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[Metal Shop X]

'used all my crystal, still gotten no rare blade.

I really hope the dev listen to people complain so that they can find a better way for peoples to get crystal-rare blades.

Beside that, I did a sidequest that gived me alot of exp, so, I guess I am not that upset.

 

[Wario Bros.]

Not a Nindie, but I think I stumbled upon the DLC date for the story expansion (atleast in JP) for #MarioRabbids... on the Japanese eshop listing for the expansion pass it lists this. @grantkirkhope @DavideSoliani #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/RpDHUgGz8i

— Switch Nindies (@SwitchNindies) January 3, 2018

Strange, they told us a couple months ago that the story expansion DLC was coming out January 16. And the fact the creative director of the game liked the Tweet is confusing me.

Hope that's just for Japan (which gets the game January 18).

 

[Chrono.]

So I heard you guys like rumors. Here's something mildly interesting that's been happening within Arcsys fandoms. Yesterday they posted this rather cryptic tweet on Twitter.

That list is wrong. #NiceTryTho

— Arc System Works America (@ArcSystemWorksU) January 3, 2018

So what list are they talking about? Well the first one that would probably come to mind is the DLC leak for FighterZ. You know, the one with Base Goku, Base Vegeta, Zarbon, Raditz, Bardock and Broly. But turns out there's also two different leaks that showed up for BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, as well as leakileaks making a part two of his list.

So the lists are they follow. This is one for BBTag

I'm a employee at Arc System Works America. Things aren't going too well for me at over there and I might get kicked off the team for Cross Tag Battle localisation. So If that's gonna happen I'm gonna give some information on the upcoming impacts.

>January 19th's monthly stream announcements
Hakumen
Kanji
Orie
>Evo Japan trailer announcements
Jubei
Terumi
Teddie
Adachi
Seth
Hilda
>RTX Sydney announcements
Platinum
Bang
Blake
>February 16th stream
Valkenhayn
Labrys
Merkava

I should also mention we've been working with Rooster Teeth for dubbing reasons (which we do have planned for all series, even Under Night in Birth). However they do seem to get in the way of some things, for example, Relius was planned for a while but RT asked Arcsys and the America side of the company not to add him, they were concerned with something like his Astral Heat being added and they didn't like the implications of it on some characters they saw and they didn't want that in the same game as RWBY characters.

I don't know what happens after these announcements, all I know is that the roster is gonna be bigger than most people would expect.

Source: http://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/401460375/im-a-employee-at-arc-system-works-america-things

The second one is also BBTag related. It's worth noting this second dude says leakileaks guy is his source, more on that later.

Blazblue:
Celica A Mercury
Kagura Mutsuki
Tsubaki Yayoi
Mai Natsume

Under Night In Birth
Seth
Orie
Yuzuhira
Chaos

Persona 4
Kanji Tatsumi
Naoto Kurogami
Teddie
Rise Kujigawa

RWBY
Blake Belladonna
Yang Xiao Long
Roman Torchwick

Source: http://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/401059473

The final one is the second big leakileaks rumor, he says some stuff about BBTag while also doubling down on his DBFZ rumors from before (he backs off on Zarbon and Raditz though, and mentions 21 being playable in two forms, which is about what's speculated.) I'll just post the DBFZ and BBTag sections, since this one's pretty big.

Dragon Ball FighterZ

First, I have to say that I love how I've had some dumbasses here and there on the internet try to claim I'm a Capcom fanboy trying to "kill hype" for the game by saying what I'm saying and revealing what I have in regards to DLC for the game, but conveniently miss all the times I criticize and **** on Capcom when and where needed.

With that laughable annoyance out of the way, the slight update on DBFZ DLC is: Broly, Base form Goku, Base form Vegeta as I've said before, but also Bardock are all going to be.

I never got back in contact with that one source who original told me of Broly and Bardock, but my two main DBFZ sources say Bardock is in alongside Broly, Base form Goku, and Base form Vegeta.

The Raditz and Zarbon source I have that I noted before is still kind of an outlier in what they know so far knowing those 2 characters, but do back up those other 4 characters mentioned, which is worth considering there that they might just know more than the other 2 that know of Broly, Base form Goku, Base form Vegeta, and Bardock.

If you're wondering "why are those characters DLC?" I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask why they were picked, because while I can completely understand Broly and Bardock, Base form Goku and Vegeta was too out there to not want to know if there's some kind of rationale behind it. The answer that I got is that it is almost solely "due to Japan" is the answer I got from one of the two sources who know about those 4.

Broly's very big in Japan and the west, so he's seen as being able to sell the pass by himself alone. Bardock is hugely popular there and in the west as well. Broly's been the most requested character by Japanese pro players in particular.

But Base form Goku and especially Base form Vegeta are to appease the Japanese fanbase as well since they've been pestering ArcSys and Bandai Namco on social media since the game was revealed due to how good, and in Base form Vegeta's case great, they were on Extreme Butoden. So it looks like more than anything, a Japanese fighting game developer is including characters to placate the Japanese fanbase. A story as old as time. You can love or hate the decision of them being chosen, but it comes down to wanting the domestic fanbase to be pleased with the roster choices, and hope that we are as well. Fortunately, we do have corresponding tastes for characters like Broly and Bardock. It's Base form Goku and Base form Vegeta that will have the Season Pass live on in some infamy among us because "we don't get it."

Last thing to note for now. There are hidden characters still left to be revealed. Android 21 is one of them. A curiosity is that "her Ultimate form is also playable" but I couldn't get confirmation if that means they'll be separate, or her transformation is an Install super.

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle

In case you didn't know, there was some bull**** fake leak that acted like I said something to them to give what they said validity that popped up on 4chan: https://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/401059473

I shot it down when someone brought it up to me on here as a message and on gamefaqs when it was brought to my attention: https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/213428-blazblue-cross-tag-battle/76132835/892824051

I do have SOME BBTAG info though, but none that I ever shared until now. Which is that Kanji, Naoto Shirogane, Mitsuru, Aigis, Hilda, Merkava, Taokaka, Litchi, Blake, and Yang will be part of the roster.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/7niilu/leakileaks_part_ii_a_statement_of_previous_ones/

I included the source for all of them, but there's not much else to see in the 4chan rumors. Leakileaks II on the other hand, has a lot of info for other games, especially SCVI. Including some Nintendo related stuff. I suggest reading it just for kicks.

 

[Troykv]

So... Xenoblade 2 is worth or is overrated?

 

[praline]

Honestly base form Goku and Vegeta would be actual wasted dlc spots. Literally nobody should want that.

 

[Chrono.]

So... Xenoblade 2 is worth or is overrated?

Wouldn't call it overrated when a lot of folks are kinda divided on it.

It's generally a pretty good game with some asterisks, some of which will probably not be new if you come from Xenoblade 1 or X.

Honestly base form Goku and Vegeta would be actual wasted dlc spots. Literally nobody should want that.

You'd be surprised. It's mostly people who come from Xenoverse and the like who want them, but eh what can you do.

Plus I can't judge when I'm advocating for SSJ4 Goku and Vegeta lol

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Honestly base form Goku and Vegeta would be actual wasted dlc spots. Literally nobody should want that.

tbf people HAVE been a bit upset at the lack of Spirit Bomb in Goku's moveset. Though despite that the only acceptable extra Goku is Kid Goku. Or Gogeta/Vegito, idk, I didn't start the Buu arc yet

 

[Swamp Sensei]

So... Xenoblade 2 is worth or is overrated?

Most people seem to like it.

Depends on how much you liked the other two Xenoblade games.

 

[praline]

Wouldn't call it overrated when a lot of folks are kinda divided on it.

It's generally a pretty good game with some asterisks, some of which will probably not be new if you come from Xenoblade 1 or X.

You'd be surprised. It's mostly people who come from Xenoverse and the like who want them, but eh what can you do.

Plus I can't judge when I'm advocating for SSJ4 Goku and Vegeta lol

tbf people HAVE been a bit upset at the lack of Spirit Bomb in Goku's moveset. Though despite that the only acceptable extra Goku is Kid Goku. Or Gogeta/Vegito, idk, I didn't start the Buu arc yet

Like maybe UI Goku but base form of either js dumb, but hey... it’d save me money cause then I’d only have to get 6.

 

[Baskerville]

I'd take Omega Shenron and Majuub instead of another version of Goku and Vegeta.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Like maybe UI Goku but base form of either js dumb, but hey... it’d save me money cause then I’d only have to get 6.

UI also kinda seems odd, the whole gimmick of UI is automatically dodging anything and stuff, so that kinda doesn't work in a fighting game. Unless it's an install super I guess

 

[Chrono.]

Goku's Ultra Instinct is also unfinished, only having the defensive portion of it unlocked.

Also Goku does use the Spirit Bomb on Kid Buu as a Dramatic Finisher, which could've been a way to compensate it being gone from his regular moveset.

 

[Deleted member]

But here's the thing. When multiple people say something, I can look at what they say. And in this scenario, I HAVE played a game that did the same thing, which is very disappointing to hear as XCX got me stuck on a sidequest for HOURS, blocking me from making story progress because I couldn't find some items, I wasn't told where I could find them and I wasn't told how I could get them. I don't want to have to go through that again, so I feel I don't need to spend 390 euros just to see for myself. There are other examples of someone not needing to play a game, you can look at cutscene and go "Huh, this story is pretty bad!", you can look at gameplay footage and depending on the issue, it's blatantly obvious. "This game looks pretty ugly!", "The combat's so slow in comparison to the previous installment which I enjoyed", "The level design looks very lackluster". These aren't about XC2, but they're stuff you can tell just by taking a look at it.
Honestly, it comes off waaaay too much as fanboy mode, as you've tried to shut down criticisms people have like the designs of the game, this, in which you literally suggested "Oh look it up online" which is never a good mentality and most notably, when the reviews were dropping you said the scores were too low, when they were on average about 8.7/10 or so.

You seem to miss the point. The problem with looking at those sites is that you risk spoiling yourself on future events in the game, such as the conclusion of a sidequest. In XCX, there's a sidequest that absolutely horrified me and made me feel miserable to the point I reset the game JUST to get the good ending on said sidequest. If I knew beforehand I'd have gone "That happens? Well, I should avoid it", losing all emotional impact the sidequest had given me.

In what way do you need to look up stuff on the websites for Pokemon? Pokemon is an incredibly simple game to understand that many people criticize for being too easy. XC2 is a far more complex game which from what I've heard, doesn't have a tutorial section in the menu to let you look at things you might have forgotten unlike the first Xenoblade, which was ANOTHER complaint I had about X. Regardless, if Pokemon DID have this issue, I'd still criticize it, so I don't get why you're trying to say "Well what about that?"
Checking guides is ABSOLUTELY avoidable. You just need to not look it up! If you're stuck because the game fails to even hint at what you should be doing, that's the game's fault. And it doesn't MATTER if poorly done sidequests are optional or not, because the issue's still there and it isn't my fault that the issue's there. If I buy an electronic whisk and it doesn't work, I COULD just whisk my cooking manually, but that doesn't fix the electronic whisk

If your main fear from XCX is the unskippable side-quests, then be reassured, there are NONE in XC2.

Also it's a shame you don't plan to get a Switch only because you have some grudge against XC2, there are games like Mario Odyssey and other future noteworthy titles such as the one I use as my avatar.

And it would also help you about the Tweet where I associated you with this character.~

 

[Chrono.]

If your main fear from XCX is the unskippable side-quests, then be reassured, there are NONE in XC2.

Also it's a shame you don't plan to get a Switch only because you have some grudge against XC2, there are games like Mario Odyssey and other future noteworthy titles such as the one I use as my avatar.

There's actually a couple sidequests you gotta do in Gormott for tutorial purposes.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

If your main fear from XCX is the unskippable side-quests, then be reassured, there are NONE in XC2.

Also it's a shame you don't plan to get a Switch only because you have some grudge against XC2, there are games like Mario Odyssey and other future noteworthy titles such as the one I use as my avatar.

And it would also help you about the Tweet where I associated you with this character.~

Oh, you misunderstood me! I don't have a Switch now but that's because of priorities! I get paid next week and plan on at least getting a screen for consoles and a PC. January's supposed to be a good month too as nothing part of my collections should be released then.

 

[Metal Shop X]

Oh my god, FINALLY, I got a new rare blade for Nia!

Man, that feel good, Adenine, welcome to the club.

 

[Deleted member]

There's actually a couple sidequests you gotta do in Gormott for tutorial purposes.

I'm talking about the ones aside from the main story.

And even then, you are quite guided during those you do to progress further in the story.

 

[Chrono.]

lol I just learned that my first Rare Blade (Azami) is one of the worst, if not the worst, Rare in the game. To the point where commons are better.

 

[Deleted member]

Oh, you misunderstood me! I don't have a Switch now but that's because of priorities! I get paid next week and plan on at least getting a screen for consoles and a PC. January's supposed to be a good month too as nothing part of my collections should be released then.

Even then, I still think you should give XC2 a chance.

It has much more in common with XC1 than with XCX, as it is story-driven.
And you could always ask me questions as I've finished the game.

lol I just learned that my first Rare Blade (Azami) is one of the worst, if not the worst, Rare in the game. To the point where commons are better.

Takahashi-san himself claimed recently in an interview that 4-star common Blades can be better than some of the rare ones.

And afaik, Dagas is the owner of the worst rare Blade title.

 

[Wario Bros.]

There are some people who believe that ARMS may not be done with new content.

I'm on the boat who says it is done but there is an interesting point. There's a Twitter account dedicated to translating the Japanese ARMS account and doesn't feel like Nintendo's message was fully clear.

"Hi, all. Quick, small, small thought on ARMS updates, since I think this still gets slightly misquoted sometimes.

Before I (and others) have interpreted what they had said to “This is planned to be the last major update” for ARMS, and I’d still stand by that.

But what they’re haven’t said is that “This is the definite end of major content for ARMS.” That’s not quite how it reads, and the door hasn’t completely shut on more in the future. Slight bit of nuance that doesn’t make its way to English well.

Maybe the best analogy is that ARMS has finished off its ‘season’ of planned content updates. It could still get ‘renewed’ for a ‘second season’ or even a bit more in surprise updates, but whether it will or not is anyone’s guess.

At least that’s my general sense after double-checking with a few native speakers on the phrasing. From there, I think it’s up to you how you set your expectations for what could happen in the future."

Again, I still say it's done.

 

[Chrono.]

Even then, I still think you should give XC2 a chance.

It has much more in common with XC1 than with XCX, as it is story-driven.
And you could always ask me questions as I've finished the game.

Takahashi-san himself claimed recently in an interview that 4-star common Blades can be better than some of the rare ones.

And afaik, Dagas is the owner of the worst rare Blade title.

I have Dagas but I've never really used him because I hate Axes, so I haven't seen what his passives are.

That said, all of Azami's passives require to be dying for them to work. It's a pretty bad design choice in a game where you have to be constantly healing yourself. On top of Ether Cannons being not so hot.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Even then, I still think you should give XC2 a chance.

It has much more in common with XC1 than with XCX, as it is story-driven.
And you could always ask me questions as I've finished the game.

Takahashi-san himself claimed recently in an interview that 4-star common Blades can be better than some of the rare ones.

And afaik, Dagas is the owner of the worst rare Blade title.

Honestly I'd rather not as what I saw of the game made me dislike it. It's more complex and doesn't have a backup tutorial, it's got gacha/luck based elements for one of the core mechanics, there's no auto attack unless you stay still which makes battles feel like more of a chore and I can't get over the ****ty designs combined with how you can't customize your outfits anymore. Keep in mind I initially planned on getting the collector's edition ahead of time before having to cancel my preorder because I needed some extra cash. The things I saw of the game no longer interest me

 

[Deleted member]

either boring or/and boring

It's... double boring!

How is XC irrelevant when this is XC"2" we are talking about? I guess this probably means I might need to play XCX as well LOL.

Because XC doing it doesn't make it any more acceptable or less of a bad design choice.

And even more...
Do not quickly make an opinion on the things you haven't even experienced. I hope my opinion isn't that twisted.

I have experienced the bull**** of XCX's sidequests, which have supposedly remained unchanged, firsthand and my experience doesn't give me enough words to describe how much I hate it

So I heard you guys like rumors. Here's something mildly interesting that's been happening within Arcsys fandoms. Yesterday they posted this rather cryptic tweet on Twitter.

That list is wrong. #NiceTryTho

— Arc System Works America (@ArcSystemWorksU) January 3, 2018

So what list are they talking about? Well the first one that would probably come to mind is the DLC leak for FighterZ. You know, the one with Base Goku, Base Vegeta, Zarbon, Raditz, Bardock and Broly. But turns out there's also two different leaks that showed up for BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle, as well as leakileaks making a part two of his list.

So the lists are they follow. This is one for BBTag

Source: http://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/401460375/im-a-employee-at-arc-system-works-america-things

The second one is also BBTag related. It's worth noting this second dude says leakileaks guy is his source, more on that later.

Source: http://boards.4chan.org/v/thread/401059473

The final one is the second big leakileaks rumor, he says some stuff about BBTag while also doubling down on his DBFZ rumors from before (he backs off on Zarbon and Raditz though, and mentions 21 being playable in two forms, which is about what's speculated.) I'll just post the DBFZ and BBTag sections, since this one's pretty big.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/7niilu/leakileaks_part_ii_a_statement_of_previous_ones/

I included the source for all of them, but there's not much else to see in the 4chan rumors. Leakileaks II on the other hand, has a lot of info for other games, especially SCVI. Including some Nintendo related stuff. I suggest reading it just for kicks.

>Second list
>Roman as the only non-Team RWBY character
>Roman
Yeah, this one is the fake one, it's way too good to be true

 

[Chrono.]

It's... double boring!

Because XC doing it doesn't make it any more acceptable or less of a bad design choice.

I have experienced the bull**** of XCX's sidequests, which have supposedly remained unchanged, firsthand and my experience doesn't give me enough words to describe how much I hate it

>Second list
>Roman as the only non-Team RWBY character
>Roman
Yeah, this one is the fake one, it's way too good to be true

So I know jack about RWBY.

Who is Roman not-Reigns

 

[Cutie Gwen]

So I know jack about RWBY.

Who is Roman not-Reigns

A snazzy pimp with a cane that's also a gun. He's one of the first character you see in the show

 

[Deleted member]

Malos from Xenobalde Chronicles 2....
Malos is spanish for the word "bad"!
Robbie Rotten is bad!

Spoiler: This image is large

It is now confirmed that the Lazy Town universe is canon with the Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I wonder when Stingy will meet Rex?

In all seriousness, I can not seem to find a single shiny in Heart Gold, Diamond and Ultra Sun. I must try harder!

 

[Deleted member]

To change of topic, here's a prognostic of who would be Tokyo's 2020 Olympics' champion:

​

 

[Chrono.]

A snazzy pimp with a cane that's also a gun. He's one of the first character you see in the show

I know nothing and I already want to punch his face.

 

[Deleted member]

To change of topic, here's a prognostic of who would be Tokyo's 2020 Olympics' champion:

​

But wait Samus Aran is cheating! Her nation would be banned from joining the Olympics ever.

I know nothing and I already want to punch his face.

He looks like one of those arrogant annoying adults who acts like a child. I agree.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I need more persona charcters in BBCT

I need my best boy Kanji

 

[praline]

lol I just learned that my first Rare Blade (Azami) is one of the worst, if not the worst, Rare in the game. To the point where commons are better.

Nah there’s worse ones. The ugly fox chick and the ugly rabbit chick.

 

[Chrono.]

Nah there’s worse ones. The ugly fox chick and the ugly rabbit chick.

I'm talking gameplay wise.

As much as I hate her design, Dahlia is actually nuts as a healer and has the ability to break multiple elemental orbs during Chain Attacks. Making her extremely useful for possible early Full Bursts.

In the same vein, Perun has one of my favorite designs, but her skills are too situational to use correctly so I ended up benching her.

 

[Metal Shop X]

Man, today went better than I thought! I did all the sidequest I wanted to do, and thanks to EXP bonus, I got like 5 lvl for doing nothing. So now, my team is lvl 36, AND, I got a cool rare blade! :D

This game I swear, it can make you dislike it and like it in the bleak of a eye.

 

[Wario Bros.]

I have another theory on who this new hero could be on the Mario + Rabbids story expansion: It's probably not a Mario character who has an amiibo.

M+R has amiibo support for the 4 Mario heroes (which also works on their Rabbids counterparts) and I have doubts they'll add amiibo support for the new hero, especially since it's not a pair.

So probably not Daisy, Rosalina, Toad, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Boo, Wario, Waluigi, Donkey Kong, or Diddy Kong.

However, I'm still expecting someone who isn't a Mario character at all (leaning towards Rayman)

Just my two cents.

 

[praline]

I think I should use all my cores now and then just distribute 3 afterwards when I get whomever is next?

 

[Mythra]

Lul, now Twitter asks me to login/join to see replies on mobile; eat a giga turd, bluebirb.

 

[Deleted member]

In what way do you need to look up stuff on the websites for Pokemon? Pokemon is an incredibly simple game to understand that many people criticize for being too easy. XC2 is a far more complex game which from what I've heard, doesn't have a tutorial section in the menu to let you look at things you might have forgotten unlike the first Xenoblade, which was ANOTHER complaint I had about X. Regardless, if Pokemon DID have this issue, I'd still criticize it, so I don't get why you're trying to say "Well what about that?"

Not for me, despite its recent attempts at making it more accessible. I've been testing the games since the Game Boy days up until X and Y, and I still happened to not understand how it all worked. Yes, a kid may go and beat the entire game with no problem. But I'm talking about me, not for everyone else.

Sun and Moon and their Ultra counterparts do feature QoL enhancements which for example let you know which attack is effective and which isn't, but at this point, I feel like I'm done with it and deal with the fact Pokémon never clicked with me.

I guess not all franchises are meant for everyone?

 

[Deleted member]

So I know jack about RWBY.

Who is Roman not-Reigns

He's, like, the best villain in the entire show

I know nothing and I already want to punch his face.

See, you get it

Not for me, despite its recent attempts at making it more accessible. I've been testing the games since the Game Boy days up until X and Y, and I still happened to not understand how it all worked.

Sun and Moon and their Ultra counterparts do feature QoL enhancements which for example let you know which attack is effective and which isn't, but at this point, I feel like I'm done with it and deal with the fact Pokémon never clicked with me.

I guess not all franchises are meant for everyone?

A kid can beat the entire game by themselves.
They will obviously not have an easier time compared to someone who knows all the hidden mechanics or have optimal strategies but to say it's not easy to understand is simply wrong.

 

[praline]

I got the blade Electra. She’s ****ing adorable.

 

[Opossum]

So I know absolutely nothing about Dangan Rompa beyond there being a bear of some sort and lots of murder.

That being said, I thought this video was funny. It's basically a giant voice actor joke, with Fire Emblem characters getting a DR quote for their critical hits based on their shared DR voice actor.

Saber and Lyn were the best though. Also language warning.