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Jetamo: Nov 8, 2012; alright. alright, mate.

Really Pants posted:

GAME OVER

RETURN OF SPEEDSTAR

# ? Nov 13, 2017 02:10

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# ? May 23, 2024 20:33

ultrafilter: Aug 23, 2007; It's okay if you have any questions.

There's a partial translation of the script of the stage play at http://firesanctuary.com/blog/yorha-stage-play/.

ultrafilter fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Nov 13, 2017

# ? Nov 13, 2017 02:11

Zagglezig: Oct 16, 2012

Somewhere in between the play and the start of the games, the android synchronized dance contests were put on indefinite hold.

The Dark Id posted:

Commander White, who along also first appeared in this play along with A2

and had just served a Roman Chorus commenting on events.

You can gank a hologram unless you're on a holodeck

her team were meant to died and had gotten

she�s going to stop bathing, starting drinking

and murder ever goddamn machine

Tune in next time when we actually to some lighter subject matter

# ? Nov 13, 2017 02:12

Rangpur: Dec 31, 2008

The part that continuously surprises me about Yoko Taro's games isn't so much that the games themselves exist--with a strong enough liver, you can apparently become besties with half the game company CEOs in Japan. But all this other stuff surrounding them? Bloody surreal is what it is.

Jetamo posted:

holy poo poo

# ? Nov 13, 2017 02:16

TheGreatEvilKing: Mar 28, 2016

So is this all secretly the hosed up history of Yoko Taro's band?

# ? Nov 13, 2017 02:37

Arsonist Daria: Feb 27, 2011; ^{Requiescat in pace.}

When I first heard about the YoHRa stageplay I assumed it was Yoko Taro's way of working out ideas that he'd never get to turn into a game, my loving jaw dropped when I saw the first teaser for automata

# ? Nov 13, 2017 02:42

FrostyJones: Sep 23, 2012

The Dark Id posted:

And here I thought BioHazard: The Stage was denied a Tony! :holymoley:

# ? Nov 13, 2017 02:55

Jet Jaguar: Feb 12, 2006; Don't touch my bags if you please, Mr Customs Man.

Trying to figure out what theater would stage this play. "It's about killer robots in the future fighting an endless war against androids? And you say you're a... video game creator? Sure, include like two dance numbers and we'll do it."

# ? Nov 13, 2017 03:05

Strange Forest: Mar 4, 2015

Solar Tornado posted:

Finished doing the Icon for Hackerman 9S:

and (although it's a couple of acts late into the LP) if anyone starts a weirdly detailed conversation about android anatomy, you can lay out this:

This is good. I love this

# ? Nov 13, 2017 03:06

Hunt11: Jul 24, 2013; Grimey Drawer

Solar Tornado posted:

Finished doing the Icon for Hackerman 9S:

and (although it's a couple of acts late into the LP) if anyone starts a weirdly detailed conversation about android anatomy, you can lay out this:

Doesn't the game or Yoko Taro actually address this question?

# ? Nov 13, 2017 03:13

Goatse James Bond: Mar 28, 2010; If you see me posting please remind me that I have Charlie Work in the reports forum to do instead

Carlosologist posted:

good loving lord

Yoko Taro akbar

# ? Nov 13, 2017 03:20

AndwhatIseeisme: Mar 30, 2010; Being alive is pretty much a constant stream of embarrassment.; Fun Shoe

Jet Jaguar posted:

Trying to figure out what theater would stage this play. "It's about killer robots in the future fighting an endless war against androids? And you say you're a... video game creator? Sure, include like two dance numbers and we'll do it."

Stage plays like this are pretty popular in Japan. They're another quirky little facet of Japanese pop culture that makes the rest of the world wonder if all those atomic bombs maybe had unexpected long term effects.

Hunt11 posted:

Doesn't the game or Yoko Taro actually address this question?

Yes. Let's leave it there

# ? Nov 13, 2017 03:23

ManSedan: May 7, 2006; Seats 4

Everything about this game, and Yoko Taro himself, is such an astounding fireball of what is going on in your brain. I honestly hope his next game is such a bonkers departure from this one as D3 was.

# ? Nov 13, 2017 03:33

really queer Christmas: Apr 22, 2014

Everything about this is utterly amazing. This world is better for having yoko taro creating this batshit insanity.

# ? Nov 13, 2017 03:39

Explosions: Apr 20, 2015

oh poo poo emil gets to be friends with kaine again

yay

# ? Nov 13, 2017 04:21

Bufuman: Jun 15, 2013; Sleep in the briefing room.
At your own peril.

Explosions posted:

oh poo poo emil gets to be friends with kaine again

yay

And Kaine gets to boar-drift after only getting to watch Nier do it. :unsmith:

# ? Nov 13, 2017 05:07

JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

... Does A2 have any reaction to going to Kaine's House?

# ? Nov 13, 2017 05:08

White Coke: May 29, 2015

Jet Jaguar posted:

Trying to figure out what theater would stage this play. "It's about killer robots in the future fighting an endless war against androids? And you say you're a... video game creator? Sure, include like two dance numbers and we'll do it."

I think they had to take out some of the dance numbers Yoko Taro wanted.

# ? Nov 13, 2017 05:12

The Dark Id: Aug 13, 2005; Why
you
know
I
LOVE
THIS SHIT !!!!
[citation needed]

The A2/Kaine possibly connection never comes up other than that allusion she might have the old Replicant Kaine's memories and them both being foul mouthed murder hobos. Don't worry about that. If it wasn't something in Anemone's Records, it's not gonna pop up in Automata.

# ? Nov 13, 2017 05:33

Zomborgon: Feb 19, 2014; I don't even want to see what happens if you gain CHIM outside of a pre-coded system.

White Coke posted:

I think they had to take out some of the dance numbers Yoko Taro wanted.

These dang modern kids can't handle my sweet moves, like "stabbing the infant" and ""eating the robo corpse!"

# ? Nov 13, 2017 06:24

MechanicalTomPetty: Oct 30, 2011; Runnin' down a dream
That never would come to me

Jet Jaguar posted:

Trying to figure out what theater would stage this play. "It's about killer robots in the future fighting an endless war against androids? And you say you're a... video game creator? Sure, include like two dance numbers and we'll do it."

Stuff like this is apparently pretty common in Japan. I think Persona got a whole loving concert dedicated to it.

# ? Nov 13, 2017 06:24

Andyzero: May 22, 2009; I used to spoil, I'm sorry.

...there's a Japanese Stage Play where Sailor Moon fights Dracula.

Edit: Wait, did I say "a?" I meant MULTIPLE.

Andyzero fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Nov 13, 2017

# ? Nov 13, 2017 06:28

MechanicalTomPetty: Oct 30, 2011; Runnin' down a dream
That never would come to me

Andyzero posted:

...there's a Japanese Stage Play where Sailor Moon fights Dracula.

Edit: Wait, did I say "a?" I meant MULTIPLE.

Just in case anyone doubted that.

Edit: Also I had no idea Okabe Keiichi and Yoko Taro were so tight but given the fact that he's drinking buddies with literally everyone in Japan (and the fact that MONACO keeps doing the music for his games) I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

MechanicalTomPetty fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Nov 13, 2017

# ? Nov 13, 2017 06:37

chiasaur11: Oct 22, 2012

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

Just in case anyone doubted that.

Edit: Also I had no idea Okabe Keiichi and Yoko Taro were so tight but given the fact that he's drinking buddies with literally everyone in Japan (and the fact that MONACO keeps doing the music for his games) I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

It not so much that he has drinking buddies as it is that he's always in a bar, so people assume he was waiting for them when they arrive.

# ? Nov 13, 2017 06:46

Qrr: Aug 14, 2015

The Dark Id posted:

The A2/Kaine possibly connection never comes up other than that allusion she might have the old Replicant Kaine's memories and them both being foul mouthed murder hobos. Don't worry about that. If it wasn't something in Anemone's Records, it's not gonna pop up in Automata.

Except the red girls, who we�ve already seen. But how important could they be?

# ? Nov 13, 2017 07:00

Cthulhuchan: Nov 10, 2005; Rose: Sip martini thoughtfully.

Such as this one.

Just a tiny sip couldn't hurt...

enigmatic hologram specters that may only be visible to the audience?

pfft, pure fluff and nonsense.

# ? Nov 13, 2017 08:28

DeafNote: Jun 4, 2014; Only Happy When It Rains

StandardVC10 posted:

I suppose this serves to confirm what everyone who's played FEAR already knows: laughing girls in red dresses are bad news.

Yoko Taro beat FEAR to the punch by about two years really

where's a holographic golem when you need it

# ? Nov 13, 2017 09:10

SatansBestBuddy: Sep 26, 2010; by FactsAreUseless

The Dark Id posted:

A2, Commander and Anemone all originated from this play. But there was also two more characters that initially appeared in this thing...

The Red Girls, the creepy ghost holograms that had taken a liking to silently staring at events from the background back during Route B show up in this as well. They�re a bit chattier in this. They mostly appear in time stopped intervals to dunk on the androids to themselves and muse on why they�re so weird and dumb. But mostly to be creepy assholes.

So... when are you gonna stream the stage play, Id?

# ? Nov 13, 2017 09:23

Josuke Higashikata: Mar 7, 2013

Taro's a glorious bastard.

# ? Nov 13, 2017 10:45

Nina: Oct 9, 2016; Invisible werewolf (entirely visible, not actually a wolf)

Yapping Eevee posted:

Hmmm... Now I'm curious what happens if A2 visits the shack, or if that's even possible.

I think they retconned the whole implanted human memories deal since not once is it brought up in the game.

Also HA if you think it�s actually Kain� when the play states they�re the memories of a girl who lived a happy life

# ? Nov 13, 2017 10:52

Billzasilver: Nov 8, 2016; I lift my drink and sing a song

for who knows if life is short or long?

Man's life is like the morning dew

past days many, future days few

DeafNote posted:

Yoko Taro beat FEAR to the punch by about two years really

where's a holographic golem when you need it

Taro really is weaving a modern horror mythology to rival the cthulu mythos

But taro knows more about robots and time travel and that's awesome

# ? Nov 13, 2017 11:10

Darth TNT: Sep 20, 2013

This looks pretty nice though. If all of Yorha (all 2 of them) can dance like that we might stand a chance to get the good ending if there's a rythm battle involved.

# ? Nov 13, 2017 12:22

amigolupus: Aug 25, 2017

Darth TNT posted:

This looks pretty nice though. If all of Yorha (all 2 of them) can dance like that we might stand a chance to get the good ending if there's a rythm battle involved.

It'll be like the end of Guardians of the Galaxy. The Red Girls start talking poo poo about how they're all boned until A2 and 9S interrupt them to activate DanceOff.exe. And just as the final note ends, we see Jackass has finished putting together a nuclear bomb thanks to the tech manual to kill everyone in a fiery explosion.

DRAKENGARD!

# ? Nov 13, 2017 12:48

Charles_Kinbote: Sep 12, 2017

AndwhatIseeisme posted:

Stage plays like this are pretty popular in Japan. They're another quirky little facet of Japanese pop culture that makes the rest of the world wonder if all those atomic bombs maybe had unexpected long term effects.

Yes. Let's leave it there

IIRC, the answer is that A2 isn't wearing any pants, so stop it because they're not anatomically correct. 9S can't actually bang (the more common interpretation of **** is rape, actually) 2B because he doesn't have the parts and neither does she. Yes, your fixation on 2Booty is just as creepy as someone's fixation on a mechanized mannequin would and should be.

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# ? Nov 13, 2017 12:58

Perestroika: Apr 8, 2010

I'm becoming ever more convinced that Yoko Taro isn't actually a person. Instead, he's the manifestation of a story so utterly crazy that it took physical shape on this earth to tell itself through any means necessary. :allears:

# ? Nov 13, 2017 13:21

Omobono: Feb 19, 2013; That's it! No more hiding in tomato crates! It's time to show that idiota Germany how a real nation fights!

For pasta~! CHARGE!

Perestroika posted:

I'm becoming ever more convinced that Yoko Taro isn't actually a person. Instead, he's the manifestation of a story so utterly crazy that it took physical shape on this earth to tell itself through any means necessary.

Wasn't this a weapon story? With the about one thousand weapons across 5 games it could well be.

# ? Nov 13, 2017 13:50

Hunt11: Jul 24, 2013; Grimey Drawer

Charles_Kinbote posted:

IIRC, the answer is that A2 isn't wearing any pants, so stop it because they're not anatomically correct. 9S can't actually bang (the more common interpretation of **** is rape, actually) 2B because he doesn't have the parts and neither does she. Yes, your fixation on 2Booty is just as creepy as someone's fixation on a mechanized mannequin would and should be.

What are you talking about? The common interpretation about **** is definitely gently caress not rape.

# ? Nov 13, 2017 14:37

Podima: Nov 4, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

Charles_Kinbote posted:

IIRC, the answer is that A2 isn't wearing any pants, so stop it because they're not anatomically correct. 9S can't actually bang (the more common interpretation of **** is rape, actually) 2B because he doesn't have the parts and neither does she. Yes, your fixation on 2Booty is just as creepy as someone's fixation on a mechanized mannequin would and should be.