SoulWeaver

-gasp- NEW PERSON?! >pog Anyways, I think I've got my idea down, looking forward to seeing what everyone else comes up with! Wait, Chloey's moving to another forest? Don't go, where else will you find such wonderful discussion partners?! /s In seriousness, that sounds exciting, hope you're able to get everything done smoothly!

Oh wait yeah I could dash at that point. That would have been helpful. Would have helped against Octopus too but then I couldn't have cheesed the Penguin fight by wall-jumping the top corner and spamming homing missiles because screw actually playing a platformer the skill way. Me being me it got way more convoluted than that. The original idea was that the Fight Smith that X/Zero/Zero.EXE replaced would be swapped into their spot, then they would swap back after the protag beat the Megabeast(the giant thing in the sky, it's like YGO's Worm Zero but significantly grosser). However, the same amount of real time took place in their world, meaning that the world they go back to is dealing with the fallout of a machine with an immense stigma against humans and an arm cannon suddenly spawning in their midst, with Zero's world taking the biggest hit given that, you know, the resistance group is like half humans at the very least and they can't even seem to kill a single Pantheon if MMZ1's opening is any indicator. X's world would have suffered only light damage since it was post-X8 and that world's Zero was there to minimize the casualties of what essentially is just another Maverick to him, while a Fight appearing on the Net would have been wonky since NetNavis tend to look pretty similar to humans, but a good number of them can fight for themselves, plus Fight getting stuck in BN's combat format would have been a serious handicap. My foresting skills need more work, I wouldn't call me a forester yet. This...I'll have to see if I have any of my older ideas still lying around to go through with. It's a good idea, I like it, I just don't remember where I put all my unused ideas, if I put them anywhere.

Well, since Benice isn't here yet and I am, unless random people show up and throw the vote off worse @indigoasis I think this round is yours. Whenever you're ready to start us off feel free to drop it on us.

I mean, as I said after reading it, it definitely fit both potential halves of the prompt as I imagined it very well, so I can't fault you for wanting to vote responsibly with it as one of the options. BUT THE FOUR-WAY TIE MY MAN

Anon skip reading Indigo's piece and just vote Chloey. Do it.

Benice this is like the fourth time you've posted one of my entries as "Untitled." I know it's my fault for not adding a title to the Serenes post myself, but I'm starting to feel like you're not reading any of these. Have you been hit with the Curse Of The Thread Updater(TM)?

Oh, so this is why you sent me that - ok. Not half bad, you got a good laugh out of me with the "you've been gnomed!"

Aaaahahahahaha called it.

What, no, I meant hypotheses about it being a catgirl. Even if it were, why would I do anything to it? I'm not a furry, I just want to know if they exist is all. -gasp- A surprise last-minute Chloey piece?! Even his original theme sounds like it came straight out of a Megaman X game, it was so powerful they had to nerf it after that one. Meanwhile, America got cat. Like sure, she's a heartwarming character who stands out as the only remotely well-adjusted member of a cast of psychotic freaks, but...it's kind of hard to get over the fact that her big aspiration in life is basically to be a showgirl. Or that she's butt-naked at all times with fur only covering the absolute essentials. That part's...kind of important. Anyways, here we go. Post-Read:

I didn't know Chloey had guys like this guy running around her country either but here we are. If we have catgirls I've never met one in her human form. One of my friends had a cat that seemed pretty interested in me but she went off the rails and ditched before I could test any hypotheses. The, uh, the friend. Not the cat. The cat is probably also crazy because cat but I can't confirm.

Hey, I'm gonna need another day if that's ok with people, I won't be anywhere I have internet access on my comp tomorrow. In other news, I got the Capcom Fighting Collection this week so I could try Darkstalkers. It is so not fair that Chloey gets this legend as her country rep while all I get is a naked cat girl.

...This is gonna be weird and probably only make sense to you, but alright, here we go. Yeah, I dunno, I just like the soundtrack.

Nah, gotta be just one, this is gonna be weird enough as is. Uh...I have no idea, actually, I just found the game on the 3DS eShop. The story seemed to imply there was some other media it came from like a manga or something, but I don't know about the wider story or world.

Nah, if you're serious about Layer or Double I can make those work too, I just have more prior knowledge of Iris because, you know, absurd childhood fascination bordering on simp-dom. Basically, pick Iris if you want a super serious question right at the start, Layer if you want a more light-hearted What The Frick kind of story, and Double if you want to have edgy without it being full-on anime levels of edge like you'll probably get with Iris. I literally didn't even know she existed until I looked up a list of Navigators. You could pick RiCO or even Ciel if you wanted, though they would be trickier to use for the idea I had in mind. Just make a giant mashup of all the Megaman knockoffs, I like it. In that case I'll also suggest a cameo for The Legend of Dark Witch - a Megaman knockoff from a gameplay perspective but with a notably anime aesthetic, I actually really really like the second one.

It's a shame, because the idea this question is for honestly lets me ask a really interesting question if Iris specifically is used. I did mean any Navigator, yes. I mean Megaman is always an option, but here...let's go halfway and I'll suggest the Megaman ZX Reboot Azure Striker Gunvolt and it's own spiritual pseudo-successor, COGEN Sword of Rewind. I can probably come up with some other options tomorrow, but that's all I got for today.

Hey, could someone please select a Navigator-Type Reploid from the Megaman X series for me? Can provide a list of options if required. This is, uh, 100% unrelated, definitely.

-Felicia and Jakob shift uncomfortably- I'd like to remind you that Scarlet gets murdered like one Chapter after you get her in Revelations, there's virtually no way that didn't contribute considering Gunter also can't S-Support in Revelations at all until the game is almost over. I'll totally give you Reina and Flora, considering how we can all see she was simping for Jakob I was surprised Flora couldn't marry him, maybe they were making a joke with the VA, but Scarlet, if not Gunter, is probably a victim of Fates trying to make three paths work(though Kaze is an argument against this).

I'mma be honest, I'd rather it go mixed, with some children locked to mothers and some locked to fathers. It allows for more sibling conversations, which Awakening and Fates could really have used more of. I understand why they probably didn't do that, but still.

Hey, hey, there were plenty of NPCs, most of them were just wearing masks so they accidentally seemed generic and forgettable, that's all. Alright, I'll admit I laughed at that, thanks for that image. I spent about two days seriously considering whether I could make Zero work for a Mythos - allowing him to surface more would cause the character to become more single-mindedly focused on one's own mission, while attempting to keep that from happening might have the effect of causing doubt in one's cause a la X4. I need to do some research on the Mechanical Gods of A Robot Named Fight(Tyr, Zurvan, Hephaestus, Wadjet Mikhail, Buluc Chabtan, Orphiel) to see if I can blend any of them with their other appearances(if they have any), since they were a thought I had, and I also considered Loki as an option for someone who begins to develop multiple personality disorder if they allow him/her/it/whatever to surface more. This week's been pretty busy, though, so I haven't really had time to do too much, I'll see if I can do some more fleshing out of those concepts over the weekend.

Right, but in Smash 4 all characters had customizable Special options. Palutena was the only one with full-on Mii-level changes to each move(though Megaman had some that were sort of a similar level), but the feature did exist. You could have a pseudo-expansion where you released the Smash 4 alternate Specials with the same unique backs as the precons, allowing for customization, and implement a rule where both players have to confirm their opponent is using a deck with the correct number of Special Attacks before the game begins to deal with potential cheating. Exceed got me to discover Fight, actually, which was great, it's got more hours clocked than everything else on my Switch bar Smash Ultimate, I just started a new file to see how many achievements I could get without ever dying last week. You're planning to do an Indie game, then? Or have you already done one?

No, it's Dimitri's Lance, specifically as it appears in Heroes attached to Legendary Dimitri.

...So the Smash 4 edition then. If you want a group with some experience doing the "Fighter Deck" idea, I'll happily take another chance to plug for a game, this time Exceed. Think Street Fighter but as a card game(Season 3 actually is Street Fighter). Each character comes with a specific set of 8 Normal attacks that all fighters share, along with 7 Special Attacks and 2 Ultra Attacks, designed of course to represent Special attacks and Supers(so similar to Final Smash). There's about 100 fighters at time of writing, plus an entire community devoted to making Custom fighters, so I think it's safe to say the game is a pretty solid example of preset deck options that offer different takes on similar gameplay styles to ensure there's a fighter for everybody. We even have Indie Knockoff Samus as a fighter if you want an example. Also Shovel Knight. Loooooots of Shovel Knight.