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    What are your favorite Pokemon?

    in Pokémon

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    in general, my favorites tend to be among: Gallade (and Mega Gallade, he looks like he came out of Saint Seiya), Gardevoir, Altaria, Chimecho, Scizor, Rhydon, Ninetales (both OG and Alola), Suicune, Lugia, Frosmoth, Feraligatr, Espeon, Kingdra, Xatu, Dragonair and Arcanine

    Rest in Peace, Akira Toriyama...

    in General

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    it's the first thing i read this morning when i woke up, it's really crazy; while i've not been much of a Dragonball fan as of recent years, i used to always watch it on tv as a kid, and i still have DB cards (and lamincards, although i think it's pretty much an italy-only thing) and pencil cases, excercise books and binders that i used in first grade, and i also started drawing by tracing DB illustrations 

    of all the tweets i read today, the one who surprised me the most was one which showed a comment made by Toriyama in '82 about Kurumada (author of Saint Seiya/Knights of the Zodiac), where he essentially said he loves Kurumada's manly mangas
    but there's also a comment made in 2002 by Kurumada where he says Toriyama is a genius, and also says "if he's a golden egg, then i'm an iron egg, that needs to be constantly polished or it'd start to rust, and that only through effort and dedication he can shine as much as Toriyama"

    considering Kurumada is considered by many the single manga author who defined the standards for modern shōnen manga, that's pretty crazy

     

    also, Akihiro Hino, president of Level 5 (Layton series, Inazuma Eleven series etc.) said that when his studio was chosen to develop Dragon Quest VIII, Toriyama himself showed up at Hino's house to discuss about the game
     

    besides this, it simply amazes me how many creative minds, not just manga authors, this single person touched and inspired

    Unicorn Overlord

    in General Gaming

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    33 minutes ago, ciphertul said:

    I would recommend playing the demo, a lot (at least on gamefaqs) where upset that it wasn’t closer to FE. 

    well i was mainly speaking about the graphics and aesthetics in general, i'm not really fond of how FE games with 3D graphics look

    but yeah, i've seen some trailers and while i somewhat get some FE feelings from Unicorn Overlord, it's clear it's not a carbon copy of FE games

    also, owl lady

    Unicorn Overlord

    in General Gaming

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    i still haven't played the demo, and i don't think i will, but i'm really looking forward to this

    it's pretty close to what i'd like modern FE games to look like, so that's a bonus too

    Share your wishlist / ideas for the next Smash game (Discussion thread)

    in Super Smash Bros.

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    i don't have huge demands (imho), i'd just like to see a few newcomers from series i really like
    these would be any non-Sekiro Fromsoftware main character (Chosen Undead, Cursed One, Good Hunter, Champion of Ash or Tarnished, i'm fine with any of these ones) and any Trails main character (either Estelle, (Kevin) Lloyd, Rean or Van (haven't played Kuro yet)

    whether it's with a whole new game or a re-release with new contents, i don't really care

    What realistic aspects of history do you want to see?

    in General Fire Emblem

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    i think i'd like it if they picked a certain historical period and location with its culture and made it "fire emblem-ized"

    what i mean by this incredibly imprecise and generic line is, i'd love it if they, for instance, decided the new game would be set in a FE version of 16th century europe, and actually stayed coherent with the armor, weapon and outfit design of 16th century europe, same goes if they decided to pick east-asian or middle-east countries
    if some elements are not coherent, they should be given a proper reason why, like armors and weapons created with old designs as inspirations

    this would definitely require a certain amount of research, something i'm not confident they'd make

    Which FEs have the best and worst character design, in your opinion?

    in General Fire Emblem

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    when I think about FE's artistic design, the GBA and Tellius games always come to my mind first, they're the games I associate FE with, from an aesthetic point of view
    and while I love Senri Kita's style, my personal favorite aesthetic for FE is Genealogy's, i adore the mixture of fantasy noble clothings + pieces of armors (mainly shoulders) many characters have, the way the hub castles look, i love everything of that game's visual elements (also, i love the 90's character artstyle in general)

    the worst, for me, is a tie between 3H and Fates: the former because to me it looks incredibly boring, soulless and artificially "fresh", and the latter because i see it as a buch of weird stuff that they put together (also i'm damn tired of Kozaki)

    So why did you choose your username and profile picture?

    in Entertainment

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    Yexin is an NPC for a FE fangame I thought I'd make like 10 years ago, and to this day it's still just an idea because I know absolutely nothing about modding or whatever's necessary to make such a thing
    I know almost nothing of chinese, but the name is supposed to mean "Feral Heart", though I must say I used google translate to come up with this name so it's most likely wrong

    The propic is a just as old drawing of her, first I drew it on paper then traced and added colors thanks to a free drawing app

     

    A few years ago I tried to master a Pathfinder campaign where I reused a lot of the ideas for that FE fangame, including this character
    We never got past 5 sessions because of various problems

    Is the first game you play in a series always your favorite?

    in General Gaming

    Posted · Edited by Yexin

    my experience is:

    Pokémon, first played FireRed, it IS my favorite pokémon game to replay, but my favorite pokemon in general is Platinum

    Dark Souls, first played DS1, and i think that it's the best DS game overall, but I like DS3 better

    Kingdom Hearts, first played KH1 and it is indeed the one i like the most story-wise, but gameplay is of course better in KH2, so I'd say overall I like KH" better

    Final Fantasy, my order was 1, 2 (interrupted), 5 (interrupted), 6, 7, 10 (interrupted), 15, 8 (interrupted), 9 (interrupted), 10 (completed), 8 again (interrupted again), 16, and my favorite is 10

    Trails, played first CS1 then 2, the went back to the Sky trilogy, then Crossbell, then replayed CS1 and 2, continued with 3 and 4, still have to play Hajimari, but I honestly wouldn't be able to pick one as my favorite... i'd probably pick Sky the 3rd, so I guess I'll fall in love with Hajimari, according to what I've heard about it

    Bravely, played them in release order (Default, Second, Default 2), my favorite is Second

    Inazuma Eleven, played them in release order (1, 2 (both versions), 3 (all 3 versions), Go, Go 2, Go 3 is still japan-only), and my favorite overall is IE3, although I really like how the endgame of IE Go 2 plays

    Fire Emblem, my order was 7, 13, 8, 6, 4, 9, 10, 1, 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, and my favorite is 9

    God of War, i played them in release order (spin-offs included), and my favorite is GoW2 (GoW4 is interrupted and of course I haven't played GoW5 yet)

    there's probably more, but yeah i'm generally not among people who think their first game in a series is their favorite

    Non-protagonists you’d prefer over the protagonists

    in Super Smash Bros.

    Posted · Edited by Yexin

    Tifa over both Cloud and Sephiroth
    she could have a really cool combo-based moveset, similar to most of the fg characters already present, and she could actually have materia implemented in it, and also female character bonus points


    Rhea over Byleth
    overall neutral pick just like Byleth, could have a more interesting moveset compared to Bylet's "my sword has different hitboxes", implementing dragon breath (or beams i guess), claws, tail attacks and so on, and also female character bonus points


    Chun Li over Ryu
    i just like her more than Ryu, and also female character bonus points

    What franchises do you think desperately need a reboot?

    in General Gaming

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    I agree with the statement saying a reboot of KH would make more good than bad to the franchise, but not in the way most might think

    essentially, i'd really appreciate it if KH went back to "a few original characters interacting with Disney and Square characters who are all more aware about stuff than them"

    i still love how Ariel's father warned Sora about the boy being nothing but bad news if he, as the Keyblade Master, wasn't able to control his powers, or how the Disney villains all agreet to the same evil plan, or how Cloud was deceived by Hades and then helped by Hercules, and so on and so forth, and IMHO that's what made the first KH game so magical, among other things

    Which Anime Characters Made The Strongest First Impressions For You? How and/or Why?

    in General

    Posted · Edited by Yexin

    premise: when i name a franchise or a title, i'm EXCLUSIVELY talking about the manga, not the anime (unless specified otherwise between brackets)
     

    Eikichi Onizuka, one of the best and most memorable characters in any japanese form of media
    loved him in Shōnan Jun'Ai Gumi (especially the latest volumes, where his character truly shines and develops) and he's an absolute badass in GTO (i'm ignoring the other manga series but not because I didn't like them, far from that)
    iconic, to say the least

    Alex Louis Armstrong in Fullmetal Alchemist, he's just so likeable and truly cares for everyone around him, even though he might be kinda invasive in doing that, and also the reason why he's still Major rank is heart-wrenching, which makes his warnings (threats, almost) to the Elric brothers even more meaningful

    Yoh Asakura and Hao in Shaman King: Yoh is the least "main character" main character in any anime/manga i've ever seen/read, and until the very end you're just never able to tell what's on his mind, almost as if he simply liked to "be"
    Hao is a perfect antagonist to the story and to Yoh in particular, and the fact that he seems to be basically invincible... yeah i'm not going further with this sentence

    there are many more i'd like to name and explain, but i simply don't have enough time to do that, so i'm just listing them:
    Kaneki Ken (Tokyo Ghoul), Mark Evans/Endou Mamoru and Shawn Froste/Fubuki Shirou (and pretty much everyone else) in Inazuma Eleven (anime and videogames), Ikari Shinji and Katsuragi Misato (anime), Akutsu Jun'Ya, Murakoshi Ayumi, Nagase Nagisa, Fujisaki Shinomi, Shindōji Fumiya, Kamata Jun, Saejima Toshiyuki, Kadena Nao, Aoki Mafuyu, Masaki Kyōsuke and Danma Ryūji (Shōnan Jun'Ai Gumi), Kanzaki Urumi (GTO), Frieren, Fern, Stark, Heiter, Himmel (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End), Roy Mustang, Edward Elric, Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist), Kurokami Medaka, Hitoyoshi Zenkichi, Akune Kōki, Kumagawa Misogi, Emukae Mukae, Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box) and many, many others
     

    no, i didn't have to look their names up

    Does Fire Emblem Nostalgia get Toxic?

    in General Fire Emblem

    Posted · Edited by Yexin

    7 hours ago, Dark Holy Elf said:

    My feelings are basically the same there. If someone watched The Shining and thought it had the best direction of any movie they had ever seen, do they not have the right to call themselves a fan of the director? And yes, if someone has only played Three Houses but is hugely invested in it and has created art/fiction/merchandise for the community, do they not have the right to call themselves a Fire Emblem fan? If not, how many movies/games are needed? The way I see it, being a fan is a self-identified label. Nobody has the right to gatekeep that.

    Instead of being jerks about who is or isn't a "true fan", fans who have played and enjoyed many games in the series (I'm one, hi) should focus on recognizing the positive feelings of fans who have only played a small number of games and encouraging them to play other games, or at least the ones we think they'd like. (It's also okay if some fans love some of the Fire Emblem games I love, but not all of them. I certainly have friends whom I would not recommend certain Fire Emblem games to based on knowing their interests, including Fire Emblem games I personally very much like.)

    the meaning of the word "fan" is an incredibly broad and dispersive (just like the term itself) topic from which no one can truly claim to come out as being right
    the way i personally see it, what makes you a "fan" or "potential fan" of something bigger than a single production or piece of media is your attitude towards it:  if you liked 3H a lot and created art/fanfiction/merchandise to show your love for it, but you have no intention to go back and experience other FE games because you're content with just having played 3H, then my opinion on the matter is that you're not a FE fa, you're just a FE3H fan; similarly, if someone only watched and greatly enjoyed The Shining but isn't interested in experiencing other Kubrick movies is simply a fan of that specific movie, rather than of Kubrick in general
    also, when you understand that you actually want to experience a franchise (for instance) as a whole, what allows you to bear the "real" fan label, is dedication

    i had this doubt myself when i first watched Evangelion and The End of Evangelion in like 2 days: even though i really liked those works, i didn't really know if i would've called myself a "fan" of Evangelion, having only passed 2 days since i actually decided to get into the franchise, when probably there are people who watched it when it first aired in 1995, bought tons and tons of merchandise, DVDs, figures, manga and the likes
    my conclusion is that i felt no need to label myself as a "fan", and let the passing of time decide it for me: now that i own a limited edition of the series and the movies (Rebuild aside), and 2 (yes, 2, but this is a story for another time and topic) different editions of the manga adaptation, in retrospective i think i can say i'm an Evangelion fan, because the way i express my appreciation for pieces of media, aside from talking about it with other fans or people who're trying to get into it themselves, is by spending money for its ... "physical memorabilia", i guess? i don't like Eva's figures, but i don't think i know how to express this with less words

    Does Fire Emblem Nostalgia get Toxic?

    in General Fire Emblem

    Posted · Edited by Yexin

    21 hours ago, DarkSage861 said:

    "if you haven't played Tharica, Tellius or FE7, you're not a real fan"

    the way i see it about these kinds of arguments is: take movies, major directors in particular, like Kubrick, Spielberg and the likes; if you go and tell some Kubrick fans (and you know they're Kubrick fans) that you've just watched The Shining, then you might expect them not to call you a "real Kubrick fan" if you've never watched 2001 A Space Odissey, A Clockwork Orange or Full Metal Jacket
    i don't really know if your problem with this is people not accepting your "fan" lable about something, or just a principle thing, but in any case my opinion is that people in general should pick the people they decide to tell things more wisely

    of course you shouldn't always expect other fans or "experts" to judge you, and i'm not saying they're right if they do: all i'm just saying is that it happens, in potentially any fandom, and if people care/feel personally attacked/hurt about it so much and they can't take such trivial and totally ignorable opinions (because that's what they are, opinions), then they should understand when and where to keep their mouths shut, or else be ready to engage in an absolutely pointless and time-consuming argument in case the worst happens (read as: some people just so happen to not be in agreement with you)

    aside from that, yeah, nostalgia can be a beast, but i personally live with it by interpreting it as "past experiences that i appreciated and are very precious to me, that caused me to have certain tastes and opinions", tl;dr "i know what i like"
    tastes and opinions can definitely change with time, and that's normal, but in general, as long as it doesn't actually cause you to not be able to live in the present, i don't think nostalgia is inherently a bad thing

    Given the early release of Wave 2, when do you think Waves 3 and 4 will release?

    in Fire Emblem: Engage

    Posted

    1 hour ago, DefyingFates said:

    How so, if you don't mind my asking? I'm just curious about your reasoning.

    most honest answer is "it's just a gut feeling"

    if i were to elaborate, i'd say i feel like they already had Wave 1 and 2 pretty much ready to be released when the game itself launched, but i don't expect them to be THAT in advance, mostly due to Wave 4

    i agree that Wave 3 could release in like a month, being it just 2 more Emblem Bracelets (as far as i know), but i expect Wave 4 to take at least 3 months to release after Wave 3

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