Social Swamp's Social Thread 3 - And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain...

[PsychoIncarnate]

I had two rednecks call me stupid for counting the money they gave me. Like I'm just supposed to trust them...

I've also been called racist for telling a guy to fill out a form, then when he mocks me and slams the paper on my desk I ask someone else to help him.

I've been called a racist for "not handing someone their change properly" as well. These are by people of different races.

 

[Burruni]

A) Slightly surprised, but that's also fun, so I don't mind re unlocking. Leveling will be time consuming though...

B)My fairy sounds a lot more fun then I thought! I'll try it, thanks!

c)That's a neat change, don't know what to say about it yet though...

D) Glad that this happened and is as nice as they said.

E) As they should be lol.

Thanks for the tips!

Basically.
How I put it is...
Skull Kid is Wizzro but with more mobility, more potent WPG smashing, and more reliable "close range" options. (Edit: But without the same heavy burning laser or as heavy of spacing with his combo string)

But how My Fairy works is that each fairy is going to be one of the 5 elements, which basically just defines what kind of damage their initial burst is.
Food that you feed them levels them, increasing the potency of their damage, increases little attributes key to unlocking effects that they can have used as an item (one time per battle?) and some get STUPID like a duration of infinite magic gauge. The attributes for each food will determine what kind of "elemental field" will be laid in the wake of the burst.
Light restores hp and keeps. Dark is a heavy DoT. Fire reduces enemy armor. Electric reduces speed. And Water for Attack.
You get two levels where the largest attribute from food will determine an effect (which can stack if you get 2 of the same). First is at 25 I forget the other.
Fairies go up to Lv99 but at that point you /can/ rebirth em so to speak but unsure exaaactly the benefit from it all.
However, there's equipment in 5 little attire breakdowns. Equiping parts of an element which your fairy's burst or the barrier will either increase the potency of that effect, or lower the amount of magic the burst itself takes (Currently maining a Light fairy with Double Shade Barrier because it drains a commander's hp to like 1 over a minute) which takes 60% magic burst.
In the "Rack up KO missions" I've gotten over 3000 on a NUMBER of occasions because of this glorious stupidity.

 

[Z25]

Basically.
How I put it is...
Skull Kid is Wizzro but with more mobility, more potent WPG smashing, and more reliable "close range" options.

But how My Fairy works is that each fairy is going to be one of the 5 elements, which basically just defines what kind of damage their initial burst is.
Food that you feed them levels them, increasing the potency of their damage, increases little attributes key to unlocking effects that they can have used as an item (one time per battle?) and some get STUPID like a duration of infinite magic gauge. The attributes for each food will determine what kind of "elemental field" will be laid in the wake of the burst.
Light restores hp and keeps. Dark is a heavy DoT. Fire reduces enemy armor. Electric reduces speed. And Water for Attack.
You get two levels where the largest attribute from food will determine an effect (which can stack if you get 2 of the same). First is at 25 I forget the other.
Fairies go up to Lv99 but at that point you /can/ rebirth em so to speak but unsure exaaactly the benefit from it all.
However, there's equipment in 5 little attire breakdowns. Equiping parts of an element which your fairy's burst or the barrier will either increase the potency of that effect, or lower the amount of magic the burst itself takes (Currently maining a Light fairy with Double Shade Barrier because it drains a commander's hp to like 1 over a minute) which takes 60% magic burst.
In the "Rack up KO missions" I've gotten over 3000 on a NUMBER of occasions because of this glorious stupidity.

I see, both of these sound really good. I was excited for skull kid, and the my fairy looked neat, so I will definitely try it and use them with this in mind. Thanks again!

 

[Burruni]

I see, both of these sound really good. I was excited for skull kid, and the my fairy looked neat, so I will definitely try it and use them with this in mind. Thanks again!

Yeah.
Just explaining My Fairy because.... it's honestly the big "game changer" addition.
Not to mock the 5 new characters + Ganon's Trident or the two new Sub-Items.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Some people like caressing my hand as I give them change. I find it creepy

 

[Aetheri]

Oh that movement speed.

So great

Could be worse...at least there were no enemies...
minus that one guy that was playing soccer with the other fella...lol

Took me a bit to figure that I needed to use the mirror the old man gave me...but I pushed forward conquered the Tower of Hera (these first three dungeons were short as hell, and the bosses were meh) and got the Master Sword!

 

[A Distant Demon]

FF8's final boss can:
-Choose your starting party for the fight
-Cause characters to NEVER be able to be revived, and there is nothing you can do about it other than just not die.
-Take away your "Junctioned magic" meaning you can't use your magic and can DRASTICALLY lower your stats. (Quistis went from 8100 Max HP to 3300 Max HP in one move)
-Bring your entire party to one health

goddamn that is annoying

Looks like I have to retry >_>

 

[TheLastJinjo]

My Updated Roster
Veterans:


Newcomers:
Dixie Kong
Gen 7 Pokemon
Samurai Goroh
Issac
Takamaru
Inkling
Ray


Secret Veterans

Spoiler

Secret Newcomer

Spoiler

King K. Rool
Impa
Azura
Professor Layton
Ridley
Sukapon
Rayman

Cuts:


Note: this is based off of KHJEDIMASTER's not mine so credits for him
@Nintenzilla
@MahBoi2016
@Venus of the Desert Bloom
@Megadoomer
@CrusherMania1592
@SaturnGamer64
@Luigi The President
@TheDarkKnightNoivern

Ray? Like Ray MK III? Also why cut characters that don't even conflict with time development? I mean understand in Brawl the clones were left out because the plan was to only bring back ones that could be made more unique like Falco and Ganondorf. But, what's the point in cutting them now? If you're gonna do that you might as well cut Alph and the Koopalings.

Also are we talking about Star Fox Zero on this thread? Cuz I've got a lot to say about these bull **** reviews about such a well designed innovative game because of (extremely well implemented) motion controls.

Why this whole thing has to be more complicated then "If you don't enjoy the videos, don't watch the videos, and if you see someone who has been misinformed, correct them" I don't know.

It's not worth anything more than that. It really isn't.

I hope this is't too off topic, but it's so refreshing to see a new profile pic once in a while.

 

[AwesomeAussie27]

Some people like caressing my hand as I give them change. I find it creepy

*shudders*

Then they are creepers in disguise.

 

[Burruni]

FF8's final boss can:
-Choose your starting party for the fight
-Cause characters to NEVER be able to be revived, and there is nothing you can do about it other than just not die.
-Take away your "Junctioned magic" meaning you can't use your magic and can DRASTICALLY lower your stats. (Quistis went from 8100 Max HP to 3300 Max HP in one move)
-Bring your entire party to one health

goddamn that is annoying

Looks like I have to retry >_>

Better than "40 minutes of Counter-Mime Knights of the Round x2" for the 4th time boss.

 

[ChikoLad]

Oh yeah. I still want HWL. Might even get it in a few weeks. How's the Linkle compass, or does nobody have it?

I have it.

It makes a really nice clock and pretty much looks exactly like the in-game model.

 

[PushDustIn]

Like how he considered James Bond?

Based on what he's said about James Bond, it seems like he was seriously considered. He talked about wanting to add his crouch walking.

Oh yeah. I still want HWL. Might even get it in a few weeks. How's the Linkle compass, or does nobody have it?

It's a clock, I don't use it. I wish it was an actual compass.

 

[Deleted member]

Imagine a Smash game where we had James Bond. I mean, it's already weird enough that Sakurai actually considered an idea like that, but could you imagine if the deal went through?

I mean, this fanart could easily be his newcomer poster:

Spoiler

 

[Godzillathewonderdog]

Based on what he's said about James Bond, it seems like he was seriously considered. He talked about wanting to add his crouch walking.

So do you think characters who didn't originate in a video game have as good of a chance as video game characters who have never appeared on a Nintendo console in any form?

 

[PushDustIn]

So do you think characters who didn't originate in a video game have as good of a chance as video game characters who have never appeared on a Nintendo console in any form?

Not really. I think Sakurai saw James Bond as a rep for Goldeneye, which is an extremely important game or as a Rare character. This was before Sonic and Snake and when the game was still labelled "Nintendo All Stars".

The reasoning behind not allowing James Bond in are pretty telling too.
No realistic portrayal of guns.
No using actor likeness.
Licensing issues behind all the holders.
Game was owned by Rare.

Now #3/4 aren't that much of an issue these days. Bayonetta has guns, but they are over the top and aren't realistic.

The reason I don't think the floodgates are open is because Sakurai has said multiple times: no anime/manga characters. He's laughed at Spongebob and Goku. Ridiculous requests like those are one of the reasons he made Mii Fighters.

Goldeneye just kind of transcends that barrier as it was so important to the FPS genre.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

On a different subject, for those who have played the Pokemon titles, have you ever been very picky with the genders that your Pokemon have?

On my end, it can be dependent on the Pokemon's appearance at times. An example would be Gardevoir, where it definitely looks like a female-only species, and as such, I tend to make sure that its gender is female.

 

[Z25]

Now Masuda's twitter is being Cryptic....

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[PsychoIncarnate]

I would have liked to see a Captain N amiibo costume...

Even though he didn't originate in a video game

 

[Erureido]

Now Masuda's twitter is being Cryptic....

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Considering that Pokemon Marketing Director J.C. Smith left the cryptic message, "flowers" a while back when asked to hint at Pokemon's future, I'm not surprised.

Only makes me wonder if we really will see AZ's Floette have some kind of role in Sun and Moon considering its data exists in X and Y.

 

[PushDustIn]

Now Masuda's twitter is being Cryptic....

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Quick translation:
Good morning everyone! Let's all work hard this week (being the week before Golden Week)! The beautiful flowers are starting to bloom. They smell good! Heading to work.

(Flowers are Rhododendron)

Golden Week is a big vacation time in Japan. I don't think he's hinting at anything. Speaking of Golden Week...I'll be heading to Yamanashi this Saturday. I might stop in Ryuo for an hour and see if I can check out Hal Laboratory.

 

[Kingslime304]

*When you beat Fates with all your fav. characters dead/Beat Fates after killing all your fav. characters on the opposite route.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

My manager said that I "Talk too bluntly"

Do I "sound" blunt (when I type)?

 

[A Distant Demon]

I had no idea HWL came with a clock. That thing looks awesome and I want one.

Fun fact: this sounds nothing like the PC version

Since I was able to kill off Ultimecia's third form so fast she wasn't able to cast her equivavlent of Supernova, and Squall didn't get instantly perma-killed so that's nice. After that it was just a matter of keeping up haste and regen and having quistis have triple for ultima


. . . man that game's story is weird. Somethings just happen out of nowhere and are barely hinted at or explained. (NORG just shows up completely out of nowhere, dies, and only gets mentioned one other time for instance. There are some other weird details here and there but it's a fantasy world.

Not enough Man with the machine gun though. (the song or playing as him)

Fun game overall, even if Draw has some really REALLY weird consequences.


Now that the game is over, time to go add a bunch of music to my playlist.

 

[Aetheri]

On a different subject, for those who have played the Pokemon titles, have you ever been very picky with the genders that your Pokemon have?

On my end, it can be dependent on the Pokemon's appearance at times. An example would be Gardevoir, where it definitely looks like a female-only species, and as such, I tend to make sure that its gender is female.

It's case by case...

Usually it depends on whatever nicknames I prefer for them, other times it may be dependent on their appearance...

Some examples
Nicknames(Einstein)

(Smaug)
Appearance (and Nicknames) (Hercules) (Sylvester)

of course pokemon like Gardevoir, Machamp, and Lopunny have their feminine or masculine qualities that are more appropriate with their respective genders...

 

[Z25]

Considering that Pokemon Marketing Director J.C. Smith left the cryptic message, "flowers" a while back when asked to hint at Pokemon's future, I'm not surprised.

Only makes me wonder if we really will see AZ's Floette have some kind of role in Sun and Moon considering its data exists in X and Y.

This is what I thought as well! It's similar to how he talked about sun and moon a week before their announcement.

Quick translation:
Good morning everyone! Let's all work hard this week (being the week before Golden Week)! The beautiful flowers are starting to bloom. They smell good! Heading to work.

(Flowers are Rhododendron)

Golden Week is a big vacation time in Japan. I don't think he's hinting at anything. Speaking of Golden Week...I'll be heading to Yamanashi this Saturday. I might stop in Ryuo for an hour and see if I can check out Hal Laboratory.

Ah so what I read on 4chan was correct!
The flowers is what I think the hint is. He's being sly around news times. He talked about the sun and moon the week before the direct, he mentioned solar flares on the sun the night last month's corocoro came out(which could be more coincidental...), and now he's talking about flowers the big hint we've had, the week before the first week of may, in which we have had hints that news will come, because of what corocoro said.

So Push, how likely would it be, we get an announcement of a video on Sun and Moon that's airs next week? This way, they have golden week for a break and the fans get some news to hold them over?

 

[A Distant Demon]

FF8's OST is a hell of a lot better than the PC version. . .








http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1211347

So it's been rumored Monster was working on a new Diddy Kong racing for . . .months now. So it seems like whatever the hell they are working on is definitely a racing game. Career mode doesn't sound like something out of Diddy Kong racing but Nintendo has had weirder decisions before.




EDIT changed links to link the proper source instead of another site

 

[Babycowland]

On a different subject, for those who have played the Pokemon titles, have you ever been very picky with the genders that your Pokemon have?

On my end, it can be dependent on the Pokemon's appearance at times. An example would be Gardevoir, where it definitely looks like a female-only species, and as such, I tend to make sure that its gender is female.

I'm not generally picky with the genders my Pokemon have. That said, if I'm looking to add a Pokemon with a certain gender to my team, it's usually more for gender balance reasons (e.g., I have 5 female Pokemon in my party, so I want at least 1 male one) or because I have a certain nickname in mind than because I think that Pokemon species looks masculine or feminine or whatever. I actually had a male Gardevoir back in the day and didn't think it was that weird, mainly because I saw Gardevoirs as being magelike and mages don't have to be female. Plus, it's not like there's anything wrong with being a feminine guy (or masculine gal).

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I only pick the genders depending if one looks better than the other or if I have a specific name that fits a gender

 

[Burruni]

On a different subject, for those who have played the Pokemon titles, have you ever been very picky with the genders that your Pokemon have?

On my end, it can be dependent on the Pokemon's appearance at times. An example would be Gardevoir, where it definitely looks like a female-only species, and as such, I tend to make sure that its gender is female.

It's... very case by case.
But yeah I've done a number of resets, even if getting a good nature and everything, if the pokemon was "the wrong gender" for my envisioning.

One more recent example being my Pangoro in Y which had a bunch of fem bears trying to take the spot.

FF8's OST is a hell of a lot better than the PC version. . .

My understanding is that all OSTs got butchered in the Steam ports and that's why everyone mods for putting in rips of the originals or remixes.

 

[PushDustIn]

This is what I thought as well! It's similar to how he talked about sun and moon a week before their announcement.



Ah so what I read on 4chan was correct!
The flowers is what I think the hint is. He's being sly around news times. He talked about the sun and moon the week before the direct, he mentioned solar flares on the sun the night last month's corocoro came out(which could be more coincidental...), and now he's talking about flowers the big hint we've had, the week before the first week of may, in which we have had hints that news will come, because of what corocoro said.

So Push, how likely would it be, we get an announcement of a video on Sun and Moon that's airs next week? This way, they have golden week for a break and the fans get some news to hold them over?

Anything is technically possible and I wasn't aware that he hinted at the Sun and Moon thing. I think the major announcements will be done closer to E3, but we might see another Pokemon or something. I don't think they would announce anything over Golden Week as most people will be away. Who knows...maybe April showers will bring May flowers?

 

[Z25]

Anything is technically possible and I wasn't aware that he hinted at the Sun and Moon thing. I think the major announcements will be done closer to E3, but we might see another Pokemon or something. I don't think they would announce anything over Golden Week as most people will be away. Who knows...maybe April showers will bring May flowers?

Yeah, corocoro implies that they won't be the one's with the first scoop next month. They just say stay tuned for more info on the games in may.

Implying it would release before their magazine, as after does not make sense, since it be weird to skip corocoro like that. So we will see how that turns out.

April Showers brings May Flowers was a nice use of sayings xD.

I like that thought though.

 

[A Distant Demon]

My understanding is that all OSTs got butchered in the Steam ports and that's why everyone mods for putting in rips of the originals or remixes.

With FF7 it was barely noticeable. One or two songs sound a bit weird but most sounded the same to me.


FF8. . .is absurdly different. I mean Force Your Way (The boss theme and probably one of my new favorite songs in the series) sounds quite different. Just listened to the entire OST and the original version is better in pretty much every way to the PC version.


The Man with the Machine Gun got absolutely slaughtered. It's terrible in the PC version which is a shame from how good the original song is..

 

[Rebellious Treecko]

Sucks how there isn't a way to change your Pokemon's nature. Would be useful for the competitive types.
Was hoping they'd have that feature in OR/AS, since those are remakes of the games that introduced natures.

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[PsychoIncarnate]

Sucks how there isn't a way to change your Pokemon's nature. Would be useful for the competitive types.
Was hoping they'd have that feature in OR/AS, since those are remakes of the games that introduced natures.

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If you could change natures, would it work like Yokai Watch where they keep all the stats build up to that point and just change the way stats are build from then on

Or would all the stats change as if the pokemon had the nature all along

 

[Burruni]

If you could change natures, would it work like Yokai Watch where they keep all the stats build up to that point and just change the way stats are build from then on

Or would all the stats change as if the pokemon had the nature all along

The Latter.
That's how EV's work as of... either Gen 4 or 5.

The less Pokemon takes from YW's mechanics the better

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

With FF7 it was barely noticeable. One or two songs sound a bit weird but most sounded the same to me.


FF8. . .is absurdly different. I mean Force Your Way (The boss theme and probably one of my new favorite songs in the series) sounds quite different. Just listened to the entire OST and the original version is better in pretty much every way to the PC version.


The Man with the Machine Gun got absolutely slaughtered. It's terrible in the PC version which is a shame from how good the original song is..

I've had Force Your Way stuck in my head for years

It's the first thing I think about when I think of boss music more or less.

I used to be able to play part of it on guitar. I haven't played guitar in years though

 

[Ura]

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Still got it.

We livin!

It's still rather unsettling that Bayonetta was #1 in the Ballot despite being #27 on that poll. What I mean by that is that even though Isaac was #4 on that poll he was beat by a character that was 23 places below him leading me to believe that his placement on the actual Ballot may not be as impressive as it was in this poll. I don't want to believe that but there's a possibility of that happening.

Either that or Sakurai's criteria of "unrealizable" is so vague and unclear that he can pick and choose who he wants to be unrealizable and who is realizable . That's mostly the conspiracy theorist in me talking here but still. Makes me wonder who the so called "unrealizable characters" were that beat Bayonetta in the Ballot. Just sayin.

Unrelated but Andy placed #41 on this poll (being very close to making the 4th page) which is actually decent for a series that hardly gets any attention or exposure (given that there was 438 Characters in this poll). Maybe that coupled in with the Wars series history on Nintendo consoles will work to help Andy's chances somewhat.

 

[AreJay25]

Decided to play Sonic Adventure 1 again.

I almost forgot how busted Spin Dash is.

Almost.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I decided to see if Sonic's Adventure worked with an N64 controller

I forgot how uncomfortable an N64 controller was

My hands were a lot smaller when I used them

 

[Swamp Sensei]

leading me to believe that his placement on the actual Ballot may not be as impressive as it was in this poll

That's exactly what ended up happening.