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GGs to too many people I just played. Seriously, I don't think I've had as good as time grinding ranked as I did today. RinHaraSaki, you get a special shoutout since I remember you from BBVlog (which I miss dearly). I doubt you'd remember one random match but I played Carl against you. Did you lose on purpose the first round? That hurts my feelings if you did because I got blown up so badly right after :C

Thanks Emma! I think I might just order the PS novels, I really want to know the full story. Also, I'm gonna run down this thread, I don't want to inundate it with just my questions lol.

Judging from how they're making a bunch of new assets, I guess there's more of a chance of it being longer than shorter? I guess this is good news since I'll be done school and actually have time to play it lol. Thanks for the info! I'm off to be a model student! (maybe)

How long does it take, after the Japanese arcade release, for a BB title to reach NA consoles? Is it consistent across each version? As much as I like the hype, it's really just making me impatient, I kinda want to forget about this and have it be a pleasant surprise.

I know I asked a similar question before but which PS novel does Caelica get Nirvana in? I'm kinda lost in all this right now. Is it in PS4? She looks sentient, kinda makes me feel bad that she was sealed now Also is there a relationship between Ghost Teremi's eye and Jubei's sekigan (iirc, that's its name?), that one scan looks awesome. Looks like Tsubaki's ancestor to me. I guess that's either Izayoi or an earlier version of it?

I can understand why people are scrambling for Lambda/Mu news. If suddenly Carl and Relius disappeared from the game, I'd be restless for news. If they weren't in the next BB, I'd probably even drop it. Hopefully we won't have to wait too long before there's some definite answers on those characters.

I can't actually argue with that...

I don't care about the stages or VS themes tbh, I want more special battle intros. Not just ones where they have specific dialogue, I'd like them to do stuff too.

Ah, thanks for the explanation Tokkan! So then, if I may ask, why are Nox Nyctores also called Phenomena Weapons? The reason I ask is because the name makes it sound like they either aid or restrict phenomena intervention. I'm wondering which it is, if either of the two cases at all.

The mention of her in Plat's bad ending would make sense, I just don't remember Valk ever saying anything about her. I didn't remember the mirror room though so I probably just forgot. I'll play through the story again later this week. Also, sorry, I knew that you'd read stuff on the jbbs threads but I thought you were only referring to the stuff about PS4. When you mentioned that detail about Caelica from PS3 specifically, it gave me the impression that you'd read the other novels. How does she control seithr exactly? Like she can concentrate/dissipate it or something? And do we have a glossary for BB story terms? I'm actually not sure what "phenomena intervention" means or what the definition of a Phenomena/Causality Weapon is other than it being basically a term for a Nox.

Hmm I don't think Celica is ever mentioned by name? I know that Valk did mention knowing Nirvana's previous master for sure though. Also, did you read all the novels Tokkan? Are you able to comment on my question about the reading level? And when you say "antibody" do you mean that she also has the power of order?

Probably a dumb question to ask but I'm not sure who else to ask: What level of Japanese would I need to know to read these novels? Missing all this backstory is kind of killing me. I didn't know Celica used Nirvana at all. To clarify, when I say "what level", I mean like something comparable to literacy levels in North America (ie, x~nth grade, college level, etc). If I can, I'll order the novels and continue studying Japanese until I can read them. At the moment, I can only read kana and like 30 kanji :\ BUT I'm willing to study hard for this since I don't think we'll ever get an official translation (plus it would help me when/if I import other games or want to get into other Japanese media). Also, does anyone know how long they are?

Oh good point actually. Really hoped it's explained in more detail what that place is. I guess if it was part of her subconscious, Rachel couldn't be there.

OHHH Ok, thanks Raziel. I couldn't remember that at all. I didn't think it was an actual occurrence, just a dream lol.

Can you elaborate on that mirror room part? I don't remember Noel being in a mirror room so it's hard for me to understand what you mean there.

Btw, when should we expect to hear/see things? Near the end of TGS? I remember hearing that there's a public portion on the last day or something. I'm guessing mean people are going to be trying out the game on the last day and then we'll get to note the new changes? Really hoping for new official video so I can hear the new themes and maybe get a look at the new spritework, etc.

I can't remember what my friend does to set this up, but when we have Liz vs Yuki matches he uses a super to get me on the other side of the screen and charge his unblockable when I'm falling. Then, as I'm teching on the ground, he does that fullscreen reverse fire pillar super (I forget the name). It used to get me a lot til I learned to mash Hamaon on wakeup for the invincibility.

Well we know it looks awesome, that's something lol

Carl's new astral...He FINALLY gets magic tricks. All is right with the world.

You saw it? I want video, link it to me plz. EDIT: Just saw the pic. I like this. Cape--> MAGIC--> GEARS! I hope it's not too difficult to actually land though.

Kanji matchup makes me sad because I get so cocky when I have him immobilized, then he can hop>EX air command grab and it's downhill from there. Lesson learned, don't get cocky.

lol every time someone posts, I'm like "YEAH, new Carl news!" but then it's just a random post. I hope we see some good stuff at TGS. I'm hoping we get to hear some of Carl's remixed theme too.

They had something like this in the story mode before. Like those gimmicky matches where Jin couldn't use D moves, or when Carl couldn't use Ada. I thought that was at least interesting. Granted it's not as deep as the modifiers as Abyss. Also, on the topic of Abyss, I think it was actually pretty fun. The only boring part was grinding for that trophy, but that's not really necessary. CSE is the only one that I don't plan on Plat-ing. No, I was trying to show my appreciation! I'll just stick with exclamations next time lol.

Thanks Blade and Starlight for the explanation :P Yukiko's projectile hits low though right? I forget the name, but it moves along the ground. Why would it be shocking to have that in BB for Bullet?

That's pretty cool. I-no palette suits Nine a lot better than Noel.