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Gaming Discussion / Re: Victoly!

« on: April 29, 2013, 09:59:04 pm »

Out of the 3 you mentioned only Guacamelee looked even remotely interesting to me. I may grab it sometime just for something to do during a boring weekend. How long did it take you to finish on normal?

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Gaming Discussion / Re: PC98 program that translates jap-to-eng on the fly?

« on: April 28, 2013, 06:23:38 pm »

http://www.hutchinsweb.me.uk/Compendium-0.pdf

They're listed in alphabetical order, but the program should be able to be located in there. You can search Japanese to English in the index to single out the program you're looking for.

Edit: Ambassador, ASTRANSAC, Atlas, Bi-Ling Writer, Denjikai, Duet Qt, HiCats, HT3,
IRISPen, iTranslator, J-E Bank, JICST, J*L
ondon, Korya Eiwa, Letter Navigator, LogoVista,
Mailpad, Mr.JEDicReader, My Translator, Nich
iei-Jishobiki-kun, PC-Transer, Pensee V/JE,
Perfect, Pivot, ReadyPen, Systran (Enterprise, Pro), Transer/je, TransLand, Translation Adapter,
Translation Aide, TransLinGO!, TransSupporter J/E, Typhoon, X-DIC, Yakushi nyora

Those are the listed programs for Japanese to English, are any of those names ringing any bells?

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Has Nintendo forgotten the importance of remapping options?

« on: April 27, 2013, 08:57:29 pm »

My point is that remapping buttons is standard procedure for games, and it has been for some time. I assume that iit never occurred to developers of the VC to put it in, as it's been standard for 20+ years.

I agree that it should be an option, but I'm less frustrated with Nintendo's VC division or whoever than I am with the people that actually developed the game.

That was also why I was asking what PS1 games don't allow for remapping of controls. It may be forgivable for a 25 year old NES game to no have remapped controls (what with the two buttons and all; which I agree should be fixed when it's put on VC) but it's not forgivable for a PS1 game to overlook it.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Has Nintendo forgotten the importance of remapping options?

« on: April 27, 2013, 01:17:05 pm »

What game doesn't allow for remapping in the options menu?

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Lol at Kotaku: The Wii U's Biggest threat is the 3ds

« on: April 26, 2013, 08:22:27 pm »

Yeah because selling two handheld systems simultaneously would make so much sense, especially with one being enormous and driving up the price of the home console.

Its all a part of their strategy, there heavy hitters are going to be the upcoming Mario and Mario kart games for Wii u that they are going to show footage of at e3. One of them, if not both will sell several million this holiday season.

I think they're implying that Nintendo should have just skipped the 3DS and went with the touchscreen thingy as its own handheld system? At least that's what I gathered from it.

Either way I've been indifferent to Nintendo consoles since 1997 or so. The handhelds are enticing, and there's a handfull of Wii games I would like to own, but other than that I couldn't really care less.

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Site Talk / Re: Friendliness

« on: April 26, 2013, 08:00:47 am »

I also get that people don't like looking at docs. Maybe some RHDN users are interested in creating YouTube tutorials?

That's a rather interesting idea that should probably be explored, or at least discussed at some point.

One thing I'll say is, there's about 20 pages of threads in romhacking discussion alone involving people asking for and receiving help.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Has Nintendo forgotten the importance of remapping options?

« on: April 25, 2013, 10:19:47 pm »

It's pretty much a required technique if you play fighters on consoles at least semi-regularly. And as I said in the other thread I don't think I've ever seriously damaged a controller, even after years of Tekken and SvC.

Remapping should be an option though, as rempapping should almost always be an option, for a myriad of reasons.

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Site Talk / Re: Is FileDen down?

« on: April 25, 2013, 09:10:03 am »

http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/fileden.com.html

Seems it's been down since yesterday.

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General Discussion / Re: Man jailed for downloading Elf porn

« on: April 24, 2013, 11:01:50 pm »

I'm still kinda shocked that people are actually unaware of rule 34.

Seriously! What are they teaching kids on the internet nowadays anyway?

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Personal Projects / Re: Heroine Anthem 2 English Translation

« on: April 24, 2013, 02:56:35 am »

I like the new look more personally, it doesn't clash at all, and it pops out making it easier to read. I'd say it looks more like the modern aesthetic used in console games of today meant to be displayed on HD televisions, and I really like it. My only gripe is I overlapping with the T in items, but it's certainly not gonna hinder gameplay.

As Templer and Talbain said, if you want to stick to the tradtional setup you can make it light gray.

[Spoiler:]

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Gaming Progress Thread

« on: April 23, 2013, 11:39:59 pm »

I found 13-2's cast to be generally acceptable - it's just that most of them aren't playable. It's neat to see their progress over a period of years, and as a bonus you don't have to deal with any whiny children. As an extra bonus, you get to beat a boss

Spoiler:

by bitching out Hope.

We've discussed it a bit, and the only reason I'm personally disappointed in the game is because I wanted more of the same, with more freedom/sidequest/mini games. At its core there's no doubt XIII-2 is a better game, in terms of content it's miles better than XIII. I think it's a very good game, it's just not what I wanted personally, and that's why I don't show the love for it that I do for XIII.

Some people disliked Mog, I thought he was adorable, and Serah being playable I assumed would happen. The buildup to the climax is actually very well done, and I think the soundtrack (with the exception of not reusing a couple of songs from XIII in certain spots) is phenomenal. I've even warmed up to the battle system a bit more since I bagged on the game last time, as I fought some of the stronger enemies.

I think the game deserves a bit more love than it's gotten, because it's probably the first FF that actually needed a sequel. My only real complaints are that I wanted to control those characters as I watched them grow, and I wish the battle system was as tightened up a bit, although that argument can go either way, because XIII-2 allows for far more flexible parties to see their way to victory, while XIII was all about setting up a strategy beforehand and executing it flawlessly.

tl:dr: In my opinion they should have just brought back the cast minus the two characters who can't really come back, and added Serah and Noel in their place, given Serah the ability to control monsters in battle with the same mechanic if that was the direction they wanted to go in.

I liked the game, it just wasn't what I expected, and it needs more love. Also I've played through it twice, and it's actually pretty fun, with a very awesome soundtrack.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Gaming Progress Thread

« on: April 23, 2013, 06:07:20 pm »

Yeah, I'll definitely play XIII-2 after I'm done with this one. The fact that Tri-Ace helped in its development is enough to pique my interest. I heard it's shorter than the first, too, even with the lack of linearity, so no reason not to give it a try.

I found it to be shorter than XIII in terms of story, but there's far more optional stuff to do. For 100% completion or getting all trophies/achievements though XIII ends up being far longer because you have to farm items for hours upon hours.

I have to say I'm one of the few people that really enjoyed XIII, and most of that was because I liked the cast a lot. Which is my only gripe about XIII-2 (outside of DLC), which I won't rehash.

My Persona-thon 2013 is just about complete.

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General Discussion / Re: RetroArch...

« on: April 23, 2013, 04:04:22 pm »

The same could be said if you use ANY emulator to play games on your PC instead of playing high end recent PC games.

I think that would be more like driving a Prius on a race track. Or maybe I'm getting my analogies mixed up 

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Most and least enjoyable adapted RPG's without knowing the source material?

« on: April 23, 2013, 04:01:42 pm »

I believe only Megami Tensei I was based off the original Digital Devil Story novels. Everything past that game (correct me if I'm wrong) is, overall, original material.

To my knowledge you're absolutely correct. Although I never read the second novel onward, and what I did read was linked to from AGTP if memory serves, I think Gid mentions that it's the case, and I'll take his word on it. So if we don't count that, then it's Parasite Eve, which again is loosely based on source material, I've still yet to read the novel (or find a copy of it).

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Gaming Discussion / Re: Most and least enjoyable adapted RPG's without knowing the source material?

« on: April 23, 2013, 12:51:41 am »

MegaTen, more specifically Nocturne, as I had no clue it was all based on Novels until much later, if that doesn't count then Parasite Eve.

Least favorite... I have no clue, I'm sure there's some game I didn't like that had source material I didn't know, but I can't be bothered to try and figure it out.

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Gaming Discussion / Re: What kind of turn based rpg challenges do you like?

« on: April 21, 2013, 08:44:09 pm »

A boss that requires you to use tactics, and make use of just about everything in your arsenal to defeat normally. I also enjoy bosses that have counters for all the game breakers that you've probably acquired up to this point, but I don't enjoy that counter being a 9999 Megidolaon to the face 

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General Discussion / Re: Selling Various Gaming Items

« on: April 19, 2013, 07:41:27 pm »

Will take Megaten 1 (assuming it's the Famicom version?)

I was thinking that same thing, but I've gone way over my game budget for a while. Purely as a collectors item though, I think it would be awesome.

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Personal Projects / Re: Heroine Anthem 2 English Translation

« on: April 14, 2013, 02:02:56 pm »

Looks great, keep at it!

Indeed! It looks great!

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General Discussion / Re: What were your favorite childhood cartoons/shows?

« on: April 14, 2013, 04:37:46 am »

Wasn't the kids variation of Tales from the Crypt a cartoon?

It was, I was going to add it to my list, as I used to watch it, and Recess, on Saturday mornings.

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Front Page News / Re: Translations: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure SNES RPG Translation Released

« on: April 13, 2013, 11:22:09 pm »

Excellent work as always. I'm kind of looking forward to this... in a guilty pleasure sort of way. Would I need an understanding of the previous story to enjoy this? Because the only thing I know about Jo Jo, I learned from a fighting game on the Dreamcast.

Nevermind question was answered in the project page.