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shes alive
Is she though? Both her and Ronda Rousey are probably going to need some time out of the spotlight, though Mariah's obviously too big of a star to go the route of Milli Vanilli and the like.
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RIP Mariah Carey :(
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Gunter is just old enough for Riri, pick him
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I'd say burn the witch, but FF2 exists. So I can't say that seriously.
Also, did the game get better after the airship? I'd been borrowing FF13, and that's as far as I got. (Much as I did think the game has quite a few issues (e.g. the upgrade system was stuck with a similar linearity, story was eh at best and characters ranged from good to Hope.), I have heard it got better beyond that point)
(also, it did give us this track during regular fights, and I like my violins and death in RPGs: link)
The problem with FF2 is the insane difficulty and weird mechanics, but the story is pretty cool. I'd play a full remake of the game.
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op has lost favor with me, thinking awakening is well written and saying ffx is crapgrab your pitchforks
what if you think FFX and Awakening are both good
I think that the topic creator is way too harsh on the 3DS' graphics though. Seems undeserved and elitist towards the PC.
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This sounded like a cool idea, so here it goes.
Basically, I'll be playing through the GBC TCG. It's short and fun, and it's easy to allow some nice audience participation.
Since I'm still on holiday for a little bit, I'm starting this topic early to get some consensus on what types of cards people would like to see. Just suggest some cards and I'll be sure to try to use them at least once if I get them.
I'll mainly be beating the clubs and beating the E4, showing off some side stuff like Imakuni too.
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Yune didn't steal anything lol. Yune takes Micaiah's place for maybe four chapters worth of time. What I meant is that Part 3 should have been solely focusing on the DB and Elincia, with Ike and the Mercenaries serving lesser roles like Seliph in Thracia 776.
Ike shouldn't be going off starting wars just because a friend asked it. Ike is unsympathetic to anyone who doesn't automatically agree with him in either game at all. Likewise, the fact that he distrusts nobles is annoying. Character development doesn't stop a character from being utterly unlikable at all before that point. Corrin grows well enough, and yet people hate them just because disliking Corrin is the cool thing to do, and the pseudo-intellectual Fates critics told them to. Ike is just as bad as Corrin, if not worse, at the beginning.
lol at assuming I haven't played every game in the series.
You're clearly ignoring everything that Micaiah learned if you think she didn't develop. If we apply your tenuous standards that apply to Ike, Micaiah started off as a poor woman who lives in fear of being discovered due to her Branded status. Despite that, her status allows her the power to heal others without staves, and due to the oppression that Ike caused by callously romping through Daein in PoR, Micaiah is forced to use her powers. Originally, she feared even being seen, but as Part 1 goes on, she begins to become the head of a grand revolution. It's taxing, as proven by 1-9. Micaiah wants what's good for Daein above all else, and she's willing to do anything to protect people. Micaiah does things that she doesn't agree with throughout all of Part 3, until she directs her hatred and pain towards Lekain.
Micaiah makes the actually difficult choices, even though she originally didn't even want to lead. That's as least as much development as "my dad died so i guess i have to be a man now." Coming of age plots are the worst, and there's nothing about becoming a "man" or "adult" that could ever be interesting. That's why matured characters like Roy, Micaiah, Sigurd, and Lucina are superior to the ones who are growing up like Ike, Seliph, or Corrin.
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Whenever it's opportune. Sometimes early, sometimes at 20. I typically wait unless I'm yearning for some extra power, but that's why I use some prepromotes anyway. For instance, if there's something that only a strong Pegasus Knight can reach, I'll turn my Peg into a Falcon Knight for the extra stat boosts.
In Thracia at the very least, early promotion should be a cornerstone of anyone's playstyle. The caps mean that waiting until 20 might waste that beautiful potential and those beautiful promotion bonuses.
In games like FE13/FE14, I don't really find that it matters, but the early games of those have few promotion items anyway. Never forget about Awakening with its lack of buyable Seals until a bit later than they should be
In PoR/RD, Level 21, since Seals/Crowns are ridiculously rare in the first place
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Ike has no character development at all. None. If you see some, you're probably looking too hard.
Ike's interactions with Mist/Soren/Titania are the only times Ike is likable. Ike never changes at all. In RD, he actually regresses to a state where he's willing to fight literally anyone just because. Part 3 is truly ridiculous, and there's no reason for Ike to have joined the Laguz Alliance. Ike's sheer lack of mercy to Zihark/Jill/Sothe/even Meg is callous. Someone like Marth would never act the way that Ike does.
I mean, there are very few FE characters who I feel are adequately developed. Funnily enough, Micaiah is one of them. Unlike Ike, Micaiah has to make actually difficult decisions and do things that are objectively "evil." Micaiah is probably my favorite Lord, especially since Part 1 is the best Part of RD. If you ask me, RD should have just been Part 1 + Part 2 + DB Parts of Part 3, and then a completely different Part 4. Micaiah and Elincia should have shared the spotlight. It's fine that Ike returns, but he shouldn't have stolen the spotlight. Ike ruins Elincia's moment in Part 2, and he ends up shoving her out of the way until Part 4.
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Welp, there's been a reliable rumor dump about the upcoming Switch presentation; apparently, the alterations and additions to Smash for it are "minimal". Looks like two new characters and maybe their homestages is about all we should expect.
I think three is the best bet.
One big current new-series first party, one first party from a returning series, one third party
Inkling is a lock, Elma, Isabelle, and Decidueye are probably fighting for the next spot, while the third party could be anyone honestly.
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I agree with the person above; why not have both Ike and Micaiah? Had it been done in Brawl, there would have been 3 FE characters in Brawl, which I am sure no one would have claimed to be too many considering FE was worldwide, and would be the same as the number of Kirby characters in Brawl.
Of course, we can't go back in time and change this. But, since Lucina and Roy almost certainly will not be in Smash Bros. 5 (if another Smash Bros game is ever made) and the fates (pun intended) of Robin and Corrin are debatable, Micaiah could appear in a later Smash Bros game, especially if Nintendo makes a remake of Path of Radiance and/or Radiant Dawn.
We definitely don't need two Tellius characters. People already don't like having two Awakening characters (I think they're fine though), so why should we give extra attention to Tellius? If you wanted to include both a slow, bulky character and Micaiah, then why not Hector? I don't even like Hector, but he would be preferrable in this situation.
At the time, Fire Emblem was definitely not as big as Kirby. Even now, they're about equal, and Kirby could definitely stand to gain a fourth character. Animal Crossing and Kirby are the only series I feel are "underrepped," but I feel that Xenoblade is slowly making its way up.
I highly doubt that Robin, Corrin, or Roy will be cut. Mewtwo, Snake, and the Ice Climbers are the only fully unique characters that have ever been cut, and Mewtwo is back, Snake had rights issues, and Ice Climbers had gameplay issues.
Robin and Corrin are obvious, but for Roy, I highly doubt that any character cut and then brought back again will be cut. Thus, I assume that Dr. Mario, Roy, Lucas, and Mewtwo are all locks. Especially Lucas. I still can't believe he was actually cut.
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Another unpopular opinion: Units with good bases but terrible growths are my aesthetic. Gunter is one of my favorite units in Fates for that reason.
Also, Ninjas were a mistake. Having an interesting Dagger class is outweighed Poison Strike and Lunge. I don't really think that Daggers are really worth it, though Jakob uses them pretty interestingly.
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How could this happen? I'm truly devastated.
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Don't know where to post this but I think this is the most appropriate place to do so.
I'm really worried on how FE Mobile will be handled, specially in the micro transactions aspect, after the big fail and terrible reviews of Super Mario Run. I hope they do everything ok with FE Mobile and it doesn't turn up to be a big disappointment.
Super Mario Run wasn't even a terrible deal, considering that you can spend more on shorter E-Shop games. The problem is that it was unprecedented for a mobile game. Nintendo probably needs to realize the boundaries for mobile gamers and work around them.
I expect the game to have a Gaiden-size cast, but you can get more units and special weapons by spending real money/ingame tokens to have a chance to get a legacy character or regalia.
If that was the case, then I'd expect a showing like Marth, Ike, Roy, Robin, Corrin, Lucina, Chrom, Itsuki, Tsubasa, and Caeda to start off with their weapons too. I'd expect a steady stream of new characters as well.
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I give Roy a free pass because I like his design, which should be plenty of reason to like a character.
I didn't say that FE shouldn't have just Sword users, but make sure that they're relevant to the series instead of picking no-names. Tsubasa is a great example of a relevant Lance user that could be fun and interesting.
A mounted character would be really, really awkward based on the gameplay style that Smash uses, and Wario is pretty much the only "mounted" idea that I think would work.
As a whole, I'm not really looking for any more Smash FE characters in the first place. I mainly just want Corrin, Robin, and Roy to stay, which could be a hard enough task on its own. I don't think that Smash has too many swords though, because I still would want Fiora, Shantae, or Elma and they use swords. I think that a weapon is just as unique as the idea that comes with it, and that the weapon itself matters less than how its used. Corrin is barely a sword user because they attempted to make him really stand out. Smash could use some more unconventional fighters anyway; Wii Fit Trainer and Villager are hopefully just the beginning.
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I mean, I get being a completionist, but you can certainly continue without Zeiss.
Zeiss is needed to get the True Ending though.
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you probably didn't bring lilina to the final chapter
i'm pretty sure you only get the endings of your idoun team
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Ike is an awful, inconsistent character with a bland design and boring gameplay. And that's in Radiant Dawn alone. Bulked Ike soloing the game is lazy and irritating. Ike's in the running for my least favorite Lord in the series, alongside Hector and Lyn.
I've always preferred Micaiah in pretty much every aspect, and she'd be pretty unique. Roy, Lucina, Robin, and Corrin are fine to me though. I'd be okay if Lucina was dropped, but I wouldn't be happy or anything.
Ike was a mistake, and it let to the mess that was Awakening's Ike pandering as well. Too late for Micaiah now, but she would have been cool.
edit: does it even matter if we get the full weapon triangle or whatever. Bandana Dee and some random axe user from another Nintendo game would be good enough. The sword user argument is quite nebulous, especially since there are already a lot of swordfighters in the game anyway. It would be nice to see more weapon diversity from the series, but having weapons just to have them (Ephraim, Hector, etc) would be worse than adding fitting characters from other series like Kirby. Bandana Dee has a plenty fine lance, though I can't think of any major Axe characters. Of course, King Dedede's mallet is close enough.
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The issue I have with this is that Atlus changed hands in the midst of all of this, and the resulting game was absolutely NOTHING like what was announced way back when. Atlus' situation shortly after the announcement would've been more than enough justification to cancel the game's release (let alone bring the game overseas).
I'm honestly surprised the game even survived in the first place. After an event like Index going bankrupt, I would have expected the resources for this game to go to other projects like SMT, P5, or EO
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My unpopular opinion would be that I find the big focus on Akanea in that game to be a mistake. Its hard to find a character from those games that isn't surpassed in all areas by the characters that came after them. To me only Ceada, Hardin and Marth truly hold up as characters.
When characters like Cain, Navarre or Droug are used In a crossover I believe there needs to be a justification for not using someone like Kent, Oswin or Zihark instead. They have more to offer and the justification of those Akanean characters being the first doesn't really work considering that a lot of people encountered their better developed successors a lot earlier than the Akanean characters.
Kent? Really?
Kieran and Sully sure, but Kent? Kent has almost no personality.
Zihark is also really not very big compared to pretty much every other Myrmidon in the series. Shanan would have been a better example. I don't know about Oswin either, considering that Kellam and Gatrie are the biggest Knights.
Realistically, I expect TMS2 to move to Fates and Tellius only, similarly to how Cipher did with Series 3. Expecting anything from before 9 to be represented isn't realistic (considering that the Archanea characters technically count for 11/12)
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Not everything marked was false.
Um, did you just say that Birthright was bad because it was "beginner friendly?"
That's a startling elitist standpoint to take. Do you just want all of the games to alienate any newcomers, thus causing the series to stagnate and die? Those are mostly fairly subjective, but Moulder and Vanessa are very much objectively better units than Tana and Natasha. It's like saying that Sophia can be better than Raigh. That only happens if you neglect one and give bias/get lucky with the other one.
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shoutout to my max Defense Marcia and my max everything Micaiah
i typically always get at least one speed-focused character who gets blessed in defense every single run for some reason
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I know you hate the game, but you talk as if the choice of using a single FE universe is objectively worse than doing a multiverse thing.
Not only that, but there are a whole seven major Mirages, and all seven of them are quite popular.
Chrom, Caeda, Tharja, and Navarre are all extremely popular characters. All four of them are near the top of their respective classes, especially Navarre.
Cain and Draug are very important characters in the grand scheme of the series. Cain even gets directly mentioned in Awakening's main game without DLC, which is a very important distinction.
Virion exists, but he's one outlier in the main cast. He's basically modern Jeorge.
With 2016 being over for some, post your Top 5 3DS Activity Log times for both 2016 and overall!
in General Gaming
Posted · Edited by Freyjadour
Top 5 2016:
Fire Emblem Fates: 68:22
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice: 54:27
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy: 54:27
Pokemon Moon: 52:14
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies: 32:32
Top 5 Overall:
Fire Emblem Awakening: 330:76
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy: 137:10
Animal Crossing: New Leaf: 134:72
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS: 74:18
Fire Emblem Fates: 73:50 (my 3DS clock is ahead)