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Can't you cancel it into Drive now? Or does it come out too late to connect now?

Finally got the game, and the question that's been on my mind lately is "Why would you ever use 2C?". If you want a safe blockstring ender, 5C is better; if you want a hard knockdown, 5C 5D 623B is better; if you want to use it in combos, you can only follow it up with 623B, which doesn't give you much damage even with Heat-Up (not to mention that 623B 22D combos are not worth the effort when you could go for the Drive combo instead). The only gimmicky use I found so far is canceling the second hit into Miquelet, but since you have no other options on block, it's going to be blown up every time after they see it. Also, it's weird how H1 combos feel less rewarding than H0 or H2 combos. You don't get double Heat levels, you don't deal explosive damage, you're just doing boring everyman combos that remind me of CP1.1. Or do an H0 combo to get to H2. Maybe there is some fun stuff I'm missing, but it just feels that H1 is the "You screwed up somewhere" mode. Oh, and I tested the Drive frame advantage and found out that red lock is safe on all levels, while regular Drive hits are unsafe on all levels. That certainly makes her H0 pressure a bit better, but on the other hand, you're not as happy when you get your Drive blocked on H1-2. At least it feels like the red lock comes out faster now?

If you mean the 623 move, I'm not sure if it even has any invul frames, so I don't know if you can call it a DP (but then again, I haven't played the game, myself). From what I understand, it's supposed to let her move out of that uncomfortable mid-range zone into close range, but you don't want to throw it out in neutral, and doing it in combos is usually inferior to her other options. As far as theory-fighting goes, I feel like Muramasa is more meter-reliant than most other chars, since her supers have a lot of utility (from a combo finisher to an actual reversal). If I were to pick up Muramasa (I probably will), I wouldn't feel bad about picking Aoi, especially since she lets you use more hype Railguns. The other assist should probably be pressure-oriented, just so her mix-ups are a bit more safe. Althea, perhaps?

And here you go, a whole lot of Anna info. http://pastebin.com/kEK7phm5 If you ask me, I'm not sure why everyone is sleeping on Anna, she seems to have all the required tools to be a very strong character. Is it just because her normals are lackluster?

It feels weird, really. Before the game was out, I felt like I've seen all the footage available and could even put it together in a single playlist, but now I can never be sure that I've seen it all, nevermind have all of it reuploaded to Youtube. Any video links are deeply appreciated. I didn't watch a lot, but I noticed that some characters have unique victory animations when certain conditions are fulfilled. I already menitoned before that Mora has one when she finishes the round with Child Play, but Ignis also has it when she finishes with her LB (so she stays in her white dress). I wonder if all characters have one?.. This was one busy weekend, but that Anna translation should be ready by tomorrow. Less things to be distracted by, too.

What else do you even need to make her low tier?

Yeah, that sounds like Saya, alright. You can see some of her footage in my playlist; it's mostly from pre-release streams, but she didn't change much.http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVyPvLn8SrUpsoL1RfGwVOVBD9a-P4tGB About Ein's LB: keep in mind that the move's active frames are actually pretty short, so you can dodge it pretty easily on reaction. Yesterday's Nitroplus stream had them whiff the shot twice simply because the other player walked at the wrong time. Also, you can roll through it, so apparently it counts as a projectile? And judging from this combo video, Muramasa's Enchant Minus can actually serve as a combo starter: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm26146130 While we're at it, this set has some hilarious moments for both Muramasa and Ruili: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm26146710

Yeah, sure, I can do that. She even got her wiki page filled to some extent already. http://npblasterz-wiki.net/nbfan/アンナ

Yeah, who would ever attempt to dub an anime adaptation of a game well-known for its dub?

I don't follow you: how exactly is chip damage different from grabs by your logic? Both punish blocking, but one is fine while the other isn't? They can be dodged in the same way, too (actually, chip damage is probably even easier to avoid).

- Does it actually have a proper training mode? The stream seems to practice combos in Versus.- After using a Blast, you can apparently cancel moves into quick action (roll, air dash, short hop), but I've seen it used even outside of a Blast. Can you clarify that? - Al has a follow-up on her 214A+B scimitar toss super that's performed by pressing any button (maybe multiple times?). What does it do? - Ruili's level 3 super (236236B+C) buffs her supers, but how? People were saying that she can combo them together, but maybe they get better by themselves, too? - Can you block Saya's ground super-blob (236A+B)? It has a grab-like animation, but I just never saw anyone try blocking it. - Any special properties on Anna's super-DP (623A+B)? Haven't seen it yet. - Where does Muramasa's parry super (623A+B) leave both players? Again, never seen it catch anything yet. EDIT: Aww, Mora has a special victory animation if she finishes the round with Child Play. That's so cool. EDIT EDIT: The Nitroplus stream is over, and even though it didn't have anything radically new in it, they did say that the official wiki is live now! http://npblasterz-wiki.net/nbfan/ Also, apparently, Muramasa's Manual Down (the healing super) blows the enemy away if they're close enough. That makes it more useful than I thought.

That's what the Tager players thought. It's not about the tier lists, it's about decent effort-reward ratio, and Amane's is kinda whack.

Even though I downloaded the stream footage, Youtube doesn't want to upload it, so I'll have to reupload it to Mega again. The videos being jittery is a problem on their side, not mine. https://mega.co.nz/#!7cpxTDjD!dK15tIDve5JD3uVeeuyFyG0Y_n9G5aRReHLgCHTmIZI https://mega.co.nz/#!zUogSZYI!rgoYTHFjcugaEaWfXXcByEPoNlSnsOYpgC7nvw9qzMg They were so entranced by the game, the stream went a whole hour longer than they planned. Most of the footage is various breakdowns of characters and system mechanics, but there are some casual matches, too. Some personal highlights: - They have shown all the LBs other than maybe Mora's, but we already saw that one. - The LB anime cut-ins don't change palettes, which is too bad. - Ein's parry is just her 5C with some guard point-like properties. Makes for some interesting option selects. - Ruili's LB lasts for about an eternity and gives her super-dashes, like KI's Thunder. It doesn't make supers free, though. - Muramasa has a healing super where she transforms in her spider form? - Unsurprisingly, Ignis's BGM is Kokou no Tama. - Good luck seeing Ignis's traps, especially if you decide to combo her while she's sitting on top of one. - On top of the poison, stun and feint traps, Ignis even has a super-trap that looks just the same as the rest when she sets it up (unless you watch her power gauge closely). EDIT: Oh, hey, the movelists on the main website are now complete. http://www.examu.co.jp/nitroplus_blasterz/character/chara00.html Speaking of which, Hayashi D said that they're going to open a community Wiki-like website for all the info on the game, so you can look forward to that. And they added the Ranking page, which has some adorable chibis by Minoa. http://www.examu.co.jp/nitroplus_blasterz/ranking/ranking_score.html

What does the source of income have to do with the product's quality? Crowdfunding is not online petitions or whatever, money gets shit done no matter where it comes from. And it's not that difficult to find many decent things that came out of it, but I guess those are just not good enough for you. But anyways, I thought Omen was our proper shadow Jago character? The goal does seem unrealistic, but at least I won't miss another shoto clone.

Actually, I hope so too, mostly because she's the only redhead that came to my mind. And she's a pretty awesome character.

You tried.

Okay, I just thought it might be because the opponent is still in stun or whatever.

You sure it's not because the recovery is over and you link the throw rather than canceling into it?

I don't remember any redheads in Horizon. This is not how you're supposed to hype me up, game.

Well, there goes my second favorite Pokemon.

Gonna second the sentiment mentioned in the last BuruRaji episode: you really can't tell Mai's gender from the voice. For that reason alone, I applaud Hayami-san's work on her role.

Of all times to have no money, it had to be now... Looking forward to new Bullet, but she might wait until the end of the month for me.

Yeah, since the game is coming out so soon, I'm not sure anyone is impatient enough to want any translations right now. I'll do my best reuploading those two streams, but, again, the footage is going to be much less rare by then, so don't feel bad if something goes wrong again on my end.

No translations today, either, too busy. But I found a write-up on Anna: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s604/sh/d656ed1a-f795-4e47-84f5-805d2a3d7a17/09fb6b2485a62773e0cd8ea203365ab9 Actually, which write-up should I translate first? Any request would give me enough motivation to translate it ASAP. I got some stuff on Muramasa, Mora, Ruili, and now Anna.

It always surprises me how many different puns they are able to come up with again and again, even for the veterans like Ragna or Noel. And in two different languages, too! Speaking of which, I just checked the JP trophies, and Rachel's Japanese achievement is called "Is the order a princess?". Brilliant.