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The big problem is manpower, it seems. For example... Alpha Gaiden is cracked, hacked, and beaten. The issue is just the raw amount of dialogue that needs translating. There's just too much text and too few translators. Same story applies to the SNES SRW Gaiden.

How many games have you developed, mister expert? One of the goals of the game was to make all 3 modes useful, as that usually ranks much higher on people's list of things they want to see in a Macross game than using the GBP does. And they largely succeeded. Generally you WILL change modes a few times during the level, unless it's a fighter-based stage. The GBP would break that, as it adds a great incentive to use battroid exclusively. FAST packs don't, though they're limited to space combat and the non-continuity VS mode(thank goodness they didn't adhere to any real structure for that). ... Actually, any decent Macross game will have limited use for the GBP outside of special stages. If a GBP can be successfully deployed most of the time, the game is failing seriously elsewhere. And a GBP stage didn't fit with the story for Battlecry(or most Macross stories, for that matter. It's sole deployment in SDF was essentially Hikaru being stupid.). I know for a fact that the development team DID include large Macross fans. They WERE trying to make a good game, they just approached it from a diffrent angle than a lot of people here wanted to see. And their approach DID leave it with some flaws, but on the whole it's a fun game. That's more than can be said for a lot of other licensed titles.

Depends on how long you thrust. Remember, constant thrust != constant speed in space, since there's nothing to slow you down. If you meant acceleration, it's not defined. Likely not very fast, just due to the mass involved. Could probably work it out IF they mention how long it takes to reach orbit when it first lifts off.

Heh.

Guncannon shoulda been Haruhi. It's the only one with bunny ears. HAHA! There's a Gaogaigar in the Gundam audience!

Sigs are filtered. But bypass-fu works just as well in sigs as in posts. Obviously, avatars aren't. But I bet someone'll smack it down as soon as they notice.

The GBP isn't allowed because of form restrictions. Even ejectable and restricted to ground missions only, it would break any cinematics involving transformation or non-fighter mode as well as levels where you start outside of battroid mode. I understand exactly WHY it was done. I just don't like it.

Pickes are disgusting. But easy to pick off. If they pump your burger full of mayo, you'll never be rid of it. No matter what, there'll always be crevasses full of the stuff... Especially if it's a cheseburger and the cheese is properly melted.

Yeah, I know what you mean. What you describe isn't possible TODAY. No, they were hacked. It's the only way for there to have been any translation at all. ... Actaully, I lie. It's possible the original games were like that. A lot of original japanese games have the basic stuff in english. Heck, the FamiCom controls are even labelled in english(actually, all game systems since then have been). Japan's wierd about that for some reason. 413530[/snapback] a lot of mecha games are like that. gundam etc. I have played a good amount of imports. there are a ton of games with english menus etc. macros plus game edition is practiclly english as are others. 413846[/snapback] FamiCom Macross was actually what reminded me of that nonsense. "TO START PUSH" But it was even more prevalent in the NES era, sometimes with humorous results(such as Rally-X's CHARRANGING STAGE, or hte above mentioned Macross title screen). It's bad enough that many 1st-gen NES titles can be found in a version that contains a FamiCom game board and a FC->NES adapter(identifiable by weight. Famicom game+adapter carts are slightly heavier than their NES-native version). Both versions use identical ROMs, so it doesn't matter which you have unless you're looking for an adapter.

You're right, though for diffrent reasons than you think. The sort of cultural contamination seen in SDF Macross had been witnessed before. Bodol's solution, while excessive from our point of view, was the official "cure." They also reduced an Earth-like world to a smoking uninhabitable cinder jsut to make a point while interrogating Hikaru, Misa, and Kakizaki. So at best we were irrelevant, at worst we were viewed as a direct threat to zentradi civilization regardless of our tech level. Killed each other off in civil war. They could actually be doing that anyways. We know their heirarchy ended at the PC, and the PC are gone. Beyond that, we only know that the zentradi were a cohesive force through Bodolza's level, which isn't the top. There were over a thousand such fleets in the zentradi forces, and the connection between them is unknown(as is how many levels are above them). DYRL illustrates just such a situation. While it's status in continuity is that of a movie created within the Macross universe and a grossly inaccurate retelling of Space War 1, there's still the possibility that it draws upon actual Zentradi history(as told by Exedol) for inspiration. We know that they hadn't ACTUALLY degenerated into a war between the sexes, because SDF Macross is currently the official version of events and Lap'Lamiz' forces answered to Bodolza, her Direct-Defense Fleet was viewed with great respect by Britai, and Bodolza considered it bringing in the "big guns." Hardly the way you would treet a traitor force that defected from your mortal enemy, though there IS an implication that females are the elite special forces of zentradi society. But it's possible the zentradi forces DO consist of several independent megafleets roaming through space and locking horns every time they cross paths. That tidbit of history would have inspired the DYRL writers' Zentran/Meltran war, with Earth being tragically caught in the crossfire between 2 fleets. The gender rift was widened in as an artistic measure to emphasize the alien-ness of zentradi society, that men and women had become so far removed that they no longer even recognized each other as the same species, even though in "reality" they just didn't share ships. If it sounds far-fetched, you aren't too familiar with real-world "historical" movies.

I PWNZ DIS N00B BOARD WIF LEET SKILLZ!111

Always a good episode. ... Too bad she didn't shoot back until the very end. A giant data alien battle royale would've been awesome beyond belief.

So the entire franchise is technically impossible. We already KNEW that.

Oh, for pete's sake... Shit. If you're gonna trick the filter, at least do it RIGHT.

Thanks ... I did consider that. The G2 constructicons are the same size as the originals, only yellow in color and would still cost high prices off of eBay. Odd, 'cuz I was given a G1 Devastator gun and it's way too large for my G2 stuff. Ah well. As far as price... guess I wasn't the only one that thought of that.

It's a case-by-case thing. Glasses just fit Yuki so well.

Fine. I want my drug-induced insanity! ... In the game, I mean.

*sighs* I REALLY didn't want this one to end. Sign of a good show, I suppose. *crosses fingers for a season 2* I think it was the latter. They might not have meant it QUITE so literally, though. But Mikuru was working off historical records from the future, so she might've meant it directly. She was just being vague to avoid breaking any rules. And Haruhi gives up on the ponytail totally later(as you can see in the post-Melancholy episodes). Apparently she decided short hair is just plain better. And we definitely need more Yuki. *petitions for a Melancholy of Yuki Nagato series* *kicks Kyon over the glasses thing*

I have an idea... The Constructicons were scaled down and re-issued in the Generation 2 toyline. It won't be quite as imposing as the REAL Devastator, but it'll likely be far cheaper than getting a complete vintage Devastator, and higher quality than the bootleg. Nah, but likely it will be PG-13 at most in the US.There were a number of crazy people who jumped on the Transformers bandwagon (there have been alot since 2004) that demanded that Transformers will suck unless it was rated R18 with explicit human violence. And sex. YES, inappropriate sex in a movie based upon a toyline sold to kids. You know, because all the 'True Fans' are adults now who can handle seeing Spike have sex with his girlfriend. Morons. 413590[/snapback] Spike would NEVER have sex with his girlfriend! We all KNOW he's gay for Bumblebee!

But my point was I want free selection. Hmmm... I wonder if there's any Action Replay codes to use the QRau... Blech. No such luck.

Not really. We're only counting electrical power, but thermodynamics counts all energy. As a more conventional example: By our count, burning coal generates far more energy than we put into it. By thermodynamic's count, it generates far less, with most of it being lost as heat. They're getting really close. I'd bet in the next decade it'll be viable. And actually, there HAS been one totally viable solution. Unfortunately, it was deemed a serious security issue, as the solution involved blowing up a constant supply of fusion weapons in a cavern underground. It worked, but the steady supply of nuclear weapons moving into the facility would've made it far too easy to "lose" a few, so the project was abandoned.

Of course. Remember, this is the root that everything else is based on. Even MSIE borrowed a lot of look and feel from Netscape Navigator, and Mozilla Suite was the next generation of Netscape. Seamonkey is just Mozilla Suite after the Mozilla Foundation terminated their namesake and forbade anyone continue it under the old name. Remember, Seamonkey is an unofficial project(though Mozilla Foundation HAS provided an infrastructure for it's development, and it WAS a Mozilla product as the Mozilla Suite, it's not considered one anymore). But yeah. Mozilla Foundation seems to believe they should focus on one or 2 products to the exclusion of all else. As soon as they shifted their focus from Mozilla to Firefox and Thunderbird, Mozilla almost totally disappeared from the Mozilla website well before it was killed. And while they have other products, mentioning them would take time away from pimping Firefox and Thunderbird.

The problem is making a fusion reactor WORK. Fission is easy, but fusion is a lot more difficult. To date, there are no successful fusion power plants, though they have a few that hypothetically would have surpassed break-even if they'd actually been equipped to generate electricity(break-even is the point where you get as much usable energy out of the reactor as you put into starting and sustaining the fusion reaction).

But the pickles were only in the original series and DYRL. I R CONFUZZLED!

Yeah, I know what you mean. What you describe isn't possible TODAY. No, they were hacked. It's the only way for there to have been any translation at all. ... Actaully, I lie. It's possible the original games were like that. A lot of original japanese games have the basic stuff in english. Heck, the FamiCom controls are even labelled in english(actually, all game systems since then have been). Japan's wierd about that for some reason.