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[Jondolio]

How many games have had p5 colabs and how many games have have p3/4 colabs lately tho?

P5 was a huge success, Joker being in Smash made got a lot of people interested in the series, what do you expect?

 

[Cutie Gwen]

P5 was a huge success, Joker being in Smash made got a lot of people interested in the series, what do you expect?

Tbf a lot of people have been vocal about wanting the FemC and I get it, adding her as a playable character means a lot of extra writing, extra modelling and more fully voiced S Links with multiple different characters, combined with the issues 3R already had internally it wouldn't be possible to add her but adding her as the superboss would have at least been something to acknowledge her beyond "It's not happening at all". You get to have fanservice and would actually be cooler cause Joker does NOT have the aura for a super boss.


Also, final day for P3R, I quickly realized the superboss was unstoppable so I'll have to face them on NG+ but now? This game's final battle awaits

 

[Jondolio]

Tbf a lot of people have been vocal about wanting the FemC and I get it, adding her as a playable character means a lot of extra writing, extra modelling and more fully voiced S Links with multiple different characters, combined with the issues 3R already had internally it wouldn't be possible to add her but adding her as the superboss would have at least been something to acknowledge her beyond "It's not happening at all". You get to have fanservice and would actually be cooler cause Joker does NOT have the aura for a super boss.


Also, final day for P3R, I quickly realized the superboss was unstoppable so I'll have to face them on NG+ but now? This game's final battle awaits

You know what that's fair even though I disagree with the notion of Joker not having the aura of a superboss

 

[ZephyrZ]

I reached out to that Discord friend I mentioned like a week ago.

We're making plans to meet up this Sunday.

 

[Knight Dude]

Next up on the art posts is Blue Mantis, I drew this guy a few times before and always knew I'd make him blue. But I never drew him in color yet. So I'm glad that changed.

Blue Mantis, I realized I never drew him in color, but here's his regular color scheme. pic.twitter.com/rcNJd6jy06

— KnightLineArt (COMMS OPEN!) (@KnightLineArt) August 21, 2024

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[Professor Pumpkaboo]

You know what that's fair even though I disagree with the notion of Joker not having the aura of a superboss

You know what would be cooler then joker in P3R? ****ing Demi fiend or Freaking Nahobino

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Remember when Spyro, a funny series about a cool purple dragon who runs around setting fire to sheep and dealing with a capitalist bear and a surfer dude cheetah, and was generally a silly lighthearted franchise...was turned into God of War but terrible?

 

[Cutie Gwen]

You know what that's fair even though I disagree with the notion of Joker not having the aura of a superboss

Let me put it like this

Ominous look and remixed battle theme, a reward for a long line of optional boss fights included in his special DLC, has interesting story stuff to consider beyond just "Hey it's the guy from the game" (True Demon Nocturne has Demifiend lead Lucifer's army to fight God, SMTV's story pretty much starts with God dead as told by Lucifer while the game itself takes a lot of steps from Nocturne unlike the previous game)

Hides his face like a 12 year old who got really in to Naruto or something, is supposed to be like 10 chronologically, no thematic theming with the story so he's just there to go "Oooh it's the guy I recognize" instead of other options available like FemC or even Tatsuya from P2.


I don't really have a strong opinion here but I get it

 

[Wario Bros.]

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom will have amiibo support, being compatible with all previous Zelda series amiibo and Zelda characters from Smash series.

Seems to give you items but it wasn't fully specified.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Remember when Spyro, a funny series about a cool purple dragon who runs around setting fire to sheep and dealing with a capitalist bear and a surfer dude cheetah, and was generally a silly lighthearted franchise...was turned into a really cool epic fantasy series?

Fixed that for you.

 

[Jondolio]

Let me put it like this
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Ominous look and remixed battle theme, a reward for a long line of optional boss fights included in his special DLC, has interesting story stuff to consider beyond just "Hey it's the guy from the game" (True Demon Nocturne has Demifiend lead Lucifer's army to fight God, SMTV's story pretty much starts with God dead as told by Lucifer while the game itself takes a lot of steps from Nocturne unlike the previous game)
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Hides his face like a 12 year old who got really in to Naruto or something, is supposed to be like 10 chronologically, no thematic theming with the story so he's just there to go "Oooh it's the guy I recognize" instead of other options available like FemC or even Tatsuya from P2.


I don't really have a strong opinion here but I get it

You know what, fair, I don't really have a strong opinion either so I won't argue further

 

[osby]

Let me put it like this
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Ominous look and remixed battle theme, a reward for a long line of optional boss fights included in his special DLC, has interesting story stuff to consider beyond just "Hey it's the guy from the game" (True Demon Nocturne has Demifiend lead Lucifer's army to fight God, SMTV's story pretty much starts with God dead as told by Lucifer while the game itself takes a lot of steps from Nocturne unlike the previous game)
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Hides his face like a 12 year old who got really in to Naruto or something, is supposed to be like 10 chronologically, no thematic theming with the story so he's just there to go "Oooh it's the guy I recognize" instead of other options available like FemC or even Tatsuya from P2.


I don't really have a strong opinion here but I get it

That's nothing new for Persona challenge bosses. Persona 3 Portable was "hey it's Margaret from P4G". Persona Q had "go play Etrian Odyssey". Persona 5 Royal got "look, the protags of P3 and P4 which are now on modern consoles btw".

 

[Cutie Gwen]

That's nothing new for Persona challenge bosses. Persona 3 Portable was "hey it's Margaret from P4G". Persona Q had "go play Etrian Odyssey". Persona 5 Royal got "look, the protags of P3 and P4 which are now on modern consoles btw".

That's fair, it'd just be cooler to have something else.

Speaking if superbosses I still can't believe the audacity of a boss who just instantly ****ing kills you turn 1 unless you follow a set of unwritten rules lmao, final boss has tl wait as my controller needs to charge but I feel this superboss is gonna give me a run for my money

 

[TMNTSSB4]

personally I would have also liked to have see Kotone in some way (inb4 she’s secretly a spirit wandering across the Persona multiverse to ensure everyone is safe and stuff), buts it’s always nice to see Renren have a job without Morgana being in his way

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Well my headphones are starting to crack at the bridge so anyone have any headphones suggesions?

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Fixed that for you.

Alright, if I rip my nostalgia goggles off, I can see the potential. A hack-and-slash beat-em-up with a dragon, on its own, is a cool idea.

My problem isn't just that it's not really well put-together (with pretty mid platforming, not much in the way of enemy variety and the most forced love story ever...also Eternal Night in particular just STINKS and has the most BS difficulty spikes imaginable)...

BUT THIS IS SPYRO.

The Spyro series, before Shadow Legacy, was a series of lighthearted platformer funtimes with silly characters, funny sidequests, lots of shiny collectibles, and it never took itself super seriously despite being about a fabled reptile from human legends. And that's all it really needed to be. It didn't need to be turned into a crazy epic fantasy with Elijah Wood and big ugly lava golems and all the personality sanded down to nothingness.

Maybe I'm biased, because Spyro was my entire childhood, Spyro 3 was the first game I ever played and the classic games stuck with me all throughout my childhood. But honestly, the Legend trilogy has been something I've held disdain for ever since I was a kid.

In fact, when Skylanders came out, I was RELIEVED. It felt a lot more like a Spyro game to me than any of the Legend games. You can even set fire to sheep!

 

[Noipoi]

Alright, if I rip my nostalgia goggles off, I can see the potential. A hack-and-slash beat-em-up with a dragon, on its own, is a cool idea.

My problem isn't just that it's not really well put-together (with pretty mid platforming, not much in the way of enemy variety and the most forced love story ever...also Eternal Night in particular just STINKS and has the most BS difficulty spikes imaginable)...

BUT THIS IS SPYRO.

The Spyro series, before Shadow Legacy, was a series of lighthearted platformer funtimes with silly characters, funny sidequests, lots of shiny collectibles, and it never took itself super seriously despite being about a fabled reptile from human legends. And that's all it really needed to be. It didn't need to be turned into a crazy epic fantasy with Elijah Wood and big ugly lava golems and all the personality sanded down to nothingness.

Maybe I'm biased, because Spyro was my entire childhood, Spyro 3 was the first game I ever played and the classic games stuck with me all throughout my childhood. But honestly, the Legend trilogy has been something I've held disdain for ever since I was a kid.

In fact, when Skylanders came out, I was RELIEVED. It felt a lot more like a Spyro game to me than any of the Legend games. You can even set fire to sheep!

It was the 2000’s, dude. Pop culture was moving away from bright and happy to dark and edgy, and a lot of 90’s mascots got caught up in trying to chase trends.

Except Mario. Edgiest he ever got was a tribal tattoo.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Alright, if I rip my nostalgia goggles off, I can see the potential. A hack-and-slash beat-em-up with a dragon, on its own, is a cool idea.

My problem isn't just that it's not really well put-together (with pretty mid platforming, not much in the way of enemy variety and the most forced love story ever...also Eternal Night in particular just STINKS and has the most BS difficulty spikes imaginable)...

BUT THIS IS SPYRO.

The Spyro series, before Shadow Legacy, was a series of lighthearted platformer funtimes with silly characters, funny sidequests, lots of shiny collectibles, and it never took itself super seriously despite being about a fabled reptile from human legends. And that's all it really needed to be. It didn't need to be turned into a crazy epic fantasy with Elijah Wood and big ugly lava golems and all the personality sanded down to nothingness.

Maybe I'm biased, because Spyro was my entire childhood, Spyro 3 was the first game I ever played and the classic games stuck with me all throughout my childhood. But honestly, the Legend trilogy has been something I've held disdain for ever since I was a kid.

In fact, when Skylanders came out, I was RELIEVED. It felt a lot more like a Spyro game to me than any of the Legend games. You can even set fire to sheep!

My first Spyro game was Skylanders, then I played the Legends Trilogy and fell in love. I kind of don't care what the original trilogy was like. Don't get me wrong, I played the Reignited Trilogy and thought it was fun. But Legends's story and world and gameplay enthralled me as a child. Eternal Night is bs hard, I agree with you there. But I still love the Legends Trilogy and wish it got more love.

 

[Noipoi]

My first Spyro game was Skylanders, then I played the Legends Trilogy and fell in love. I kind of don't care what the original trilogy was like. Don't get me wrong, I played the Reignited Trilogy and thought it was fun. But Legends's story and world and gameplay enthralled me as a child. Eternal Night is bs hard, I agree with you there. But I still love the Legends Trilogy and wish it got more love.

So you’re the kid who’s first introduction to a franchise was actually the reboot, who gets left in the dust when the series goes back to its roots and ignores the stuff that you grew up with.

Very common these days.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

It was the 2000’s, dude. Pop culture was moving away from bright and happy to dark and edgy, and a lot of 90’s mascots got caught up in trying to chase trends.

Except Mario. Edgiest he ever got was a tribal tattoo.

The Legend of Mario Trilogy of edgy beat em ups needs to exist now.

So you’re the kid who’s first introduction to a franchise was actually the reboot, who gets left in the dust when the series goes back to its roots and ignores the stuff that you grew up with.

Very common these days.

Yeah. Don't get me wrong, I love bright and colorful cartoon platformers. But stuff like Legends is amazing and deserves more respect.

 

[TheMightyP]

It was the 2000’s, dude. Pop culture was moving away from bright and happy to dark and edgy, and a lot of 90’s mascots got caught up in trying to chase trends.

Except Mario. Edgiest he ever got was a tribal tattoo.

Strikers erasure.

Edit: also Brawl Erasure

 

[SneakyLink]

Wildbrain (the company the owns both the Cinar and DiC libraries) announced they are the official partner of Pokémon and will create a FAST channel for seasons 1-22.

 

[Pink Yoshi]

I think I might've liked an edgy Spyro beat-em-up a bit more if it went a bit of a Kirby route. Keep the wild, epic storytelling and scary villains, but keep the older characters' sillier personalities. Like, keep Spyro as a chill but snarky dragon boy, keep Hunter as a surfer dude, and so on. But feel free to add characters like Malefor to the setting.

We're now two days running where I've used Kirby as a comparison point for Insomniac-originated platformer series.

 

[Noipoi]

Strikers erasure.

Edit: also Brawl Erasure

I was thinking mainline games, but you do have a point. They used other avenues to make Mario “edgy” for the time period while keeping the main series true to form.

 

[Will]

Except Mario. Edgiest he ever got was a tribal tattoo.

He was in court for eco-terrorism. Was that edgy?

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Strikers erasure.

Edit: also Brawl Erasure

OK but now I'm going to make an epic and edgy beat em up fantasy/sci-fi/cyberpunk game that turns existing Mario canon into a pretzel.

 

[Will]

OK but now I'm going to make an epic and edgy beat em up fantasy/sci-fi/cyberpunk game that turns existing Mario canon into a pretzel.

Mario Combat did pretty good with this concept on Newgrounds 16 years ago.

 

[Guynamednelson]

He was in court for eco-terrorism. Was that edgy?

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Maybe if the court wasn't full of colorful big-nosed palm tree people.

 

[SneakyLink]

Chick Fil-A is getting a streaming platform with plans for a slate of original shows.

The product placement in these shows is going to be too blatant.

 

[Will]

Chick Fil-A is getting a streaming platform with plans for a slate of original shows.

Original Christian shows, probably.

 

[Shroob]

So like

When Mario got the tribal tattoo removed, do you think he screamed Mamma Mia?

 

[Will]

So like

When Mario got the tribal tattoo removed, do you think he screamed Mamma Mia?

Yeah but like this

 

[TheCJBrine]

New Project Voltage CD album art; “Dark” by Lownine, ft. Dark Miku and Obstagoon:

Serebii Update: The latest Pokémon feat. Hatsune Miku: Project Voltage CD Album Artwork has been released

"Dark" by Lownine https://t.co/z67mDA9ZjW pic.twitter.com/VPMaz8z1K0

— Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) August 21, 2024

 

[Z25]

Chick Fil-A is getting a streaming platform with plans for a slate of original shows.

The product placement in these shows is going to be too blatant.

Veggie tales but with the spicy chicken sandwich instead is going to be peak televisions

 

[ZephyrZ]

I successfully cooked a lasagna this morning

This is a certified Garfield moment

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Still hoping for Tifa and Makoto Nijima on SF6.

Also hoping for at least one Tekken character.

 

[StormC]

Remember when they put Noctis in Tekken

 

[Will]

Remember when they put Noctis in Tekken

He’s still in Tekken, he just became French and changed his name to Victor.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

these Marin Karin memes casually not dying is something I can respect

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Alright folks, I'm curious about something.

Which is better, Sonic and the Secret Rings or Sonic and the Black Knight?

Generally I see people saying Black Knight is better, but Secret Rings definitely has its defenders from what I've seen