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I... guess it's epic and cool? Sorry, but for a final boss theme, I feel like it's kind of lacking. It seems too soft note-wise, and as a result it doesn't give off the pressure and urgency that I feel final boss themes should give. 6.8/10

I really like the song. It's very ambient, atmospheric, calm, and relaxing. It reminds me of David Wise's music from the Donkey Kong Country series. For the below video, stick to 0:00-3:58: "

A very classical, old-school American tune. It sure brings me back to better times.

Amazing job with the Marth figure!! I like how you captured so much detail in the costume, like the boot laces and the gold lining. The hair and eyes are also really well done.

It's pretty cool, seeing people re-enact fighting styles from the medieval times for tourists.

A really epic, blood-pumping, beautiful song that's easily among my top 3 favourite songs of Final Fantasy IV. 10/10

It feels kind of weird having them go back to colors for Pokemon titles after 3 generations of using non-colors for their Pokemon titles. I suppose I technically don't find anything wrong with the titles being Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet, but it's just weird to me. I guess part of the reason I find it strange is that they've already used 4 of the 6/7 colors of the rainbow for the 1st Generation of Pokemon games, and they're only now using another rainbow color for a Pokemon game title (Violet). Regarding the 9th generation starters, I like the grass cat the best, currently. But I always pick my favourite starter by which final evolution I like the best, so I'll have to wait to see what the final evolutions look like. Speaking of the 9th Gen starters, there's already a fair amount of fanart of what people think the final evolutions will look like. It impresses me just how quickly people come up with fanart of things on the day they're revealed, especially when fans are predicting form changes of newly revealed creatures/characters.

I like it overall, though it feels like it could use a bit more background. 7/10

A pretty cool battle scene. I appreciate that it doesn't get too cheesy with the characters' power/speed levels.

It's a pretty cool tribute to Julius Caesar, though it lost me at the 0:52 mark.

Heh, I didn't actually realize he wasn't even ordering food until the very end. For the below video, stick to 7:04-9:52.

So for those people who are familiar enough with Fire Emblem Fates/Three Houses routes, I was wondering if you'd personally consider them to be multiple games in one, specifically from a content/game development perspective. I ask this since I vaguely remember an interview where one of the head staff from Intelligent Systems said that Fire Emblem Fates had content/game development time equivalent to that of two games, hence why they split the game into two different cartridges (Birthright and Conquest). I'm curious regarding if you guys agree with that statement or not. I'll admit, I haven't played either Fire Emblem Fates/Three Houses before, but I know there's a fair amount of shared chapters/maps/assets. To what degree, I don't really know, so I can't properly judge.

Just a heads up that you're supposed to be posting your own video for someone to give an opinion of, after you give your own opinion of the above poster's video. The main restrictions are to keep it at 4 minutes (if it's over, you can specify a time frame within 4 minutes. Eg: 1:37-5:22), and to keep it appropriate. If smithmarsh34 hasn't posted a video by Tuesday, February 2, anyone can post a new video for others to give their opinions of.

What a silly general... For the below video, 0:00-1:57:

So I was really surprised that there's no threads on the Pokemon Arceus leaks, and all the juicy new info that was revealed. I was wondering if it's just because I was the first one to get around to making the thread, or if we're avoiding talking about it to not get in trouble with Game Freak/Nintendo. Can anyone answer this question for me? As much as I want to talk about specifics on the new info, I'll refrain for now until I get a definitive answer on if it's okay or not.

The video was over 4 minutes and without a specified time span, but I still listened to the full song. It was quite enjoyable, though it's not exactly my cup of tea, in terms of rock music that I like. I'd still personally rate it above average as far as rock songs go.

Have you ever had phases in your life where you do research on a topic, just out of fun or plain curiosity/boredom? (it doesn't count if you've researched something out of personality self-improvement or school/career related purposes, since there's a clear reason and purpose as to why you've researched it. Also, researching specific video game/TV show/movie series don't count) Even if it's watching a bunch of youtube videos to learn more about a certain topic, that counts. Also, feel free to share findings of your research in this thread. For me, I was into researching edible wild mushrooms almost a decade ago. Sadly, I never got to a point where I could accurately and correctly identify which mushrooms were poisonous and which were edible. I was hoping to reach a point where I could actually distinguish between edible and poisonous mushrooms in real life and safely forage them. I really needed an expert/veteran mushroom hunter for that, which were hard to find where I live. More recently, I've been researching unintentionally creepy children's show characters. It's a really intriguing topic, since it shows just how the littlest touches in a character design can make a well-intentioned character design look terrifying. Some of the gems I've found in my research include the following:

What are some interesting facts/quirks about you that your family/close friends would know about you, that online people wouldn't? (Eg: you never make direct eye contact with people when you talk to them, at restaurants you generally order food you've never tried out before, you always wake up late on weekends due to staying up the night before, etc.) Video game music, definitely. I've lately been listening to a lot of Kirby, namely C-R-O-W-N-E-D and Moonstruck Blossom. Though aside from video game music, I listen to Vitas, meme music, and whatever you classify this as. Yeah, if you don't count video game music as a real genre, my music tastes are pretty hard to classify.

Hilarious and epic stuff!! I can't believe it's over 10 years old and it hasn't even reached a million views yet!

What characters are you hoping will make it into Fire Emblem Heroes that haven't been in it already? For this question's purposes, you can list characters that don't have a standard version of themself in the game (Eg: Elice only has a paired version of herself in the game, but not a standard solo version). I didn't know I could have my member title be completely removed by leaving it empty at the time. A single hyphen was the most neutral looking member title that I could think of back then.

The co-op gameplay reveal has really won me over, and has heavily increased my likelihood of getting the game. Hopefully, I'll be able to get one of my friends/siblings to set aside enough time for me to play the game with them fully. I do wish it was Gooey as the 2nd player though, even if it means him not being able to copy abilities and him being stuck with the tongue whip, fireball, and such. I've always felt Kirby and Gooey were really good "similar yet different" partners, in the same vein as Mario and Luigi, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, and Sonic and Tails. I like Bandana Waddle Dee and all, but he doesn't really have as nice a partner dynamic as the examples I listed above. Wow, you and your brother sure are lucky with the timing of the game's release!! That's sure going to make for one epic birthday celebration. The closest thing I've ever got to something like that was Vega being revealed for Street Fighter V one day before my birthday (though to be fair, Vega is my most favourite Street Fighter character, so that was pretty big).

It really brings back memories of studying Shakespeare in English class. Old Wil' sure had a confusing yet decorative way with words. For the below video, stick to 0:15-2:22: To give the video some context, the guys who made this video are a martial artist group with their own youtube channel, and they don't have the budget/resources that most movie or TV show producers do.

Has anyone heard of or watched the TV series High Guardian Spice? If so, what do you think of it? What do you think drags down the TV series' quality the most? I'm really surprised no one's made a thread about this series on SF yet. Though with me creating the thread for it, I guess I have to post my opinion on it. Well... between the low quality animation with many errors (like that "random giant student" who walks behind his teacher), main characters who act unreasonably and unbelievably (eg: Maybe it has rabies!! Let's follow it!!), focusing screen time on the wrong things (like the 1st episode having way too much screen time on traveling to the academy, without even doing any world building), among many other issues, I can't say it's good, sorry to people who like the series. I do get a fair amount of unironic enjoyment from it, watching animation errors that most people missed and watching people tear the series apart in reviews. ...okay, maybe I should cut it out with the non-constructive criticism of the series. I'm actually really interested in hearing from people who like the series, and the reasons why they like it. I also want to hear from people who can get to the core of the biggest problems with the series, and suggest ways to improve the series and make it better.

I've never watch any ani... Never mind. I stand corrected. Jokes aside, I did have a pretty huge anime phase around 2008-2010, watching Galaxy Angel and a few other anime series. Nowadays, I mostly just watch short clips of it on youtube, with Komi-San Can't Communicate being the main series I watch youtube clips of. And if you count it (which I don't), High Guardian Spice bashing/critiquing/review videos.

I apologize. I shouldn't have been so snippy about your guest character suggestions, and at the very least I should've been nicer in telling you to steer away from posting guest characters for this thread. Guest characters in general just really frustrate me as a whole, especially with so many games these days focusing less on the original game's scope and more on which guest character will create the most hype/revenue, or which guest character will surprise people the most. (eg: Stars Wars characters showing up in Soul Calibur IV just to get Star Wars fans to buy it, Joker showing up in Mortal Kombat 11 to get sales from Batman fans, or Ninja Turtles showing up in Injustice 2 just because no one would've expected it) I suppose I can't do much to argue about the sales and money it brings in, but for fans of what the game series is originally supposed to be about, it's disappointing and feels like a betrayal to have the game image and game resources be directed away from what the game was originally supposed to be about. I mean, many people were angered over Joker making it in over Mileena in Mortal Kombat 11 (though she eventually made it in the latest DLC batch), or Mortal Kombat characters showing up in the Injustice games (especially with how Sub-Zero, Raiden, and Scorpion have showed up in 10-12 fighting games, while most iconic DC characters have only showed up in 2-3 fighting games). One of the things that personally bothers me the most about guest characters is that in most cases, they hype up characters that are already popular and well known, instead of giving lesser known characters (and franchises in some cases) a chance to shine and potentially grow popular. I mean, Fire Emblem very likely wouldn't have been released internationally and become popular if Nintendo didn't give Marth and Roy a chance to shine in Super Smash Bros. Melee, who were unknown to most of the world at the time. Pit in Brawl and Kid Icarus Uprising is also in a similar boat. I really wish game companies would put more spotlight on their obscure characters, help their characters' popularity grow, and by extension, help their franchises/game universes grow as a whole. In particular, Injustice 2 focusing more on guest characters than DC characters that could use the spotlight feels like such a waste of potential. You've got somewhat unpopular characters like Shazam, Stargirl, and White Canary with their own movies/TV shows, and they don't even bother to put them in Injustice 2 to boost popularity/interest in their movies/TV shows? (Shazam dying in Injustice 1 is no excuse, since they brought back Green Arrow and Joker despite both of them dying in Injustice 1 as well) DC characters outside of the Batman universe hardly get to be playable in video games as it is, and having a DC fighting game that barely scratches the surface of the DC Heroes/Villains library feels so disappointing and like such a waste. Although putting obscure Mario characters like Wart, Mouser, or Kamek in future Mario Kart/Mario spinoff games may not be as impactful as my Fire Emblem/Kid Icarus Uprising examples, it would still help the Mario series/universe grow as a whole; expanding the amount of characters the Mario series uses frequently, and having more characters be known and loved by the fanbase. I tried to think of characters that would fit this bill, though with my unfamiliarity with Super Mario 64/Sunshine/Odyssey and a fair amount of other Mario games, I thought I should turn to SF for help, hence this thread's creation. If anyone wants to continue with the "guest character beings good or bad" discussion, we should probably make a separate thread for that, since this thread is getting quite derailed. Again, I'm sorry for being harsh to you Lord_Brand. If you happen to have your old post saved, feel free to post it back if you're up for it. It was never my intention to have you delete your post, even if guest characters do frustrate me.