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Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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I think those ultimate attacks for when Groove hits 100% is dependent on the element of the pin that boosted it to 100%. So if you activate it with Fret using the Pyrokinesis pin, you get the giant meteor, but if you activate it with Rindo using Force Rounds you get the rain of spikey energy thingies.

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Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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I guess the one thing I'm worried about this game lacking is it's predecessor's thematic depth.

Like, on the surface, the original The World Ends With You was an interesting urban fantasy story that was pretty lean and tight, all things considered.

But like, TWEWY, for all it's setting is interesting and mysterious, isn't really about the UG, or the Reapers and their game. It's about Neku's growing out of his immature, self-absorbed loner mindset, and opening his world to others.

And this one, from what I've seen, is leaning more into being about the actual mechanics of the UG and Reapers? I'm not saying that it's a bad choice or that NEO won't be good and fun, just that I wonder if the devs were kind of missing the point about what made the original's story so good.

I could be wrong, though.

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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Things I like:

-Sidequests are included in Rindo's Thoughts at the start of every day so you know where to swing by to grab some FP/someone on the Social Network
-Red Hoodie Reapers have more personality

Junpei
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What are all of the 100% Groove attacks? I know there's Spiky Bullets Falling, Big FU Meteor, Lightning Cage, Spinning Tornado Summon, Freeze Everything, Rocks Falling and Dark Homing Wheels

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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Light sends lasers randomly from all sides, piercing through everything.

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A Sometimes Food posted:

In addition to what others said there's also Sound which DROPS THE loving BASS under your targeted enemy in a huge pulsing ground aoe.

Alright, that confirms all of the following Affinities:
-No Affinity
-Fire
-Ice
-Elec/Lightning
-Light
-Dark
-Wind
-Stone
-Poison
-Burst
-Sound

According to what others have said that still doesn't state what Kinesis, Magnetism, Water, and Time do.

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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God I love Fret.

GALAXY BRAIN, ACTIVATE

Junpei
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I'm continually impressed by how well they managed to make the usages of modern slang not sound awful. I could totally imagine a worse version of this story and characters where Fret used words like "Yeet" and "thot" and "twerk" and so forth way too much, but no, they keep it restrained.

Junpei
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It feels like there's a lot more puzzles and riddles than there was in the original. How do y'all feel about that?

Junpei
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are What A Shock and Just Keep Swimming any good as pins?

Junpei
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i miss Tin Pin Slammer

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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Okay, it's official. I'm shipping Rindo x Shoka.

Junpei
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Goddamn does Kill The Itch rock. Breaking Free is also amazing.

Junpei
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I still love the music genre Noise names like Jelly Madchester and Drum N' Stinger

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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People seem to really like what I call "Rider Kick" pins just from casual Youtube observation.

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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Some controversy is making it's way around regarding the Variabeauties being "stereotypes of gay men as flamboyant, fashion-focused and obsessed with a female celebrity" (read: Kanon) or something to that effect

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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Oxxidation posted:

can do

i will say that nagi's voice clip for using bomb pins has become excruciating

then swap her pin so that Rindo or Fret is using it so you don't have to hear it

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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I love how Rindo is actually able to understand Sho somewhat by just... googling what he says

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Rea posted:

No, Beat is still voiced by Crawford Wilson.

I think everyone who returns from the first game has their old VA which is kind of impressive

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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@Larryb: You'll get two more party members so you can use 6 pins at once in a fight.

Junpei
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You get the 5th party member in late week 2, and the last one, middle of week 3.

There's one more Scramble Slam in Week 2.

Junpei
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hahahahahaha, there's a pin called Doku Doku Panic

Junpei
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You know it's honestly kind of shocking how the "Extra voices" section of the credits is full of people who'd normally be the main cast in a game like this-Robbie Daymond, Zach Aguilar, Kaiji Tang, Johnny Yong Bosch, Greg Chun, Erika Harlacher, Kira Buckland, Cristina Vee-but aside from Griffin Burns as Fret, Xanthe Huynh as Kanon and Xander Mobus as Kubo, all of the main cast seem to be relative newcomers, or returning from the first game's VAs, none of whom were big name dub stars like the people I listed

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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I heard criticism of NEO say that the plot felt, quote, "Fanfic-y". Do any of you agree with that, or have anything to say on that front?

I don't 100% agree with that, but I can see the angle they're coming from.

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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Feels like enemies having elemental weaknesses isn't really important? Like it helps but I don't see anyone going "Oh for this boss, you def want a lot of Electric pins" or the like.

Junpei
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Larryb posted:

The final boss wasn’t as annoying as I’d anticipated (in fact it’s actually one of the easier bosses in the game ironically enough). Speaking of bosses, any good tips for the postgame superboss (since someone else here just mentioned that it can basically oneshot you even on Easy)?

It's weak to Water, if that helps.

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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Speaking on the soundtrack a little, I don't think Revelation is one of my favorite songs, but I do think it carries the mood of the times it's used extraordinarily well.

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thehoodie posted:

Which can actually be very good used in combination with other threads that give you a damage boost when at low HP.

The "Lapin Angelique Suicide Special" from the first game was built around this idea.

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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What does the Japanese printed on Nagi's shirt say?

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Okay Another Day question: Obviously this Def March isn't the old one with 777 cuz he's dead, but they put a lot of effort into that art of them. Is it a reference to something? Like is it animated versions of the people who would do live versions of TWEWY songs at SE concerts or w/e?

Junpei
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: DO NOT GOOGLE KANON TACHIBANA

you will get porn

Junpei
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I'd like to recommend Revelation as a really great song.

Junpei
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Are the Beat Drop Groove booster passives equally distributed? From what I've seen: There's one for Rindo x Fret, one for Rindo x Shoka, one for Beat x Neku and one for Nagi x Minamimoto

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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Remember, the pins are rolled for every individual noise in the fight, so the more Noise you face that you're trying to get the drop from in a chain, the better your odds

Junpei
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I love how photoshopping Susukichi's selfies into other locations has become a meme

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sunglasses

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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Line Feed posted:

Drunkposting to say Susukichi made me interested in Reversi thanks Squeenix

When I heard he liked them from a press kit I actually played a few games online, I think I might be getting better!

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Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
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So I saw that recently ALI started reuploading some of their songs (Lost In Paradise, specifically, the Jujutsu Kaisen ED) after the whole thing with their drummer blew over/got resolved (not sure tho) and it made me wonder if we have or are going to get an official version of Teenage City Riot

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