Wist
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- Disaster: Day of Crisis [Wii] (The lack of information pertaining to this game is disappointing, but I am keeping my eyes open).
- Disgaea 3 [PS3]
- Fatal Frame IV [Wii]
- Fire Emblem DS [DS]
- Oboro Muramasa Youtouden [Wii] (I hope there are fewer frame-rate issues than were in Odin Sphere).
- Persona 3: FES [PS2]
- StarCraft II [PC]
- Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World [Wii]
- Valkyria Chronicles [PS3]
- Valkyrie Profile: Toga wo Seou Mono [DS]
- The World Ends with You [DS]
I own Okami for the PlayStation 2 and, because I am unable to convince anyone in my family that the game is worthy, I am unlikely to buy the Wii version. I adored Yggdra Union for the Game Boy Advance so I might contemplate buying the upcoming PSP version, but I will wait until more information regarding the title is released.
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Should one be determined to make the attack, one could potentially abuse the RNG until the attack is successful. For the benefit of those who do not know what abusing the RNG entails:
Assuming a unit is selected, moving the cursor be moved in such a way so as to force the game to make a decision as to which path the movement arrow should take will get rid of a number from the RNG. After using up one number, a savestate could be recorded and the attack made. Should the Pierce Glitch occur again, one can repeat the aforementioned process to get rid another number from the RNG, before repeating the attack, until the attack is successful; a savestate will not negate the loss of RNG values like suspending and resuming the game would.
This is not an elegant solution but it might possibly be favorable if making the attack in question is deemed necessary by the player.
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Lawrencium: LR - Lilina and Roy.
Rubidium: RB - Regal Blade
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Edit:
Nevermind.
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The anime Air was the first form of visual media to draw forth such an emotional reaction from me. Interestingly, Air and Kanon are both based off of visual novels, of the same names respectively, developed by Key. I will definitely consider buying Kanon when I next have a fair expanse of free time. I own the PSP version of the game but I have yet to be inspired to set aside the time to play it. It is good to learn that you found the story to be meritorious.I just finished watching Kanon. It's the first anime to emotionally move me. Scratch that, the first of anything I've watched to emotionally move me. And it takes alot, so watch Kanon. -
I was delighted to see a Protoss Carrier in the cat image.
The above artwork was produced by phungdinhdung of deviantART.
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Have you perchance seen this video of an episode's end? I remember seeing it posted on forums multiple times in 2006 (or perhaps early 2007) but I do not know how widespread its popularity was.
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You could try Microsoft GIF Editor (an archaic program) or Gimp (which may take a little time to figure out). I am sure that there are other suitable free-ware programs, I listed only the two programs which I am personally familiar with.
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Anime:
- Air (13 episodes) - Air (sometimes referred to as Air TV), based off of a game of the same name (there is also a movie adaptation), centers on a young puppeteer (I would venture a guess that he is in his late teens or early twenties), Yukito, searching for "the girl in the sky," a task passed down his family for generations. Upon arriving in the town in which the story takes place, he comes in contact multiple potential candidates who might fit the aforementioned status; all of these girls have bizarre personality quirks, the origins of which are revealed when their respective character's history is uncovered. Air involves magic as an important (but not overtly present) theme and spends a fair amount of time dealing with emotionally heart-wrenching maternal relationships. If this fact is of any help, the Air visual novel was developed by the same team which produced Kanon; I must, however, admit that I have neither watched nor read Kanon so I cannot provide an accurate representation of any similarities between the two stories. If you enjoy emotional stories then I would recommend you look into this.
- Cowboy Bebop (26 episodes) - Cowboy Bebop details the story of a small group of bounty hunters late in the twenty-first century. The anime is a work of science fiction but it incorporates elements of mid-twentieth jazz movements (most episodes, if not every episode, is named after a jazz song or album and many fighting scenes are timed to jazz and rock music). In regard to the story, humanity has spread out into multiple colonies, primarily on planets and moons, due to a particular incident which left much of the Earth uninhabitable. The plot of the series itself is lacking in that each episode tends to follow a particular character's life or history; the focus is on the characters themselves, and their personal interactions with others, more than an overarching plot line. If a concrete story is incredibly important to you, despite excellent characterization, then you may wish to pass on Cowboy Bebop.
- Elfen Lied (13 episodes + 1 OVA) - Elfen Lied is gruesome, violent, and oft includes nudity (the first episode is by far the worst culprit of the aforementioned elements). The anime (and the manga from which the anime's story was derived) involves a woman, Lucy, who escaped a special research facility off of the Japanese coast. This woman is a diclonius, a being who appears to be a potential next stage of human evolution. Diclonius appear to have telekinetic abilities (invisible 'arms' which protrude from their backs can be used to interact with their immediate vicinity, they are immensely strong and are sometimes used for severing the limbs of others)... and can be distinguished by small horns on their heads; diclonius also see humans as a lesser race. Upon her escape, Lucy suffered a head injury and was washed up on shore with apparently severe brain damage. She is discovered, and housed, by two university students. Henceforth she suffers from a horrifically acute sense of bipolarity, different triggers result in her switching between her intelligent ultra-violent persona and her innocent clueless persona. As I mentioned before, Elfen Lied is violent and gruesome. Some people find it ingenious and justified by the story while others find it to be rubbish worth skipping, I do not know how to predict who would fall into which camp (excepting those who find blood discomforting, there is a lot of blood in Elfen Lied).
- FLCL (6 episodes) - FLCL is a coming of age story about a twelve year old boy who comes in contact with a Vespa riding alien with a guitar. FLCL is intended to be humorous and it was very much an experimental work (it was also produced by Gainax, the studio famous for introducing Neon Genesis Evangelion). If you wish for further information I would recommend you read the Wikipedia article; I cannot form an effective explanation which does the show any justice. FLCL is funny but a bit inane and immature.
- Fullmetal Alchemist (51 episodes) - Fullmetal Alchemist takes place in a world in which alchemy became a dominant science as opposed to physics. Alchemists can manipulate matter and energy to transmute materials and elements at will to fix that which has been broken or create something entirely new; they are confined, however, by the law of conservation of matter (referred to as Equivalent Exchange). It is not until late in the anime (sometime after it branches off from its manga source material) that the apparent lack of adherence to the law of conservation of energy is justified. The story starts with two alchemists, brothers named Edward and Alphonse, who are partially self-taught alchemists of great proficiency. They hope to confront alchemy's biggest taboo, the creation of human life, by attempting to resurrect their deceased mother. The attempt fails and Edward loses and arm and a leg and Al loses his entire body (Edward manages to attach Al's soul to a suit of armor). They thus set forth on a search for the mythical philosopher's stone which is fabled to allow an alchemist to bypass the law of Equivalent Exchange. I thoroughly enjoyed Fullmetal Alchemist when I first watched it but have since become less enamored. The story is definitely worthwhile but it is long.
- Genshiken (13 episodes) - Genshiken is about a group of otaku at a university. The anime is comedic and makes numerous references to the sorts of hobbies that an otaku would likely have interest in. I do not think I would be considered an otaku but I am well informed enough to have picked up many of the references made; someone who is not well familiar with anime and games would probably do well to avoid Genshiken for a while. I have not watched the second season, Genshiken 2.
- Gunslinger Girl (13 episodes) - Gunslinger Girl is about an Italian government agency which rehabilitates select severely injured girls for the sake of making them into assassins; these girls are oft augmented by cybernetic enhancements. Much like Cowboy Bebop, the overarching plot is not as important as the focus on the individual characters. I am personally familiar with the city of Rome so I enjoyed noticing different landmarks and tourist attractions which were mentioned or otherwise made use of in Gunslinger Girl. The concept of child exploitation is a huge concern in this anime. I am under the impression that many people found Gunslinger Girl to be boring, hopefully one should be able to determine if this is the case after watching the first one or two episodes.
- The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi (13 episodes) - This anime is about a girl named Suzumiya Haruhi (or Haruhi Suzumiya, depending on whether you prefer the surname before or after the first name) who, unbeknownst to her, has the power to recreate the universe if she becomes bored. The creates a club called the SOS Brigade which seeks mysterious or suspicious happenings which, again unknown to her, includes an alien, an esper, and a time traveler (as well as a normal high school boy, the protagonist, Kyon) intent on ensuring that Haruhi is never bored lest she destroy the universe. The anime is both puerile and ecchi, but not lascivious in any sense. If you are turned off by immaturity then you may wish to avoid this franchise, for everyone else, it is quite funny (funny due to silliness more than anything else, I think).
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (26 episodes) - Neon Genesis Evangelion starts off with a focus on giant robots fighting against bizarre alien entities called angels and with a continually increasing focus on the psychological stability of many of the show's characters as the series presses forward. Its director relapsed into a depression while working on Evangelion which likely contributed to this change of focus. Evangelion is a very interesting watch; were somebody with a newfound interest in anime to approach me for suggestions, Neon Genesis Evangelion would be my first recommendation.
- Shakugan no Shana (24 episodes) - Shakugan no Shana takes place in a world in which monsters called tomogara secretly consume the life force of people; human beings are never aware of this occurring. Soldiers called flame haze dedicate their lives to fighting tomogara and replacing the lives of those whose life force has been eaten with beings called torches. Torches act as a shock barrier for humans and quickly fade out of existence leaving no trace that the original person ever existed. The main character, Yuji, is one such torch, but he has the ability to move within the realm cast by tomogara and flame haze which leads one particular flame haze he dubs Shana to explain his condition to him. Yuji, however, is special in that his life energy is replenished every night which prevents him from winking out of existence. I found the underlying concept of this story fascinating but I must admit that the focus slowly drifts away from the peculiarities of Yuji's position and towards a weird love polygon which develops between the major characters. I have not watched the second season, Shakugan no Shana II.
Manga:
- Akagi (ongoing) - Akagi is a manga about a young but incredibly proficient Mahjong gambler. It is still being written but I have long since stopped reading it, I dislike very long stories.... I will not pretend that I can make any suggestions as to who would and would not enjoy this manga (If such information is of any relevance, I myself do not gamble).
- Death Note (108 chapters) - Death Note has an extraordinarily intriguing beginning and an excellent initial story arc. I do, however, profess myself disappointed by what appeared to be a continual reduction in the quality and credibility of the story after the first story arc ended (much like was my impression of Shakugan no Shana). I have not watched the anime so I do not know if the aforementioned concern was in any way addressed by it; if you are interested in the anime I would urge you to trust the opinion of someone who has watched it over my impression of the story. One might perhaps do well to read the first story arc and then read a summary of the rest of the manga....
I have watched some other anime but I excluded those which I did not complete or suspect no-one here will recognize. Fullmetal Alchemist is the longest series I have managed to watch in its entirety. As I mentioned in my very brief explanation of Akagi, I normally prefer relatively short stories.
Edit (26.03.2008): I added descriptions for each anime and manga in accordance with The Fourth Fox's request.
Edit (01.04.2008): I described Shakugan no Shana as being comprised of twenty-six episodes. The correct number of episodes is twenty-four, this has been corrected.
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Nice job, especially considering that these are your first serious .gif animations. The Ike .gif moves a little slowly but the individual frames appear to fit together well. I do not regret neglecting my homework for another hour in order to peruse the Internet.
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SI - Soren and Ike.
Edit (21.03.2008):
Si is the chemical symbol for Silicon.
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Zephrion used the Print Screen key on his keyboard to take a screenshot of his screen (the screenshot would have been saved into the clipboard). He then pasted the picture of the screen into Microsoft Paint where he drew the red boxes. If you have a minute to spare, it is worth testing out this feature; the ability to take a screenshot can occasionally be very useful (I use it when my word processor crashes so that I have a reference with which to re-type whatever information may have been lost). I am not much familiar with any operating systems not developed by Microsoft so I do not know how this feature works with computers running a competitor's operating system.
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My monitor has a larger display than the size of the new background image. Because of this, there are lines where the background image is repeated (I do not know the best way to describe it, but the image does not line up with itself). This does not concern me in particular (I have no preference regardless so I refrained from participating in the poll) but I think that this inconsistency should be noted in case you had not noticed.
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You could perhaps try breaking your shield to stun yourself whenever you kill an opponent. Doing so might make a much bigger impression, especially if you win the match.
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During weekdays (Sunday night until early Friday afternoon) I will be using the friend code 0688-4964-0332 with the name WIST. My Internet connection will also be very unreliable if somebody else in the house uses the Internet while I am playing. It does, however, appear to be fast enough for smooth play if only I am using the connection. I will still use 3523-1822-3041 on most weekends (this particular connection is ridiculously fast and should not be a cause for latency). I apologize if this inconveniences anybody.
Edit (16.03.2008):
In both locations in which I might play, I am in the same time zone (GMT -5).
Celice and The Wind, I will add you to my weekend friend roster on Friday night. I have every friend code yet listed in this thread added to my weekday friend roster. If somebody uses the weekend connection on a weekday without my having made note of such an irregularity then it is most likely my sister, but I would think the chances of that happening in the immediate future are slim. Again, I apologize if this causes any sort of inconvenience.
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I found it quite amusing, I was curious as to how you reacted to that.oh yeah Wist, that one match where we went to sudden death and i was toon link and I hit us both up.... LAME!!! I CANT BELEIVE IT! THAT WAS SOOOO LAME! HOW DID I DIE FIRST!!!!
I'm afraid that I cannot remember that instance with much clarity, which characters were present?Oh and that 3-Way Sudden Death was pretty funny -
Don't worry about it. Your advice was sound, there would be little reason to expect such a limitation to be in place.
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I am pleased to have been able to play with... those with whom I just played. I look forward to the next time we, and any other members of this forum, have a chance to play together.
EDIT (15.03.2008):
Does anybody mind that I played nearly every match with Marth? If anybody here finds it frustrating to face the same opponent(s) multiple times in a row then I will gladly diversify my character selections.
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On most weekends my friend code for Super Smash Bros. Brawl is: 3523-1822-3041 with the name WIST. I do not think I will have access to a fast enough connection to play on week days but I will experiment.
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I do not know why but one's personal statement will not save if one attempts to change it through his or her control panel. There is an alternative method, however, which appears to work as intended. If you wish to edit your personal statement you must select your public profile (click your screen-name in the top left of the page as opposed to the "My Controls" options in the top right), choose "Settings," type your personal statement in the specified box, and then click "Save Settings."
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If you try to command the Black Knight to rescue Micaiah during the discussed chapter, Micaiah insists that she can fight and will not permit herself to be rescued.
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Because no one has yet to respond to this thread, I will mention that I also found The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya an enjoyable (albeit bizarre and slightly puerile) anime to watch.
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I thought you were implying your copy of Super Smash Bros. Brawl was not working and was thus suggesting that somebody with the game working should send you his or her Wii and game. I need to spend more time ensuring I understand each post correctly before I make responses; upon looking back my interpretation does not fit very well to the discussion.
Regardless, it is good to know that you are not experiencing any problems.
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What the hell...? That is very unfortunate.... Do you have any friends afflicted with the same problem?
I do not expect that this will make you feel any better, but my Wii has had no problem reading the game disc.
Ilyana!!!
in Far from the Forest...
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Dear Nintendo Co Ltd, Intelligent Systems, and all other relevant parties;
Your adoring fans in the Americas and Europe wish to propose the following storyline related suggestion for the next installment in the Fire Emblem series....