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Alacron posted:Aw poo poo, are we doing SRW Fantasy Casting already? I was thinking more actual mecha stuff, size M and up, but Cyborg 009/XJ-9/MGR Raiden could all work as iczer type units. that is a lot of S/SS units youre suggesting. Also and Ace Combat. And dont make the Iron Giant fight
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Alacron posted:Aw poo poo, are we doing SRW Fantasy Casting already? If we're doing this, I still want Xenogears and Xabungle in the same game. The Ethos and the Innocent have way too much in common not to do this.
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Xenogears and G Gundam need to hang out together just to see Master Asia and Fei kick robots to death while on foot and it'd be fun to see his reaction to Fei going all ID on him too.
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EclecticTastes posted:I just looked Muv Luv up and for context for people who don't know, it's also porn. It's... sorta porn? It has pornographic scenes but (with one exception) they reek of "this was included solely because people expect VNs to be porn". The real meat is in the character development. And the awesome robots. I wouldn't put the actual core Muv-Luv in, but Total Eclipse (anime version) or The Day After would both be great. Muv-Luv mechs are mostly based on IRL military aircraft; Total Eclipse is basically Top Gun with giant robots. And the animated Su-47 is amazing beyond all belief. (It was an Su-37 in the VN but the anime gave the Scarlet Twins an Su-37 by default and had them upgrade into an Su-47 when they got their Four on.) There's also a joke sidestory VN which is Muv-Luv but with Saint Seiya and G Gundam, and the final hero mecha is a Susanowo made by combining three fighter jets. It's amazing.
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Dragonturtle posted:Xenogears and G Gundam need to hang out together just to see Master Asia and Fei kick robots to death while on foot and it'd be fun to see his reaction to Fei going all ID on him too. Master Asia and Grahf as evil buddies.
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On the Nya-talk, I just realized we could have gotten a catgirl, complete with standard speech-pattern. So considering that, what we have here isn't so bad after all. Still, I'm looking forward to the continuing adventures of Joey, his Occult buddy, somewhat generic military guys and 'we're totally not spies.' As for Muv-Luv, I can't say I'm exactly familiar with the series beyond the basics. Visual novel that got turned into a few tv-shows a while back. But I've seen pictures of the giant robots and while I like them, I do have to say that they're all too similar to each other. The same general curves and shapes, the same honking hip-thrusters. Maybe it's just a familiarity thing. And to jump on the bandwagon of 'SRWs that will never happen but we would like to see anyway', here's a random top-10 pulled from memory. SRW 'HIWTWH' (How I Wished This Would Happen) 1) Kuromukuro: There once was a samurai, he served his princess. Then demons came from the skies, burned his castle and murdered a lot of people. Everyone actually, except for said princess who shows up with a giant robot and tells him to get in and kill some demons, who also have giant robots. One prologue swordfight and a few hundred years later, our samurai wakes up. Turns out the demons are coming back and they brought some more giant robots to swordfight. Also, there's someone who looks a lot like his princess and either is her with amnesia, or won the genetic lottery to the point princess' giant robot can't tell the difference. Which is convenient, as said giant robot needs two to party and is quite picky about who has the ignition-key. What follows is a tale of giant robot swordfights and a guy out of time trying to adapt to modern life. Turns out that modern life is the easy part. 2) Galient TV-version: It starts out very generic fantasy. Evil wizard kills noble king, loyal retainer escapes with his first-born baby-son, yada-yada. Then it makes a screeching halt and u-turns into sci-fi. Evil wizard turns out to be a space-criminal, which is why he knows how to use all the ancient artifacts lying around (mostly, his siege-towers of doom are armed by planting some medieval-style catapults on the top deck.). The hero's mentor is a space-cop trying to get around the prime directive etc. Oh, and I've got the impression that said mentor built the ancient robot of legend, about a month before the plot starts. The timing of her arrival, wizard's attack on the free people's last hide-out and prince gets in the giant robot would be too perfect otherwise. 3) Galient OVA-version: Cause when you have one Galient, you can have two. This version goes full fantasy and can be summed up as follows. "If a man uses the demon machines to conquer the world, Galient will come and murder the hell out of him. So let's quickly stop using the demon machines now that we've only conquered most of the world and hopefully loophole that faith." "I don't want to." 5 minutes later "Oh crap, Galient is here and murdering the hell out of us." No roller-skates, no beam cannons. Just an unstoppable force of god that will slowly walk up and murder you, only pausing for said murdering before marching on. Also tornadoes. 4) Maze something,something: A girl called Maze gets sent to a fantasy-world, with house but without most of her memories. There it turns out that she's a wizard, and there's a princess from a recently overthrown kingdom who needs an escort. Also, said princess can summon a not so giant robot, of the biological magitek kind. The bad news is that Maze is really not on board with all this fighting business. The good news is that at night she turns into a guy also called Maze, who name aside, is actually a different person and LOVES a good scrap. Too bad he is kind of a jerk and girl Maze is very aware of what he's doing. She just can't do anything about it beyond yell from inside his head. This show has good music, the main mecha looks different (some sort of angel-winged bug-demon), it has a narcissistic bad-guy called Gorgeous and I probably like it more than it deserves. In an SRW I think they'd have to use Gundam X's day/night system where the pilot and abilities change depending on what time it is. And in the game they can minimize all the cringy stuff of EVERYONE wanting girl Maze and not taking no for an answer. Or the incest-theme that crops up in the later part, or most of the things guy Maze does that doesn't involve fireballing bad guys. A lot of things really. Did I mention that I like this show more than it deserves? 5) Gundam X: No real reason for this one. I haven't actually seen this series so I can't claim I like the show or anything. But since I listed one show that can use a day/night system, let's add another. Also, there needs to be at least one Gundam show. 6) Yamato 2520: Cause we need a ship-only series now and this show needs a proper ending. 7) God Mars:Now with on-foot action. Watch our psychic hero teleport, give electric handshakes and shoot needles out of his 80s pompadour! Also, maybe a bit more animation than last time. 8) Escaflowne: It's clockwork fantasy with beautiful clockwork robots, one of which turns into a dragon, and a guy who I'll always think died because he was too badass for the show he was in. Also if it is included, we can safely say that everything is the protagonist's fault for always expecting the worst. 9) Dunbine: I like giant bug-bots. Enough said. I might revise my opinion after seeing it in the upcoming game they recently announced. 10) L-Gaim: Never got far, but it's about a guy who is really determined to fulfill the dying wish of random bandit that tried to murder him and steal his giant robot 5 minutes earlier. So join our hero for a romp through the solar system, accompanied by wannabe rockstar, wannabe actress turned con artist, elite soldier who is easily persuaded by the power of love and a fairy stolen from a circus. Watch as they randomly piss off the military and pretty much start a big war. All to deliver a ton of money to an interplanetary arms-dealer who's probably a bad guy. Also, because I listed Dunbine we get identical-looking fairy shenanigans. Excluding Gundam X and Dunbine, I'd say Kuromukuro has the highest chance of getting into a game someday simply because it is the most modern on my list.
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  We open up aboard the Elshank, with Gameran reporting that they’re about to enter Earth’s atmosphere. The ship’s crew has grown since last we saw them, with Mike (blonde) and Joe hyped as no one’s business to finally fulfill their dream of reaching on Earth. Same goes for Rennie (blue hair) and Damian, as it’s their first time laying eyes on the beautiful planet. At the very least Joe’s lived there while he was a small kid before his family took part in the Mars colonization – the other three spent nearly all their lives on the red planet. And from what Joe remembers, life on Earth was a whole lot better than that hellhole Mars: it’s got blue skies and oceans, the air is clear, it’s got greenery, and everything! “This is our homeworld!,” Joe proclaims, “How long have I been looking forward to this day…!” Gameran, however, sniffs at their giddiness and points out that their situation is still just as bad as it was before. As Ylbora reminds them, the Elshank’s pursuers aren’t limited to just The Boom Army anymore (who’ve been chasing them ever since they left Planet Ladorio) – the earthling armies of the Martian Development Bureau are also gunning for them. Sure, but that’s why Joe’s childhood friend is currently talking with the Federation’s bigwigs. He’ll sort things out. “Hmph. You’ll have to excuse me if I don’t put much stock in the friends of people like yourself,” Ylbora harrumphs.  Before Joe can get in his face for that, Shaff steps in and tells them to pipe down. She reminds them of all the hardships they’ve overcome to get here and Princess Romina says they must, first and foremost, focus on reaching the surface safely. The Elshank’s kylhasium is running dangerously low, as Ylbora points out – if they find themselves in combat down there, they might be unable to defend themselves. Indeed, and Joe is doing what he can to try and prevent hostilities from breaking out, no? He and his group have been, and are being, very helpful for the Ladorians, so Romina wants them to trust in Joe’s friend. Ylbora concedes her point, and Joe inwardly asks Ronin to come through – their fates are lying on his hands!  Unfortunately, by the Federation parliament, things aren’t looking good. Ronin’s testified that the Elshank isn’t hostile – rather, it’s come to Earth seeking aid – but Hester points to the info presented by Director Hazard (the real ugly dude). Indeed, Hazard has photographic evidence of the Elshank assisting in a terrorist act with Joe Maya, Rennie Ai, Mike Coil and Damian, a known member of the Martian North Pole’s guerilla. The damage caused by those four is incalculable. Ronin calls bull, yelling that they’d never do anything of the sort, but Hazard asks if he only says that because one of the terrorists is an old friend of his. Oh, yes, Hazard knows much about Ronin, the son of the former director of the Martian Development bureau.  All that being said, Ruri speaks up and says she has a few questions regarding Hazard’s report. Shirin agrees, and an investigation of their own indicated that Martian Development Bureau, i.e. Hazard and his people, have made a habit of abusing and exploiting the colonists. Couldn’t what he calls “terrorist acts” be, instead, described as the people rising against his oppression? Hazard is APALLED by the accusation, saying he’s not oppressing – rather, he’s simply maintaining order. First off, he figures we should also know that some of the colonists have undergone genetic manipulation to better adapt to their environment, so referring to them as “people” is a stretch. These are violent insurgents, so a few firm measures have to be taken to control them. Cagalli calls Hazard out on his antiquated notions, reminding him that the Federation was created precisely to reflect on their past mistakes and work towards removing war and discrimination from our society. Hazard gives her a condescending smirk – what a fitting speech for the Representative of Orb, the eternally neutral nation! Is he going somewhere with his sass? He is: Hazard has heard “dark rumors” that she’s been dealing with a rather questionable group of mercs under the table. Where were her lofty ideals then? Cagalli fumes at him and Hester calls for silence. The purpose of this committee was to decide on what to do about the aliens, not to butt heads with one another. That’s fine with Ronin and, in that case, he wants her, as secretary-general and representative of the Federation Government, to inform her opinion on this. It is…  Yeah, the Federation’s decided to tag the Elshank as a threat and Ruri sighs to Alex that the Skrugg invasion is making the people progressively more anti-alien by the day. To say nothing of the exceptionally strong lobbying the Mars Development Bureau has madein regards to this matter. Indeed, and Cagalli is outraged that Hazard was allowed to speak as he did. Ronin apologizes for worsening the ladies’ political standing – since he personally requested their help here – but Shirin says crying over spilt milk won’t get us anywhere. Rather, they must now act quick to avoid the worst case scenario. But won’t it be very difficult to overturn the government’s decision? True, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have any cards to play. Shirin will tap in her old Katharon contacts and put Hazard under the microscope. She’s certain she’ll find some evidence to expose him. While Shirin does her work, though, Ruri says we’ll need to make sure the Elshank is kept safe. Cagalli will see to that, though she’d also like Ruri to allow the ship to land by Arkham City for a while. That can be arranged, but Ruri’s curious as to why she wants that. It’s just so the Elshank can rendezvous with its escorts, and Cagalli asks Alex to contact “them” again. They should be working around that area.  Over by the battleship C-Terahertz, Grathan is trying and failing to contact The Boom’s homeworld, and curses Romina for forcing him to travel all the way to the galactic boonies. And, surprise, Hazard is evil and calls in to report. Grathan flips out at the sudden appearance of his ugly mug and the Director laughs at how mean he is. Regardless, Hazard relates that the government’s decided to treat the Elshank as hostile aliens; moreover, The Boom Army’s mechs have been officially incorporated into the Martian Peacekeeping Forces, so they can now operate openly on Earth. That’s wonderful for Grathan, so he orders Hazard to send them after the Elshank immediately – lest he forget, the only reason they managed to reach this planet in the first place was due to his screw-ups on Mars. Hazard promises not to disappoint and signs off. Grathan grunts at the greedy little snake – his rotten nature is perfectly reflected across his hideous face.  And by the California base, Graham runs in and tells Arnie and Jin that they’ve just been ordered to intercept and sink the alien ship. That said, the caveat is that they’re not to attack the bridge – seems to Jin the brass wants them to capture the aliens inside, then. Novel agrees with him and figures that, while capturing them alive would be ideal, not blowing up the bridge would, worst comes to worst, at least allow them to recover the aliens’ corpses. Arnie isn’t too happy with being ordered to sink a ship that hasn’t, as of yet, shown any signs of hostility. Why aren’t they even giving them a warning or anything? Graham understands where he’s coming from, but the Skrugg have set a bad precedent: it’ll be too late if we wait until they actively attack us before reacting. Maybe, but… “What’s with that wishy-washy attitude, man? We’re soldiers, aren’t we?! Who’s gonna protect the people if we don’t?!” Jin argues. Arnie inwardly agrees with him as a soldier, but as a person…  Cut to the Arkham City church, Kurou is grumpy over the hell he went through yesterday because of that grimoire; the idea of a robot powered by magic shows Denton that his previous assessment of fact being stranger than fiction was right on the money. Oh, and Joey notices that Saya and Richard have been gone for a bit, but Lina relates that, apparently, they went grocery shopping. Those two seem to have a habit of just up and leaving at the drop of a hat, Kurou notes – even yesterday, when they ran off somewhere while everyone was smack-dab in the middle of that mess. Psy figures it’s simpler not to stress over them. Rather, he wants to know what happened to that sorcerer girl that was with Kurou. “Hell if I know! I never wanna see that pest again!” Kurou harrumphs.  ”That may be an issue, considering you established a covenant with me,” says the suddenly appearing Al. Where did she come from?! Why, Kurou didn’t honestly believe he could escape her, did he? Their covenant means she’s always with him. “But I never agreed to any of this!” Kurou cries. Meanwhile, Joey confirms to Denton that that’s the girl who came falling out of the sky yesterday. Leica walks in, having heard Kurou’s yells from the other room and asks if something’s the matter. “Oh, and just who is this darling little girl? A friend of yours?” she asks. “I am not his friend. Rather, I am his property,” Al answers… immediately worrying the nun. Could she please not give Leica the wrong idea?! “I’m soorryy, master! Are you going to punish me again?!” That’s not helping. As Leica freaks out over Kurou finally showing his “true colors”, he swears up and down that this is NOT like that at all! “Pleeease don’t leave me alone, master! I promise I’ll do anything you ask!” Leica is now praying for Kurou’s soul, who’s starting to fall in a daze. Denton, however, is quite amazed at the fearsome powers of a forbidden grimoire. Was this one of her spells at work?! Joey doesn’t know. Thankfully for Kurou, something explodes outside.  Mission 4 – The Wings Have Landed   : Waaah! : Urk…! : Your Highness, are you hurt?!: I-I’m fine! And more importantly…! : Wh-What are The Boom and Earth’s forces doing here?! : That looks an awful lot like an ambush to me! : The hell’s going on, Ylbora?! : That’s what I want to ask you! Wasn’t it your “friend” who told us to descend on these coordinates?!: Ronin?! No, I haven’t heard from him yet…: Then who…?! : Sir Ylbora, we’ve clearly been deceived by that Earthling named Ronin!: You take that back right now! He’d never do anything like that!: This is hardly the time for a debate! We must find a way out of here…!: Kch… We’ll go and work something out!*Joe and co. leave.* : Joe…! : (The aliens aren’t firing back. Are we really doing the right thing…?) : All troops, focus fire solely on the ship’s engine sections!: Maj. Graham…?!: Settle down, Ensign. If we just damage their engine, we can fulfill our orders to sink the ship without taking any of the crew’s lives. : Y-Yes, sir, Major. Copy that! : Hold on there… the aliens are about to start fighting back, I think.: ?! Huh…?!  SRW UX - Love Survivor  : drat it all! We finally get to Earth and this is the welcome we get?! : I don’t doubt Hazard’s fed the Federation a bunch of lies! : But what now?! Way this is going, we’re really gonna end up a bunch of rebels!: Save that for later! They’re the ones who fired first! : Those are… UX’ units?!: Wh-Who’re those?! : Do you read me, alien mechs? I’m Maj. Richard Krueger of the Unknown Xtrikers! : “Unknown Xtrikers”…?: The powers that be hired us to back you up! That means we’re friendly, okay?: Alright, Joe! We finally got some help!: Yeah, and I’m sure we got Ronin to thank for this!: Maj. Graham, what’s going on…?!: The UX are siding with the aliens, as surprising as it might be…!: I’d hoped to avoid this, but now we’ve no choice. Engage and destroy the alien battleship, their mobile weapons and the UX units!: Ensign Spencer, roger!: (Hrm… Is that really the only way?!) : That’s both the ace from Center City and those two mechs with accelerated particle engines...: Yesterday’s friend is today’s enemy, I guess. Sorry, but I’m not cutting you any slack! As usual, destroy everything without losing anyone. A wee bit harder than the previous missions, but still not by much. We’ve got a bevy of The Boom mechs up ahead plus some GN-XIV, none of which are particularly powerful (though the Banks got a decent amount of HP and can apply the Attack Down debuff!). Richard and the Elshank crew can easily tear through them, though do be mindful of the deceptively hidden water pools right in the center of the map – you might send your units underwater and not even realize it until it’s too late. Arnie, Jin and Graham are, of course, the only real threats here and you only need to down one for the plot to kick in. Arnie’s by far the easiest to drop (though he hits hard), but I’d advise going after Jin if you can as he’ll drop a Hit & Away Skill Part, whereas Arnie only has Counter. Graham has a Celestial Being: The Movie, but that’s not all that important. Do remember that Arnie knows Support Defend, so he’ll readily cover for his mates if he’s near them.  Elshank (Romina, Ylbora, Shaff) Pilot Skills: Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 All Attack L1 Command L1 Spirit Commands – Romina: Trust (信頼) – restores 30% HP of the target ally. Mercy (てかげん) – if the attacker’s Skill stat is greater than the defender’s, the defender will survive a killing blow with 10 HP. Spirit Commands – Ylbora: Accelerate Strike Spirit Commands – Shaff: Cheer (応援) – target unit earns double exp from the next battle Focus Mech Features: Resupply Module Squad Bonus: Money earned +10%, HP +500 (Money +20%, HP +1000, 1250 Barrier, Movement +1) Romina’s Voice Actress: Sumi Shimamoto (other roles: Ginrei in Giant Robo, Maria in Xabungle, Leia in Star Wars, and some more) Ylbora’s Voice Actor: Kenyuu Horiuchi (other roles: Raiden in MGS, Light in Dragonar, Jamil, Jerry Seinfeld, Hugi Zeravire, Pain in Naruto and a billion more) Shaff’s Voice Actress: Rica Fukami (other roles: Myung in Macross Plus, Sailor Venus, Monica in Friends, and several more) The Elshank’s a pretty nice ship in that in covers its bases quite nicely. It’s got decent defenses thanks to that barrier and 2L size (though armor is rather low) and its strongest move is 1-3 range, but its second strong is 3-8 range and it also has a resupply module. So you can play with it however you wish, though I think a mid-long range supporter is the safest bet as the game goes along. Romina’s lack of Prevail means that once stronger enemies start showing up, the barrier alone won’t be enough to stop her HP from plummeting rather quickly, which can lead to… complications. If you’re going to keep the Elshank closer to the front, you’ll want to give Romina some defensive Skills. Mind, her stats are decent enough where they matter and having two subpilots providing spirit commands gives her plenty of wiggle room. Plot’ll dictate you use it often enough, so you might as well.  Kurojishi (Joe Maya) Pilot Skills: Ninja (忍者) L2 – raises accuracy, evasion and crit rate, up to 28% for the first two and 20% for the latter at L9. Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Spirit Commands: Guts (ド根性) – restores all HP on self. Focus Mech Features: Sword Gun Squad Bonus: Armor +100, Melee weapons’ power +100, A in Land (Armor +150, Melee weapons’ +200, S in Land) Joe’s voice actor: Kazuhiko Inoue (other roles: Rom in Machine Robo, Jerid in Z Gundam, Gai Murakumo in SEED Astray, Kakashi in Naruto and many, many more)  Bakuryu (Mike Coil) Pilot Skills: Ninja L1 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Spirit Commands: Iron Wall Invincible Squad Bonus: HP +500, Ranged weapons’ power +100, A in Water (HP +1000, Ranged weapons’ power +200, S in Water) Mike’s voice actor: Masami Kikuchi (other roles: Joe in Digimon, Kaine in Dragonar, Tenchi in Tenchi Muyo, and many more)  Houraiou (Rennie Ai) Pilot Skills: Ninja L1 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Spirit Commands: Alert Focus Mech Features: Sword Squad Bonus: Mobility +5, EN +50, A in Air (Mobility +20, EN +100, S in Air) Rennie’s voice actress: Noriko Hidaka (other roles: Erica in Sakura Taisen, Noriko in Gunbuster, Amane in SRW Neo and tons more) Joe’s one of the dodgiest guys we’ll ever get thanks to his superlative Ninja skill, which makes that S rank I already have kind of unfair to the enemy. While melee attacks are his bread and butter, he’s got decent range covered (though his longest is his second weakest weapon) that he won’t be completely outranged by everything. Same goes for Rennie and Mike, though the latter kinda suffers from Getter-3 syndrome in usability. The Bakuryu and Houraiou are probably better used as squaddies but that’s only because they’re really good at that. Mike’s ranges actually make him rather suited to tag in with Joe, whereas Rennie, who’ll soon learn accelerate (and Luck later), can be a very good fit at pretty much any team. Better yet, all of their weapons are on the cheap side and they even got some nice stopping power with a combined attack! As a protagonist, Joe himself has fine stats everywhere important and should remain a mainstay of your team for the entire game. Rennie and Mike lag behind a bit, but just their Ninja skills and terrain bonuses mean you really should consider finding spots for them. Oh, and Joe, Rennie and Mike need to have a total of 150 kills between them by the end of stage 27 for a secret. With all that, we set forth. The enemy still likes going after Richard, so about half of them split off to try (and fail) to kill him; the remaining ones are left to be made mincemeat by the Elshank crew. SRW UX - Love Survivor: We’re not the ones scheming to invade Earth! That’s The Boom Army you’re looking for!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeqyVHtz-wY SRW UX - Love Survivor: Why’d the Federation just up and attacked us like that?! Urgh, what are you doing, Ronin?!-- : Hazard, you piece of…! It took us forever to get to Earth and then you go and pull a stunt like this?!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzZYGoEEYX0 SRW UX - Shadows that Rend Darkness   SRW UX - Love Survivor: It was never our intention to seek battle when we came to Earth! : Allow me to handle this, Your Highness! One cannot remain passive when danger rears its ugly head!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BKCcVYXcsU SRW UX - Love Survivor   SRW UX - Shadows that Rend Darkness: (The UX are referred to as “Hell’s Executioners”, so why are they helping the aliens…?!) : I need to be careful not to push that engine into running amuck…! Would it be possible to just cause it to shut down?  SRW UX - Shadows that Rend Darkness: (We attacked the aliens without a single warning, while they showed up to save them…) (drat it, it’s like we’re the villains here…!): I can feel the pilot’s doubt all the way here… Still, I don’t pull my punches against anyone I meet in the battlefield!        : A-Argh, the Riot’s burning up! Engaging the extinguisher…! : You alright, Arnie?!: Y-Yeah! The Proton Generator’s still good… I can keep going!  : Look there, Joey! Those’re the mechs that helped us a buncha times, right?! : Y-Yeah… but why are they fighting the Federation army? : We can’t stay here, you two! It’s too dangerous!*Teleport noise!*  : Hmhmhm… Here you are.*Tweep!*  : …?!: Wh-What the… where’d you come from?! : Um, who are…?: Get away from him, woman!: Huh…? : Begone.*Cast magic missile!* : A-Aaaaah…!*Leica collapses.* : Leica?! You… What the hell are you doing?!: Kurou, this man is extremely dangerous!: ?! What…?! : Hmhmhm… and now we meet, Kurou Daijuuji. I suppose this is the first time, yes?: Although I likely know you better than you do yourself.: How… how do you know my name?!: In the interest of fairness, I shall tell you my name as well. I am Master Therion, he who seeks the Truth of magic.: M-Master Therion?! As in, the Black Lodge’s…?!: Hm, so you are at least familiar with his name. The Corrupt Beast, the Beast of Scripture…: He is the Grand Master of the Black Lodge! And he is my… rather, he is our foe!: It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Master of the Necronomicon… : Leica! Stay with us, please! : S-Someone call an ambulance…! : You bastard…! Didn’t your parents ever teach you not to hit women?!: Oh, are you talking about that Sister? I apologize. I am not so sensitive that I’ll pay attention to the insects crawling about my path.: Y-You… you son of a bitch!!  : ?! An explosion at the church?! : Haah… haah…: Hm, so you’ve become a Magius. Your latent magical power is quite impressive.: Keep talking! You won’t be by the time I’m done! : Compose yourself, Kurou! And, more importantly, summon the Demonbane! Quickly!: Wh-What’re you on about?! That guy’s on foot!: Aye, and that is how hopeless the difference between your strength is at this moment! Carry on and all you shall find is a quick death!: Hrm…! Fine, I’m doing it!: From the hate-scorched sky, with righteous anger in our hearts, we draw forth the sword that smites Evil!: Thou art the innocent blade… DEMONBANE!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akXCWM1LrR8 Quick video here because Kentaro Ito’s yelling deserves it.  SRW UX - Deus Machina: Wh-What machine is that…?!: Gah, here we go again… and you can bet the princess’ll be even more pissed off this time… : This is hardly the moment to concern yourself with such things, fool!: Joey, you gotta call Heroman too!: Huh? But…: That guy’s a whole different ball game… even I can tell that! : O-Okay! Heroman… ENGAGE!   : Oh…? We’ve a rather curious guest this time.: Then I suppose I must also change the usual script… Etheldreda!*Flash!*  : …: A-A girl?! No, wait… she’s!: Hmhmhm, allow me to introduce you. She is my grimoire, the Pnakotic Manuscripts. And this… : Is the Liber Legis – my Deus Machina.: There’s another one of those…?!: Stay on your guard, Kurou! His mechanical god is that which bested my Aeon and I!: Wh-What…?!: In truth, this is slightly sooner than when you were supposed to first lay eyes upon it…: But I suppose this time is special. Go, Etheldreda. : Yes, my master…   : Waaah! B-Bro…!: That guy’s just blasting everything…!: Kch..! Think you can just walk all over us, do ya? I’ll show you!: Jin…?!     : What…?!: Th-The hell?! The Riot’s attack didn’t do anything to him…!: Idiocy… Disappear. : Aah… Aaaah!: JIIIIINN!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s_eB_TMROc  : ?! Arnie…!: Hrgh…! : …?! Major, we’ve got trouble! The readings off that unit’s accelerated particle engine are spiking! It’s going critical!: What…?!: Engaging the emergency shutdown system…! I-It’s not working…?! And the generator’s pressure is… A-Aah—!: Hrm… That impact must’ve sent the engine’s anti-particles out of control! If we don’t do something, the particles and anti-particles will all collide and…!*Richard blasts off towards Arnie’s Riot!* : Major…?!: What’s that UX mech up to?!: Lepton Vectrer, emergency acceleration! Engine pressure rising, synchronization coefficient 68%... Come on, make it!  : Argh…! : …?! N-No… Arnie?!: Haah, haah… Least I managed to stop the particle annihilation…: Y-You…! You killed Arnie…! YOU KILLED MY FRIEND!! *Graham flies after Jin and grabs him.* : Ensign Spencer, stop!: L-Let me go, Major! He was my best friend! I gotta get payback for—: Stop and think of what just happened! It was that self-absorbed mentality of yours that put Ensign Berge in that situation to begin with!: ?! M-Major…!: All forces are to withdraw immediately! Are we clear, Ensign Spencer?!: Y-Yes, sir… : (Sorry, Arnie… but I swear I’ll avenge you…!) : (Looks like I’ve earned the scorn of yet another person…): Hmph, is the drama over now? Then, it’s your turn, Kurou Daijuuji… and I’ll be sure to savor this battle.: Master Therion…!: Wh-What do we do, bro?! Should we make a run for it?!: What’re you, stupid?! We can’t just take off and leave a guy like that free to run loose!: He’s right! Earth is our world too, and we’ll make him pay for messing with it!: Our chances of victory are exceedingly low… but we still must prevail, or it shall mean the end of this city!: I know! Let’s do it, grimoire!
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 Liber Legis (Master Therion, Etheldreda) Pilot Skills: Sorcerer L5 Grimoire L2 Prevail L3 Support Attack L1 Guard (ガード) – activates over 130 morale and reduces all incoming damage by 20%. Morale Limit Break (気力限界突破) – ups the maximum morale from 150 to 170. The added morale difference between him and your guys means more damage done and less damage taken for him. Counter All Attack Command L4 Mech Features: Sword All Canceler – grants immunity to all debuffs Master Therion’s voice actor: Hikaru Midorikawa (other roles: Masaki in SRW, Heero in Gundam Wing, Leon in Tales of Destiny, Fei in Xenogears, Raven in Gravion and more, more more…) Etheldreda’s voice actress: Rie Kanda (same as Al’s) And here’s Kurou 2.0, packing more of everything our guy has at the moment plus S ranks in all terrains. Therion is powerful, is bulky and is a very good shot – he’ll even go right through your barriers and we should consider ourselves lucky that there are no mooks around to boost his morale. Thankfully, this battle’s a freebie and he’s not going all-out against us, so he won’t do TOO much damage (hit him from range 3 and beyond if possible). He doesn’t have any major tricks for you to watch out right now, but we also don’t have anything special to use against him. Just burn all your remaining SP and get him down ASAP; if you don’t have SP, then you might not want to attack against anyone who’s not at full HP (except Richard and Romina). Hold back just a wee bit and try to pull him closer as you get Saya and the Elshank crew to cross the map and get in range to attack him. Finally, one last thing to be mindful of: Secret Alert! Demonbane Secret – 2nd step: Shoot down Master Therion with Kurou. The plot’ll kick in under 4800 HP, so you’ll all but surely need to pull a support attack from either Joey or Richard in order to make the cut. Just make sure Kurou’s the one who initiates the attack and you’ll be good. You’re not in any rush, Therion won’t regenerate and he always focuses on Kurou, so take your time and set things up proper. SRW UX - Love Survivor      SRW UX - Deus Machina: He is a sorcerer who has utterly surpassed all human limits! Any moment of distraction will mean your death!: I can see that, alright?! Rrgh!: Hmhmhm… Come, Kurou Daijuuji, Al Azif. I trust you will be able to entertain me!-- : A boy who lacks a grimoire, yet is capable of commanding a mechanical puppet. Perhaps you will prove amusing in your own way.: H-he’s seriously scary…! But I need to fight, or Lina and the others will…!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfXMNGLy7is Kurou: “That’s enough of your puffed-up shtick, Master Therion!” Therion taking good damage – Etheldreda: “I will not allow you to destroy my master!” > Therion: “Kurou Daijuuji, this is still far from the end!” Also includes the DK for Heroman Augment. Our prize for beating him is a Nameless Grimoire (+10 to Skill and Melee, +5 to Accuracy). : Hmph... Is that all?  : He-He regenerated?!: Pathetic… How utterly worthless. Etheldreda!: Yes, my master…: Abra Hadabra… *RUUUUUMBLE!* : Wh-What… An earthquake?!: These are energy waves...? No… Gravity waves?!: Heroman… he can’t move!: Rgh…! He raised a gravity field…! We must dispel it, and quickly, lest we all be crushed!: Talk’s cheap, you know!: Hmhmhm… What now, Kurou Daijuuji, Al Azif? Hmhmhm, ahahahahaha!: Kch… Master Therion…!: Sir Ylbora, the gravity’s exerting pressure on the engine…! Any more of this and it’ll explode!: drat it all! Emergency retreat, quickly!: I’m trying, but the controls are unresponsive!: I believe this game has run its course. All shall now return to nothing!: S-STOOOP!! : Hm?! That’s…?!  SRW UX - Tobikage Appears! : That machine…! It’s the one who helped us before!: Tobikage…! : … : Hm… Can this power be…? x5! : How is it so fast…?!: He’s like a real ninja!: Yes, I see… You’re one of those that Nya mentioned – one who’s come from across the void…!: …: This is our one and only chance, Kurou! That robot is hindering his movements!: I know, grimoire! I won’t let him get out of here alive…!: This guy, he isn’t human…! I cannot recognize him as one! SEEEIAAAAAAH!  : Kurou…?!: You goddamned monster!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl3iwLYX6jQ : Oho... Well done, indeed.: Kurou dispelled Master Therion’s sorcery...?! But he cannot even cast spells of his own!: Haah, haah… Did I get him?: Hmhmhm, good. While you were assisted by the void’s emissary, I applaud the fact that you could push me to this point.: And out of respect for your spirit, I shall take my leave for today. May we meet again, humans… : We… we’re safe?: … : Ah! Tobikage…!: And there he goes, always with the silent treatment… Just who is that guy?: Hey, grimoire... What the hell is he, Master Therion? How can something like him even be real?!: This merely reflected our current limitations. I am incomplete as a grimoire… whereas you are far too inexperienced to face a foe like him. : I know that, drat it…!: Then you must grow stronger, Kurou Daijuuji!: If you leave Master Therion be, this will happen to others as well. : Someone’s tears will be shed… someone’s blood will be spilled.: drat it! Never again… I’ll make sure you never get to laugh again, Master Therion!: Looks like everyone made it out in one piece – somehow… Saya, what happened to that unit I shot down, the one with the accelerated particles engine?: I’m still detecting faint vital signs… How do we proceed?: Exigent circumstances aside, I was the one who dropped him. If the kid’s still breathing, then I’d like to help him out.: Can you get in touch with that ship, Elshank, and ask them to pick him up?: Yes, sir.: And next up is…*Richard flies over to Heroman.* : Hey, Joey, Kurou! Do you hear me?!: That voice… Richard?!: Wh-Why’re you aboard that thing?!: Eeh, it’s a bit complicated… Cut to the Hadou manor, Winfield reports that the Demonbane has been recovered AGAIN. Is Ruri mad over Kurou activating the Demonbane without her say-so again? “I’m not a child, Winfield. I’m well aware that the situation didn’t leave him with any other choice,” Ruri sighs. “But, still… In my eyes, the Demonbane is…” Winfield understands, but reminds her that this is the culmination of her grandfather’s lifelong struggles. Does Ruri give her permission to entrust Kurou with the Demonbane? Hmm…  : So you two followed us to investigate Heroman and me…?: A certain interested party hired us for it, you see. We needed to see what kind of person you are. : And we apologize for lying to you all this time.: Psh, I knew something was off. And what was the end result of your investigation?: Well… if anything, I’m now certain that none of you are scumbags like me. : Richard…: Come the Skrugg, Black Lodge, or whatever bad guys are waiting around the corner, I think everything’s gonna be fine with heroes like you around.: Still, if you ever need a hand… you just have to call us through this.: The UX’ encryption code…?: Consider it your personal Dial-A-Scumbag. Mind you, we don’t work for free. : Hahah… Take care of yourself out there, old man.: It’s almost time for us to meet with the Elshank. Our next mission awaits, Major.: And you can actually talk like us, huh, Saya? Now that was a surprise.: It was necessary to conceal my identity. That said, talking that way was very difficult.: Ah? Y-Yeah, I guess so…: In truth, spying isn’t my specialty. The Major did give me some pointers on acting, but that’s still very much a work in progress…: Nah, that’s not true! I totally fell for it!: (I think that says more about you, than about her...): Regardless, please give our best to the others.: Take care, Joey, Kurou. Here’s hoping we’ll see each other again!  : I’ve been briefed on everything. What happened to Ensign Berge is truly unfortunate… : It’s my fault. Had I kept a cooler head, he wouldn’t…! : Ensign Spencer…: But I’m not letting this be the end! I’ll find and destroy both the Black Lodge and those UX myself…! : I understand how you feel, but you must keep in mind that overly powerful emotions can just as well be a double-edged sword. : What do you mean…?: Because I’ve been exactly where you are right now. I was wholly convinced of my righteousness, pride and ardor guiding my every move in battle…: And that cost me dearly as a result…: Maj. Graham…: Ensign… I don’t want you to head down the same path I did. : … Over by the Elshank, Richard and Saya are introducing themselves to Ylbora – Alex has gotten in touch and explained everything to the crew. They’ve also recovered the Federation pilot that’d been shot down. Richard thanks and asks them to do whatever they can to save the guy’s life. With an apology for the haste, Ylbora asks Richard what their destination should be and he points towards Japan. There’s someone there who wants to help the Elshank crew and the UX were hired to introduce them. Romina’s surprised there’s someone here who wants to help them and, as a matter of fact, the guy’s also the UX’ main client. Who is it? A man called Kunio Ishigami, president of JUDA Corporation. And, before we end, here are the other convos we missed today: : So you’re siding with the aliens today?! You just don’t care about whose lives you’re taking, so long as the money’s right, huh?! You mercs make me sick!: Oi… now that’s an awful thing to say. We have beliefs of our own, you know!-- : I won’t ask what your purpose here is! We both call the battlefield our homes… so now I challenge you as such, UX!: The Union’s top ace, huh? Now this one's going to be a tough fight!-- : Proton reaction is rising…! Is this pilot not even worried about pushing the antiparticles out of control…?: What kind of movements are those…? Are you going easy on me, is that what’s going on? You better take me seriously or I’ll make you regret it!-- : Come, UX… I stake my pride in this battle!: His reputation as the Union’s top ace is well deserved. That said…!
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maninthesuit posted:SRW 'HIWTWH' (How I Wished This Would Happen) Oh, if we're dreaming up an SRW, I think I might have posted about this back in the Z thread, but I've for a couple years now had an idea for what I'd do for an actual Super Robot Wars: America. It's pretty much impossible it'll ever happen, but I think it's a pretty cool idea. Aside from Mazinger and Getter, I only put in stuff that would be recognized in the US, or would have strong American appeal, and generally tried to put myself in the shoes of a dev team trying to make SRW for a western audience. Doofy SRW Fanplotting Commences The Setup: Imagine SRW R, but and even worse start. It's the end of the universe. The horrible end threatened by big-finish titles like Alpha 3 and Z3 is coming to pass. The last remnants of humanity, nay, life in general, in the universe are scrambling to put their final plan into motion. A scientist has crammed basically every piece of mysterious tech he could get into a single robot, which fortunately includes a time travel device. The chosen pilot, picked by virtue of being the only person left even remotely capable of handling a mech, is stuffed into the cockpit with a disorganized book of scrawled notes serving as the owner's manual. He's given a dossier compiled over years, mapping out how everything got so hopelessly hosed, over the course of five different eras, and is booted into the timestream just as what's left of the universe is blown up by God-knows-what, and he's left having to hop through time, righting what went horribly wrong and hoping his fixing everything doesn't cause a grandfather paradox. In the end, he settles on just trying to get a handle on things by moving forward between each of the five critical time periods, hoping to maybe recruit the locals into helping with the rest. The Time Junctures Near Future (Megas XLR, Heroman, No More Heroes, King of Braves GaoGaiGar/FINAL): The problems here include a massive invasion of Earth by the Glorft following the disappearance of Coop and the Megas (Coop loses during the events of Rearview Mirror Mirror), for Megas XLR. The Skrugg are also pushed back at a heavy cost following the assassination of Joey Jones by Jasper Batt Jr., hired by the government for fear of Jones' pet robot (yes I'm fancasting Glastonbury from No More Heroes 2, if Sgt. Frog and a friggin' Vocaloid can get into SRW so can NMH). Due to the Gutsy Geoid Guard's American branch being required to deal with two alien invasions on opposite coasts, the Zonder push the Japanese branch to the brink of destruction (plus side, the Primevals and 11 Sol Masters never show up until time gets messed with). Here, each series basically starts from the top, though Travis obviously shows up in Center City during the Skrugg invasion to face the local football hero and his robot, Santa Death Parade, then helping deal with the bugs. The time skip between GaoGaiGar and FINAL is just kind of glossed over and ignored. Also every insert song from GGG and FINAL are included as BGM, even Robo Gundan Ladies and Let's Final Fusion. Universal Century (UC Gundam: Zeta, ZZ, 0083, CCA, Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, Banpresto Original Mazinkaiser, Shin/Getter Robo/G, Neon Genesis Evangelion): The main issue in this time period is the successful colony drop of the Neo-Zeon base, Axis, setting off Third Impact, which allows the Mycenae and Hundred Demon Empires to run wild on the surface when the vast majority of humanity on Earth is wiped out. Much of this was made possible by the fairly pointless deaths of most of the AEUG and later Londo Bell. Gundam starts with a mash-up of 0083 and Zeta, moving into ZZ, kinda like how Alpha 1 did it, while the dynamic robots go with Great Mazinger and Getter Robo G and NGE starts from the beginning. Mazinkaiser and Shin Getter are just there as upgrades. Also the BGM for every Zeta Gundam unit is Mizu no Hoshi e Ai wo Komete. Future Century (G Gundam, Gundam Wing/Endless Waltz, Gundam F91, Crossbone Gundam/Skull Heart, Victory Gundam): Here, the setup is simple, the Angel Halo wrecks the colonies while the Devil Gundam and chemical weaponry wipe out humans on Earth again. OZ is set up as basically the entirety of the traditional military structure in this version of events, with the Wing boys explicitly attacking OZ rather than Earth-based government as a whole (given that Earth is mostly abandoned). Similarly, the plots from Crossbone/Victory are framed more as a mercy killing to let the Earth heal, similar to Master Asia's motivations (F91 is there so Kincaid/Seabuck has a good unit to pilot after giving the X1 to Tobia). Wing will start from the beginning, while the post-UC series will be in medias res. Endless Waltz is just there as a late-game upgrade to the mechs, as it often is. G Gundam starts with the events in Shinjuku. Also the F91's variant that has a pair of back-mounted VSBRs will be available as an equivalent to all the rad upgrades the other Gundams get. Ruined Earth (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Big O): Here, the problem is largely unknown (Big Venus wipes out Paradigm City, the Anti-Spiral destroys most of the remnants of humanity before being taken down). After a bunch of mysterious events (the Anti-Spiral smacking humanity down the first time), most humans live underground, though some find themselves in a domed city, with no memories aside from some skills people seem to pick up at random. Angel and co. will turn out to be from an underground city that just happened to still have some knowledge of the past, rather than a dome like Paradigm. Gurren Lagann would start with season 2 while Big O starts from the beginning. Space Diaspora (Code Geass, MechCommander, Golion/Voltron): Yes, there'll be an option to change all the names to their American equivalents and text regarding Shirogane's death changed to Sven's injury. This era occurs very shortly before the horrible end-of-everything bit up top. Earth is destroyed in a nuclear war, forcing humanity (yet again resurgent after more apocalypses than Nier: Automata) into space. Insert a bunch of Battletech lore here, basically a team of MechWarriors are sent in to the planet Port Arthur to get rid of some Smoke Jaguar insurgents (they fail in the Bad Future, allowing the Clans a major foothold into Inner Sphere space and making the universe ripe to be destroyed by the mystery bad guys). One uncharted planet, Altea, becomes an accidental home to a team of lost spacefarers who then have to fight off evil aliens (their failure means the aliens show up in Inner Sphere territory and suddenly it's a three-way conflict). Last, a large portion of humanity goes catatonic after being forcibly made into a hive mind by Charles zi Britannia on one of the first colonized planets, terraformed to look identical to Earth. Code Geass will start with R2, named enemies from the MechCommander expansion pack will be mixed into the missions on Port Arthur, and the MechCommander units will have shared access to a subpilot known only as The Commander (i.e. the player character from the original game), similar to how the Fafner pilots share Soushi. Also this is the theme for heated battles in MechCommander, pretty sure that's perfect BGM material. Anyway there's my stupid idea for SRW, hope it made for fun reading.
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Tobikage needs to be in more games. It's music is wonderful.
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Brunom1 posted:
Have to admit, with Demonbane in here, I was not expecting some other series to be the first with a giant cock.
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Dec 29, 2017 01:23
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Hellioning posted:Tobikage needs to be in more games. It's music is wonderful. That describes a lot of the series that are in this game.
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Dec 29, 2017 01:29
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Brunom1 posted:
Even though it's pronounced "amuck" it's written "amok" because English. I think it's probably the same principal as the word "havoc", but realistically it's because English makes no loving sense.
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If we're all bringing up SRW fan dreams, I've got my one of my own. I posted it earlier in the SRW games thread, but whatever. SRW C (Calamity) Earth Team: Kuromukoro Full Metal Panic Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger (Mazinger Zero, Mazin Emperor G) Grendizer (Getting an upgrade in the same vein as Great Mazinger did in V) Neo Getter Robo vs. Shin Getter Robo Dancouga Original Real Robot Mars/Space Team: Gundam IBO Dougram Layzner Majestic Prince Zeta Gundam GoLion Original Super Robot Calamity War (History's Lost) Char's Counterattack (Units, Amuro, Char and White Base are end of 0079 incarnations) Evangelion Dancouga Nova Getter Robo Armageddon Concept Notes: Calamity War is the big backdrop for the setting, X years ago (hundreds), half the world's population died in a massive war. The survivors of the war are united under the rule of Gjallarhorn, the group of heroes who saved mankind from the brink of extinction. Technology and govermental affairs are set back centuries as mankind enters a new age of colonialism. People in colonies and Mars are treated as outsiders, and economic disparity leads to constant rebellion. Kudelia Aina Bernstein calls for justice for the citizens of the Outer Sphere, and that sets off a brand new wave of chaos. The year is now X, Post Calamity, and the youths of CGS uncover something hidden underneath their base... (This is where the Super Robot story would start, with IBO and Dougram, eventually adding Layzner, Zeta Gundam stuff and the other ones I mentioned) Meanwhile in Japan, one of the few special nation states of Gjallarhorn, a mysterious black relic (Kuromukuro) is uncovered. Gjallarhorn Japan, the Photon Power Labs and Saotome Labs investigate this mysterious relic and cube. (Real Robot is a prototype based on data from the Relic and various Graze types as the base). The Dancouga and Neo Getter Robo were based on historical data discovered from the Calamity War, and I'm sure they could figure a way to tie in the Full Metal Panic plot stuff in with the setting. There would be various tie ins to things, like the Titans would end up being a branch of Gjallarhorn, the calamity war included members of the Efidolg and Wulgaru who have this big galactic spanning alliance going on, Neo Zeon would form up as the largest sort of rebellion force against the Gjallarhorn/Titans symbiote. The Grendizer and Layzner baddies would be their own faction seeking to gain control of what they thought was Efidolg/Wulgaru space, and of course Gjallarhorn Japan's group would be at odds with the rebel group from IBO, Dougram and the rest. There was going to be this big event midway through where the Evangelion Angels, the Gundam Mobile Armors (Angels in IBO) and a bunch of high level alien soldiers (and the Original Baddies for the setting) would come out of a rift in time along with the missing Calamity War Heroes (Amuro, Dancouga Nova and the EVAs) where it's reveal the calamity war never ended, it was only delayed by some psuedo magic eva bullshit. (Haven't thought too hard about this) Then all of your various hero factions join together and kick major rear end.
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Dec 29, 2017 02:39
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I'm glad the Narutos are here.
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Dec 29, 2017 02:39
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I think Joey was talking to himself there for a bit at the start.
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Dec 29, 2017 02:56
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It's so weird to have a series where the titular character is not actually playable and is in fact a NPC. But man, that's some good music. And I see Asakim's still doing his own thing, very magically.
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Dec 29, 2017 04:51
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I had no god damned idea who these people were, then Tobikage showed up and it's like "Ah, I see" Brave of the game to kill off the player protagonist so early on, but understandable
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Dec 29, 2017 05:00
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At this point, frankly, the ninjas are mundane.
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Dec 29, 2017 05:11
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Ardeem posted:Have to admit, with Demonbane in here, I was not expecting some other series to be the first with a giant cock. Mister Olympus posted:At this point, frankly, the ninjas are mundane.
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So is Tobikage gonna be like Rom Stoll and just show up intermittently to stuff the villains in their moments of triumph?
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Dec 29, 2017 05:56
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Richard sounds like the barman in SMT IV. "Here'S hoping we both see each other alive again."
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I don't know anything about any of the shows in this game, but what I do know is a seemingly simple ninja robot showed up out of nowhere with excellent music and was portrayed as being equal or superior in power to a hell demon mech powered by immense magical energy. That's a cool robot.
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Dec 29, 2017 12:51
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well on one master theron wasn't really trying on the other hand tobikage ain't here to play
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Brunom1 posted:Thankfully for Kurou, something explodes outside. They are at a church, so thank God for explosions, I guess. Also, a few more random thoughts. - The idea of Graham taking a parody-movie of his own exploits with him on long flights amuses me immensely. - I was wondering why they made such a big deal of the original mechs running on accelerated particles while there is a whole fleet of GN-XIVs out there who also technically run on accelerated particles. Now that I know it is an antimatter reactor, I can understand it. Though this also means that as far as I'm concerned, the prototypes have already failed as 'potential platform for future mass-production'. I for one wouldn't want to have a unit that doubles as a WMD if shot down, especially not if I expect it will be used to defend my own territory. - ninjas are cool. And their mothership is shaped like a swan which I also like. I just hope Tobikage won't show up in a way that turns it into a kill-stealing nuisance.
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Dec 29, 2017 13:31
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It worked for the EFF!
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Dec 29, 2017 13:36
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maninthesuit posted:They are at a church, so thank God for explosions, I guess. NO! GO AWAY IMPACT! YOU CAN'T HURT ME ANYMORE!
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maninthesuit posted:I just hope I suppose it's a good thing SEED Destiny isn't in this game or we would have even more of Athrun and Shin's stupidity than is canon.
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Dec 29, 2017 14:27
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Dance Officer posted:I suppose it's a good thing SEED Destiny isn't in this game or we would have even more of Athrun and Shin's stupidity than is canon. SEED Destiny is in this game it's just post-series
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If not for the Tobikage-centered prologue, the chapter title ("The wings have appeared") would have made me think it was going to be the Wings of Rean debut. What little I know of Tobikage comes from SRW Impact. As much as I loathe to give that game any credit, it has the best version of the "Tobikage appears!" theme. (Impact Trigger Warning) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0gKpCeBmTw Anyway, now that our protagonists Richard and Jin lost a teammate to the enemy, they can bond together over it and grow as characters in the process! Boy I sure am glad we got the "an ally of the MC dies and/or betrays them" part of the original plot out early! A little cliched that it was the team girl that got killed, but Agnes didn't have much personality yet, so I guess I'll take her getting Gundam'd over a more interesting character. Also, I cannot read the narration of what this Ruri does or says without replacing her in my mind with the Nadesico Ruri. I'm not sure this is a bad thing yet.
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Onmi posted:NO! GO AWAY IMPACT! YOU CAN'T HURT ME ANYMORE! That reminds me of another bot that needs the SRW treatment 
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GimmickMan posted:Also, I cannot read the narration of what this Ruri does or says without replacing her in my mind with the Nadesico Ruri. I'm not sure this is a bad thing yet. Oh good, I'm not the only one. I'm sure I'll get accustomed eventually, but when I think of a Ruri in a robot anime, it's that Ruri. It genuinely took me distancing myself from the reading a moment to realize I was subconsciously adding Nadesico to a game without it because I kept thinking Demonbane's Ruri was that Ruri. Maybe we need a game with Demonbane and Nadesico just for that. The good Nadesico, if possible.
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Blaze Dragon posted:It's so weird to have a series where the titular character is not actually playable and is in fact a NPC. But man, that's some good music. There's actually an even more extreme example of this in SRW Compact 3, which includes Betterman. The titular Betterman, Lamia, is never playable at any point during the game. Onmi posted:NO! GO AWAY IMPACT! YOU CAN'T HURT ME ANYMORE! You might be free of it, but I'm playing it right now. I'm mostly annoyed so far that it's backslid towards the SNES era in terms of spirit command distribution (lots of early Valor, but Strike/Focus/Sense often take way too long to learn). Also there's way too many non-post-movement attacks with short ranges. Also I'm annoyed that the Super Gundam is two separate units again when Alpha Gaiden seemed to have learned the lesson that it's just too much trouble for a unit that's only barely adequate (I do like that it allows a subpilot again, something that bugged me about its later appearances). However, it has Trust You Forever for the G Gundam units so I will forgive it pretty much any flaw. But yes, in Impact Tobikage can be a pain in the rear end, though if you're lucky or skilled enough to manage it, you can get him off the field right after he shows up, but while it's not really spoilers for UX, per se, I'll still let Brunom show it off first, for the benefit of those not familiar with Tobikage.
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I do like Jin having a second dimension, with calling Arnie his "best friend" instead of just being a rival character.
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 We open up at the C-Terahertz, where Hazard’s right-hand man, Dog Tack, informs him that the Elshank has moved to and set down in Japan after the battle by Arkham City. Hazard is not pleased to hear this and Grathan asks what’s so bad about them being in Japan. Well, you see, while the country’s part of the Union, it’s really built up its own national defensive capabilities due to their close proximity to the Human Reform League (HRL), and its ongoing quest for dominance of the Asia-Eurasia region. Grathan finds it weird to hear that, since he thought this entire planet was united under the Federation, but Hazard explains that that’s merely the public stance of things. Under the tables, it’s still every country looking out for number one. Politicians scramble, desperate for things like permission to use the Orbital Elevators, or access to the Space Colonies’ resources and, of course, Hazard’s Martian Development Bureau. Regardless, the fact is that Japan not only its own Self-Defense Forces and the Union’s bases, there are also plenty of civilian defense organizations as well. The Elshank moving in there has made things a bit more complicated. Fine, then Grathan will take a bunch of Shamans and personally destroy them. Hazard sings his praises but, inwardly, notes the effort it took to have the Federation Government accept The Boom Army as an allied force. He might as well get some use out of them.  And the Elshank’s already reached JUDA Corporation, where president Ishigami bids them a warm welcome. Romina is deeply grateful to him for taking in fugitives like them, but Ishigami figures people should help each other in times of need. Now, he’s seen fit to prepare a bunch of sushi for the new arrivals and begs them all dig in. And, hey, turns out Joe and the others really like it – this alone has made the trip to Earth worth the effort to Damian – but, as Mike notes, they never ate anything of the sort on Mars. Rennie does harrumph at them for not even introducing themselves, but Ishigami doesn’t mind. Please, eat to your heart’s content! As for Richard, Shaff tells him that he and Saya are at the infirmary, checking on the downed Federation pilot.  : U-Urgh… : OH! The gentleman awakes at long last!  : ??? Um… Wh-Who are…?(Richard here speaks in a Rakugo style, a sort of Japanese comedic play. Even if I did translate it as is, it wouldn’t really click. Also, I was born without a penchant for comedy. So, with that in mind…) : A grand day to thee, cousin! Mine name is Richard, classical actor. And this is mine most excellent apprentice, Saya. : How dost thou, sweet lord?: Uh-huh…? Where am I?: Thou findeth thineself at the Corporation of JUDA in the land of Japan, mighty craftsmen of many a medical items!: J-Japan…?!: Ah, heaven lies on thine side, indeed! Thine metallic stallion, wounded though it was, eluded the grasp of Poseidon and came adrift upon these shores!: N-Now wait just a minute! I was shot down at America! Are you telling me I drifted across the entire Pacific Ocean, all the way to Japan?!: Verily, ‘tis as though God, the all mighty, blessed thee! Concern thineself not with such paltry things! Thine life is safe – all is well! : Aah…?: Hark, thine stallion doth be healed, kept within this castle’s stable. Thus, thou shouldst leave hither apace.: Whaat, just like that?!: Aye. The door beckons thee.: A-Alright, alright. You don't have to push me…!: But, still, I guess you helped me out there. Thank you for everything…: Fare thee well, gentle gentlemen!*Arnie leaves.* : Hmhmm, that went swimmingly, if I do say so myself.: Major, if I may?: What is it, Saya?: I can understand the need to impersonate someone, but was the classical acting truly necessary…?: Of course; it helps keep him confused and on the defensive. He might’ve been onto us if we gave him an opening, see?: Uuhh…?: (Is that true? It makes absolutely no sense to me…) Already by the hangar, Arnie runs into Goro Maki and says that the classical actor sent him. The what, now? That guy, Richard. Ah, now Maki understands – Arnie’s the pilot of that robot, right? Yes, and is so glad to see that his Riot’s already been repaired. Indeed, Maki saw to it himself, though he admits that it wasn’t easy – he’s never worked on an accelerated particle engine lacking any limiters whatsoever. Huh? What, Arnie doesn’t know? And he’s been piloting a mech as dangerous as this? But, yeah, Maki checked. While the norm is for units with engines like that to have limiters meant to keep the anti-particles under control, the Riot’s Proton Generator never had anything installed. It helps boost the engine’s output, sure, but from a safety POV… yeah, it’s not good. Prof. Novel never mentioned anything of the sort to him or Jin, Arnie thinks. Maki figures maybe it’s a sign of how much confidence the bot’s creator had in his the pilots’ skill – or maybe there was another goal in mind? Regardless, Maki’s just speculating. Still, he tells Arnie that he should be thankful to Ric—to the incredibly skilled pilot who shot him down. Had he faced an average enemy instead, both him and the Riot would’ve simply been blown to smithereens and that would’ve been the end of that. Arnie, inwardly, is very confused at all this. First there’s that very suspicious actor, then there’s this mechanic that’s privy to confidential military tech. Is this really a medical company?  Turns out, no, it’s not. As Ishigami explains to Ylbora and Romina, that’s merely a front: in reality, they’re a defense organization working with the Japanese government. And why would such a group give shelter to aliens, Ylbora wonders. Ishigami will explain, in due time. First things first, though, he would like to hear the story behind their voyage all the way to Earth. Romina tells that their homeworld, Planet Ladorio, used to be a beautiful world just like Earth; however, it’s been brought to the brink of ruin following The Boom Army’s sudden assault. As Shaff remembers, they braved the fires of battle to secure and escape with the princess from their world. Romina’s father, Ladorio VII, was struck down by the enemy, though. “My father entrusted me with both the future of Planet Ladorio and three machines. And he said that none but Earth’s legendary ninja could deliver us from our plight,” Romina continues. Wait, ninja? Really?! Yes, and what is clear to Romina is that only Earth’s ninjas could properly control the machines left by her father. But Joe and the others pilot those units just fine, no? Yup; Mike and Joe don’t really know the reason why, but they sure can do it (Ylbora fumes). Does that mean that Joe, Mike and Rennie are ninjas, Ishigami ponders? Romina and the others also thought so at first, but Joe’s insistent that it’s all just a coincidence. For one, he’s never heard of any of the Mars colonists being even so much as descended from ninjas. Truth be told, Ishigami notes that ninjas have long since become pieces of history, and that’s not what Romina wanted to hear.  That said, though Ishigami admits that it may be grasping at straws, he does note that Japan was the birthplace of Earth’s ninjas. If they look into legends and pieces of literature from those days, maybe they’ll find some bit of info that’ll help them? And, of course, Ishigami promises all of JUDA’s resources to help with that search. Romina is very grateful. That all sounds too good to be true for Gameran, and he asks what the catch is. Nothing, nothing at all! JUDA’s workers are humanitarians through and through! … Okay, there’s just a tiiiny little thing. See, they’ve this project they’re working on and Ishigami would really appreciate if they could help with it. A project? Yes, and the truth is…   We’ll have to find later, as Yui Ogawa, Ishigami’s secretary, steps in and says they’re receiving an urgent transmission from one Reiji Moritsugu. As he takes the call, Moritsugu says they’ve an emergency: a bunch of Martian-made units are headed our way! Joe corrects that “Martian-made” bit – those belong to The Boom Army, the Elshank’s pursuers. Bloody Linebarrels making me call everyone by their last name because it’s apparently OH-SO IMPORTANT to them…  I’m not getting blindsided again, but I don’t have to like it!  Mission 5 – The Legendary Ninja  : Hrmm, what a mess you’re in, Arnie… How am I gonna find my way back from frickin’ Japan?: I guess I should first try and let Maj. Graham and Jin know that I’m fine… : Huh…? Aren’t those the units that helped us in the Arkham City battle…? : This is a message to the Elshank and Princess Romina! We know you’re hiding around here!: I’m going to give you exactly ten seconds to show yourselves and surrender! If you don’t, we’ll burn this city to the ground and drag you out screaming!: Wh-What did he say…?!: What now, Mr. Ishigami? Whatever trick they used to pull it off, these guys have been accepted by the Federation as allies.: If you try anything against them, JUDA’ll also get tagged as rebels. : Ahahaha. Oh, that doesn’t matter at all, Richard. Our company made a promise to the Elshank crew to help them in any way we could, remember?: Sir Ishigami…: Moritsugu, Yamashita, I believe The Boom Army requires a display of how resolute we all are. SRW UX - Linebarrel : Understood, sir. : You can count on us. It’s been a pretty long while since we had a legit fight, too.: Hmph, so you earthling worms are set on defying us, eh? And in that case…! : Hrk… Th-That’s insane! They’re bombing the urban areas…?!: Saya, we’re also getting out there!: Wait a moment, Major! That Federation unit’s approaching!: What?! *Arnie blasts towards The Boom.* : Can you hear me?! This is Ensign Berge of the North American Alien Interception Team!: Aah? What in blazes is he...?: Requesting confirmation of chain of command! Under whose orders are you committing this atrocity?!: That idiot…!: Blah, noisy little bug! : Urgh…! : Are you trying to get yourself shot down again, moron!?: …?! I-It’s the UX unit from before…! What’s it doing here?!: If you don’t wanna die, then get lost! Are we clear?!: (And I’ve heard that voice before, not too long ago. Wasn’t that…?!) : (There’s the UX jet and even the alien units… What’s going on here…?!): Hmhmhm… and the rats come skittering out their holes! All troops, attack!: Your romp through our Earth ends right here, The Boom Army! Kill everything, don’t lose anyone. You gotta be a bit careful here because Arnie’s a neutral AI controlled NPC, right up front, and he’ll readily dash towards the enemy (he won’t attack them, but they’ll attack him) – a recipe for a Game Over. You’ll want to send your guys up there ASAP and start culling the enemies’ numbers, so make liberal use of Saya’s Tailwind spirit, or load your particularly slow units aboard the Elshank to give them a lift. To keep things simpler on you, make sure your troops don’t do ANY damage to Grathan; focus instead on killing all other enemies. You’ll thank me later. No secrets today, but always remember that the Elshank bots still need to add up 150 kills.  Vardant (Reiji Moritsugu) Pilot Skills: Factor (ファクター) – enables and boosts the Machina’s in-battle regeneration in proportion to their D-S.O.I.L. rate (check under the pilot’s kill score). Prevail L3 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Counter Predict All Attack L1 Command L1 Spirit Commands: Focus Sense Mercy Mech Features: Sword Gun Shield 10% HP Regen Squad Bonus: Crit rate +10, mobility +5 (Crit rate +20,Mobility +20, S in Air, Movement +1) Moritsugu’s voice actor: Yuichi Nakamura again  Hind-Kind (Satoru Yamashita) Pilot Skills: Factor Prevail L1 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Spirit Commands: Scan Invincible Mech Features: 10% HP Regen Reflector Cores – set a 3x3 AoE anywhere in a 2-7 range. Any enemy caught within will have their final hit/evasion reduced by 30%. Costs 30 EN. Squad Bonus: Armor +100,HP +500 (Armor +150, HP +1000, Accuracy +10, Range +1) Yamashita’s voice actress: Miyuki Sawashiro (other roles: Rico and Nico in Masoukishin, Tycho in Diebuster, Rin in Majestic Prince and tons more) And here are our first two Machinas in the game, each serving a specialized role. The Vardant is all about closing the distance and slashing the enemy with its billion swords, while the Hind is meant to hang back and snipe away/debuff using the Reflector Cores (which are pretty dang useful, as you can see). Now, to address the elephant in the room: the Factor skill. Previous SRWs may have trained us to think the regen procs only at the start of the respective turn, but the Machinas decided to switch that up for UX. See, while they will still regen 10% HP every turn, they’ll outright regen a portion of ANY damage taken immediately after the battle is over. This is calculated by the formula Regen = (D-S.O.I.L. rate /2)%*Damage taken (I do understand that that’s an anime term, but it’s easier to refer to it as such), maxing out at 75% when the rate is at 150. As for the D-S.O.I.L. rate proper, every Linebarrel pilot will start at a particular baseline (+1 for every 10 levels under their belt) and it’ll increase after certain occurrences. The list goes: Take damage from enemy = +2 Deal damage to enemy = +1 Destroy an enemy = +1 Dodges or nullifies an enemy attack = +0 The enemy dodges or nullifies the Factor’s attack = -1 Finally, Moritsugu’s baseline D-S.O.I.L. rate is 60, whereas Yamashita’s is 40. With all that done, as we move onward and Arnie gets his first action: : (What now…? I’ve been ordered to destroy the alien battleship and the UX units, but… the Federation’s allies are clearly in the wrong here! drat it, what should I do…?!) SRW UX - Love Survivor    SRW UX - Linebarrel: The aliens’ rampage can’t be allowed to continue. We’re going, Vardant.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6aMm-iBKwI “A drone, meaning I don’t need to concern myself with any pilot’s life. And in that case…” SRW UX - Linebarrel: Okay, how about I give these ETs a taste of what the Hind-Kind and I can do?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShGTZQwf_dY  And since I’m showing stuff off, here’s Joe’s best non-combined attack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPvvEEBj4D8 It doesn’t take much to kill all the Banks and Shamans. : Rrrgh, blast you all! Now you’ll learn what it truly means to stand against The Boom Army!   : Waaah! Th-They’re bombing the whole city again…!: Tsk… those sons of a…!: Mwahahaa! Burn everything! We’ll hammer the horror of our forces deep into the Earthlings skulls!: This is horrible…! Something like this doesn’t even deserve to be called “strategy”!: I took a vow as a Federation soldier to protect the lives of the people… I won’t turn the other cheek to this! I can’t! *Arnie blasts after Grahan.* : ?! The moron’s at it again?!: Stop! What’s the point in any of this?! Pull your troops back right now!: Rrrgh, out of my way! : Aaargh!!: What the hell’s that guy doing…?!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FNGwnYryds : What?!: (The alien unit… it shielded me?!) : Urgh… This ain’t good! That last attack wrecked my control systems…!: Joe?!: Mwahahaha! Now what a nice gift this is!: You’ve given me more than enough headaches these past battles… but now’s time to cut out the root of that problem! : Gaaaaah!: Joe…! Hold on, Joe!: Goddamn it…!: Now, DIIIIEEEE!! : ?! W-Was that…?! SRW UX - Tobikage Appears! : It’s that mech we saw at Arkham City…?!: Tobikage…! There it is again!: … x5 : Uuurgh…! Wh-What in Annex The Boom’s name is that machine…?!: W-Wow...! What kind of pilot’s aboard that thing to pull tricky moves like those?!: (Its movements are like…)*Beep, boop!* : Yamashita, your Reflector Cores! Scan that unit if you would!: Y-Yes , sir!*Scanning…* : Wh-What the…?! There’s no one piloting it?!: (I knew it. That unit is…!): …*Tobikage flies towards Joe.* : Wh-What…?! What’re you doing, Tobikage?!: …!  : Whoa! H-He…?!: Tobikage and the Kurojishi…!: Combined…?!: Wh-What’s up with that…?!: I get what you mean, Tobikage… You wanna fight with me, right?!: If that’s what you think, then I’m game! Let’s tear this bastard up!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKrjEQKXVXQ You can kind of see Tobikage hanging right under the lion’s belly!  : GRAAAAARGH! This… This is impossible!: Now! All troops, engage and drive out the enemy!: Aye, aye, Moritsugu!: (I’m a soldier of the Earth Federation Army… They’ll court martial me if I cooperate with the enemy…): (Still, I… as another human being, there’re some things I just won’t tolerate!)*The Riot now faces left!* : (Did he… He’s on our side now?!): Come on, Tobikage! We’ll show them what we’re all about!  So here’s another thing Tobikage can do, and by doing so, it’s given the Kuroshiji a boost to all its stats, as well as access to a different movement. On the flip side, its squad bonus no longer increases melee weapons’ power (it now boosts crit rate), which is less than ideal. Still, the extra firepower should help offset that. Also, at 130 morale, Joe gains access to  Skeleton (Grathan Glin) Pilot Skills: Prevail L2 Support Attack L1 Command L1 Mech Features: Sword All-Canceller Grathan’s voice actor: Houchu Otsuka (other roles: Gates in Full Metal Panic, Yazan in Z Gundam, Beck in Big O, Tap in Dragonar and SO many more) Standard midboss fare, Grathan doesn’t bring anything to the table that you haven’t seen in past games. He’s accurate-ish, hits decently hard, is decently bulky, etc. etc. His best attack is range 1-2, mind, so you if you can hit him from beyond that, even better. All-Canceller means forget about debuffs, of course, but that’s not a big problem here (remind me to check whether special commands like the Reflector Cores count as debuff weapons). SRW UX - Shadows that Rend Darkness    SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit: You’re supposed to be peacekeeping forces, not butchers…!: I’ll make you pay for what you’ve done…!      SRW UX - Tobikage Appears!: I can’t believe the power boost the Kurojishi got after combining with Tobikage! Heh, now we’re cooking with gas!   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vepQrrwXpmw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFG2QQXqj8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNVWLnci1RQ And now we go to town on the oh-so-weak mooks. Here are Romina, Yamashita and Moritsugu’s best attacks, plus their slick dynamic kills. One turn as all we need to wrap up Grathan’s reinforcements and set our eyes on the man himself. SRW UX - Love Survivor: You seriously chased us over here?! No girl likes a stalker, you know!: Whine all you want! I’ll pursue the Elshank halfway across the galaxy if I have to – I won’t stop until it’s captured!   : drat it, Grathan, quit bugging us! : I will not! I’ve to make up for letting you escape in the first place!  Grathan taking big damage: “I-I can’t believe it…! Romina found real ninjas…?!” SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit: You’re allies of the Federation, aren’t you?! How can you do something as barbaric as this?!: Hah, and you think I care? We only have one goal here today: capture Princess Romina!  SRW UX - Love Survivor: There’s nowhere for you to run, Princess Romina! Now be a nice girl and surrender!: Silence! What I’ll do now is end you and lay my father’s – Ladorio VII’s – spirit to rest!   SRW UX - Tobikage Appears!: You hounded us all the way to Earth?! Give it a rest already, Grathan!: I’ll wring out the life from your bones, Joe Maya! I swear it on The Boom Army’s name!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lalg8bYqwkI Taking out Grathan gives us Hazard’s Favorite Athlete’s Foot Medicine (Defense and Ranged +10, Accuracy +5)… I don’t think I want this. Oh, and I forgot Saya had words for him: : Oh, a jet? That’s cute. Do you seriously think THAT can stand up to my Skeleton?!: Underestimate me at your peril. There are always ways to down an enemy!: Curses! I’ll get you for this! : No other enemies detected in the area! The Boom Army has been repelled!: Haah, haah… We did it! : Ah! Tobikage’s…!: … : Still not a very friendly guy, huh? But he did save us again. : (If we take the Ladorio Legend to have been coded into Tobikage, then… that would mean that Joe really is…!): (The Ninja Legend, the three machines, and a mysterious robot that appears in their hour of need…): (How do all these pieces fit together, I wonder? This is looking to be rather interesting.) Location: JUDA – Cell : I can’t believe you were that Unknown Xtrikers’ pilot…: Sorry, Ensign Berge. I couldn’t handle keeping that shtick going...: The classical actor was actually a merc... that’s quite the twist.: One we wouldn’t have had if you’d just gone back for America like you were going to.: But, for whatever reason, you stayed… and then you got mixed in with us.: Those who know your secret must be killed, is that what this is coming down to?: Hahah, please. I know society calls us “Hell’s Executioners”, but come on…: We fight for a living, but we’re not barbarians.: But when you do fight, it’s only because someone’s paying you to, no?!: What about all the lives you take as a result?! How can you be fine with that?!: Well, if you’re going to go there, let me ask you this… What difference is there between us, mercenaries, and you, soldiers?: …?!: But I’m afraid I don’t have the time to philosophize with you. : You’ll have to play POW for a bit, so why not use that time to cool your head some?*Richard leaves.* : …: (“What difference is there between mercenaries and soldiers”…?): (The army’s allied itself with monsters who didn’t even think twice before torching an entire town…): (And the ones who were willing to stand up them were the supposed alien invaders and mercs who take lives for a paycheck...) : (Which side is really doing what’s right…?) Ishigami welcomes everyone back, and while Romina’s grateful for JUDA’s assistance out there, asks is he truly fine with what he’s doing, risking so much in order to help them? Speaking of, Ogawa says JUDA’s been receiving nonstop messages from pretty much everywhere: some are demanding an explanation about the previous battle, others are being very vocal about their discontent. “Oh, dear, that sounds pretty bad,” Ishigami sighs (and I swear this is all verbatim). ”But, okay, I want you to relay this message to all of them: ‘eat poo poo’. Something to that effect is also fine.” Joe does a double take, but Ogawa isn’t fazed and sets out to comply. Like Ishigami said, JUDA will do absolutely everything in its power to help the Elshank and he meant every word of it. Joe laughs and can’t really think of a retort to that; Damian is also impressed with Ishigami’s honor, and figures now they really gotta help with that project of this. Ylbora yells, asking how Damian thinks he has the authority to make that call. “And you? How do you figure we gotta care about what you want, pal?!” Joe gets in his face, and it once again falls on Romina to split them up. She notes that both Joe’s and Ishigami’s teams are helping them out of the goodness of their hearts – they cannot order them around.  While Ylbora fumes in a corner, Joe wants to know what they’ll be doing. First things first, Ishigami wants to properly introduce us to Moritsugu and Yamashita – the JUDA employees who helped us in the last battle. They are the very special pilots of the units known as Machinas. The Vardant and Hind-Kind aren’t the only ones, of course, and Ishigami tells Rennie that they can be found in various parts of the world – both the bots and their Factors, those with the necessary qualities to control one. And, as such, it is JUDA’s mission to locate and gather all those.  Location: Oota City – Park *Punch!*  : Urgh…! (Furuya) : Hah! Call in as many of you punks as you’d like, you still don’t have a chance against me!: O-Oow, I’m sooo sorry, Kouichi… I won’t do it again, I swear…: W-We’re cool, right?! We’re old friends, you and I…: …*Punch!* : Yaaack?! Gch… my head…: Heheheh…: Hm… Yes, that’s right. The Machina hasn’t shown itself yet, but…: In regards to just his physical traits and overall abilities, I’d say Kouichi Hayase has quite a lot of potential has a Factor.: But in regards to him as a person…: (Hell, yeah, I’m strong! I’m… the strongest!) : He is despicable…!
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This is getting good. We've gotten a taste of 8 series so far, counting the originals. And the transitions between them have all been pretty smooth.
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Between some of the character designs and names like Dog Tack, Tobikage could very well pass for a Tomino show. My entire familiarity with the series comes from mneidengard's SRW Impact translation, and I don't remember alien Yazan or Dog Tack being in that game. One thing this game's Tobikage has over Impact's is that it doesn't make you watch a combination scene every time it shows up. Spoiler: Tobikage continues to do what it just did. We've barely gotten started with the Linebarrels manga version and it is already clearly different from the anime. No wonder manga fans were always upset about the anime. One nice thing from using the manga is that the designs help with this game's case of hiraiface running amok. Meanwhile, Richard continues to be the protagonist while Arnie continues to act like the sidekick NPC.
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No knowledge of Linebarrel in either anime or manga form here, but I've already noted a slight difference in its portrayal of its main character compared to L.
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GimmickMan posted:My entire familiarity with the series comes from mneidengard's SRW Impact translation, and I don't remember alien Yazan or Dog Tack being in that game. Given it's mneidengard, they could have been in the game the whole time, but he was calling them Yozun and Doug Talk. I mentioned I'm currently playing Impact, I'm using his guide to get a general idea of the story (aside from the Byston Well route, apparently), and so far "Daisuke Umon" (Duke Freed's cover identity from Grendizer) is "Daisaku Uma", Zeon is Jion (as is the norm for mneidengard's attempts at translation prior to, like, Z), and Jinguuji from Raideen has gone through several incorrect translations, and that's not even half of it. I understand he was working in a time before Wikipedia, but I'm pretty sure there were a thousand message boards he could have gone to for the names, at least. Also, I kinda like Tobikage's combination FMV, I just wish he'd finally combine with Mike so I can see Bakuryu's combination. He's so fixated that he combined with Joe after I'd stuck Joe in a battleship thinking it would force him to choose someone else. Speaking of Mike, I don't know how relevant it will be in UX, but it took me way too long in Impact to notice that Bakuryu is S in water (and Impact doesn't have terrain-modifying equipment like Screw Modules), which is phenomenally useful when aquatic enemies show up to ruin your day.
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I can sort of see the logic behind Daisaku Uma because of all the horse riding Duke does (Uma = Horse). Or, well, the horse riding he does in the ending at least, I'm not sure if he does much riding in the series since I never watched it. I'd probably remember blue yazan's face and voice at least. It is pretty memorable compared to all the Titans rejects that make up the rest of the Tobikage antagonist list.Belated, but we're here for you if you ever need help getting through Impact. Remember you can always turn the game off and no one can force you to play it again. Not all SRW fans go through an Impact phase, but there are support groups for those who had the same experience and you're not alone.
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