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Well, good thing that I'm already going to bed, I guess. Though probably there will be no vids by the time I wake up, so I can have some hype BGM, too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cDN5zzfDQs

Get ready for another dose of daddy issues story... And Laguna-Ragna crossover pictures. They're simply inevitable when you have two characters with the names written in the same way (ラグナ). At least my Balphier can rest in peace, there is a worthy character to stand in his place.

Suddenly, there is Platinum palette fanart on Pixiv. I guess it's better than that blurry scan, so here's the link: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=15051436 Now excuse me while I'm undertaking severe training for my body to be ready for the videos.

Why would you need any vids at that point, when the game will already be out? Still, I do believe that they will show us something new this month. Like, I dunno, last-minute character announcements or stuff.

Joy? Wonderment? That's, like, two of my most favorite things ever! Keep up the good stuff!

Come on, Mirrormoon are not that bad. Have some respect for the dead. So, do we still need to translate anything from the system part of the website, or is this post enough for now? It's missing some points, but that should be enough until the game's release.

Well, we always have Witch Hunt for our needs of Umineko translations. I'm sure this one will have much less text than the VNs, so it won't interrupt their EP8 translations too much. And if you want an official release, there is Mangagamer, who have already released Higurashi in English and did want to release Umineko after that. The price will probably drop, too, as it's not an actual physical release, but a download. The only problem being is that they've never released a fighting game before, their only gameplay title being Shin Koihime Musou.

Just noticed that the Meta-World gauge gets smaller with each cancel your opponent does. Gives this yet another angle for strategy. Translating the system page, here are some interesting details: - Some moves can be dash-canceled, but it costs you your Touch gauge. - The taunt restores some of your HP. - Beato's Infinity SP ability allows you to cast ONE SP super for free. - Same goes for Lucifer's Attack Touch: no more than one free Attack Touch per ability activation. - Shannon's Auto Guard allows for guard dashes. - Virgilia's Brimful recovers SP for both of your characters. You know what, we may just translate all that stuff and put it in the first post instead of those random facts. If no one does it before me, I'll try to do it tomorrow.

There is another way of gaining abilities, and that is by doing the regular Touch. Yeah, I was pretty sure that it's netplay, because we couldn't see the second player's team until the match started. And I wouldn't put it past them to simply have fun and then upload it as a gameplay video. I just wonder whether they had some kind of guidelines or scenario to follow during the match (like trying to show a way to pass through Lia's spear spam).

There is also a Meta-World video, which looks pretty damn awesome, too. It also has Endless Nine as the BGM, so my life is now complete. Judging by that Lucifer combo, one life bar equals to about 3000 damage. And there is yet another Touch option we haven't seen in action yet.

Ah, so that's how it works. Makes sense, as we've never seen an Attacker with half-filled SP bar. Nice catch. Meta-Field grants you both of your character's abilities, allows you to use their Meta-Field supers and serves as a cancel. Everything about it is listed in the OP post by now.

But you've already done it in the first post, with so many spoilers around etc. We have nothing to lose by now. I see that the devs spend a lot of effort to demonstrate how easy it is to punish Gungnir. I guess it does look overpowered, with all its reach and powerful-looking fireworks, but it's still blockable, and people will stop spamming it as soon as it stops scaring people. I've also just noticed that they characters have unique voices for switching with characters: Shannon calls Ronove by his name before doing the regular Touch. But Evatrice lost two stocks after Virgilia does Guard Touch at 1:30.

More observations! - There is a fourth Touch option called Defense Touch. It costs two stocks of your Reserve character's SP gauge and switches characters even in block stun. It also halves your Break Limit gauge and gives one SP stock to the character you switch out. - Virgilia's Brimful ability allows your Attacker to build his own SP gauge, without having to deal with all the switching. And a theory about secret characters: - They are not secret, they're added with the patches which come with EP8 and Tsubasa to encourage the sales. Both of those patches add characters which are relevant to the game they come with, so it's almost impossible to guess the character from EP8.

Yeah, but it also has two suspicious empty spaces for other two empty slots.

As if it wasn't obvious enough by two Totally Not Suspicious Empty Slots on the character page. That seagull seems to be voiced by Battler. Wait, wat? Virgilia's spear spam seems annoying, but I'm sure that it's easy to punish. The goat super looks even more awesome in motion. - It is possible to cancel the enemy Meta-Field activation by spending two stocks of your active character's SP gauge. Moreover, it is possible to cancel the enemy Meta-Field cancel by spending another two stocks of your active character's SP gauge. - You may enter the Meta-Field when your gauge is half-full, but it obviously won't last as long as with a full gauge. (Why didn't I come with an idea of using red for gameplay details sooner?)

- Zepar, is it possible for a man to grope another man? - Of course it is, Furfur! Even if men pretend to be women... - Or women pretend to be men... - It's all fair and well as long as the miracle prevails! - The miracle... - OF LOVE! *applause* Here's Ronove's move list, as it's really easy to translate, being written only in katakana: Elegant Sway Specials: Elegant Cutter Innocent Rose Elegant Shield Enchant Shield EX Specials: Elegant Twister Rose of Queen Perfect Shield Enchant Shield Max Dance Super: Elegant & Genocide Meta-Field Super: Devil of Devils

While I have nothing else to do, here's the list of the stages so far. I've also listed my guesses of the characters corresponding to the stages in the brackets. - The Portrait Hallway (Beato?) - Kinzo's Study (Battler?) - The Boiler Room (Lucifer?) - The Rose Garden (Virgilia) - The Warehouse Garden (Kanon?) - The Church (Siesta?) - The Shrine (Shannon) - Kuwadorian (Ronove?) - The "Golden Land" (the gold hideout) (Evatrice) - The Skyscraper Rooftop (Ange) - The Meta-World (Neutral stage/Boss?)

Because, uhhh, the fact that it's a boy is too, uhh, obvious... Damn, it's like I'm the one with the most dirty mind here, I already feels ashamed of myself...

But E9 is not a move, it's just a power level. They may refer to it in some way when someone fights him, but other than that, it probably won't have any effect on the gameplay. At least it's possible to get E9 as Battler's BGM.

- It seems someone worries about his true love's gender, Zepar! - Indeed, Furfur. How foolish he is, worrying about such things! - Nothing matters between the two who share the miracle... - OF LOVE! *Applause*

Hey, that really is Dreamenddischarger! Nice catch! Specials don't spend SP because of Beato's ability, which literally gives her infinite SP to play with. The catch about Virgilia's interface turning red is nice, too, as it basically means that switching characters twice is only required for the first Meta-Field activation (Beato-Virgilia player has only switched characters once). I wonder if the first player can activate the Meta-Field again before the second player does.

More gameplay details: - There are three ways of switching characters, all of which require a filled Assist bar. First, there are Touch (which simply switches characters) and Attack Touch (which comes with a free hit to continue the combo). Both of them cost half a stock of your second character's SP bar, but the former actually gives it to the character you switch from AND gives the now-first character the second character's ability. - The burst is called Damage Touch, and it's the third way of switching characters. It costs you two stocks of your second character's SP gauge and gives you nothing - except for the burst itself, of course. - To enter the Meta-Field, you must switch characters at least twice. If you do, your half of the Meta-Field bar turns red, and you can activate it whenever you want. You can probably use it as a cancel, Arcana Heart-style.

Speaking of which, Shannon and Kanon's profiles are up, as is the second gameplay video. http://07th-expansion.net/ogon/character_shannon.html http://07th-expansion.net/ogon/character_kanon.html

...Shouldn't that be censored?