CrazyMartian

It's been able for quite a long while now. Macross Plus got quite a good reception this side of the pond, if memory serves.

Well, it comes with the territory. At least Macek and Harmony Gold did something worthwhile. Introduce Macross to a bunch of people. Later, some in this bunch of people outgrew the crappy mashup and preferred the originals.

The one you played with was me. It was really fun. I don't have you anymore in my list. An angry ex's idea of a plus for our breakup... But onto the real topic, I wouldn't mind a third or first person shooter based on Macross. However, EA does NOT have my favor and never will. Artdink has done a great job at making great games that are both easy to get into and deep in gameplay. Robotech Battlecry was... okay at best. It can't compare to the PSP games in the least. Well, maybe Ace, but not the others. As for the PS2 Macross game, that is for me among my favorite games ever. Battlecry did not even get close. -[inflated ego] And finally... Robotech? I want to forget about it. There is a good reason we can't play these games easily outside Japan, and that's Harmony Gold. They are not worthy of my money and further attention. -[/inflated-ego]

Congratulations on your patience.

This is an excellent recommendation. As a son who played a few videogames with his non gaming father, those are precious memories for me now as an adult. If you're even a mild gamer, playing with your son will only make things better if both enjoy the game or games. Who knows, you might even brainwash your son into liking Macross.

Enjoy whatever you like. The others will do the same.

I SSed it. I received no damage, if I remember correctly.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-03-24/gundam-macross-quake-messages-by-okawara-kawamori I don't know if it has been mentioned, but I read this in ANN a few minutes ago. The Gundam illustration looks standard... That dog... I don't know, but Kawamori's illustration is... beyond words... I would never have imagined the 25 and 29 (?) in that context... Quite... ..cute...

With more grunt units, I meant other variants with different visual features. For example, Ozma's S and Klan's S do look very different. I think it'd be nice if they added other F, G and R variants of the VF 25. But that's just nitpicking on my part. Something I would still like to see is a new, original campaign with a story mode associated with it. While the academy mode is a story mode of sorts, I still don't quite like the feeling it gives. I also think the VF-14 Vampire and VF-3000 Crusader are long overdue.

If you can do that, please do so. I really enjoyed Macross II when I had the chance of watching it, and hearing about the news and then reading them myself, I really felt as if a part of my youth went away. The next time I play the Macross II campaign on the PSP I will think of him.

I just read this on ANN... http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-18/macross-ii-producer-hiroshi-kakoi-passes-away-in-quake I really enjoyed Macross II...

One thing I would like them to add is more grunt units. Sure, this time there are many grunties, but one not associated with a specific character would be nice. I love my VF-25A, but I'd like my own F or G variants, not Alto's and Michael's. But that's just nitpicking on my part. You are right Keith, on mentioning the aesthetic additions as good points. I fully agree, but the few gameplay tweaks I didn't like did really throw me off the loop. As I have said, the L+Triangle, L+Circle commands or the non character based skills and the sudden drop in difficulty did strike me as odd, but eh... At the end of the day Triangle does bring a good amount of fun to be had. I only wish the custom characters had more than one face per gender.

In terms of gameplay, Ultimate felt much better than Ace to me. I'm in no way saying I consider Triangle a bad game, it was just a smaller jump in terms of gameplay from the second game. The part you speak about is correct. That does make sense, but what about non character specific skills? What if, for example, I want the pineapple salad skill, but I don't like the character that normally has it? That little part doesn't make sense. Something I forgot to mention... One of the things I really didn't like about Triangle is that it's ridiculously easy to unlock things when compared to Ultimate. I was getting Nyan Nyan points so easily despite not using a character with that skill, that in a matter of heavily playing the game for 3 days, I had bought everything from the store. In Ultimate, I didn't finish getting everything from the store until around a month before I got Triangle. I really had to work for my Nyan Nyan points back then, while they were handed over to me easily this time around. I don't know, maybe I'm weird.

It's not about being rich or poor. It's simply about being humanitarian. Places like Sendai were literally wiped off by the tsunami, the radioactive damage because of the Cesium will screw up their fishing economy among other many, many other problems. I gave to Haiti, so I'll do the same towards Japan. I have to add, that Japan gave help to my country, Mexico in response to the earthquake that caused a large destruction in 1985. I won't turn a blind eye to them now. They sent food, helped with reconstruction efforts and gave technical help to avoid the same kind of damage. In the personal aspect, I know a few of them, one of which is a former teacher and now a very close friend. I saw her the other day and I can simply say that I don't like to see worry on a usually cheerful face. Rich or poor, I don't give a crap.

I admit it felt more like an add on to me as well, but the new mecha, missions and the size thingy (better sizes for the capital ships) among several other improvements does feel much nicer. I still have to say that the removal of Triangle+L attacks, the option of choosing particular automatic skills from characters that have what you want and ultimate mode still does not sit well with me.

I talked to one of my former teachers (the one who still lives here) a few minutes ago and she told me she had managed to reach her family an hour before. She was still crying in joy after what was for her the most horrible weekend. I had been in a very bad mood all day, but hearing about her relief really made me feel happy. Yeah. I just watched that one episode again and yep... it did change the way I watched the episode, placing Sheryl as my favorite anime heroine, above Motoko Kusanagi.

That song got tears down my cheeks and I'm not afraid to admit it. Singing to the people in times of crisis. THAT is an artist.

Where? There are a few sites that are posting info on people who have been confirmed found and would like to add them to the list. Does anyone know anything about Haruhiko Mikimoto?

Yes, but the bonus is so small one would miss nothing, I think. The nickname your girlfriend came up with kicks ass.

I hope he situation at the reactors gets controlled or something.

One of my former teachers lives in Tokyo. We can't contact her to confirm she is okay.

I can add that there is a FAQ about the game, with some focus on the Academy Mode (school) right at Game FAQs, so go and check if you like. http://www.gamefaqs.com/psp/614495-macross-triangle-frontier/faqs/61883 Hope this proves useful. It's odd. In this second "playthrough" of the game, I'm not buying anything. Instead, mecha, characters and stuff are popping up like crazy. It's not like I'm getting better grades than the first time I played the game...

I usually do that every week... I just forgot to do it the last one. That, and I was half asleep, which is the reason I deleted it.

Such is my life... I had unlocked almost everything, bought everything from the store and was in the process of unlocking pictures from the academy mode. One night, while deleting unwanted saves from other games I had recently played, I killed my MTF save... Now I have to do it all again... DERP DERP DERP...

Sweet! Thanks a lot!