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Oh man, I love Kotetsushin Jeeg  It's one of the few post-2000 series that fully captures the sheer goofiness, fun, and awesome of old-school mecha series, and it's a shame it only ever got a dozen episodes. (But on the other hand, it means rewatches are easy...)e.  update at the bottom of the previous page!
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Ah, the Build Angel. That A rank in Air partner bonus is going to be coveted by a good number of end-game units, and boy are there a few later stages where that bonus comes in really handy. Deceive is...okayish. The EN Regen is very helpful since there are no free cost attacks in the game and the debuff immunity is welcome, but it just lacks offensive capabilities much like Painkiller. It's one of those "use until you get something better" units, sadly. Fun fact: The Jeeg sprites did gets some cosmetic updates in the jump from K to L. Jeeg itself got a new map sprite, while Ikima, Amaso, and Mimashi all got unique sprites with the character standing on top of their respective command ship (K simply used the generic version of the ship).
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Kotetsushin Jeeg is pretty great (STORMBRINGER is also an amazing opening song) but holy crap it's hard to stand Kenji early on.
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May 27, 2017 23:32
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Mikl posted:Oh man, I love Kotetsushin Jeeg Yeah, I've got no idea how involved Uncle Go was with its production, but it's very easy to look at what just happened and go "yup, that's some Go Nagai alright."
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Brunom1 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmFriqcS6OU Better a bazooka than a non-recoil-less rifle that's bigger than the user. Playing along with this LP made me want to go and continue my playthrough of W that I hadn't touched in two years. I finally beat Z Master, after killing Aria as many times as I had bless + luck casts. My dedication to kill her that many times is probably why it took me so long to get back to playing that. However, I got 1.2 million credits from that stage, so it was all worth it. Switching between W and L is pretty jarring. They've got quite a bit of changes between them. I should give L more time to make an impression on me, but so far I like W better.
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I'm really starting to get the thread title now. Much more than W, MX, Z, or any others, this game seems to assume you're very familiar with the source material. Or is that due to the translation? But it seems like it's jumping back and forth too much. Like, here's the Frontier. Now we're in the PLANTs. Now we're on Earth. Here's Jeeg. Oh, and Kouji Kabuto just happens to be here too. Etc.
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Montegoraon posted:I'm really starting to get the thread title now. Much more than W, MX, Z, or any others, this game seems to assume you're very familiar with the source material. Or is that due to the translation? But it seems like it's jumping back and forth too much. Like, here's the Frontier. Now we're in the PLANTs. Now we're on Earth. Here's Jeeg. Oh, and Kouji Kabuto just happens to be here too. Etc. I'll go with quality of the translation. Consider that W has 70 different scenarios, and L has 55. Despite that, MNeidengard's summary of W is just under 1 MB in size and Kern's summary of L is 350K. Kern has less than half as much stuff written per stage. I'm sure that affects the quality of the narrative.
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Montegoraon posted:I'm really starting to get the thread title now. Much more than W, MX, Z, or any others, this game seems to assume you're very familiar with the source material. Or is that due to the translation? But it seems like it's jumping back and forth too much. Like, here's the Frontier. Now we're in the PLANTs. Now we're on Earth. Here's Jeeg. Oh, and Kouji Kabuto just happens to be here too. Etc. Technically it's only chapter 2 and I think it's not too uncommon in srw games for the first 2 chapters to focus on largely different series, but with the prologues on top of those chapters 5 or so completely unconnected shows have showed up and the one's from the prologue aren't even really relevant with the story yet. So it does seem sorta weird. Now that the protagonist is around and a team is forming, the characters appearing and all will probably start getting more consistent at least.
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May 28, 2017 07:57
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Pretty much every SRW assumes some familiarity to at least some series in its roster. If it's not a premiere or a older series that's being given major focus then expect the cliff notes version of the introduction.
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Dr Pepper posted:Pretty much every SRW assumes some familiarity to at least some series in its roster. If it's not a premiere or a older series that's being given major focus then expect the cliff notes version of the introduction. Mazinger always gets this, excluding when they first did Shin and SKL.
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Montegoraon posted:I'm really starting to get the thread title now. Much more than W, MX, Z, or any others, this game seems to assume you're very familiar with the source material. Or is that due to the translation? But it seems like it's jumping back and forth too much. Like, here's the Frontier. Now we're in the PLANTs. Now we're on Earth. Here's Jeeg. Oh, and Kouji Kabuto just happens to be here too. Etc. Hm, I also noticed that while going through the initial missions - that's just the way the game is structured as I'm trying to be very thorough in the translation. It's been mentioned before in the thread but we are moving somewhat faster than usual, what with getting the squad going so early in the game. Many series - especially those that were in previous DS games - aren't starting their plots at the beginning, too. For instance, this Jeeg mission was episode 6. It'll start calming down after it gets all the series set up on stage.
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Materant posted:Kotetsushin Jeeg is pretty great (STORMBRINGER is also an amazing opening song) but holy crap it's hard to stand Kenji early on. To be honest I've always been unable to appreciate it. When I was younger the original series was often transmitted in my country, and near that classic, the new series appear quite lackluster. In fact noted that it's much easier tend to be very critical and unforgiving with film/series/videogame that are remake/reboots of similar works that were liked in the past.
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May 28, 2017 19:04
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oh hey I thought we'd seen the last of Brunom god speed to you mate, and thank you for going through this game notorious for being the one people know very little about
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Montegoraon posted:I'm really starting to get the thread title now. Much more than W, MX, Z, or any others, this game seems to assume you're very familiar with the source material. Or is that due to the translation? But it seems like it's jumping back and forth too much. Like, here's the Frontier. Now we're in the PLANTs. Now we're on Earth. Here's Jeeg. Oh, and Kouji Kabuto just happens to be here too. Etc. A lot of the series we've seen so far are either longtime recurring series in SRW (like Mazinger, Voltes, and SEED) or got the full plot treatment in the previous handheld game and therefore change things up so they're not just rerunning the same missions again (Jeeg and Dancouga Nova). Meanwhile, Frontier gets plenty of time to set itself up early since this is its first SRW appearance.
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I'm just can't wait if they deliver full promised impact of Iczer 3. Iczer 1 would also be interesting... horror for EA and other conventional military organizations.
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I'm avoiding looking up the cast list for the time being. It's neat, but very confusing, seeing everything come together. And I do mean everything. I know there's still Iczer & Godannar to come, plus I'm assuming some kinda Getter.
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Boy, that mission was a whole lot of  Stormbringer is a good song though and people should listen to it.
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AradoBalanga posted:Ah, the Build Angel. That A rank in Air partner bonus is going to be coveted by a good number of end-game units, and boy are there a few later stages where that bonus comes in really handy. Deceive is...okayish. The EN Regen is very helpful since there are no free cost attacks in the game and the debuff immunity is welcome, but it just lacks offensive capabilities much like Painkiller. It's one of those "use until you get something better" units, sadly. I have trouble thinking of end gamers that want an Air rank. The Linebarrels crowd definitely appreciates Air ranks, since they come standard with a B in them. Jeeg and Mazinger definitely appreciate Air ranks for movement. And the capabilities of Deceive should not be underestimated. Massed -morale support attacks are a thing of beauty against a whole slew of bosses. One thing I've always liked about L is that you really want to pair your big heavy hitters with good supports, but at the same time those pairings expose the supports to combat, which they really aren't suited for. Jeeg is land-locked with low movement and burns through EN, and these are exactly the things the Big Shooter helps out with, but on the flip side this means Big Shooter gets attacked a whole ton and it just isn't survivable enough to take that kind of attention. It's a nice balancing act.
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Dance Officer posted:I have trouble thinking of end gamers that want an Air rank. The Linebarrels crowd definitely appreciates Air ranks, since they come standard with a B in them. Jeeg and Mazinger definitely appreciate Air ranks for movement.
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Due to my unrelenting hatred of Gundam SEED/Destiny, I wonder is it possible to play through this game and use those units as little as possible, or is this one of those "We're pretending that Destiny's poorly written story is important" SRWs?
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SaitoBatch posted:Due to my unrelenting hatred of Gundam SEED/Destiny, I wonder is it possible to play through this game and use those units as little as possible, or is this one of those "We're pretending that Destiny's poorly written story is important" SRWs?
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Endorph posted:every SRW game featuring it has rewritten destiny's plot extensively Or featured it in such piecemeal use that it's basically over ASAP IIRC
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Basically, either the plot conforms or it gets the hell off the stage.
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 And we’re back in the intermission menu, our top aces looking rather differently. Kouji and Kenji have joined to immediately take the top two spots, a single kill separating each of our aces from second and first place.  Small micromanagement stuff first: Kenji and Kouji have gotten their important stats upgraded with our surplus from the previous missions. It’s occurred to me that I didn’t point out what these bars do (in case anyone reading this isn’t familiar). Here’s the quick rundown, from top to bottom: HP EN Armor – mitigates damage. Mobility – boosts your chance to dodge attacks. Accuracy Weapons – adds a fixed amount of attack power to all your weapons per pip purchased. Obviously, you’ll want your dodgy reals to focus on mobility, accuracy and weapons (plus EN if they’re the chugging kind), whereas your Supers will want pretty much everything except mobility. Jeeg is the odd one out, of course, as he might be a Super but he can’t take a hit too well. You’ll likely want to build him with Real priorities but do purchase a wee bit of HP and/or Armor in case Kenji gets a bad roll.  And, lastly, we are now allowed to tinker with our Twin units in the Formation menu. Our next mission gives us 5 slots to deploy and while we don’t have a lot of folks to use yet, I reckon I can spread our guys around somewhat. We’ll be going with: Ichitaka/Miu Jeeg/Kyo Kouji/Yagyuu Yamashita/Boss Shizuna/Sayaka Ichitaka and Jeeg’s teams were pretty much a no-brainer as they complement each other so well. Yamashita’s range will help keep Boss out of trouble – pairing him with a melee-focused unit is best, but I wasn’t too sure it’d be safe until I can bolster his defenses a wee bit. Finally, while I was tempted to have Yagyuu lead a group on her own, I felt that getting Kouji airborne and, more importantly, with an Accel cast was more important. Without, he takes forever to get in range of stuff. Thus, we’re left with Shizuna and Sayaka filling the last spot. Off we go!  In the distant past, aboard the Cthulhu race’s emigrant vessel, Sir Violet ponders the unending journey they’ve endured across the stars. It may be their fate after the loss of their homeworld but this is still taking a REALLY long time. She wants to give her sleeping daughters a place to call home – a land of peace. She even entertains the thought of what she’d do to make that a reality but quickly brushes it aside – it shouldn’t be so, even if death aboard this vessel is how their race ends. A hidden voice has heard her “wish”, however, and decided to grant it. She’ll have her land of peace and the voice is too busy laughing evilly to hear Violet’s objections.  Cut to the present, the Cthulhu Fortress, Sepia (orange girl) spots Earth from the window of her girlfriend, Cobalt’s, room. This beautiful world will be their home soon but Sepia asks if those humans aren’t strong? Will war break out again? Cobalt says they’ve already checked and, no, this should be an easy conquest; good because Sepia didn’t want her people to continue stuck in the mire of war. Many days have passed since Sir Violet made it her mission to give them a new home – they had a chance to succeed in the past, but a traitor screwed that up. Not this time, though. They’re interrupted when Cobalt receives a summons from Violet. Whatever could she want?  By her room, we find the new and improved Sir Violet. She summoned Cobalt to say that she’s been chosen as the commander of the Dilos Theta. Cobalt is honored but asks if this means she’ll be deployed to Earth. Indeed, because they’ve confirmed that Iczer-1 – the traitor – is on the planet. She’s attacked their vanguard soldiers and seems to be looking for her partner. And if Iczer-1 manages to find and synchronize with her, she’ll awaken and be a mighty foe, indeed. Thus, she needs to be destroyed immediately and that’s where Cobalt’s mission comes in: she’ll find and eliminate Iczer-1’s partner or, if that can’t be done, defeat the traitor herself. Cobalt confirms and seems determined to go the “defeat Iczer-1” route – she’ll never know peace if she doesn’t claim her life.  Back on Earth, we open up at Gakazono Academy and find Anna really wanting to go back to the Dannar Base – she’s having a hard time readjusting to life by her lonesome. Still, she can’t well face Goh after having been such a crummy wife – she didn’t even notice how wounded his spirit was. Nagisa (Kanou, the one in the Frontier is Kasumi) meanwhile is talking about some disappearances in her neighborhood having boosted police patrols in the area. Anna isn’t listening, also putting some blame over what happened in Goh and just how oh-so-nicely he gets along with Mira. Doesn’t help that Mira is the guy’s ex, from before he and Anna first met. Still, Anna’s his wife now… EX-wife, maybe, she sighs. Nagisa carries on, relating how her father said he smelled blood when coming home from work one day. That meanie’s trying to scare her and her mom for a laugh, she bets… Hey, is Anna listening? Now she is and Nagisa sighs at how distant she’s acting. Actually, Anna’s not looking too spritely, either – is she on a diet or something? No, she’s just depressed as it’s been a full two months since she ran away from home. Nagisa’s surprised to hear that, though most Anna will give as justification is that there were “issues”. Did she fight with her parents? Not exactly, but Nagisa won’t press for answers. Still, where’s Anna living right now?  Well, she had this apartment rented but the landlady just kicked her out because of her cat, Pinpin. Said cat isn’t too keen on staying inside her backpack either. Well, Nagisa isn’t about to leave her friend destitute and invites Anna to stay with her family until she gets back on her feet. She’s sure her parents won’t object to it. Anna’s very grateful but her attention quickly diverts back to Pinpin – the cat seems scared of something. Maybe he doesn’t like the dark inside the backpack. Still, Anna begs him to keep quiet or she’ll get kicked off class as well. Uh, oh, Nagisa spent so long chatting that she didn’t even notice it was time for class to start – she hasn’t even wrapped up her homework yet!  But, hold on, who’s that over there? Nagisa spots a strangely dressed blonde woman staring her way from way down in the schoolyard. Anna’s heart momentarily sinks as she thinks the blonde is Mira but, looking around, she sees no one. Odd, the woman vanished. Nagisa was sure she saw someone…   At the Dannar Base, Kiriko (Anna’s mom) is worried about Goh but he says he’s holding well enough. Has Anna called him yet? No… Unfortunately, her departure is pretty much known by everyone now, too. Kiriko tried to cook up a story that she was off doing some special pilot training these past couple of months but… Professor Yotsuya got a bit too drunk one day and spilled the beans. He apologizes profusely and promises never to drink again but Goh isn’t angry – this whole thing is his fault anyway.   The door opens up, in coming Tetsuya Kouji (brown hair) and Hyouma. Tetsuya pokes Goh that she shouldn’t be so blasé about his wife leaving and Hyouma is a bit miffed that he didn’t come to them for advice. Kosuke (glasses) asks if Anna’s departure is the reason why Goh hasn’t been deploying nowadays and the best he gives is a middling denial. Tetsuya thinks he has an idea of what happened: Goh took such a heavy blow from his defeat to the Menage Zero that he couldn’t pilot the Dannar anymore and seeing her hubby being such a wimp caused Anna to leave him. Only, no, Kiriko says that’s not exactly what happened. While Goh hasn’t managed to pilot since his defeat, Anna didn’t even notice his battered spirit. And seeing how even Tetsuya noticed it, Anna took it as a major failure of her as his wife; thus, she figured she hadn’t the right to stay with him anymore and took off. This was never about her falling out of love with him or anything.   Shizuru groans at Tetsuya’s stupidity but Goh doesn’t disagree with what he said – it is his fault she left and it wouldn’t have happened if he wasn’t so worthless. He understands that he NEEDS to fight with the Dannar but every time he grips its controls, his hands won’t stop shaking. Until he manages to put himself back together, it’s be up to the Combattler folks to cover the difference. Well, if anything, Juzo says these last two months have left them quite used to doing just that. Hyouma is certain a big hero like Goh can rise from these ashes and tells him to come and talk to us if there’s anything bothering him. It’s far better to share problems with others rather than keep it all to yourself. …Only, Juzo points out, Hyouma has been known for keeping a lot of his problems to himself, but that’s neither here nor there!  When Chizuru asks, Goh says that he’s no idea where Anna could be right now. Shinobu’s been searching but has gotten nothing so far. Then again, Shizuru ponders inwardly, Shinobu might not say anything even if he did found her. Goh isn’t going to look, though, wanting to believe that Anna will come back to him if he fights on; of course, that means getting his hands to stop shaking, little by little. Kiriko also believes her daughter’ll return – she just needed some time to think but will be back once she’s found her answer. Until then, we’ll just wait patiently.   Konami relays a message from Lady Une that our team’ll be here in one hour, whereupon they’ll meet with Kiriko and Yotsuya. We’ve already dealt with the Mimetic Beasts by the Naruto Straits and Yotsuya figures he’d best prepare some premium sake as a sign of gratitude for our assist. Kagemaru, the Dannar team commander, reminds that he just said he wouldn’t drink again. Oh, right. But, regardless, they all better get to work and ready things to welcome our folks – starting tomorrow, they’ll all be joining LOTUS. It’s been a long time since the Combattler folks met up with the Mazinger team, too. Goh will be coming with as well, knowing he can’t well stay here by himself. He’s gotta be around to help Mira and, plus, he figures the best place to get back up to speed will be at the front lines. No, he doesn’t mind risking Anna seeing him in this sorry state – only that she knows he’s still waiting for her. Inwardly, he wonders where she could be. The world around them is undergoing massive changes with each passing moment.  Some time later, Nagisa and Anna are walking about and spot an ad for a game starring famous pop singer Eida on TV. Hmhmm. The girl’s seen a meteoric rise to stardom recently, with her songs breaking a lot of download records. Hmhmm. Is Anna listening? Somewhat, though Nagisa can see she’s still a hundred miles away. Nagisa had hoped to get her mind off things with a walk through downtown but that’s not working too well.  Over by TV a news report from Isabelle Cronkite tells of the Dancouga’s recent appearance at the Kanagawa Prefecture and subsequent intervention in an ongoing battle. Mind you, the Japanese Government denies any involvement with the bot. This news gets Anna’s attention and Nagisa has a laugh at what a mech fangirl she is. Still, news about super robots are common nowadays and Nagisa’s heard of Mimetic Beasts running amuck around Japan – a stark reminder of the horrors of the War of the Giants. What was the name of the mech that took out the boss Mimetic Beast back then? Godannar? Anna slowly confirms, though didn’t expect Nagisa to know all that. Well, we ARE talking about a big, world-saving hero, so it’s not too surprising.  : …Hey, Nagisa. : Hm?: If… If you could get on a robot and fight, what would you do?: Huh? Where’d that question come from?: Do you think you’d want to fight and help protect others?: Eeh, that’s only a question for wannabe pilots like you. Regular girls like me don’t really think about that.: …: Still… I think I’d pass on it. Battles are really scary business and might even get you killed.: I see…: (That’s likely what regular people would say, yeah. But I…) : Are you Nagisa Kanou?: I am… but who are you?: My name is Cobalt and I’m here to take you hostage.: H-Huh?! Who just comes out and says stuff like that? I’ll scream, I’m warning you!: Be my guest, though it won’t help you…*Whoooooosh!*  : Waaah!: W-We’re falling!!*Crash!* : Urk! Oow…: Where… where are we?: It matters not. This isn’t a world the two of you could know of or understand. : Y-You take us back! Get us back to our world!: I will… after I’ve destroyed Iczer-1.: What are you on about? Who’s Iczer-1?!: Wait just a bit and you’ll see. Once she realizes your life is in danger, she’ll come running…!: Hmhmhm… Show yourself, Iczer-1. If you don’t make haste, my flaming blade will sear your partner whole.*Fsssh!* : Aaah!: Stop! What’re you gonna do to her?!: Yes, cry and scream. Call out to Iczer-1 for help!    : Get away from Nagisa!: And here you are. I’ve been expecting you.: (I-It’s that blonde cosplayer I saw at the schoolyard… She’s Iczer-1?): Taking innocents hostage… is that how the Cthulhu do things now?!: Silence, traitor! I’ll use whatever means I must to destroy you!: If your wish is to fight me, then I agree to it. But, in exchange, let Nagisa and her friend go!: You may take them, but only if you manage to best me! Taaah!: Haah!*Swoosh! Slash! Blam!* : Wh-What are they…? I can’t even see what they’re doing!: A-Anna, let’s get out of here… I… I’m scared!: I know but where are we supposed to run to?: Mommy, daddy… help me!: I’ll help you in a moment, Nagisa! Haaaah!*Blast! Craaash!* : Uuoorgh! B-Blast you, Iczer-1 – how dare you wound me so…! : Fine, I’ll end you with the Dilos Thetas! *Cobalt runs off.* : Nagisa, we must leave here as well! Hold onto me, you two!: Huh?*Swoosh!*  Mission 3 – The Woman Who Fights, The Woman Who Won’t Fight, The Woman Who Can’t Fight   : Those are…!: Giant robots?!: A-Aaah…!: Not even you can prevail against this many Dilos Thetas! Your death is come, Iczer-1! : Aaaah!: You alright, Nagisa?!: And so it comes to this… I’m summoning the Iczer Robo! We’ll fight together, Nagisa!: F-fight?! No! Why do I have to fight these monsters?!: Iczer Robo!!   : Th-That’s…!: A robot?!: It is my other half. Come, Nagisa!: No!: You are the only one in this world who can unite with the Iczer Robo! Do you not wish to defend your own planet?!: Absolutely not!: Then you leave me no choice. You will fight, even if I must force you to! Taaah!*Jump and grab!* : Huh?! Waaah!! : I-It absorbed her! : Wh-What’s going on?!: You’re inside the Iczer Robo. Synchronize yourself with me, Nagisa.: Y-You can’t do this to me! Lemme go!: You, Nagisa’s friend… run as far away as you can. I must now face these!: “Run”… what are you gonna do with Nagisa?!: Help me, Anna!: You’ve summoned the Iczer Robo, hm? But that will hardly shift the winds in your favor!: …We’re going, Nagisa! Take out everything, don’t lose Iczer-1. This isn’t too difficult but there are a lot of Dilos Thetas and the Iczer Robo isn’t the sturdiest or dodgiest bot around. Don’t go too far ahead, is what I’m saying and let the fight come to you.  Iczer Robo (Iczer-1, Nagisa Kanou) Pilot Skills: Sword Cut Shoot Down Prevail L3 Spirit Commands – Iczer-1 Focus Accelerate Sense Spirit Commands – Nagisa Trust Attune (感応) – grants Strike to the target unit. Squad Bonus: Accuracy +5, EN+50 Iczer-1 is a monster of a pilot – one of the absolute best in the game, as a matter of fact. All her stats have either the highest or second highest baseline across. Usually she’ll only get competition from Our Lord and Savior… and someone else (if you’ve watched Iczer, you know who). The Iczer Robo’s already pretty good, though it’s missing many of its tricks now. It’s still pretty bulky and while Mobility is on the low-ish side, Iczer-1 is so good that she’ll make it dodge reliably enough. A high Prevail will further boost that, too, though she won’t be topping the damage charts against big cheaters like Kouji and Kenji. Oh, and I would be remiss not to mention the following: apparently there’s a BIG bug related to the Iczer Robo in that if you get it killed, game over and restart from the intermission screen, Nagisa will DISAPPEAR as a subpilot. There’s only one point, in the latter half of the game, where you’ll recover her and if you lose her again past that, you’re screwed. I haven’t seen it happen because, one, I’m too good to let her get killed (  ) and, two, I’m too proud to actually Continue on a game over’d mission. All in all, if you lose her and game over, just reload your save and try again fresh.That being said, I just have her take a few steps forward and hold.  Enemy Phase! : …?!: Nagisa, what’s the matter? Synchronize with me, please! We won’t be able to bring out the true might of the Iczer Robo like this!: Let me out! Lemme out of here!: Ahahah! The Dilos Theta’s strength is on a wholly different level! You’re not match for us, Iczer-1!: Nagisa…! Here they come.       Do keep an eye against the Dilos as they’ve decent accuracy. Most of them keep away for now, though.  Player Phase!  : Mimetic Beasts?! Why are they here?!: Oh, Earthling monsters? How convenient. : Gyaaaaaaaaah! : Aaah!: Urk!: Nagisa!!: Is this also your doing, Cobalt?!: I’m sorry to disappoint you, but no, I have nothing to do with this. They do seem to be on our side, though.: Hrm…!: Please, stop! Put me down! Let me go!: (My friend’s in danger… there are Mimetic Beasts all over… and I can’t do anything?!): (No… I can do something, but I ran from it. What am I doing?! I need to be out there, fighting those things!): Nagisa, hold on! I’ll get back to the Dannar Base and—  : Goh! He’s here…! : And that’s… the Neo Okusaer? But who is… no, Mira?! : Goh, are you sure you’re ready for this? The four of us could— : I know. But if I don’t fight, Anna’ll never…! : Yo, what’s going on here? The radars are completely blank… Think the Mimetic Beasts are behind this? : I cannot determine the cause but I’m detecting some abnormal EM Waves throughout the area. Our sensors won’t work in this environment.: Well, if the sensors aren’t flying, then we gotta go with good, ol’ eyesight. Mine’s 20/20! : Watch where you’re walking, Hyouma. We don’t know if there are civs around here somewhere! : I’m on it, Daisaku. I can manage that, no prob! : And look over there, Hyouma! There are some different robots up there, not just the Mimetic Beasts! : I’ve never seen anything like those before… and they’re not in our data banks, either.*Beep, beep!* : Hold up! We’re being hailed by that green robot!: Do you hear me, Earthlings? Your planet has come under the attack of Big Gold! Those robots – the Dilos Thetas – are her minions!: What, a new group of enemies?!: You think those are the invaders from space that Dr. Nanbara warned us about?! : Please, I request your assistance!: We’re here to deal with those Mimetic Beast larvae anyway, so, yes, we might as well help you.: You’ve my thanks!: And your name is?: Iczer-1!: Pleased to meet you, Iczer-1! We’ll tackle this one together!: Right!: Heeeelp! Get me out of here! … They can’t hear me?!: (Hrk… We’ve got new enemies cropping up and I still can’t fight properly…?!Alright, now this is more manageable. Mind, losing either Goh or Mira will also be a gameover but they’re well equipped to take care of themselves:  Godannar (Goh Saruwatari) Pilot Skills: Prevail L3 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Spirit Commands: Invincible Strike Fighting Spirit Squad Bonus: Melee weapons’ power +100, Armor +100, EN+50 Power! Armor! EN! Everything you could ever want! Goh and his squad bonus make for a very fine unit, though he’s obviously not doing too hot right now. He’ll get better, though, and become a very reliable Super! His accuracy isn’t all that, though it’s nothing we can’t fix. As for the Godannar, it’s clearly a punchy bot which comes with the usual issues of low range. Again, we can fix that – grab him a partner that knows Accel, too, while you’re at it.  Neo Okusaer (Mira Ackerman) Pilot Skills: Prevail L3 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Spirit Commands: Sense Accelerate Fury/Direct Hit (直撃) – the next attack will bypass defensive supports and features. Mech Features: Angel Wall (エンジェルウォール) – nullifies all damage below 2300. Squad Bonus: Crit ratio +10, experience gained +10%, accuracy +5 Well, hey, I guess we’ve found his partner! Mira’s stats are pretty much like Goh’s, only slightly worse (except for Evasion). The Neo can handle itself well enough, though it lacks a bit of stopping power. That barrier makes it a prime defensive supporter, though, as 2300 damage on a Super isn’t too easy to do without a boss. Oh, and as a fun note: 旦那/Danna(r) means, among other things, “husband”, while 奥さん/Okusan(saer) is “wife”. So, Anna just lost the wifebot to her husband’s ex… Actually, with that Neo there, wouldn’t it be the “New Wife”-bot? That probably bodes ill.  Core Gunner (Shizuru Fujimura) Pilot Skills: Prevail L1 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Spirit Commands: Strike Alert Squad Bonus: Accuracy +5, crit ratio +10, land terrain rating: A  G-Gunner (Tetsuya Kouji) Pilot Skills: Prevail L2 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Spirit Commands: Guts Invincible Squad Bonus: Ranged weapons’ attack power +100, HP+1000 Both Shizuru and Tetsuya can work nicely as squaddies for ranged-oriented folks – especially Tetsuya, of course. Shizuru has a better range movement coverage as both her weakest and strongest weapons can be used after moving, while Tetsuya’s almost a pure sniper. They’re decently strong, too, but will get left behind as the game progresses, of course.  Combattler V (Hyouma Aoi, Juzo Naniwa, Daisaku Nishikawa, Chizuru Nanbara, Kosuke Kita) Pilot Skills: Sword Cut Guard Prevail L3 Spirit Commands – Hyouma: Guts Spirit Spirit Commands – Juzo: Strike Snipe Spirit Commands – Daisaku: Invincible Iron Wall Spirit Commands – Chizuru: Alert Luck Spirit Commands – Kosuke: Analyze Accelerate Squad Bonus: HP +1000  Remember what I said about Voltes? Copy paste that and you’ve the Combattler. It’s good, it’s flexible with all its pilots, it’s hard to kill, hits nicely and will do even better later.  Folks are making their way over but Mira, with Accelerate, is just in range. : With Anna gone, we all need to do our part supporting Goh…!    Of course, she could only use her weakest weapon… at least she dodges the counter.  Might as well have Iczer one snipe away at this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFP-8FbiEjE “We’re going, Nagisa!” “No! Do it yourself!” Enemy Phase!  As Iczer-1 takes out a Dilos, the other weakened one guns for Hyouma. : I dunno what you guys are but you better get right off our planet!: I really don’t think yelling at them is going to get you anywhere.: Plus, we’ve to fight them under these unusual conditions. Do not let your guard down, Hyouma!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De6YUJGrNEs That’s quite the elaborate attack for a standard crotch-missile.  Urgh, and the Mimetic Beasts decide to gun for Iczer-1 as well. That wouldn’t be TOO bad if not for the fact that they drain EN. : Noo! Why is this happening to me?!: These are different from the Cthulhu’s monsters… However, I will not falter! I cannot! At least her Prevail procs a bit and she dodges the next three attacks. Player Phase!    : Those are…! : Bam, enter the heroes! Y’all can relax now! : Prof. Aoi already gave us the rundown: those blue bots are a new enemy and the green one’s on our side, right? : And, also, that a blonde babe is piloting it! Whoohohohoo… time to put on a good show for her!: Heey, Kouji, Boss! It’s been forever!: Yo, Hyouma! We’re gonna be working on the same team again! : While this is our first time meeting up with the Dannar Base people. : Ichitaka, I’m not detecting any fluctuations in your heart rate whatsoever. Do you not feel any anxiety… or, rather, love for the Godannar or Combattler?  : No, no – the opposite! And I’m talking about anxiety, FYI! : I mean, I am nervous but I also know that getting all tense would put our lives in danger, you know?: Yes, life is meant to be valued. Treasure it and it’ll last… well, for your whole life, right?: Hahah, thanks for that one. I’m a little less nervous now.: The Earthlings have sent some extra help, I see.: All the better for us.: Right. Let’s go and wrap this up… hrrm…!: Hey, Goh, take it easy there. We’ll take care of things.: Sorry, folks…: However many of you there are, this’ll all end the same. Behold the might of the Dilos Thetas! Healing her up just in case.  While Goh takes out a weakened beastie, Mira and Shizuru work on its healthy partner. : Neither Goh nor Mira are doing too well… Then the best I can do is down as many enemies as possible!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJd5hv7k4ro  CHOUDENJI! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlSIwplI7ok YOYOS! Chizuru: “A Mimetic Beast!” Hyouma: “Nothing we can’t handle!” Iczer-1, now packing Focus, picks something else to blast while the rest of us are closing the distance. At least thanks to their new tag partners, Kouji and Kenji have covered a LOT of ground in one move. Enemy Phase!  Ickzer-1 and Hyouma (packing Iron Wall) tank pretty much whatever’s already on top of us, weakening them all in the process. The bad news is the Mimetic Beasts drink pretty much all of the Combattler’s EN, what with it dodging like a brick house.  Couple of Beasts do get clever with Kenji, though.        The thing barely hangs on, enough for Tsubaki to kill-steal. Player Phase!  Now we go to town. : Anna… I want to believe that, somewhere, you’re watching this… and that you’ll eventually come back to me!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zitc3aP7TC8 Husband punch!  Get rid of those Mimetic Beasts before they hit anyone else!      Ichitaka: “Don’t need to hold back against Mimetic Beasts!” Alice: “Right! We should engage with all we have!” Hyouma moves back a bit, but not before taking out another Dilos. Shooting enough enemies down triggers the plot. Brunom1 fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Jun 10, 2017 |
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: Hmph, so you Earthlings have a little fight in you. But you will not best me and my Dilos with that! *Cobalt charges towards the town center.* : Haaaaah!  : drat, how is she so strong?!: She… she’s destroying the entire town! : Stop this, Cobalt!*Iczer-1 goes after.* : Silence, traitor! *Iczer-1 gets thrown right across town.* : Aah!: This is bad! That robot’s power is several steps above hers!: Nagisa, why won’t you synchronize with me?: I told you again and again: I don’t want to fight!: She’s destroying your hometown! Do you not care anything about that?!: …: It seems to me that your partner is no more than dead weight, Iczer-1!*Another blast, further knocking her back... right where Anna is! : Waah!: A-Aah…!: A-Anna… you’re still there?! Run – it’s dangerous!: I can’t, Nagisa. I have to fight… but, the Okusaer… the Okusaer is now…!: What are you on about, Anna?! Get out of there NOW!: Die! : Aaaah!: Anna! ANNAA!: Nagisa, grant me strength – your strength…!: Anna… get out… get out of there, please…: Why won’t you fight, Nagisa? Why are you thinking of no one but yourself?! : This is your town – your home – and you must defend it! You must defend your friend!: U-Urgh…: I… I have to defend… Anna…  : You… You’ll pay for this…! YOU’LL PAY!!     : I-It can’t be…! All this power… Is it fruit of their synchronization?!: Are you now willing to fight, Nagisa? Thank you!: No, I told you that I don’t want to! But Anna… Anna is…!: Nagisa...I’m alright. All thanks to you.: Anna…! Oh, thank god!: Nagisa, your friend will likely be at risk again if we let this battle carry on…: I know… Fine, I’ll help you!: Many thanks, Nagisa. Let’s go, then!And the Iczer Robo just got a stat boost from that for some extra HP, EN, etc. – good, because she’ll be dealing with Cobalt while we handle the rest.  Speaking of, Shizuru’s got enough morale for her best attack. Also, nearby, after Kouji and Kenji both turn a pair of Mimetic Beasts into mush, Tetsuya is just range to snipe another down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQzueYRYuMw : Come one, come all! I’ll give you way more than you bargained for!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnk9QblTraY ”OKAAAAAY!”  By the by, Cobalt’s range isn’t too good. : Iczer Robo or not, you will fall against the Dilos Theta! Prepare to meet your end, Iczer-1!: You and your ilk won’t have their way, Cobalt! So long as life burns within my breast, I’ll fight on!   Another 5k damage. Enemy Phase!  Hrm, I was actually expecting her to go after Iczer.        That’s a combo attack hitting both girls but, unfortunately, the Deceive has ridiculous amounts of HP. It does not care. And, with that, we’re in the clear. The remaining mooks either die against our wall of beefy units or get weakened greatly – they’ll die next turn.  Following a quick jab from Yamashita, Cobalt’s done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH2Y3pgcaw0 Iczer-1: “Not even a Cthulhu warrior shall prevail if I’ve Nagisa’s help!”  And Iczer-1 takes a couple of levels, learning Attack Combo. Nice. : I… I cannot fall… SEPIAA!! : Haah… Haah…: I’m sorry, Cobalt…And here go the last Mimetic Beasts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N9f10xo3BI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DST8usleD2M I was looking to have Kouji grab the kill but at least it showed me that Yagyuu’s Trinity Attack actually has a dynamic finish. : Seems that’s all of the Mimetic Beasts and those unknown bots.: Yes, but what, exactly, were those? : She said there were minions of one “Big Gold”…: We’ve got plenty of questions for that pilot, I’d say.: Then we need to try and get her to come to either JUDA or Dannar Base.: Hey, you… do you mind coming over to our base and giving some details about that Big Gold?: Certainly. But, first, give me a moment to let my partner off the Iczer Robo.*Iczer-1 moves to a nearby street.* : Do you hear me, Nagisa…?: Urk…guh…: (She’s looking quite weak. Not surprising, after such a rough battle… I beg your forgiveness, Nagisa…) : Gugyaaa!: drat it – there were others around?!*The Mimetic Beast starts charging after the Iczer Robo* : Watch out! : Gwargh!: Aah—! Goh!: Goh!*Mira gets between him and the monster.* : You won’t hurt him!: !!: (I was the one supposed to be out there, protecting him! Even Nagisa’s fighting and I’m…!): Careful! That Mimetic Beast’s a lot bigger than the last ones!*Beep!*  : Dannar Base here! Exercise extreme caution: it’s very likely that Mimetic Beast is the source of the EM interference!: What?!: Since when can those things do that?! : They couldn’t, at least not thus far… I’d wager it’s evolved. : And it sent the Godannar flying like it was nothing! This one’s gonna be real tough!: Goh, let’s unite! Our only way of fighting this Beast is with the Twin Drive!: What?!: You can’t, Mira! You’re still undergoing tests and the chance of a successful union is zero with Goh in his current state! : No… we’re going for it. We’ll take the monster out with a Heart Breaker!: You really sure about this, Goh?!: (No more waffling about. I can’t, if I’m going to protect this town and Mira… and if I’m going to be around to wait for Anna!): I’m a pilot, so I’ll fight until the very bitter end! Let’s go, Mira! Drive Change – go! : Dannar… on! Revolver… OPEN! Godannar Twin Drive! : We'll take him out in one shot, Goh!: Aye, aye!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifOM1fHnrBk : Woooow… The Godannar’s 100% back…!: That… That’s the Godannar’s actual power…?!: (I… I’m just no match for her…! I…!): EM waves confirmed gone and all sensors are back online. Is everyone better? : Yes, everything’s good. That Mimetic Beast really was the source, I guess.: We’re good too; got no more Mimetic Beast pings on the radar, either. Now we’re done here.: Alright, then let’s call in people to help the survivors. I trust you’re also OK, Iczer-1?: I am, though my partner has lost consciousness. She’s been through a lot today…*Beep, boop!*  : I couldn’t help but overhear that. If you don’t mind, JUDA is ready to help her recover. : Mr. Ishigami!: And, at that, could everyone also come over with them? We’re already coordinating with Lady Une and readying everything to accommodate you folks.: Us, too?: Of course – you’re all official LOTUS members now. And the JUDA Corporation building will be serving as your new base! : Glad you’re so hyped, boss, but we got a sick girl here? How about sending a transport to pick her up quick-like?: Easy, Shizuna. He’s acting like that only to try and get us relaxed.: Oh, it brings tears to my eyes knowing my employees understand me so well. : And, by the by, the transport’s already on the way. Why don’t you folks help the rescue teams until it gets there?: OKAY!: (Did you see me, Anna? If you did, then please come home soon! I… I’ll be waiting for you, Anna!)  The Dannar Base mechanics, Shibakusa (older guy), Nanae (freckles) and Touko have all been assigned to work with LOTUS and, thus, came to JUDA. Plus, Shibakusa figures no one but them could service these bots. Rachel takes offense at that – there’s no mech her genius can’t handle! Shibakusa quickly rephrases himself, saying that what he meant is that they are the best suited for the job because they’re familiar with each of their pilots’ mannerisms and can tune the mechs to match. In that case, Rachel agrees.  Morimoto is the last of the Dannar mechanics and is just glad he was sent here along with Nanae. He was ready to try and get hired by JUDA had he been left behind. Nanae is so very happy as well and, as hearts start flying everywhere, Shizuru introduces Ichitaka to the Dannar Base’s notorious pair of lovebirds. More interesting to Ichitaka is getting to meet with Goh, who figures him out as the Rushbird’s pilot. “I am, sir! Ichitaka Nagumo, 3rd year middle schooler and, if I may say so, you blew me away during the last battle! The combination, the attack – everything was awesome! It’s a huge honor to fight with you!” he proclaims aloud, though Goh is also pleased to work with him. Ichitaka figures he can’t well control his nerves with the actual guy standing right next to him but whatever!  And the Combattler team will have the help of Ropett, who’s also been assigned to LOTUS – they can’t actually combine without him, see. Alice walks up soon after, properly introducing herself to them and saying she’s in charge of the team’s healthcare. Sayaka also adds that she’s a maid robot and subpilot for the Rushbird, and Hyouma has a hard time seeing her as a bot. He’s pretty impressed, though Alice figures Ropett a far more capable helper. She’s looked him up and seen that he can analyze brain waves, make drinks and so much more… In truth, Alice is a bit jealous of all his various functionalities and hopes to learn from him. When Ropett asks, Alice says her functionalities are oriented towards physical care but she’s got little in the way of special features; for instance, her hearing’s pretty sharp and she can analyze a person’s pulse by just being nearby and listening to their heartbeat. A rather low-tech approach for such a high-tech android – Kosuke figures her creator was kind of an oddball. Maybe Grife wanted her to be more human-like, Daisaku wonders. If that’s the case, then, Alice figures she’s a failure: “I can’t learn or adapt as easily as everyone else – it’s caused me no shortage of problems!” Maybe not, as Daisaku figures that’s a pretty natural reaction she’s showing – that’s something! But, regardless, the reason she came here is that she wanted a copy of their physical data to start planning her healthcare plans for them. Ropett has it all handy for her to download.  Ishigami comes in with Iczer-1 and Miu quickly asks them about Nagisa’s condition. It’s not too good, honestly – she’s in the ICU right now, stuck in a coma. Iczer-1 feels pretty bad, seeing how this happened because she forced an unwilling person to pilot the Iczer Robo, but Ishigami tells her to not blame herself. There was no other option, face the enemies bearing down on them all. Goh understands her concern over her partner’s condition but asks if she could still take the time to inform us on this new group of invaders gunning for Earth. In essence, they’re called the Cthulhu, a group of people who’ve wandered the cosmos for a very long time in search of a new home. Their plan is to claim Earth as that, after eradicating any and all life in it. So this invasion is more like a violent emigration, Yagyuu sees, though Iczer-1 says it wasn’t always like that. When the Cthulhu people’s journey first started, they wanted to find a home via peaceful means and were willing to journey for as long as necessary to do so. However, they were changed when, during their travels, they ran into Big Gold. It is an evil being that lived out in space and it has taken control of the Cthulhu. Kosuke’s very surprised at the thought of mechanical life-forms existing, but Juzo has a better question: if Iczer-1 is fighting against them, what exactly is she? In truth, she’s a Cthulhu android. So, she’s one of them. Ishigami isn’t bothered, though, remembering what she said about the Cthulhu, originally, being against violent action. Thus, it could be said that Iczer-1 rebelled in the name of upholding the peaceful ideals that Big Gold took away. And the many recent disappearances? It’s the Cthulhu’s doing, as they turn people into their agents. She’d been trying to stymie the Cthulhu’s invasion but, unfortunately, this is all too much for her alone. Ishigami can see that, what with all the robots that showed up today. So, hey, why doesn’t she join LOTUS as well?  Kenji’s a bit taken aback by the sudden proposal but Iczer-1 seems interested. With Nagisa wounded, she’d have to face the Cthulhu by herself and that’d be pretty difficult. Furthermore, she knows of all the other threats bearing down upon Earth and is determined to defend Nagisa’s home. Iczer-1 asks for our approval to her joining the team and even goes and bows her head. Not needed, of course, as Kouji says we’re always willing to help out. Kenji has an objection, though: “Yo, Kouji! You trying to set yourself up as the ‘nice guy’ with her?!” Not at all; he just thinks it’s great to have a chance for us to get together with someone from so far away. Helping her out is an easy choice for him. Sayaka is impressed, though Shizuru has a question: how much of that speech came from guilt over Kenji being dead right? …Just a bit. And there goes Sayaka’s newfound respect. Kyo also offers to tell Iczer-1 what he knows of Earth, as the information will surely help her. “You’re trying to get a leg up on the competition, too?!” Kenji cries, only to be punched down by Saotome. Not everyone here’s a perv like him. Still, Iczer-1 is happy with this group of companions and she wants Nagisa to meet them soon.  Ishigami’ll take care of getting here formally added to the team, though Goh does wonder what Lady Une could be up to – he doesn’t see her around. Indeed, she’s headed over to negotiate with NEX, the organization that provides support to the Daiku Maryu team in its battle against the Darius Army. Goh heard that the Daiku Maryu is still engaging the Darius over by their world – in the underground – so does this mean they’re expected to come back here? Either way, Hyouma likes it as adding those guys to LOTUS would be a major boost to our firepower. With the situation throughout the world getting progressively direr (bolstered by the appearance of the Cthulhu), NEX’s big ties to major military suppliers makes them a company Ishigami would very much like to get on our side. Ichitaka can’t help but remember him and Kouichi fanboying over the Daiku Maryu and Gaiking when they first saw them in the news. Where could the guy be now? Hopefully safe, at least…  Rachel is more interested in finding where the Iczer Robo is, as she’d like to service it a bit. Turns out that’s not needed, as the thing is currently in another dimension, regenerating any damage it took. That’s a surprise to Rachel, as that’s pretty much what the Machina do. Iczer-1 figures the creators of these mechs simply sought similar features – hers WAS designed as something that could operate solo, without any need of maintenance or resupplying. Rachel sees her point, as any scientists that tackle a problem rationally could likely find similar solutions. That said, Iczer-1’ll be unable to bring out the Robo’s full abilities – that’s only possible when she, Nagisa and the bot are synchronized. And even if she does wake up from her coma, Iczer-1 wonders if she’ll be willing to fight again. With all that in mind, Maki figures it’s best to just keep the thing sealed away for now. “But don’t you worry! We’ll all be right here to pick up the slack real good!” Boss proclaims heroically and Iczer-1 is very grateful to him (“Whooheehee!”). With that, Shibakusa rounds up all the mechanics and tells them to put their game faces on – they’ve never worked on many of these mechs before, so there’ll be plenty of work.  Ichitaka sees our group getting bigger and bigger, finally taking off for real. Now if they could just find some clue about Grife or Yuu and everything’d be great. They’re both worried about them but our only real option right now is to wait until that painting’s been analyzed in full. Meanwhile, Ichitaka will keep on training; same goes for Alice, studying to improve as a subpilot and keeping everyone nice and healthy. Ichitaka does remind her to take care of herself too – self-repair or not, she shouldn’t rely too much on it or it might blow up in her face eventually. Hmm, Alice would like to say there aren’t any such deficiencies in her main systems but… Oops, no more time to sit around as Yamashita says Yagyuu will be handling Ichitaka’s training session today. He better not run late or Saotome’ll give him hell. As he takes off in a hurry, Alice is a bit pensive: “There shouldn’t be anything wrong with my systems… But maybe I’ll go and talk with Mr. Maki or Ms. Rachel when I’ve the time.” Brunom1 fucked around with this message at 18:50 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Okay, so I know jack about Iczer-1, so can someone explain to me what's going to happen with that, since Nagisa is in a coma and, from what I gathered, that means no Iczer Robo. Is Iczer-1 just gonna hang around until Nagisa is up? Also, Godannar! Yeah!
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Inferno-sama posted:Okay, so I know jack about Iczer-1, so can someone explain to me what's going to happen with Iczer-1 herself, since Nagisa is in a coma and, from what I gathered, that means no Iczer Robo. Also, Godannar! Yeah! Over here: Iczer-1 is a unit by herself and general consensus is that she's overall better off that way. Iczer Robo has better range and EN usage, but Iczer-1 has WAY better movement (she can fly) and survivability (being SS size mean she'll dodge forever). Iczer Robo, on average, has a better damage spread but Iczer-1 packs a heavier punch (eventually).
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Brunom1 posted:Over here: Ah, okay. Thanks.
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Of course she's unwilling to fight, Iczer-1, you undersocialized planet-busting android, you. But yes, it's quite nice thing they did here with plot of Godannar and Iczer-1. Completely redid, but in best way possible. Heh, which of possible three people you mean when you are talking of someone who can match Iczer-1 in skill and being from her series? Inferno-sama posted:Okay, so I know jack about Iczer-1, so can someone explain to me what's going to happen with that, since Nagisa is in a coma and, from what I gathered, that means no Iczer Robo. Is Iczer-1 just gonna hang around until Nagisa is up? Also, Godannar! Yeah!
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NHO posted:Heh, which of possible three people you mean when you are talking of someone who can match Iczer-1 in skill and being from her series? Only Iczer-2, Heero and Kira have stats that can match or, in some cases, surpass her. Mostly Iczer-2 (slightly beats 1 in melee, ranged, evasion and accuracy), since Kira and Heero only slightly beat her in ranged and accuracy. Still, Iczer-1 has THE highest Skill stat.
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So Godannar has a character who looks like he stepped out of a Go Nagai series, and his name is Kouji Tetsuya?
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Alacron posted:So Godannar has a character who looks like he stepped out of a Go Nagai series, and his name is Kouji Tetsuya? Subtlety is not Godannar's strong suit.
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Jun 3, 2017 20:02
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I've never watched either Godannar or Iczer-1, so all of this is new to me. And looking on the wiki, Iczer-1 is a three-episode OVA? Gotta hand it to SRW, they always find the most obscure mecha anime to put into a game.
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Jun 3, 2017 23:02
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Brunom1 posted:Anna: Goh! He’s here…! Lacking a portrait here. quote:
Wrong end to that sentence. Brunom1 posted:
Weird. I thought you'd want to keep that, not leave it  Also I'm...very confused about Goddannar, did this game join mid-way through the series or something? I really don't understand what's going on, but it does look like an interesting show. Iczer...maybe is good too? I dunno, I don't know either series. I'm willing to watch them if they're good though!
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Jun 3, 2017 23:03
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Yes like Jeeg we're starting mid-series for Goddanar. Both shows were also in the last game K and had their full plots done.
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Jun 3, 2017 23:14
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All I know about Goddanar is that even by my relatively high anime tolerance it was really skeevy. I think I watched like the first five minutes of the pilot, and the idea of an adult man taking a bride who was still in highschool just sent me running. I am interested to see how things go however, since the mech looks cool whenever I see it, and I probably don't have to deal with the female body proportions from the show as much in LP form.
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Jun 3, 2017 23:52
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Mikl posted:I've never watched either Godannar or Iczer-1, so all of this is new to me. And looking on the wiki, Iczer-1 is a three-episode OVA? Gotta hand it to SRW, they always find the most obscure mecha anime to put into a game. Iczer-1 is one of cult-ish 80-s OVA, that needs more love. I'm more interested in how they make interaction between Iczer-1 cast and Iczer-3 cast, because 300 years in between and different dimensions in this case.
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Jun 4, 2017 00:06
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Ashsaber posted:All I know about Goddanar is that even by my relatively high anime tolerance it was really skeevy. I think I watched like the first five minutes of the pilot, and the idea of an adult man taking a bride who was still in highschool just sent me running. I was never quite sure if it was Problematic or if they were just insufferable, by my admittedly low anime tolerance. Amusingly, I think they end up putting Goh in a big coma so that, by anime logic, Anna gets older while he stays the same age. :/ It is a cool mech though.
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Jun 4, 2017 01:03
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The best way to sum up Iczer-1 is that if you enjoyed Tekkaman Blade in J and W, you'll like working with her. The only major differences are that she doesn't have a 30 turn time limit like D-Boy does and Iczer Robo switches her from SS-sized to M-sized, so keep that in mind. As for Godannar, Goh is our first example of the pilot skill parts mechanic being directly affected by the pilot. Dannar and Godannar only have melee attacks, and the game reflects that by only allowing Goh to pump up his melee stat in the pilot skills menu. Attempting to give him range parts will not work (you'll get the "this pilot cannot equip this part/has the max amount of skill parts dumped into them" error noise if you try), thus the only way for Goh to increase his range stat is through level ups
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Alacron posted:So Godannar has a character who looks like he stepped out of a Go Nagai series, and his name is Kouji Tetsuya? SRWL is in a bit of a time loop you see. There's a reason he has that name.  Edit: old link wasn't showing up. General Revil fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Jun 6, 2017 |
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