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Running is always a good idea. That's what I tended to do in GTA 3 and Vice City. If I had a misison where there was going to be a lot of shooting I tended to place cars in certain positions before I got to close to where the shooting was going to take place. Then run (if I don't have to protect anyone) and then get them caught running around the cars or between then. Gave me time to line up shots and avoid gun fire. Haven't played GTA: SA yet but from the sounds of it, if its a rail gun type of action, why not just go for the engines if you can aim at the cars or maybe shoot at other cars. If its anything like GTA 3 and Vice City cars tend to start driving crazy after being shot at, crashing into anything in their path which should push some of the cops away cause they are getting hit thus increasing their damage. Or just go for the tires.

A look in Kakashi's past should be nice. I don't know, maybe its jsut me but lately I've been far more interested in characters like Rock Lee, Shikamaru, Hinata, etc instead of the main characters.

Good point Keith. I can't help it, but I feel that all this is an after thought like the Star Wars series. I wouldn't be surprise if Kawamori release a "Special Edition" Macross DYRL with addtional footage hinting Minmay is somehow related to Mayans. I mean why is Minmay and the other Basara so special? If it's singing from the heart, there are thousand of singers that do that on Earth, How come the Zentradi didn't get affect by that? I mean come'on there are tons of old broadcast signal flying everywhere in space, they should have heard some of it while scanning the radio waves. I mean if the Zentrdi know that there's a planet with thousands of singers, wouldn't they turn tail and run from it? I hope that made sense ;; You know that's really something I've wondered about to be honest.

You could always use some cheats to get passed the part. Maybe some have been released already? Like one to restore life, armor, etc.

Fast deployment probably. Might be a little faster to launch the parts back to back quickly from their elevator than to carry the MS to the catapult, set it, and then launch. The Minerva looks like it can hold a lot of mobile suits, and Gilbert said it wasn't at its capacity yet, while declining to tell Cagalli how many it could carry exactly. I still don't get how that can be better. If a full scale battle with each side having a good deal of mobile suits those pieces could most likely get picked off since it takes time for them to combine even if its fast. Also since the Minerva has all that space I don't think breaking up into parts could be to make room in the hanger. The only thing that looks like that changes are the weapons packs, no unless it can change legs I don't really see where the advantage of it being broken up like that. While the V Gundam was broken up it made sense since they were always on the go and it always seemed to be seriously damaged without ways of repairing it all the time and no base of operations. The Impulse has the advantage of having a full time repair crew.

Macross 7 (series) has to be my favorite. I agree Macross Zero should be on the list and Robotech's Macross Saga shouldn't be since it isn't part of the Macross Universe and since SDF Macross is already on the list. Can we get a mod to edit the poll?

Thanks. Can't wait to get my hands on this. Has anyone gotten to any of the other cities in the game yet or still on the first one? Do you get a base of operations in the game or is it basicly like GTA3 and Vice City were you happen to get a place to park your cars/save or just a place to save?

Who is voicing Carl?

I'm really looking forward to listening to the different radio stations in GTA:SA. One of the things I tended to do a lot with GTA3 and Vice City when I didn't have time to play was to park somewhere where my character couldn't get into any trouble and just have the radio stations on to either listen to the music, or the talk shows. More so the talk shows at times then the music. Those(music and talks shows) alone at times tend to be worth the price of the games.

I wish they would use Maven more to be honest.

Not yet. It isn't out on dvd yet in japan so I don't think we'll see a fansub until then. What I heard was that it might not be out till December. Then again if the author of the manga was behind the story for the movie(which I believe is the case from the one movie special that aired) then it could very well go into Kakashi's past in some detail without it being in manga. Still then you have the trouble of trying to combine that with the manga and anime unless its made clear that just his past is apart of the manga storyline and not the present storyline in the movie. I just really want to see it. I figured the movie timeline might follow things the way the DBZ movies are setup in that it has its own sepereate timeline. The 2nd Naruto movie is already being planned for next yet.

I actually hope this doesn't happen to be honest. Though I would like for Sai to appear again. I think that's his name, the one with the glasses.

I'm just keeping in mind that these are Genins that were taught jutsus they have no business using. I like the "ninja chess" aspect of the series and I hope they steer clear of That is what I got out of the Naruto/Sasuke fight.... it went a couple chapters longer than it had to. The important thing is that it is over and we'll never speak of it again. Oh I agree. On other forums, that's what I try to get across when I give my opinion. They are using attacks they have no business using, nor are mentally (in my opinion) prepared to be using. What really made me like the series was the Kakashi and Zazza(sp?) fight at the lake. Two experience ninja pulling out attacks but at the same time using their heads. Then we have Sasuke and Kakashi, helping. Not by using brute force or high powered attacks but working as a team and using their heads and being creative with low level skills to help free Kakashi. I miss that, when the kids were while ninja, still kids and the adults did a lot of the fighting, thus showing the difference in power. Now with this latest arc things have gotten so blurry and just pushed things. I wouldn't have so much of a problem if the characters were older. I have to agree, it seems things are just turning into a powerful match up. One person powers up and the next person powers up and they fight and continue to power up. Things aren't being decided by skill. That works for the different Dragon Ball series since it started out like that but even then they attempt to be creative about it at times but Naruto didn't really seem that way in the beginning and looked like it would have been different but it seems to have fallen back on that which makes it worse I think.

Hmm the filler anime arc is almost over and honestly I enjoyed it. To be honest as well I didn't care for the whole Sasuke leaving arc in the manga. I felt all the arc before that were done a lot better and were more emotional, the Sasuke vs. Naruto fight has nothing on the whole Naruto vs. Gaara fight when it comes to being emotional. I think it might be bacause I don't really like Sasuke. It took the author to long to give us background information on Sasuke on why he really is the way he is. He didn't give us Gaara's background right away but it was given a lot sooner though and it connected with Naruto's background which added to the emotional impact of the fight. I just didn't get that with the latest arc between Naruto and Sasuke. Is it just me or did the whole Naruto and Sasuke fight in the last arc just seem like a Dragon Ball Z fight gone wrong? It had the DBZ feel to it at times but then it just went in this weird direction which I don't feel was a good thing. I don't know, maybe I'm alone in that.

Beening wondering if the show was any good as well.

Very possible, if they did go that way it woudl be believeable.

Hmm wishfull thinking on my part but maybe Macross Zero was done, or strange ending to setup a new series which they might announce soon or at the start of the new year so it could be a tie in. Yeah I know, not likely. Does the AFOS get a signel off or anything? Is it destroyed by the Monster?

Someone in the thread wondered if the little boy being picked on could have been Azrael, learder of Blue Cosmos. Would make sense for his hatred of coordinators if that was him

I'm hoping the special edition takes out the helmet but if they do that it brings the question, what would have happen that would have caused Mwu to take this stance. Sure a life or death exerience could do it or maybe he woudln't have any memory of things which could play nice into him meeting past crewmembers from Seed.

Okay that's wild. I wonder how that is explained.

So what exactly happens in the end? Who dies? Does it lead into SDF Macross, DYRL or is it just vague? Who or what makes a surprise apppearance?

Only in Japan. There are seriously some weird games that never leave that country, this is right up there. My thing is from that vidoe, it seems they are trying to capture the girl and it shows she is being controlled but why are they firing missles, etc at her as well?

So sad that he is ignoring things and allowing one man to bring things down such as he has. Isn't this the same thing that killed WCW interest in fans? With certain people calling the shots, walking all over the others from behind the scenes since they were in positions of power.

I don't see it as a lack of creativity to use them in other universes. It would lack creativity if they were explained the same way but they are explained differently in UC and in Gundam X. I'm interested in seeing how Seed will explain them if they were do. I was always disappointed it was never explained in the first Seed series.

Just finished episode 2, damn. I hope all this action doesn't mean that things will be slow during the middle part of the sereis. Its good to see that Shin doesn't waste any time and knows exactly what he's doing. What's with Stera though? Is she like that one girl from Zeta, the one that liked Camille? Can't remember her name. Already it seems like she might be the main rival for Shin or some insane love interest setup if you go by the opening.