SolxBaiken

Yeah, invading all the servers ; -; and GGs, I hate murakumos so much ; w;

Amane does appear in 1 CG [bang's joke ending - The King of Men] but yeah that's it, he [along with 3/4 of the cast---specifically all the newcomers NOT named Kagura] are pretty expendable. Also nothing happens to Makoto, she wins the triple threat fight along side Bang and Tsubaki and that's all you hear from them. Kokonoe plays the same role she does in all the other games: exposition.

Is there anyone that follows Japanese players on the Twitternets? I'm really interested if this was in the arcade build or not.

More patch notes for 1.02 have been posted [character & system specific stuff] I'll try my best to translate when I get back if no one else has by then.

And the wait continues... Baiken-sama ; -;

This game is VASTLY different! Can't DP properly~ #kappa

I wish I could play this game .v. [15 hours in story mode on auto...and counting...]

Whoo~ Ok, I thought I downgraded into a Scrub 1st class because I had trouble landing DPs at first [and for some reason, Amane's 623+C I can just NEVER hit consistently...]

King of Men basically is a "tournament" to see who has the highest endurance threshold [because what other methods are there to measure manliness!?]. Makoto and Platinum are the "referees"/host and the contestants are Bang, Ragna, Jin, Carl, Amane, and Azrael. Round 1 HEAT; naturally Jin isn't feeling too..."hot" during this round but it is Carl who drops almost immediately despite Amane's encouragement. Azrael is complete "whatever" about the rising temperatures while Bang perseveres using his SPECIAL BURNING HEART! [and also some uplifting words from Litchi...who is a figment of his imagination]. Round 2 COLD; giving the contestants no time for rest the "arena" soon freezes over, this gives Jin his second wind and makes him go all NII-SAN on Ragna trying to warm him up. Amane is still worried about Carl while Azrael continues to brush off the cold. Once again (fictitious) Litchi ["Bang-san...FAITO~"] helps to keep Bang in the game. Round 3 ARA...kune?; this is where things get...weird...apparently the next test of endurance lies in the belly of Arakune...and so Ragna, Jin, Amane, Azrael, and Bang are consumed by Arakune [this is accompanied with a rather amusing CG that has them all awkwardly positioned in his guts...Arakune looks surprisingly "normal" inside.] Oddly Azrael seems rather comfortable... but in the end it would appear the digestive juices of Arakune are too great...as they contestants NEVER return... So...Arakune is the KING OF MEN!!! #canon

I'm only bout 65% (Q.Q) done but if memory serves me right Azrael has only been in 1 joke ending ["Bang's" - The King of MEN!]. Honestly tons of characters are just sitting around, occasionally [and quite artificially] padding the story, this is especially true of the original new trio [Amane, Azrael, Bullet] but Kagura gets ALOT of air tme, and play time [i swear I've played as him the most, which makes unlocking him that much more :\] I will say, that from their 2 interactions, I would welcome a Bullet and Azrael rivalry, CP2 they better have a Special VS theme! Or at the very least intro EDIT: Oh yeah, that's another problem with story mode, you don't ever get to play any of the "villains" so it seems really...one sided, and because of this there probably isn't a joke ending that is Azrael focused. Also, oh god; Makoto, Noel, and Tsubaki, all crying in unison in Japanese for a good 20 seconds, MY EARS!!!! DX

Not everyone, it's only a fraction of the cast, but pretty much everyone is used throughout them. And yes, the Eros specs where hilarious in CS...but repetition isn't... And oh yeah, I forgot about the island, lol, easily the worst repeat, as [i didn't find] it funny the FIRST time.

"Nothing" but from my own interpretations of the match vids we've gotten since arcade release, if she loses momentum she doesn't gain it back so easily... You'd be surprised at how many times I've seen Bullet destroy someone in round one and then just lose the match Q.Q it's been personally demoralizing to me, but now that we an actually play the game I can blame all loses on my own lack of skill~ = w=b

Haha, I'm just hopelessly pessimistic, but now that the loop is broken I hope to encounter more favorable possibilities...OF THE CONTINUUM SHIFT!

Correct...and honestly I don't think they're worth it this time around .v. Well, not the returning jokes...and I hate Platinum so hers was a dud [for me]. Although yeah, Relius [joke] probably has the best ending period in the game.

I've left my game on auto [as I don't want to keep mashing X] and go do other stuff, only coming back for "choices" and battles... It's been about 10hrs and I'm only about 50% done... So I'd say it's closer to 20, devs always love to pad their estimates to make it sound more time consuming than it really is. Oh! And consider that I'd bother with joke endings, which don't seem dependent on progression but I might as well 100% it I guess...heh.

People will be fearing you... Prepare to Q.Q But yeah, don't look at defeat as something negative and without merits, I know it's hard not to get consumed by the SALT but always try to look at each loss in an analytical light. Take it one game at a time~

Yes, Yellow RCs occur before a move connects, most feasible with projectiles and if you RC after a move (during it's recovery frames) you get Purple RCs, otherwise you get the standard Red, however regardless all the RCs posses some duration of time slow.

As of the last location test, the time delay is applied to all variants of the Roman Cancel with the situation [start-up/whiff, active/hit, and recovery] offering different durations. Overall it seems they're putting most of their system focus in RCs themselves as Ishiwatari mentions more possible RC "colors".

>Jin vs Hakumen >>Blood Pain plays >>>! They finally did it~

I thought the Highlander played? lol, I don't even understand this game's music!

I'd say Black Onslaught II still feels like a "special" fight, it just changed hands from wanting to be metal to wanting to be rock opera. Though yeah, without the harder edge it doesn't feel like it apply specifically to "violent" Ragna. If you had told me that plays during Takemikazuchi fight, I'd believe you. Honestly I think what kills it is reusing the same lyrics, should've just been a new song; hearing "LIFE! DEATH! NOTHING SHALL REMAIN!" just doesn't the same impact.

Air Unblockable

Man I will say this, I can't wait for the Library mode to be released in English, looks like a great companion to this twisted web they've spun, and I like that there's an option to quickly view related subjects... [Linhua has an entry~ but her quick links were to Litchi and one, as of yet for me, locked item .o.]

Ok, I had to watch it again...looked so similar...but whatever, back to not being allowed to KO anyone ; -;

wait.... Did this game just straight up reuse the exact same animated footage of Ragna vs Nu from the intro of the anime series...