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Brunom1 posted:
Fixed that for you. And this is the Mark Destiny in non-SD proportions.  Anyway, I was right about not being able to catch up to you before you finish L, but congrats on that. That's one more notch on your belt, and I looking forward to another great LP from you for this game.
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General Revil posted:Fixed that for you. And this is the Mark Destiny in non-SD proportions. Could I get an explanation on this joke? Is this a reference to an obscure European dub or something?
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EclecticTastes posted:Could I get an explanation on this joke? Is this a reference to an obscure European dub or something? The 'Mark' part of the titles is based on how Fafner mechs are named; you'll see the one Kazuki used is called the 'Mark Elf'. The picture is the Destiny in Fafner style.
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Hellioning posted:The 'Mark' part of the titles is based on how Fafner mechs are named; you'll see the one Kazuki used is called the 'Mark Elf'. I give a nonzero chance that that's just Mark 11 but in German.
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Raxivace posted:Are we positive the Dunbine cast isn't just made up of Metal Gear villains? Pretty sure Shot Weapon was someone I killed in one of the MSX games. Close, that was Shoot Gunner 
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AweStriker posted:I give a nonzero chance that that's just Mark 11 but in German. Considering the other mechs are called things like 'Mark Funf' and 'Mark Drei'? Yes.
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Hellioning posted:The 'Mark' part of the titles is based on how Fafner mechs are named; you'll see the one Kazuki used is called the 'Mark Elf'. Oh, right, duh. I probably should have recognized the Fafner reference. 
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Regarding Dunbine names, I've been watching New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine, a 3-episode OVA that the Sirbine comes from, and I found a real gem in it. Here's the narrative I gave for it when I saw it:quote:so in this oav
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 We now find ourselves in the intermission menu, but there’s nothing for us to do here just yet. We’ll see what each option entails soon enough.  We do, however, get to name out protagonist: Agnès “Arnie” Berge. Now, I do understand that that first name is a woman’s name, but that’s the only way I found アニエス could be read! We’ll just stick to Arnie and be done with it.  And like in previous games, when you’re in NG+, you get to pick the protag’s spirit list. I just kept what my brother used when he ran through this because I’m lazy like that: Focus, Accelerate, Sense, Drive, Soul.  We open up at the Earth Federation’s California base, where newly reassigned test pilots Arnie Berge and Jin Spencer (blue) present themselves to the base’s vice-commander, Ronin Sanada. When Ronin asks, Jin says they’ve already been briefed on their assignment: test the prototypes that’re slated to become the Federation’s newest mainline unit.  That’s close enough, but a woman nearby says that, to put it more precisely, their job is to test said units’ – the Riots – optional gear. She is Prof. Novel Dylan, the scientist responsible for the Riots’ development. She’ll be coordinating with Arnie and Jin in today’s test, and has done a bit of research on them. Apparently, the two pilots were famous as a duo of rivals constantly vying for the spot of top ace of the military academy. She expects good work from them. Arnie stammers that she gives him too much credit – despite their “rivalry”, he was always second best. Novel isn’t so sure, as the reports indicate he’s a better hand at melee combat than Jin is. “Yes, well, that’s about the exception to the rule…” Arnie sighs. Novel appreciates his modesty, if anything. Now, Jin has a quick question he’d like to ask: what can she tell them about this Proton Generator the Riots’ spec notes mentioned? It’s essentially an engine powered by accelerated particles – really cutting-edge stuff, and far more powerful than anything the current mobile weapons have. Arnie’s surprised they’re letting them handle such amazing units. Truth be told, Ronin says that rookies like them would normally never be allowed near the things, but Novel was very insistent that the two of them got the job. She’s read their records and their numbers spoke for themselves, so is it any surprise she wanted to see how they’d do with her units? Arnie is very flattered.  And with that done, based on analyses of their skillsets, Jin will be taking the Riot Archer Type (focus on long range), and Arnie will take the melee-oriented Battler Type. Ronin won’t be overseeing the tests, but hopes they’ll make good on their vaunted skills. When Arnie asks, Ronin says that he received a summons from the New York HQ the other day and needs to speak as a witness before the Federal Parliament. Witness? There was an incident at Mars, and an old friend of his… No, never mind, this is not their problem. Back to the business at hand: they’ll be running their tests at Center City, and they’d best not disappoint! Yes, sir!   : The vice-commander’s surprisingly young, huh? I was expecting to find an old man waiting for us. : That’s one way of putting it. Maj. Ronin’s actually younger than us. : Really?: Yeah; getting picked as vice-commander for a whole base at age 18 is pretty impressive, eh? His dad’s a major player in the Federation government, too.: Talent, connections, money… goes to show that we’ve got some bona fide elites out there.: Elite, huh… : What about that professor, Novel? I got the feeling that she’s quite the elite too.: Oh, what’s this? That dame there caught your eye?: Wh-What makes you think that? I didn’t even say any—… I mean, you’re being disrespectful to the professor!: Hahahah, chill – I’m just messing with ya. But, in any case, this test today’s our chance to make it big in the army.: Yeah, you’re right. Apparently, if we do this right, we might just get drafted for the Federation’s ace platoon.: You serious? A couple of nobodies like us getting bumped to Top Gun status just like that?!: And if we did, we could even get to work side-by-side with Maj. Graham Aker…: Doesn’t hurt to dream big, right? Now, how about we get going and take our first step towards that “Top Gun status”?: Hell, yeah! Over by Center City, school’s just ended and Joey tells Lina that he’s headed over to Prof. Denton’s place. Well, is he free at the weekend? Lina’s got tickets for the Celestial Being movie and wonders if he wants to come with. His weekends are also busy, with both his part-time job and helping at his house… and surely Lina could find much better company than him for that. The girl huffs that he’s being silly, but…  Things are interrupted when Will shows up and tells the kid to back off. He hates losers and doesn’t want him anywhere near his sister! Lina protests that she’s the one to called out to Joey, but Will isn’t listening. Moreover, Nick (Will’s toady) notes that Joey belongs to wholly different world from the rest of them. He’d best call it quits and forget about Lina. Will punctuates that with a punch to the kid.  Thankfully, Psy is on hand to stop things and tells Will to step away from Joey, which actually stops the bully short. Granted, Psy needs crutches to get around, and while Nick figures the guy couldn’t do jack against them, Will does as told. Mind, he also tells Joey to keep away from Lina and drags her off. As they leave, Psy checks up on Joey and, yes, he’s fine. He appreciates the help, though it’s not like this doesn’t happen every day. “Then you gotta start fighting back some, man. They do it because you let them,“ Psy says. Sure, that’s easy to say but what can Joey do? For one, he doesn’t like fighting, and, two, he’s a weak kid. Oi, the kid’s too nice for his own good. Either way, Joey dropped a package when it all went down and Psy goes and grabs it.  Inside, there’s this little toy robot. Joey found it broken and dumped in a trash can, but he figured he could fix it. And Psy can see that the kid’s already done a lot restoring it – by himself, even – which goes to show that, at least with this kind of stuff, Joey’s the man. Does it have a name? Sure, Joey’s christened it “Heroman” which is pretty cool with Psy.  Cut to Prof. Denton’s lab, Joey delivers all the stuff the guy asked him to buy, but the professor quickly beckons him and Psy closer – he’s finally done it! Denton’s pretty hyped, and how could he not? All these years of research have resulted in success, at long last: he’s managed to establish contact with an intelligent alien race! As Joey and Psy gape, Denton looks back on the road traveled: how he had to calculate the location of planets that could potentially house intelligent life, how he, despite the myriad failures, piled on with the research, perfecting his microwave transmitter, and, now, he’s finally succeeded! Yaaaay, congratulations! Denton offers to show them the answer he got to his signal and flips a switch: “Gather… at the beginning…” Sounds like a woman speaking, but their celebration’s interrupted when there’s an explosion not far from where they are! Psy sets out to see what’s going on outside.  Mission 1 – Beginning  x3   : Wh-What the hell are those…?! : A-a-a-are y-y-y-ou?: We aRE the Skrugg. Are yoU tHe ONe who contacted our PLAnet? : …?! Yes, that was me! Does this mean you received my message and traveled all the way here?!: YeS. It is aLL thaNKS to yOUr TrAnsmissION.: Oh, wonderful! Then allow me to bid you welcome as a representative of the people of Earth!: Thaaat is Not NEcesSAry. BecaUSE we... we… we-e-e-e…: Because we will be wiping this planet from the face of the universe.: Wha—!: What… did you say…?!: You, the representatives of the Earthlings, are coming with us.: Your minds will provide us with much useful information. And if you resist…  : Waah! : Lina! What’re you doing here?!: I was worried about you, so I came back. And then…!: So there was another one? Good. You can never have too many samples.: What the… these things wanna invade Earth?!: Get back, kids!: P-Professor?!: Th-This is my fault! I must… I must do something about it! Daaaaaah!!*Denton runs up to the Skrugg… and gets walloped aside.* : Gwargh!: Professor!: Hmph! It’s useless for you feeble Earthlings to try and oppose us. Now stand down and come with us.: N-No! Get away from me!: drat it! Let her go!: (Wh-What am I supposed to do…?! They’re gonna take everyone!): If you have to take anyone, take me! The kids don’t have anything to do with this!: (If… If only I was more like my dad… a hero, who could protect others…!): (I need more power… just enough to keep them safe!) : …   SRW UX - Roulette : Aah?! : …: Wh-Whaat?!: That toy robot… It got all huge after that lightning hit it! (3m tall!  ): Heroman… is that you…?: …!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLxXWgmD32o “Go and beat those aliens, Heroman!” : What… What in blazes?!: …: Heroman’s alive…?! Wow… Wow! My Heroman… he’s...!: Wh-What is that robot?! And what’s that on your arm, Joey…?: Aah…? Heroman’s controller’s fused with my arm?!: Y-You sniveling Earthlings! Now you’ll feel our full might!: Wh-Watch out, Heroman! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhH62cKDt2g : Huh? A barrier came out of the controller? And how did I move that fast…? Since when do I have powers like this?!: Joey, you…: …: Alright… Come on, Heroman! We’ll protect everyone together!: Heroman… GOOOO!! Destroy everything without losing any friendlies. This one’s much simpler than the past mission, as the Skrugg don’t have any noteworthy tricks. Mind you, this is where the quintessential UX experience begins with kill tallying! What does that mean? Well, remember that I said this game was buggy? Here’s one of the nastier ones: most of the game’s secrets require you to have several hundred kills with a single character. Past games might have tricked you into believing the characters’ kill counter, but the UX kill counter LIES. As I mentioned in the previous mission, NG+ carries over the kill count from the previous games, and those count towards increasing a unit’s Squad Bonus. What the game DOESN’T do, however, is count those towards your secrets. You see, Heroman has a secret, which requires him to have 200 kills by the end of mission 43. However, it has to be 200 kills this game. This rule applies to every secret with a kill count attached to it, so you better open up a spreadsheet and start taking notes, because if you don’t keep a very close eye on the kills you’re getting this game, and deducting the ones you came in with, you won’t get the secret (just to be safe, deduct one added in route splits as well, as I’m not sure if those do count).  Heroman Pilot Skills: Prevail (底力) L3 – grants a bonus to all stats the lower unit’s HP gets. Effect increases as skill level goes up (L3 = effect starts at 30% HP, and so on). Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Infight (インファイト) L1 – increases melee weapon attack power and crit rate. Mech Features: Communicator Barrier – negates all damage below 3000. Costs 10 EN per use and won’t activate below 100 morale. Spirit Commands – Heroman: Invincible Strike Spirit Commands – Joey: Accelerate – increases unit’s movement by 3 for a turn (effect persists if you don’t move). Focus Squad Bonus: Melee weapons’ power +100, EN +50 (melee +200, EN +100, Crit rate +15) Heroman’s Voice Actor: Ryota Takeuchi (other roles: Jasley in Gundam IBO, Dyne in Overlord, Uesugi in Samurai Warriors and more) Joey’s Voice Actress: Mikako Komatsu (other roles: Rose in Tales of Zestiria, Sei in Gundam Build Fighters, Kuriyo in Symphogear and a bunch more.) It might come as a surprise, but a 3m toy is still a toy. First thing you should know is that it absolutely cannot take a hit: even with Joey’s barrier, its SS size (a small unit'll get bonuses to its hit/evade %, but it'll do less damage and take more, and vice-versa), very low HP and paper-maché armor means even mooks will only need a few good hits to down him. That said, you can get around that with upgrades and/or Squad Bonuses; if you do, his SS size becomes a boon as it makes him quite tough to hit (provided you don’t let evasion decay pile up). On the offensive side of things, Heroman packs a decent enough punch and, like many units, will only get better as the game progresses. It won’t ever be one of your strongest units, mind, but you can certainly find a spot for him in your team – if only because his and Joey’s spirit commands are pretty useful. Oh, and the JP wikis say that, for whatever reason (bug?), Heroman is immune to the Festum’s Mind Read and Assimilation, so there’s that.  Denton’s Lab gives a 5% bonus to evasion and defense, so we’ll set Heroman there and get to work. SRW UX - JOEY AND HEROMAN: Come on, Heroman! We’ll beat all these guys and keep everyone safe!: Hm…!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqZZVn4ShP8 Nice.  : Y-Yooo! That white robot’s fighting the monsters that attacked the city! : ?! Is that… Joey…?!: That loser is… No way! A crit with Heroman Blast is enough to oneshot the Skrugg mooks, but not without.  We kill it the next turn, though. So that’s 3! 3 kills for Joey (197 to go)! Ah, ah, ah! : Whew… we made it… : U-Uwah! And I was just starting to think we’d taken them all out!: Tsk, those aliens called their buddies over!: N-Now what?! There’re too many of them! SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit : Th-This is…?! : For real…? An actual group of alien invaders?!*Bleep.*  : The situation’s grim, as you can clearly see. It’ll still be a while before the regular army arrives at your location. : Do you two think you can use the Riots and stall the enemy until the civilians have escaped?: Y-Yes, ma’am! Ensign Berge, Riot B – mission acknowledged! We’ll divert the enemy’s attention!: Mind you, there is plenty we do not know about their capabilities. Do be very careful out there, understood?: Ensign Spencer, Riot A, roger!*Bloop.* : Okay… fighting these Irregulars wasn’t in the plans, but our prototypes are still carrying live ammo! Let’s go and give ‘em what-for!: H-Hey, hold your horses, Jin! We were told only to stall the enemy, no?! We should avoid engaging them as much as—: What’re you on about?! Look at Maj. Graham. He built his career on fighting and winning! : But…!*One of the Skrugg’s goes after Joey and Heroman!* : Ah-Aaaaaah!: ?! Get back!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNsTho2IptI “It’s a soldier's duty to keep the people safe!”  *Jin flies on over as well.* : Hey, that was pretty good, Arnie!: I-I didn’t have a choice there – the civilian was in danger…: Listen, whatever reason works for you, we’ve got a major opportunity here! Just follow my lead!: Jin…: Joey, let the army handle this! We need to get outta here!: B-But…!: Why’re you just sitting there? Come on, Joey!: The Heroman has all this huge power in it… and so do I!: I was too weak to do anything before… but I’m not anymore! So, I…!: Joey…: In that case, you got a decision to make. Only you can say what it is that you want to do, yeah?: ?! You’re right… Thanks, Psy.: I’m staying and fighting! I’ll work with those soldiers and protect Center City!: Come on! Heroman, GOOO!: (There’s nothing in our database about that white robot… Is it a civilian defense system…?)Alright, now we got 9 more Skrugg soldiers, but they’re absolutely no threat to our three units.  Riot B (Arnie Berge) Pilot Skills: Prevail L1 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Counter Spirit Commands: Focus Accelerate Mech Features: Sword Gun 10% EN Regen Squad Bonus: Melee weapons’ power + 100, Mobility +5 (Melee weapons’ +200, mobility +20, movement +2) Arnie’s Voice Actor: Chihiro Suzuki (other roles: Asch/Luke in Tales of Abyss, Shun in Bakugan, Daneel in Majestic Prince and some more).  Riot A (Jin Spencer) Pilot Skills: Prevail L1 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Hit & Away (ヒット&アウェイ) – if you attack before moving, you can still move afterwards. Spirit Commands: Sense Assail (突撃) – for one turn, you may use post-movement weapons (the ones not tagged with a P) after moving. Mech Features: Gun 10% EN Regen Squad Bonus: Ranged weapons’ power + 100, Accuracy +5 (Ranged weapons’ +200, accuracy +20, range +2) Jin’s Voice Actor: Masaya Matsukaze (other roles: Ryo in Shenmue, Protoman in Megaman.exe, Gaelio in Gundam IBO, Ja-Mu in SRW OGs, and many more) As it turns out, Arnie has TWO stats where he’s better than Jin: melee and evasion! But, really, they’re both pretty dang good on their own and the Riots are also very fine machines. With good firepower and stats all around, plus that EN Regen, you have a whole lot of leeway when using both. As you might expect, of course, Arnie’s melee focus means he’s got appalling range – his max is 1-3 – meaning the enemies will happily snipe away at him if you’re not careful. On the flip side, Jin can only rely on his weakest attacks at point-blank, but that shouldn’t be a problem since he’s not meant to be in the front lines anyway (having Hit & Away right off the box is something all ranged mechs should do). All in all, the OG guys carry on the tradition of being very good units that you can easily fit in any team.  I’ll try feeding some more kills to Heroman, but a few Skrugg get a bit close to Arnie. SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit: Kch…! Why did this need to happen…?: But I can’t just do nothing now! All the people of this city’ll be in danger if I don’t fight!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLoF9PROskQ  Since these three cared so much, I’ll let Jin and Arnie take a few. SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit: Hahah…! We just gotta do this right and we’ll be on our way to the top!: It’s an old saying around here: “the sooner you take out the enemy, the better”. So let’s practice what we preach, aliens!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf7iS_CJvuw SRW UX - JOEY AND HEROMAN     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcmof_cgWSs Didn’t quite get enough morale to use Jin or Arnie’s best tricks… blah. But that’s all of them down, fora total of 8 kills to Heroman. : Is that all of them…?: Looks like it, yeah.*Beep.* : Very well done, you two. Quite the aggressive stalling tactics, if I do say so myself.: U-Um… that was…: Oh, it’s fine. We got some fine live combat data as well, so I think we can say everything turned out just peachy. : We do need to consider what to do after all this, though, so I ask that you return to base. : Yes, ma’am!*Bloop.* : Proton Generator, output is green. Unit’s showing no abnormalities.: You know what, I think that was a real good show we put for our debut battle.: Psh. This guy, I swear... He didn’t even hear anything I said…: Hey, you there!: Huh? M-Me…?: Yeah. What defense organization are you and that white robot with?: D-Defense…? No, we’re…: The army should be getting here very soon. My guess is you’ve your own orders to follow, but I’d like you to do as the soldiers tell you after we leave. : And thanks for the help today. We appreciate it! : (Do as the soldiers tell me… They’re not gonna try to take Heroman away, are they…?): Joey!: Lina?! You still hadn’t run off?!: I saw everything! You were great, Joey!: Th-Thanks, but it was all Heroman. He’s our real hero!: No, no, Joey! All of you are heroes!: “All of us”…? : … Later, back at base, Ronin’s received the report on what happened and is quite impressed with how well Arnie and Jin dealt with the surprise attack. An alien invasion of Earth is about the last thing Ronin needed, though… and it’s just made his work at the parliament a heck of a lot harder. Huh? Does our battle have something to do with what he’s testifying about? A bit, yes, but that’s all he’ll say. But regardless of that, they’ve got more than enough data for the Riots’ tests after today, and considering that Jin and Arnie have fought and repelled these new, unknown aliens, Ronin’s all but sure they’ll be reassigned to work with the Federation’s elite forces. As Arnie gasps, Ronin says they’re to stand by at the base until their transfer orders arrive and signs off.  And Jin is super hyped that their gamble paid off – that’s a huge boost in their careers. “I don’t know how you’re so easygoing, Jin…” Arnie sighs, “I was on pins and needles throughout the whole thing, thinking he was gonna call us out for acting on our own.” Call them out over what? Novel herself said that things turned out “just peachy”, right? The professor shrugs a confirmation, but can see Jin’s ardor in climbing up the army’s ranks. He tries stammering a denial, but Novel says it’s fine. In fact, she finds young men with that sort of enthusiasm to be quite charming. “Th-Thank you very much for your kind words! I’m honored!” While Jin’s busy flushing, Arnie brings the conversation back to our previous battle. Did Novel find anything about that white robot that helped before? She tried, but nothing in any available databases matched the videos they brought. That said, she thinks it’s possible it belongs to UX – the Unknown Xtrikers – a group that’s been seen acting in various parts of the world. Jin’s never heard of them, but Novel says they’re quite the elusive platoon but renowned for their incredible skill. No one knows who they truly are, though, and they’re often referred to as “Hell’s Executioners”. They’re sounding a lot like the Dancouga and the old Celestial Being to Arnie, and word around the grapevine is that some members of the Federation’s upper echelons have established some secret comm channels with UX. An off-the-books merc team for when the Federation’s bigwigs are feeling backed against the wall, eh? Well, as skilled as they may be, Jin doesn’t like folks who take the lives of others just to make a quick buck. Arnie, meanwhile, is pondering that “Hell’s Executioners” moniker – that kid and his robot certainly didn’t give him that sort of vibe.  Cut to the White House, where the president wonders if the images her aide’s showing her are, truly, of the airspace above Center City. They are: not long after the battle with those unknown aliens, a gigantic UFO appeared right above the place. Seems rather likely that this is their battleship. The Federal Army’s GHQ is already putting together a strategy to deal with the aliens. That’s assuming it’ll be impossible to establish some dialogue with them, yes, but the aide says the army wants to cover all their bases. But, of course, it’ll ultimately fall on the president and the parliament to decide how they’ll approach this. Fair enough, so the president tells him to connect her to channel UX-R7. The president’s concerned about that mysterious robot that helped the army, and wants to call them in to help with this (despite it being highly illegal).  Back at Center City, turns out Heroman went back to being just a toy after the battle was over. Psy figures that’s good for Joey, what with how important the bot is to him. But more important than that is the huge Skrugg ship hovering aboard their city. Joey figures that’s what they used to reach our planet, and, after seeing this, Psy’s will never be skeptic about anything ever again.  But they’re interrupted when one Kurou Daijuuji shows up having been looking for Prof. Denton. They’ve been ordered to evacuate the area, and Denton apologizes that they got distracted with the UFO. When Psy asks, the professor introduces Kurou as a detective from Arkham City (not that one) – he’s helping Denton with his research. Lina immediately pictures Sherlock Holmes, but Kurou says life is nothing like the books – actual detectives hardly use just their wits to find the culprit and/or have confrontations with mysterious arch-nemeses. Rather, any confrontations he has are just with random street thugs and with his bank account. Denton fires back that fact might just be stranger than fiction considering recent events. Kurou doesn’t get what he means, but Denton’ll explain after they’ve evacuated the area. While they hurry to the town hall, Joey will go and call his grandmother.  But he’s stopped when Will shows up and demands to know what’re Joey’s plans for that robot of his. He’s gonna try to be a hero or something? Well, Will is NOT going to accept someone like him as a hero! Absolutely not! As Lina tells Will to cut it out, Joey stammers that he’s just trying to get home. Everyone still needs to leave, though, so Nick pulls Will away. “What happened there? Hey, kid, you know that guys like those’ll only get worse if you just sit there and take it, right?” Kurou asks. Joey gets it, but he still hates fighting… but, then, what will he do if the Skrugg inside that UFO decide to attack again? “If that happens, will you come and fight with me again, Heroman?”  Speaking of the Skrugg, we cut to inside their UFO where a mook reports to boss bug Gogorr: the Earthlings’ civilization is hardly advanced and the atmosphere is well-suited for them to act within. Mind, they do have something of an army of not-insignificant capacity. Gogorr is hardly impressed, and this is well within their estimates, so he orders their operations already shifted into Phase 2. “Hmhmhm… you puny humans. Sending that transmission was all but an open invitation for us to invade your planet,” Gogorr sniffs. And what message did they get that lead them here? “Gather at the beginning…” Gogorr has a laugh at that: “You’ll all learn that it is the Skrugg that are the beginning and end of everything! Mwahahahaha!”  Location: Ptolemaios 2 – Bridge  : Maj. Richard, a new request for UX has come in. (Sumeragi) : For us…?: Investigate the presumed-alien spaceship that’s appeared over California, as well as a mysterious robot…: Heh, and this comes from the Union President herself? That’s quite the job we’ve got…: What do you think? Do you want the Celestial Being to help you with that?: No, no, my daughter and I’ll head on over to the surface. It’ll be easier to get around and run this investigation with just a small group.: As you wish. The Ptolemaios will remain on standby around Earth’s orbit, then.: Take care of yourself, Sumeragi. Anything happens, we’ll get in touch.: Saya, we’ve got work to do. : I’m ready to deploy at your leisure, Major.: Come on, girl… You know you can call me Papa or Daddy or whatever when we’re not on duty. : I apologize, but I find it difficult to separate work from my personal life, sir.: Perhaps this is a result of your strict, and recurrent, training sessions?: Psh... At the very least your sass is doing just fine without any help from me. : Hahah… Seems not even the battle-hardened Richard Krueger is a match for his daughter.: *sigh* It’s not easy being both a dad and a superior officer, I’ll tell you that…: Let’s get going, Saya!: Aye, aye!
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So Heroman doesn't have a mind that the Festum can read? That makes a strange sort of sense.
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Hmm...same mecha as the protagonist but of a higher designation, rivalry, willingly disregards orders, obsessed with climbing up the ranks... There's no way in hell Jin isn't going evil, dying or both, is there?
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Blaze Dragon posted:Hmm...same mecha as the protagonist but of a higher designation, rivalry, willingly disregards orders, obsessed with climbing up the ranks... My bet's on 'pretends to go evil, but is actually on your side the whole time, and is just fighting you for reasons'. SRW loves that trope. Besides, Richard is probably gonna be the resident mentor who gets killed to give his mech to Arnie and gives Saya something to get mad at.
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Dec 21, 2017 21:39
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I really like Heroman, and it's a shame it basically never got a release out of Japan.
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Dec 21, 2017 21:40
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"Heroman, will you fight with me if that happens?" "Well what I was thinking was you could get me a cup of coffee"
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Dec 21, 2017 23:35
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Brunom, Are you going to play the DLC stages as well?
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Dec 21, 2017 23:37
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Mikl posted:I really like Heroman, and it's a shame it basically never got a release out of Japan. It's got an official sub release on Crunchyroll, which is about as good as it gets for anime these days outside of the lucky few that make it to Toonami. And, to echo a previous poster, yeah, Heroman is immune to the Festum because he's not organic, and is only questionably sentient. Heroman is basically a smaller version of the Tetsujin 28/Giant Robo kind of robot, which means spooky cosmic horror aliens can assimilate his fist to their faces.
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Dec 21, 2017 23:40
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General Revil posted:Brunom, Are you going to play the DLC stages as well? I wasn't planning on it since I've no way of downloading them on Citra. Maybe I'll look around later, and see if I can find them or, at least, videos that I can use to nab pictures and translate. That'll have to wait until the main game's done, though.
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Dec 21, 2017 23:43
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MightyPretenders posted:So Heroman doesn't have a mind that the Festum can read? That makes a strange sort of sense. I think it's more that it doesn't have a brain they can read. Heroman does clearly have some kind of sentience, but it's still a robot.
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Dec 22, 2017 01:30
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I really like the Heroman music in this game. Something about both songs makes them really catchy and fun to listen to. Also the kill counts for the secrets are pretty crazy. 200 kills is insane to get if you're not just constantly feeding kills. Luckily you keep the kills you get on stages that you fail so when I played this game I just kept replaying one stage I found that started you off against a bunch of enemies and you could basically fail the stage on demand.
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Dec 22, 2017 05:02
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How many units fit into a squad in this game? In @3 you could easily fight upwards of 50 enemies by like, stage 20, since they could pack four units into one tile.
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Dec 22, 2017 06:37
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Ace of Aces posted:How many units fit into a squad in this game? In @3 you could easily fight upwards of 50 enemies by like, stage 20, since they could pack four units into one tile.
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Dec 22, 2017 06:54
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Ethiser posted:I really like the Heroman music in this game. Something about both songs makes them really catchy and fun to listen to. Yeah, Roulette is fantastic, and the other song is an easy contender for the single best track in the entire game. It has a very strong "you've already won" vibe to it, much like Sakura back in Z or Someday Beneath the Moon in the Project X Zone games. AradoBalanga posted:It's the same as in L, 2 units into a squad. Then it's not squads, it's the Pair Unit System. 
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Dec 22, 2017 09:13
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I'm glad that Lockon survived season 1 of Gundam 00 and became a federation test pilot.
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I'm glad that 'the better than you rival' is an ok guy apart from his ambition. I'm tired of the ones with sticks up their bums. I don't have much to say about their units. Right now they feel like a barebones Gundam split into two. Beam-rifle? Check. Beam sabers? Check...yeah these are mook prototypes alright. Heroman is totally selling me on its show however. A toy robot that turns into michelin-Hulk? back-yard scientist who invented an ftl-transmitter/receiver without even realizing? The kid with the remote jumps in front of the big bot to shield it from attack instead of the other way around? I like it.
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Dec 22, 2017 13:03
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If it's only two units for a tile then unless this game has J-level reinforcements or throws seas of enemies at you, getting 200 kills in 40ish stages sounds... difficult.
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Dec 23, 2017 03:01
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Ace of Aces posted:If it's only two units for a tile then unless this game has J-level reinforcements or throws seas of enemies at you, getting 200 kills in 40ish stages sounds... difficult. Enemies are plentiful, but, yes, getting several kill-requiring secrets in a single run can be complicated. That said, there's a way around it: if you go into a mission, game over it, and hit continue, not only will you keep the cash you earned, the kills made will count towards the secret totals. Mind you, those kills won't be reflected in your characters' kill totals, but they'll count for the secrets (work those spreadsheets and start grinding!).
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Dec 23, 2017 03:07
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Brunom1 posted:Enemies are plentiful, but, yes, getting several kill-requiring secrets in a single run can be complicated. That said, there's a way around it: if you go into a mission, game over it, and hit continue, not only will you keep the cash you earned, the kills made will count towards the secret totals. Mind you, those kills won't be reflected in your characters' kill totals, but they'll count for the secrets (work those spreadsheets and start grinding!). So basically, ignore at all times the killcounts the game gives you, keep your own because the game is either heavily bugged or Banpresto genuinely hates you, got it.
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Dec 23, 2017 03:09
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With the bugged kill counter that sounds awful. Good luck!
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Dec 23, 2017 03:58
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Just to make sure that I understand things, if you unlocked the 200 kill secret in a previous playthrough, then do you have to do it again in a New Game +?
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Dec 23, 2017 04:04
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Alacron posted:Just to make sure that I understand things, if you unlocked the 200 kill secret in a previous playthrough, then do you have to do it again in a New Game +? From what the wikis say, if you nabbed a secret in a previous run, that secret will 100% join in NG+. If you haven't, then you need to do it proper. I'll be holding back on giving Kazuki some kills when he joins up precisely to get conclusive evidence of this, since one of his secrets is the first one to join. If I get it with him under 100 kills, then we'll know for sure.
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Dec 23, 2017 04:11
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Brunom1 posted:Enemies are plentiful, but, yes, getting several kill-requiring secrets in a single run can be complicated. That said, there's a way around it: if you go into a mission, game over it, and hit continue, not only will you keep the cash you earned, the kills made will count towards the secret totals. Mind you, those kills won't be reflected in your characters' kill totals, but they'll count for the secrets (work those spreadsheets and start grinding!).  This discourages me from playing along but I'm already super OCD about these games so I guess it wouldn't be too far of a leap from my usual MO.
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Dec 23, 2017 05:13
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Brunom1 posted:From what the wikis say, if you nabbed a secret in a previous run, that secret will 100% join in NG+. If you haven't, then you need to do it proper. Might want to keep a backup save handy. I remember being very happy about the cross-series interaction on that one even though I couldn't understand much about it.
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Dec 23, 2017 08:16
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The moment Kurou showed up, I heard this in my mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F5-rxKUOLU
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Dec 23, 2017 09:03
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Materant posted:Might want to keep a backup save handy. I remember being very happy about the cross-series interaction on that one even though I couldn't understand much about it. Any LPer that wants to preserve his sanity knows to keep dozens of backup saves, lest the LP Gods strike him down in his hubris! And if anyone wants to skip on having to grind secrets, here's my NG++ save file on Citra (as it says on the name, saves 11-13 are the ones). It should have everything but the Heroman, Mamoru and Frontier secrets unlocked already. If you play on ahead believing that and the game doesn't give you the secret, do let me know so I can panic and try to get around it!
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Dec 23, 2017 12:46
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Thanks for the save file! Could I suggest putting that in the OP?
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Again, there isn’t much for us to do in the intermission menu just yet. It’ll open up after this next mission, then we’ll go over the stuff. We open up with Joey bringing his grandmother, Virginia, over to the town hall. She figures there must be some recital going on, what with all the people gathered here – all courtesy of her headphones, which helped her completely overlook all the chaos going down.  Ms. Collins, Joey and Psy’s teacher, is also around and very relieved to see them safe and sound. All their schoolmates have also evacuated here, and they’re alright. She doesn’t recognize Kurou, though, so he quickly introduces himself. Mind you, while he presents himself as a detective, he admits he’s being more of a jack-of-all-trades nowadays. In that case, Virginia could use his help mowing her lawn – sure, if the chance presents itself. Now, despite all the folks around, Lina hasn’t seen Will and Nick for a while. Whatever could they be doing? Hopefully nothing crazy, she thinks.  Nick would like to know what they’re doing too, so here’s what Will’s thinking: they’re gonna sneak aboard that UFO. Nick yelps that that’s impossible, but Will’s got a plan and won’t force his goon to come with. Nick’s up for it, though: he and Will might get famous! Maybe, but what Will wants isn’t fame: “I’ll be the hero around here! Just you watch, Psy, Joey…!"  Back to the town hall, Denton’s been busy gathering wrecks of the enemies Joey beat before and analyzing them. Psy’s rather shocked that he can bring himself to fiddle around with alien stuff like it’s nothing, but Denton considers this whole situation to be his responsibility – the Skrugg might not have found us if not for his transmission. So he won’t shy away from this. Rather, he’ll now fully dedicate himself for making up for his past mistake! And? And what? Psy figures he’s analyzing these wrecks as part of his redemption, he must have something useful to give us. The aliens’ weak spot, maybe? What, does he really expect Denton to have figured that out so quickly? “In other words, you don’t have any results to give us, do you?” Psy sighs. Now, he didn’t say that. While there are still tons of things Denton has yet to understand about the Skrugg, that doesn’t mean he hasn’t already figured a few things out. For instance, judging by their outer appearance, it can be inferred that they’re beings evolved from something like a cockroach. But despite that appearance, their scientific know-how is extremely advanced – far beyond ours. Kurou isn’t blown away yet – we can figure that by just looking at the things – but Denton has another snippet of info to give us! The Heroman has such power that it can overcome even the mighty Skrugg! Indeed, Joey’s bot will play a key part in our victory in this battle! They still haven’t told Kurou what a Heroman is, though, and he’s very confused…  : Um… Excuse me? : Waah! D-Don’t sneak up on us like that!: Oh, that was my bad. It’s just that your discussion was so interesting, I couldn’t help listening in…: And… you are…?: Aah, honestly, we’re new in town. We’d just moved in today, see…: (Careful what you say, Joey. I don’t think we want a whole lot of folks to know about Heroman.): (Y-Yeah, you’re right.): ... And right as we do, we’ve got alarms blaring all over, telling us to evacuate before we could even make sense of things. Crazy, huh?: Hmm, I see. Yes, that is quite the pickle.: I’m Matthew Denton, a local scientist, and I’m always willing to help new folks.: OH! Thank you, amigo! Grazie! Spasibo!: My name’s Richard Krueger, and this is my daughter Saya. Come on, you thank him too. : Xie xie.: (Err, what…? Are they Chinese…?): Oh, and you are…?: Huh? M-Me? I’m Joseph Carter Jones.: “Joseph Carter Jones”… and I bet everyone calls you Jojo!: N-No… they call me Joey.: OH! It’s Joey? That’s a good one too. Bravo! Horosho! : Uh-huh…: (… How does he look, Saya?): (We’ve a perfect data match. He’s the blonde kid that was seen fighting with the white robot.) : (Then that’s bingo. Now we just need to find the bot proper…): By the way, Joey, there’s something I’d like to ask you about…*Bzzt.* : Hey, guys, look at the TV! There’s something wrong with it…*Bleep.*  : This is a message to all creatures that live in this planet… This is a message to all creatures that live in this planet… This is a message to all creatures that live in this planet…: …?!: We are the Skrugg, the rulers of the universe…: I repeat: we are the Skrugg, the rulers of the universe!: Th-They’re…!: Yeah, it’s those guys from before! Location: Earth Federation’s California Base : I hereby declare that this planet belongs to us! This is not a request, it is a statement!: Those who oppose us will be eliminated with extreme prejudice. I repeat: we are the Skrugg, the rulers of the universe!: I can’t believe they’d declare war on us just like that…!: I suppose that’s telling of their scientific might… or, rather, of their might, period. : drat it! Those roaches are treating us like we’re nothing!: Calm down, Jin.: How?! Our planet’s being invaded! We gotta get out there and blast their UFO right the hell now! : And what do you think you’ll manage to do sortieing without any plan whatsoever, Ensign Spencer?: ?! Y-You’re…!: M-Major Graham Aker?! : Hmhm… Though I suppose some youthful enthusiasm isn’t necessarily a bad thing.: Ah, right on time, Major. Virgos are known as being punctual, aren’t they?: Wh-What brings you here, Major?: To keep the people safe from these aliens’ evil, of course.: My squadron has been tasked with facing the alien threat and, effective immediately, you two are being reassigned to my command!: W-We’re being transferred to Maj. Graham’s squad…?!: F-For real… I mean, is that true?!: It’s not that surprising, considering your previous contact and experience fighting the aliens.: And, of course, you’ll carry on flying the Riots. I’ll also be accompanying your team as a technical advisor.: J-Jin!: Yeah, we did it! We did it! Hahaha!: We get to fly side-by-side with the Maj. Graham! That’s insane!: And we promise to work as hard as we can not to be a bother, sir!: I like your spirit, boys! Let’s be off! Mission 2 – Encounter   : Aah! The Skrugg are—!: They’re attacking for real this time! : This is horrible… they’re wrecking the whole city!: Kch! Those roaches think they can walk all over us?! : Don’t break formation, Ensign Spencer! You’re under my command now, and unilateral acts will not be tolerated!: Y-yes, sir!: Move to engage the enemy, but remember that our top priority is the safety of the civilians!: Roger! : Those may be army units, but not even they can take on all these enemies at once…: Psy… I’ll fight too.: Joey…?!: I can’t just stay here and watch… not when I’ve enough power to help beat the enemy and keep everyone safe!: …: Let’s go, Heroman! SRW UX - Roulette: Heromaaaan… ENGAAAGE!   : ?! Th-That’s a—!: …: That white robot… it’s the one from before!: The one in your report yes? They certainly appear to be against the Skrugg, but that does not necessarily mean they’re friendlies…: But, sir, at the previous battle… they teamed up with us and fought to protect the city and the civs.: At the very least I’m convinced they are not hostile!: Arnie…: Very well. I hear no doubt in your words, Ensign, so I’ll put my trust in them.: Operator of the white robot, do you hear me? My team is about to try and destroy the enemy force. If you’re here to fight them, then I ask for your assistance!: Huh? O-Okay…!: … I say, but I don’t really know how the army does things. I guess we’ll start with…*Heroman moves forward.* : Hm…!!: A man of action, eh? Then we’ll do the same! All units, attack! Destroy everything without losing anyone. Again, not a difficult mission as the Skrugg mooks remain middling and our guys are good all around – there’s just more stuff for us to kill over a wider area.  Brave Commander Test-Type (Graham Aker) Pilot Skills: Prevail L3 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 All Attack (全体攻撃) L1 – A single unit can attack both units in an enemy pair, with a damage penalty for the one in the back (L1 = 70% damage; L2 = 80%; L3 = 90%). Command L1 – extends a command aura and grants any units within it a bonus to hit/evasion %. Bonus and AoE increases with the skill level Spirit Commands: Accelerate Sense Mech Features: Gun Sword GN Field – Negates any damage below 2000. Costs 10 EN per use. GN Drive [T] MD – unit regenerates 25% EN every turn Trans-Am – grants +1 movement over 130 morale. Squad Bonus: Mobility +5, Ranged weapons’ power +100 (Mobility +20, Ranged weapons +200, Movement +2) Graham’s Voice Actor: Yuichi Nakamura (other roles: Alto, Joshua in SRW OGs, Captain America in the MCU, Mikage in Aquarion EVOL and a ton more) Graham’s a reformed Char Clone, so you know he’s a good pilot. And for this point in the game, the Brave is a really dang useful unit, especially with that 25% EN regen giving it a lot of freedom in its attacks. The GN Field makes it very unlikely for these early-game mooks to make any damage at all, but, of course, letting him get hit becomes less and less ideal as the game goes on. And therein lies the problem: the Brave lacks stopping power to figure in the top tiers by late game. It’s one of those sad cases where a unit is good enough that you can absolutely lead with it, but you’ll be purposefully gimping yourself by doing so. That said, the Squad Bonus is absolutely wonderful, and Graham’s reliability easily earns him a recommendation even when he starts getting overtaken by our progressively growing protags. SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit     And after Heroman engages stuff… : Data is a match – that’s the target unit. How do we proceed, Major?: How, indeed…? Let’s just wait and see how things play out for a bit.: Copy that. Continuing to observe the target.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJnxLTciJDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnZQquQbfAo Couple new attacks here, including Jin’s strongest move. Keep on killing the helpless Skrugg and, on turn 3… : Hmph, the Earthlings continue with this exercise in futility… but it’s time that came to an end!: Open the main gate! Go forward and flatten all into a bloody paste! : Wh-What is that?!: A… ball?!: It certainly looks like a ball, yes.: Save staring at it for later! The thing’s coming this way! : Aiieeee!: Th-This is super bad! Heroman, quick, stop that ball!: Hmmmm!    : Aah?! It… It didn’t even feel that!: Stop that sphere, men! Not only do we have plenty of civilians still evacuating, we also can’t let it get anywhere near the town hall!: B-But how are we supposed to stop something that big…?!: Quit with the whining! Peoples’ lives are at stake here!: ?! J-Jin…!: If we can’t stop that thing, then we just gotta trash it! You and me, Arnie! Come on!: Y-Yes, you’re right… Let’s go, Jin! We’ll show them all what the Riots can do!: (There we go… We’ll put on a good show for Maj. Graham, and the promotions will keep on coming…!)     Despite what they said, the defeat condition doesn’t change to include the Ball (actual name) reaching anywhere. When you kill the last of the mooks, over by the Skrugg spaceship… : Hey, Will, what’re we gonna do here?: Didn’t you hear me before? The two of us are gonna be the real heroes. : I think sneaking into the enemy’s base already qualifies are pretty dang heroic…: Nuh-uh, I ain’t taking just that!: What, then? What’s good enough for you?: We’re gonna steal some of their weapons, and then we’ll kick all their asses ourselves!: Th-That’s crazy!: No, it’s not! Look! We already made it all the way here, didn’t we?*Will runs off.* : Waah! W-Wait for me, Will! SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit    Still invincible, so you just gotta sit around and let a few turns pass.    : Huh?!: The thing’s actively attacking us?!: This is… nonsense! This is absolute nonsense! : Quickly, everyone! This way!: It’s too dangerous here! Everyone out the building – hurry!: This isn’t good…! We’re not gonna evac everyone in time!: (Speaking of… What happened to Richard and his daughter? I haven’t seen them in a while…) : Blah… it’s just one thing after the other. We can’t really turn the other cheek to this, can we?: The Federation Army’s right there, though… Won’t launching right in front of them complicate things for us later on?: I don’t fancy myself some Champion of Justice, but I’m not cold-hearted enough to just hang back and watch the weak suffer…: Or maybe I am! Haha!: Copy that, sir.: Aw, play along, why don’t you? Loosen up a bit, Saya. : We’re on a mission, remember?: Yes, yes, I know. Let’s get to it, then. SRW UX - Shadows that Rend Darkness: Blocking all comms except those from our covert channels. “Unknowns” need to act the part! : What?! Even more units…?!: (Those two… are they?!): Pressure on both the Orphes and Lyras’ generators are green. We are ready to go, Major.: Alright… Then the first order of business is putting the hurt on that gumball! Orphes, full throttle!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ4hMWLxn-c : That ball was so tough, and he…!: It wasn’t much, but we’ve a confirmed crack on the target’s shell.: Okay, we’ve got a way in! Now if the armymen could just figure out that they need to hit it there…: I’m sure of it… Those units are with the UX!: “UX”?! You mean…!: Right; the ever-elusive and incredibly skilled mercenary troupe. A.k.a., “Hell’s Executioners”!: They are the infamous Unknown Xtrikers!: Th-They…!: Hrm…! These mercs got a lotta nerve showing their faces around here!*Jin starts moving after them.* : Stand down, Ensign Spencer!: ?! Major…?!: They’re not attacking us. Leave them be!: B-But, sir! If we don’t take them out when we have the chance, they’ll grow even more—…!: Do you still not realize what just happened? They’ve just laid the groundwork for us to destroy the target!: A true warrior would answer their assistance fittingly!: Tsk… Y-Yes, sir!: Hm. That’s better…: (Granted, the old me would’ve likely been utterly mesmerized by that UX mech…): Heh… I knew I could count on the Union’s top ace. Many thanks for your bushido. : Hmph, reinforcements, are those? You can gather as many as you’d like, it still won’t help. Anyone who dares oppose us will be crushed underfoot! : Saya, the thing should be vulnerable after that attack. Let’s take it out and run along quick.: Acknowledged! Lyras (Saya Krueger) Pilot Skills: Prevail L1 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Guard Spirit Commands: Sense Tailwind (迫風) – target ally gets the effect of Accelerate Mech Features: Repair Module – when adjacent to a unit, select the Repair command to restore a portion of its HP 20% EN Regen Squad Bonus: Mobility +5, EN +50, A in Air (Mobility +20, EN +100, S in Air) Saya’s Voice Actress: Ai Kobayashi (other roles: Sara in King Gainer, Lily Borjano in Turn A Gundam, Trace in Masoukishin III, and some more).  Orphes (Richard Krueger) Pilot Skills: Prevail L3 Support Attack L1 Support Defense L1 Command L1 Predict (見切り) – 10% to hit, dodge and crit rates over 130 morale. Spirit Commands: Invincible Strike Iron Wall (鉄壁) – reduces all incoming damage to ¼ for the next turn. Mech Features: Gun 20% EN Regen Squad Bonus: Armor +100, crit +10 (Armor +150, Crit rate 20, Accuracy +10) Richard’s Voice Actor: Juurouta Kosugi (other roles: Maillot in Dragonar, Charles in Eureka Seven, Oda Nobunaga in Samurai Warriors, Nohman in Z.O.E. and many more) If Graham was already a very good pilot, Richard is a goddamn monster. His stats are massive across the board and the Orphes is straight-up the strongest unit in the field by quite a wide margin. It’s got range, it’s got power, it’s got survivability (especially with Richard’s high Prevail), it’s speedy (plus Predict), it has EN Regen to just keep on killing. While I’d say the Squad Bonus doesn’t make me jump up and down, this is still an excellent unit all around. And it’s further complemented by Saya and her Lyras. The ability to fly (with an easily reached S rank – she gets it at tier 2 bonus), plus a big EN boost and regen, targetable Accel and some pretty decent firepower, you could fit them in pretty much any team and they’d be great. Of course, keeping her close to Richard is preferable, as it lets him use Hell Stringer. All in all, Saya and Richard and very good units and there’s no good reason not to deploy them. With that said, now that Richard’s popped open the Ball’s shell, the thing will fall easily. It doesn’t have any skills or noteworthy features, so we’ll just spread out and take everything out.      Richard: “The Earthlings are way more amazing than you might think. Take a look and be awed!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87gZtonV6YU And here’s Arnie’s very slick-looking strongest attack. I simply love that dynamic kill. And when either of the Riots attack… : Major, I’m detecting accelerated particles coming from that unit…: What?*Looks at the Riot.* : Yow… how times have changed, eh? A general-purpose mech’s rocking an accelerated particle engine…Now, to wrap this up. SRW UX - Envoy from Jupiter: That’s enough out of you! Behold now the depths of our might!      SRW UX - Shadows that Rend Darkness: Range on, target is locked. The Lyras is not your average support unit, you know! How about a demonstration?  SRW UX - Future-Bound Fighting Spirit: This thing might be armored like no one’s business, but we’re still dropping it!: Like hell we’re letting these mercs outshine us like that!    : I just need to focus fire on that crack in its shell…!: Raising the output in the Proton Generator! We’re going in, Riot!  SRW UX - Shadows that Rend Darkness: Alright… Let’s wrap this up quick while the soldiers are still letting us be!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGnpoTYdVaM Here we go. Took several retries but I finally got the Ball to hit someone. Mind you, the plot kicks in at about 3600 HP, so you’ll want to set up a support attack to get the cash. SRW UX - JOEY AND HEROMAN: Heroman’s telling me not to give up… that we’ll fight this thing together! Okay, then…!: Hmm!        Bam. Take it out and we’ll get a Psy’s Skateboard which is a consumable Skill Part (+10 to evasion and melee, +5 to ranged).  *Craaaash! And the Ball keeps on trucking.* : Wh-What?!: That ball’s still going?!: Ack! It’s going right where the townspeople are!: Hurry, everyone! We have to evacuate this area on the double…!: Come on, come on! Quick!: I-I gotta do something or…!: …! : What’re you up to, Joey?!: (If I really do have some power in me… If I really can protect others like my dad did, then…!): Can you feel what I wanna do, Heroman?! Help me out, please!: Hmmmm!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuVi2Ds3UqU : The Heroman… turned giant?!: Wow… It stopped that huge ball right in its tracks!: But the thing’s still alive, no?! Way that’s going, it…!: Saya… the Hell Stringer!: ?! Major…!: Don’t question it. This mission is more important than me!: B-But...!: What comes to your mind when you look at that boy right now? Nothing?!: H-Hurry…! Get everyone out of there… now!: … SRW UX - Roaring Deathblow: Lepton Vectrers, synchro-overdrive engaged!: Synchronization coefficient 97, 98… Pressure set, safety lock released! Come’ere, you marble!            : Wh-What in blazes?!: That ball just... disintegrated!: What kinda mech is that?! And that move…!: Heh, heheh… One shot, one kill, eh? Hrgh!: M-Major…?!: R-Relax… The armymen can take care of the rest. Let’s pull back!: Y-Yes, sir! : They’ve retreated… Out the darkness and back into it in the blink of an eye. And the rumors certainly didn’t do justice to their abilities.: Haah… haah… Thank god, it’s over! At least everyone’s still safe…! : No targets remain. All hostile forces confirmed shot down.: (W-We should probably also make a run for it, right…?) : Huh?! The white bot’s disappeared too!: Major, do you think that unit was with UX as well…?: No, I’d say it likely belongs to a third party. The Hell’s Executioners are renowned for their ferocity, whereas the way they fought was too ingenuous…: Ferocity…?: Well, I really can’t bring myself to be fine with these secretive mercs butting in our battlefield… My own pride won’t allow it!: Jin…: (So fighting is a matter of pride for you…?): (Hah… It’s like I’m staring back at my younger self…): So this planet has fighters with that much strength, hm? Surprising. Perhaps we underestimated them slightly. : Master Gogorr, we’re being informed that there are trespassers within our base!: What…? : A dead end...?: Something’s wrong, Will. We came through here just now, didn’t we…?*Secret door opens!* : Wh—?!: Hands up! Don’t try anything!: W-Waaaah!: drat it…! Back in Center City, Richard’s gotten in touch with Sumeragi to report about Heroman. The bot’s pretty powerful, and it’s clear they can't simply ignore it – in fact, Richard would like to let the army handle the aliens, while they focus on investigating it. That’s fine with Sumeragi, but does he really take Heroman to be a greater threat than the Skrugg? Not quite, more like he sees enormous potential there. The controller just needs training, and they’ll be a force to be reckoned with. Sumeragi gives him the go-ahead, but she’s concerned with Richard: he’s not looking too spritely there. “Ahaha, now this is embarrassing. A little bit of exercise and I’m all worn out? Time is a cruel mistress,” Richard waves her off, despite Saya’s worried stare. Sumeragi still tells him to take it easy, and the Ptolemaios will continue holding its position. They’ll await good tidings (and Richard tells her to look forward to toasting over their successful mission). : Major, might I make a suggestion?: What is it?: We should lessen our usage of the Hell Stringer, don’t you think?: Oh, dear, Saya, are you worried about your daddy’s health?: No, I’m simply concerned that it’ll negatively impact our performance in battle.: Girl, you’re too much of a workaholic…: My little baby is all grown up and now she treats her old man like a total stranger… Oh, the humanity… : … : And we gotta evacuate the place we were evacuated to. Yeesh. : Well, can you blame them? With the Skrugg’s battleship sitting right there, we could have another attack at the drop of a hat…: Sure, but where are we gonna go now? The whole city’s pretty much wrecked…: You could all come to Arkham City, if you’d like. : To Arkham?: Yeah, there’s a church that’s helped me more times than I can count. : Anywhere is fine by me. Do they sing gospel music at that church?: Oh, grandma…!: Hahah, I’m sorry to say they don’t. But Sister Leica’s a very kind woman, and I’m sure she’d welcome everyone. *Steps.* : Um, excuse me? Would you mind if we tagged along?: Richard! I was so worried about you two! Where were you?: Ah, we got lost in the crowd while everyone was making a run for it and couldn’t find you folks…: We’ve no friends around here, see. No one to help us, nothing… Ooh, what are we going to do now…? Boohoohooo…!: …: Saya… Psst, Saya, you too.: Waaaah, waaaah. Country rooooads, take meee hoooome… : Aah, no, please! Chin up, you two!: Kurou, I don’t think it was random chance that we met these two. Could we bring them with us?: That’s fine by me, but…: OH! Danke schön! Isn’t it wonderful, Saya?!: Woohoo. Bon voyage. : (These two are really shady…): Well, if that’s settled, please lead the way, Kurou.: (I can’t find my brother anywhere… Did he really go somewhere?) Will and Nick have been brought before Gogorr and he quips at some bugs losing their way. “Bugs?! You’re the bugs here, bug-breath!” Will doesn’t appreciate that. Will’s got a big mouth for a puny human, but Gogorr assures him that it won’t be long before this entire world is square under the Skrugg’s control. With that, he orders them taken away screaming.  Location: Arkham City – Church  : … And with almost all of Center City having been ordered to evacuate, no one can yet hazard a guess as to what will happen... (Keisha, on TV) *Bloop.*  : Center City… that’s where Kurou went to. I hope he’s safe… (Leica): Oh, God, I beseech you… Kurou may be inept, clumsy and nigh-hopeless, but, please, watch over him!*Knock, knock, knock!* : Oh, visitors? Come on in!: Excuse me, Sister, but is this where one may find Kurou Daijuuji?: Kurou? He should be back soon, I think…: Um, my apologies, but who…  : I am Winfield, head butler of the Hadou family. : “Hadou”…? Aaah! The Hadou family?! : What shall we do, my lady? #2: If he will be back soon, then we might as well wait here for a while.And Zenki isn't taking Agnès "Arnie" Berge seriously: 
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gently caress yeah, JOEY AND HEROMAN is one of the best tracks from any mecha anime. It just exudes a feeling of overwhelming victory. I'm really looking forward to how Joey Jones integrates into the broader team. Also looking forward to whatever goofy name serves as the default for this game's team (like the Z Emergency Union of Terrestrial Humans from Z).
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Brunom1 posted:
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AradoBalanga posted:In case this joke flew over your heads, Juurota Kosugi was the voice of Jotaro Kujo way back in the old 1993 Jojo's Bizarre Adventure OVA. The question is, would Heroman's Stand name be "Heroes" or "Holding Out for a Hero"?
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EclecticTastes posted:The question is, would Heroman's Stand name be "Heroes" or "Holding Out for a Hero"? Maybe "Kryptonite?"
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