kylehyde Posted December 19, 2012 Posted December 19, 2012 It was said that the Black Beast wiped out half the world. Timeline from CSSMC says it emerged in Japan and went on its rampage in Eurasia before being killed off on January 1st 2110. No mention of the Americas. Assumeably, they were untouched. Of course, they were still kinda "destoyed" in the sense that seithr now covers the entire world, not just the part the Black Beast touched. Sure but there are still mountains in the Americas like the cities in BB where people can live.
Tong Posted December 19, 2012 Posted December 19, 2012 Calling right now, next BB character will be an Indian Chief
Yaaay Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 So what happened to the Americas? Was it wiped out in the BB universe? Not interesting enough I guess. There's also no one from the Africas, Middle East, Oceania... basically everywhere that's not West-Europe and East-Asia is not included.
Starlight777 Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 Calling right now, next BB character will be an Indian Chief No an American character would most likely be fat or have blackface.
harmless kitten Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 Likely, seithr killed mostly everyone, with only small communities living in high elevations survived. If the Dark War (and then seithr) cut contact between Eurasia and the Americas, then it's possible they don't even know of ars magus. Of course, the Americas could be thriving as well, but the game is largely focused on Eurasia. The real reason is that Mori and the writers give no fucks. Only Eurasia (read: Japan) is important, yo.
mAc Chaos Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 Also don't forget the world was devastated by worldwide nuclear fallout when they tried to nuke the BB and it failed. Or maybe I am remembering wrong. Pretty sure that's why Haku freaks @ Kokonoe though.
FatalCounter Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) I don't understand all things about birthplaces or anything related in BB. Some examples. - Jin Kisaragi (a true japanese name) born in England (understandable, I suppose) and his brother birthplace is somehow unknown, yeaaah!!! - Carl Clover ( a real anglosaxon name) but born in Austria and with all his specials and Supers in Italian. I believe that in Austria, people actually speak german, isn't it? Super!!!! - Valkhenhyan R. Hellsing (an authentic german name) with a real german accent and some of his moves in german, you guess where he could come from? No, you can't know, it is so hard to find it out!!!!! Sometimes Arcsys need to do as Capcom, a short understandible story for a fighting game rather than a long story that sometimes doesn't make any sense with those Far East Dramas. People looking for any reason to hate each other and fight. It is beautiful at the beginning but then it becomes boring. Edited December 20, 2012 by FatalCounter
harmless kitten Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) I was under the impression they only nuked Japan near the beginning of its rampage. I don't understand all things about birthplaces or anything related in BB. Some examples. - Jin Kisaragi (a true japanese name) born in England (understandable, I suppose) and his brother birthplace is somehow unknown, yeaaah!!! - Carl Clover ( a real anglosaxon name) but born in Austria and with all his specials and Supers in Italian. I believe that in Austria, people actually speak german, isn't it? Super!!!! - Valkhenhyan R. Hellsing (an authentic german name) with a real german accent and some of his moves in german, you guess where he could come from? No, you can't know, it is so hard to difficult to find it out!!!!! Well, most of the birthplace info seems to have been made up on the spot, or before the worldbuilding was properly cemented (esp since postct characters generally have Hierarchical Cities as birthplaces rather than countries). Edited December 20, 2012 by harmless kitten
mAc Chaos Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 I just assumed they were born in the ruins of what passed for those areas. Doesn't mean England was supposed to be around when they named it as Jin's birthplace and only later made the Hierarchical Cities a bigger thing.
kylehyde Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 No an American character would most likely be fat or have blackface. I'm not talking about that, the Americas can mean North America, Central America, or South America. Hell, Azreal looks Central or South American if you go by his skin tone. And who knows, I remember a Mori interview where they asked him if he could have any fighting character from a different game in Blazblue who would it be. He said he would love to see Terry Bogard. Maybe Terry will be in the next game LOL.
BladeOfJustice7 Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 No an American character would most likely be fat or have blackface. You forgot to mention obnoxiously loud. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120916190421/guiltycrown/images/6/6c/Dan_Eagleman.jpg Not interesting enough I guess. There's also no one from the Africas, Middle East, Oceania... basically everywhere that's not West-Europe and East-Asia is not included. how many Africas are there Also don't forget the world was devastated by worldwide nuclear fallout when they tried to nuke the BB and it failed. Or maybe I am remembering wrong. Pretty sure that's why Haku freaks @ Kokonoe though. You know, I completely forgot about that little tidbit. Yea, most of the world was also ravaged by the nuclear fallout from the initial nuking war with the Black Beast, and then seithr only made it worse. Yes, this is the reason Hakumen has so much hostility towards Kokonoe and doesn't approve of her methods. Sometimes Arcsys need to do as Capcom, a short understandible story for a fighting game rather than a long story that sometimes doesn't make any sense with those Far East Dramas. People looking for any reason to hate each other and fight. It is beautiful at the beginning but then it becomes boring. Good sir, it seems you're implying Capcom fighters HAVE a story to begin with. That's why BB got so much popularity in the first place, it was because of its intricate story. And if it really was boring and redundant, then there wouldn't be threads on dustloop dedicated to the story mode nor would there be so much emphasis on the console release's storymode. it may be redundant for you, but it is very compelling for the majority of us who regularly post and/or check this thread.
Volt Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 I'm not talking about that, the Americas can mean North America, Central America, or South America. Hell, Azreal looks Central or South American if you go by his skin tone. And who knows, I remember a Mori interview where they asked him if he could have any fighting character from a different game in Blazblue who would it be. He said he would love to see Terry Bogard. Maybe Terry will be in the next game LOL. Then again it's Mori who said that. I don't even bother to read anything based on his interviews.
Rishtopher Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 Carl Clover ( a real anglosaxon name) but born in Austria and with all his specials and Supers in Italian. I believe that in Austria, people actually speak german, isn't it? Super!!!! That's actually quite easy to understand. He has musical themed attacks. Most musical terminology is Italian, ergo his attacks are Italian.
Yaaay Posted December 20, 2012 Posted December 20, 2012 how many Africas are there Oops! I actually wrote Americas first but then realised that was already covered in the word 'also', so I hastily changed in to Africas :P. I meant Africa of course. I don't understand all things about birthplaces or anything related in BB. Some examples. - Jin Kisaragi (a true japanese name) born in England (understandable, I suppose) and his brother birthplace is somehow unknown, yeaaah!!! - Carl Clover ( a real anglosaxon name) but born in Austria and with all his specials and Supers in Italian. I believe that in Austria, people actually speak german, isn't it? Super!!!! - Valkhenhyan R. Hellsing (an authentic german name) with a real german accent and some of his moves in german, you guess where he could come from? No, you can't know, it is so hard to find it out!!!!! Well, it's still not entirely known who and what Ragna exactly is so it makes sense not to reveal his birthplace yet. Valkenhayn may also come from Transylvania like Rachel, even though iirc some of Rachel's a reference to ancient (German? I don't remember) mythology, yet she's Romanian because she's a vampire. Apparently all non-sparkling vampires must come from Transylvania. Sometimes Arcsys need to do as Capcom, a short understandible story for a fighting game rather than a long story that sometimes doesn't make any sense with those Far East Dramas. People looking for any reason to hate each other and fight. It is beautiful at the beginning but then it becomes boring. I couldn't disagree any more. This game's story needs more praise imo, it has a very decent story and I find the characters very well-written. The concept is, even though it's sometimes a bit too confusing, is handled well enough despite it being used in many stories before. Most of it is still understandable, there's just an occasional completely unexplained mind-fuck that could have been told about more clearly. Then again, it keeps the story a bit mysterious, having a predictable plot that doesn't evoke any thinking is what truly makes you bored quickly. I think the Blazblue's strong points lie more in its characters though.
harmless kitten Posted December 21, 2012 Posted December 21, 2012 Well, it's still not entirely known who and what Ragna exactly is so it makes sense not to reveal his birthplace yet. Valkenhayn may also come from Transylvania like Rachel, even though iirc some of Rachel's a reference to ancient (German? I don't remember) mythology, yet she's Romanian because she's a vampire. Apparently all non-sparkling vampires must come from Transylvania. Haha it's an oldschool reference to Dracula (and what's Dracula backwards? Alucard). Transylvania was a region of Romania anyway.
Emma Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 From the latest BuruRaji, this is the cover for the upcoming novelization of Calamity Trigger. It looks like they're starting from the very, very beginning if Tsubaki's attire is any indication. Thoughts?
kylehyde Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 ^Looks cool, I'd love to get my hands on it.
mitsuyoshi Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 Wow,really cool,i hope it will be translated or get localization someday.
heavymetalmixer Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 A novel of the first timeline, HELL YEAH!
gamester Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 Yes. I also hope this gets translated or localized in some manner. Anything BlazBlue story related is a huge plus imo.
WipEouT Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 Looks interesting, but I wonder how much more of the storyline is going to be contributed to the franchise. As pointed out with Tsubaki's different attire I was thinking that could've made some reference to the Wheel of Fortune Drama CD.
raziel12 Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) coool but another novel we will never see translated but its good to know about it hopefully it tells how ragna met nu and the truth of his birth Edited December 22, 2012 by raziel12
Chaoschao222 Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 It is unfortunate that the odds of it reaching us are low. With a plot as convoluted as BB, the non-Japanese-speaking audience gets hella boned by all this side stuff; at least this is CT stuff....
Surf Posted December 22, 2012 Posted December 22, 2012 Tsubaki as beautiful as always. Do wonder if her personality will be different in this timeline than she is now. maybe this novel will help answer a lot of the questions we have concerning the original timeline. But jnowing Mori, it'll just create 100 more questions and answer very little.
BladeOfJustice7 Posted December 23, 2012 Posted December 23, 2012 The cover needz moar Hakumen in my opinion.
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