Guide Zelda Social: But also the FE Heroes Internet Cafe

[Cress!]

Meant to say this earlier but SOREN BUFFS SOREN BUFFS SOREN BUFFS!!!!
He' my favorite FE character so I'm beyond excited for this ("I thought Alm was your favorite" he's my favorite unit to use in Heroes and he's most likely going to still have my summoner support but he isn't my favorite character). The only problem is that I've only gotten 2 Sorens ever; one -Spd and the other -Atk, both +Def. I foddered off the -Spd one several months ago to Innes to try a Watersweep build on him (hint: it was bad. Don't give Innes Watersweep), so in a worst case scenario I'll use the -Atk one and slap on an emergency Atk +3 seal on him.

Oh and book nerd and restoration gorl get buffs too or whatever.
Edit: Page steal, this page now belongs to Soren and Ikey-poo

 

[Buddhahobo]

wtf kinda gayms you playin sis omg

The one where all my gacha luck has been. My rare pull rate has been insane.

Sometimes it's all like this, with Camelot Knights vs Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs vs magical persian assassins and Sherlock Holmes having a 20 seconds long special attack. Other times it throws all seriousness out the window and you have to fight off a legion of chocolate zombies or getting eaten alive by demonic apartment buildings.

But most of the time it's just spent thinking these two make a really cute couple.

Now that Leo and Eirika got their upgrades, Corrin and Roy have gotta be next, right? Right??? :’D

Lloyd too.

Meant to say this earlier but SOREN BUFFS SOREN BUFFS SOREN BUFFS!!!!

I'm really looking forward to what it does; he got shafted not getting a prf weapon to begin with and he deserves to be more than just a worse Nino.

 

[Lorde]

Tru tru. I guess rip any Light Breath shenanigans.

Also you don't use Distant Counter on Corngorl? I was thinking of making her use a DC build so she can tank archer heauxes or even some red thots.

I only have 1 Steady Breath so I'm saving it. I have 2 DCs tho so ye idk which is the better investment now.

btw rip Clarisse's Bow 4ever.

Sorry, I forgot to post this lol

I don't have any DC fodder, which is why I voted every day for Hector, only for him to get 4th place cricricricricri

I've just been running refined Lightning Breath on her because no one else in my arena core can really handle archers/Brave Lyn.

Honestly, even if I did get a Hector for DC, idk if I'd use it on F!Corrin over Steady Breath. Firing off Aethers is a lot of fun, and the +4 def during combat is useful.

How dare yew post dis before me. I gave up my Soren because he was just a worse Nino/Julia combo. I wonder what Wind Brand will be. Maybe a Drive Spd version of Cymbomb? x2 hits even with Watersweep? +5 atk/spd when within 2 spaces of an ally Ike sword unit? :^)

I assume Leo will still S U C C still and Eirika will become a slightly better buffbot. inb4 mageslayer or horseslayer. I hope we get a ****ton of Refine Stones or Divine Dews. But more importantly...

and buffs when?????? Also give a prf Lightning Dark Breath for lulz.

I’m actually optimistic with Brynhildr’s refinement making Leon better. Alm was hot garbage before his refinement and now he’s like the premier player phase unit in the game

M!Corrin and Roy really do need good refinements. I have a 4* +spd -res M!Corrin that I may promote depending on how good his eventual refinement is. I don’t really care about Roy, but I know a lot of people do. Some people want Binding Blade to get DC, but that’d be dumb imo, especially for the people that already gave him DC.

 

[Ffamran]

Well, that happened. I was reading an article about geisha for a class on Japanese music. The opening had a bit about a fire and how a geisha died separated from her family. I thought that was only there to set-up the discussion of how geisha lived and the relationships of a senior and junior geisha. It did and then it went back to fire at the end. I expected a typical educational article about geisha. I did not expect to be hit with that.

Anyway, so has anyone been following Shenmue III? Apparently new gameplay footage was released today: http://www.siliconera.com/2018/02/2...gic-2018-shows-off-ryos-qte-action-sequences/.

Edit: Freebie +Def, -Spd 4* Sakura from the voting gauntlet banner. Was hoping for a Jeorge or another Sothe. Oh well.

 

[EODM07]

How's it going Nep Nep fans?

Good news Buddhahobo , I got Last Gamble in Duel Links.

So now I should be able to run some good decks with Joey now (I did try running Slifer for fun on Ranked; got bopped pretty hard, but man was it fun). I also seem to be the unlucky few that won't be getting a 3rd Ancient Gear Golem, which is fine by me imo. Since I have a hunch running three would just lead to a bricky hand.

Hopefully I can get other essential cards to make my AG deck viable.

Spoiler: AG Deck concept

Skill: Middle Age Mechs

Monsters:
Ancient Gear Golem x2
Ancient Gear Beast x2
Ancient Gear Knight x3
Ancient Gear Soldier x3
Sphere Kuriboh x1

Traps:
Windstorm x1
Curse of Anubis x1
Floodgate Trap Hole x1

Spells:
Polymerization x2

Extra Deck:
Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem x2/3

I'll be trying to get some of my other characters stronger in FE Warriors, since I do wanna try and beat some of the other stages.

Also, what weapon skills would you recommend on Oboro's Spear Cress! ?

Spoiler: Yuri pic of the day~

 

[Berserker.]

TFW My Hero Academia somehow beats A Silent Voice for best animation in the anime awards. These weren't even awards, it was just a popularity contest. I love MHA but it doesn't feel right that it won ever category it was nominated for......except for Anime of the Year, which was rightfully won by Made in Abyss.

In all honesty, the Anime Awards need a way better judging system. Last year, it was a the Yuri on Ice awards. This year, it was the My Hero Academia awards. And MHA's third season is an April so we get to do it all over again.

i was mad at first then i realized a silent voice was a movie which is REALLY unfair. then again, if i were to pick, i'd still pick a silent voice. kyoto deserves recognition ffs

it's gonna be hard for MHA to do the same thing this year though. attack on titan, steins gate, one punch man (fingers crossed), potentially violet evergarden if it gets better by the latter half. i probably forgot some other shows (i'd LOVE to put gintama but people forget that show exists so). 2017 was an ok year for anime but this year is gonna be pretty big. i'd be shocked if the same thing were to happen. MHA season 3 needs to be REALLY good

 

[Armagon]

it's gonna be hard for MHA to do the same thing this year though

MHA's consistently been amazing so i'm sure MHA will win some awards this year, i just hope it wins the ones it deserves and not everything it was nominated for (again, how did it even win best animation? MHA's animation is only good when it matters and even then, it's nothing compared to KyoAni's animation.)

one punch man (fingers crossed)

I remember when they said it would be a 2017 release. i just hope J.C Staff (the Food Wars guys) don't **** it up since action isn't really their strong suit. I'm sure they'll get the comedy parts of One Punch Man right, just not the action parts.

potentially violet evergarden if it gets better by the latter half.

I guarantee Violet Evergarden is going to at least be nominated for best animation. It has a very high chance of winning that too because (and i know we're still only in the winter season) i have yet to see a show more beautiful than it this year. Unless the fighting bois win it again because bias. Maybe it'll get nominated for best drama too, since i don't see it being nominated for anything else besides those two categories.

Speaking of guaranteed spots, Zero Two from DARLING in the FRANXX has a really high chance for Best Girl right now. She's actually the best girl of the season and that's a scientifically proven fact.

 

[Buddhahobo]

I remember when they said it would be a 2017 release. i just hope J.C Staff (the Food Wars guys) don't **** it up since action isn't really their strong suit. I'm sure they'll get the comedy parts of One Punch Man right, just not the action parts.

It'll depend on the budget. Food Wars tanked pretty hard in it's second season animation wise, which makes sense given how for season 1 they had the budget for a full length season, not just a 12 episode cour.

Though iirc, OP season 1 wasn't very big on animation-heavy fight scenes. They basically only happened with Genos and the final boss.

As for the winners...I'm typically like three seasons behind in anime so I'm only just now finding some of these shows to watch, but I'm still a bit confused how Tohru didn't even get nominated for Best Girl.

 

[Cress!]

Also, what weapon skills would you recommend on Oboro's Spear Cress! ?

Pair Up+ and 2 -slayer skills are necessary on every weapon for the most part. Wingslayer and Mountslayer are probably the best 2, but you can use Plateslayer instead (Dragonslayer and Beastslayer are already on enough weapons by default and they aren't extremely helpful either compared to the other slayers). If you feel like you can handle Armor Strike, that's another fantastic skill to use. Next you'll want to look at a -breaker skill. If the weapon you're using is a part of the weapon triangle, then you should most likely go with a breaker in the triangle as well. So for Oboro, she could go Swordbreaker to have an even better advantage against swords, Lancebreaker to have an advantage against her own weapon type, or Axebreaker to have a smaller disadvantage against axes. Lancebreaker would be my choice but any one to fit your needs should be fine. For any slots you have left over, you can use just about anything you want. Strong # skills are always nice, and I haven't tried any of the new 4,000 KO skills but they could be great too. Since it's your first perfect weapon, it wouldn't hurt to put some farming skills on. If you can't choose, then leaving some slots empty could be good as the Awakening DLC will most likely add some more new skills and there may be something there that you'll want to use (and trust me, this weapon will already be overkilling everything so having an empty slot or 2 won't hurt you).
And just to make sure you're deleTing every enemy instantly, Oboro herself should have Astra, Luna, and Lethality at the very least.

 

[Armagon]

Though iirc, OP season 1 wasn't very big on animation-heavy fight scenes.

That's because most fight scenes lasted 5 seconds

I'm still a bit confused how Tohru didn't even get nominated for Best Girl

Yeah, i don't either. Dragon Maid was really popular yet it only got nominated for Best ED and Best Comedy. They won Best Comedy and while i do think Konosuba 2 is funnier, we still take those.

 

[Lorde]

So this b*tch finally got ha first golden weapon

Spoiler

 

[Ffamran]

Speaking of guaranteed spots, Zero Two from DARLING in the FRANXX has a really high chance for Best Girl right now. She's actually the best girl of the season and that's a scientifically proven fact.

But is she also Kirby? I think not.

Spoiler: Big Kirby

Anyway, apparently Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle will have an English dub for the Under Night In-Birth characters: http://www.siliconera.com/2018/02/2...st-english-voicing-blazblue-cross-tag-battle/. That's going to be interesting since the UNI games don't have an English dub from what I remember. And a piano collections album of NieR: Automata is being released on April 25 which is neat. The soundtracks for the Drakengard and NieR games, especially NieR, are amazing. I'm not sure, but I think it's only being released in Japan, so you'll have to import it. If there's a digital release, then it not be a big deal unless you really want the physical copy.

 

[Armagon]

Powercreep Ephraim hours

But is she also Kirby? I think not.

Ok so funny story, i looked up "Zero Two as Kirby" but turns out, the final boss of Kirby 64 is named 02. So instead of getting "Zero Two as Kirby" i just got the boss instead. The more you know.

I haven't watched Laid-Back Camp yet (planning on binging it along with A Place Further Than The Universe) but Zero Two is still best girl. The perfect mix of pure and menacing.

 

[Lorde]

Cavalry Ephraim has an interesting kit with his weapon and b skill, but i won't pull for him

green is a super good color to pull on this legend, and I’d pull if I had more orbs bc I want Dorcas and Gunnthrá (and steady breath fodder is always welcome)

I just hope the next legendary hero will be colorless

 

[Cress!]

rip my premium, good thing I have over 100 1x1 profile pictures ready of Best Character™.

I'll do what I usually do with every new legendary banner, do a full 15 orb summon (not 20 bc of the free summon) and then go back to saving orbs. New Eph looks cool but I'm not whaling for that.

 

[Burgundy]

I want Eph cause I love Eph but I want Gaius for his Bow more
Eph will come back multiple times, so I’m not gonna stress super hard about getting him. I still want to pull for Hardin and Celica

 

[EODM07]

How's it going Scarlet Devil Mansion fans?

Just had a meeting with my TA today, and I actually managed to beat Dhoulmagus in DQ8, so now everything beyond the Dark Ruins will be completely blind, which I am very much looking forward to.

Spoiler

I've now lost Jessica, who was my Mage; she got possessed by Dhoulmagus. But I'm damn glad I managed to reach beyond the Dark Ruins now.

Pair Up+ and 2 -slayer skills are necessary on every weapon for the most part. Wingslayer and Mountslayer are probably the best 2, but you can use Plateslayer instead (Dragonslayer and Beastslayer are already on enough weapons by default and they aren't extremely helpful either compared to the other slayers). If you feel like you can handle Armor Strike, that's another fantastic skill to use. Next you'll want to look at a -breaker skill. If the weapon you're using is a part of the weapon triangle, then you should most likely go with a breaker in the triangle as well. So for Oboro, she could go Swordbreaker to have an even better advantage against swords, Lancebreaker to have an advantage against her own weapon type, or Axebreaker to have a smaller disadvantage against axes. Lancebreaker would be my choice but any one to fit your needs should be fine. For any slots you have left over, you can use just about anything you want. Strong # skills are always nice, and I haven't tried any of the new 4,000 KO skills but they could be great too. Since it's your first perfect weapon, it wouldn't hurt to put some farming skills on. If you can't choose, then leaving some slots empty could be good as the Awakening DLC will most likely add some more new skills and there may be something there that you'll want to use (and trust me, this weapon will already be overkilling everything so having an empty slot or 2 won't hurt you).
And just to make sure you're deleTing every enemy instantly, Oboro herself should have Astra, Luna, and Lethality at the very least.

Thanks for the feedback Cress! and advice on the attributes to give Oboro.

Hopefully I can aim for other characters like Lianna or even Minerva to get their weapon unlocks as well (Hell, maybe even Tharja when she comes out).

I have been using Anna more recently, so I'll probably be giving her some Farming Attributes since she has insane Luck.

Spoiler: Yuri pic of the day~

 

[Nammy12]

Besides p4g what else is worth getting for the vita?
I want to know if I should bother trying to find one at the right firmware to hack it.

 

[Buddhahobo]

So now I should be able to run some good decks with Joey now (I did try running Slifer for fun on Ranked; got bopped pretty hard, but man was it fun). I also seem to be the unlucky few that won't be getting a 3rd Ancient Gear Golem, which is fine by me imo. Since I have a hunch running three would just lead to a bricky hand.

I changed stuff so I could use Crowler (my only GX character who could feasibly beat a Level 50, because I'm stoopid and haven't managed to unlock Bastion yet) against Level 50 Crowler, but this is more or less my old AG deck from before the rerun and all the new AG goodies. Just remove some of that stuff I added as anti-Ultimate Golem support for damage step trap cards.

Spoiler

Skill: Middle Aged Mechs

1x AG Golem
1x AG Engineer
2x AG Beast

2x AG Soldier
2x AG Knights
1x Gladiator Beast Andal
1x Papa-Corn
1x Wrecker Panda

1x Gaia Power
1x AG Castle
1x AG Tank
1x AG Workshop
1x AG Drill
2x Enemy Controller
1x Rush Recklessly
1x Tribute to the Doomed

2x Floodgate Traphole

My pre-Crowler-rerun deck was really fun, so I'm happy that I can revamp it now that I have 3 Ancient Gear Knights. The damage output was a bit weak because I didn't have three knights (one of the few times running three of a single card is recommended), but I dealt with that by running a field spell and a second castle. TBH, even in an Ultimate deck, you should consider running a second castle yourself (the first one being from your skill). Papa-Corn is also a lowkey hidden boss in a AG deck, imo. AG Drill can let you get Gaia Power out onto the field easily and both Corn and AG are Earth, so it helps everyone can can near-immediately give you a 4* 2700 ATK beater. It also really mess ups single-target S/T destruction cards, because between Gaia and two Castles there isn't really a "right" choice on what to destroy / will save you.

Even though I managed to get two Ultimate Golems, I'm not sure I'll run polymerization.

I'm not sure that makes you unlucky, as I can't think of a way someone who wasn't around during the previous Crowler event could have three vanilla Golems without using a UR ticket. He doesn't drop them, and there was only 1 event reward Golem during each event to go along with his level up reward.

Powercreep Ephraim hours

The special skill is sort of annoying cause Eirika didn't get anything like that, but that's basically it. His weapon will probably be an available upgrade for normal Ephraim down the line.

Besides p4g what else is worth getting for the vita?
I want to know if I should bother trying to find one at the right firmware to hack it.

I originally bought a Vita a few years back for original P4G and Disgaea 4 and am pretty familiar with the library.

What sort of games do you like and what other systems do you own?

 

[Nammy12]

I originally bought a Vita a few years back for original P4G and Disgaea 4 and am pretty familiar with the library.

What sort of games do you like and what other systems do you own?

I'm mainly looking for weeb**** like vn's and rpgs and I'll also be using it as a psp replacement.

edit: I guess I'd be interested in fighting games as well.

 

[Buddhahobo]

I'm mainly looking for weeb**** like vn's and rpgs and I'll also be using it as a psp replacement.

In spoilers, cause it got a bit long.

Spoiler

Okay, so that actually means you'll probably be fine with the Vita's biggest hurdles; it's form factor. Seriously, I don't know how people play on this thing without a dedicated grip.

As a PSP replacement it's great. A lot of the time I've put into this game has basically be playing a bunch of the PSP games I never could, like Jeanne D'Arc, Orge Tactics, FATE/Extra, etc.

After 3 or so years with a Vita, I'd say that these are solid keepers:
- P4G
- Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited
- Grand Kingdom

Vanillaware games are all solid bets, though I'd probably rank Dragon's Crown and Odin Sphere over Muramasa.

After that it get's...murky, and why I asked what other systems you own. A lot of the Vita's library, even the weeb**** has been ported over to something else, whether that be PS4, PC, or even the Switch. Getting on now has the added complication of having to justify not that you want to play "this or that game" but why you want to play "this or that game specifically on this system."

For instance, the defacto Vita game for years was Gravity Rush...which you can now play a remaster of on PS4, plus the sequel. It was actually really disheartening seeing how much of a gut punch it felt to the Vita community when the sequel to a game that was basically synonymous with the Vita itself didn't get a handheld release.

-The top VN choice for the system would definitely go to the Ace-Attorney-Tiered-Popular Danganronpa franchise...only you can get those on steam now. Steins;Gate is on the Vita, but it's also on Steam now too. It does have the Zero Escape trilogy (999, Virtue's Last Reward, and Dilemma) all on one system though, which the 3DS can't technically claim. There are other good VNs (Utawarerumono, for one), those are just the most popular stateside imo. Like, I think Muv-Luv is coming too, but that's definitely going to PC. That said, for a handheld VN machine, the Vita is probably the best I can think of.

Fate/Extella is on Vita, but the lack of button joysticks makes it a slog to play on the Vita and it's just a much better deal on the Switch. Dragon Quest Builders is likewise coming/ already came out on the Switch.

The top weebtrash on the system would be the Neptunia Re;Birth games and it's legion of spinoffs...only those are also on steam now, and I think I heard something about them remaking them a 3rd time, and the Atelier series...which might be coming to Switch now.

The are the Monster Hunter clones that have been trying to fill the void ever since MH went to the 3DS like God Eater and such, but again, also on PS4.

The top JRPGs that come to mind immediately would probably include the FFX remake and definitely the Trails Of Cold Steel trilogy. The Ys series I know has a really sizable following on Vita, but I've never played a game in that series. Oreshika would get an honorable mention as a game I kept hearing about, but like with Ys I never played it.

Don't bother with a racing game outside of Wipeout.

DW-like games are somewhat a dime a dozen, and Senran Kagura's VS spin-off series has got a pretty tight hold as the system's niche champ in that regard, if you want it portable.

And there are like a billion Weeb dungeon RPGs then I'm willing to count, but I think the "starting point" for those would probably be with Atlus published games like Dungeon Travelers 2-2. I will mention Shiren the Wanderer as just a good not-really-weeb dungeon RPG, it's a remastered DS game and is just really nice.

edit: I guess I'd be interested in fighting games as well.

It's a weird system for fighting games, and I doubt any of them are particularly active tbh.

- Vita's got a niche BlazBlue following because it would always get an upgraded handheld port of the console game,
- The original Injustice is pretty good on it, the SF alpha games are there
- MvC3 was really fun, active, and an all around great choice for what the Vita can accomplish, but that's probably changed since it finally came out for PC. I at least haven't gone back to playing it on Vita.
- Skullgirls I believe is well received, just has very long loading times.

 

[Nammy12]

In spoilers, cause it got a bit long.

Spoiler

Okay, so that actually means you'll probably be fine with the Vita's biggest hurdles; it's form factor. Seriously, I don't know how people play on this thing without a dedicated grip.

As a PSP replacement it's great. A lot of the time I've put into this game has basically be playing a bunch of the PSP games I never could, like Jeanne D'Arc, Orge Tactics, FATE/Extra, etc.

After 3 or so years with a Vita, I'd say that these are solid keepers:
- P4G
- Disgaea 4: A Promise Revisited
- Grand Kingdom

Vanillaware games are all solid bets, though I'd probably rank Dragon's Crown and Odin Sphere over Muramasa.

After that it get's...murky, and why I asked what other systems you own. A lot of the Vita's library, even the weeb**** has been ported over to something else, whether that be PS4, PC, or even the Switch. Getting on now has the added complication of having to justify not that you want to play "this or that game" but why you want to play "this or that game specifically on this system."

For instance, the defacto Vita game for years was Gravity Rush...which you can now play a remaster of on PS4, plus the sequel. It was actually really disheartening seeing how much of a gut punch it felt to the Vita community when the sequel to a game that was basically synonymous with the Vita itself didn't get a handheld release.

-The top VN choice for the system would definitely go to the Ace-Attorney-Tiered-Popular Danganronpa franchise...only you can get those on steam now. Steins;Gate is on the Vita, but it's also on Steam now too. It does have the Zero Escape trilogy (999, Virtue's Last Reward, and Dilemma) all on one system though, which the 3DS can't technically claim. There are other good VNs (Utawarerumono, for one), those are just the most popular stateside imo. Like, I think Muv-Luv is coming too, but that's definitely going to PC. That said, for a handheld VN machine, the Vita is probably the best I can think of.

Fate/Extella is on Vita, but the lack of button joysticks makes it a slog to play on the Vita and it's just a much better deal on the Switch. Dragon Quest Builders is likewise coming/ already came out on the Switch.

The top weebtrash on the system would be the Neptunia Re;Birth games and it's legion of spinoffs...only those are also on steam now, and I think I heard something about them remaking them a 3rd time, and the Atelier series...which might be coming to Switch now.

The are the Monster Hunter clones that have been trying to fill the void ever since MH went to the 3DS like God Eater and such, but again, also on PS4.

The top JRPGs that come to mind immediately would probably include the FFX remake and definitely the Trails Of Cold Steel trilogy. The Ys series I know has a really sizable following on Vita, but I've never played a game in that series. Oreshika would get an honorable mention as a game I kept hearing about, but like with Ys I never played it.

Don't bother with a racing game outside of Wipeout.

DW-like games are somewhat a dime a dozen, and Senran Kagura's VS spin-off series has got a pretty tight hold as the system's niche champ in that regard, if you want it portable.

And there are like a billion Weeb dungeon RPGs then I'm willing to count, but I think the "starting point" for those would probably be with Atlus published games like Dungeon Travelers 2-2. I will mention Shiren the Wanderer as just a good not-really-weeb dungeon RPG, it's a remastered DS game and is just really nice.



It's a weird system for fighting games, and I doubt any of them are particularly active tbh.

- Vita's got a niche BlazBlue following because it would always get an upgraded handheld port of the console game,
- The original Injustice is pretty good on it, the SF alpha games are there
- MvC3 was really fun, active, and an all around great choice for what the Vita can accomplish, but that's probably changed since it finally came out for PC. I at least haven't gone back to playing it on Vita.
- Skullgirls I believe is well received, just has very long loading times.

Thanks for the list

I have smaller hands so I don't really get cramps while using handhelds. I actually bought a grip for the n3dsxl but I never used it since my hands were too small to hold it comfortably lol

I don't have a ps4 and don't plan on getting one and I'll get a switch when smash is released.
I've already played zero escape, steins gate, god eater on pc but I think I'll pick up dangonronpa and steins gate 0.
Gravity rush also looks interesting and so does FFX and trails
I'll probably pick up a project diva game since those were the games I put the most hours into on psp.
I'm mainly looking to mess around in training mode on the go rather than multiplayer for fighting games. Its a shame central fiction never got ported though.
How much does fate extella suffer from the lack of push joysticks?

Its so hard to find games instore now though.

 

[Buddhahobo]

How much does fate extella suffer from the lack of push joysticks?

I thought I edited that line...it was two things, no push joysticks iirc, and what I definitely remember which was the lack of ZR/ZL buttons; the Vita tried to replace them with touch controls on the corners of the screen and just didn't work very well. It looks fine on Vita, but there's really no way around that the best system to get it on (PS4 included) is the Switch. It's got it's flaws, but it's a long script (size of a typical JRPG, iirc, which is really weird for a Musou game) so it's sort of a VN and it's Fate-verse so I'm admittedly biased with recommending it.

I'll probably pick up a project diva game since those were the games I put the most hours into on psp.

I know they're well liked and I know the PSP ones were well received, but I never got one myself because I would always compare them to the PS4 versions that would have like 50x more songs. If you're willing to wait a bit, it would be shocking if Atlus doesn't localize the two coming-soon Persona:Dancing games, and I remember hearing that in Japan they were doing a promotion where if you buy the value pack (both in one), it actually comes with a code for a remastered version of the original P4:Dancing for free. I really liked that one, so that sounds like a good deal.

 

[Nammy12]

I know they're well liked and I know the PSP ones were well received, but I never got one myself because I would always compare them to the PS4 versions that would have like 50x more songs. If you're willing to wait a bit, it would be shocking if Atlus doesn't localize the two coming-soon Persona:Dancing games, and I remember hearing that in Japan they were doing a promotion where if you buy the value pack (both in one), it actually comes with a code for a remastered version of the original P4:Dancing for free. I really liked that one, so that sounds like a good deal.

Currently F, F2nd and X are on vita and they share the same song list with their console versions. F and F2nd are ps3 ports which I already emulated but I'll probably get to play portably. X is a ps4 port but has the worst/lowest song list out of all the project diva games.
Future Tone is the other ps4 game which is basically a collection of every song they ever created including arcade only songs. I doubt the vita has enough memory to handle that much content though.

P4D looks fun. I'll keep an eye on it.

 

[Cress!]

Yup, 1 and done summons on the Legendary banners continues to be a great choice.

Spoiler: sorry not sorry

They have opposite IV's, Corrin is +HP -Atk, Olivia is +Atk -HP. Who cares about bikini corn tbh, also I'm still not bothered enough to make a Flier Emblem team so oops. OLIVIA THOUGH, SHE'S MY FAVORITE DANCER TO USE SO GETTING ONE WITH NOT-THE-WORST-POSSIBLE IV'S IS GREAT! (I have +Def -Spd right now, rip).
Thank you once again 8%

 

[Ffamran]

Well, I got vanguard Ike like everyone else. From the banner...

Spoiler: A Couple of Summons

Spoiler: The 135th stats

3* Fir: +HP, -Atk. No comment and I've run out of units who can even use Glacies leaving Spd +3 for like healers that I haven't built.

4* Hawkeye: +Def, -HP.

4* Saizo: +Res, -Spd. Seriously?

3* Virion: +HP, -Spd. Sent home.

3* Wrys: +Def, -Res.

Spoiler: The 136th stats

3* Est: +Atk, -Spd. Uh... Gonna send you home. Speed isn't that great on Est, especially a Brave Lance Est, but it's kind of useful at times for her considering how fragile she is and she can dump defense or HP instead.

4* Gaius: +HP, -Spd. Welp...

5* Gunnthra: +Spd, -Atk. The worst part is she's probably going to be free in the future. That's the worst part about this, so she was the one I wanted the least. Also, she just ended up being a green +Spd, -Res Olwen... Fortress Res is going to tank her attack so damn hard now.

4* Jeorge: +Res, -Spd. Why couldn't you have been +Atk, -Def? Meanwhile, in the land of Arvis, roastings became more varied.

4* Lilina: +Atk, -HP. Of course you show up after your special self showed up and you have a monstrous 38 base attack as well with that boon.

Spoiler: The 137th's stats

3* Eliwood: +Res, -Spd.

4* Leon: neutral.

4* Nowi: +Atk, -Def.

4* Sakura: +Spd, -Atk.

4* Seth: +HP, -Res.

Spoiler: The 138th Summon

4* Cherche: +HP, -Spd.

4* Chrom: +Def, -Spd.

3* Frederick: +Atk, -Def.

3* Gaius: +Spd, -Atk.

4* Virion: +Atk, -Def.

TL;DR: All I got out of four summons was +Spd, -Atk Gunnthra and Lilina as my new summons. Summer F!Corrin and PA Olivia elude me again. At least I was able to summon a legendary hero?

 

[Eddie The Pacifist]

So apparently there was a DKC game based in Europe. Did you ever hear of this?

Spoiler: Xenoblade Chronicles Day 15

So, after traversing some area's we enter the inside of the Mechonis. Plot twist, it's entirely mechanical. Anyway, we have to activate some lifts along with killing Mechon. We also receive a cutscene, showing Egil's face. As it turns out, Gadolt, Sharla's boyfriend, is still alive but also a face. Egil wipes his memory completely, so the Fiora incident doesn't happen again. Anyway, it takes what felt like an eternity, but after smashing Mechon and activating a ton of switches, I make my way to the top, where we get a few cutscenes with the gang resting. There's a brief conversation about Sharla's rifle, with Reyn discouraging Shulk from making a new one for her. Another example of good character development, as Reyn at the beginning would have done nothing of the sort. Later on, Gadolt spies on the gang, with Dunban almost noticing. After a bit more traversing, we reach a long room. Gadolt appears, in his Face, and the fight begins. The boss has an interesting mechanic, where he's at the back of the room, so you have to make it to him while also hiding from foreseen laser attacks by using walls as protection. There's also Mechon at those wall. Challenging, but pretty cool. After I make it to him, we whack him around for a minute due to chain attacks and Break-Topple-Daze combos, and we get a cutscene after 1/4 of his health is gone. Galdolt gets out of his Face, but does not recognise Sharla. He launches a huge exploding attack that the gang survives due to Fiora's eyes glowing red....weird. Gadolt escapes, and we are greeted by Egil's sister

I loved the mechanic of Galdolt's boss fight, I had only wish it went on longer. Also, Reyn has the best character development in the story and it's making me open up to him. (He was probably my least favourite character beforehand)

 

[Armagon]

*Rolls on the Legendary Banner*

Not bad. I wasn't particularly going for him but he was my free summon so we take those.

*Uses up my entire Orb reserve*

He came home bois. And because L!Ike arrived for free today, i can make a Legendary Team with Fjorm, Gunnthra, L!Ike and L!Ephraim.

Let's see if i can get Summer Corrin before this banner ends.

Spoiler: Xenoblade Chronicles Day 15

I loved the mechanic of Galdolt's boss fight, I had only wish it went on longer. Also, Reyn has the best character development in the story and it's making me open up to him. (He was probably my least favourite character beforehand)

Spoiler

I cheesed the Gadolt fight so hard. i went up to fight him, then, whenever my health got low, i would run back to behind one of the walls and just use any Healing Arts i have until everyone's at full HP again. Rinse and repeat until i won. It was hilarious.

 

[EODM07]

How's it going Celesteela haters?

Just been out for lunch and my god; it's sure as hell cold. I'm glad to be sitting next to a radiator.

I won't bother playing the current Duel Links Event, since it doesn't seem to be that good; people were hoping for more Glad Beasts, but instead were treated to Phantom Beasts and were baited by it due to Glad Beast Andal appearing.

Also, someone who often keeps track of BBTAG news, noticed something with Azrael.

There was a problem fetching the tweet

Either Auto-Run can be disabled, the game is having some adjustments made, or it's a bug that was found.

Hopefully we'll get some more info in regards to it during Anime Acension or during the next BBTAG Stream.

Spoiler: Yuri pic of the day~

 

[Armagon]

Is this what true perfection sounds like?

 

[Lorde]

Takumi's GHB is really dumb, but I finally managed to beat Infernal with a team of RD!Ike, Reinhardt, Priscilla, and PA!Aqua

tbh Ike clears most of it by himself if you just give him QR

 

[Cress!]

Brigitte looks great, I'll absolutely play her a lot.
The only thing that has me a bit worried is that it seems like she's the only healer that can't heal herself. Mercy has her passive, Lucio has his healing song, Zen just has a ton of shields, Ana has her grenade, and Moira has her healing orb. That shouldn't be too big of a problem for her in comp but since free play and arcade are the only 2 things I play anymore, you're not always gonna have a second healer. Maybe the passive that she has also heals her though idk.

 

[Buddhahobo]

Sniped blue hoping to get Ephraim or S!Corrin, got a +SPD/-RES Shiro instead.

I'm already invested in my Lukas, so he's basically worthless. Unfortunately unlike -ATK Siegbert who did the exact same thing to me last Legendary Banner, Shiro doesn't really have desirable skills to fodder off.

Future Tone is the other ps4 game which is basically a collection of every song they ever created including arcade only songs. I doubt the vita has enough memory to handle that much content though.

That must have been the one I was looking at when it was being localized, then. The song list was absurd / FF:Theatrhythm sized.

 

[Lil Puddin]

So apparently there was a DKC game based in Europe. Did you ever hear of this?

Spoiler: Xenoblade Chronicles Day 15

So, after traversing some area's we enter the inside of the Mechonis. Plot twist, it's entirely mechanical. Anyway, we have to activate some lifts along with killing Mechon. We also receive a cutscene, showing Egil's face. As it turns out, Gadolt, Sharla's boyfriend, is still alive but also a face. Egil wipes his memory completely, so the Fiora incident doesn't happen again. Anyway, it takes what felt like an eternity, but after smashing Mechon and activating a ton of switches, I make my way to the top, where we get a few cutscenes with the gang resting. There's a brief conversation about Sharla's rifle, with Reyn discouraging Shulk from making a new one for her. Another example of good character development, as Reyn at the beginning would have done nothing of the sort. Later on, Gadolt spies on the gang, with Dunban almost noticing. After a bit more traversing, we reach a long room. Gadolt appears, in his Face, and the fight begins. The boss has an interesting mechanic, where he's at the back of the room, so you have to make it to him while also hiding from foreseen laser attacks by using walls as protection. There's also Mechon at those wall. Challenging, but pretty cool. After I make it to him, we whack him around for a minute due to chain attacks and Break-Topple-Daze combos, and we get a cutscene after 1/4 of his health is gone. Galdolt gets out of his Face, but does not recognise Sharla. He launches a huge exploding attack that the gang survives due to Fiora's eyes glowing red....weird. Gadolt escapes, and we are greeted by Egil's sister

I loved the mechanic of Galdolt's boss fight, I had only wish it went on longer. Also, Reyn has the best character development in the story and it's making me open up to him. (He was probably my least favourite character beforehand)

Spoiler

Reyn is a precious sweet bara boi, so ofc he is the best character in the end. JK, 2nd best character.

The Galdolt fight was very fun, as are most of the boss fights. His was still the most unique without being tedious.

Brigitte looks great, I'll absolutely play her a lot.
The only thing that has me a bit worried is that it seems like she's the only healer that can't heal herself. Mercy has her passive, Lucio has his healing song, Zen just has a ton of shields, Ana has her grenade, and Moira has her healing orb. That shouldn't be too big of a problem for her in comp but since free play and arcade are the only 2 things I play anymore, you're not always gonna have a second healer. Maybe the passive that she has also heals her though idk.

Ye gorllllll.

 

[Ffamran]

Okay, now the Fallen Heroes banner is finally dead. I only summoned from it three times before and I was wondering why my total summons were odd numbered when I summoned from it twice and it becoming even numbered on the third summon. Well, Athena and Lilina showing up in the past summons means L'Arachel is currently the only 4* or lower summonable unit I have never summoned. I doubt any of the Fallen Heroes will drop to 4*-5* summonable, especially Grima and Hardin and Celica introducing a new skill while having fantastic weapon and good stat spread would be enough for her not to become 4* summonable.

Spoiler: The 139th Summon

4* Athena: neutral.

4* Donnel: +Atk, -Spd. It came to my attention yesterday that I have a lot of Donnels.

3* Jagen: +Def, -Atk.

3* Laslow: +Def, -Atk. Promptly used to give Athena Axebreaker 3 since Sword Exp 3 isn't that useful outside of leveling...

3* Matthew: +Def, -Res.

Also, I learned that if your barracks are full, you can't view a 5* unit's level 40 dialogue because the notification takes precedence. Tried to use some of my crystals since they cap at 999,999 with +Spd, -Def Subaki to give QR3 to Michalis since he was sitting around doing nothing for so long and Michalis has had an empty B slot ever since only to be greeted by the notification telling me about my barracks situation.

Sniped blue hoping to get Ephraim or S!Corrin, got a +SPD/-RES Shiro instead.

Aw, I wanted a Shiro and with that exact nature too because 33 speed on a tank with 35 defense is pretty dumb. If anything, he's voiced by Kaiji Tang and you could keep him around to see what refinement he'll eventually get. Watch his unique refinement be Fierce n' Steady Breath.

 

[Lorde]

Shiro doesn't really have desirable skills to fodder off.

Def Tactic is not bad, and iirc the only other unit that has it is RD!Ike. The tactic skills are pretty cool, even if I don't really have any experience with them

If you do decide to fodder him off, make sure to level him to 40 to get that confession for your Hero Catalog

 

[Ffamran]

Forgot about this: promoted Ephraim is going to return in April not March as the English description says. He's listed twice as returning in March and in April while in other languages, Gunnthra and Ike are said to be returning in March while Ephraim is returning in April. The English description is screwed up again and hilariously enough, it's the second time information about Ephraim is incorrect. So, if you really, really want Ephraim and/or a legendary hero of fire and you don't want to wait, then do what you will. I'd rather wait, especially since Ephraim will be a future CYL2 unit.

Anyway, has anyone heard the news of 2B, 9S, and A2 guest-starring in Star Ocean: Anamnesis? I'm not exactly sure what kind of game Anamnesis is, but I think it's a gatcha. The other thing is Fighting EX Layer's trailers for Blair, Jack, and Shadowgeist. Blair's fighting style looks really cool to me, so I'd probably main her if I ever play the game.

 

[Lorde]

So I think i'm going to give SoV another try and restart it again

Which classes should I make the villagers? I've done mercenary Gray, cleric Faye, mage Kliff, and archer Tobin both times I've attempted to play through the game, but idk if those are optimal.

Are there certain units I should either avoid or make sure to use? Idc about spoiling the playable units bc I already know most if not all of them

The only unit I insist on using is Jesse because he's super cute

 

[Buddhahobo]

Aw, I wanted a Shiro and with that exact nature too because 33 speed on a tank with 35 defense is pretty dumb. If anything, he's voiced by Kaiji Tang and you could keep him around to see what refinement he'll eventually get. Watch his unique refinement be Fierce n' Steady Breath.

Eh, I suppose so. It's just my "High Defense Blue Infantry" slot is pretty much covered so there's no real niche he fills. Shiro's got a 35/33 for his DEF/SPD, but I already have a +DEF B!Lucina (34/36) and while she's a bit lower, Fjorm (30/31) shouldn't be ignored due to her weapon, 34 res stat, and Ice Mirror.

Even if I keep the SS3 on him, that's 41 DEF on defense...or I could use my Steady Breath Lukas, who has 50 DEF on defense and a guaranteed Bonfire counterattack.

 

[Ffamran]

So I think i'm going to give SoV another try and restart it again

Which classes should I make the villagers? I've done mercenary Gray, cleric Faye, mage Kliff, and archer Tobin both times I've attempted to play through the game, but idk if those are optimal.

Are there certain units I should either avoid or make sure to use? Idc about spoiling the playable units bc I already know most if not all of them

The only unit I insist on using is Jesse because he's super cute

Efficiency runs and probably low turn runs crap on Atlas?, Boey, Clive, Delthea, Est, Forsyth, Lukas, Nomah, Sonya, and Valbar and some other units. Either it's because they take too long to get going or their base stats/unit types are considered bad for the purposes of an efficiency or a LTC run. Pretty much every mercenary is considered at least good because of how busted dread fighters are.

Here's a collection of analyses on SoV that is a bit dated because the creator played on the Japanese version and I think they had trouble reading some of the stuff like with the forging analysis missing out on certain other weapons you could probably obtain like the Zweihander which is considered to be a good end-game sword. Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/fireemblem/comments/6bye4u/sov_analysis_compilation/.

Serene's Forest probably has some threads that can help too.

The villager analyses should help if you want to pursue other classes, but Gray. Mercenary Gray is just that good compared to anything else Gray, but people have used him in other classes and he was fine. Also, kind of Faye for cleric since two early healers is helpful and she has access to Physic and Rescue. Knowing that mages don't gain any freaking movement unlike archers, I'd be inclined to lock Faye as a cleric if I ever do another playthrough assuming I finish the current one some day and maybe consider pegasus knight for her.

Kliff does well in every class. It's just that for efficiency runs, mage Kliff can have issues if he can't get enough speed level ups to counter spell weights. That's the main reason why mage Tobin is considered really good since he starts with a high base speed and gets Excalibur earlier than Kliff and that's pretty much all he needs for early, mid-game. Tobin will probably fall behind faster than Kliff because of his smaller spell list and because of his low speed growth. I'm using archer Kliff and he was pretty much busted for Alm's route. Although, I did spend some time leveling up the villagers to level 10 before reclassing them, so they all had some extra help.

If you want to use Atlas, treat him as either Reinhardt or more appropriately, Valentine's Roy, or another busted dread fighter. Archer Atlas just needs Killer Bow to go on a rampage with his high attack and high HP to abuse combat arts. Otherwise, he's a male villager, he can become a mercenary, and he can become a dread fighter. You could loop him as much as you until you decide what you want him to be if you wanted to. Cavalier Atlas works if you really want an early cavalier, but having experienced the horrors of the desert and swamp maps without more ranged units, well, more archers who could attack from faraway to mitigate the movement penalties, another melee unit having to slog their way through terrain doesn't seem useful to me. Mage Atlas's niche is learning Rescue which makes him the only other character besides Sonya and a left behind Faye to have movement assists on Celica's route. Also, he still hits hard and has a massive HP pool to abuse as a mage. Unfortunately, he'll be stuck with 4 movement and be surrounded by other mages. Soldier Atlas is probably something you shouldn't do. Ever.

One interesting idea I remember reading is to make use a pitchfork on either Boey or Mae to make Boey into a cavalier or something and Mae into a pegasus knight. Mae as a pegasus knight is supposedly something different even though Celica gets the Whitewings. Probably because Celica has a lot of mages and because mages and soldiers don't gain (absurd) movement like archers, cavaliers, and mercenaries, so having an early flier would be interesting.

Eh, I suppose so. It's just my "High Defense Blue Infantry" slot is pretty much covered so there's no real niche he fills. Shiro's got a 35/33 for his DEF/SPD, but I already have a +DEF B!Lucina (34/36) and while she's a bit lower, Fjorm (30/31) shouldn't be ignored due to her weapon, 34 res stat, and Ice Mirror.

Even if I keep the SS3 on him, that's 41 DEF on defense...or I could use my Steady Breath Lukas, who has 50 DEF on defense and a guaranteed Bonfire counterattack.

Well, it's kind of a problem when there are so many units in the game and certain types of units are pretty similar like whenever we get Aran, Great Master Azama, Great Lord Chrom using a lance, Danved, Devdan, Forsyth, Haitaka, etc., expect them probably end up as high defense lance infantry. I think Danved and Devdan would end up as mixed tanks, though, since I remember reading that his stats are fairly balanced.

Also, wouldn't Shiro have 45 defense when attacked? Bright Naginata's +4 Atk/Def and his default Steady Stance 3?