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  1. I'm guessing no, because Nintendo has lately been kinda dogshit about making old games available, let alone going back to localize ones from systems past. This is the first time they've ever done it, unless there's a headline or two I've missed. I'm fully expecting for this to be a one-time thing, although I'd absolutely LOVE to be wrong.

    Now if this game sells well enough for them to WANT to go back and do the other ones, the obvious game to translate is Binding Blade, because Roy's in Smash, and that means FE6 would likely sell better than FE2 for example. If not Roy's game, then they'll probably just go in order. Maybe each time one of the OG 6 hits their 30th anniversary they get a translation? Who knows. I'd love to play the SNES games on the Switch eventually. 

    This announcement also brings hope to that OTHER Japanese game people really want translated. The one on the GBA that people asked Reggie about so often it probably haunts his nightmares. You know the one!

  2. Awesome that this is being done, the timed release thing is stupid but the actual concept of going back and translating this game is awesome. 

    Not only have they gone back to localize but they added new features too, they actually put work into this. It's neat. I'll buy and play some of it as a novelty despite IMO the remakes are a way better way to experience the NES games. It's neat that they're doing this and I'll be glad to shell out $6 to support this in hopes they translate the other 5.

  3. My predictions, based on the fact that IS has a history of crowdpleasing

    • New banner units
    • GHB matching said units
    • Something addressing the orb glitch
    • Raids (note how no GHB units thus far use endgame bosses, those characters will get their own mode. Plus we need more community oriented events.)
    • If not raids, a new game mode in general, something utilizing the community and/or friend list.
    • Addressing powercreep with something only half effective like increasing the bonuses from supports.
    • Formally announce the Michalis rerun, hint at a Xander/Camus/Zephiel rerun chain
    • Summon pool shuffling, personally hoping for all units available at 4 stars to be removed from 5-star pool
    • QOL changes made to TT, a new TT, if it's a mini it'll be New Mystery themed.
    • Something nobody's come up with so far.
  4. I think it's fake, but only because of the title. I find it kind of hard to believe they already have the title figured out. Gothic FE sounds interesting, overused as that aesthetic is. Maybe they can breathe new life into it. Villainous Avatar sounds kind of counter-inuitive but I'd give it a shot.

  5. Genealogy's large maps may translate well on something like the Nintendo Switch? It could be faithful in the manner of large maps, literally fighting across the continent, but removing unpopular features like each unit having their own money supply.

    Binding Blade hasn't aged very well at all IMO. Same turn reinforcements make it near unplayable unless you either use save states, look up maps beforehand, or are a masochist. The weird hit rates don't help.

    Everything made after Binding Blade is fine though? I mean the other GBA ones have the annoyance of class-exclusive promotion items, but other than that none of them really beg for remakes.

     

  6. Release a localized FE12.

    If FE 1-3 get remakes, the next logical one to do would be FE4. Genealogy would be the big release, and Thracia could be a DLC second campaign or something. They can reuse the whole waifus/children thing that helped get Awakening on people's radars.

    I see the concern over them making FE4 more playable, but if I could contest, IS seems very dedicated to keeping in the unique Gaiden features for Echoes Valentia. Maybe they would be the same for FE4.

  7. 23 hours ago, Res said:

    In one of first Trump administration orders, Dept of Housing & Urban Dev. suspends reduction of FHA annual mortgage insurance premium rates

    Interesting priority. And makes buying a house yet more unaffordable for the ordinary citizen.

    I wonder why that happened so immediately. Was Trump behind that decision?

    5 hours ago, eclipse said:

    He'd have to seriously fuck up for that.  While I have a low opinion of Trump, I think he's smart enough not to terminate himself prematurely.

    If even a quarter of the stuff being said about him and Russia is true, he's already impeachable. During a rally he literally said "I hope Russia finds Hillary's missing emails." If he stops keeping the House happy, or if Dems retake it in 2018, he's probably done for.

  8. I don't think Booker is strong enough to overcome incumbent advantage, but I do see him doing better than Clinton. Still, I see the democrats putting him up against Trump in 4 years because they like losing.

    Considering Clinton lost on a technicality, and by slim margins, I'd say "doing better than Clinton" is enough to win.

    kind of sucks that bernie would have been a shoe-in for 2020 if it wasn't for age.

    Assuming the people of 2020 will be as receptive to "revolution" populism as they were this year.

    If Biden had run, I think he had a chance to beat Trump.

    If Clinton barely lost, Biden would have won.

  9. After the awful rumors that Carson and Palin might get spots, Mad Dog Mattis is honestly a very pleasant surprise.

    As for 2020, Booker has the most charisma out of the shortlist I've seen, which I think is why he's the favorite. Biden is beloved enough to probably win, but I doubt he wants to run. And I think Bernie missed his window. Tammy Duckworth would be an interesting dark horse if she wasn't born in Thailand. Considering Gilibrand is shopping herself to Clinton's donors, I think it's safe to say she plans to run. She seems like the "Hillary, minus the decades of baggage" candidate, but he problem is, she comes off as even less likeable than Hillary imo. Warren's a giant risk, specifically with men and donors.

    I can't think of any really big contenders besides Booker and the obvious Biden/Kaine/Sanders. Maybe Al Franken?

  10. why is it likely to not happen? here are simple, necessary changes to voting:

    1. national holiday and/or on the weekend

    2. abolish electoral college

    3. introduce a ranked voting system

    these are all likely to happen if people were to actually fight for it. the electoral college makes my vote worthless as a californian. which is bullshit.

    election fraud occurs seldom (negligible) so having a broken system that tries to fix an imaginary problem is silly.

    National voting holiday is a great idea.

    Abolishing the college isn't on the table in the near future, just based on pure partisanship. The college favors Republicans, and will probably continue to do so increasingly, so I don't see GOP lawmakers being inclined to remove that advantage. It would require amending the constitution, which takes 2/3 of both the House and Senate, and 38 of the 50 states. Democrats would need supermajorities in all of these places for it to be possible.

    Ranked voting is an interesting choice, I'm not against it, but part of me still believes the two party system can be salvaged. If there was a way to make sure officials can't interfere in the primary process in any way, it might work fine.

    Regarding the electoral college, I believe its main flaw is the ability for an elector to change the candidate the elector was chosen to vote for.

    Which interestingly enough, is one of the main reasons the college exists. The fathers believed the people might be too uneducated to make an informed decision, so the college existed as a safeguard in case of that. That's not really an issue now with the internet and 24/7 news cycles, but I'm sure someone could make a sliver of an argument using the current fake news epidemic.

    Making the electoral college proportionate instead of winner-takes-all would fix most of the problems people are having with it. Removes party lean, keeps small states important, continues to keep voter fraud at a minimum.

  11. (I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this, but) I've been thinking about the electoral college lately, and I think it's a really dumb system.

    Politicians seem to always be trying to encourage young people to come out and vote, especially during presidential election years, and I was going to vote this year. Then I remembered that I live in a state that always goes Democratic and doesn't need my vote to go Democratic. And lo and behold, it did go blue this year. My vote literally does not matter. So if I'm confident that my state is going in a direction that I want it to go, then what is the point? Does my vote really matter? Individually, it sure feels like it doesn't.

    I'm sure Dems in Michigan that stayed home thought the same thing. Votes aren't useless.

    But, a way to potentially "fix" the electoral college would be to keep the point system that inflates worth of small states, but eliminate the winner-takes-all system in exchange for something proportional. Plus that way every vote actually does matter. Haven't done the math but that's just a suggestion.

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