Oh my god!
Silence! For once! Shut up!
You're murdering this kid!!!
Oh my god!
Silence! For once! Shut up!
You're murdering this kid!!!
Alrighty then, let's go to school.
School is in session.
I'll save you the trouble: here's a rough concept of the main cast and probably the characters they put the most work into. This, again, is from '05, though the project was started earlier than that.
http://pub.tenkuu.net/Images/2005/sg_sd_group.gif
Here is a huge art post (this time from 2006) where you can see the concepts for most of the characters they're planning for, including the maid: http://community.livejournal.com/skullgirls/7736.html You can read the post here, and I guess, be really wrong.
Guilty Gear XX being released in 2002 doesn't help matters. So let's head on over to the artist's dA page shall we HOLY SHIT
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Like a damn oracle I called the crosses chick. What's her name?
Parasoul
…Y'know, I could, but why bother when we have this gem?
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Baldhead it is! Y'know, I expected Faust, but I should've expected they'd go Baldhead.
I wanna see the end of that sword. Just sayin'…
And here's the HUGE TOTAL RIPOFF OF ZAPPA:
! http://pub.tenkuu.net/Images/060706_sg_lj_update/07_painwheel/060506_painwheel_01.jpg
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/4/40788/1700091-painwheel_sketches_01_by_oh8.jpg
Why, she looks _just. like. him_Now stop talking like you know somethin.
Yes, actually. Take Zappa, throw in some A.B.A…
And there ya go!
Now let's see if I get my Not Baiken.
Predicting that the girl on the far left, standing up with the umbrella, will be my main.
Random prediction.
EDIT: Looking at that first picture Schmeckie posted above me, I think that's the same character. If it is, maining her will not be a prediction, but a certainty. …..Okay, maybe not. We'll see. She just seems to suit me, so far.
Alrighty then, let's go to school.
Guilty Gear XX being released in 2002 doesn't help matters. So let's head on over to the artist's dA page shall we HOLY SHIT
! [qimg]http://www.deviantart.com/download/169291460/Parasoul_greyscale_pinup_by_oh8.jpg[/qimg]
Like a damn oracle I called the crosses chick. What's her name?
…Y'know, I could, but why bother when we have this gem?
! [qimg]http://www.deviantart.com/download/154142850/Happy_Valentine__s_Day_by_oh8.jpg[/qimg]
Baldhead it is! Y'know, I expected Faust, but I should've expected they'd go Baldhead.
[qimg]http://www.deviantart.com/download/71091011/Annie_01_by_oh8.jpg[/qimg]
I wanna see the end of that sword. Just sayin'…Yes, actually. Take Zappa, throw in some A.B.A...
[qimg]http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/4703/301468-aba_large.jpg[/qimg]
And there ya go!
Now let's see if I get my Not Baiken.
Someone with a cross! HOLY SHIT DAMYUM NIGGUH DEY RIPPIN GUILTY GEAR HARD yo there was someone with a cross in the Bible too
AWWW SHEET
A nurse character who won't even be playable. Baldhead, am I right or am I right? see, it's 'cuz she's a doctor, and he's a doctor. dickriding ASW real hard skullgirls
aight see it's someone wearing a sheet
A.B.A.
done (it sure is a shame the Skullgirls project was founded and started by Alex in 2001, while GuiltyGearIsuka came out in '04)
You don't have a leg to stand on. From someone who went to saying the movelists and color palette and Sol-esque holy warriors and talking about how everything else looked like it had been xeroxed out of Iwashitari's trash bin, you've gone to talking about "y-y-yeah, see, she has a cross. Sol never had a gun, or a parasitic umbrella, b-b-but see, she's just like him!" They have less in common than they had in common, and from the START you've been spoutin' shit and getting knocked down post after post after post. I don't have anything against you, but you are trying so hard. When you and I know you're so wrong. Give it up.
quit embarrassing yourself before i whip out the spritesheets and the character profiles.
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My test gif
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5851/sgtest1.gif
That's really cool. Attempting sprites an all.
I may not like the game, but I have a file with every single frame in Vanguard Princess. It's disorganized as hell, but it's true. The animations are really specific. It was kinda hard to tell where you should make dozens of frames for a single action(that's not even that long), or skip frames to create something with impact.
Either way, it makes me want to get into making 2D sprites.
One of the guys working on it (my good bro, scrotumnose)
Also my relation.
Skull Girls looks awesome.
Someone with a cross! HOLY SHIT DAMYUM NIGGUH DEY RIPPIN GUILTY GEAR HARD yo there was someone with a cross in the Bible too
AWWW SHEET
A nurse character who won't even be playable. Baldhead, am I right or am I right? see, it's 'cuz she's a doctor, and he's a doctor. dickriding ASW real hard skullgirls
aight see it's someone wearing a sheet
A.B.A.
done (it sure is a shame the Skullgirls project was founded and started by Alex in 2001, while GuiltyGearIsuka came out in '04)You don't have a leg to stand on. From someone who went to saying the movelists and color palette and Sol-esque holy warriors and talking about how everything else looked like it had been xeroxed out of Iwashitari's trash bin, you've gone to talking about "y-y-yeah, see, she has a cross. Sol never had a gun, or a parasitic umbrella, b-b-but see, she's just like him!" They have less in common than they had in common, and from the START you've been spoutin' shit and getting knocked down post after post after post. I don't have anything against you, but you are trying so hard. When you and I know you're so wrong. Give it up.
quit embarrassing yourself before i whip out the spritesheets and the character profiles.
You're right, Sol never had those things. Ky, on the other hand, was decked out in crosses as well. I'd cede you the cross chick if the religious fighter decked out in crosses was a common fighter archetype, but its not. Y'know where it was used? Guilty Gear.
Baldhead was a killer doctor with a giant scalpel. That chick's a killer doctor who a giant bonesaw. You're right, they're nothing alike. Except that they're both killer doctors wielding giant surgical impliments, but whatever.
And silly me, A.B.A has a giant key strapped to her back she uses to fight, not a pinwheel. I mean, sure, she's also beat up and fucked up looking and they both utilize their respective aetsthetical injuries in their fighting styles, and sure, she's lifting Zappa's hunched-psycho-in-pain "Schrodinger Fu" aesthetic down to the eyes, but pffft.
I'll admit that the entire cast isn't lifted from Guilty gear, but waaaay too much of this shit is, and it's main character goes well beyond "homage" and straight into xerox territory (her name is Fillia, for criminy's sake). Hazama and Makoto were homages. That shit's highway robbery. Worse than what SNK pulled with Ryo in Art of Fighting. One or two homages is one thing, but character after character is taking something from Guilty Gear, sometimes their entire character.
The first two characters they showed were way too god damn Guilty Gear, one would be another ripoff if it weren't for the dates (and I'm still betting she's gonna take something from Carl, but we'll see), one's pulled their entire aesthetical schtick from a Guilty Gear character, and I wanna know cross chick's backstory, because I smell the stank of Ky.
That's it, Captain Shithead.
One character looks like a BlazBlue character, then a Guilty Gear character. You get silenced. Then that same character looks like another Guilty Gear character and overall, you look fucking stupid. (as usual)
I'm tired of your faggotry. Silence is tired of your faggotry. I'm mos def the thread creator is tired of your faggotry.
Begone.
Hey Silence, what awesome finds! I had no idea character concept art for this game was circling around as far back as '05-'06. That's pretty neat (and I am loving some of the "new" designs. Umbrella? Corkscrew? Hell yeah!) 8D
I'm going to update the first post with some of this info/artwork in just a little bit. Good stuff, thanks man.
Who cares no one will really take this game seriously :x
Looks alright might just demo it when it comes out and buy if its enjoyable.
Exactly, Toshi! I don't view SG as becoming the Next Big Thing, but more like a fun, quirky diversion from some of the more mainstream fighters.
Peacock or whatever her name is looks fucking rad! And THAT'S the kinda style I was hoping for. Sure you can draw parallels between some designs, but I find her to be quite unique and awesome looking. That manic smile… just really works well.
Indeed! Of the characters revealed so far, her design is among my favorites. I know the game's website implies that she fights with the weapons implanted in her cyborg body and "imaginary (cartoon) companions manifested by her deadly tech." That sounds pretty cool, I hope her "cartoons" have the same old-school Disney-esque look as her character. I also keep seeing those animatronic bombs in her artwork, I think she'll probably be incorporating those in her moveset as well. Oh, how I dearly want some in-game footage of her already… sigh
I'm mos def the thread creator is tired of your faggotry.
Hmm? Well, I don't mind that he doesn't think much of the game, but seems like things are getting a little heated when they don't need to be. I just wouldn't buy the game if I had that strong of a negative opinion about it. Make no difference to me as far as that goes. ^^
In conclusion, the main reason why Lord Captain Shmeckie strongly dislike Skull Girls is because it has no penises in the cast.
Which is why the entire roster is boring because it's only showed two playable girls! …and holy fucking shit, you guys! Girls have no penises! :blink:Yup, that's right folks. No big, round, luscious penises in this game.
If you're looking for cock, then you better get the hell out, because there's NONE here.If this game was "Skull Dudes" or "Skull Villains," he would jerk off mad hard to it.
Create a "flash-like" fighter (with an even crappier look than this game!) with any resemblances to M. Bison, Hazama, Dormammu, or Geese and see what happens and watch here his hands go.
No dicks??? I've suddenly lost interest
Hmm? Well, I don't mind that he doesn't think much of the game, but seems like things are getting a little heated when they don't need to be. I just wouldn't buy the game if I had that strong of a negative opinion about it. Make no difference to me as far as that goes. ^^
It is getting stupid-heated, isnt it?
big, round, luscious penises
You said it, not me.
You started it and dragged it on.
Oh, and you wanted it, not me.
He who smelt it dealt it!!!!!
Nice one, Ms. Tabby.
Seriously, though, I do feel a little silly for getting so heated over something so stupid, but my point still stands; this game lifts way too much from one source (Guilty Gear) for comfort. Gross lack of creativity like that just bugs me is all, and this game already has so much going against it for me. An all-female (or all-anything, really) cast is boring. I like my Vanessas, Leonas, and Bonne Jenets just fine. Hell, Jenny was one of my main 3 in KOFXI. But I also like my Heiderns, my Oswalds, and my Geeses… Geese... Ah, fuck it. Anyway, basing a roster on how horny you are hurts things further through lack of variety.
And a friend of mine who's been following this game brings up a point; what's the point of infinite prevention if you have legit 90+ hit combos that do 100% damage anyway? And why have 3-on-3 battles with a roster of only 8 characters?
Either way, it's a big-time no-buy for me, and that's all I have to say on the matter.
Okay then. Leave, oh great ignorant one.
hahaha ok schmeck
You're right, Sol never had those things. Ky, on the other hand, was decked out in crosses as well. I'd cede you the cross chick if the religious fighter decked out in crosses was a common fighter archetype, but its not. Y'know where it was used? Guilty Gear.
Parasoul is the Elder Princess of the Canopy Kingdom and the commander of a small, elite group of soldiers called the Black Egrets. She enters the fray to chase down her sister, who is searching for the Skullgirl - someone possessed by a powerful artifact called the "Skull Heart" that has the ability to grant a single wish. But she knows that if worse comes to worst, the duty to her kingdom comes first.
Her little sister is the Younger Princess of the Canopy Kingdom - Umbrella. Born while the last queen carried the Skull Heart, she senses traces of her mother in the newly awoken Skull Girl, and seeks her out.
Also, the cross chick archetype is in japanese fighters everywhere - you're smoking. Melty Blood, Arcana Heart, Rage of the Dragons, Soul Calibur, practically every doujin fighter in creation. Guilty Gear did NOT pioneer the holy warrior, and you know it.
Baldhead was a killer doctor with a giant scalpel. That chick's a killer doctor who a giant bonesaw. You're right, they're nothing alike. Except that they're both killer doctors wielding giant surgical impliments, but whatever.
Valentine is a mid-boss. You may notice the katana handle on her bonesaw. She'll play like a doctor-ninja. She used to be a part of the Anti-Skullgirl lab that made Peacock - but betrayed their group when she witnessed the Skullgirl's power first hand.
And silly me, A.B.A has a giant key strapped to her back she uses to fight, not a pinwheel. I mean, sure, she's also beat up and fucked up looking and they both utilize their respective aetsthetical injuries in their fighting styles, and sure, she's lifting Zappa's hunched-psycho-in-pain "Schrodinger Fu" aesthetic down to the eyes, but pffft.
No calling her out for ripping Mukuro from the Last Blade? Or Gen-An and Basara from Samurai Showdown? Or Voldo from Soul Calibur? I mean, they were hunched over and crazy and had big weapons too.
But Painwheel, like Peacock, was one of Valentine's experiments as part of the Anti-Skullgirls project. No longer fettered by authority, she wants to validate her existence by killing the Skullgirl.
I'll admit that the entire cast isn't lifted from Guilty gear, but waaaay too much of this shit is, and it's main character goes well beyond "homage" and straight into xerox territory (her name is Fillia, for criminy's sake). Hazama and Makoto were homages. That shit's highway robbery. Worse than what SNK pulled with Ryo in Art of Fighting. One or two homages is one thing, but character after character is taking something from Guilty Gear, sometimes their entire character.
The first two characters they showed were way too god damn Guilty Gear, one would be another ripoff if it weren't for the dates (and I'm still betting she's gonna take something from Carl, but we'll see), one's pulled their entire aesthetical schtick from a Guilty Gear character, and I wanna know cross chick's backstory, because I smell the stank of Ky.
Main character is a schoolgirl who has had her memories devoured by the parasite on her head and forms a deal with it to take down the Skullgirl so she can wish her memories back.
The others are dead people revived by the mafia by parasites,
Slaves broken and made into living weapons that kill people like Wile E. Coyote might,
Circus performers made into mafia hitmen,
And one of a group of thieves who survived being caught and decapitated and wants to wish her friends back to life.
Something I think you just don't understand… or at least are underestimating, is the amount of time and effort that goes into designing and animating and doing all the spritework for an HD handdrawn game... from scratch. I gave that shit a crack through Mugen. That shit is HARD. And on the scale they're doing it? Difficult to imagine. The Skullgirls project was started back in 2001 by Alex Ahad. ...That's it! No Capcom, no SNK, just a bunch of fighting game enthusiasts. Have you ever heard of Autumn Games or Reverge Labs before? But their spritework and animation is better than SFII HD Remix, with all of UDON behind it.
You're soooo convinced that everything was ripped from Guilty Gear, when really, these tropes have been appearing in fighting games for decades. And all that work that was going into making these characters and giving them interesting fighting styles (which, as I mentioned in my first post, will have CvS style ratios as well as an -ism system) has taken years of labor. It started a DECADE ago. You think they're still drawing up sprites just so they can rip off Carl Clover? Don't be daft. I know you're not an idiot.
I suppose at the core of it, it's frustrating to me to have seen artwork from this game back in late 2003, back when it was barely getting its legs. To have followed it off and on, and realized that they'd have to go back to the drawing board to make it work for HD systems. And then hear all of that (to my eye) extremely cool style and hard work get shart all over by someone making baseless and on the face of it wrong assumptions about the game.
Sorry for losing my cool, but this is the sort of project I wanna see succeed. I can't stay Silent about that.
Hey guys, I bet they have that one character who is really fast and does little damage! And also one of those characters who is large and slow and can take damage like a walking tank. RIPPING OFF EVERYTHING!!!
It has aerial combos too. Ripoff of Rival Schools.
This fucking game ripped off human beings with tits.
Fail.
I know what your thinking? "Skullgirls? That sounds like their ripping off Khorne's skull throne!"
But as it turns out, Khârn the Betrayer himself (Khorne's #1 go-to man) his helping with this game. Not only did he help with the funding, he's the one who talked Mike Z into helping! Talked and beat him nearly to death with a Tekken Tag Arcade Cabinet.
Man, that Khârn, what a guy!
Seriously, to it's credit, I think everything i've seen so far has it's own personality and a pretty unique style. Sure it's anime inspired in many degrees so OF COURSE you can draw parallels between characters.
But this comparing to GG talk is silly. You look hard enough, play enough mental gymnastics, you'll see some comparisons. But most of those are small and arbitrary. As Silence said, tropes like these have been around for a while.
Hope this is the start of many XBLA/PSN games for the summer.
Last year, the summer was great in terms of XBLA/PSN games. I'd love a repeat of that.
Found a guy.. I think.
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His name is oswald. but dayum. Dem vulcans.
[edit] fuck. I HAVE played Odin Sphere. It just came back to me. HAhaha.
Found a guy.. I think.
! http://pub.tenkuu.net/Images/070722_oswald_vulcans_bg_lr.jpg
His name is oswald. but dayum. Dem vulcans.
[edit] fuck. I HAVE played Odin Sphere. It just came back to me. HAhaha.
LOL!
I was going to say! I could tell it was Oswald with the vulcans. Happens to the best of us. I really need to play that game again.
Oh Gekko.
laugh track
Okay, I have a good feeling I would main Parasoul.
What about you nigs?
You'd have to break my arms to STOP me from maining Parasoul.
Though I really want to see what they fight like before I make any commitments.
Whose the one with the big ol' burly arms for hair again? I thought she was kinda nifty.
Dammit, I was the first one to claim main of Parasoul.
Although, Squigly might become an option.
Whose the one with the big ol' burly arms for hair again? I thought she was kinda nifty.
Cerebella.
Sir, you were NOT the first one to call Parasoul.
Sir, you were NOT the first one to call Parasoul.
Dammit, Sarus!
And by cake, I mean 'main'.
When the game comes out, we'll do a "best out of three" with her.
Winner takes allher.
If you wanna be real about it, I called Parasoul back in '05.
Let's go.
But really though, if you google Skullgirls spritesheets you'll find some WIP animations for a lot of the characters. There's this girl with a fangs in her back that looks pretty bitchin. I'm eager to give HER a shot. Most of the cast, too.
Though if you know how Mike Z rolls, you KNOW Cerabella, as the requisite grappling character is going to be a BEAST.
Of fucking course.
"I used Juggernaut and Iron Tager and it was hard fighting with them."
Prepare for OP grapplers/tank characters. lol
Man, this game is sick:
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The gameplay shits on Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
I wish they would reveal more girls now though… like Parasoul.
Ha, I saw that video earlier today and was gonna post it in a bit. It's so great to hear the more polished voicework for Cerebella and Filia–this game is really starting to come together for me, I really can't wait to see the final product (which reminds me, I need to update the first post with the various info I've discovered on Dustloop. Tomorrow, maybe).
I wish they would reveal more girls now though… like Parasoul.
And Peacock. They better not save her for last. I swear.
Hopefully they'll show off the 3-on-3 and 3-on-1 system when they reveal the next character's gameplay. I really want a decent look on how the 3-on-1 is going to work, besides the 200% (or thereabouts) health thing. ^^
I like how the voices(and little qoutes) have that "western animation" feeling behind it. Just what I like.
Man, this game is sick:
VgtJy7wrAuQThe gameplay shits on Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
I wish they would reveal more girls now though… like Parasoul.
You know, I've changed my mind. If I do get this, my main will be Filia.
Hype levels still off the charts.
It's funny: I played the Skullgirls demo they released YEAAAAAAAAARS ago. It's just mind-blowing to see how far its come since then, gameplay-wise and art-wise. I can't wait to see more!
Holy… Fuck
HOLY. FUCK.
HOLY FUCK.
Michiru Yamane?!?!?!!
AWESOME! Also, this month's Game Informer has a screenshot with Peacock in it.
Holy… Fuck
HOLY. FUCK.
HOLY FUCK.
Michiru Yamane?!?!?!!
OH MY GOD! I NEED THIS GAME TO LIVE!
I love that woman. That woman blesses my ear.
You know, I saw that news elsewhere and I was also going to mention the GameInformer appearance, which I would've never known if it wasn't for Dervish, but yeah, good shit. It's getting some exposure.
It's kind of weird to have a Konami composer doing music for Skull Girls. Interesting.
I don't know much about that woman, but jazz music in Skull Girls?
I hope it's SNK-like or MvC2 without lyrics. lol
Holy… Fuck
HOLY. FUCK.
HOLY FUCK.
Michiru Yamane?!?!?!!
Indeed! How they convinced her to compose for this game, we may never know–but I don't give a hoot. It's wonderful news, and I have nothing but total confidence that she's going to create another masterful score. Skullgirls OST! Go!
AWESOME! Also, this month's Game Informer has a screenshot with Peacock in it.
YES! It was a great surprise, I actually did a double-take. I hope we get more screens of her soon; the earlier screenshots from '06 show her throwing bombs and using her huge gloved fists, I wouldn't mind seeing the updated art of that.
Bad scan, but w/e:
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I love how she's using the miniature cannon as a handgun. Awesome.
I don't know much about that woman, but jazz music in Skull Girls?
I hope it's SNK-like or MvC2 without lyrics. lol
Let's just say that the woman is responsible for the most stable thing in the Castlevania series: the soundtrack. No matter how bad a game was, the soundtrack was always awesome.
Plus she was responsible for the soundtrack of Rocket Knight Adventures. The orginal, best one. Lot of people don't know that, actually.
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She knew how to make some funky and epic music. I have complete faith.
Meh.
I didn't care for Castlevania nor the music, but I'll take y'all hype for word.
This game deserves all of my money. I promise not to pirate this game.