and his wife had their first child this morning

 

[AndreaAC]

OMG I'm finally an Uncle now. My brother and his wife had their first child this morning

Congratulations! That's great!

 

[Cutie Gwen]

OMG I'm finally an Uncle now. My brother and his wife had their first child this morning

You're damn lucky, hope you get to see the little thing soon

 

[ChikoLad]

Except I kind of have to for reputation of the store. And my mother's treating me like a baby for being extra careful when walking

X7 and X8 have DMC Syndrome. DMC1 sold alright and was critically acclaimed, so when the sequel came out, more people bought it because they heard so many good stuff about the first, but DMC2 was awful, and less people bought DMC3 at launch because they thought it'd be like the last game. Same applies to the X Series, 6 was awful, 7 was godawful and then they released a good game, but people didn't care as Capcom lost consumer trust, and people alsoo thought it'd be bad again

Personally, I think Mega Man X's situation is different.

Mega Man X6 came out at a time when we were gearing up for the PS2 era and awaiting all of these big new, fully 3D games.

Then you had Mega Man X6 which was a subpar 2D platformer and yeah, it got lost in the crowd.

And since Mega Man is associated with 2D and since Capcom made no real attempt to market the games at this point because stuff like Resident Evil and DMC were more of a priority at the time, the Mega Man X series was kinda doomed.

I also think there would probably be a degree of consumer fatigue. There were too many Mega Man X games in such a short time. The series could probably make a comeback now and be successful, especially after the broken promises of Mighty No. 9 and just the fact we haven't had many games like that over the past few years, but at the time, I think people were just sick of Mega Man X.

 

[Kirby Dragons]

For me, it's Ultimate Alien > original series > Alien Force > Omniverse.

Ultimate Alien was really fun, and the original series was very well written. Alien Force was decent. But with Omniverse, they unsuccessfully tried to convert it to a comedy. The art style and character designs there were also easily the worst.

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

OMG I'm finally an Uncle now. My brother and his wife had their first child this morning

Ayy, congratulations champ!

 

[ChikoLad]

Looks like they're gearing up for the Sonic 25th Anniversary Party at SEGA Joypolis.

Yuji Naka is attending.

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[Chrono.]

I just wanna say

Megaman X6 is evil.

 

[Champ Gold]

I just wanna say

Megaman X6 is evil.

Not worse than Megaman & Bass.

Especially the GBA port

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Not worse than Megaman & Bass.

Especially the GBA port

From what I've seen, X6 is worse because of the RNG ALWAYS screwing with you

 

[Chrono.]

Not worse than Megaman & Bass.

Especially the GBA port

At least Bass makes that passable.

X6 is always ****ing you over thanks to the nightmare system and the various Kaizo-level traps scattered everywhere.

 

[Solfiner]

At least Bass makes that passable.

X6 is always ****ing you over thanks to the nightmare system and the various Kaizo-level traps scattered everywhere.

X6 is pretty widely regarded as awful thanks to dat level design (Also the story is dumb.)

X4 will always be the final X game in my heart.

 

[Champ Gold]

At least Bass makes that passable.

X6 is always ****ing you over thanks to the nightmare system and the various Kaizo-level traps scattered everywhere.

Bass was still a struggle since it took him twice as long to kill bosses

You were boned no matter who you played

 

[_Sheik]

Getting real tired of your bull, Super Mystery Dungeon.

I intended to intentionally lose the first round against Entei (which is what you have to do anyway) and save my reviving seeds for the second one, but the game wouldn't let the round end with my death because it forced me to have all the seeds consumed beforehand. Damn it.

 

[Erureido]

Spoiler

Anankos is not that similar to Grima besides being a dragon, but, unfortunately, his backstory is behind a 6 dollars DLC 2-map pack which I only bought for Grandmaster because godforbid you actually learn anything unless you buy all of the DLC!
It also makes the Awakening trio look like idiots and Lillith is in it to bring some unnecessary "emotional" scene
I honestly don't recommend it if you still haven't bought it, the only reward worth it is the Fell Brand(First Blood is mostly trivial) and the first map is an Awakening one, a rout the map, with reinforcements!
The second one is cool but it would be better as an actual map rather than one restricted to 3 units

As for Rev's story, it doesn't have the glaring bad writing from conquest but it doesn't have the "actual plot progression" like Birthright does(only when you get to Chapter 22 but still)
I also don't like how the main focus of the other two routes is put aside for a new, now certainly 101% evil and dead, kingdom
Hans and Iago basically only show up once and are killed just before Valla, Garon is never given a closure nor fought(and is even worse when the Hoshido siblings get two fights against their parents), Izana dies for no reason, Scarlet falls for you(I'm sorry I had to), Corrin becomes king because I don't know and all of it only happens because Azura just doesn't tell you anything in the other routes otherwise they would all be the same

And I don't even fully understand Valla, is it supposed to be some sort of ancient kingdom or did the "curse of in-universe spoiler prevention" made everyone outside it forget about its existence? What exactly is the Bottomles Canyon, is it where Valla once was?

Spoiler

I only want to play Hidden Truths just to fully understand Anankos's backstory (and I did buy the DLC a while back). I've heard a few details about it here and there, but actually playing it would allow me to better comprehend those details. I should probably keep my expectations low going into it based on what I'm hearing though.

And yeah, I agree that Hans, Iago, and Garon felt shoved aside this time around. With Garon's case, it would've been perfect if we got to fight his monster form at some point, but nope, the only time in Revelation we learn about Garon being different from himself is when Leo and Xander notice he starts acting oddly, and then he appears just before the final fight, only to get devoured. Izana's death did feel unneeded; I didn't think he really had to kill himself just for the sake of getting Takumi to join Corrin's side. I mean, sure, Takumi was being skeptical, but that's his character, and he has every reason to act that way. As for the Corrin-becomes-king detail, Azura mentions right before the final cutscene that she handed the throne to him because she "never felt fit to be a ruler" when Corrin asks her why she didn't want to take-over the throne despite being next in line. For me, the part that feels a bit odd is that if you achieve S-Support with her, she technically rules Valla alongside you.

I too wish we learned more about Valla as a whole. After playing the game, I assumed Valla is supposed to be some sort of ancient kingdom because of how Anankos resided there for a long time, coupled with the curse so that people forgot it existed. I have a feeling the Bottomless Canyon could've been where Valla once was. Maybe once Anankos took control, he created a black hole beneath the kingdom, causing it to crumble from beneath and thus splitting it into multiple floating islands. Perhaps Valla was once located between Nohr and Hoshido since the Bottomless Canyon is located at the border. Then again, the game never talks about it. I also wish we learned about where in Valla does the crystal ball come from, and we would've learned that if the game focused more world-building on Valla itself. The only locations we see of Valla are the castle, a forest, and a few abandoned towns.

The transition between the moments after Anankos is defeated and Corrin is crowned as Valla's new ruler felt a bit odd too. When we see ceremony, we learn that Valla has suddenly returned back to normal; the throne room has been completely restored, and Corrin mentions that thanks to the generous gifts of land from Ryoma and Xander, "we've been able to rebuild the kingdom", not to mention you hear the entire crowd cheering for him. I guess Valla's broken-up land was also restored somehow, at least if the final cutscene is anything to go by. But still, was there a time skip between the moment everyone was like "Yay, we defeated Anankos" to the coronation scene? A little explanation would've been nice.

 

[A Distant Demon]

Tokyo Mirage Sessions Reviews are coming in
http://opencritic.com/game/2399/tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe?tab=1&reviewId=52709
http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe

An 82 on Opencritic and 85 on metacritic for a super niche game sounds pretty good to me Although I suppose i is still a bit early.


Although how it sells will be another question

 

[ChikoLad]

So it's technically Sonic's birthday today, because it's the 23rd of June in Japan right now.

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Happy Birthday, you little blue git!

 

[Strofirko]

A censored weeaboo trash getting good reviews,surprising.

 

[Deleted member]

Spoiler

I only want to play Hidden Truths just to fully understand Anankos's backstory (and I did buy the DLC a while back). I've heard a few details about it here and there, but actually playing it would allow me to better comprehend those details. I should probably keep my expectations low going into it based on what I'm hearing though.

And yeah, I agree that Hans, Iago, and Garon felt shoved aside this time around. With Garon's case, it would've been perfect if we got to fight his monster form at some point, but nope, the only time in Revelation we learn about Garon being different from himself is when Leo and Xander notice he starts acting oddly, and then he appears just before the final fight, only to get devoured. Izana's death did feel unneeded; I didn't think he really had to kill himself just for the sake of getting Takumi to join Corrin's side. I mean, sure, Takumi was being skeptical, but that's his character, and he has every reason to act that way. As for the Corrin-becomes-king detail, Azura mentions right before the final cutscene that she handed the throne to him because she "never felt fit to be a ruler" when Corrin asks her why she didn't want to take-over the throne despite being next in line. For me, the part that feels a bit odd is that if you achieve S-Support with her, she technically rules Valla alongside you.

I too wish we learned more about Valla as a whole. After playing the game, I assumed Valla is supposed to be some sort of ancient kingdom because of how Anankos resided there for a long time, coupled with the curse so that people forgot it existed. I have a feeling the Bottomless Canyon could've been where Valla once was. Maybe once Anankos took control, he created a black hole beneath the kingdom, causing it to crumble from beneath and thus splitting it into multiple floating islands. Perhaps Valla was once located between Nohr and Hoshido since the Bottomless Canyon is located at the border. Then again, the game never talks about it. I also wish we learned about where in Valla does the crystal ball come from, and we would've learned that if the game focused more world-building on Valla itself. The only locations we see of Valla are the castle, a forest, and a few abandoned towns.

The transition between the moments after Anankos is defeated and Corrin is crowned as Valla's new ruler felt a bit odd too. When we see ceremony, we learn that Valla has suddenly returned back to normal; the throne room has been completely restored, and Corrin mentions that thanks to the generous gifts of land from Ryoma and Xander, "we've been able to rebuild the kingdom", not to mention you hear the entire crowd cheering for him. I guess Valla's broken-up land was also restored somehow, at least if the final cutscene is anything to go by. But still, was there a time skip between the moment everyone was like "Yay, we defeated Anankos" to the coronation scene? A little explanation would've been nice.

Spoiler

Does Rev even explain why Corrin becomes king/queen? I mean, it does get explained in Hidden Truths but I just imagine Azura going all like:
"Hey Corrin, you should be king instead of me"
"What? Am I some kind of Valla royalty?"
"Well, uh, I can't talk about that, please buy the DLC"

Tokyo Mirage Sessions Reviews are coming in
http://opencritic.com/game/2399/tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe?tab=1&reviewId=52709
http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe

An 82 on Opencritic and 85 on metacritic for a super niche game sounds pretty good to me Although I suppose i is still a bit early.


Although how it sells will be another question

I'd consider getting it, I keep hearing the gameplay is great but... it's just too weeby, even for me

 

[Burruni]

X6 is pretty widely regarded as awful thanks to dat level design (Also the story is dumb.)

X4 will always be the final X game in my heart.

But X5 flows into the Zero series which is far better than the remaining x-games combined.
Suffer one bad one for the glory of the rest.

Edit:

Spoiler

Does Rev even explain why Corrin becomes king/queen? I mean, it does get explained in Hidden Truths but I just imagine Azura going all like:
"Hey Corrin, you should be king instead of me"
"What? Am I some kind of Valla royalty?"
"Well, uh, I can't talk about that, please buy the DLC"

I'd consider getting it, I keep hearing the gameplay is great but... it's just too weeby, even for me

Spoiler

Corrin is the child of Mikoto and Arkanos. This is explained.
Presumably, either by being the firstborn male, just being older, or her seeing Corrin as a greater leader offers him the position.
.....That and Corrin-Azura is intended canon.

TMS#FE... would've been so much better without the reliance of j-pop and such. The designs of the Performa, bosses, and the gameplay seem so damn good.

 

[Ura]

OMG I'm finally an Uncle now. My brother and his wife had their first child this morning

Congrats man!

I'm not an uncle per se but i've been a step-uncle for a very long time lol.

 

[FalKoopa]

Tokyo Mirage Sessions Reviews are coming in
http://opencritic.com/game/2399/tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe?tab=1&reviewId=52709
http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/tokyo-mirage-sessions-fe

An 82 on Opencritic and 85 on metacritic for a super niche game sounds pretty good to me Although I suppose i is still a bit early.


Although how it sells will be another question

It obviously wasn't a bad game, just alienating.

Ah well.

 

[Strofirko]

Polygon give it a 9.5/10,me dead.

 

[Chrono.]

I might get TMS.

I'm on an RPG kick lately and there's nothing else out or coming out that appeals to me (I dislike Bravely and SMTIV Final is soon but SMTIV kinda blows).

 

[Starlight_Lily]

Wow the rampant amount misuse of the term weeaboo in this thread is ridiculous.

Just a simple reminder of what weeaboo means, a none native person to Japan seeing Japan as the best thing ever, and badly mixing in Japanese with their English.

So just a reminder to you all Tokyo Mirage Session is not a weeaboo game, since its actually set in Japan.

 

[Deleted member]

But X5 flows into the Zero series which is far better than the remaining x-games combined.
Suffer one bad one for the glory of the rest.

Edit:

Spoiler

Corrin is the child of Mikoto and Arkanos. This is explained.
Presumably, either by being the firstborn male, just being older, or her seeing Corrin as a greater leader offers him the position.
.....That and Corrin-Azura is intended canon.

TMS#FE... would've been so much better without the reliance of j-pop and such. The designs of the Performa, bosses, and the gameplay seem so damn good.

I know that, I played Hidden Truths, I mean if it's explained in Revelation's story

 

[Strofirko]

Wow the rampant amount misuse of the term weeaboo on the internet is ridiculous.

Fixed.

I was being sarcastic,though.

 

[Arcanir]

Spoiler

Corrin is the child of Mikoto and Arkanos. This is explained.
Presumably, either by being the firstborn male, just being older, or her seeing Corrin as a greater leader offers him the position.
.....That and Corrin-Azura is intended canon.

Spoiler

Anankos' being Corrin's father doesn't pop up in the actual game (you have to buy the DLC for that), instead, Mikoto says that she's Arete's sister, making Corrin next in line after Azura due to that relationship.

It also means Azura is his cousin, but the game never acknowledges that anyway.

 

[Burruni]

I know that, I played Hidden Truths, I mean if it's explained in Revelation's story

Spoiler

Anankos' being Corrin's father doesn't pop up in the actual game (you have to buy the DLC for that), instead, Mikoto says that she's Arete's sister, making Corrin next in line after Azura due to that relationship.

It also means Azura is his cousin, but the game barely acknowledges that anyway.

....
I don't know how I know that since I know nothing of Hidden Truths.
My bad.

 

[Chrono.]

X6 is pretty widely regarded as awful thanks to dat level design (Also the story is dumb.)

X4 will always be the final X game in my heart.

Whoops didn't see this.

Anyways, personally X5 was my favorite of the post SNES X games. My history with the X series is rather weird, while I generally like it more than classic, I also don't really have standout favorites from it.

Mayybe X5, X8 was cool too. Command Mission was a fun spin off thingy.

 

[FalKoopa]

Wow the rampant amount misuse of the term weeaboo in this thread is ridiculous.

Just a simple reminder of what weeaboo means, a none native person to Japan seeing Japan as the best thing ever, and badly mixing in Japanese with their English.

So just a reminder to you all Tokyo Mirage Session is not a weeaboo game, since its actually set in Japan.

They mean it in the sense that it is a game for weeaboos. The game is concentrated J-pop, at any rate.

 

[PushDustIn]

Looks like they're gearing up for the Sonic 25th Anniversary Party at SEGA Joypolis.

Yuji Naka is attending.

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The tweet is promoting their interview with Famitsu BTW. I read it, doesn't seem like there is anything really new in it.

 

[Substitution]

The most I've played of X were the Xtreme games on GBC.
They're okay. Heavily flawed in many aspects, but still fun to play.

 

[Deleted member]

"That escape chapter was terrible, from now on, every single chapter will be a Rout one. You want a seize map? **** you, go play FE6, EVERY SINGLE MAP is a seize map in that game." ~Birthright map designers. Probably

Spoiler

Anankos' being Corrin's father doesn't pop up in the actual game (you have to buy the DLC for that), instead, Mikoto says that she's Arete's sister, making Corrin next in line after Azura due to that relationship.

It also means Azura is his cousin, but the game never acknowledges that anyway.

Spoiler

But Arete married the King and then became part of the royal family, or was it the other way around? Even then, it's mentioned him and Anankos were friends so I assume they knew each other for quite some time
I guess the game just doesn't acknowledge that, I don't even know why I'm questioning this game's plot in the first place
Maybe Arete and the King were siblings, after all, Shigure is said to look a lot like him and he also looks like his grandmother...
...
****, this is why Corrin can bang their siblings!

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Welp. My mother thinks I outright broke my toe

 

[Champ Gold]

Happy Birthday N64


I had so many great memories with Mario Kart, F-Zero X, all those AKI wrestling games, MK Trilogy, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, NBA Live 2000, California Speed, Mario 64, Mario Party and Smash 64.


Mario Party 2 is still the best N64 game behind F-Zero X and Smash 64

 

[Soul.]

RE: #FE

Great scores so far. Reviewers don't give a **** about localization changes so I'm guessing it's the minority that complains about this.

Unexpected 9.5 from Polygon though. But yeah, game is good.