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Thanks. Excuse getting OT, but that Hades fig looks nice. I'll have to check into that series, never heard of it. Same here. The Hades looks a lot like Vavel from Robot Alchemic Drive, too. Wonder if they shared a mecha designer

Not quite. The PCEngine games are non-canon. They don't fit into the official Macross timeline. So the VF-1xR came after the VF-1, but in an alternate reality where things happened diffrently than in the "real" world presented in the TV series. Bah.

Ooops.

No such beast exists. Robotech has a YF-1R, but it's not a Macross mecha.

Holy CRAP that's a lot of parts.

It was Max. Hikaru flipped the visor on his helmet up(the one and only episode he uses the visor).

That would be awsome just because it's so incredibly warped.

I said TOO serious. I'm not saying it shouldn't be taken seriously, just that they always tried to break it up with humor. The serious stuff was never allowed to just take the reins and run. ... I actually like stories like that, come to think of it. All my favorite tales have a pretty healthy mix of serious and comedy in them. Keeps things from getting bogged down in the drama.

So Fusion is bad, because it tells you which area to explore in, but Zero Mission is good, because you're limited to where you can explore by your equipment? No. Fusion restricts where you can backtrack after you get all that cool stuff. Zero mission does not LOCK ALL OTHER DOORS BEHIOND YOU so that you have no choice but dto do what hte game tells you to. But none of them tell ME how to play the game. They let me tell THEM how to play. I don't recall wandering into many dead-ends. And like I said, Fusion still locks doors so you CAN'T go anywhere else. I kept getting powerups, going "Oooohhh, I wonder what I can do now besides chase the boss down? Oh, wait... ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, because THE GAME WON'T LET ME!" Hey, I'm only dragging out one gripe. I could beat it with charges of bad artwork(hunchback Samus = bad. new suit design = bad), continuity problems(omega metroid vulnerable to ice beam = bad. omega metroid immune to missiles = bad), and poor gameplay decisions(SA-X being immune to missiles, and thus counter-intuitive to every instinct any half-decent gamer has developed = VERY bad. Game physics changing ot once, but TWICE in the battle with nightmare = very bad). I chose to restrict it to one gripe. I found Fusion quite unsatisfactory. Ironically, I found Prime, with all the pre-release crap about how first-person Metroid sucked, it wasn't even developed by the japanese, it was a blasphemous creation by pagan US shooter fans, et cetera, to be the best Metroid game yet. Yes, in the entire series. Wow. You've just described the ENTIRE FF SERIES. ... Well, okay, so the early ones were pretty decent RPGs, as the era went. But I'm of the opinion that Square got stuck in a rut. Somewhere around FF6 or 7, the name started dragging them down. They quit trying new things, and started canning games to throw more money at the latest FF. A notable example being Xenogears, which was forced out the door only half-complete because Square cut it's budget MASSIVELY half-way through development to generate more money for FF8. They took one of the best games of the generation and killed it for the sake of a completely irredeemable dog, because the dog was named Final Fantasy. I'm pleased to see stuff like FF11 and FFCC, because mis-step or not, they're doing something DIFFRENT with the name, even if they aren't retiring it.

*shrugs* Just a diffrent take on things, I guess. I always thought the humor was injected so you'd never take things TOO seriously.

Also good.

So you didn't laugh when Exedol burst into song because he didn't know Minmay's name? Or when Millia told Misa that if she wanted to hold a baby she should make her own, then threw Komillia across the room? Or Focker letting go of the steering wheel, standing up, and turning around in a jeep full of people to call Hikaru a dumbass? Or at the end of Space War 1, when Global yelled "Macross attack"? (I can't be the only person that thought that was funny) The original series was never really intended to be taken too seriously. The show that changed the tone of the universe was Plus, not 7.

It's not a perfect recreation. The GBA sound hardware isn't near the level of the Master System, much less the Genesis. And the screen aspect ratio is wrong. But it IS a good attempt. Metroid Zero Mission IS what Fusion should have been. Samus isn't a hunchback, the game doesn't FORCE you onto a pre-programmed path(I hate it when games create a huge expansive world that begs to be explored and then force you to not explore it), and it is completely 100% lacking in bosses that can't be hurt with missiles. It has it's flaws, but they're relatively minor. Regarding other questions: you CAN buy extra batteries for a GBASP, but it's not worth it. Headphones... get an adapter so you can use real headphones. Don't waste the cash on GBASP headphones. The MP3 player has been out fo ra while... and is a complete rip-off. You can buy a standalone MP3 player for the price they're asking, and one with more memory too. As far as accessorizing goes, I'd get a snap-on grip(I HATE the SP's width and depth, and you can get one woth extra batteries in it if that's your thing), a headphone adapter, and maybe a cigarrette lighter charger. After that it's just looks. You can buy "skin" stickers, and I'm quite partial to this one. Personally, though, I hate the SP. I can see my standard GBA just fine, and it's a more comfortable device. And the frontlight(which I find unnecessary) washes a lot of detail out of the screen. But that's just me. .. Have you considered investing in older GB games? The GBA is backwards-compatible with original GameBoy and GameBoy Color games. Metroid 2 and Qix stand out as games worth owning. Qix is a rather odd game(and hasn't ever done very well commercially as far as I know) but it's incredibly fun once you get into it. Metroid 2 is just more Metroid, which is rarely a bad thing.

Heh.

I didn't think they ever specified HOW he was suprressing his anger. It could have been raw willpower. I don't recall anything to indicate it was drugs. But I'll rewatch the relevant scenes later.

I like Macross 7. I can see why some people wouldn't, though. But it's just diffrent. It doesn't just suck, and anyone who says it does is just closed-minded.

You HAVE watched the original series, haven't you? "DAEDALUS ATTACK!" "Ummm, captain? We don't HAVE a Daedalus." "Well 'punch the other ship silly' doesn't sound right, so shut up!"

Mfft. Dunno what happened here.

That's ... a very nice feature. Saves everyone the effort of changing the hardware acceleration settings.

He was shown taking pills in one sequence. People are ASSUMING these pills were to suppress anger inherited from his zentradi father. It may very well be he just had a bad headache, which if I recall was supposed to be a side effect of the BDI system.

The battle has started. Teh doorknob cannon has been deployed.

No, they're druggies, remember? How is it, in a desolete wasteland, they're soo well groomed, when I can hardly keep food stains off of my clothes here?!? I don't like the animation, at least the fluidness off it - the fight scenes seem choppy. Look at the Kingdom Hearts - Deep Dive video for what it should look like. btw, for lovers and haters of FF7 alike, check out http://www.rpgworldcomic.com/. It does a great job of making fun of it. Also check http://www.adventurers-comic.com/ Which had a crossover sequence with RPG World at one point. And they spoof RPGs in general. FF7 just offers a lot of fodder.

I keep forgetting if it has a PS2 version. A bit of lookinh around ... http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/data/919042.html It has a PS2 version. Which is allegedly already out in Japan, though I don't believe that's at all accurate. Anyways, there's fairly credible rumors that Sony won't be licensing any more 2D games. If it comes out, it's likely going to be the last untill Sony's target audience realizes there's more to games than how shiny the graphics look.

I think that's GameCube. If I missed something and it IS multi-platform, make sure your PS2 is modded. Rumor is that Sony will no longer license 2D games for US release AT ALL, so it'll likely be a japan-only release.

Because not even armageddon can stop Professor X.