Posts made by DesertSpada

It's interesting to me how so many people disliked the Dream Story. I rather liked it. It did a lot of different things with the characters. Most games are going to follow the manga story but…...I know the One Piece story and I'm sure most of the players do too. I've been reading it for many years. So them taking liberties and playing around with story events and etc was fun to me. As said before, it'll get pretty stale if every single game is a re-telling of the main story just with more arcs and characters.

Hmm. That's a really weird roster. They're going all the way to some point in Dressrosa but they barely have anyone from that arc in the game. I know they'll have to make the ending different since we're still not all that close to finishing but this means they're going to drastically change the entirety of Dressrosa then. I don't have a problem with that myself but to have so few Donquixote Family members even represented. It's also strange that we're getting less new characters this go around than we did for the last game. I really hope for a few more surprises but if not, hey.

Really don't see Whiskey Peak being excluded as a big deal, especially since we're getting pretty decent inclusions anyway.

That aside, here's to hoping they'll reveal some characters we didn't know about this week and/or give some Moria gameplay.

Still nowhere close to finishing 3U on the 3DS but I recently got 4U and I love it. Need to increase my skills with it but I'm working on it. I haven't been with the series long–-I started out on Tri close to when the servers were about to close---but I've spent a decent amount of time on the series.

As far as 4U is concerned, I'm working through the village questions for a while---at least until some point into High Rank---before I try online. Just fought my first Tigrex the other day though. I've been looking forward to that. Is anyone else getting/have it?

Quick question. In the last scan, does it say Moria is actually playable or is he just a boss?

They don't want to disturb it. Any sudden movement could instantly release Priscilla and then everyone would be screwed a full day or two before they were prepared to be so.

I think the problem is that we see these girls sliced up all of the time so this being a wound that doesn't close really isn't as shocking to what it was dramatized to be. Yes, it being a wound that never closes is terrible but by this time we've seen so many body parts hacked to pieces that it's just an…."oh." I think disfigurement would have been a better choice since we do see a lot of horrible violence and gore and not as many "disturbing" visages.

I…..I don't even.

With all of the horrific people being torn to pieces and monsters spilling each others guts I too was wondering what was so bad about a Claymore's torso. The only thing I can think of is that it must be horribly diseased/necrotic in visage as another said or that's where the flesh of yoma was implanted and you can still see it. So a Claymore would have pieces of whatever yoma part that was given to them still clearly visable and in Clare's case, you would see parts of Teresa's head/face. That's be a pretty shocking thing that you wouldn't want people to see. So yeah.

^^
Can't wait to see him rip it up.

But yeah. This chapter. Everyone is in a heck of a lot deeper than they know.

That was one of the laziest things I've seen. Did we really need to see the same scene for the entirety of the chapter?

I mean, really? No. No we didn't. That was beyond stupid.

@Chopperrules:

I took a double take on that. The sad part is the translator was being serious with this. I don't know what was being said in Japanese as I still can't read kanji, but I can assure you there is a far better translation than "Dr. Snakes" without even knowing the word.

Yeah. Dr. Snakes is ridiculous. It's probably supposed to be Dr. Herpetologist. Dr. Herpes for short.

@Kizuchan:

I actually thought this episode was pretty good. I actually laughed at the "you're not my type" gag and the action with Luffy was pretty cool. Also, Zoro having trouble with Hodi was really brief, but it makes sense.

! Zoro drowns after he slices Hody in the manga and has to be saved by Neptune. Last week's brief fight wasn't complete filler either, you can see a few panels of it in the previous chapter. So this makes perfect sense, it's implied filler.

! Zoro doesn't drown after slicing Hody at all. After he effortlessly silences the Great White he goes back to where there's air and then Neptune tells him to grab onto him so they can escape the palace. Zoro and the others don't start to drown until after Neptune can't move and Hody is revived. The brief fight wasn't Hody throwing water bullets but him engaging Zoro in sword to trident combat. Zoro finds an opening and then slices him and certainly doesn't use Shishi Sonson.

@Monkey:

He use it in the manga too.

Nothing like this. They always use a full body Gear 2 in the anime and they even showed him pumping his legs.

Hey. How about just getting the game. Subbed dubbed….that's pretty irrelevant to actually being able to play it if you're in that region.

@No:

Which was the chapter where they rode into the forest and the big titan chased after them as a cliffhanger ? I kinda forgot to follow this series for a bit.

This is the chapter in which the female titan enters the forest at the end. Hopefully that is what you're looking for.

As for the others, what's your take on the tears?

@Thousand:

Usually I would agree with this but the author has just been laying on setback after setback to the point of sadistic that rather than think "Oh man, the poor humans, they're so screwed!", I end up thinking, "Oh for fuck's sake, are they ever gonna catch a break?!?". I just like the war to be a little more balanced and not just be a total massacre.

Isn't that the thing though? Isn't the fight that's happening now specifically going on so the humans can fight on equal ground? In other words, we're trying to get to a point where the humans aren't completely massacred but it's been a massacre for pretty much their entire existence with the titans. The price in dealing with titans is always high and every scrap of knowledge gained always has a heavy premium. We learned a lot here and in return lost a lot as well. But we're getting closer to a turning point where the humans can at least formulate a plan with all of the facts and have a good chance of accomplishing something.

So yeah, it was a good chapter but it was sad to see that they lost so, so much. Raiding Parties won't continue with such a huge loss and not even the captured female type to show for it.

I don't think Leorio is going to win. Or at least, I just can't see Pariston not getting what he wants. Even if he loses the seat, I still see him obtaining his goal.

That can be part of it but it'd have to be a lot more than that for the Marines to become a more powerful force now that Kuzan is gone. But there are a lot of projects that they were working on that could make the Marines stronger. The entire structure of the Marines has changed and there are a lot of different possibilities as to what that would imply.

@Cyan:

Sakazuki having a Devil Fruit advantage only makes Kuzan even more impressive to have lasted all ten days, honestly.

Exactly. It makes Kuzan look like the overall more skilled fighter since he can fight for 10 days at a handicap while Sakazuki had the advantage and yet they both still came out with severe injuries. And that's not what Oda was trying to say. Their powers were just about equal but Sakazuki was able to edge out over his fellow Admiral.

The match wasn't decided by some Devil Fruit superiority. It was decided by personal skill, strength and etc.

It'd be pretty lame to say Sakazuki won due to some Devil Fruit advantage. A 10 day fight ending with both of them being severely injured doesn't happen with one having a superior Devil Fruit. They were both just about equal but Sakazuki was able to edge out over Kuzan.

Nice. Illumi plays a hard game.

I think when the Goresei said that Teach was the first person to do that in history, they meant the first one to do it successfully since there had to have been someone to do so before in order for us to know what would happen if you did.

I always thought it was both. Teach specifically searched for the Yami for its unique properties. If the only thing it did was seal powers but only if its touching you, that hardly seems like an ability worth waiting 20 years for. But it makes perfect sense for it to be able to steal powers as well, just as brennen explained. HOWEVER, Marco's point that Teach is able to handle two at one time thanks to his abnormal body just ties it all together. You don't know what a Devil Fruit can do unless someone has eaten it and used it right? Teach knew of the Yami's abilities for quite some time. We also know that a person cannot eat two without dying. Does it not make perfect sense for a former Yami user to have used its abilities but have a body not able to handle two Devil Fruits at once? Teach undoubtedly knew of his atypical body and figured that in order to get ahead, he was going to do all that he could to maximize what he had at his disposal. So he waited in Whitebeard's shadow searching for the Yami. Once he found it, he initiated his plan.

He probably explained all of this to his new crew which is why Shiryu commented that if Teach's plan didn't work (when he attempted to steal Whitebeard's power) would they all disband right there. It seems to me that it's both the Yami that allows one to steal a power and Teach's body that allows him to contain it.

When Luffy mentioned the "wild animal" he meant that he sensed Caribou in the castle, to which Zoro and Sanji also noticed him.

Definitely. And the questions keep coming. Obviously she's not alone so who is she working with and how many of them are there? Is it another faction of humans or are they some of the higher ups that we already know about? Then it seems like the objective is to capture Eren, judging by the way the female titan gently lifted that guy's hood a couple of chapters back to see if it was him. If she wasn't trying to check the identity before she carted him away then she wouldn't have needed to be so tender in the approach. So just what are they planning to do with Eren once they capture him?

This has been a great set up.

Wow. Fantastic chapter. The way people are not just killed, but viciously maimed, eaten and then even spat out (which, to me, is even worse than just being eaten). Just when we think it's over we realize the real battle hasn't even started yet. With the way things have developed, we still have a chance to get some answers here.

Ah, fighting fishmen. Looks pretty interesting. Thanks for the scans redon.

Ah, what a fantastic day that would be.

Oh boy

the next installment featuring young male with girl problems with special guests, the explosions

i can't wait

it's gonna be great

@Sakonosolo:

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-actual-live-action-akira-script-worse-than-you-think/

I haven't read it yet but I THINK it's real.

It sounds pretty accurate. It was written on April 7 of this year and they got the info right on New Manhattan, the brother deal and Akira being a force of evil.

Actually seeing it unfurled like that makes you realize just how terrible it is. That was no surprise but actually dissecting just how terrible it's going to be is just…..good lord.......someone should kill this production before it makes it to theaters.

@Sonic:

Too bad you can't see what the fuck is happening.

Yeah. The messy chapters continue to thwart all attempts of knowing what's going on in these shots.

EDIT:

Geez, finally got him. Just have to get Wapol.

@Cyber-Robin:

Or people could buy the game instead. GASP.

Amazing, isn't it?

That being said, I'd prefer more discussion on the actual game than on how much people want to download for free…..which is what the last page or two has been about.

The blog update talks about Shiki's power to cause pick ups to float around him and let him use them as an attack. It also talks about the changing stages of Merreville.

Not with Vivi and Coby over Moria but we've already been through that.

At any rate, I won't be able to play for several more days but from what I head a lot of people are enjoying it. Looking forward to playing it.

Sounds like it involves the player a lot more in decisions outside of gameplay. In other words, I'm going to need a lot of help to traverse the game.

Here's some information from another forum via user Pacmatrix.

I really like it. There seems to be a lot of content in the game. But I'll be brief right now cause I have to go to work soon.

Pros:

• New characters tried so far have variety in their attacks. Gives some pretty good mix ups.
• Audio and voice work and pretty clear. Buggy's laugh never sounded so good.
• All sorts of new characters are unlocked from the start in Vs mode. Some are not like Coby and Lucci.
• Wi-Fi. Side note on this one. I play on an US 3DS and the game doesn't use the 3DS Wi-Fi connections. It uses it's own. It does not like WPA Encryption. Gotta have WEP for this game. I haven't been able to connect online because of this.
• True fast pace One Piece fighting game.

Cons:

• Brook doesn't have Soul Sword… But he still rocks.
• Old Characters... haven't seem to change much regarding their movesets. Somewhat of a let down.
• When using a lvl 3 super the game slows down/stutter/ sometimes when the animated video plays.

That's probably so, but it still interests me. We got Hardening Gigant Gatling a couple of weeks before it debuted in the manga. So maybe not all, but I just wonder if a few.

We'll find out in a couple of days though.

With the latest chapter out, it really does make one a bit more interested in the moveset of the Straw Hat crew. Really it was a perfect release schedule. If these moves are incorporated, which I really hope they are and I think there's a good chance for it, then they will have spoiled absolutely nothing.

@redon:

Got it!!

http://i.imgur.com/IlGdA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/IVYND.jpg

That's pretty glorious.

@The:

what characters are people excited for or looking foward to play? I really want to try Chopper he actually looks fun now and Franky looks awesome and of course the new Luffy with haki! Even though im not a fan of Hodi i want to see his moves along with Dracken, GB1 actually turned me into a Jimbei fan so i want to see how Hodi's fishman karate will differ

Excluding the Straw Hats I'm really looking forward to Hody Jones and Vander Decken. I'm also quite interested in Drake, to a lesser extent Kid, Shiki and Donquixote Doflamingo. As for the Straw Hats themselves I'm really looking forward to all of those that were left out last time (Franky, Brook, Robin) as well as Usopp and again, to a lesser extent Chopper.

Oh yeah, Lucci and Enel as well. And Caribou.

@600_Followers:

Law is fun to play as. =] He has some pretty nice and smooth attacks. His Room attacks are cool. =]

Law moveset - It may not be necessary because of the pic provided but I'll describe it anyway.
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Up+B
1. Kicks straight up.
2. Thrusts sheathed sword straight up.
3. Thrusts sword straight up, making the sheath spin up in the air before he catches it with his sword.

Up+Side+B
1. Sheathed sword thrust. Holds handle and sheath with both hands.
2. Another sheathed sword thrust, but this time only holding the handle with one hand so this one strikes further.

Basic+B Combo
1. Kick
2. Roundhouse kick
3. Swipes sheathed sword.

Down+Side+B
1. Slide kick
2. Another kick with other leg.

Down+B
1. Creates a Room and slides over to the other side of it.

Air+Up+B - Backflip kick

Air+Up+Side+B - Sheathed sword swipe

Air+B - Thrust kick

Air+Down+Side+B - Frontflip kick

Air+Down+B - Creates a Room and falls back down to the ground. Any opponent within the Room gets slashed. This seems to be guaranteed to break an opponent's guard.

Dash+B - Sword handle thrust.

Throw - Turns around then thrusts sheathed sword at opponent.

Special 1 - Creates a Room, any opponent in Room gets slashed.

Special 2 - Sort of the same as Special 1, but slashed opponents have their heads replaced with a Crate that brings out a random healing item [which you should try to catch] or status ailment item [which you hopefully avoid and instead land on someone else].

Special 3 - This move is called "Catastrophe" made exclusively for this game [credit to rayleigh92 for this info]. Law creates a Room, runs forth and wildly slashed anyone within the Room. In the end the opponent's head is replaced with an exploding bomb.
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Thank you very much for all of the information that you have provided! It'll release in a matter of days and I'll be able to play my copy about a week after that. In that time, I hope to see some good information on just what some of the options say.

This is my first time watching the Extra Credits videos and I must say they are simply fantastic. They way it succinctly presents all of the information in such a pure and in-depth manner is simply a joy. Basically what others have said about it. Thanks for tipping me off to its existence.

@ponx:

Lesse…. 100.000 : 1st day.
50.000 : 2nd day (this is when NotMadara got both Bee n Naruto).
25.000 : 3rd day.
12.500 : 4th day.
6.250 : 5th day. (extraction complete, but assuming it took all day)
3.125 : 6th day.. Yep they still pretty much got people to fight with. Its easy with Kishi huh? U lose half ur force a day

Ah, clever.

@choperman:

Guys he doesn't need the nine tails remember??

http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/537/10
http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/537/11

and there's another page I couldn't find, basically they make up for the nine tails chakra, so he'll get bee, and then he'll fail with naruto, and he'll say screw it and just use those two thus leaving it so he doesn't have to take the nine tails out of naruto…. how very convenient

Oh yeah. So with the pot I suppose he can suck the 8 tails out of Killer Bee as well. Then I guess it's an easier transfer into Gedo Mazo. Hmm. Even though he has that bit of chakra from the twins it doesn't seem like it's even a moderate portion of the Kyubi's total amount. But eh. We'll see it all after a while.

600_Followers:

Fantastic. Thanks again for all of the information.

How does Law handle to you?

600_Followers thanks a ton.

They really packed a lot into the moves, it seems. This makes me wonder if all of the characters will have movesets like this. I'm really liking how that part is shaping up.

So NotMadara plans on fulfilling his Moon's Eye Plan on this very day, right? But before that he needs both Hachibi and Kyubi, yes? Both are in Killer Bee and Naruto respectively since he has yet to capture them. However…..doesn't it take several days to extract a tailed beast from a Jinchuriki? Three days, was it? So that means that both of these shinobi need to not only be captured but taken far away so that the process can happen in peace while the Gokage and Samurai forces are kept busy. But both sides of this war have lost about half their forces respectively in a single day, correct?

So what in the world would be going on for nearly a week as the statue sucks the tailed beasts out of Naruto and Bee assuming NotMadara captures them? Everyone will be out of effective armies by the end of the day. Will they be throwing dead bodies at each other?

@Kavern:

GameFAQS user Pacmatrix downloaded the demo on the japanese Wii and here is his first review:

_"Just played (Still playing) the demo. Here are some of my initial thoughts from it.

New World Luffy is just fluid. His attacks and movements flow all together. They really stepped it up with the animations. Even Law, while not as show off as Luffy, has some pretty slick attacks.

Supports mapped to the L button plus button press. Makes them a whole of a heck lot easier to use and call out. Muscle memory from the first game still has me pressing L to initiate the super attacks. Annoying for me but will go away in time.

Background continues to impress. Can't wait to see other stages.

One thing that I saw in the demo with Luffy that was mention in the blogs was having an attacks property change when the button is held down. With Luffy most of his attack can be charge for impressive results. I love this and I hope more characters are like this as well.

Overall this demo cemented how much work they put into the battle system. I'm def picking it up on release (limited edition if I'm lucky). Going to play a bit more with Law to really see what he has to offer."_

Thank you. I have to say, this is sounding really interesting and opens some new possibilities.

Anyone planning on getting this when it comes out as opposed to later?

Well Madara said he was heading out to Naruto's location so they were going to eventually meet up. However he should have been on guard and/or seen Naruto a mile away.

Oh well. Still enjoyed the chapter, and we don't get many of these. We'll be finding out Tobi's real identity soon, I assume.

There's still an the entire New World full of pirates. I'm 100% sure there will be at least one Shichibukai we've never seen before, and maybe two. There are plenty of pirates out there that we've yet to see. The way things have been set up is to reinstate the mystery that once shrouded the world. It took years for the Shichibukai to be fully revealed and now we have three open slots and Kuma who will be greatly changed the next time we see him. Maybe one Supernova will have been offered a position but we're definitely going to see some new pirates.

Crocodile will never be given another chance. Reinstating him would make the World Gov't look really, really bad since everyone knows that he tried to subvert an entire country and also took part in the Marineford war. Not to mention he tried to get his hands on the Pluton. Besides, Crocodile is through with that and moving on to bigger things.

The Shichibukai are still way, waaaaay too valuable to just abolish. They just need to have a closer watch on them because Doflamingo, Hancock and Mihawk as enemies would be a lot of trouble and it would take a lot of high grade forces to take any of them down.