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Don't see anything on that as particularly unreasonable. With that set-up, yeah that seems 7/week to me if you go based off of her reacting whilst the opponent is slowed. It'd just be an argument of raw potential vs feats, which I think is a fair one to have. Pod programs give 2B probably the most flexibility outside of Dante himself in how to approach something.
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Yeah there are multiple things FAR less potent than a nuke that greatly damage her. Her real strength for durability is she can customize herself to have constant regen, including passive, upon dealing damage, and upon killing. She can also essentially program i-frames into herself after taking a hit to prevent comboing, and program a time slow around her if any projectiles come close to her.

It's a LOT of gameplay stuff, but it's all lore-justified gameplay stuff. Honestly her best showing is probably "her self-destruct can take out a whole space station", but it's not really clear if the explosion is just that strong or if it just causes a chain reaction, and it isn't quite that potent in gameplay.
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The issue with 2B is that her cutscene feats aren't amazing, but the scaling and escalation of her world is. Like she casually gets constant lock-on gattling gun support and basically has the option of programming Witch Time and Raiden Parries into her system.

With the exception of her AoE's, there's not a ton to show, and there's a lot of her getting pretty beaten up. But her gameplay showing is kinda fantastic... and antithetical as to what normally is easy to hype in mercs. And feats-wise, her best power showing is a p. huge Automata spoiler, and the second best is a joke encounter.

I feel Raiden's a lot more fair, 2B feels on the cusp of a 7/week rather than a solid 7/week, Raiden would be a good eye test for that. Personally I think it's all dependent on her pod and chip set-up, which you can't really give her everything as the game makes spacial limitations very clearly woven into her lore and playstyle.
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I cannot accept a Madden model that does not also create a pre-battle topic that involves a game of football or change the match into fooball.

I mean yes Beach Volleyball was broken as hell in Mercs 3. But I want to argue football far more than volleyball, and it being on a PS rather than a battle merc makes it not immediately terrible.
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Well I mean, people like Disgaea but there's a reason that Laharl could never be anything more than a Pure Support. You could nerf him to, like, the Captain Gordon fight and call him a 7/week, but then you've got a bunch of hypotheticals and the like and people trying to extrapolate how strong "Level 30" in Disgaea actually is. I don't see much issue in giving Kerrigan the Morrigan treatment if it means that the Zerg as a whole is represented more faithfully.

Dante has the great fortune of his strongest stuff being tied to a power-up rather than to himself, and that his base form is simply really, really good to start with. I feel he's the exception for "generally too strong" rather than the rule. Most people could imagine what Dante with limited DT does against Raiden or 2B. Kerrigan... that's not something I feel most could pin down, or separate her additional material and lore from her pure gameplay-based build.
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Kerrigan might honestly be better as a Pure Support. A costly one, mind you, but a Pure Support nonetheless, perhaps placing the Zerg inside of her attached mercenary and having a certain number pop out based on the merc's upkeep and days since last they were infected? I know next to nothing about Starcraft other than basic plot musings and the obvious memes from the outside looking in, but I feel that fits the 'swarm' archetype better, and from what I can tell, Kerrigan's strongest powers absolutely need to be nerfed and from there, her actual gameplay built versus expanded lore got really messy? I know she's iconic, but I look at her and I see "needed to be nerfed in order to actually be releasable", which is never, ever a good state for a merc to be in.

How was her respect when compared to Nova? Nova, I'd argue, had similar issues starting out battle worth-wise, but eventually was considered consistent and found a nice groove of respect that Kerrigan never did.
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Waluigi (Waluigi's Taco Stand 64)
Villainous Male Human
1/week

Waluigi is as he appears in Waluigi's Taco Stand 64. He has access to one of every kind of taco ingredient and his sombrero. He also has access to his tennis racquet, as it appears in Mario Tennis Aces, though he cannot use Zone Speed or Zone Shots.

WAAAA (Passive) - Any of Waluigi's terrains may be bid on as long as Waluigi is rostered. He is allowed to have multiple. Wah.

TOO BAD, WALUIGI TIME (Start of Battle) - Every week, Waluigi may make it Waluigi time. A random post-rosters enemy mercenary will be painted purple. They will permanently be purple for the remainder of the week.

UPGRADES

Character Upgrade
-Gains access to Zone Speed and Zone Shots, as well as an endless supply of tennis balls.
-Is accompanied by a Piranha Plant, as it appears in Mario Party 3's Duel Mode.

TOO BAD WALUIGI TIME (Ability Upgrade)
-For an additional week of recharge, the target may be pre-selected.
-For an additional week of recharge, the purple may be permanently visible and unable to be obscured by the mercenary or their allies.

Everyone Is Here (Pre-Battle) - Once every four weeks, everyone may be here. Except for someone. Both mercenary leaders must choose a mercenary from the other team. That mercenary will be unable to be rostered for the following wartime. This ability cannot be negated or redirected. This ability must be resolved before any further abilities may be used or applied.

Terrain: Taco Island - An island devoted to taco ingredients. All ingredients are present and all Goombas have already been turned into beef.

Taco Canyon - A small canyon filled with taco ingredients. Enemies and ingredients are still present.

Waluigi's Taco Stand - A small taco stand in a mountainous area, as it appears in Waluigi's Taco Stand 64. Access out of the taco stand grounds is denied. No customers are present.

Waluigi Pinball - A massive pinball table styled after Waluigi. All item boxes and karts have been removed, though the giant pinballs still remain.
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Lotta work going into this one, very important to my editor & co-runner.

(Mario Party coming soon I swear I just did 35 turns of Pirate Land to get extra footage just in case do you know how lonely Mario, Party of One is?)
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wg64Z posted...

Part 3 of our crossover with @Kamekguy! Can't wait to see the Designing For episode that's spawned from this.

Editing has begun in full for it! We got a quick video before it, projected release date for the Mario Party ep should still be next Friday but may be a bit later. But it's almost there! Promisies!
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yeah I mean I GUESS Mega Man is OKAY.
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Heyo
Donkey Kong let's go let's go
Here it comes banana slamma

Welcome back from the wilderness. I've been thrown off-schedule with a lack of videos, like "damn I'm missing 30 minutes of content today, what do I do?"
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I know Dio. You guys just always put up topics when I'm at work =<

Lemme know when you do another Jojo's character and I'll argue Team Jojo's for free.
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on this Very Special Episode of Designing For, we talk about colorblindness, and how Link's Awakening helps colorblind players adapt even with a color gimmick present.



we'll talk about memes or something next episode i dunno. or like talk shit about mega man.
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Glad to lurk along to this topic. As a kid who worshiped at the heels of Savage and Hogan (mostly Savage) back in the day, to coming back in the late Attitude Era basically to hear The Rock's promos and ignoring a lot of the (non-Foley) wrestling content, to skipping most of the 2000's until the New Day piqued my interest and then diving back into the product retroactively to finally appreciate the whole "wrestling" content, this has really helped me fill in a lot of blanks and shown me an appreciation for the thing that isn't the usual wrestling smark stuff. Seeing guys like DiBiasse ranked so highly really makes me happy, as that kind of "pulling a great but not five-star match charged with enough emotion and character to make me care" is really what I love more than workrate, and that seems to be a hard opinion to find online past, like, Strowman in the last six months of 2017.

Don't totally agree with a lot, and the Savage fanboy in me can't entirely forgive him ONLY being 54 after watching his buildup to the Mania III match again and again, but this has been consistently enjoyable for a number of days, and thanks for it.
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Absolute blast to play through, can't thank you guys enough for having me on.
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Man, I've had issues with how MatPat's dealt with content, produced content, taken ideas and content to repackage them as his own, and generally just how the channel evolved past its third year or so, but this really is a nice, touching tribute. Hope they get the support they need and things go okay for him.
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Grand Kirby posted...

Chuchu.

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Phew, thank god I'm done with obscure indie games for a bit. Now I can go back to obscure JRPG's to discuss the Hell out of.
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It's far less grand adventure than the original, very focused on individual character arcs compared to the overwhelming creativity and scenarios of the original.

... but Scrooge no longer has to carry the entire series on his shoulders with an occasional good Launchpad line, the triplets are actual characters, and despite having a far stronger comedy and quick wit focus, jokes tend to hit more than not in a clever way. I can see disliking it if you were a fan of the original or expecting more adventure, but it stays VERY faithful to the comics for Scrooge characterization and in writing style, and I appreciate that quite a lot.
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OHHHHH, BANANA

The little "ding" after a successful Ball Buster in God Hand is also really good. Also a big fan of Marx's laugh from Kirby Super Star.
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Strife2 posted...

Sorry Kamek. I picked the one with a woman with sexy hair suits and guns.

These are words to describe Fio Germi, queen of Metal Slug 3, yes.
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I second that, don't forget to vote for the GOAT, Metal Slug 3.
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Punnyz posted...

I was ready to say "yay I hit 40"

Fixed that for ya. Feel free.
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Aw yeah, Okage Shadow King for $2.50, sign me up.
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Feels good doing these indie games. Really nice. Anyway if you want "Paper Mario, but better", here it is.
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I was scared.

Then I imagined Jim Carry screaming "Get a load of THIS"

And I'm so excited now.
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So today I incidentally heard Dust In The Wind while passing by a restaurant and all I could think of was a Zangoose in a John Cena hat.

Just thought I'd share, Tarv.

Damn you.
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wg64Z posted...

What is Parsec?

https://parsecgaming.com/

Pretty damn great Netplay client for sharing your hard drive set-up. Like compared to Dolphin, which is probably the strongest built-in netplay client I've messed with, it's infinitely more stable. By which I mean "I played Project M with three others and it was significantly more playable than Brawl ever was".

On another note, did a vid on the best 3D platformer of last year!


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Ughhhh I hate getting sick on recording day. Made it through one of my scripts but after that my voice just 100% gave out. Sounded like I was doing Tibetan throat chanting or something when picking up Mario Tennis Aces today.

Also anyone have a good Parsec set-up? I'm on Mac so I can't host it personally, but I MIGHT need multiplayer footage in the future and I figured I could at least deliver in raw footage or something and just put the idea out there for potential collab funtimes.
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do a Dragonball Z intro parody every time and make weird fraction intros like "Episode 33/4".

In all seriousness, there's no real 'clean' way to do this other than labeling it like "RPG Wednesday Ep 7: Earthbound/Chrono: Brent Hates Blue People" and just have the games featured in the title with the event being the main draw.

And lord help you if you do Persona 4 or Paper Mario TTYD and I don't get a guest spot.
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Thanks for enjoying! Crazy thing about this whole thing is, still don't have a copyright claim on the one with the actual THPS soundtrack. But even SNEEZE in the direction of Braid's generic arthouse background music and they're on you like hounds.
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Dude yes, JSRF music is soooooo damn good. I wish that Funky Dealer fit Tony Hawk at all, I love that song so much.

Also I believe you can mute the music in-game for most Tony Hawk titles, so there's at least the potential to edit music in? There's also some potential for customizing the soundtrack for the HD version... buuuut those are also the HD versions.
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The pitch is fantastic, but I feel as if the prices are a liiiittle steep. They feel more similar to Kickstarter rewards than Patreon tier rewards. From what I've seen and known, the trick to Patreon is making the second cheapest tier very enticing, as the 1-dollar tier will be for supporters and the 5 dollar tier will be the little something extra - it's why the $5 one is usually the "your name in credits" one. People usually go huge for one-time impulse buys, but donations over time usually bring people away, why is why the $1 market is so strong on Patreon.

Not quite sure on constructive ways to fix that, since I know sprites are pretty damn intensive, but there's two cents for you at least.
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Found a way to get past the YouTube police I'm pretty proud of for this one! Also yay Tony Hawk.
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Spent the entire weekend making more appealing thumbnails. Hopefully that'll stir the pot at least a little and get people to click. Probably most proud of this one, made this damn abomination look cute and like he just wants to be his hero.

https://imgur.com/z7mjdsZ
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Having a similar issue, my editor's burning himself out (and has a really unhealthy editing schedule) and I'm really concerned about consistency. I'd step up, but we bought him Vegas during that Humble Bundle sale and I'd just have to deal with iMovie of all things to put it together, which would concern me about the drop in quality.

But I'd say take the time off you need to, dude. Or just do a few streams during the week instead of anything editing intensive and upload those raw as a kinda cooldown period if you really want to keep content up.
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Conker's so smart in how bad it is. Which is stupid.
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HaRRicH posted...

The game sounds great. Mechanically, what's it doing differently from Mario Power Tennis on the Gamecube? That was my main way to play tennis in this series before.

Charging your shot also gives you a fighting game-esque meter gain, which is visible rather than Power Tennis's "your racquet will glow when you do it enough". You gain different abilities using this meter:

-By slowly depleting it, you can slow down time, replacing the Defensive Power Shot from Power Tennis by making balls more accessible. Balls that fly past the back out zone are still unable to be gotten.
-By using a quarter of it, by standing in a star area, you can use a "zone shot", which lets you pick where exactly on the court you want to hit the ball. If your opponent returns it, their racquet durability goes down one of three pips.
-By using full meter, you can use a special shot. This has the same properties as the zone shot, but if your opponent doesn't time a return exactly right, it will instantly break their racquet.

Racquet durability exists for zone shots and special shots. If racquet durability goes down to 0, the racquet breaks. If all of your racquets break (and you get two total), you get KO'd and automatically lose.

You can now perform 'trick shots', which basically move your character a set (long) distance to return the ball and build a ton of meter. Missing them by having poor spacing is very easy.

Waluigi is no longer objectively the worst and is viable. Likewise, speedy characters are no longer top tier, power characters are.

Meter seems to be very well-balanced in general and flows naturally rather than being a distracting element, and it no longer ends up as "who uses their power shot first" in a game of chicken like Mario Power Tennis was.
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wg64Z posted...

Wow, you know BK well enough to do it blindfolded? Dayum.

Nooooot quite. I mean I know the game really well, but... well, this is funnier.



Also YES more broken Sailor Moon game please.
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Having taken everyone to at least semis, I feel like I can safely tier this.

Good Boys:

Chain Chomp

Feels Great:

Spike
Rosalina
Mario

Is Probably Bad But Is Also Waluigi:

Waluigi

Will Murder You In Lag:

Bowser

Notable Issues:

Peach
Yoshi

You Are Too Short How Do You Do Anything:

Toad

Gotten my 5k, feels good. Glad to have played. Holding off from more until muh boy DK finally comes out.
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I've got some big N64/PS1 nostalgia bombs I'm dropping. In addition to my own channel, I do some freelance VO work and gameplay stuff for other channels. Both the next Designing For and my next comedy vid are gonna be on N64 Rare platformers.

To tempt: the comedy one can be aptly titled "Blindfold-Kazooie".
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There is nothing more intense than a Waluigi ditto.

You just return absolutely everything and combine drop shots and lobs, moonwalking everywhere, no one has a shot strong enough to take the point until you build the charge, and then it's a test of who blinks first.

Also Chain Chomp is just the goodest boy. Him just balancing the ball on his head is the absolute cutest.
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The Undertaker (as The Deadman gimmick) (WWE)
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pre-copyright strike Metal Gear Solid.

After that... yeah probably Dragon Quest Overture. Or Tetris Theme A.
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Ace (Justice League)
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Been playing through some Tony Hawk, thought this would be relatively interesting.

Eric Sparrow
Villainous Male Human
Upkeep: 1/week
Min Bid: 36 GP

Eric Sparrow is as he appears in Tony Hawk's Underground, with an infinite supply of firebombs.

Edited Footage (Pre-Battle, Recharge 2) - Once every three weeks, Eric may edit mercenaries in order to take credit for himself. A pre-selected allied ability declared this wartime will instead be considered to be declared by Eric Sparrow, with all mention of the original mercenary being replaced with "Eric 'A-Face' Sparrow" in the ability description. He will not change the parameters of the declaration (i.e. if an ability was declared by a female mercenary, the ability will still be considered to come from a 'Female'), but will be considered the original target that used the ability for interaction purposes. If the ability was a Start of Battle ability, Eric will copy that timing as well, requiring Eric to be rostered for the ability to go through. If the ability would buff or transform solely the initiator of the ability, only then will Eric receive those buffs. This ability cannot change the result of the affected ability in any way.

Combo! (Trigger, Recharge 2) - Once every three weeks, if Eric is affected by an ability that causes a numerical increase (i.e. percentage increase, double parameters, etc), he may multiply that increase on himself by the number of non-weekly non-trigger abilities used successfully by his team this Wartime. If Eric is affected by his own ability increasing his parameters numerically, add 50% to the final result.

Upgrades

Ability Upgrade: 20 EXP
For an additional two weeks of recharge, Eric may take credit for a pre-selected enemy ability already declared this Wartime.

Ability Upgrade; 5 EXP
Eric may adjust the parameters of the original ability to be completely his own, making the ability declared by a Villainous Male Human.

New Ability; 15 EXP

He Probably Skates For Minimum Wage! (Trigger) - If an enemy mercenary is the sole target of an ability declared by Eric Sparrow, he will mockingly give them a skateboard. The mercenary will be determined to use the skateboard as their sole means of transportation. The skateboard cannot be broken by any means.

Terrain: Slam City - A large skateboarding arena filled with ramps, grind rails, and plenty of halfpipes. The audience has been removed, access outside of the arena is denied.
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