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[Windstar]

A new Nintendo Direct goes live this Thursday at 7AM PT/10AM ET. Tune in for a re-FRESH-er on #Splatoon2! https://t.co/sVsqDLEOcv pic.twitter.com/AnWOJiiyOj

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 3, 2017

*sets off the woomy alarm*

Splatoon 2 news inkoming, I repeat, Splatoon 2 news. . .oh right, most people here aren't hyped for Splatoon 2.

Uh. . .STUFF.

Woomy alarm? F*** that!

 

[Wario Bros.]

Won't be able to watch the Splat Tim 2 Direct live due to work.

And I'm planning to get the game digitally.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Aw poop
A friend wants to watch Homecoming with me but because of our schedules we have to wait till Saturday

 

[Coricus]

Im too inkult about Splatoon to make a bingo. But if you bomb me with its deepest lore I might try a Squidward themed one.

Whoops, did I miss a post asking to be squiducated on Splatoon's deepest lore?

Stay fresh squiddies, here goes!

>Splatoon takes place several 12,000 years after humanity and mammals in general went extinct from rising ocean levels

>One scientist froze his beloved cat in order for his pet to survive the event. . .for 10,000 years. Early records of Inkling turf wars from 2,000 years ago show an image of an animal with a familiar shape and fur pattern. . .

>Squids and a ton of other sea life somehow adapted to live on land in that timeframe

>Callie and Marie are actually cousins rather than sisters. They got their start in stardom from winning a Youth Folk-Singing Contest. They are also the granddaughters of Captain Cuttlefish from the original Splatoon's single player

>Inklings and Octarians used to get along, but sea levels rising even further caused them to begin fighting for territory in an event called the Great Turf War. Inklings are so lazy that they initially were losing from sleeping in too long, but after one of the Octarian's Great Octoweapons accidentally unplugged, the tide of battle turned in favor of the Inklings.

>The Splatoon single player consisted of the Octarians stealing the power source of Inkopolis, electric catfish called Zapfish, in order to power the now-deteriorating underground domes they had created and moved into after losing the Great Turf War and the player Inkling working to retrieve them

>At some point an Inkling found a grocercy store advertisement for tempura and the implications freaked them the heck out.

>The song Calamari Inkantation is inkredibly important to the culture of the Inklings to the point that nowdays it may as well be carved into their DNA. It seems to have something of an effect on Octarians as well, all things considered. . .

This covers quite a bit of ground between Splatoon and Splatoon 2: https://splatoon.nintendo.com/squid-sisters-stories/#prologue

>Salmon Run is a mode where you fight traveling colonies of Salmonids, almost half-evolved looking salmon at home both in the ocean and on land that salvage material to create their own tech. Oddly, you seem to be employed to fight them by a bear, which seems very interesting considering some of the above info. . .

>L'il Judd now shows up to judge matches and sits atop Judd on their spot in Inkopolis Square, which is. . .also very interesting considering the above. Never mind that Li'l Judd seems to have an identical fur pattern. . .

>There is also a street urchin . . .sea urchin in Splatoon that upgrades/tweaks your gear or. . ."obtains" more gear for you in Splatoon. He seems to have picked up a prodigy fanboy in Splatoon 2 that can tweak your gear more precisely than he could.

Have ur sweet lore

 

[Mythra]

My Switch friend code for anyone who wants it.

There's a Snu Snu joke somewhere.

I'm sorry but I can't hear you over the sound of clanging scales from Velociraptors that are two meters high

Please catch a Kommo-O for me.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Four States.

Massachusetts, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Indiana.

Two of those don't count imo

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Spoiler

yeesh. Kinda hope they let us kill cognitive Goro before he kills the real Goro

Spoiler

But if cognitive Goro was killed, then that means real goro dies and that means no goro in Persona 5 arena D:

 

[Erureido]

Turns out a new trailer was released yesterday for the upcoming Pokemon movie:

Only two more weeks until the movie makes its debut in Japanese theaters.

 

[Moydow]

Who made Tobin a sword user in Echoes? Noone I know so himbeing a sword user in Heroes makes no sense.

Dread Fighter Tobin is the best Tobin. Can't argue with a 90%+ crit rate. He's going to be the best unit in Heroes and everyone who doesn't reach that 30,000 point mark will regret it dearly. they probably won't because screw the Tempest Trials, but eh

 

[Windstar]

>At some point an Inkling found a grocercy store advertisement for tempura and the implications freaked them the heck out.

Wait, what? I demand sauce.

 

[Deleted member]

Dread Fighter Tobin is the best Tobin. Can't argue with a 90%+ crit rate. He's going to be the best unit in Heroes and everyone who doesn't reach that 30,000 point mark will regret it dearly. they probably won't because screw the Tempest Trials, but eh

Killer Bow Tobin tho
Brave Sword's Arts aren't really reliable even if they boost the crit rate a little bit

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

so platniun games made this

And a user posted a picture of The red and blue joycons in the same fashion because they are close to the same and Plat liked the post

 

[Moydow]

Killer Bow Tobin tho
Brave Sword's Arts aren't really reliable even if they boost the crit rate a little bit

Arts? Dread Fighter Tobin doesn't need any arts to get a 90% crit rate going (the Brave Sword's arts don't affect crit rate anyway). If you got lucky and found the Astra sword, he even hits 100% crit. Plus everyone makes Tobin an archer, it's so boring. I'd rather do something different and see if it works (though you can't really go wrong with Dread Fighters anyway).

 

[Robert of Normandy]

Who made Tobin a sword user in Echoes? Noone I know so himbeing a sword user in Heroes makes no sense.

Technically, everyone made him a sword user because he starts as one.

It makes more sense than Archer!Faye. At least Tobin can use a sword.

 

[Chrono.]

Neil Druckmann from Naughty Dog posted something interesting.

Gonna go play this TV game thing. pic.twitter.com/nWDkcxzLHR

— Neil Druckmann (@Neil_Druckmann) July 1, 2017

 

[Aurane]

>opo is like onions

Oh, you leave him out in the sun, he get all brown, start sproutin' little white hairs...

 

[Coricus]

Wait, what? I demand sauce.

Text (NA): "What is this? It looks like the proprietor of that shoe shop! Could there have been an ancient creature that consumed prawns as food?! A terrifying thought indeed..."

https://splatoonwiki.org/wiki/Sunken_Scroll

I misspoke slightly, it was a cooking guide for fried prawns. Hilarity ensues nonetheless, though.

 

[praline]

Oh god Barry lol.

"Enjoying these runs while I have the runs!"

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

>opo is like onions

Oh, you leave him out in the sun, he get all brown, start sproutin' little white hairs...

Then you have to pluck his hairs just like Rhythm Heaven

 

[praline]

A package I bought from Amazon says I'm getting ti tomorrow but yesterday at 6pm it checked in at Calgary which is only 3 hours away from me. So like what gives? Why can't I have it today?

 

[Aurane]

Then you have to pluck his hairs just like Rhythm Heaven

I'll pluck your hairs. Use them to make a sweater.

Actually its Summer, so maybe something like a hat. Block the sun. That'd be nice.

Either way.

 

[FalKoopa]

Opo is like Onion is just an Opinion

Is that the joke?

 

[ChikoLad]

Neil Druckmann from Naughty Dog posted something interesting.

Gonna go play this TV game thing. pic.twitter.com/nWDkcxzLHR

— Neil Druckmann (@Neil_Druckmann) July 1, 2017

A bunch of employees in the PlayStation family were sent those as gifts. Pretty cool. I've also seen fans make their own.

Speaking of Cresh

>when you nearly rage quit because you thought you got screwed over, but the game is like "chill fam, I gotchu"

I almost rage quitted but it was all good. #CrashBandicoot #PS4share pic.twitter.com/iqQHY3BEv8

— ChikoLad 🐀🐲 (@chikolad_yt) July 3, 2017

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I'll pluck your hairs. Use them to make a sweater.

Actually its Summer, so maybe something like a hat. Block the sun. That'd be nice.

Either way.

I dont have much hair on my afro for a hat

 

[Wario Bros.]

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is 2.3 GB in size and has amiibo support (reminder the Rabbid figurines are not amiibo)

What really catches my attention is that it supports Japanese but Japan doesn't get the game until 2018.

 

[Deleted member]

Arts? Dread Fighter Tobin doesn't need any arts to get a 90% crit rate going (the Brave Sword's arts don't affect crit rate anyway). If you got lucky and found the Astra sword, he even hits 100% crit. Plus everyone makes Tobin an archer, it's so boring. I'd rather do something different and see if it works (though you can't really go wrong with Dread Fighters anyway).

Killer Bow and Brave Sword give out the same crit rate. Hunter's Volley gives +10 crit. BK Tobin is going to reach a higher crit chance than DF Tobin, the Merc line Skl base is negligible compared to a flat +10 boost

And really, anyone makes a good Dread Fighter
You could turn Clive into one and he'd likely end up winning a dungeon spot at the very least

>opo is like onions

Oh, you leave him out in the sun, he get all brown, start sproutin' little white hairs...

Nah, it means that cutting Opossum makes you cry.

 

[ChikoLad]

Brave U. S. soldier liberates poverty-stricken city from terrorists using nothing but apples.

 

[Aurane]

I dont have much hair on my afro for a hat

We'll make it work.

Nah, it means that cutting Opossum makes you cry.

My cousin ran one over and cried so that might be true.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Nah, it means that cutting Opossum makes you cry

My friend smacked on in the head with a board yesterday before it took her ducks eggs and I laughed

 

[Aurane]

Hey Opossum ! Do you make people cry if you're cut?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Wtf is this commentary for Freedom Planet...

 

[Deleted member]

I'm sorry but I can't hear you over the sound of clanging scales from Velociraptors that are two meters high

Nope, all raptors definitely have feathers. I mean, they had scales too, but mostly feathers.

 

[AwesomeAussie27]

Sigh, it's tough to moderate a Discord group.

It's been quite difficult these last few days.

 

[wedl!!]

anyone know if gamestop takes 360 kinects? ive had one lying around for years and i want to trade in stuff since they're doing a mildly reasonable deal on games and accessories this week

it still sucks because they rip you off if you try to get cash & i want to spend this money on things ill actually use

 

[Moydow]

Killer Bow and Brave Sword give out the same crit rate. Hunter's Volley gives +10 crit. BK Tobin is going to reach a higher crit chance than DF Tobin, the Merc line Skl base is negligible compared to a flat +10 boost

A fully forged Brave Sword gives +40 crit. A fully forged Killer Bow is +30 crit, while Hunter's Volley is +10 more, meaning both weapons give +40 crit total. So Dread Fighter Tobin will always have a higher crit rate than Bow Knight Tobin, because of the Mercenary's higher base Skill. The Archer line does give him 5% higher Skill growth than the Mercenary, but that isn't enough to make up the difference unless you're grinding him up to level 20 before promoting from Villager (which I personally think is a waste of time in Echoes, no matter the class).

Assuming you promote him as soon as possible in all cases, DF Tobin will have an average of 26.7 Skill at level 20, while as BK his average Skill at level 20 is 22.9. Adding in his average Luck at that level of 14.5 (same for both classes), and his supports (+15 crit total from Gray and Alm), DF Tobin will have a total of 75% crit, while BK Tobin achieves 73%. It's only a 2% difference, but we're dealing with the RNG so every extra 1% helps.

If you got the Astra sword, that gives +50 crit, so in that case DF Tobin would have 85% crit, but that relies on you getting lucky with like 0.005% drop rates or something.

 

[Mythra]

I went to a flea market on foot to kill some time and I ended finding some nice Turn Left diecasts to buy, the thing is that said market is outdoors, and is +40ºC outside.

*cue me running home with a blistering hot Jeff Gordon car on my hands.*

The car being flame themed made it even more fitting.

 

[AwesomeAussie27]

My Switch friend code for anyone who wants it.

Cool, I'll add you when I'm done helping around the house.

Need some people to face in ARMS.

 

[praline]

Anyone else make Atlas an archer?

 

[Deleted member]

Holy ****, I really liked the first ep of Fate/Apocrypha. No one hour intro episode but they did the introductions at a good pace. Also means I don't have to go "yeah, it's good but there's one hour of talking" when recommending it.
And they somehow made the action scenes even speedier.
Doesn't look as good or smooth as ufotable's versions(I mean, apmost nothing does) but still pretty clean and pretty, so far it seems like A-1 is doing a good job.

I like Sisigo and Caster of Black, then again, they're one of the few who got any focus on

Spoiler

Erureido
Are they talking about who I think they are talking about?

Is Shirou really that priest?

And damn these parallels

Mordred looks like Arturia's edgy teenage phase, which I think is literally what she is

Oh hey Jeanne.
I hear she's a dork so I'll probably like her.

Can't wait for OP next week.
Or to go back to me going "who the **** is this guy" because my historical figures knowledge is limited to "actual real people" and "Arthurian mythos because I'm his her *****"

 

[Blargg888]

Anyone else make Atlas an archer?

I did.

He struggles at first, but eventually gets really good.

He hits HARD.