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 Click here to jump to the latest update! Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido is a puzzle-fighting game where you beat the snot out of people by eating sushi from magical Pokemon creatures. This game was developed and published by Nintendo, in cooperation with Indieszero, and was released worldwide for the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch on June 8, 2018. I will be using the Switch version for this LP. Story You play as an orphan named Musashi who, after discovering a love of sushi, sets out to spread that love and sushi to everyone; even if it means toppling a powerful empire that seeks to control all the world's sushi. The LP This will be an semi-informative hybrid LP consisting of both screenshots and video. I say semi-informative mostly to cover for anything wrong I might say about the game's mechanics as I'm not as well prepared as I usually am for this LP. I kinda just wanna share this wacky adventure with you and not worry too much about being really good at this game. Spoiler Policy Please don't spoil anything story related that has not been covered yet. Updates #1: The Taste of Destiny #2: How I Met My Sushi Sprite #3: Gotta Find 1st Gear in My Giant Sushi Bar #4: Wikihow to be a Sushi Sprite #5: Who's Cuter, Musashi or Jinrai? #6: Hunter x Hunter Division #7: Classified Specialist #8: Sushi Dipped in WEAKSAUCE! #9: Sushi Shuffle Combat Lobster fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Oct 25, 2019 |
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Update 1 - The Taste of Destiny The first thing we see after booting the game is the opening. It's just a musical number paired mostly with shots from the in-game cutscenes, but it does give us an idea of what we're in for. Video: Opening (Click the CC button for subtitles) There's also an alternate cut of the opening that can be viewed if you sit on the title screen for a minute. Video: Alternate Opening ♪ BGM: Title Screen ♫ So without further ado, let's get started. Before we can actually begin, we need to choose our main character's appearance. I'm going to pick girl Musashi because I like her better. Video: Prologue Oh this is easy, it's oil right? Huh? Well I guess that makes sense considering the fish situation. I'll admit I'm not really a seafood person, so I'd be okay with not having sushi ever again. Now if this was world without cows, that would be a different story. I'd die on a hill for beef. POWs were forced to eat gas station sushi; and yes they fought by throwing plates at each other. Uh oh, does this mean I'm going to jail for this post? Did I mention this game has a jamming soundtrack? ♪ BGM: Musashi's Theme ♫ ♪ BGM: Early Republic - Shrine Grove ♫ Here's the overworld map. We'll be using it navigate the world by moving along this linear path and selecting levels to play. Technically, the first three spots aren't considered levels since the first one is the intro and the next two are also more cut scenes and tutorials. Anyways let's move on to the next area for another cutscene, and this one is animated like my Japanese animes. Video: The First Bite What's so weird about picking fruit? Unless it's some of kind of fruit that's bad for you like horse-apples. I really hope you get a tummy ache, ya jerk! Tag yourself, I'm the girl on the left. Says the dork who just gobbled up a whole basket's worth. I AM NOT A TRASH EATER! Now if you'll excuse me, my cheeseburger Hot Pocket Slideshots are ready. That is a very 'What am I doing with my life' face. Like for real, I'm having trouble remembering what your facial features look like. Anime boy alert, 6 o'clock! Is...is that a plate on his head? If there's one thing I would complain about in this game, it's that the sound mixing for these animated cutscenes isn't that great. Most times the background music will drown out characters like Franklin and there's nothing I can do about it. Like for real if there weren't subtitles I would have serious trouble figuring out what he's saying in this scene.  I'm calling the cops! I will now dedicate my life to fighting against the atrocity that is sushi! Cheese-n-crackers! I'm gonna be seeing that in my nightmares for now on. Well I think you're a cutie pie!  That's a bold claim. Is it better than a cheeseburger Hot Pocket Slideshot?  Video: Tutorial 1 - Eating ♪ BGM: Franklin's Theme♫ Alright so, the biggest part of this game is linking colored plates to create plate stacks which will be used in battle. We'll get into combat later, so for now we just need to focus on getting used to linking plates. To do this we can simply touch a plate and draw a line through similar colored plates to link them. (Surprisingly you can play through the whole game with just the touch screen. Getting a stylus is highly recommended.) Alternately, you can move the left stick to move the selection cursor to the plate you want, hole down the A button, and move the left stick to link plates. It's not the ideal way to play, but since I'm capturing this with the Switch docked I don't have much of a choice. We have to practice linking plates a couple more times. When it comes to moving from one plate to the next you can move in the standard up, down, left, right, and diagonals. Also the plates don't have to be right next to each other. If there's a empty gap between plates, you can jump the gap to get to the next plate which is why you can make this move in the shot below. If you're still having trouble figuring out what you can and can't grab, linkable plates will flash white. Now we're talking! Time to chow down on some sushi sandwiches! What do we got here, cucumber rolls, egg sushi, creamy shrimp, and pineapple? Well of course we gotta have something sweet from time to time! In addition to sushi we'll also find fruit in the lanes, and they have the added ability to heal Musashi's HP after eating them. It doesn't heal for much so don't depend on them too much. So we have to practice linking plates again, but this time there's actual sushi on them. I guess the only new concepts introduced here is that you only have 7 seconds to link plates and that it's not what's on the plate that determines if you can link it or not, but the of color of plate which means we can link plates with egg sushi and cucumber rolls just fine. We'll explore how the different types of sushi play a role in battle later. For now let's just get through this tutorial. As for the 7 seconds rule... You'll notice as you're grabbing plates that the blue rim around your current position with start to blink and turn red signaling you're running out of time, and if you take too long you'll lose all the plates you grabbed. Losing plates in a game like this is not something you want to do too often. In case you're wondering what happens if you hit the end of a lane and haven't moved to another in time, you don't lose the plates you've linked but you stop linking plates and get whatever you grabbed. For example, I linked 3 plates and hit the edge of the middle lane, so my combo ends but I get the three plates. Anyways we eat some sushi and the tutorial ends. ♪ BGM: Sushi For All♫ You got a weird thingy What is this? Some kind of gear? There's no hole in the center. Does it do anything or is this some kind of knick knack? What!? You can't just hand me something and not tell me what it does! How is that useful?! Well it can't be fishy, there's no fish in this world. Could I interest you in reading my Sushi Literature? Though I gotta admit, these sushi sprites seems like a good answer to world hunger. Now if only there were other food sprites. Video: Tutorial 2 - Combat ♪ BGM: Looming Threat♫ Whoa! Really really big man. It's like he fell straight out of a wrestling promo. This dude looks like he's getting ready to pelvic thrust into Franklin; and then he does so. I'm not lying see for yourself. You got that right. You can probably tell I'm trying to avoid using portraits for Kodiak as he's just that big of a man that his portraits might as well be a 80x80 shot of his pecs. The screen goes dark and then some quick flashes of white accompanied by what sounds like Franklin getting beaten up. OH NO MY ANIME BOY! I thought these guys were suppose to fight with sushi! What do you expect me to do? Kodiak could easily put me in a headlock and slam me into oblivion! ♪ BGM: Battle VS Soldier♫ Not pictured is that Kodiak's sprite is wearing overalls and has a mallet, so we can confirm that some sushi sprites have a sense of fashion. Alright, time to get serious. So the sushi field has had a few things added since we were last here. For starters, there is now a side of the arena for your opponent which comes with its own sushi lanes. In the center of the arena is a special lane named the 'Shared Lane' and as its name implies both strikers can link sushi from that lane. It can come in handy when you need to keep a combo going, but it's first come first served so be careful. Another cool thing about the shared lane is that both teams' first sushi sprite influences what kind of sushi shows up on this lane, which is why there are sushi that will not show up on our side of the field like Inari Sushi, orange slices, and strawberries. At the end of each side is a little table that I will dub 'The Stack Table'. Here is where all you plate stacks go, and it can hold up to five stacks at one time. So let's go ahead and fill all five slots with plates. While watching the video, you might see a glowing plate from time to time; well that's a special plate that spawns when you link 7 plates or more. The great thing about it is that it can link with anything. (It also provides a damage bonus and plate protection, but we'll talk about that later.) So now we have all the slots on the stack table filled and I have a sixth on the way and you're probably wondering what gonna happen when I finish collecting plates. Well, what happens is that the new stack will move all the other stacks one slot to the right and the right most stack will be thrown at the opponent for damage. This is known as an 'autoshot'. So to manually throw a stack, you need to either touch the stack you want and swipe up, or use the left stick to have Musashi stand in front of the stack you want to throw and hit the X button. Using the left stick method is a bit fiddly because you'll snap back to the center after a second so that can lead to you sometimes throwing the wrong stack. Ah right, you'll want to— Aw crap... ♪ BGM: Lost a Match♫ Not exactly how I imagined our first sushi battle to go down. With our heroine defeated, what fate lies for Franklin and Musashi? Tune in next time to find out! Before we go, let's examine all the new stuff we experienced today. New Sushi Sprites #079: Ara-o Secret: A pure fighter with serious attention to detail. Skill: ??? #029 Wani-o Secret: Creates a vacuum when it takes a breath Skill: Buff Buffet - Allows user to link any plates regardless of color! New Sushi #001 Cucumber Roll The soft squish of the rice is but a prelude to the cucumber's crisp, satisfying crunch. #002 Egg Seductive slices of a layered-egg omelet rest ever delicately atop fluffy rice pillows. #009 Creamy Shrimp A bouquet of tender shrimp cuddled up next to a loving dollop of mayonnaise. #015 Pineapple A gentle, tender sweetness beckons from within its slightly sour acidity. Combat Lobster fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Jul 1, 2019 |
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By the way, if anyone's wanting to buy a copy of the game I'd shop around a bit as you can find this game on sale a lot at places like Amazon, Newegg, etc. It's really better than paying what Nintendo wants to charge you.
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Commander Keene posted:You make the typo "Swtich" a couple of times in the update, though. gently caress me. No matter how many times I read through poo poo I always miss something.
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Update 2 - How I Met My Sushi Sprite When we last left Musashi, she encountered a strange man named Franklin who offered her some of the forbidden food, sushi. After eating the sushi, Musashi was delighted by its taste and asked Franklin to stop by her village to feed the other orphans. On the way, they were spotted by an imperial soldier and soon found themselves surrounded by the Imperial Army. Among the troops was the ripped general, General Kodiak, who demanded Franklin surrender his sushi sprite, Ara-o. Franklin refused, so he got beat up; and then Musashi stepped up to defend Franklin, and got beat up. The story continues just after Musashi's defeat. Video: Meeting Jinrai What are you goofballs doing? Is this Kodiak's idea of 'securing the perimeter'? Me in the back making awkward kissy faces at my anime boy. Good question, wish he would have told us!! I WANNA GET RIP'D! I HEARD THAT... Would've been nice to know that up front, but whatever, now we can have sushi whenever we want! Everyone, lend me your sushi so that I may make the Sushi Dama! (That's Sushi Bomb to your westerners) Aww, Jinrai is so adorable.Anyways, we're not only officially a sushi striker but we also have a mission to rescue Franklin from the Empire's clutches; but I feel like we're forgetting something important. Oh well, let's go save Franklin! ♪ BGM: Republic ♫ Now that we've finished the basic tutorial, we have reached stage 1-1 and our first real sushi fight. Every stage has one of these info boxes that let's us know a few things like a vague idea of who we'll be fighting, and judging by the silhouette it's a generic soldier. We can also see that their team consist of one sushi sprite, as well as, the reward we will get when we win, and some score keeping stats like grade, high score, and stars. The stars are side objectives that you can complete during the match and they reward you with bonus experience, so getting as many as you can is a good idea. In these early stages, the star objectives are very easy to get. Video: Tutorial - Skills ♪ BGM: Soldier Scene ♫ To be honest. I'm actually three sushi sprites in a trench coat. I guess Jinrai's a really popular sushi sprite. One-of-kind, baby. ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ This is the pre-battle screen. Here we can get information about the enemy and we're able to swap out which team of sushi sprites we'll take into battle. Since Jinrai's our only sprite, there isn't really any reason to swap teams. In the team box, we see Jinrai starts out at level 1 and his skill, 'Sushi Bonanza' is also level 1. A sushi sprite's level and skill level have different methods of leveling up. A sprite's level goes up by getting experience in battle while the skill level levels up by other means that I'll talk about at a later time. Over on the right side, we see that Pvt. Unger has 2100 HP and is using an level 1 otter-like sprite named Uszo. Notice the fireball icon around Uszo's skill Super Scout, this is to denote that the skill is at max level meaning you cannot level up Super Scout beyond level 1. Another thing we can do is change out our 'Striker Specs' or equipment basically. We don't have anything to equip so we'll ignore that for now. We can hit R to get more information on everyone's skills. We'll learn about Jinrai's Sushi Bonanza in the actual battle, so let's take a moment to see what Uszo can do. Allows only the opponent's image to displayed on the live monitor! What does this all mean? Not much at all, the live monitor, as far as I can tell, is just a little window that shows characters up close while they're fighting and nothing more. (Check my current avatar.) So basically, Super Scout is an otter-ly useless skill. Last but not least, we can hit R again to see what kind of sushi is being brought to the table. I'm not too concerned about what the enemy has access to, but it looks like Jinrai's sushi leans heavy on the cyan side so we can probably get a lot of big stacks going if we focus on grabbing cyan plates. The downside to this is that cyan is the weakest plate of all, but for Pvt. Unger we can easily knock him out with just cyan plates. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Soldier♫ For reference, you hit Up for the first(top) sprite, left/right for the second(middle), and down for the third(bottom). Take note of the line up of plates. These plates go from weakest(cyan) to strongest(gold). Alright there a few more new things added since our battle with Kodiak, namely we can actually see the health bars this time. Next to each health bar is second meter known as the Sushi Jubilee Meter. Eating sushi fills the meter and when it's full you'll automatically enter 'Sushi Jubilee'. (Think hyper mode) While in this mode, higher quality sushi enters the lanes, and on top of that any stacks thrown deals 50% more damage. (More on this later.) There's also the Live Monitor which I already mentioned, and the score counter. I'll be honest, I haven't really tried to pin down what all goes into the scoring system in this game; but all I do know is that if you want a good score, winning the fight quickly helps. Now I remember Ara-o mentioning something important just before Kodiak interrupted him, but what was it...  Oh yeah! Let's try that by stacking cyan plates. After eating about 26 plates of sushi, Jinrai's skill bar is full. So let's hit it and see what happens. Sushi Bonanza turned all the plates on the field a lime green which we scoop up most of them. When the stack reaches the table, it takes on the color of the strongest plate in the chain. In this case, it was dark blue which is pretty good for a level 1 sprite. We also ate enough sushi to enter Sushi Jubilee. Now our plate stacks have a x1.5 marking to show that they'll hit extra hard when thrown. We unload all our plates and win the fight. ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ Here's the results screen. After completing each stage you'll receive a letter grade based on your performance. The letter you get is determined by your score. Getting higher ranks mostly comes down to how fast can you win the fight. We also knocked out all three star objectives in one go! And Jinrai leveled up! His defense stat increases as well as gains an improvement to his sushi lineup. A sprite's defense is mostly just a stat that contributes to Musashi's overall HP, and leveling up the sushi lineup basically means that weaker sushi is being replaced with stronger sushi. (Be sure to keep track of which colors are altered.) On top of that, Musashi herself has gained a level which means she gets more HP and can throw a little harder. ♪ BGM: Musashi's Theme ♫ So, can I mail-order sushi sprites from it?? Heh, order your first sushi sprite within the next five days and we'll throw in another one absolutely FREE! What a deal! We're practically giving them away!! Well I dunno about you but I'm stuffed from all this content... and sushi. Tune in next time for when Musashi goes plate to plate with her... rival(?) New Sushi Sprites #001: Uszo Secret: Has a playful face but is a bit wild. Skill: Super Scout - Allows only the opponent's image to be displayed on the live monitor! #100: Jinrai Secret: Said to conceal a power of the highest order. Skill: Sushi Bonanza - All user's plates turn the same color, allowing maximum linkage! New Sushi #003: Inari Sushi A salty-sweet pouch of friend tofu skin with a nugget of rice curled up inside. #004: Edamame A salty-sweet snack you'll keep coming back to like the tide's ever ebb and flow. #007: Squid Well known and eagerly anticipated for its signature bouncy toothsomeness. #011: Shrimp Its slightly reddish, regal flesh is the very definition of refinement. #014: Bonito Boldly eating a thick cut of bonito atop rice is beyond stylish. #018 California Roll Wistful memories of sun-kissed days and sea-swept nights linger with every bite. #023 Scallop Delicious, surely, but even just looking at its juicy, shimmering flesh is transcendent. Also if anyone's curious about what male Musashi sounds like... Combat Lobster fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Jul 6, 2019 |
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Also if anyone's curious about what male Musashi sounds like, uh: https://twitter.com/MsSourGumdrop/status/1145612224729419776
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Miz Kriss posted:Holy crap does this sound like he phoned it in. It seems like the actor was struggling to maintain his kid voice. Like, some lines he's got it down but the rest sounds like well, "baaahuuhh". There's like a raspy quality to his voice that I don't personally think fits the character at all.
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Gloomy Rube posted:Thanks for linking all the music, the music in this game is already top-notch, and it's still just the early game. Can't wait to see what's still to come. There's one track I skipped because the cut scene only plays it for a few seconds and that's Kodiak's Theme. TracerK posted:I've been enjoying Sushi Strikers since I first impulse-purchased it in a different thread, but can't help but wonder if I would've had more fun with it on the 3DS. I can barely get good combos going on the docked mode, and I've never been fond of smudging the touchscreen with my grubby fingers. I've heard people swear by the 3ds version, but I can't confirm or deny myself. I did play a little of it through the Citra emulator to see if it ran well, which it surprisingly does. (I might have to use for a later thing) Omobono posted:Sign me in for lady Miyamoto Musashi's magical sushi adventure. Sasaki Kojiro better be a recurring miniboss. I mean, he's got his own battle theme on the soundtrack, so... Combat Lobster fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Jul 2, 2019 |
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The closest thing I have to sushi is the california rolls at my local Chinese buffet, and I'm pretty sure they get theirs from the Wal-Mart down the road.
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GrandmaParty posted:Beef sushi is the jam if you get high grade beef. Japan also does chicken sushi and horse sushi. 
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I don't have an update ready yet, but if you're looking to play the game now's a good time: https://twitter.com/videogamedeals/status/1147494172406013953 Combat Lobster fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Jul 6, 2019 |
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Update 3 - Gotta Find 1st Gear in My Giant Sushi Bar We pick up where left off after Musashi's first sushi battle victory. Now that the grunt is out of the way, time to tango with the commander and see what he's made of. ♪ BGM: Republic ♫ But first, we've got a new piece of UI to check out, the menu. Here's where we do prep work and research. Let's briefly go through some of the options. Sprite Order: Allows you to view/edit sushi sprite teams. (More on this when we start getting more sprites.) Striker Specs: Allows you to equip various items like Lane Drive Gear, Favorite Sushi, and Prepared Item. (We don't have any of this kind of stuff, so we'll have to come back to this at a later time.) Items: Allows you to view/use items. Catalog: This is where you can get information on Well we can't do anything with the sprite order or the striker specs, so let's peek into items and the catalog real quick. Right now the only item we have is the Exp Charm S which gives a sprite 250 exp. I'm not going to use it anytime soon, in fact, I'm going to horde the snot out of these things to help out spites we recruit later. We can also check out our key items by hitting R. Sushi sprite essences... Is that why I smell so fi— funky? And here's your sprite pokedex or whatever. Even though it currently stops at 100 there's more than that. (It's more like 102.) Wow, look at all that sushi I'm gonna have to catalog.  Well now that's out of the way let's get back to kicking butt. Video: Battle - Captain Fammish Star Objectives - Win in 75 or fewer seconds. - Link 9 or more plates and win. - Start 1 or more sushi jubilees and win. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Soldier♫ This fight is pretty much the same as the previous one, just with slightly more health; but there is one thing I would like to point out. So far we know that attacking with stacks of the same color creates a combo, but there are other ways to gain a damage bonus and one of them involves a fair bit of precision. You see, linking big chains is great and all, but did you know that you get a 1.3x damage modifier if you link only plates with the same type of sushi? In the video, I linked 4 shrimp plates and now it'll do more damage than if I linked any 4 plates. (It gets even better when you enter sushi jubilee as the modifier turns into a 2x modifier.) Now you're wondering why don't I do this the whole match? Well for one, this early on you won't have that many opportunities to take advantage of this; and two, you've seen what it's like to play with button controls! Precision is not something I have right now.  Anyways I build up some stacks, enter sushi jubilee, and go all in on the guy. Well not quite a knock out, but one more stack of blues should do you in. ♪ BGM: Event Battle ♫ Okay I miscalculated, one more should do it!  COME ON! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!THERE! JEEZ! ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ Those blunders costed me an A rank. Welp, at least we got the star objectives. And a couple of level ups. Lastly, we got a skill charm which is a very important usable item as it's one of the few ways to level up our sprites' skill level. ♪ BGM: Musashi's Theme ♫ I'm guessing Jinrai wasn't paying attention to that last fight. Right, let's keep moving. Hmm, this next opponent doesn't look like an imperial soldier, judging by the silhouette. Heck, they don't even look like an adult. Who could this possibly be? Video: Tutorial - Lane Gears ♪ BGM: Kojiro's Theme ♫ K-Kojiro?! You didn't... You little rat! I have half a mind to sushi strike you into next week!! #Sushi4Days The screen flashes a couple of times and then the weird thingy Franklin gave us starts glowing and doing an impression of the world's smallest jet engine. But we did see it, when Franklin handed it to us. ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Win in 90 or fewer seconds. - Link 10 or more plates and win. - Earn a B grade or better and win. Ooh, Kojiro has a sushi sprite we've never seen before. Penzo, the penguin sprite, has the skill of 'Sweets Paradise'. Let's see what it does... Ah, a healing skill, but do note that it says sweets and not fruit. Sweets heal more health than fruits do. I take it Penzos are standard issue for imperial recruits. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Kojiro ♫ Oh I get it! So, uh, where's the clutch on this thing? Neato torpedo! We'll be able to save so much time with this, and be able to make bigger combos! Game's being very up-front about this, and they're not wrong. You're going to want to master manipulating the speed of your lanes. There's one small bit I wanna mention about lane gears real quick. When the gear activates and speeds things up, it doesn't decelerate back to normal in the instant you start moving again; instead the lanes will gradually slow back down. This will become a lot more noticeable when we get our hands on more-powerful gears. Anyways, let's clobber this punk. There's proof that the 1.3x modifier turns into a 2x modifier while in sushi jubilee. Alright Kojiro, open wide!! ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ ♪ BGM: Kojiro's Theme ♫ What a sore loser... Huh, does this mean sushi sprites are closer to Monster Rancher than Pokemon? ♪ BGM: New Sushi Sprite! ♫ What? Are you gonna dump me if I don't live up to your standards?? And then this happens. If I had stuck to my original plan to make this a VLP, I would have made ya'll watch this sequence every single time it happens no matter how samey it was. ♪ BGM: Kojiro's Theme ♫ Not to worry, you're in good hands Jinrai. Well that about does it for this update, tune in next time as we tango with another imperial squad; who unfortunately are led by the worst commander ever. See you then! New Sushi Sprites #003: Penzo Secret: Known for its faniful silk hat. Skill: Sweets Paradise - Makes sweets appear in user's lanes—select them to eat them and restore HP! New Sushi #005: Orange Slices Perfect as a sour-sweet palette cleanser or a refreshing treat after soccer practice. #008: Salmon Ever beloved thanks to its perfect balance of oily and umami goodness. #020: Flounder Its hallmark characteristic is an uncannily firm texture. #024: Sweet Shrimp True to its name, this delight is renowned for its deep, full-flavored sweetness. #026: Shrimp Tempura Roll Lightly fried shrimp rolled up with rice into a perhaps perfect little bite. #029 Saltwater Eel It's melt-in-your mouth texture is perfectly complemented by a sweetly savory sauce. #031 Fatty Salmon A sticky cut of salmon with its beautiful layers of fatty goodness on full display. #032 Rainbow Roll Perhaps not every color of an actual rainbow, but sure tastes like one. One last thing before I sign off, last week, fellow LPer and good idea haver, Grandma Party, pinged me on discord saying: So I attempted to make what he described and here's the result. GP called it the "The Alabama Slamma". I call it "Doobie's Frog Out Sushi".  Rice, nori, slice of American cheese, sliced hotdog, and topped with wasabi; and my personal touch, a side of fries piled high with dipping ranch sauce. What do you think Musashi, wanna bite?  : [...]
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Miz Kriss posted:Now I just wanna make sushi versions of American food. Go for it. I know GP really wants to find new ways to make sushi. (For better or worst) Combat Lobster fucked around with this message at 11:45 on Jul 9, 2019 |
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Hwurmp posted:Which ketchup is best on sushi? The Green Ketchup they did for the Shrek movie, obviously
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Update 4 - Wikihow to be a Sushi Sprite Welcome back to Sushi Strikers, last time we found out that Kojiro was the rat who busted Franklin, and you know what happens to snitches, right? After that we... adopted Kojiro's sushi sprite, and now we continue the journey to save Franklin! Video: Battle - Private Scraps ♪ BGM: Soldier Scene ♫ Bumping into soldiers, sure, but what's up with the captain sliding up into frame. Where were you my dude, and what were you doing down there. Do note though, this won't be the last time he and his captain brethren do this trick. Uh oh, he found out about last week's food crime. Look bub, if you're gonna arrest me, you better arrest Grandma Party too. He came up with the idea after all.  KOJIRO!!Whatever it does, it won't stand a chance against my— Don't ya mean 'all he need to do'? Unless you're stepping up to get served. Hey, that's my line! Also who's talking? Jinrai, that you? ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Start 2 or more sushi jubilees and win. - Eat 50 or more plates and win. - Win with 25% or more HP. Oh hey, it's Penzo, who'da thunk? I'm more interested in seeing what our Penzo brings to the table in terms of sushi. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Soldier♫ Hmm, looks like our lanes will be a bit yellow heavy this time. So this squad of soldiers are mostly here to demonstrate new sushi sprites and skills, so they'll always start the battle with a full skill bar. Private Scraps uses Sweets Paradise right off the bat. And now his field is replaced with sweets, which will only heal him and not gain him any plates; so I have no idea why his AI is scripted to use the skill at the very start of the fight instead after taking damage. Not to mention he only eats a handful before they leave the screen! Here pal, let me show how it's done. As the game mentioned, you can eat through all these sweets quickly if mash the A button, and now we've recovered all our health. Now to finish this. ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ Whoops, ended the battle too soon so we missed out on one of the star objectives. Well that's alright, we can just redo the stage take care of it real quick. Okay, let's get that last star. ♪ BGM: Musashi's Theme ♫ You got the Secret Striker Scroll! The game takes control from here and opens the menu. ♪ BGM: Imperial Rim ♫ Here are the buttons controls in case you need a reference. The game then opens the 8 precepts. Most of this is stuff I've already gone over, but now it has some illustrations. Here's all the different plates and their base damage values. Most sushi sprites will 'awaken' when they hit a certain level; except Jinrai, his are gated by story beats. That's one thing I've never used before, if you move the right stick on the overworld a mouse cursor appears and you can click on things to go to them. It's a little faster then just moving between stages. There's a lot of stuff in this sub-menu, and we still have two more stages to get through; so this will be it's own mini-update, info dump, or something. ♪ BGM: Musashi's Theme ♫ Way ahead of you, Jinrai. Video: Battle - Private Crumbles ♪ BGM: Soldier Scene ♫ You already pulled that trick ya dungle! Okay, what are you gonna tell me next, your shoe size? ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Win in 75 or fewer seconds. - Eat 10 or more types of sushi and win. - Make 3 or more glowing plates and win. Private Crumbles has himself a Tigazo, the tiger sushi sprite. And as mentioned. Tigazo has a offensive skill that allows the user to deal more damage. How much more? I dunno, I try to math it out with the numbers used in the 8 precepts, but something didn't add up correctly; so I have no idea how much more I just knows that it does more. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Soldier♫ So, unlike Scraps, Crumbles holds off on using Electrozap for a while; but when he does he hit me with 11 plate blue stack. Cheese-n-crackers! That actually really hurt! Better finish this quick. ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ Alright let's see that A rank.  Did not expect that! This isn't just an S rank, but a Rainbow S rank which is the highest rank you can get on a stage. This mostly caught me off guard as I slowed down to let Crumbles show off electrozap.Video: Battle - Private Growlin Alright, last fight of the update. Let's see what kind of heat this guy is packing. ♪ BGM: Soldier Scene ♫ What did you just say to me?! I will slap the soy sauce from your mouth, punk!! What? You have the 'I Win' sus— Ever heard of letting people finish what they're saying?! ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Start 1 or more sushi jubilees and win. - Make a 2-hit combo and win. - Win with 20% or more HP. This fight features Elekan, the elephant sushi sprite. Like Electrozap, I'm not sure how much damage Sushi Shield blocks. I just know that it's not a good idea to unload your big attacks while it's up. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Soldier♫ Didn't waste time on using it. The shield surprisingly last for quite a while. This might prove to be a problem. Heh, shield or not, you're just like every other mook with a sushi sprite. What the?! Somehow he turned the tables on me! ♪ BGM: Battle Pinch♫ The second you start hearing that music, you know you've lost control over the battle. Worst of all Sweets Paradise is no where near ready. I'm sweating bullets, either I link two plates and throw or he'll hit me with those greens and loss. SUSHI GIVE ME STRENGTH!! Whew! That was a close shave! ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ Welp, I'll have to go back and get that star. Alright, now to get that last star. And now everything is right with the world. Well that about does it for this update. Tune in next time when we break a dish with the Commander of this squad. New Sushi Sprites #006: Tigazo Secret: Can sometimes be found chasing its own tail. Skill: Electrozap - Charges plates with electricity, increasing their attack power! #009: Elekan Secret: So heavy no human could move it. Skill: Sushi Shield - Creates a shield that reduces damage taken from opponent's plates! Combat Lobster fucked around with this message at 08:38 on Sep 14, 2019 |
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Blaze Dragon posted:So wait, are there multiples of each Sushi Sprite in the world except for Jinrai? That's what I took from Penzo 2 but I'm kind of confused. I'm of two minds on this. It's either there are multiples of the same sprite and only a select few are extremely rare; or there's only ever one sushi sprite of each type but they grant their power to multiple strikers, but that doesn't explain how more than one could physically exist at the same time unless their doing some weird projecting trick, but AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa...
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Hey thread, I know I've been MIA for almost two months and it's mostly due to falling down a FF14-shaped hole; but I'm back in the saddle with new updates! (Yes, more than one! Finally a freaking backlog.) Expect a new update to drop when I get home in a few hours.
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Update 5 - Who's cuter, Musashi or Jinrai? Welcome back to Sushi Strikers, last time we encountered our first squad of imperial soldiers and some new sushi sprites! We pick up where we left off with the last of the squad, Captain Starvey. Video: Battle - Captain Starvey ♪ BGM: Captain Scene ♫ Gee, I wonder what stopped you the other three t- Little does he know, the late game lanes move way faster so I'm used to it by this point. ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Win in 85 or fewer seconds. - Make 2 or more glowing plates and win. - Link 10 or more plates and win. Dragokan, the dragon sushi sprite, has the ability Runaway Lanes which triples the current speed of their opponent's lanes. That does take the speed boost from your lane gear into consideration which is why it becomes more effective as you obtain stronger lane gears. Just something to keep in mind down the road. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Soldier♫ So this fight starts out like most fights, I was having a little trouble getting decent stacks going but I managed to drop him to half health from unloading the six stacks I made. Just before dropping to 1702HP, Starvey pops Runaway Lanes, and that was the worst possible thing he could have done as I took advantage of the extra speed to link the highest stack in this playthrough so far. Get served, chump! ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ ♪ BGM: Musashi's Theme ♫ Gurl, you've eaten sushi all day. How could you possibly have room for dinner!? Aw come on! We just ate!! The screen flashes white and then a loud shout rings out. ♪ BGM: Sushi Liberation Front ♫ Who the heck are these guys!? Whoever they are they don't seem to be against the Empire too. Hope they're friendly. Wow rude! Who could this mysterious rebel leader be, and what would they want with Jinrai? Find out... right now! Video: Battle - Masa ♪ BGM: Sushi For All♫ Uh... How bout no. So it's not because he's cuter than me? You better be glad I'm trying to keep this LP family-friendly, you cussing cuss. The heck kinda pose is that? What you need is a firm plate across your jaw! PREACH! ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Win in 100 or fewer seconds. - Eat 70 or more plates and win. - Make 2 or more glowing plates and win. Welcome to the first boss of the game. Masa is equipped with a full team of three and they're all sprites we've encountered individually. His team ability composition consist of an offensive type, a defensive type, and a utility type; and to make matters worst, he begins the fight with all three skills ready to use. Luckily, the game's AI is still in easy mode, so Masa isn't going to be doing heavy hitting combos. ♪ BGM: Battle Vs. Boss ♫ While Masa isn't pulling out all the stops to win, he is making good use of his skills. For example, he waits until he's in sushi jubilee to use Electrozap. That's a good chuck of health he took off with just two stacks. He then pops Runaway Lanes when I enter sushi jubilee which could really trip up a first timer. His small jabs at really eating away our health. Thank goodness for Sweets Paradise. Then Masa pulls out Sushi Shield just as I was ready to finish him off. Heck of a save there. Hanging on by a thread and Electrozap is ready to go too... It's do or die time! Yeah! Got em!! ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ ♪ BGM: Sushi For All♫ Considering the hospitality you've shown me so far? It would be foolish to agree to joining you; but I do recognize that taking on the Empire alone would prove to be a difficult task, even with the help of Jinrai. Oh wait that's probably not something Musashi would say. Oh I see, trying to butter me up after I beat ya, eh? Oh how humble you become the second you realize how much of a skilled striker I am.  Sushi gates? Like the one Jinrai came out of? ♪ BGM: Sushi Liberation Front ♫ Good thinking Musashi! Not only do we get to keep searching for Franklin, but we'll also have help from the SLF! Might need to dial back the humble factor, but heck yeah, now you're talking my langauge! Okay, so originally this is where the update ends and I ask ya'll to vote which sprite we take, but considering the long absence I figured I wouldn't get much of a response. So I polled a couple of Discord servers I frequent as well as Twitter to help decide. The results are as such: Elekan, with 10 votes! Now don't worry if you think we're missing out on Tigazo action. We'll be getting one real soon. This is basically 'which one you do not want to work for?' No Musashi! You'll get a tummy ache if you do that! Meanwhile Masa is in the corner thinking to himself. ♪ BGM: Chapter End Jingle ♫ This title card marks the end of Chapter 1. Now that Musashi has joined the SLF what new challenges await her? And what exactly does Masa know about Musashi's jacket? Find out, in Chapter 2: The Shrine Grove! Combat Lobster fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Sep 27, 2019 |
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Quackles posted:(Also I almost forgot what Electrozap did, and for a moment I was like, "what if it electrifies random opponent plates, interrupting their chain if they touch them"? Then I realized that would be busted / unpleasant.) I would probably rage-delete the game if it did that.
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Update 6 - Hunter x Hunter Division Welcome back to Sushi Strikers! Last time Musashi met with the Sushi Liberation Front's head honcho, Masa, and despite a really rocky first impression, Musashi decided to assist the SLF in their ongoing fight against the Empire. We now return with the really cool stuff, war room deliberation. Video: Chapter 2 Intro ♪ BGM: Sushi For All♫ Sushi monks? How does that work? The sushi monks opted to eat their sushi non-violently. Oh, get a room you two. [...] I'm not sure I like where this is going. Besides we're used to working alone, right Jinrai? Anyways, we now have our first mission with the SLF, being bait. And you bet we're gonna be the best bait the Empire ever did see! ♪ BGM: Republic ♫ Now before we continue, I wanna take a second and use some of these EXP tickets we've been getting, because the Elekan we just got starts out at level 1. I'm still hoarding the skill charms for the time being. I'll start using them after we get more sprites with cooler skills. Alright, now we have a balanced out team. Video: Battle - Striker Nife ♪ BGM: Soldier Scene ♫ Looks like Musashi is already making a name for herself. Who you calling a goofball, ya goofball. He's actually a 1st edition holographic soldier. ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Make a 2-hit combo and win. - Earn a B grade or better and win. - Make 3 or more glowing plates and win. So Nife is sporting an Inazo, the fox sushi sprite, they come with the Hidden Plates ability which adds an additional three plates after linking plates. So Striker Nife is totally legit in his sushi striking in this case. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Soldier♫ And like everyone else who had a sushi sprite we've never seen before, Nife immediately activates hidden plates. Unfortunately with a really low skill level, hidden plates only last for like 5 seconds, so he was only able to take advantage of the skill for one stack. Other than that this fight is more or less the same as all the others. Though having a third sprite is kinda throwing off the colors a bit. (That and I'm not paying a lick of attention.) Anyways I popped Sushi Shield, and wow, I never noticed that the shield last for quite a long time, even at skill level 1. ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ Ouch, all that brain-farting cost me dearly. Raw power? The heck is that? Also oh no, the power of taxes is coursing through my kid veins! ♪ BGM: Musashi's Theme ♫ What was that? It was like something awakened deep inside of Musashi. Jeez, I wonder what button I have to push in order to activate that? Thank goodness. Though most raw powers activate in different ways. For example, one might activate at the beginning of a match and another might activate after eating a certain number plates of sushi. Anyways the game takes control to demonstrate how to set your favorite sushi. ♪ BGM: Imperial Rim ♫ Hm, extra time to link plates while at low health isn't the worst ability, but probably not one I would use a lot. ♪ BGM: Musashi's Theme ♫ Video: Battle - Saboteur Spoone ♪ BGM: Soldier Scene ♫ Musashi, your face! Considering how I'm having a hard time coming up with commentary for the fights? Yeah, I do! Well duh, fruit also flows in the lanes too! ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Win in 100 or fewer seconds. - Win with 20% or more HP. - Link 10 or more plates and win. Nothing new here besides Saboteur Spoone's favorite sushi is Squid. Luckily I have a save with most of the raw powers unlocked, and here's what the squid raw power says: Raw Power: Ly-C Description: Restores your HP by 2% for every 40 plates you eat. Interesting, though 2% ain't gonna make or break a fight. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Soldier♫ Oh... I gacha. In this case, we need to have 5 or more plates in our current chain before we can pick it up. The Jubilee charger instantly entered us into sushi jubilee. The screen flashes and a sound plays. It's the sound of a capsule entering the lane. Capsule Sound Sample Now that that's over, let's get to the real battle. We want to grab capsules as often as we can. Instant jubilees are really nice and makes this fight go by really quick. Note that grabbing another capsule while in jubilee will not stack the effects, but it does deny your opponent from grabbing the capsule for themselves. Here I got greedy and instead of staying on top of denying Spoone any capsules I chose to continue linking this stack of green. Which means Spoone went for the capsule immediately. Which is fine. If Hidden Plate was ready that could have been a nasty combo move. I pretty much grab every capsule for the rest of the fight and bent Spoone into submission. ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ Ooh, an S-rank. Not a rainbow S, but this'll do. (I've heard that normal S-ranks give more exp than rainbow S's, but I can't confirm or deny that.) And with that, I think we're due for a break, so tune in next time when we take on the rest of the Hunter Division! New Sushi Sprites #015: Inazo Secret: Excels at stealth ops like a ninja. Skill: Hidden Plates - Adds three plates to whatever number linked!
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Quackles posted:How are you doing the touchscreen stuff? Do you have a stylus, or are you using the Joy-Cons? (Or your finger?) I'm using the joycons, cause I can't take the Switch out of the dock.
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Update 7 - Classified Specialist We continue our decoy mission for the SLF as we take on the last two members of the Hunter Division. Video: Battle - Specialist Forker ♪ BGM: Soldier Scene ♫ It's top secret that he can unhinge his jaw. Then what are you hinting at, you dork?! My feelings exactly. ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Recover 300 or more HP and win. - Eat 5 or more plates of your favorite sushi. - Start 2 or more sushi jubilees and win. Okay I don't get what makes him so special except that his favorite sushi is Horse Mackerel, and its raw power is Ino-Ace which increases your score by 8%. Which is useless to him, so I dunno, maybe he's all bark and no bite. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Soldier♫ Wait a minute. Something ain't right here. The lanes don't flow like that. I get the feeling that this is what makes Forker a specialist. So yeah, this is a gimmick fight where all the lanes, except the shared lane, flow in the same direction. That would sound like it ain't a big deal, but this was the first fight that really tripped me up during my first playthrough. You have to be really good at linking diagonals like this: Anyways once you get the hang of it, this plays out like a normal battle. So, let's go ahead and stick a fork in him, because he's done. ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ Another raw power! And if you forgot what Ly-c does it restores your HP by 2% for every 40 plates you eat. ♪ BGM: Musashi's Theme ♫ This bean sensu so familiar to me. You got a Small Renewal Bean! Don't worry Musashi, it only recovers like 25% of your max HP. And once again, the game takes control to show me how to equip... the bean. ♪ BGM: Imperial Rim ♫ ♪ BGM: Musashi's Theme ♫ I feel so called out right now. Anyways, we now move to the squad captain. What wacky gimmick is he gonna spring on us? Video: Battle - Captain Chops ♪ BGM: Captain Scene ♫ So you're saying I might be able to recruit Inazo if I beat you? It's also his job. ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Link 12 or more plates and win. - Eat 190 or fewer plates and win. - Eat 10 or more types of sushi and win. Nothing of note of this screen aside from Cap's favorite sushi which is California Roll, and its raw power is Io-9: Increases your HP recovery from sweets and fruit by 35% while your HP is at 25% or less. ♪ BGM: Battle Vs. Boss ♫ So there isn't anything special about this fight. It's just a regular sushi battle. So, uh, let's break a dish? Oh! I just remember something I can talk about, breaking plates. So we already know that our stacks sit on the stack table waiting to be used, right? Well, let's say we have some stacks that we're holding onto for a big attack like this: Now watch the right most yellow stack when Captain Chops throws some plates at Musashi. I also slowed the gif down so it's easier to see: Chops didn't just did some damage to Musashi, he also broke some plates on the stack table. If that stack had a rainbow plate in it, it would be protected from plate breaking. I'm not sure how to trigger a plate break other than random chance. Point is, always grab the rainbow plate whenever possible. Anyways, let's beat this guy up. ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ Very sloppy gameplay on this one, but I'll fix that a little later. Nobody leveled up but when I hit A to continue this happened: ♪ BGM: New Sushi Sprite! ♫ Of course we wanna say 'yes'. You've befriended the sushi sprite Inazo! Its skill is Hidden Plates! Inazo's pledge plate has been tucked into your jacket's training pouch! Guess we should report back to Masa and see how things are on their end. ♪ BGM: Mysterious Person Theme ♫ Oh, we've achieved 'The' status. Too close! TOO CLOSE!! Probably not a good idea, Archie. Plates are gonna be flying every which way. Besides, I have a feeling Masa's forces could use the support fire. And we don't need another kid bawling their eyes out. (Kojiro does enough of that as is.) My feelings exactly. Anyways I think it time for another break. Tune in next time when we make a move for the Shrine Grove! And I think we're overdue for a sushi update, so here we go! New Sushi #006: Horse Mackerel The only thing more beautiful than its lustrous skin is how it tastes. #010: Strawberries A clean, true sweetness evocative of summer romance and love everlasting. #012: Octopus A smooth, slightly chewy mouthfeel ringed with a flourish of crunch bits. #013: Minced Tuna Seaweed and spring onion exquisitely complement the delicately minced fish. #017: Yellowtail A deliciously fatty flesh renowned for its supremely smooth taste. #021: Melon Gentle texture... Blossoming sweetness... A taste like nothing short of paradise. #025: Tuna A classic, standard sushi beloved by just about everyone everywhere ever. #030: Surf Clam Charmingly toothsome with a tantalizing flavor that spreads with each chew. #035: Salmon Roe It's as if the very essence of umami were cast as edible jewels by a savory savior. #036: Red Sea Bream The grace of this sushi envelops any and all who savor its soft taste.
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SSNeoman posted:Is there ever any reason to say no to Sushi Sprite Pledges? Not really, if you run into another of the same sprite, they give the sprite you have their 'essence' which is free EXP and some skill EXP.
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Hey ya'll, I'm not gonna be able to post the next update today as I'm gonna be stuck at a garage trying to get my car fixed, and I don't know how long that's gonna take; so I'll have it up tomorrow for sure.
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Update 8 - Sushi Dipped in WEAKSAUCE! Welcome back to Sushi Strikers, last time we were carrying out our decoy mission for the SLF and had just defeated a group of imperial soldiers known as the 'Hunter Division'. Afterwards we ran into Archie, a Shrine Grove local, who begged Musashi to come liberate his hometown. While this went against our orders to draw the imperial forces away from the grove, Musashi agreed to help Archie in his time of need. Today we go from being decoy to being on the frontlines! ♪ BGM: Republic ♫ Before we hop right in, let's check in on our newest sushi sprite, Inazo. Looks like the game automatically added our fox friend to the 'Reserve Sprites' section. I think the best way to describe these slots is to think of the item Exp Share from the Pokemon games where EXP can be given to an inactive sushi sprite. However said sprite can't be used on a team and be in the reserve slot at the same time, so it's really meant for sprites you want to level that you don't plan to use for a while. But we don't wanna keep Inazo on the side-lines. Let's take them out for a spin! Sorry Elekan, but you'll have to take a backseat for a few rounds. Anyways, onward to the Grove! Video: Battle - Kojiro 2: Kojiro's Revenge Ah great, I recognize that silhouette. Time to welcome back 'ya boy'. ♪ BGM: Kojiro's Theme ♫ You're officially twice the loser now. Welcome the whole wide world of www,gimmesushi,slf Kojiro, I don't think you realize that I've thrashed nearly a dozen soldiers who have years more experience at sushi striking than you do. Do you even know how to stack 8 plates consistently? ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Win with 35% or more HP. - Link 11 or more plates and win. - Eat 150 or fewer plates and win. Hakkan, the green turtle sushi sprite, is a very special sprite as it's the first sprite that has a constant special ability. As soon as the battle starts, the ability goes active and stay up throughout the fight. Hakkan is also the first in a small selection of sushi sprites that we cannot pledge to. (More than likely for mechanical reasons.) Also, looks like Kojiro got himself a lane gear, not that it'll help him be any better at sushi striking. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Kojiro ♫ So now we have to focus on making stacks of at least 8 plates if we want to penetrate that wall. Anything less will just ping against it like so: This is more than likely the reason why Kojiro only has 3600 HP, as I assume the developers wanted to ease players into this kinds of stages. It's a good thing I brought Inazo along. Now while the minimum to hit is 8 plates, you might wanna stack more than just 8 as plate breaking is thing Kojiro can do. Speaking of, just as I thought, Kojiro is barely able to land hits. He's got maybe a ~50% chance to actually get a stack of 8 going. How sad. I almost feel bad for beating up on the twerp. Then again he pretty much deserves it. ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ Ah, the Ino-Ace raw power which increases your final score by 8%! I'm gonna make use of it mostly off-screen as it can help with getting Rainbow S Ranks. ♪ BGM: Kojiro's Theme ♫ Hopefully it won't be too soon before we have to deal him again. You got a Little Gear! And yet, Kojiro still couldn't stack 8 plates 50% of the time. ♪ BGM: Republic ♫ You know, I've never used the Little gear before, so let's give it a spin! While I'm at it, let's swap out our favorite sushi for horse mackerel. Video: Battle - Striker Grisli ♪ BGM: Kodiak ♫ Is it really kidnapping if you kidnap an adult? Ain't it more like abduct? Unlike the stretching I was already doing. Every time I see these dudes, they make me think of those gross internet ads with the guys that inject that corn syrup or whatever to make their muscles look huge. ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Win in 105 or fewer seconds. - Make 3 or more glowing plates and win. - Win with 20% or more HP. Ooh, Kodiak's men carry a Gnomzo, the...gnome sushi sprite, it has a nasty ability of Plate Downgrade which lowers all the colors of incoming plates by 1 color. (Basically Red -> Dark Blue -> Green -> etc.) ♪ BGM: Battle VS Kodiak Forces ♫ And the eager beaver uses Plate Downgrade right off the bat. The effects aren't that bad outside of sushi jubilee. The sushi on the plates doesn't change, just the color of the plates. The Little Gear actually feels pretty good to use surprisingly. It's a nice medium between having no lane gear and the default one. Prefect for strikers that are not yet used to maintaining a lane gear. ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ ♪ BGM: Kodiak ♫ Whoa! That guy really was made out of corn syrup! A weak stunt dipped in weak sauce! Great, more meatheads. This is about the point in the game where stages no longer have both an opening and closing cutscene, so we can start plowing through the boring guys quicker. Seriously if you haven't been doing so, I strongly recommend you watch the videos to see the gameplay in action; cause I really don't see any benefit to both you reading and me writing out a play by play of every fight. Oh, also I swapped out Penzo with Elekan. Video: Battle - Saboteur Black Star Objectives - Start 2 or more sushi jubilees and win. - Make a 2-hit combo and win. - Eat 195 or fewer plates and win. Nothing of note on the prep screen so let's jump straight into the fight. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Kodiak Forces ♫ Capsules items make a return in this stage but this time we have a new item to grab. Skill charger works similarly to jubilee charger. It instantly fills one of your sprites skill bars; though which one it charges is random as far as I know. The great part is that you can keep grabbing these bad boys to keep an endless stream of skills going, which makes this fight go by quick. Like for real, this fight only last about a minute and a half. ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ I dunno if any artists read this thread, but if I could get some fanart of swole Musashi; that'd be great. ♪ BGM: Musashi's Theme ♫ Dang imperial litter bugs! You got a Training Black Belt! Sounds like the perfect way to earn Rainbow S ranks! That's important. Remember this for later. We should probably wash it first. Just saying. Against my better judgment of putting on used clothing, we equip the belt. ♪ BGM: Republic ♫ Now we can go back to the previous stages and turn this: Into this: Which I'm probably gonna spend some off-screen time S-ranking and three starring old stages, so when we come back we'll tango with the rest of Kodiak's men. New Sushi Sprites #017: Gnomzo Secret: Its protective hat is ever vigilant. Skill: Plate Downgrade - Lowers the quality of sushi flowing out of opponent's shrine by one plate color! Combat Lobster fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Oct 15, 2019 |
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Quackles posted:I think we've already seen enough herring in this LP. Makes you think.
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Update 9 - Sushi Shuffle So after the slight detour of S ranking all the old stages, we pick up where we left off with Kodiak's platoon. These next two stages don't have any cutscenes so let's take them on back to back and plow through them since they're nothing special. Video: Battle - Specialist Blue and Captain Braun Star Objectives - Win in 105 or fewer seconds. - Use skills 5 times or fewer and win. - Link 11 or more plates and win. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Kodiak Forces ♫ Star Objectives - Win in 105 or fewer seconds. - Use skills 5 times or fewer and win. - Link 11 or more plates and win. ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ ♪ BGM: Sushi For All♫ SLF troops exit THIS ONE-GIRL ARMY IS COMING FOR THAT SHRINE! Video: Battle - Kojiro 3: Return of Kojiro Oh come on! He's back at it again already?! ♪ BGM: Soldier Scene ♫ Hold the phone. You're not Kojiro. Musashi might be getting little too cocky. Even if most of these imperial mooks aren't that strong at all. ♪ BGM: Kodiak ♫ Great, now HE'S here too! You better be ready to throw up! The screen goes white and the shout of a nasally twerp rings out. ♪ BGM: Kojiro's Theme ♫ Cheese-n-crackers! Kojiro, you've flatten a man! TWICE even! It really won't, and I'm not saying that just to skip another encounter with Kojiro. Ouch... It ain't my fault you're bad at this. ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Win with 35% or more HP. - Link 11 or more plates and win. - Eat 140 or fewer plates and win. Oh right, we forgot to give back Kojiro's Little Gear! Then again knowing Kojiro, he would say he's too good for a lane gear for 'babies'. Anyways it looks like he's doubling down on the plate wall gimmick, and I say 'doubling down' because he's sporting a Unikan, the unicorn sushi sprite. Unikan's special skill is Double-Edged Lanes which is basically Runaway Lanes (See Update 5), but now it effects both lanes. I'm honestly worried Kojiro might be biting off way more than he can chew here; and if Kojiro's out of the Imperial Army, who will be my riv-hehehe who are we kidding, we live to give him his just desserts. ♪ BGM: Battle VS Kojiro ♫ If you're wondering if Kojiro has improved since we last fought, well, the answer should be pretty obvious after watching the first few seconds of the fight. Now that I think about it, I guess he thought he could compromise his lack of lane gear with a sushi sprite that'll speed up both his and my lanes. He would have an easier time linking plates while I struggle keeping up with the shift in speed. But like all half-baked plans, he didn't anticipate my natural ability to go with the flow. Sorry Kojiro, you just can't trip me up with your speed tricks. Say goodbye to your "sushi for days"! ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ ♪ BGM: Kojiro's Theme ♫ As long as you hold it as far away from me as possible, I'd be fine with that. Kojiro then runs off crying, again. Some say Kojiro's hatred for Musashi spans across many lifetimes and alternate universes. He's even a red head in one of them! Video: Battle - Commander Boyle Now that we're done with that distraction, let's get back to what we were doing, seizing this GROVE!! ♪ BGM: Kodiak ♫ Have you been like that this whole time? How are you not a puddle of flesh at this point? First he reassembles his body and now he wants to dance!? ♪ BGM: Preparing for a Battle ♫ Star Objectives - Make 3 or more glowing plates and win. - Eat 80 plates or more and win. - Make a 2-hit combo and win. We've reached the 2nd boss and this big cheese is using a Faeten, the fairy sushi sprite. Their Sushi Shuffle skill is what I call a 'mean' skill, in that you can use this skill to really mess with your opponent. You'll see what I mean in a second. ♪ BGM: Battle Vs. Boss ♫ Unlike every other time we've seen a new sushi sprite, this time Faeten's skill bar isn't full at the start; and it's pretty much gonna stay like that for the rest of the game. So here's how Sushi Shuffle can be used to be really mean to your opponent. Here, I'm building a stack of blues and then Boyle pops it. Then this happens: Not only did it rearranged all my sushi, it also broke my linking and cuts my blue stack short. And that's just mean~ ♪ BGM: Won a Match♫ ♪ BGM: Kodiak ♫ HEY I'M NOT DONE DOING MY WHOLE ONE-GIRL ARMY THING!! Not to mention Musashi, you've eaten A LOT of sushi. That can't be healthy. And with that, I think it's time we take a break, but we did it! Now with the Shrine Grove under SLF control, what could Kodiak and his men be planning to take out Musashi? Find out next time in Chapter 3! New Sushi Sprites #019: Faeten Secret: Its mischievous side is quite charming. Skill: Sushi Shuffle - Shuffles all plates in the opponent's lanes! #024: Unikan Secret: Emits floating sparkles when it runs. Skill: Double-Edged Lanes - Makes all lanes move twice as fast! Combat Lobster fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Oct 22, 2019 |
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Tuxedo Ted posted:That first video link goes to last update's Kojiro 2 battle, btw. I really need to quit trying to work on these so late at night. Fixed. Also technically I got a rainbow off the first Kojiro fight when I was black-belting old stages, but this is the first on-screen rainbow S.
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Shei-kun posted:Well, technically this time he dropped his job. And whatever dignity he had left.
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Yeah, I probably could have done a better job covering that up.
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