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    There's no difference at all in most cases. Most games, the arcade and home carts used exactly the same ROM chips. The game chose the proper mode to run in (quarters coming in, pause functionality, player-accessible option menu) based on the motherboard's BIOS ROM.
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    My point wasn't that "mechanical" keyboards aren't nicer. It was that mechanical is a dumb label and we should aspire to better naming. Like premium, which actually has more meaning than mechanical in this context.
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    Ah, well... I've never taken any speed claims seriously. It is still gaming using a text entry device. The argument I'd seen was that it prevented long-term fatigue. The last rubber dome keyboard I used willingly was a Saitek Eclipse II(I still use it occasionally). It had pretty nice domes. I don't think they make it anymore, with the entire brand having been flipped twice since then and almost completely retired after Logitech's purchase. I doubt Logitech thought they needed ANOTHER keyboard in a crowded market segment. (Entirely tangentally, I hate the term "mechanical keyboard". Rubber dome switches are still mechanical. Hell, rubber domes are MORE mechanical than some of the "mechanical" switches that use capacitance, hall effect, or frickin' lasers! I am aware I will NEVER change the opinion of the internet at large, but dammit I am gonna vent about it.)
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    Never forget that Buzzsaw one-shotted Omega Supreme in the comics. You underestimate him at your peril. (Most ridiculous kill in the franchise, I think)
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    It isn't negated, because not bottoming out is actually the whole point of that argument. It isn't about short-throw, it is about not mashing your fingertips into the backside of the keyboard. Dome switches, even scissor-style ones, require bottoming out to actuate. On the other hand, rubber domes have a rubber cushion to soften that impact. Most other switch types hit rather hard when they bottom out. So... win some, lose some.
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    In the TV series, they were initially following an escaped enemy vessel. The booby-trapped main cannon proved the ASS-1 was on Earth, and implied we were in league with the Supervision Army. Then the zentradi attacked(fair enough, we had just shot them), and we nuked their butts with a legendary weapon lost to them eons ago. They became interested in our reaction weapons, as well as our ability to repair and upgrade equipment.
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    What I'm getting is that this is the Macross equivalent of a Hollywood war movie: a big mess of anachronisms that make no sense at all where they're being shown.
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    That's a Dancouga robot. Sort of. The specific mech here doesn't actually exist at any point in the anime, and the canonical pilot is canonically too dead to drive it anyways. But through the power of fanfics Super Robot Wars original content, he can live again and be given an awesome mech that combines with Dancouga to create the newer, cooler, and more overpowered Final Dancouga.
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    Nope. The rabbit would have to drop an anvil on them instead. And he can only cross-dress sincerely. I realize this is about half of Bugs Bunny's repertoire, but... And Speedy Gonzalez probably doesn't know EVERYBODY'S sister anymore. He probably isn't allowed to know ANYBODY'S sister. ( I referenced that the other day, and the other guy thought I was making crap up. They wouldn't put that in a children's cartoon! )
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    Let's just be honest here, some of the original Looney Tunes jokes just won't fly today. Hell, some entire CHARACTERS won't fly without a complete rewrite(lookin' at you, Pepe le Pew).
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    Not likely, as the reason for transformation was that the removal of the fold generator also removed the connection between the generators and the main cannon. Seems like if it was way at the back like that, it woulda disconnected a lot more of the ship from power.
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    I'd've been willing to ignore poor characterization for a cool toy. But I got the worst of both worlds. From what I've seen, the Action Toys version hews pretty close to the original Go-Bots toy, too. Amazing what happens when you start your design with the premise that the vehicle has to be mechanically capable of turning into the robot, ain't it?
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    Still upset about Bayverse Jetfire. I was all ready to buy a friggin' SR-71 Transformer. My wallet was out and my card all warmed up. ... And then I saw the damn thing and any desire to own one evaporated. I know it was a hard plane to turn into a robot, but they didn't even TRY. "Hey, what if the robot IN ITS ENTIRETY just hangs under the plane? And we put four engine pods on the robot mode? And a bunch of other stupid decisions that make it a bad Blackbird, a bad Jetfire, and just a bad Transformer?"
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    Frontier's jam-packed full of SDF homages. I loved the "pineapple" episode.
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    Gllang, the Castlekeep. If I recall.
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    Good question. I remember the scattershot voice-acting that ranged from "shonen hero" to "can't act and shouts into the microphone". Also the awesome immersive control scheme, and I genuinely mean that.
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    "Bravestorm" is a great name. I kinda want to see this just because of the title.
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    SegaCD was MUCH more successful than the embarrassment of the 32X, though it does seem to have an unusually high number of dog-turds. And the 32X, for all its failings, did leagues better than the Virtual Boy(which is admittedly damning with the faintest of praise). That said: Lunar 2, SegaCD version. Best version of one of the best JRPGs ever made. Reason enough to own the system right there.
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    In my head, I know that's true. Transformers™ is just whatever Hasbro and TakaraTomy see fit to put the label on. But in my heart, it is wrong on a deeply fundamental level. Almost as fundamentally wrong as Beast Wars being Transformers.
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    My perspective: I like simple transformations(I find them more fun), and I like the obvious nature of the resulting robots. You make a cool vehicle, then you figure out how to turn it into a robot. I don't like when they include fake parts to enhance proportions, or fold wheels away into hidden compartments, etc. I like seeing wheels hanging off hips, doors sticking out of shoulders, and jet exhausts used as feet. They serve as a reminder that these are robots in disguise. And if maybe their arms are too long because they're made from the entire side panel of a car... they aren't human anyways so who cares if they don't have human proportions? (I also like inhuman "anatomy" on my robots anyways) My ideal Transformers style is encapsulated well in the original toys and the Alternators line. Vehicle-first designs, and it is incredibly obvious what parts came from where on the car. The Flame Toys figures look fantastic. They are pretty cool robots and I would not mind having them on my shelves. They just... aren't Transformers. But I like cool robots of all creeds. Transformers are just the most readily available and affordable cool robots.
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    AERIS DIES.
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    And I go the other direction. Robot mode should see sacrifices for the transformation. Sick of Transformers with fake parts to achieve a certain look, and elaborate attempts to hide vehicle mode features for a cleaner robot. I want robots made out of car parts, and that look like it. If I just want a cool robot, there's no shortage of them. Transformers are notable because they aren't just cool robots, and they should wear that on their sleeve, both figuratively and literally. Fortunately, it is a franchise large enough to cater to everyone.
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    That sounds like a recent Mazinger manga. Shin Mazinger ZERO vs. Great General of Darkness, the internet says. As I understand things, through some deus ex machina crap, the world had been remade into one where every fictional robot ever was a Mazinger. And they summoned the copyright-safe silhouette spirits of all the other robots that should've existed in the final battle to save reality and recreate the myriad mecha options that the world deserved.
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    Man, that Space Battle Rocket looks really familiar for some reason... Was it in Yamato?
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    An original story about 30-foot zombies and dimensional sliders! Or that.
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