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And so it begins, Banpresto's grand glorious swan song of the PS2 era. Anyhew, some things for both Brunom and DrPepper: Brunom: Regarding Xabungle: one thing not really mentioned in the game (I think you find out in an easily missed off-hand comment or a character bio) is that Xabungle is following its recap movie timeline, as Arthur Rank is alive and well. I only spoil it since Xabungle is denoted as post-series. DrPepper: That's the Nemo being used by the AEUG. They are based on the GM, but (IIRC) outperform the GM II in-universe. I can't wait for both of you to reach Eureka 7 territory, so we can see why it's so much better than its Z2 appearance. Aside from Pocket Full of Rainbows' plot being a gigantic pile of poo poo, that is.
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Oh Garrod.  But yeah, the Panthers are kind of poo poo. They're barely better than the Dogozzos and pilots like Sara and Gauli desperately need something else to be better. Thankfully, this game provides us with that opportunity later on. Unlike K where Sara, Gauli and Bello are mostly stuck with their Panthers for....roughly 70% of the game.  And now we have an interesting VA of note: Enge's VA Tsuyoshi Koyama. As Brunom pointed out, he voices Bang Shishigami from Blazblue, and is friends with Tomokazu Sugita (who will be showing up in this game later on). What makes Koyama notable is that whenever he guests on Sugita's radio show....."things"...happen. Usually masturbation jokes and other crude humor. Get these two together with their other friend, Yuuichi Nakamura....and things go to hell in record time.
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Dec 15, 2013 22:29
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Dec 15, 2013 22:55
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Alacron posted:Oh god she's going to fall in love with Gainer and become his creepy stalker isn't she? But keep this in mind: this is Happy Tomino we're dealing with here, not Severely Depressed and Bitter Tomino.
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Dec 15, 2013 23:03
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Corrections! The non-ZAKU units you fight are the GuAIZ R, an upgrade to the GuAIZ from SEED. That amounts to changing the shield they carry to have one beam saber port instead of a two-blade claw and adds hip railguns. So...basically it's an equipment upgrade. And yes, the SEED Destiny ZAKUs are capitalized on purpose. Because the Cosmic Era has quite possibly the most largest, loudest, and craziest raging boner for acronyms I have ever seen in any medium.
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Dec 18, 2013 02:04
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Brunom1 posted:Huh...I never knew about that.
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And thus we begin the first part of the friendship between Garrod and Gainer. They'll gain a third Setsuko's route has a similar setup, along with an additional set involving Setsuko herself interacting with others.
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Dec 21, 2013 03:49
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Wounded Land posted:Also, Hey You isn't the show's ED, but it seriously should've been, it's just so good. Also, I find it funny watching the art styles clash. Look at Garrod vs. Geraba. Geraba's so...wide compared to Garrod.
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Dec 22, 2013 21:50
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Ah, the RNG's spite has arisen. I have a feeling this is only the beginning of Dr Pepper's love-hate relationship with the RNG. And Lunamaria is off to a good start on that. So, those green mechs the Titans use are called the Hizack. It's....literally an Earth Federation/Titans attempt at making the mobile suit that nearly kicked their asses senseless in the One Year War, the Zaku. There are two colorations: green (Titans) and navy blue (Earth Federation); yes, the green ones are exclusive to the Titans, as opposed to the deep blue colors that most of the Titans' mechs use (with the red Gabaldy Beta used by Lila being another exception).
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Dec 29, 2013 01:56
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Blaze Dragon posted:And man, talking about bad things in Zeta, that song. That song is really drat bad. In my current playthrough I just changed the BGM of every Zeta character to IGNITED, because that means I don't put every Zeta animation off because I don't want to hear that song.
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Dec 29, 2013 03:39
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Brunom1 posted:I'm pretty sure "Zeta Activates" was the one that played with Waverider Crash in Alpha Gaiden. It was in Advance as well, but A Portable had to change it to one of the insert BGMs because of the licensing crap.
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Dec 29, 2013 04:16
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And now we've been given a preview of Zambot 3's protagonist, Kappei Jin. Yes folks, he's pretty much a little poo poo in his own series, if not worse. And oh dear sweet Keisar Ephes does Kappei have a GIGANTIC ego about being a giant robot pilot. We'll see when Zambot 3 (the actual robot) first appears.
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Jan 4, 2014 03:19
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Rabidredneck posted:Robotech was actually an interesting experiment. They took three completely unrelated series (Macross, The Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada) and basically tied them all together into a single storyline. And most people would agree they did a pretty good job of it. A lot of people credit the Robotech series as being their introduction to anime. As impressive as Robotech is, it's what Harmony Gold has done with the licenses that has gotten people upset.
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Jan 4, 2014 22:32
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Hunter Noventa posted:Though that is only half the story. Apparently it would cost more to license the Fire Bomber songs of Macross 7 than the series itself, or so I hear. Granted, with Harmony Gold in the way it's a less than zero chance, but still.
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Jan 4, 2014 23:42
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Blaze Dragon posted:But PLANET can never be an acronym for Productive Location Ally on Nexus Technology or People Liberation Acting Nation of Technology!
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Jan 9, 2014 22:47
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Astro Nut posted:Not to mention, every mobile suit in SEED outside of a couple of Gundams (such as the aforementioned Freedom) is powered by glorified batteries because of the Neutron Jammer nonsense. Combat literally cannot last longer than several minutes before one's energy supply goes flat. I forget the exact details, but the Neutron Jammers (as described in-series/liner notes) only stop a certain part of an electrical/nuclear reaction, while the rest of the equation is never mentioned nor addressed, but is still affected by the jammers. Despite modern science stating that the reaction would continue on even with the one part being jammed as described. So yeah, the big overarching energy crisis in the Cosmic Era, and a big background plot point? It literally boils down to "It works this way Because Shut UpTM". No wonder the people who worked on SEED/Destiny don't want to explain how the in-series technology works.
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Jan 10, 2014 23:42
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Yeeeaaaah, about the Japanese Beast Wars dub......it's poo poo. As in, "let's rewrite EVERY GODDAMN THING to make Beast Wars into a slapstick comedy" kind of poo poo. No, I am not kidding; they took David Kaye's wonderful Megatron performance and turned the character into a coward afraid of going into combat. I wish I was making this up. Not sure what happened to Dinobot in the dub...but suffice to say that he probably wasn't spared the rewrite axe. As for the new recruits, glad to see the proper Eureka 7 crew here. Watch the Nirvash in particular as we go along. If you've been reading Caphi's Z2.1 LP, you're slowly going to realize the other reason why the E7 cast there was such a disappointment. Aside from the E7 movie being a gigantic insulting pile of poo poo, that is. Oh, and since someone will ask this question: Yes, the stuttering on Storywriter is intentional. The original track from the show had it as well.
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Jan 12, 2014 18:52
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So, you know how Kappei was showing off to Aki and Michi in this update? In the show, he's dancing in celebration (in the Zambo Ace) barely TWO FEET AWAY from the girls, who are on the ground by the Zambo Ace. Seriously, one wrong move, and Kappei crushes two of his friends by being a cocky rear end in a top hat. I'm amazed Tomino didn't go for that option. Speaking of the Kappei Being An rear end in a top hat ShowTM (yeah, that program's going to be running for a while), that jab at Glory Star and Team Grendizer about being able to handle himself? Yeah, he has a much worse and even meaner reaction to two future Zambot 3 characters appearing later on, if you can imagine it.
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Jan 21, 2014 23:49
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First off, gently caress the Frost Brothers and fire them into the Sun. Secondly, I love how they still keep Gwen's "Laura" habit. The short version of this is: Loran was supposed to be female in the original Turn-A draft, but Sunrise laughed this idea off and told Tomino to change Loran's gender. Gwen calling Loran "Laura" constantly is basically Tomino's way of getting the last laugh while being subtle about it.
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Jan 24, 2014 00:04
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Mister Olympus posted:No, that's just Gwen being Gwen and unable to deal with his sexuality. The Loran concept art is, if anything, more masculine than the final design. What you have there is the beginnings of the Loran as we know AFTER Tomino was told to change Loran's gender per Sunrise's decree.
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BlitzBlast posted:Also still surprised people have a reaction to the Frost Brothers beyond "hahaha those losers".
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Montegoraon posted:Watching that hotel scene, it suddenly struck me that the plot of Gundam Seed Destiny would... make more sense? I'm not sure if that's the right way to put it. It'd be fitting, I guess, to cross it over with Metal Wolf Chaos, and replace Copeland with RICHARD! He'd fit right in with the rest of Logos, and Copeland is a particularly bland side character.  But then, that's (one of) the problems with SEED/Destiny that got carried over to SRW. Unless you're either Djibril or Azrael, pretty EVERYONE from the Cosmic Era Earth Federation government outside of named (military) characters are blank faces/off-screen mentions in SRW. Flay's father George Allster, (i.e., Copeland's predecessor) is never seen in Alpha 3, J, or W, despite being referenced a few times. Hell, you SEE the ship he's on in Alpha 3 get blown up, but Allster never gets a portrait; J and W just straight up kill him off-screen. Copeland's lucky that Z stopped for a second and actually GAVE him a portrait instead of making him President Generic McRedShirt.
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Spiritus Nox posted:I enjoyed Sandman in my runthrough, but I'm looking forward to actually getting some straight translation of the guy.
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Brunom1 posted:Sandman is voiced by Sho Hayami (a.k.a. Bleach's Aizen, Macross' Max Genius and our very own Kei, from Orguss).  That's the problem I have with Hayami and Koyasu. They have very, VERY similar vocal ranges, especially when it comes to deep voices.
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Small voice actor correction: Tetsu Inada DOES NOT voice Rai and Feil, just Elzam and Ratsel. Ryotaro Okiayu voices Rai and Feil. Inada does voice Tytti's wolf familiars, Frecki and Geri. And is the voice of Doggie Kreuger from Dekaranger (aka, Power Rangers SPD).
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Blaze Dragon posted:I haven't watched Zambot 3 but what I'm getting from this is that literally everyone in that show is a giant dick. And I thought Zeta was bad! And now we are getting to GodSigma, one of the big surprises of Z1's cast list. And one of the first of several VA recastings. But, one of the more interesting ones.
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Brunom1 posted:Denzel's line makes me curious, though: how many colony drops had the UC folk tried to do before Zeta Gundam started? I didn't watch most UC shows... And now we meet Toshiya proper, and boy does his recasting come with an interesting story. As the story goes, Tomokazu Seki was around Banpresto's offices recording some lines (I forget for what exactly) and overheard that GodSigma was being chosen for the game. He immediately turned to the producers and begged for the Toshiya role, as Seki was a big fan of the show when he was younger. And lo and behold, Banpresto went with it.
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Fun fact about Lily Borjarno: Almost nobody ever calls her simply by her first name. It's always "Ms. Borjarno" or "Lily Borjarno". She commands that much of a level of respect and control. And now we're getting to Aquarion, which has its ups and downs. On the one hand, with the right amount of management, Aquarion (the unit) is probably one of the most hilariously broken units in the game. On the other hand....its story is...just plain weird. "Shoji Kawamori tripping on all of the drugs" doesn't even begin to describe it. And that's before taking into account its sequel, Aquarion EVOL.
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Feb 12, 2014 23:05
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Glazius posted:So why is Aquarion good for fighting the Cherubim? Does it get some kind of native-series bonus, or is it just that it's immune to their biggest schtick, the melee-range debuffs? Basically, if you get Apollo's Ace Bonus, couple that with some appropriate training with the Aquarion cast to take advantage of the Elements System, the Fallen Angels will fall like dominoes. As will almost every opponent Aquarion faces. It is just THAT powerful, provided you abuse its special traits.
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Dr Pepper posted:This game doesn't have Ace Bonuses. It has Squad Leader Bonuses, which are always active. I mentioned that I get those terms mixed up, right? Because I do.
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Feb 20, 2014 23:09
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Daler Mehndi posted:Shinn just can't catch a break. And the two times Shinn's been screwed over was because SEED Destiny was played straight (Scramble Commander 2) or rushed through in order to focus on other stuff (K). Then again, rushing through the plot is basically K's modus operandi: "Want to enjoy the plot? Too bad, onto the next plot point! And stop complaining!"
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Feb 25, 2014 23:09
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quote:More to the point, why is this guy Sato trying to destroy the Earth? He says that this colony is his daughter's grave, and it must go down in purifying fire for the world to change. And yet, we're not even at the point where Destiny truly derails into bad comedy and lovely fanfiction. This is the point where the wheels start clattering in the lead-up to the derailment. Thankfully, Z takes steps to bring the train back on track...provided you do the right things.
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Glazius posted:You'd think with as many SRW games as he's been in, Bright would just start cutting people off in the middle of their politics rants.
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sunburnedcrow posted:I must have been watching Aquarion wrong, because it always felt to me that Silvia had a one-sided love for her brother. Basically, Celianne's reincarnation was not a 1-to-1 transfer of past memories/details/characteristics as described by Silvia.
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So, yes. We've seen two of Aquarion's special attacks, Mugen Punch and Moonsault Attack. If anyone is watching the series, I'd just like to give a heads-up: Mugen Punch is the most level-headed of these crazy attacks. Yes, the "punch the fucker into the Moon" attack is the most sane attack Aquarion uses (in-show and here) to defeat the Cherubim. Just let that sink in for a moment.
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You know how we've been talking about mechs that can break the game in half like Aquarion? We've just met one of the other pilots that break the game in half alongside Apollo: Kei. His Ace Bonus is amazing in its own right, but his eventual upgrade (and the aforementioned "exploit") coupled with Kei knowing Attack Again off the bat turns him into a goddamn murder machine. Granted, Kei sorta falls behind Apollo in this category simply because Apollo can take advantage of the stats of his co-pilots and get really insanely powerful attacks as we progress. On the flipside, Apollo's Ace Bonus is very series-specific, whereas Kei's applies to 99.9% of enemies from this point forward, making the gap between them shorter. Oh, and if Kei flirting with Setsuko made you groan a little, he ain't stopping anytime soon. It's his Endearing Character TraitTM.
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Spiritus Nox posted:Doesn't help that Orguss' music comes off as really boring, at least as it's used in this game. However, the other Orguss BGM used in the game? That I will gladly fight you over. 
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Glazius posted:Oh lord. Ripping a hole in the universe to protect a strategic asset? Disproportionate response, anyone?
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thetruegentleman posted:Out of curiosity, is Kei really so stupid that he thought he could outrun a bomb named more or less, "erase all existence"? Or is there even a remotely good explanation for why flipping that switch could seem even remotely a good idea? Except, things went way, WAY worse here than they did in Orguss proper.
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So yeah, welcome to a big fanservice chapter. Neo and the Extendeds are here just so you can have fun with them. And allow Chaos and Abyss to have at least one game where you control them. Sadly, this is (as of now) the only time you can control those two Gundams.  I love that even Edel thinks Djibril is plain crazy.
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