Skynstein
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I think most of GSC songs... Also the Gym Leader song in RBY.
I wouldn't say I have nostalgia for them, but the soundtrack in DPPt is one of the best in the series...
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@Lord Raven, I'll refrain to quote your whole post because I don't like the forum's system very much, but I'll address some specific points.
Universal healthcare is a socialist thing. The whole concept of a welfare state is based on a capitalist society accomodating socialist ideals to make things fairer (but, ultimately, not totally fair, as capitalism is inherently based on unequality). This does not mean it's a bad thing.
The things Sanders wanted to do were something I'd fully support if we weren't speaking of the USA as a world superpower. My country has them. It's no European welfare, but it's there. I like that it's there. But the more I watch stuff, the more I feel the US military is our leverage (I'm putting everyone under the American zone of influence in the same basket here, you, me, and pretty much everyone in this forum) against far worse things. The US has done terrible things in the name of "democracy". As of late, most (but not all) of these things were done by Republicans. But without the US, Russia and China will take over, and these are like going 200 years backwards in time. Sanders could implement public healthcare and state-funded university tuition, but he would have to cut money from somewhere else, and the obvious thing to cut from is the military. Perhaps he could find a balance, but definitely not underfund it, as pretty much everyone in the West needs it to ensure we can remain free of those threats.
The Fox News bit is something I genuinely did not know about, and I was honestly surprised to learn that, but it's logical to be that way because it seems to me most of the population in the USA is flyover states. From a foreigner perspective we really do get the view CNN is bigger, I mean we have had CNN on cable here for ages, while Fox News was added only recently. I'm glad you pointed it out.
When I speak of "mutual respect", I mean there are people who treat fighting for civil rights as literal war. When people were split between races by state law, it was, in fact, war (if you were black the state was, literally, your enemy), but we're past that, or at least I hope we are, despite Trump's moves against illegals and Muslims; if this is democracy, let's behave as democrats. Extremists may not be the majority, but they're the noisiest. Since they're the noisiest, mainstream media will go out of their way not to displease them in any way or form (and usually fail in the process, as they get pissed off over anything) simply because they voice their views as "progressive" so they must be the good guys. This does happen in the right-wing as well but the mass media is more progressive these days, at least over here (because progressive is good for business, as said before), so you have to actually venture into the right-wing outlets to find it, the loudest right-wingers (which are usually the worst ones, I'm sure you know that) calling for stuff that suits their agenda, amassing support (since, let's be honest, most people are politically dumb and follow anyone resembling a loud conspiracy debunker) and having the right-wing media acommodate these louder, extreme opinions in an attempt to minimize friendly fire. Mass media has to do it because they need to reach as many people as possible (it's good for business), and in the process they attempt to build a better image of themselves to the general public (or, at least, to the people who watch them).
Elaborating further on it, extremists are way too aggressive and they scare away people who don't necessarily have a stance on the subjects being discussed, they see the way extremists behave and they're immediately turned off by their agendas. This has effectively given the left a very poor image here (with corruption scandals being the nail in the coffin), and I believe it's happened in the US as well, as much of what happens here was directly adapted from the way the harshest liberals behave in America. And in my country it's really funny because the left tries to appeal to the poor, but the poor are usually religious and follow Christian faith, on top of being conservative, therefore subject to all the vices the left supposedly fights against (racism, homophobia, the whole lot). So you have an intellectualized left-wing that lives in its own fantasy world and does not appeal to the people they claim to fight for (the poor). Their votes go to right-wingers instead.
It's complicated. But extremists are always for the easiest solution. Deport all Muslims, allow all Muslims in. People think it's easy. Even the ones that get elected nowadays (like Mr. Trump himself). I'm too young to be a cynic, but the world keeps pushing me in that direction, so what can I do.
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26 minutes ago, Lord Raven said:
Source? Or better yet, expound upon your logic, because this is one hell of a logical leap to make based on, what I suspect to be, a fringe community on tumblr.
The "bulk" of Sanders supporters is a pretty damned lie in that case, depending on your definition of "bulk." Is it a lot of Sanders supporters? Or is it just a fringe subsection? In either case, when one side has plenty of support in terms of their right wing, Christian-Sharia Law, poor-hating, minority-bashing, and environmentally unfriendly policies, it's pretty clear which side is worse and by what order of magnitude.
I did not want to deviate from the subject at hand, but you forced me into it. If Democrats are allowed to put all Republicans in the same basket, why are you criticizing me for supposedly using "fringe Tumblr groups" to depict the socialist agenda in the US? Many Trump critics are speaking as if all his supporters were part of the Ku Klux Klan or something, and they use the absolute extreme (videos of white supremacist groups, for instance) to prove their point. The people doing this are not "fringe Tumblr groups". They are the mass media.
Why does this happen? Because Trump is bad for business. That's all there is to it. The human rights we have are just scraps we get so we don't bother the rich for earning hundreds of thousands times more money than we'll ever make in our lifetimes. Mass media is owned by rich conglomerates, those people don't work to support human rights, they work for profit. Trump is promising nonsensical things that will hurt pretty much any large American company in the long run, as "100% certified American labor" is much more expensive than outsourcing your labor to Mexico, Thailand, Indonesia or wherever. GM does not want to build cars in the US, they want to build them in Mexico where it's cheaper and laborers have less rights. Trump's anti-immigration policy also hurts these companies, because they look for talent everywhere (which is not a bad thing at all, but is also not for humanitarian reasons) and lax immigration laws help them poach talent from other countries.
Do you think it's funny for example that Ubisoft went full anti-Trump agenda in the latest Far Cry? The conservativism and racism of white rednecks is bad, but don't believe for one second the mockery directed towards them by the urban "intellectuals" from Washington, Manhattan, LA and metropolitan Europeans is any better either. Mutual respect means just that. And it's not even anything new, Christian fundamentalism has been beaten to death in books and media galore. I think it's necessary to hit a sweet spot between freedom and avoidance of prejudice, but we haven't reached it yet so far, because hitting the sweet spot takes time, and most people are impatient and/or want to push their views at any cost.
It sounds a lot like conspiracy theory, but it also explains why a certain mass media conglomerate in my country can be so anti-left locally and so anti-Trump at the same time. The closer to the extremes you are, the worse you are for business. Take France, for example, both Le Pen and Mélenchon would've been a disaster. The only reason Le Pen is considered even worse than Mélenchon is because far-right is associated with fascism, and the Holocaust is the closest example we in the West have of an utterly despicable crime against humanity (it may not have been the biggest one in terms of numbers, but it definitely was in terms of cruelty), which happened to be committed by a far-right, ultraconservative regime. Capitalism is all about business. Coincidentally, ethnic/racial/gender/sexual orientation/whatever agnosticism goes hand in hand with business, because it's all about hiring the best people for the job in order to turn in more profit. A capitalist should be a pragmatist first and foremost. Thus, everybody wins, but the rich win more, as they always have. :)
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1 minute ago, Lord Raven said:
Source? What the fuck are you talking about?
Sanders isn't a Democrat (he was only a Democrat for a year) and the Democrats have never once been anything close to a communist party, and Sanders is nowhere close to a communist.
The Democrat party is not a communist party of course (heck, it's not even a leftist party), but make no mistake, the people at the far end of social justice, who were Sanders supporters for the most part, would feel VERY comfortable with mandated cultural regulation in the vein of what occurred behind the Iron Curtain (and really, any totalitarian regime, whether right or left-wing), as long as it suited their interests of course. Artistic freedom should not be an excuse to attack groups of people (like right-wingers love to do), but a "sanitized" sort of culture, devoid of anything "harmful", is not something I find very desirable either. That's what I meant with my comparison to communism, which is the closest example I could find, though there are others.
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So Trump is trying to secure his Republican majority in case of impeachment with his new Cuba policies (which is basically back to pre-Obama days)... This guy is not dumb, he only plays the part.
On 14/06/2017 at 0:50 AM, Lord Raven said:That's the point... if it were Hillary Clinton, the bill would already be drafted regardless of majority. The Democrats have not even drafted a bill to impeach Trump, even if they can't get the necessary votes.
The Democrats have also repeatedly caved into Republican demands only for Republicans to bitch about something something something. For instance, they only blocked Merrick Garland because Obama recommended him; otherwise, Republicans were in love with the guy for all I&P and would've voted for the guy if anyone but Obama put his name forward.
Do not equate the Democrats and the Republicans. The Republicans are pure hyperpartisan scum that want to fuck over the poor and give to the wealthy while preaching their fake-ass Christian ideals and the Democrats shot themselves in the foot by assuming otherwise.
Well the bulk of Bernie Sanders' support in the primaries were people who would feel quite at home as high officers in a communist regime, so it's not like there aren't (plenty of) bad apples among the Democrats either.
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My favorite is, by far, NWOBHM, which is not a genre per se but includes my favorite acts, though I also like thrash. But I haven't dug deeper into the whole genre, which is something I need to do when I have some time.
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41 minutes ago, Harvey said:
What about Blazing Blade which is considered to be some of the greatest games of all time list?
I just don't get the idea of how Metroid can be so popular considering the fact that....
- FE has more media than Metroid. I mean, the Cipher cards, the manga, that forgotten anime etc while Metroid has...what? A manga and a cancelled movie?
- Metroid has lesser games than FE.
- That its more or less of a mix bag of having the main games and the prime games which are just spin offs.
If Nintendo were to reveal the whole amount of FE franchise being sold, it most likely would outdo Metroid.
I don't dislike Metroid as Fusion is my favourites but comparing it to FE which not only does the opposite but that each and every entry brings new things to the table is what I really love about FE.
Dude, FE did not exist in the West until the Gamecube era, and it was introduced to Westerners with Smash. With Smash! Not even an FE, as FE6 on the GBA was not localized. Metroid already had three games by that point, all of which fondly remembered and among the best in the platforms they came out for, and was one of the main forces in Nintendo's lineup in the 2000s with the Metroid Prime trilogy. Even then, FE remained niche until Awakening. FE13 was the series' last gasp in an attempt to be relevant, and if it had failed, the series would've been either killed off and forgotten, or remained a Japanese-only title, considering FE12 didn't even come to the West after Shadow Dragon flopped horribly, which may have had to do with its 2010 launch date (IIRC the 3DS was already out in Japan), but still. That's why FE13 had fanservice galore, not just in sexual terms but also in terms of lore with all the DLC, Archanea setting, and recycling traditional character archetypes. FE13 was to Fire Emblem what Mortal Kombat 9 was to Mortal Kombat, which is why both are excellent games. :D
You're also bringing out Japanese-only stuff to back up your argument, but the Japanese market has become niche a long time ago. Sega in the 90s went to the point of killing off a console with strong presence in Japan because it was all but dead in the West. Most of Sony's current revenue with the PlayStation brand is from the Western market. The Vita itself was going well in Japan but was considered a huge flop because it didn't sell in the West. And Microsoft doesn't even care about the Japanese market, they go there to get devs to make games for Westerners, not to sell consoles.
Everyone disses Waifu Emblem here but they should be VERY thankful that it came out and became a hit. It made FE one of Nintendo's A-franchises, which is something very recent and also has to do with Nintendo mistreating other franchises and relegating them to supplying characters to Smash.
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5 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:
It's funny how a freaking bomb wasn't enough to kill this Game Boy, while my GBC had a faulty Start button from prolonged lack of use. :D
It still runs fine BTW, but I wasn't able to fix it because they used some weird screws and I don't have the necessary tools.
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It's disappointing to hear that because Nintendo stuff used to be pretty much bulletproof. Even the consoles themselves could take some serious abuse.
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19 minutes ago, Ertrick36 said:
Sometimes it's hard to tell the tone some people try to take on the internet, and I always just assume I'm receiving the worst possible tone. And I in response tend to get perhaps a little harsh or presumptuous.
I can understand that sentiment. I'll admit that I'd probably be a bit disappointed if some of my favorites don't get in, like Takumi, Oboro, Frederick, or the pega ponies of Archanea (if they for some reason can Caeda and the Whitewings). Everyone's got their favorites out of a pool of about half a thousand throughout the series, so it isn't like it's uncommon or shameful to be disappointed about not seeing them in a cool, fun game like this.
I've been getting this a lot lately, don't worry. :) I've been on a lighter mood for a while and sometimes I make jokes and/or light-hearted comments that not everyone gets.
Now, my experience with Warriors games is basically limited to watching Hyrule Warriors gameplay. It didn't seem too difficult to play, but then it's way too easy to misjudge difficulty based on a video. This gave me the impression that the gameplay wasn't as deep as I'd hoped, but, even if that was indeed the case, it's still pretty difficult to justify more than 30 unique characters, considering even Smash gets away with clones to inflate character count.
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49 minutes ago, Elincia said:
They could have gone with the Tegra X2, then it wont have been an issue. Not saying that it need to be the most powerful console on the market, just powerful enough for 3rd party devs to more easily develop games for it. Plus the whole point to them needing 3rd party support is to avoid the huge game droughts that many of their past consoles (the Wiiu especially) suffered from. Their in house development teams can only pump out games so fast, there needs to be something to fill in the gaps in between new first party releases.
I really wish they would stop trying so hard to appeal to children. The average gamer is like around 30, and they should be wanting to appeal to them more. That's not to say that it's bad to have some games that are family friendly, but that shouldn't be their main focus.
They screwed themselves with the Wiiu, cause they thought they could replicate the success that the Wii had, but we all know how that turned out. I do like the Switch's concept though, just wished it was more powerful than it is. It is what it is though, cant change it at this point
Unless they pull a Sony or Microsoft and release a more powerful version of it.25 minutes ago, Anacybele said:No way, because a lot of what Microsoft and Sony consoles get are M rated violent and sexual games. A lot of shooters too. And generic sports games. Not everyone wants to play those. I'm 26, just to point out, and I enjoy Nintendo's family friendliness way more than a lot of blood and gore. I won't get many family friendly games on Sony or Microsoft consoles.
I'm glad Nintendo's main focus is family friendly. Because it sure as hell isn't anybody else's.
Well, I agree with Ana on this, I mean, I've got Ori on the Xbox and will get Yooka-Laylee on it as well once it's on sale, and I'm almost 30. Though I also believe the Switch needs some mature games... In the N64 days it was easier since Rare took care of the mature stuff, but now it's a bit more difficult.
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1 hour ago, Elincia said:
Honestly, if Nintendo would just stop being so full of themselves and reach out to 3rd party devs, they would dominate The console market.
Having all the best 3rd party titles, say the Witcher 3 for example (that game is phenomenal btw) they would destory Sony and Microsoft. They can't compete with most of Nintendos' in house games like Mario and Zelda for example, and having those games along with all the other big name 3rd party games, Nintendo would be unstoppable.
You can't do that while fitting your console with a Tegra X1 GPU. The Switch is kinda anemic and it's difficult to make most AAA titles run on it.
Not to mention Nintendo does still maintain a family friendly image that prevents some games from being on their consoles by the sole virtue of being too violent/controversial.
With the Wii they sorta stopped going after power. It did them good, until they went for a more conventional machine with the Wii U, and a more conventional machine requires both power and ease of development, of which the Wii U had neither. I think the Switch is a good concept, myself, despite lacking in power. As long as it turns a profit and keeps Nintendo relevant, that's ok in my book.
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1 hour ago, Ertrick36 said:
Well, a lot of the financial consideration actually comes from voicework, at least if they're actually doing full voice work. And also legal work... and they gotta get the actors/agencies to actually agree to it. The point is that the real trial with getting those 50 characters comes from hiring the actors and having them speak probably about 50 to 100 lines per character. I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume the big reason they're able to build megalith rosters for Musou games is they reuse a lot of lines for the older characters (like how Yoshi hasn't been given new vocal sounds since, like, Yoshi's Story) and they probably use ad-libs like in FE Awakening/Fates for in-battle dialogue.
Also, people treat this like the devs are obligated to make it outstanding. It sounds like the idea for the game came on a whim, at least if you're to believe the interviews. But beyond that, it's just supposed to be a fun little crossover title. I get wanting quality in your games and all that, but I also feel like people put way too much pressure on this game to be just the way they want, and all it's doing is setting themselves up for disappointment and frustration.
Then again, people take video games in general too seriously anyway, but that's beside the point.
My post was a bit relaxed, but it frustrates me to see Koei restricted to 30 characters with so many people here asking for all kinds of characters. Everything you said is absolutely true, I kinda wanted to vent about the possibility of many people not getting what they wish for, though.
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1 minute ago, Anacybele said:
That's funny, because I heard that right now, they're competing heavily with Apple for parts the Switch needs to be produced. :P
Yeah, what I meant is that Nintendo made a product that allows them to kinda sidestep the market. No one expects the Switch to compete with the Xbox One X for example, as they're different enough that they can coexist and some people would easily own both.
Apple doesn't need to lead the smartphone market to be relevant there. They kinda are, by virtue of being Apple. They created the market and they only sell high end stuff. Nintendo decided to do something like this in gaming. :D
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IMO they should add at least 50 characters. It's probably more expensive to design them than it is to give them unique gameplay attributes. FE has hundreds of characters, anything less than 50 is not acceptable.
And Anna as an unlockable, of course.
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It's overpriced because Nintendo has forfeited the console war and decided to establish itself as the Apple of video games. Not judging them, but it leads to situations like these.
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21 minutes ago, KnightOfNohr said:
My answer is yes: if that character is Subaki!
Or Literally Cordelia I guess.Cordelia is not perfect. That's the whole point of her character, she looks perfect on the outside but her mind is a mess, full of confidence issues that hinder her. She's a good foil to Sumia because they're pretty much exact opposites, as the things that trouble Sumia don't trouble Cordelia and vice-versa.
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On 2017-5-31 at 11:44 AM, Shoblongoo said:
Yes.
And the key to a perfect character being "well-written" comes in the manner in which the perfect character goes about interacting with the characters around him, and vice versa. I think we're all sufficiently familiar with the tropes for bad writing of a perfect character that I don't need to rehash in great length where it so often goes wrong. A perfect character that is mindlessly hero-worshiped and praised for being great at everything and never develops an ego or thinks of himself as anything more than just an ordinary guy makes for a rather dull, unrelatable, tropy character.
But there's two ways to do in correctly--IMO--2 completely opposite but equally effective approaches, that can make for a compelling character.
1) The Christ-Like Figure. A figure of perfection who is not universally beloved and hero-worshiped for his perfection, but on-the-contrary, is received rather harshly by the world. Nailed to a cross, so-to-speak. He is reviled and feared and made to suffer by his lessers. His perfection disturbs them. And yet in his perfection, he is nothing but gracious to his lessers. Even as the world rejects and torments him.
2) The Emperor of Mankind. The complete opposite of the above. A perfect figure who--knowing that he is perfect--develops a Trump-sized ego and is just a complete dick about it. He rules you. He will never let you forget that he is better then you in every conceivable way. If you disagree with anything he says or does, you are wrong. Those who would deny him must learn their rightful place beneath his boot.
...either others act negatively towards the perfect character, or the perfect being acts negatively towards others. And that creates an engaging dynamic.I think neither are perfect, but #2 even less so because egoism is considered a flaw. Even perfection is relative and/or restricted!
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Considering the game will feature a bazillion characters I'd be very surprised if Frederick and Lissa weren't in. I think the more popular ones from Awakening such as Lucina, Cordelia and Tharja are pretty much a given.
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23 minutes ago, SoulWeaver said:
I don't really have a lot of particular hopes for the three games they seem interested in focusing on, but if we don't get Roy and I have to watch ANOTHER game go by without my Roy Amiibo doing anything actually useful I for one will riot.
Frankly, I want at least one Whitewing, and I think that's how I'd make it work - just give you all three as palette swaps of each other the second you recruit them, they'd have the same moveset, and all three show up together for Triangle Attack at the end of the Focus Spirit equivalent.
I require Owain. Lots of Owain. This game is pretty much his game. Heck, drop Marth and make Owain the main hero who helps the OCs, it would make everything instantly better. If we get Odin, fine, but I want some variation of Owain, preferably both just to watch Odin squirm as Owain tries to get him to share hero stories.
I dislike Owain pandering but I must say he'd still be better than Marth. :D
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Historically it's Metroid. It's not even close. There have been Metroid games in the West since the 80s, and Super Metroid is one of the most revered games on the SNES and considered one of the best games of all time, something no FE has ever been close to being.
Fire Emblem would not be a thing in the West until SSB Melee was released, already in the early 2000s, and even then it took the unexpected success of FE13 for Fire Emblem to reach the level of popularity Metroid once enjoyed.
Of course, right now FE is more popular, but IMO a new Metroid announcement is far bigger than any FE, because Metroid is something a lot of people in the West grew with, especially older gamers who might have moved on to other platforms, unlike FE.
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Future? What future?
With Android pastimes and mobile Switch, I'm confident the 3DS won't make it to the turn of the decade.
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The problem of Fire Emblem is that, due to American puritanism the nature the series has taken, as well as being text-heavy and lower profile and having voice acting, it has to undergo deeper adaptation. Pokémon is heavier on text than FE, but I believe FE is harder to adapt.
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3 hours ago, Black_Knight said:
With the current political environment, if the shoe was on the other foot and it was Hillary Clinton who colluded with the Russians to undermine the election and act like Donald Trump with his inconsistent explanations and firing the head of the FBI for political reasons. Do you think if the Democrats controlled congress they would stone wall as vigorously as the Republicans, or would they put country first to get to the facts regardless of how it would harm the party?
Yes. And the Republicans' reaction would've been expected.
I do not believe in "good" when it comes to politics. The few good people in politics lack the power to actually change things, for the most part.
A quick look at Bill Clinton's impeachment tells me that, in the House of Representatives, with Republican majority, they passed the impeachment but votes were all over the place, with some Democrats voting for the pressing of the charges and some Republicans voting for acquittal of some of them, though the impeachment was ultimately passed on to the Senate. On the verge of impeachment, when things got serious, Bill was acquitted, in greater part because no Democrat voted to impeach him, as 67 votes were needed and the Republican majority could only get up to 55.
This is why it'll be quite difficult for Trump to get impeached, even though the charges against him are a good deal more serious than those against Clinton.
Which region has the best trainer battle music?
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My favorites would be 8-bit Kanto and Johto, however Kanto in GSC and HGSS has a unique theme which is not in the poll... But they make any random Youngster battle epic, IMO.
Kalos and Alola are also very nice, but Alola is too happy-go-lucky for a situation which doesn't call for that.