* squawk *

I'm glad you mentioned four of my favourite "La-Mulana 1" songs.

(a) What works would you like to mod?
(b) What would you like/hate in an RPG?
(c) If you woke up to find yourself in one anime, what anime would it be?
(d) What is the silliest thing you've done this year?

a) Now that I'm leaving CSTSF behind, my options have increased significantly. I'm heavily considering going into GBA modding starting with either MegaMan Battle Network 5 (the only MMBN game I've played), or Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland or Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga. If I had the skills, I'd also mod either Digimon World: Dawn/Dusk or MegaMan Star Force.
b) Regarding likes/hates, I like RPGs that have multiple endings, have a challenge that isn't too easy or hard, a great soundtrack, a strong postgame, and all sorts of fun little extra and hate it when RPGs force tutorials on players, use fake difficulty/longitievty to make their games seem harder/longer, hours of level grinding that either have no quick way to gain levels or make them frustrating, "points of no return" that screw over underleveled players, sidequests that are tedious/practically require a guide, high enemy encounter rates.
c) Definitely Neon Genesis Evangelion, with me in Shinji's place. And no, it wouldn't be any less traumatic either.
d) I'd definitely say that the Pizza Incident (having come to the stupidly erroneous conclusion that you and Acacia were living in Amercia) if only because I actually went and researched US pizza prices and compared them to Acacia's statements.

* drop-kicks the follow-up questions for the first 66 into the thread *

04. What'd you think of "The Joker"?
10. What is love, to you?
13. Those games the SNES or GBA versions?
15. If there was a Yamato no Orochi Pokemon, what'd you (nick)name it?
20. Which creative projects, if I may ask?
23. Wait 'til next year? Why's that, if I may ask?
28. Any other things you're meaning to watch, other than "Cowboy Bebop"?
34a. Favourite Yu-Gi-Oh! attribute? (Dark, Divine, Earth, Fire, Light, Water, Wind)
34b. Favourite YGO anime character? (I think you said you've seen 5D's...)
42. Ever play Sonic Riders (or a demo thereof) before?
52. What's your academic degrees, if I may ask?
56. What can you reveal about this RPG you've been working on?
57. Are you brave enough to lead the Power Rangers Lunar Shadow?
X1. Most/least favourite Mega Evolution?
X4. Any flower dragons come to mind? (Except "Black Rose Dragon". :3 )

4) The movie itself is fine, though it's hard for me to care for Arthur Fleck's suffering because his transformation into the Joker is a foregone conclusion.
10) Love is... a complex subject and manifests in many ways (I'm still trying to understand if I loved Bloom or the idea of Bloom Seymour). From what I can tell, love is a feeling of closeness between two people, the enjoyment of their company (and having a lot in common) and being able to see them as a full individual.
13) Considering they're on the New Nintendo 3DS eShop, that makes them the SNES versions.
15) Eightlace? I dunno, I just came up with that one considering it was the first name I thought of.
20) Level/Boss concepts, character/boss designs for an RPG series I'm planning out. I'm currently doing a mini-poster which has the party members and two EX Bosses from the 4th entry in that series.
23) Skulduggery Pleasant: Seasons of War won't be coming out until 2021, though sources seem to say that it was released on April 2nd 2020.
28) I've actually got a list of anime I intend to watch. Rather than tell you all of them, I'll just state the one I'll watch after Cowboy Bebop. That anime would be Gungrave (and I discovered that series after buying the original game from CeX).
34a) I could go for Thunder, Divine or Machine.
34b) It's been years since I watched any of the anime, so I've got no real favourite.
42) I have. Dear lord, the Story Mode in that game was hard as nails. As in, I managed to complete the Hero/Babylon Stories with much struggle (and ended up using an Action Replay to complete Sky Road because it was a nightmare to complete). The game's OST is one of the greatest in the Sonic series, the cutscenes are expressive though the game does do a poor job of actually explaining how it's own mechanics work.
52) Level 4 Art and Design and Level 3 Game Design.

56) Much like SaGa Frontier II/Persona 1+2, the battle arenas are diagonal though battles play out like a more advanced version of the Mario + Luigi games. The battle system itself requires a bit of explanation:
In battles, players can choose to do the following:
Attack (simply attack your chosen enemy)
Defend (defend which allows you take reduced damage, unless the attack can be Guarded. Also prevents damage from Special Attacks)
Tech Attack (i.e basically magic/attack moves that use SP)
Change Elements (change which element your character which changes some of their attacks)
Fuse Elements (fuse 2 elements to create a stronger one. The Fusion Element has some exclusive skills, though it mostly uses attacks from the emblems used to fuse it.) Use Items (Use any items you have)
Flee (Escape the battle)
During combat, players choose their actions during their turn. During enemy turns, the Reaction Battle System kicks in: When enemies attack, the player can either Counter (Red; counterattack enemies)
Guard (Blue; Guards against attacks, though it doesn't protect against Special Attacks or status effects)
Dodge (Green;dodge enemy attacks)
Special (Yellow; allows the player to use a Special Attack if their Spectra Meter is full. Can be used to force enemies to end their turn early)
This is displayed by a 4 button interface, with the buttons glowing to indicate that the player can use that option to deal with the attack. Time your reactions well and you can very much avoid damage and really let your enemies have it.

57) I suppose, though it does sound pretty tough.
X1) Best Mega Evolution would be Mega Swampert and Mega Mewtwo Y/Worst would be Mega Latios/Latias and Mega Venusaur
X4) Malice Striker? I ended up coming up with one called Dark Majesty, with it's second form resembling a Flower Dragon in terms of design.

34a: ... definitely not a DARK Warrior then. (That's how I imagined King of Despair, at least... complete with an axe to grind.)

56: ... Wow *_*
That sounds amazing! I'm interested~.

... Anyway.

What is your go-to strategy for any game?

34a) I suppose King of Despair would actually be DARK type, though he'd still have a sword (and both arm blades).


56) It's a system that took quite a bit of time to perfect (in concept at least). The Pierre Bruno Instagram had a few images (I still have the originals) which used an older version which only had two buttons (Red;counter attacks and Blue; defend) That said, I can imagine that I'd probably have to do a lot of work on it once I actually make a game using that system.
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Regarding strategy, it often depends on the game. Considering that most games I play happen to be RPGs, I try to get my team kitted out with the best equipment, carry as many healing items as possible and hit hard with my strongest moves (while using status buffs/debuffs to keep the momentum going).
(If Shin Megami Tensei has taught me anything, it's always a good idea to have healing skills myself along with powerful moves.)

I wish you luck with your RPG!

So...

1. Zerker, Saurian, or Ninja?
2. What was the first freeware game you've played (that you can remember)?
3. What colour lightsaber would you want to wield in a galaxy far, far away?
4. Can I begin the Ritual for the Second Quiz Golem? >

1) Saurian (I liked the red colour).
2) If free flash games count, then I think Paper Mario World may've been the first one.
3) Red (and yes, I do know that Sith use red. Then again so did General Grevious if both players chose him in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith's Multiplayer)
4) You may. Initiate the ritual!

* cut to Charlie playing a Ritual Spell Card, only for a data vampire to negate it with Magic Jammer *

... Oh. Er... just a minor technical issue, haha!

So, while I try to get around that, a question: may I give you a test (as a Super Moderator)?

Eh, OK?

07. Are you a "Transformers" fan?
08. What's the one thing you can't leave behind?
09. What'd you do if you ran into Chuck Norris and/or Jack Bauer and/or Angus MacGyver?
10. Least favourite Bloom Beast (by name alone)?
11. Favourite music genres?
12. Favourite game genres?
13. Favourite sport, if any?
14. Favourite Kingdom Hearts world?
15. Most/least favourite subjects at school?
16. Your most/least favourite snacks?
17. Your most/least favourite colour? (If possible, with hex terms too.)
18. Favourite avatars at the LSPF, Symfora and Velkyzr? (I'd ask about Vresun, but that's still currently locked, sorry...)

32. What'd your reaction be if you woke up one morning to find you've become a Dragon Rider, complete with manicle BUT without the negative stuff?
33. Which 5 games (minimum) do you wish got a translation?
34. Top 5 video game mods? (Excluding "Cave Story" mods.)
35. What gaming systems have you?
36. "Lighter and Softer" or "Darker and Edgier" works?
37. First non-freeware game you can remember playing?
38. What worlds would you like/hate to see in "Kingdom Hearts IV", one day?
39. Top 5 bonus dungeons?
40. Er... when you asked which job I thought would suit you... were you talking about "Final Fantasy" jobs or actual ones...?
41. Your favourite word?

53. Which point-and-click games have you played, if any?
54. What'd you like to eat on bread?
55. Favourite long-ranged weapon in games?
56. Favourite short-ranged weapon in games?
57. Which site have you bookmarked the most pages from?
58. Any works you got into due to my sockpuppets?
59. Any old video games you wish got a remake?
60. Top 3 games for each gaming system you've got?

Y1. Out of all the Regis, which one is your ultimate ninja weapon?
Y2. What'd your reaction be if you woke up as an actual king?
Y3. You encounter umbrageous hydras "Fearripper" and "Terrorshredder". What'll you do?
Y4. What'd you do if you got a monster truck as a present?
Y5. What's your most/least favourite question, out of these new ones?
Y6. What questions, out of these new ones, did you most/least expect?

Second Quiz Golem: 666666⁶⁶⁶⁶⁶⁶ HP

You may start! :3