Super Robot Wars X: Keith Courage in Alpha Numbers

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AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Hokuto posted:

No it's "Einst, zwei, dry". They got two words out of three wrong.

edit: here you go, thank you my benefactor friend

It is absolutely beautiful. :allears:

GimmickMan posted:

Con: I can no longer pretend this thing is called the Excessbein.
Pro: I can now call it the Sexbein.

I'd say combine the two, but "ExcesSexbein" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue well.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2016 20:54

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# ¿ Apr 30, 2024 01:33

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Ashsaber posted:

E: Jesus gently caress those secrets. Three seperate 70 kills before stage 12 ones, why?

I think those are supposed to be "we expect you to get this on a NG+ run" units, or things only the most die hard and insane players will shoot for.

# ¿ Aug 6, 2016 00:46

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Televisio Frankus posted:

I think that the most important thing to know about the previous games is that someone named a battleship the Air Christmas.

And it was stationed at a base named Grand Christmas, no less.

# ¿ Aug 6, 2016 04:35

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Brunom1 posted:

Well, it IS stationed on Christmas Island.

Huh. Never knew that was a real place.

# ¿ Aug 6, 2016 04:58

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

ImpAtom posted:

Edit:

I, Kouta, will knock you all down!

I'm amazed they got Debudedabide's name correct. I expected them to hilariously butcher it to death.

# ¿ Aug 6, 2016 23:01

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Samurai Sanders posted:

How else would one spell it? Anyway, I think they got the way he talks pretty down-pat.

It's entirely possible for such things to happen.

See: the bootleg Revenge of the Sith subs that turned "Jedi Council" into "the Presbyterian Church".

# ¿ Aug 7, 2016 00:15

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

ImpAtom posted:

I hope Advent turns out to be Euzeth all along.

The only question is: would he do the Dio Brando reveal, or the Vince McMahon reveal?

# ¿ Aug 7, 2016 22:59

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Samurai Sanders posted:

An Umasugi Wave original character called Moimoi I guess.

X Omega sure has turned into a dumping ground for all kinds of weird stuff. I heard Godzilla is going to be in it too.

At this point, I half-expect something silly like Mecha-Obari or Robo-Terada to show up.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2016 01:46

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Caphi posted:

When is OG going to get its own Fire Bomber?

Actually if the Faerlions did Fire Bomber stuff I might use them. It'd probably be five times as skeevy, though.

I can see it now: the newest version of Royal Heart Breaker literally becomes a music video. Possibly with the rest of the New Aggressors as the backup dancers. Yes, even Kai.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2016 00:48

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

ImpAtom posted:

Kai becomes Ray. Lamia becomes Viffidas

Sold.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2016 01:26

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Ryoga posted:

The most that came from that was Crowe. Why he showed up in it was a mystery in itself.

That was proven to be false, IIRC. It was just some random dude who looked and dressed similar to Crowe.

# ¿ Aug 16, 2016 00:36

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

GimmickMan posted:

This would have been a good excuse to let the D originals pilot something else for one game (in a game with a ton of decent units that don't have locked pilots, no less) until the Very Moral Robot Science Staff made a safe alternative to the Sympathia.

I mean, it's not like there are some random two-seater robots sitting off to the side that can be used for the D Originals. Or close friends with connections to mech developers who can make custom units for them as well.

# ¿ Aug 18, 2016 00:58

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Prism posted:

I don't know what I'm looking at but it terrifies me.

There's a non-zero chance that Excellen Browning was involved.

# ¿ Aug 19, 2016 00:31

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Fereydun posted:

you forgot to add 'park the nadesico straight in the middle of enemy territory'

That might as well be the tagline for J: "Tactical Giant Machine Parking".

# ¿ Aug 20, 2016 01:20

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

ShiunTouya posted:

"凶鳥" Is also disaster chicken and no one will make me think otherwise.

EDIT: It is also what the chinese call the Huckebein.

Disaster Chicken is totally going to be my upcoming JAM Project cover band name.

# ¿ Aug 20, 2016 03:34

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Ethiser posted:

Make the Coustwell be piloted by an AI of Jau-Mu who just yells crazy things the whole time.

Better idea: make a special "Crazy Jua-Mu" voice pack for all Steel Dragon Squadron members.

# ¿ Aug 27, 2016 20:01

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Verranicus posted:

Did they remake this track in Moon Dwellers? What's it called, if so?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlN6Pfhnllw

I've seen that track (the one you linked, mind) titled "Cold World" and "Cold Hearted World". Never been able to find a definitive name for the track, however. Try looking for those names, but seeing as the full OST for Moon Dwellers is not due until September 21st apparently, it might be a tad difficult to find it.

AradoBalanga fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Aug 28, 2016

# ¿ Aug 28, 2016 00:51

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

EthanSteele posted:

I think it would have been weirder if he was counted as black to be honest. Admittedly I am colourblind but he is 100% a dark blue, especially compared to Aussenseiter.

It's definitely closer to a dark blue color in Alpha 2/OG2 GBA. Everywhere else has leaned towards a more darker blue color that is almost borderline black, which is why I think some people assume Dygengar has a predominately black color scheme.

But the bigger issue is more that Ratsel can't get any additional bonuses from his #1 BFF, which is super lame.

# ¿ Aug 29, 2016 20:42

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Midjack posted:

Someone got a deal on licensing.

I was about to say, it sounds like the record label or even Bandai-Namco got some sweet deal together with Apple to put up various albums/OSTs.

Alternately, the deal was set up for Japan, but some weird quirk of iTunes' platform allows the albums to be also available for international audiences.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2016 01:03

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Ethiser posted:

Speaking of Alpha 3 originals what happens with Selena and who were those people who rescued her? I didn't take that route but I saw some video of it.

Those people are the FDX Team. From what I've read about them, they are kind of the SRW equivalent of DC's Suicide Squad, a team of mech pilots created sent on very dangerous missions that the military doesn't want to spend valuable resources on (like the Steel Dragons). Just minus the whole "everyone on the team are convicted criminals/supervillains" part. And no Amanda Waller equivalent in charge of the team, too. As for Selena, that was basically her Alpha 3 backstory (Team Jelba murdered by Spectra), just done on screen this time much like how they did Foglia's death in OG Gaiden.

ImpAtom posted:

Arado does okay but Seolla ends up dragged along way too long.

That particular plot is also not helped by OG2 presenting opportunities to end Arado's plot line in a neat and simple fashion, but then pulling a plot extension from some dark corner of its rear end in what comes off as padding the run time. I mentioned it in Seyser Koze's LP, but the "Scarlet Illusion" stage is designed as a perfect place for Seolla to be rescued and set in motion the finishing touches on Arado's plot. But nope, we have wait until the "breather stage after a super big plot event" 4 stages later to get Seolla back, then wait 3-4 more stages to actually finish the plot.

If anything, I'd say OG does not know how to balance the adapted storylines. Some get a lot of focus or more than they need to, while others barely register on the radar. Hell, the Guests are a perfect example of a big name villain group getting shunted off to the side like they were nothing, all so the Gaia Saber storyline can get the top billing.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2016 21:33

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

HitTheTargets posted:

Earlier people were talking about not liking SRW stories that feel like a military campaign, but I do miss the way you could look at the PTX series and see technology being developed. The Wildschwein is clearly the midway point between Gespenst and Huckebein. Then the Twin Birds got built as a midway between Alt Eisen/Weissritter and Huckebein Mk2. The in-fiction explanation for why there's no new Wildschwein is that it already did what it needed to do.

That said, The Inspectors anime replaced the MP Hucky with an MP Wildschwein; so if they wanted to, the game devs could do that. I suspect nobody feels the need, though.

That's because the MP Schwein is basically the MP Huck with a few proportion adjustments and the Circle Zanber weapon bolted on. Outside of the Circle Zanber, it could easily pass off as an MP Huckebein to an untrained eye. IMO, the MP Wildschwein is one of the more subtle methods The Inspector used to skirt whatever fuss Sunrise/Bandai raised over the Huckebein line.

But at this point, I think the matter is more that the OG universe hasn't really done much to upgrade the mass-produced side of robot development. Sure, Isurugi rolled out some new Lion models last game, but that was part of the Gaia Sabers' rise to power and what is seen in Moon Dwellers was probably leftover stock from Euzeth's rollout plan. Everywhere else seems to have gone all-in on the one-of-a-kind units or the limited production units, and the need for MP units for the playable roster has kind of stagnated. Hell, Mao Industries has slowly been shoved to the side so other things can take the spotlight. Even if part of the GC plot was to try and market a MP Soulsaber idea to the top brass, the end result seen in the next game is most likely going to be Soulsaber stays and their attempts to get a MP version fall apart for whatever reason.

# ¿ Sep 11, 2016 05:00

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Charlie Bobson posted:

Will I still enjoy Z even if i don't recognize most of the mecha?

Absolutely. I went into Z with no knowledge of either Baldios or God Sigma, as well as very little knowledge of Orguss, and still found the units from those shows entertaining to use. Even without factoring Kei's 20% damage dealt bonus against 99% of the enemies in the game, he was a fun unit to use just because of how versatile of a unit the Orguss is.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2016 06:07

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

ZuljinRaynor posted:

I haven't watched Macross Frontier. My first exposure to it was SRW and I could not stand Alto for whatever reason. But I liked both Sheryl and Ranka in SRW, but that may be just because they are not Alto.

Actually SDF Macross is the only Macross I have seen. Will we ever see it again in a SRW game? Roy Focker, where are you?

The original Macross has a few issues that kind of prevents its comeback tour. The biggest is unfortunately Roy Focker himself, as his voice actor (the legendary Akira Kamiya) retired several years ago. Then there a few cases of VA deaths (IIRC, Hikaru's lines in various stuff over the past decade are just lines from the show or Do You Remember Love? and has never been recast) also preventing it from returning.

The best chance at SDF Macross returning would have been SRW L in 2010, which was the last non-voiced SRW made. Sadly, that was instead Frontier's big debut.

Televisio Frankus posted:

My controversial opinion on Frontier: the bridge crew is better than the rest of the cast (besides Sheryl and Ozma, who are great).

I would gladly pay money for a Bobby Margot spin-off. Even if it's a silly slice-of-life show where he and the rest of the bridge bunnies shoot the breeze about fashion and gossip.

# ¿ Sep 14, 2016 23:31

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Brunom1 posted:

If the lack of new lines would be a problem for DYRL, then it should've also stopped the likes of Daitarn or, until recently, the original Mazinger and Getter.

I reckon what they recorded for the Alphas and others ought to be more than enough.

Hikaru's VA died in 1996, well before the Alpha games were made. Roy, on the other hand, probably has plenty of lines from Alpha 1 and Alpha 3 (or even the Another Century's Episode games) to fill in the gap.

# ¿ Sep 14, 2016 23:52

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

WrightOfWay posted:

They should just recast dead or retired voice actor's characters more often like they did for God Sigma.

God Sigma had the excuse of "We've never recorded lines for this show before, so we can get away with it because they're technically new content and won't offend people". It also helped they had a big fan of the show on hand to jump at the opportunity.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2016 00:43

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

GimmickMan posted:

Rob is the nerdiest of all the techs by far and I'm glad he got to live the dream working for the SRX team.

The SRX Team is basically a gang of nerds and dorks employed by the military and manage to get poo poo done.

Okay, Kirk Hamill is pretty much their token normal member, but still.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 04:10

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Pureauthor posted:

Will it include more SRW V information?

That's more than likely what'll be shown.

Unless Moon Dwellers is getting a Super Golden Special Delicious Deluxe Edition.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2016 01:49

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Hokuto posted:

As it turns out, once you defeat the Federation, your goal becomes putting out your own army's fires from crazy people like Adler Koch and Egret Fehu in time to actually do battle with the Aerogators. Have fun busting into the Earth Cradle the hard way with your Lions.

And good luck recruiting Lune during all of this.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2016 23:05

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

The GIG posted:

I'm looking forward to using RunFast in the near future

I thought his name was Slab Bulkhead, though. :confused:

# ¿ Oct 29, 2016 01:09

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Caphi posted:

The weirdest thing I remember for some reason from OG was that they called Ace Attacker "Ace Fighter."

It was "Ace Pilot", but yeah, I chalked that one up to Atlus not wanting to confuse the BGM name with the name of the pilot skill Attacker or something along those lines.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2016 01:47

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Hunter Noventa posted:

Oh here's a probably dumb question, you have to beat EX-Hard in order to unlock Special right, you can't just play Nomral twice?

Yep, you have to have gone through the game on both Normal mode and EX-Hard mode in order to unlock Special mode.

# ¿ Oct 29, 2016 01:59

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

ImpAtom posted:

Aw man I almost wish they could have kept that secret because that would have been a HELL of a surprise.

Definitely agree. That said, I look forward to ~~Tetsuya~~Blade's new (spiky) ride. Hopefully, this one doesn't involve too much Getter Ray radiation.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2016 05:33

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

ImpAtom posted:

I notice that Ple is fighting a SEED Destiny enemy in the trailer, I guess ZZ won't have many enemy units if any.

Did you miss the bit where Athrun kicks a Doven Wolf in the face?

Dr Pepper posted:

So wait are we actually having selectable protagonists for the first time since Z1?

If the "Use Grungust/Huckebein right out of the gate" DLC is any indication, it seems that the Originals made by the Cross Omega artist are the leads, with the other two Originals joining up later on. That said, the characters didn't have the usual "Main Character/Heroine" designation, so maybe we are getting selectable protagonists once again. Speaking of the originals, their robot is designed by the Linebarrels' art team, right? It looks a hell of a lot like their style.

# ¿ Oct 31, 2016 23:50

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

HitTheTargets posted:

I just rewatched it and noticed Seabook sporting his post-Crossbone scar in the F91. Here's hoping he outright replaces the crap guy in the blue F91.

Nah, chances are fairly high that Harrison Martin will make his return to SRW in this game as well.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2016 03:38

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

HitTheTargets posted:

Bleh. I just want to believe that Seabook and Judau 'Gray Stork' Ashta will join the Steel 7 instead of some randos.

Unless there's some surprise (and large) time skip, Judau adopting his Gray Stork identity is very unlikely.

Now, getting the Gump as a secret unit, that's a possibility.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2016 05:32

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

ZuljinRaynor posted:

Excellent. Easiest way to have Toki wo Koete in the game.

Now the question becomes "Which version of the song are we getting?"

# ¿ Nov 4, 2016 21:26

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

ZuljinRaynor posted:

I would assume that most are the full single/album versions, though I would not be surprised if StarRingChild is the movie credits version.

Yeah, but in Toki wo Koete's case, there's several BGM versions (this version is either going to be lifted wholesale from OG or redone for V) and a couple album/anniversary vocal versions.

Who knows, maybe we'll get a 25th anniversary version of it for the special sound edition.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2016 05:07

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Brunom1 posted:

That last one looks like someone fused the Hi-Nu with the Extraordinary-Superior Gundam.

I'm more bothered by the random giant twin crotch thrusters. Like, what's the point of them, balance?

# ¿ Nov 15, 2016 21:23

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

ACES CURE PLANES posted:

Those aren't boosters, they're fuel tanks. Basically the thing was meant to escort the Deep Striker and as such, needed to be both incredibly fast to intercept stuff and to have enough fuel to have a large enough deployment radius. Considering that the Deep Striker was loaded down with as much fuel and guns that they could to make it an effective long range, extended deployment behind enemy lines unit, that's a lot of fuel it needs.

Oh, okay. Now they make sense.

Kind of surprised the Hummingbird isn't also loaded with hilarious amounts of guns in the event where Deep Striker runs out of ammo and can borrow something from the escort so it too has something to attack with.

# ¿ Nov 15, 2016 23:16

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# ¿ Apr 30, 2024 01:33

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

ACES CURE PLANES posted:

Edit: Transitioning away from robot stat nerdery (though it does still fit the theme of strapping ludicrous equipment to MSes), do we know yet if the Penelope will be in SRWV? I mean, I love the Xi too, but I'd die happy if both units were in the game.

I'd say, "bet on 'yes', just be prepared for the possibility of it being a secret unit".

# ¿ Nov 16, 2016 02:11

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