Jonnas

This 3D Tetris game kinda looks like Tetrisphere in parts. Speaking of, I would imagine Tetrisphere would actually look pretty cool in 3D. Also, I'm sorry, is that a block with hair and tits?

City of the Wolves canonically takes place in 2009. That kick canonically took place in 2014. We can infer that all of that Fatal Fury practise culminated in the 2014 kick. The deep lore checks out.

Ok, now that I've returned and settled in, I have... better articulated musings and questions. Why would they do this? Can't they just make a stage or some promotional costumes and call it a day? Why is this the first Portuguese character we ever see from a major fighting game franchise? (Soul Calibur's Setsuka is half-Portuguese, but she barely counts. Pocket Bravery has a proper Portuguese guy, but it's not a major franchise) WHY IS HE VOICED BY SOME SPANISH-SOUNDING BLOKE?! YOU IGNORANT AMERICAN MOTHERF- Is Cristiano Ronaldo fighting to inherit Geese's legacy? His fighting style is actually really cool-looking. I do legitimately enjoy mix-up/rekka characters, it's also a perfect fit for a football-based character. Are they going to keep this style in a different character going forward? Before this announcement, it was practically a certainty that the remaining characters were Hokutomaru, Jae Hoon, and Freeman. Because of this, we now know that one of them is neither on the starting roster, nor on the Season 1 DLC. Why would they do this to us? Why does he have a goalie move? Why is it a focus attack, of all things? That penalty kick ultimate is so bizarre. It's like... you're not hitting the goal, Cris. You're literally practicing how to aim that ball at the one spot it's guaranteed to not enter the goal. Did you think this through, Cris? Why does SIIIUUUUMMMM being used as a detonator actually looks really good? And why did they release the trailer while I was in Madeira? Are you stalking me, SNK?!

I know I'm a bit late to this, but... what the actual hell is this boxart!? The girl in the middle looks like an off-model animation frame. Did someone send an early draft in the mail by mistake? And then forced a colourist to make the best out of it? Good grief!

True that. The posts from this thread have a way of sticking in our minds. I swear, I still remember your old SMT IV post every time I look at my pledge. Thanks, Isabeau. I have enjoyed every sandwich I've eaten ever since you made this post.

I am currently on holiday in Madeira (Cristiano Ronaldo's hometown), and I am briefly interrupting it just to say: What the actual fuck!?

Uncharted Waters! That's a game that's been on my radar for a while now, I kept putting it off because it looks like such a long game. Now that it's on the NSO, I can play it in a more practical fashion. Eventually. Maybe. We'll put a pin on that.

I wish I managed to even play it This past year has been a rollercoaster in my life, and I haven't been giving any attention to newer fighting games (outside of the occasional Smash tourney, and a spell of time where I got to play some older Arcade games on a Pandora's Box for lunch break). Even City of the Wolves (a game I'm mega-hyped for) takes a backseat to other priorities. That said, I do like keeping up still. I stand that Azucena is the best newcomer: I've always loved the sillier and cookier side-characters from Tekken, and they're getting increasingly rare. On a related note, I really hope Bob is part of Season 2.

Yeah, Star Soldier (which I played on the NSO last year) is what this reminds me of! Same developers, I take it? That game definitely needed a way to make obstacles and environment more obvious to the player.

So I did! I've been going through several soundtracks more in-depth, looking for tracks to favourite, and it's kind of fascinating to explore soundtracks like this. Finding random tracks that are really cool in playlist format (OoT - Forest Temple), some memorable songs that just don't work in this format (Metroid Prime - Space Pirate battle), realising the particular scope of some soundtracks (so many FE7 tracks are cutscene-only, and only play for specific cutscenes at that), and noticing repeated leitmotifs... It's a pretty cool way to appreciate videogame music specifically. (And I haven't even built my playlists yet, I'm just adding stuff to favourites) I'm legit excited to see which game they add next.

Did the Salamence buff happen after Garchomp was banned to Ubers? Because it feels like this Outraged Salamence could've served as a decent check against Garchomp.

These have been fascinating reads so far. It's such a curious console, the Virtual Boy. Horrible colour scheme (among other things), but it was such an innovative concept at the same time.

This has been an excellent journey, very enjoyable to accompany, and I was very glad to have been part of it Nostalgic in many parts, and informative in many others.

Could Nintendo's tech support help with something? Sometimes, batteries just die like that. Incidentally, does this also happen when the Switch is currently plugged in? From experience, even with a dead battery, devices can still turn on while they're charging.

One of the few things I knew about 4th Gen meta was that Machamp had a niche as a DynamicPuncher. It's one of my faves, hence why I knew. I kept reading Glen's write-up, waiting for him to say why this moveset had become such an issue as of late... and apparently, nothing in particular happened. Just, after several years of DynamicPunch Machamp being a thing, some folk decided it was too much to deal with, and banned him to Ubers? It's weird how a metagame evolves, sometimes. It's like DK and Yoshi recently becoming high tiers in Melee, despite nothing about the game changing.