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[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

There. Took me a while to find a good choice, and a reasonable image edit, but my username change is complete.

From Roachey to Dragon Lady Trish. ...Trish is her proper name, but a little boring.

 

[Deleted member]

You talkin about Kings game, right?

No, I'm talking about Fate.
Zero does it mostly well but it has a clear cut protagonist duo.
And Stay Night... does it even have a death game?

No idea what King's Game is

I didn't notice I quoted Shish twice ;(

I fail to see how that's a bad thing

 

[ChikoLad]

I sold a bunch of copies of Sonic Forces today, and some pre-orders of it.

Also - whoever at Nintendo/Pokemon Company decided to make those Pokemon Gold/Sliver boxes with an ESD inside? I want them fired.

 

[Hat N' Clogs]

You talkin about Kings game, right?

Is this the Sacramento Kings from basketball or the LA Kings from hockey? I missed previous sports conversation so idk which Kings team you're talking about at the moment

 

[Blargg888]

So apparently both my Forces copy and Odyssey copy (which is over 2 weeks late) get here on Monday.

That's gonna be interesting.

Your new theme song is Fist Up, Bump Star!/Jump Fist, Super Bump!

I hope you enjoy the Green Hill Kingdom.

Be sure to stop Eggman from Marrying Princess Peach!

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I think I've got my story down with what I want to do. I'm already designing characters


In pixel art at least

I've been really into pixel art atm

Edit: I'm trying to keep the pixel art limited in palette similar to how the NES sprites were limited

 

[WeirdChillFever]

Your new theme song is Fist Up, Bump Star!/Jump Fist, Super Bump!

I hope you enjoy the Green Hill Kingdom.

Be sure to stop Eggman from Marrying Princess Peach!

Why not Bump up, Super Fist?

EDIT: I actually read the sentence and I think I answered my own question

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

No, I'm talking about Fate.
Zero does it mostly well but it has a clear cut protagonist duo.
And Stay Night... does it even have a death game?

No idea what King's Game is

Kings game is a super ****ty anime about, well, the kings game. People getting text meaaages of the kings orders amd if they arent carried through, they die

 

[praline]

So apparently both my Forces copy and Odyssey copy (which is over 2 weeks late) get here on Monday.

That's gonna be interesting.

Do I have you on my friend list? If not can I have your code?

 

[Ivander]

There. Took me a while to find a good choice, and a reasonable image edit, but my username change is complete.

From Roachey to Dragon Lady Trish. ...Trish is her proper name, but a little boring.

Good evening Trishula. Trying to join the list of anthropomorphic waifus, am I not mistaken? Are you still on the limited list? How's Brionac and Gungnir?

Kings game is a super ****ty anime about, well, the kings game. People getting text meaaages of the kings orders amd if they arent carried through, they die

That sounds an awful lot like The World Ends With You, except with less reapers and less already dead people.

 

[ChikoLad]

SEGA released some cool concept art of Sonic Forces today. One of them is a pretty big late game story spoiler so I will just provide a link.

http://segabits.com/blog/2017/11/07/sega-releases-new-concept-art-on-sonic-forces-release-day/

Also, Golbez confirmed for Dissidia.

Golbez from FFIV is the latest addition to #Dissidia FFNT bringing the no of playable characters up to 28!https://t.co/FX6p1K3hE0 pic.twitter.com/lQof4KPXgU

— FINAL FANTASY (@FinalFantasy) November 7, 2017

 

[praline]

I guess imma work on my pokemon game some more.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

SEGA released some cool concept art of Sonic Forces today. One of them is a pretty big late game story spoiler so I will just provide a link.

http://segabits.com/blog/2017/11/07/sega-releases-new-concept-art-on-sonic-forces-release-day/

Also, Golbez confirmed for Dissidia.

Golbez from FFIV is the latest addition to #Dissidia FFNT bringing the no of playable characters up to 28!https://t.co/FX6p1K3hE0 pic.twitter.com/lQof4KPXgU

— FINAL FANTASY (@FinalFantasy) November 7, 2017

Do they have Exdeath?

 

[Ivander]

SEGA released some cool concept art of Sonic Forces today. One of them is a pretty big late game story spoiler so I will just provide a link.

http://segabits.com/blog/2017/11/07/sega-releases-new-concept-art-on-sonic-forces-release-day/

Also, Golbez confirmed for Dissidia.

Golbez from FFIV is the latest addition to #Dissidia FFNT bringing the no of playable characters up to 28!https://t.co/FX6p1K3hE0 pic.twitter.com/lQof4KPXgU

— FINAL FANTASY (@FinalFantasy) November 7, 2017

Golbez looks pretty cool and and his Shadow Dragon does too. Especially when it's no longer attached to Golbez like a tattoo. That being said, with Golbez in now, Gabranth is the only character from the first Dissidia yet to return. DO IT KOEI! Let us have our Ivalice Trio Team of Vaan, Gabranth and Ramza! Also at this point it would feel like an injustice to not bring the last Dissidia roster character back.

Do they have Exdeath?

Yep. As of now, all roster characters but Gabranth have returned from the first Dissidia.

 

[Megadoomer]

I've played about an hour of Sonic Forces so far, getting to about stage 5. The game seems pretty similar to Colours and Generations, which is a plus, though I have a few complaints. One's a minor gameplay thing, but I really miss the bottomless pit warning signs from Colours and Generations. Taking those out brings me back to the days of older 3D Sonic games, where you tend to fall down bottomless pits and lose a lot of progress because you're moving so fast that you couldn't possibly see the pit coming, and that's not a good thing.

The other is the story, or more specifically, the tone. It seems like they're trying to go with a darker tone, like the Adventure games (where Eggman tried murdering Sonic and Gerald Robotnik wanted to cause the apocalypse) and Shadow the Hedgehog (with the scenes of destruction and the general aesthetic of the game), but having characters like Knuckles talk about war, Tails apparently being traumatized from seeing Sonic beaten so badly, and having Eggman torture Sonic just seems weird coming from a Sonic game.

It doesn't help that Eggman's entire world domination takes place off-screen, and having the happy-go-lucky Classic Sonic (who is inexplicably described as coming from another dimension instead of the past) contrasts so heavily with everything else about the game.

The gameplay's fine (aside from the bottomless pit issue), but the story seems to be all over the place.

 

[mario123007]

...I really need to finish my Xenoblade 1 playthrough.

I put that on hold for like a year and a half now.

Curious... can I ask where you are now?
I finish the first Xenoblade's story around this year's March....

Also...
Here's a Raiko gif I found...

Raiko is running towards you like a speed of lighting...

 

[Deleted member]

Kings game is a super ****ty anime about, well, the kings game. People getting text meaaages of the kings orders amd if they arent carried through, they die

Sounds a lot like Nerve
And also a thing that happened here in Brazil called "Baleia Azul"(Blue Whale)

SEGA released some cool concept art of Sonic Forces today. One of them is a pretty big late game story spoiler so I will just provide a link.

http://segabits.com/blog/2017/11/07/sega-releases-new-concept-art-on-sonic-forces-release-day/

Also, Golbez confirmed for Dissidia.

Golbez from FFIV is the latest addition to #Dissidia FFNT bringing the no of playable characters up to 28!https://t.co/FX6p1K3hE0 pic.twitter.com/lQof4KPXgU

— FINAL FANTASY (@FinalFantasy) November 7, 2017

DarthVader is looking great as usual
Is anyone from Star Wars besides Cecil in it too?

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

The only hero that matters is Terra

 

[ChikoLad]

Sounds a lot like Nerve
And also a thing that happened here in Brazil called "Baleia Azul"(Blue Whale)

DarthVader is looking great as usual
Is anyone from Star Wars besides Cecil in it too?

Yes, Liam O'Brien, the best Star Wars character, is in too.

Spoiler

But yeah Kain is there too.

 

[Ivander]

DarthVader is looking great as usual
Is anyone from Star Wars besides Cecil in it too?

The Traitor guy is also in as well.

The only hero that matters is Terra

She's back.

 

[Deleted member]

The Traitor guy is also in as well.

I thought only I called him that. Still, neat, Kain is one of my faves

Oh yeah, what about FFVI? Is Celes in or is it just Terra and Kefka?

 

[ChikoLad]

I thought only I called him that. Still, neat, Kain is one of my faves

Oh yeah, what about FFVI? Is Celes in or is it just Terra and Kefka?

Just Terra and Kefka for now.

The developers apparently want to put the yeti guy in (forget his name, haven't gotten around to FFVI yet).

 

[Mythra]

Boi, finally managed to watch the Xenoblade Direct, I need to rewatch it a couple more times because my head got stuck with the bad joke of: "Bruh, why Pyra goes Super Saiyan 3 Mythra when she's a Super Saiyan God already?"

 

[Deleted member]

Just Terra and Kefka for now.

The developers apparently want to put the yeti guy in (forget his name, haven't gotten around to FFVI yet).

I'm not even going to but Dissidia but I'd be so ****ing salty if the yeti got in before any other party member

 

[Coricus]

The intro of Sonic Forces is not going to help with the reception it's getting regardless of how the rest of it plays, eugh.

I need to go into the options and see if there's an option to shut off hint bubbles ASAP. Without those constantly ramming into my face, the railroading wouldn't feel as blatant and I could get into enough of a tempo to try to get an S-rank on that stage.

The levels I saw watching video looked fun, but between this and the really awkward plot intro after, if this is what people are greeted with starting up the game it's really not going to help the crapstorm.

I'm on the avatar creator right now. It mostly looks alright, but I feel like the game would be actively better without the "I'm dead inside" eye options on the bottom. They clash with the artstyle and were a large part of the prerelease ridicule.

*EDIT* OK MAYBE I NEED TO TURN BACK ON THE HINT BUBBLES FOR A MINUTE

 

[Ivander]

These are the characters in Dissidia NT.

Spoiler

Final Fantasy: Warrior of Light / Garland
Final Fantasy II: Firion / The Emperor
Final Fantasy III: Onion Knight / Cloud of Darkness
Final Fantasy IV: Cecil Harvey / Kain Highwind / Golbez None
Final Fantasy V: Bartz Klauser / Exdeath
Final Fantasy VI: Terra Branford / Kefka Palazzo
Final Fantasy VII: Cloud Strife/ Sephiroth
Final Fantasy VIII: Squall Leonhart / Ultimecia
Final Fantasy IX: Zidane Tribal / Kuja
Final Fantasy X: Tidus/ Jecht
Final Fantasy XI: Shantotto
Final Fantasy XII: Vaan
Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning
Final Fantasy XIV: Y'shtola
Final Fantasy XV: Noctis Lucis Caelum
Final Fantasy Tactics: Ramza Beoulve
Final Fantasy Type-0: Ace

Basically, as I said, all from the original Dissidia except Gabranth have returned. Meanwhile, Tifa, Prishe, Laguna, Yuna and Gilgamesh haven't returned from Dissidia 012.

I thought only I called him that. Still, neat, Kain is one of my faves

When you mentioned Star Wars, I tried thinking who would Kain reference and than for some reason immediately thought of that one Stomtrooper that goes "Traitor".

Just Terra and Kefka for now.

The developers apparently want to put the yeti guy in (forget his name, haven't gotten around to FFVI yet).

Umaro? Really? Not Mog or Celes or Locke or Shadow or Cyan or Gau or Relm or Strago or Sabin or Edgar or even Gogo? But Umaro?

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Just Terra and Kefka for now.

The developers apparently want to put the yeti guy in (forget his name, haven't gotten around to FFVI yet).

I'd prefer Celes and Terra

But Locke is arguably the second main character

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

The other is the story, or more specifically, the tone. It seems like they're trying to go with a darker tone, like the Adventure games (where Eggman tried murdering Sonic and Gerald Robotnik wanted to cause the apocalypse) and Shadow the Hedgehog (with the scenes of destruction and the general aesthetic of the game), but having characters like Knuckles talk about war, Tails apparently being traumatized from seeing Sonic beaten so badly, and having Eggman torture Sonic just seems weird coming from a Sonic game.

That only makes me wanna play the game even more, I like the sound of that

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

These are the characters in Dissidia NT.

Spoiler

Final Fantasy: Warrior of Light / Garland
Final Fantasy II: Firion / The Emperor
Final Fantasy III: Onion Knight / Cloud of Darkness
Final Fantasy IV: Cecil Harvey / Kain Highwind / Golbez None
Final Fantasy V: Bartz Klauser / Exdeath
Final Fantasy VI: Terra Branford / Kefka Palazzo
Final Fantasy VII: Cloud Strife/ Sephiroth
Final Fantasy VIII: Squall Leonhart / Ultimecia
Final Fantasy IX: Zidane Tribal / Kuja
Final Fantasy X: Tidus/ Jecht
Final Fantasy XI: Shantotto
Final Fantasy XII: Vaan
Final Fantasy XIII: Lightning
Final Fantasy XIV: Y'shtola
Final Fantasy XV: Noctis Lucis Caelum
Final Fantasy Tactics: Ramza Beoulve
Final Fantasy Type-0: Ace

Basically, as I said, all from the original Dissidia except Gabranth have returned. Meanwhile, Tifa, Prishe, Laguna, Yuna and Gilgamesh haven't returned from Dissidia 012.

When you mentioned Star Wars, I tried thinking who would Kain reference and than for some reason immediately thought of that one Stomtrooper that goes "Traitor".

Umaro? Really? Not Mog or Celes or Locke or Shadow or Cyan or Gau or Relm or Strago or Sabin or Edgar or even Gogo? But Umaro?

No one likes Vaan, they should replace him with Balthier

Edit: I guess Balthier has never appeared in Dissidia before. I could have sworn he did at one point.

I must be remembering someone else

 

[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

Good evening Trishula. Trying to join the list of anthropomorphic waifus, am I not mistaken? Are you still on the limited list? How's Brionac and Gungnir?

Waifu? I'm not married... or wanted, really. >.>

My brothers are doing fine~

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Get out of character for a moment, I have thought about making remakes of the Ice Barrier monsters in some way. An archtype loosely based upon them called "Rice Barrier", plant versions. Another is maybe personification versions, but Nekroz actually did that. Although the images in question aren't armor but themselves, respectively. Most of them were female on Deviantart, so I had a few recolored from other images. Guun(Gungnir) carries a large spear. Dewey(Dewloren) uses two swords. Bryo has no weapon, but the power to bounce things all over the place. I haven't decided entirely on Trish's fighting style/weapons/abilities exactly. Dewey is also God of the Sea and can shapeshift into sea creatures.

 

[Ura]

Curious... can I ask where you are now?
I finish the first Xenoblade's story around this year's March....

Also...
Here's a Raiko gif I found...

Raiko is running towards you like a speed of lighting...

The very start of the game. Very pitfiul, I know.

I played the game for an hour back in April of last year and then I sort of procrastinated on continuing the game. Shame on me.

What I do remember the most however was the intro of the game and the very over the top anime scene. That was jokes.

 

[Deleted member]

TBH I like it when Sonic has a darker story.
It's one of the reasons why I still unironically enjoy Adventure 1. Of course, I don't like it when they go overboard with that kind of tone (i.e. Sonic 06), but I still prefer a darker story to a happy go lucky story like that of Generations (I loved the game but the story was its weakest point).
Edit: It's also one of the things that made me hyped for Forces intially, but I can just watch the cutscenes in Youtube for that.

 

[Deleted member]

Celes deserves better for the love of god Square give this woman a break all she does is suffer

I'd prefer Celes and Terra

But Locke is arguably the second main character

No, that would be Celes.
Terra is the protagonist for the first half and Celes for the second half
Locke is just the love interest

 

[Ivander]

No one likes Vaan, they should replace him with Balthier

Edit: I guess Balthier has never appeared in Dissidia before. I could have sworn he did at one point.

I must be remembering someone else

And Japan would disagree with you there. Of course it's Japan, who else would have such taste? But that being said, Vaan has his FFTA2 outfit and FFTA2 Vaan is superior to FFXII Vaan, so that's that.
And Balthier didn't appear in Dissidia or Dissidia 012. It was Gabranth in Dissidia and Vaan & Gabranth in Dissidia 012. Balthier however did appear in Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions.

 

[Holder of the Heel]

Juuni Taisen is probably this Season's hidden gem, at least for me.
It's a Death Game anime that actually works with its premise instead of using it as just the background for the plot(yeah, you know who I'm talking about).
Like, Plot Armor? This show doesn't know what that is, all bets are off and it's pretty exciting to not have any idea on who will win, even if your favorite gets killed.

I bought the original source material, the light novel, a few weeks back. It was an interesting read, that is for sure. But it doesn't offer such an exciting experience that you mention here. The chapter perspectives give away literally every death, the titles alone would spoil any such surprise. It's a bit of a one-trick pony in that sense, there isn't even any actual "fights" in the novel because they all end before they even begin. The characters just encounter each other and suddenly end up dead, and who is next in line is ruined right away.

And as far as I know, there really isn't a plot nor is the death game explained, although the genre has always been contrived because the characters and setting are the main point, and in that regard it's pretty decent. I don't get attached to any of the characters but you're right that plot armor is largely non-existent, as for example Monkey's plan of finding a peaceful resolution is hinted at but is completely swept away with her death. Things kinda just "happen".

It stands out, but I do think there could have been more potential with the dispassionate, analytical narration of thoughts, events, and history of each character. Haven't seen the anime but I hope that element remains, and I do wonder if the fights are extended to be actual bouts instead of instantaneous death.

 

[ChikoLad]

Balthier also got added as a DLC Champion summon in World of Final Fantasy, like Sora.

Also Episode Shadow isn't out yet on EU PSN. So I have to play pretend for now.

 

[Kirby Dragons]

I've finally solved the true mystery of SMO.

 

[Deleted member]

I bought the original source material, the light novel, a few weeks back. It was an interesting read, that is for sure. But it doesn't offer such an exciting experience that you mention here. The chapter perspectives give away literally every death, the titles alone would spoil any such surprise. It's a bit of a one-trick pony in that sense, there isn't even any actual "fights" in the novel because they all end before they even begin. The characters just encounter each other and suddenly end up dead, and who is next in line is ruined right away.

And as far as I know, there really isn't a plot nor is the death game explained, although the genre has always been contrived because the characters and setting are the main point, and in that regard it's pretty decent. I don't get attached to any of the characters but you're right that plot armor is largely non-existent, as for example Monkey's plan of finding a peaceful resolution is hinted at but is completely swept away with her death. Things kinda just "happen".

It stands out, but I do think there could have been more potential with the dispassionate, analytical narration of thoughts, events, and history of each character. Haven't seen the anime but I hope that element remains, and I do wonder if the fights are extended to be actual bouts instead of instantaneous death.

I agree that the perspective ruins it most of the time but switches between them constantly throughout the episodes with the exception of the first which is all on Boar's PoV(which is mostly used to set up the tone). Some get more focus than ither's but it's generally mever stuck on one character for a long time.

Spoiler

I don't think the fights are the focus though, I like the fact it's a lot more about tactics and outsmarting opponents. The backstory fights are all great though, but in the competition itself only Ox vs. Horse, Rabbit vs. Monkey and Rat vs. Snake seem to be actual fights.

I thhink it's more that it actually feels like an actual death game rather than a clearly defined story going in one direction.
Like, people love to praise Akame Ga Kill for its lack of plot armor but it's so stupidly predictable(and they even start introducing more and more characters to stall the main ones).
Juuni Taisen, outside of Necessary Weasels in the form of "no backstory given=safe", feels like they're actually fighting to the death. And that's why I feel the "things just happen" works. Monkey would have survived until the end if this was any other show because they hinted at her plan and that's why her death hit me with surprise.

I just hope the ED isn't actually revealing the death order like it seems to be doing, that'd be just lame.

But the Juuni Taisen is explained, at least indirectly with the scene in episode 5(I think it's Ep5 at least). It's basically a betting game where world leaders try to gain territories.

I've finally solved the true mystery of SMO.
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Can we ban users permanently if enough people report them?

 

[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

Balthier also got added as a DLC Champion summon in World of Final Fantasy, like Sora.

Also Episode Shadow isn't out yet on EU PSN. So I have to play pretend for now.

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Not actually that bad. Missing the chest hair and is a bit skinny, though. XD

 

[Wario Bros.]

Oh, UNO is now on the Switch. Need to check if it's good and has online as I really liked the one I played on the Xbox 360.