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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 20, 2006 21:20:25 GMT -5
Wow, I haven't seen Kodocha in ages. I mean, the last time I saw it was fan-subs on VHS.
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SNOW.
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 20, 2006 21:18:20 GMT -5
You mean this topic wasn't about:
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 20, 2006 21:16:07 GMT -5
Who says that 4Kids are out of the picture? Last time I heard, they just announced stopping licencing and dubbing anime, which VP isn't.
Also, the hell with that VP show. It sucks mucho Horstashio balls compared to the awesome game.
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 20, 2006 19:03:18 GMT -5
No, but the piñatas do engaging in fighting each other depending on the species, and certain piñata will eat other piñatas that are lower in the food chain.
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 20, 2006 14:41:42 GMT -5
...but the X360 is already occupied, DANGIT!
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 18, 2006 15:24:57 GMT -5
...because I thought the 2005 version was so passe( and sorta not that great)...
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 13, 2006 5:09:06 GMT -5
Not to mention:
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 10, 2006 21:33:23 GMT -5
I am very tempted to pay $10 to become a goon.
Very tempted...
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 10, 2006 18:32:09 GMT -5
GET HER DONE
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 8, 2006 19:35:01 GMT -5
...eh, I don't know...
I mean I'm a bit more interested Baten Kaitos II(which I heard really awesome things about), Valkyrie Profile 2, FFIII, Tales of the Abyss, and plus I'm still playing Contact and now FFV. And I'm probably going to look into getting FFXII after Christmas.
It's just that from some other RPGamers impressions is that the offline mode in PSU is just average. Is PSU availble for rental? I remember that I couldn't rent PSO in the past.
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 8, 2006 19:05:34 GMT -5
What the heck is wrong with Sonic Team? If they want to use a richer story so dang badly in one of their franchises they are in charage of, then how about using it in a new Phantasy Star? And I'm not talking about that Online/Universe stuff, I mean a real Phantasy Star in the same vein as PSI-IV. Phantasy Star Universe has an offline story just as rich and ect as the old PS games. That was the entire point. Pleasing oldschool fans and pso fans. But it is the offline mode as good as classic PS--particularly PS4? I mean there are a crud load of RPGs(as well as other games) I want to pick up and I'm hearing mixed reviews of PSU offline mode. Maybe it needed Phoenix Rie?
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 8, 2006 16:01:27 GMT -5
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 8, 2006 6:33:09 GMT -5
Shadow spoilersAnd yeah, you can say every fandom has there share of idiots and I wouldn't bat an eye if they are purged from the internets. I would start with the cleansing of the Harry Potter fandom. =D Though I guess it is almost easier to ignore from the other fandoms from other franchises I'm into because at least the majority of the products are still in high quality. That and it is sort of too late to for me to just jump out of the Sonic fandom since the MC IS A TRAP AND I CANNOT ESCAPE!!
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 8, 2006 5:15:45 GMT -5
What the heck is wrong with Sonic Team? If they want to use a richer story so dang badly in one of their franchises they are in charage of, then how about using it in a new Phantasy Star? And I'm not talking about that Online/Universe stuff, I mean a real Phantasy Star in the same vein as PSI-IV.
You know that series would actually benefit more than Sonic and no one would think of it as stupid.
For the record, I didn't care for the plot to SA2 either. Although, I have to admit I thought SA1 plot was ok at the time since it felt like an extention on what happened to Knuckles people since S3&K, and this was Sonic's first real entry in 3D so I was able to forgive ST on some issues I had with the game, and possibly I was younger and I had a larger tolerance to average stories in games/anime, or I was able to over look it because it was a platformer. It was nice that they gave some character development for Tails and Amy, though they dropped the ball ever since lol.
Gamma's tale was the best though. Probably the only really good story in any Sonic game I've played.
Though seeing as I said I like SA1 tale at the time and I haven't played SA1 in years, the above statements could be tinted with rose-colored glasses of nostalgia.
Maybe I need to replay SA1 again to point out why I liked it back in the day...or find out the sad realization that it didn't really age gracefully.
And I'm not so sure if naming the villian after an alternate name of the devil counts as vague religious symbolism--and why was Shadow... (ugh, I wish this board had spoiler tags also as it would make my job easier) S P O I L E R S P O I L E R ....crucified in the future? I mean, the first time I saw that scene I thought, WTF?!? is he actually...crucified?
So Sonic needs to emulate and to look towards FF how to do a modern day fantasy story? Ugh...
I've been thinking for a while on how a simplicistic yet, epic Sonic plot that involves human vs nature would work without being dismissed as totally idiotic from everyone who were turned off from the Sonic series since SA1. Though it would probably be too much of a bold move--and I mean a bold move as Sonic 2K6 would look "safe" in comparision.
Well from between the OMFG!?!? SHADOW IZ HOTIWANNADOHIM!!, the OMG Y DO REVIEWERZ H8T ON SONIC!!?!?! T____T, the OMG SONAMYTAILSSHADKNUXME 4EVAR, and the OMG!! THEY ARE NOT TRU SONIC FANS IF THE H8T THIS GAME!!! I think the Sonic Community has already been damaged.
Seeing if you want to stay in the community, I hope you are ready to accept our new idiot 14 year-old fanbrat overlords! This is who the new Sonic games are sadly mainly attracting. :-(
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 8, 2006 1:58:10 GMT -5
Yeah, and that'd take, what? All of two games before it got old? I've already heard my fair share of "Why does it always have to be about the Chaos Emeralds?" complaints. Imagine something even more drastically simplified! What's the use of all this new next-gen ability if you're going to squander it on something that simplistic? What does a game being on a next-gen machine have to do with the complexity of the plot? Plot of Mario Galaxy: Peach gets kidnapped by Bowser, travels from planet to planet, Mario travels from planet to planet to rescue her. Mario saves her at the end. That's it. However, traveling from planet to planet, the adventure that will most likely carries the game to larger-that-life poportions. Not the story. And assuming that Team ICO makes a PS3 game and it follows the same philosophy as ICO and SotC, the written plot will be simple, but the action itself throughout the game will be epic. Mario RPG plots are usually light-hearted and full of humorous bits. They do not try to get too "deep" or serious, or emo, or whatever. The only thing I can agree with you is that their are cheesy parts in the story. Everything else was sort of meh...like your average Tales of...plot(minus the racism). In fact, I read a post at another MB that this game actually does rip-off the plot of Tales of Destiny 2(JP). And the ending was BS mostly because that it felt like this lame story was a waste of time. I think it is because it seems to be executed poorly or being too serious given the franchise. I mean seeing that even people outside of the Sonic community thought that this story was BS--maybe, just maybe, it is an indication that Sonic may not be the right series for complex plots that features characters entering "Heaven" and killing "God" and "Satan"? I mean there was many different ways to tackle a fantasy plot and have it fit with the context of the franchise without making it ridiculous from an outsider's perspective. I mean, why not use the classic "Man/Machine vs. Nature" which is a theme some people intereperated since the first Sonic game. Eggman could even be the final boss again. Hell, Sonic could even be "inspired" by Miyazaki--more than it was in the past. No one complains when your game take cues from Miyazaki--just look at the Twilight Princess lovefest. And it is even more perfect seeing that talking animals dominate the main cast. You say that this is a bad thing.
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 7, 2006 14:23:02 GMT -5
The thread on SA rules I never said it was unenjoyable.
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 7, 2006 6:58:35 GMT -5
Well there seems to be a lot more people who disagree with your statement concerning Sonic and Mario. A franchise about a talking blue cartoon hedgehog that runs fast isn't in dire need of a overdramatic plot that attempts to be FF-lite/Xeno-lite. Besides, there are people who find the plot to Sonic 2K6 to be awful in general anyway. A good plot for Sonic doesn't need to rip-off from the latest Squarenix spiel or the other latest generic JRPG of the month. Nor being simplistic means it will lack a good experience. I mean Shadow of the Colossus and ICO was pretty simplistic in terms of plot, but it delivered a better sense of atmosphere than many, many games. S3&K seemed to have a decent transition of simple storytelling also. Sonic and Tails land on Angel Island, gets owned by Knuckles launching traps that sent you to the next level, Sonic finally confront Knuckles face to face and fight, Knuckles finds out he was tricked by Eggman and helps you, Sonic faces a final showdown with Eggman assuming you get all 7 chaos emeralds, and you get the good ending. And all this was done without the use of dialogue. As far as fantasy designs go, yep Sonic can do that as seen in Sonic Heroes, SA1 Twinkle Park, SA2 Pumpkin Hill for example. Also there should not be a clashing of art-direction like Sonic 2K6 suffers. I mean if they are going to put humans in the game, at least make them as close to cartoony as Sonic like Uekawa's drawing of the "Sonic" boy or Billy Hatcher not like generic realistic humans. I mean you complain about GAF threads about this game, but that nothing compared to the complaints at something awful. And that's only the second thread. Also no matter how much you complain about the folks who bitch about the state of Sonic, you have to admit that this franchise in terms of the console games is going downhill. The fact that they release an uncompleted game that is so full of bugs and crap that it makes it unfun to play doesn't really give me an assurance that Sega honestly care for this franchise--except when it brings in the monies from the 6-12 crowd lol. Maybe the console games need a real reboot(like the latest Tomb Raider game) from a more competitent developer team. This is assuming that Sonic Wii will also fail.
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 7, 2006 4:12:26 GMT -5
Nah. What you seeing Notebook is the exact audience Sonic Team is catering to for their new Sonic games.
That said, Viva Mario Mario!
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Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 5, 2006 2:01:03 GMT -5
Sonicaust!
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ABC
Dec 4, 2006 6:15:38 GMT -5
Post by Jolly Joes on Dec 4, 2006 6:15:38 GMT -5
or simple as do re mi
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