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Someone explain to me why the DBZ game is so bad. I remember playing one of those SNES fighting games back in the day and it seemed alright but I was probably just jazzed to play a DBZ game at all.
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Nipponophile posted:Well, there's the fact that /b/ used to frequently post actual child pornography. I don't know if they still do that, but you should understand why people might want to distance themselves from a site that does that. Ugh, I know. Back when I was in high school (many years ago) I learned to leave fast if I saw people posting F5 threads. That said, /vr/ is a totally different environment. Obeast posted:I think it's great that VR-GCCX and SAGCCX are gonna work together to release episodes, especially since VR-GCCX's work seems to be about the same quality as SAGCCX (I can't tell how well it's translated since I barely know Japanese, but I'm sure it's about the same). Well, I think were mainly just making sure we don't do projects that the other group is already working on. Glad to hear that you think our releases stack up against SA's!
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Aug 2, 2013 05:55
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Nipponophile posted:Well, there's the fact that /b/ used to frequently post actual child pornography. I don't know if they still do that, but you should understand why people might want to distance themselves from a site that does that. The mods are much more watchful about stuff like that now. /vr/, /v/ and /b/ are are relatively different entities much like how GBS is different from Games or FYAD. I honestly don't know a lot about how different /vr/ is from /v/ though.
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Aug 2, 2013 06:52
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Mister Chief posted:Someone explain to me why the DBZ game is so bad. I remember playing one of those SNES fighting games back in the day and it seemed alright but I was probably just jazzed to play a DBZ game at all. In short: *Controls are just plain bad in general. Your characters control like bricks, jump physics are extremely floaty, and the game is awful at recognizing button input for special moves. *The different-leveled arenas were a bad idea in general, and the way the split screen wraps around when character dash under each other is hideously annoying. *Many special moves running off a power meter that's charged up by blocking attacks is bad enough, but the super move system is just insane. They all work the same way - move a specific distance from the enemy, input the correct command for the move of your choice (most characters have two, they vary in how much damage they deal and how much of the power meter they eat), which will start a cutscene. The other player can now input a command for one of several counter moves, all similar for all characters, which will either reduce, completely prevent, or return the damage from the move. It should be evident how unfair this system is, especially when fighting the computer. *The characters lack... identity as far as the gameplay is concerned. There are no real defining fighting styles, and characters tend to have very similar movesets. I'm really hard pressed to think of worse fighting games than this. The sequels are better, but none of them are particularly good games, just the typical "these games will sell on their license, why put in effort" drek you usually get from games based on popular licenses. No one would've ever given these things a second look if not for that Dragonball Z logo.
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Aug 2, 2013 07:05
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Mister Chief posted:Someone explain to me why the DBZ game is so bad. I remember playing one of those SNES fighting games back in the day and it seemed alright but I was probably just jazzed to play a DBZ game at all. There are at least three other DBZ fighting games on SNES and all of them are at least a little better than this specific one, so it might be that you just played one of the others, like Hyper Dimension. Super Butoden 1 is just painful to even try to play. The characters are lethargic, the controls aren't responsive at all, and it doesn't even have a cool story mode like SB2 to make up for it. I bought this game in a book store for like 5 bucks and I still regret it. 
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Aug 2, 2013 07:12
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Adamant posted:I'm really hard pressed to think of worse fighting games than this. The sequels are better, but none of them are particularly good games, just the typical "these games will sell on their license, why put in effort" drek you usually get from games based on popular licenses. No one would've ever given these things a second look if not for that Dragonball Z logo. I have chosen this moment to complain that nobody bought the awesome Super Dragonball Z 
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Aug 2, 2013 07:20
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If it helps, I kinda wish that I had. I got a chance to play it for a little bit and it was a lot more fun than the other DBZ fighters I'd tried. Edit: on a semi-related note, Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan for SNES is actually kinda fun in a bizarre and hilarious way. I don't know what it is about the game, but something in it just kinda captures a part of the show that a lot of games don't. I think it might be the grinding for Battle Power.  I guess that's kinda why I see Disgaea's post-game as Dragon Ball Z: the SRPG. You just look for increasingly absurd ways to make your character's battle numbers get higher until you're hitting people for millions of damage. Nickoten fucked around with this message at 07:36 on Aug 2, 2013 |
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Aug 2, 2013 07:33
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Gutcruncher posted:I have chosen this moment to complain that nobody bought the awesome Super Dragonball Z While I do like the franchise, and Super Dragoball Z is indeed "good-but-not-great" (making it about a million times better than every other Dragonball game... this franchse has not been lucky with its video game adaptations)... despite living in Europe, I only own an American-model PS2, and have no intention of buying a Dragonball-themed game that only comes with the voice "talent" from that disgustingly horrible American dub of the cartoon. Call it petty, but that production was never Dragonball, no matter how many Americans are confusing nostalgic affection for actual quality. Nickoten posted:Edit: on a semi-related note, Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan for SNES is actually kinda fun in a bizarre and hilarious way. I don't know what it is about the game, but something in it just kinda captures a part of the show that a lot of games don't. I think it might be the grinding for Battle Power. It's the best Dragonball RPG, making it merely "pretty bad" rather than having you wonder whether the developers were making a game or a torture instrument. Adamant fucked around with this message at 07:38 on Aug 2, 2013 |
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Aug 2, 2013 07:34
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If you want to be as legitimate as is possible with imports, you could buy the Japanese version, throw the Independence exploit on your PS2 memory card somehow, and either use Swap Magic to play the Japanese copy or rip it to an HDD and play it with HDLoader. Edit: Or just put your legitimate Japanese copy into your computer and play it with an emulator. I guess that would be a lot easier.
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Aug 2, 2013 07:37
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Nickoten posted:If you want to be as legitimate as is possible with imports, you could buy the Japanese version, throw the Independence exploit on your PS2 memory card somehow, and either use Swap Magic to play the Japanese copy or rip it to an HDD and play it with HDLoader. Or put your legit JP copy into your legit JP PS2... Super DBZ was pretty fun, I'll admit. It helps that some of the Street Fighter creators worked on it, IIRC.
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Aug 2, 2013 07:46
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Nickoten posted:If you want to be as legitimate as is possible with imports, you could buy the Japanese version, throw the Independence exploit on your PS2 memory card somehow, and either use Swap Magic to play the Japanese copy or rip it to an HDD and play it with HDLoader. Yeah, I guess. Too many hoops to jump through just to play a Dragonball game that's stands out just because it's NOT ungodly lovely, though. Maybe if I assemble a stck of other Japan-only PS2 games that are actually worth paying. (I really dislike playing games on computers in general, so I don't feel much like emulating)
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OrochiKiyo posted:Or put your legit JP copy into your legit JP PS2... Well yeah, but I thought it was a given that he didn't want to buy an entirely new console for one game.
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Aug 2, 2013 07:53
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Xelkelvos posted:The mods are much more watchful about stuff like that now. /vr/, /v/ and /b/ are are relatively different entities much like how GBS is different from Games or FYAD. I honestly don't know a lot about how different /vr/ is from /v/ though. 4chan in 2013 is different from years past, and while /vr/ seems to have some trolls and trouble makers (where doesn't?), for the most part, it's a pretty nice community. Our GCCX threads often see people apologize and forgive, and random Anons do most of our script checks, and in that process, I've witnessed some of the most civil conversation I've ever seen on the internet. Adamant posted:In short: Well, it's not like I don't watch every new challenge (if I can), you don't have to sell me on a great episode!
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Aug 2, 2013 16:15
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My copy of the GCCX CD arrived yesterday and there's a new SA-GCCX episode posted!!  I also got the Arino "CEO" card with my CD. Sounds like we need to start up an SA-GCCX card trading group!
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Aug 2, 2013 17:13
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Sasano's got his soundtrack! Taken from the official 10th Anniversary FB page. He never appears on the show so it's cool to see him again. Man, he looks so young. Hard to believe he's 37 years old. I told the show that I already bought the CD, but they insist on sending me a free copy anyway because they're nice like that. I hope I get a different trading card! I finally listened to it today and it's awesome. I was mildly disappointed that the Quest of Ki track wasn't the same music looped for five minutes straight.
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Aug 3, 2013 07:11
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I hope you get another Nakayama. Two Nakayamas in fact!
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Aug 3, 2013 07:15
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I hope she gets Black Kirby
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Quick and dirty translation of this article before I go on vacation (sorry for awkward wording): --------------- As previously announced, the variety program "Game Center CX" starring Arino of Yoiko will become a theatrical film called "Game Center CX The Movie." Filming recently began, and on July 22nd, a press conference was held on location in Tokyo. The show is currently in its tenth year, and to commemorate, the "10th Anniversary Project" was announced. Various events will be held, such as a Budokan live, and the grand finale will be the film version of the show. It will be released nation-wide early 2014 in the spring. The story is set in 1986. It stars Daisuke (Hajime Yoshii) -- a boy who loves games -- and Kumiko (Yuna Taira), his classmate and crush. Same as the show, Arino himself will star as Chief Arino. However, it remains unclear how this story will ultimately cross paths with the show. The press conference was headed by Arino, the film's director Masatoshi Kurakata, and the show's producer Kan. Arino made a promise in regards to the film's attendance: if it gets over 200 thousand viewers, a "fan appreciation takoyaki party" will be held; at 500 thousand, a "fan appreciation cruise"; and at 800 thousand, a "challenge filmed in Las Vegas." A takoyaki party will happen in any of these cases. Producer Kan, who proposed the idea of a film version, said "playing Famicom at a friend's place, with Jump magazine and Fanta pop... I've asked the director to convey that 80's feel." Director Kurakata stated it will be a "fusion of documentary and drama. I believe it will be the kind of film you don't see often." Producer Kan said the keyword that represents the film is "karipaku." Karipaku is the act of borrowing something without returning it. Arino quipped "my partner Hamaguchi did that to me once," the kind of anecdote one would expect from a comedy duo. --------------- I know exactly what the movie is going to be about, but of course I can't say or give hints. Speculate away!
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Aug 3, 2013 19:59
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So what dates should I book these tickets to Vegas for?
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Aug 3, 2013 20:11
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zari-gani posted:I know exactly what the movie is going to be about, but of course I can't say or give hints. Speculate away! This mysterious project you've been alluding to lately wouldn't happen to be a movie poster, would it?
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Aug 3, 2013 20:14
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The plot is that the two kids ask Arino for help with a game, but then Arino can't help because he's Arino so they get Abe to help and Abe makes everything look easy because he's Abe. 
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Aug 3, 2013 20:18
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zari-gani posted:Quick and dirty translation of this article before I go on vacation (sorry for awkward wording): Holy poo poo, this sounds amazing. I'd assumed that it was going to strictly be a documentary but this is even better! If only I could attend the inevitable takoyaki party.
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Aug 3, 2013 20:27
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zari-gani posted:I know exactly what the movie is going to be about, but of course I can't say or give hints. Speculate away! Somehow I think it won't be unlike the DS games.
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Aug 3, 2013 20:36
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Nickoten posted:Well yeah, but I thought it was a given that he didn't want to buy an entirely new console for one game. For just one game, that'd be a bad idea. I imported a bunch of PS1 and PS2 games, though, so a JP PS2 made sense to me.
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Aug 3, 2013 21:22
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I really hope that they are having Zari-Gani translate this for a limited US release. I want to see this in theaters. It would also help with the challenge in Vegas
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Aug 3, 2013 21:25
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I got the CEO card with my soundtrack but I swear if there is a Toujima card out there somewhere I will gladly trade with someone. I didn't know until I saw the Nakayama card that there were different cards in each one.
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Aug 3, 2013 23:31
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Nipponophile posted:This mysterious project you've been alluding to lately wouldn't happen to be a movie poster, would it? God I want to be in the Gamecenter CX inner circle. It seems like such a fun show to make.
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Aug 3, 2013 23:42
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Is there anywhere to acquire the Game Center CX soundtrack online? I'd rather not pay to import a physical CD, but would be happy to buy an MP3 version. Doesn't appear so from some preliminary searching but thought I'd ask just in case.
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Aug 3, 2013 23:45
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Kimoosabi X posted:Is there anywhere to acquire the Game Center CX soundtrack online? I'd rather not pay to import a physical CD, but would be happy to buy an MP3 version. Doesn't appear so from some preliminary searching but thought I'd ask just in case. I don't think any online music store has put it up for Download
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Aug 3, 2013 23:53
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Japan is pretty behind the times when it comes to stuff like that. I wouldn't hold my breath, unfortunately.
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Random Stranger posted:
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Aug 4, 2013 22:44
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Crap, did I miss out on the trading cards that came with the OST? I went to CDJapan and they're sold out. Sadness. If you don't want your Arino card, I'll take it. Lik fucked around with this message at 06:17 on Aug 6, 2013 |
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Aug 6, 2013 06:15
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Does Anyone know the font used in the Retro Game Master Logo?
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Aug 6, 2013 23:55
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I want all the stuff about kids and famicom to be red herrings. The real movie is a motorcycle version of Top Gun and Abe is my Maverick.
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Aug 7, 2013 00:00
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Platypus Farm posted:I want all the stuff about kids and famicom to be red herrings. Worth the price of admission for Nakayama's folk-pop version of Danger Zone.
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Aug 7, 2013 00:35
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bpc908 posted:Does Anyone know the font used in the Retro Game Master Logo? Fairly sure it's a custom job, since it's based on the GCCX one. They may well have used a certain font for inspiration though.
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Aug 7, 2013 00:58
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Small question. I just got my copy of the soundtrack in the mail, and I was wondering where the trading card was? I don't really want to open this cd, as it looks so beautiful wrapped up, but is the trading card on the inside, or did I miss out?
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Aug 7, 2013 03:27
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Oh snap, went back to CDJapan to check and they had one copy left with trading card. Excellent!
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Vlaphor posted:Small question. I just got my copy of the soundtrack in the mail, and I was wondering where the trading card was? I don't really want to open this cd, as it looks so beautiful wrapped up, but is the trading card on the inside, or did I miss out? It's on the inside in the cover insert.
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zari-gani posted:It stars Daisuke (Hajime Yoshii) -- a boy who loves games Hey, he's apparently been in a few stage musicals, including Les Miserables. I expect adorable little boy motivational singing, even if he's 14 now. And even if, no, especially if it freaks out Arino.
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