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Summer Anime.
Posted 11 years agoWelcome my lovely followers. Today I talk about some of the anime i've been watching. Of course I'll only be talking about stuff new right out of japan. I don't normally talk about the shows I watch, so today I'm changing that. *mew
My fave anime of the season so far is: "Majimoji Rurumo"
Very adorable main girl on it and cute story. x')
And the continuing anime I still watch.
One Piece: They really should turn this into a 10 min show to cut out the filler. However still a pretty fun show. So far there are 656 episodes!
Hunter x Hunter: Having a bit of a hard time recovering after the sad ending of the ant arc, But it's a pretty good new season so far. Killua makes the show worth it... I don't like Gon much however.
Sword Art Online II: I swear I wasn't gonna watch the new season after how awful the 2nd season with the Elf world was... But I was told the new season was much better then the last 1 and is less focused on the harem aspect... Seems ok so far, but time will tell...
Space☆Dandy: Not half as good as Cowboy bebop to me, However it's still a fun gag show and I still enjoy it. Tho I did put the new season on hold for now until I'm in the mood for it.
Rowdy Sumo Wrestler Matsutaro: Pretty fun old style anime, Main character is sometimes a bit hard to like however.
Kuroshitsuji – Book of Circus: I'm not into male focused stories, but I often give in if the story is interesting or I'm bored enough. The mystery on this season was interesting so I'm enjoying it enough so far anyways.
Other new anime.
Tokyo Ghoul: Pretty interesting horror anime... Even tho I don't like gore and violence, but I'm really curious where the story is heading.
Yugioh Arc V: So far this new Yugioh series is much better then couple of the last Yugioh series. Animations and character design is pretty nice, The story is only ok or meh so far... But I'm still enjoying it at the moment.
My fave anime of the season so far is: "Majimoji Rurumo"
Very adorable main girl on it and cute story. x')
And the continuing anime I still watch.
One Piece: They really should turn this into a 10 min show to cut out the filler. However still a pretty fun show. So far there are 656 episodes!
Hunter x Hunter: Having a bit of a hard time recovering after the sad ending of the ant arc, But it's a pretty good new season so far. Killua makes the show worth it... I don't like Gon much however.
Sword Art Online II: I swear I wasn't gonna watch the new season after how awful the 2nd season with the Elf world was... But I was told the new season was much better then the last 1 and is less focused on the harem aspect... Seems ok so far, but time will tell...
Space☆Dandy: Not half as good as Cowboy bebop to me, However it's still a fun gag show and I still enjoy it. Tho I did put the new season on hold for now until I'm in the mood for it.
Rowdy Sumo Wrestler Matsutaro: Pretty fun old style anime, Main character is sometimes a bit hard to like however.
Kuroshitsuji – Book of Circus: I'm not into male focused stories, but I often give in if the story is interesting or I'm bored enough. The mystery on this season was interesting so I'm enjoying it enough so far anyways.
Other new anime.
Tokyo Ghoul: Pretty interesting horror anime... Even tho I don't like gore and violence, but I'm really curious where the story is heading.
Yugioh Arc V: So far this new Yugioh series is much better then couple of the last Yugioh series. Animations and character design is pretty nice, The story is only ok or meh so far... But I'm still enjoying it at the moment.
Freedom-Planet game out soon
Posted 11 years agoI've been waiting ages for this lovely game and can't wait to play it. :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zlMtd4zeI0
And to anyone that may want to say or think that it is just a stupid Sonic fan-game and or that it is not worth anyone's money, Please go learn what a fan-game actually is and what the word means, There is a huge difference between a mere fan-game and a game inspired by other games, and if you refuse to learn the difference and still want to be a butt hurt baby... Then please go lock yourself in a insane-asylum and spare the rest of us of yo existence.
Anyways with that out of the way. I'm happy to see more games with the old 90s-Games/Disney animal-person inspired art-style and characters... Not something you see people do much anymore in games nowadays outside of older series that been around for a long awhile like Sonic/Ratchet & Clank/Mickey Mouse, ETC. And in general this game clearly had a whole lot of work put to it with all it's beautiful animations and gameplay and so on. So go support it if you are into that kind of Genre, AKA classic action platformers with early classic cartoon inspired style animal characters. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zlMtd4zeI0
And to anyone that may want to say or think that it is just a stupid Sonic fan-game and or that it is not worth anyone's money, Please go learn what a fan-game actually is and what the word means, There is a huge difference between a mere fan-game and a game inspired by other games, and if you refuse to learn the difference and still want to be a butt hurt baby... Then please go lock yourself in a insane-asylum and spare the rest of us of yo existence.
Anyways with that out of the way. I'm happy to see more games with the old 90s-Games/Disney animal-person inspired art-style and characters... Not something you see people do much anymore in games nowadays outside of older series that been around for a long awhile like Sonic/Ratchet & Clank/Mickey Mouse, ETC. And in general this game clearly had a whole lot of work put to it with all it's beautiful animations and gameplay and so on. So go support it if you are into that kind of Genre, AKA classic action platformers with early classic cartoon inspired style animal characters. :)
Random Sonic thoughts of the day & Reviews.
Posted 11 years agoYeah yeah I know... Yet another blog with me talking about mostly Sonic related subjects. :p
I am not quite sure why it is... but I really like MetalSonic, His design is just so superb and he is a real epic bad dude, He has easily became my 3rd favorite Sonic character... On that note I think my top 5 currently are...
#1 is Sonic.
#2 is Dr.Eggman.
#3 is MetalSonic.
#4 is Blaze.
#5 is Tails.
As a note I like most of these 5 nearly to the same degree, so the numbers don't mean much.
However I'm not really fond of MetalSonic's Sonic-Heroes design, the design was awful IMHO. I prefer his standard modern or classic design personally... I wonder what he'll look like on Sonic Boom? Well on 1 of the 3DS version trailers somebody spotted what looked like a moment of him real quick, he seemed to look mostly the same but it was hard to tell.
Speaking of SonicBoom... the Boom games still look kinda lame to me, I still might pass on getting them. Also lots of early opinions from other people who tried the demos said it's not very good and their reasons why seemed pretty reasonable to me this time. Also at this point it's very clear that they are just tie-in games for the TV-show and should be looked at as such.
The TV show still looks like great fun to me, and for the moment many fans agree. Some fans I can tell are disappointed that the show is just a random comedy and is not the more serious drama that they wanted... But really that's those fans own fault for building self-entitled opinions for what they believe the series should or should not be. Long as it's fun I otherwise don't really care.
But I am worried if the boom games don't do well. Because we needed this, we needed a American Sonic branch, it opens up the doors to much more Sonic content and possibilities. Because in case you didn't know the classic Sonic games on the touch phones are actually remastered versions made by 2 guys and they are hinting at that if SonicBoom does well it'll open up more possibilities for the American branch... perhaps even NEW classic style Sonic games, which is something many Sonic fans have been dying for ages for, Hell I know I would really enjoy new retro style sonic games myself.
Also that reminds me it annoys me when I see somebody say that all modern pixel art styles are just made for nostalgia’s sake. IMO pixel art is just as much of a art style as any other, deal with it. :T
But if Boom does poorly then Sega of Japan may see that as a sign that they were mistaken to let their American branch try anything and cut them off later... Not good if that happens just to tell you. But since they may only have 1 shot with this... I am kinda annoyed at the American branch for trying something so risky and letting a unknown game team make the games. Anyways I hope that if at least the TV show does well that Sega of Japan will be happy enough and let them do more stuff.
And I'm not quite sure if I made a blog on my current favorite Sonic game list and scores I give them? Oh well, here's a new list just in case to fix that!
#1: Sonic Colors-Wii. I give it a 80 out of 100.
While this game only had Sonic playable which is always a shame when it's like that, but it was otherwise a really amazing fun game to me personally and is still my current favorite Sonic game.
#2: SonicLostWorld-WiiU. I give it a 75 out of 100.
This Sonic game especially really needed some extra playable characters besides Sonic as the gameplay was really suited for it more then normal. Otherwise however I really enjoyed this game and even considered it my #1 fave for a short time. It's far from perfect but I still had a very good blast with it and replay it sometimes... Hell I even enjoy the snowball level! What can I say? I just enjoy a good game with variety. Also This game returned to a much more cartoon looking art style which is something I prefer personally...
#3: Sonic2-Genesis. I give it a 85 out of 100.
The first Sonic game I played, I'll admit it's not perfect but I can honestly say it's a super great game and I'm not just saying that out of nostalgia’s sake, Like all the main classic Sonic games it has fun levels to race across and with just a little bit of a exploring element to them, Also has pretty fun minigame levels, the special stages in Sonic2 are a bit to unforgiven IMO. The boss battles while often fun are also however a bit lacking and sometimes even quite lame. Also this is when we got our first extra playable character Tails!.
#4: Sonic3&K-Genesis. I give it a 85 out of 100.
The epic last games of the classic set, I count the 2 of them as 1 game as that is how they were originally made to be. I'm not as fond of the in-game art style in this game as I was the few before it... but it's still nice. This game has so many minigame levels which is a big plus in my book. The boss battles are little better then the other classics... but still a bit lacking. This time we have 3 playable characters. Sonic. Tails and Knuckles... Knuckles is cool n all... But I would had preferred a female character... I've never been much of a fan of guy characters often. back when I first got this game I did however still believe Tails to be a girl at that point... but that doesn't change the fact of what I know now and that I would prefer a girl character to take a more important role as part of the main group then Knuckles... And I DO NOT mean Amy.
#5: SonicCD-2011-version. I give it a 80 out of 100.
I'll be honest here and tell you I never got to play Sonic CD until much later in my life, When i first played it it was on a rom hack back around 2009 and I never bothered to complete it until I got the remastered 2011 version that I got for my PS3. It's was a really fun game no lie I gotta say. The levels had a quite a bit of variety in them. The special stages were fun for the most part but also to hard for my tastes. My opinions on the boss battles is pretty much the same as they were on the other classic games. And this game has MetalSonic in it! so + 1 in my book... However he is barely used in the whole game making it him feel a bit sadly pointless in it, and the single race battle with him is a bad joke. Classic Amy is here in the game too which is my personal favorite Amy. Just a cute 8 year old kid with a crush on a hero... Shame they had to turn her into a annoying psychopathic stalker later on.
#6: Sonic1-Genesis. I give it a 80 out of 100.
Ahh the first Sonic game... It doesn't get anymore classic then this! This game is a bit more simple then a lot of the other games which is to be expected but it's a epic fun game nevertheless. The special stages were pretty good even if a bit sickening with all that spinning after awhile. The normal levels were good like all the classics, Fun placers to race across with a tiny side element of exploration. I love the badniks in all the classic games, very cute and charming... Robotnik must have a strange artistic side and a bit of a taste for cute things... Hohooho. Also like all the classic games it had epic music that you can rehear over and over on a play list and enjoy.
#7: SonicGenerations-PS3. I give it a 80 out of 100.
This game was pretty awesome! ...Again it wasn't perfect, but I don't need a game to be perfect to enjoy it. Both the fast paced modern Sonic levels and classic Sonic levels were great fun for me. Half of the boss battles were really good and fun on this game... But the battles I didn't really like were the Chaos battle and the final battle, also the battle with Shadow was kinda strange IMO... Like the concept needed more work or something, And to many of the battles were racing battles and I feel that classic Sonic should had gotten 1 more boss battle. But that was a problem with this game in general, it was WAY to short... I know that the game being to short is a problem most Sonic games have in general but still this 1 should had been made longer IMHO... even if it was just with DLC levels which they never stupidly did.
#8: Sonic4-EP2. I give it a 70 out of 100.
Episode 2 of Sonic4 is miles better then episode 1 in my opinion. The game is far from perfect but I still liked it a lot. The absolute best part of this game was all the boss battles hands down, I'll tell you this, Dimps often knows how to do very good boss battles and are very often much better then the boss battles SonicTeam does. However when it comes to normal level design this is where Dimps fails, the normal levels here are empty and boring except for a few levels in the game that are "ok/fun enough" ... The special stages in this game are just a rip-off of Sonic2's special stages again... they are fairly easy except for 2 of them which are hell. Anyways the game has MetalSonic in it and quite a bit this time which is awesome, and fighting him is pretty fun.
#9: Sonic Unleashed-PS3. I give it a 75 out of 100.
The game was fun, even the Werehog levels to a ok degree in my opinion. I'm not a fan of the more realistic world art style they came up with during this time period as I prefer simple cartoon styles, especially with Sonic. But I did enjoy the fast paced day-time gameplay, Hell I could handle far faster to be perfectly honest, People who complained that the game is to fast are such slow mos I swear... Also the story was awful in this game IMO just to say. but the cut scenes were beautiful.
#10: Sonic Adventure-1&2. I give them both a 75 out of 100.
I loved the adventure games when they first came out... But now? Err... they are ok but not the best Sonic games IMO, I feel that they get way to much hype from the fan base. Anyways I mostly like the Chao mini pet game about these 2 games best. Otherwise out of the 2 games I prefer SA1 over 2... I feel SA2 lacked a lot of the charm that I feel a Sonic game should have and it's story was to way kiddy drama for me also I'm not fond of the world art style, I prefer much more surreal cartoony abstract styles for a world personally. SA1 was better but still quite lacking a good story IMO. It was admittedly cool to have all those playable characters even if SA2 did it poorly IMO, it also came with the cost of each character's story mode being way to short in both games. The adventure games were built with the exploring aspect as a bit more of a focus then the older games... except for SA2 which was more streamlined in gameplay then SA1. These games do make me curious what a true open-world sonic could be like... But I have my doubts SonicTeam currently would know how to do it right.
Anyways thanks for reading. See ya around~
I am not quite sure why it is... but I really like MetalSonic, His design is just so superb and he is a real epic bad dude, He has easily became my 3rd favorite Sonic character... On that note I think my top 5 currently are...
#1 is Sonic.
#2 is Dr.Eggman.
#3 is MetalSonic.
#4 is Blaze.
#5 is Tails.
As a note I like most of these 5 nearly to the same degree, so the numbers don't mean much.
However I'm not really fond of MetalSonic's Sonic-Heroes design, the design was awful IMHO. I prefer his standard modern or classic design personally... I wonder what he'll look like on Sonic Boom? Well on 1 of the 3DS version trailers somebody spotted what looked like a moment of him real quick, he seemed to look mostly the same but it was hard to tell.
Speaking of SonicBoom... the Boom games still look kinda lame to me, I still might pass on getting them. Also lots of early opinions from other people who tried the demos said it's not very good and their reasons why seemed pretty reasonable to me this time. Also at this point it's very clear that they are just tie-in games for the TV-show and should be looked at as such.
The TV show still looks like great fun to me, and for the moment many fans agree. Some fans I can tell are disappointed that the show is just a random comedy and is not the more serious drama that they wanted... But really that's those fans own fault for building self-entitled opinions for what they believe the series should or should not be. Long as it's fun I otherwise don't really care.
But I am worried if the boom games don't do well. Because we needed this, we needed a American Sonic branch, it opens up the doors to much more Sonic content and possibilities. Because in case you didn't know the classic Sonic games on the touch phones are actually remastered versions made by 2 guys and they are hinting at that if SonicBoom does well it'll open up more possibilities for the American branch... perhaps even NEW classic style Sonic games, which is something many Sonic fans have been dying for ages for, Hell I know I would really enjoy new retro style sonic games myself.
Also that reminds me it annoys me when I see somebody say that all modern pixel art styles are just made for nostalgia’s sake. IMO pixel art is just as much of a art style as any other, deal with it. :T
But if Boom does poorly then Sega of Japan may see that as a sign that they were mistaken to let their American branch try anything and cut them off later... Not good if that happens just to tell you. But since they may only have 1 shot with this... I am kinda annoyed at the American branch for trying something so risky and letting a unknown game team make the games. Anyways I hope that if at least the TV show does well that Sega of Japan will be happy enough and let them do more stuff.
And I'm not quite sure if I made a blog on my current favorite Sonic game list and scores I give them? Oh well, here's a new list just in case to fix that!
#1: Sonic Colors-Wii. I give it a 80 out of 100.
While this game only had Sonic playable which is always a shame when it's like that, but it was otherwise a really amazing fun game to me personally and is still my current favorite Sonic game.
#2: SonicLostWorld-WiiU. I give it a 75 out of 100.
This Sonic game especially really needed some extra playable characters besides Sonic as the gameplay was really suited for it more then normal. Otherwise however I really enjoyed this game and even considered it my #1 fave for a short time. It's far from perfect but I still had a very good blast with it and replay it sometimes... Hell I even enjoy the snowball level! What can I say? I just enjoy a good game with variety. Also This game returned to a much more cartoon looking art style which is something I prefer personally...
#3: Sonic2-Genesis. I give it a 85 out of 100.
The first Sonic game I played, I'll admit it's not perfect but I can honestly say it's a super great game and I'm not just saying that out of nostalgia’s sake, Like all the main classic Sonic games it has fun levels to race across and with just a little bit of a exploring element to them, Also has pretty fun minigame levels, the special stages in Sonic2 are a bit to unforgiven IMO. The boss battles while often fun are also however a bit lacking and sometimes even quite lame. Also this is when we got our first extra playable character Tails!.
#4: Sonic3&K-Genesis. I give it a 85 out of 100.
The epic last games of the classic set, I count the 2 of them as 1 game as that is how they were originally made to be. I'm not as fond of the in-game art style in this game as I was the few before it... but it's still nice. This game has so many minigame levels which is a big plus in my book. The boss battles are little better then the other classics... but still a bit lacking. This time we have 3 playable characters. Sonic. Tails and Knuckles... Knuckles is cool n all... But I would had preferred a female character... I've never been much of a fan of guy characters often. back when I first got this game I did however still believe Tails to be a girl at that point... but that doesn't change the fact of what I know now and that I would prefer a girl character to take a more important role as part of the main group then Knuckles... And I DO NOT mean Amy.
#5: SonicCD-2011-version. I give it a 80 out of 100.
I'll be honest here and tell you I never got to play Sonic CD until much later in my life, When i first played it it was on a rom hack back around 2009 and I never bothered to complete it until I got the remastered 2011 version that I got for my PS3. It's was a really fun game no lie I gotta say. The levels had a quite a bit of variety in them. The special stages were fun for the most part but also to hard for my tastes. My opinions on the boss battles is pretty much the same as they were on the other classic games. And this game has MetalSonic in it! so + 1 in my book... However he is barely used in the whole game making it him feel a bit sadly pointless in it, and the single race battle with him is a bad joke. Classic Amy is here in the game too which is my personal favorite Amy. Just a cute 8 year old kid with a crush on a hero... Shame they had to turn her into a annoying psychopathic stalker later on.
#6: Sonic1-Genesis. I give it a 80 out of 100.
Ahh the first Sonic game... It doesn't get anymore classic then this! This game is a bit more simple then a lot of the other games which is to be expected but it's a epic fun game nevertheless. The special stages were pretty good even if a bit sickening with all that spinning after awhile. The normal levels were good like all the classics, Fun placers to race across with a tiny side element of exploration. I love the badniks in all the classic games, very cute and charming... Robotnik must have a strange artistic side and a bit of a taste for cute things... Hohooho. Also like all the classic games it had epic music that you can rehear over and over on a play list and enjoy.
#7: SonicGenerations-PS3. I give it a 80 out of 100.
This game was pretty awesome! ...Again it wasn't perfect, but I don't need a game to be perfect to enjoy it. Both the fast paced modern Sonic levels and classic Sonic levels were great fun for me. Half of the boss battles were really good and fun on this game... But the battles I didn't really like were the Chaos battle and the final battle, also the battle with Shadow was kinda strange IMO... Like the concept needed more work or something, And to many of the battles were racing battles and I feel that classic Sonic should had gotten 1 more boss battle. But that was a problem with this game in general, it was WAY to short... I know that the game being to short is a problem most Sonic games have in general but still this 1 should had been made longer IMHO... even if it was just with DLC levels which they never stupidly did.
#8: Sonic4-EP2. I give it a 70 out of 100.
Episode 2 of Sonic4 is miles better then episode 1 in my opinion. The game is far from perfect but I still liked it a lot. The absolute best part of this game was all the boss battles hands down, I'll tell you this, Dimps often knows how to do very good boss battles and are very often much better then the boss battles SonicTeam does. However when it comes to normal level design this is where Dimps fails, the normal levels here are empty and boring except for a few levels in the game that are "ok/fun enough" ... The special stages in this game are just a rip-off of Sonic2's special stages again... they are fairly easy except for 2 of them which are hell. Anyways the game has MetalSonic in it and quite a bit this time which is awesome, and fighting him is pretty fun.
#9: Sonic Unleashed-PS3. I give it a 75 out of 100.
The game was fun, even the Werehog levels to a ok degree in my opinion. I'm not a fan of the more realistic world art style they came up with during this time period as I prefer simple cartoon styles, especially with Sonic. But I did enjoy the fast paced day-time gameplay, Hell I could handle far faster to be perfectly honest, People who complained that the game is to fast are such slow mos I swear... Also the story was awful in this game IMO just to say. but the cut scenes were beautiful.
#10: Sonic Adventure-1&2. I give them both a 75 out of 100.
I loved the adventure games when they first came out... But now? Err... they are ok but not the best Sonic games IMO, I feel that they get way to much hype from the fan base. Anyways I mostly like the Chao mini pet game about these 2 games best. Otherwise out of the 2 games I prefer SA1 over 2... I feel SA2 lacked a lot of the charm that I feel a Sonic game should have and it's story was to way kiddy drama for me also I'm not fond of the world art style, I prefer much more surreal cartoony abstract styles for a world personally. SA1 was better but still quite lacking a good story IMO. It was admittedly cool to have all those playable characters even if SA2 did it poorly IMO, it also came with the cost of each character's story mode being way to short in both games. The adventure games were built with the exploring aspect as a bit more of a focus then the older games... except for SA2 which was more streamlined in gameplay then SA1. These games do make me curious what a true open-world sonic could be like... But I have my doubts SonicTeam currently would know how to do it right.
Anyways thanks for reading. See ya around~
Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire.
Posted 11 years agoYay~ More Pokemon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywGSON9tNq0
Seems little soon to me, but it is just remakes.
But a cool note is that this is a remake of the games that first had the most lovely Pokemon that has been my favorite Pokemon for ages... Gardevoir <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywGSON9tNq0
Seems little soon to me, but it is just remakes.
But a cool note is that this is a remake of the games that first had the most lovely Pokemon that has been my favorite Pokemon for ages... Gardevoir <3
My top 20 girl character list.
Posted 11 years agoThat's right! Here is my list of my top 20 girls "That I can think of offhand"
Few rules for my list. #1: Characters must be from official cartoons/games, ETC. So nothing silly like listing my own characters here. #2: Don't list more then 2 characters from a single series. #3: Limit self to 20 on list max, just so I'm not up all night trying to think of every girl I ever liked. #4: Only list characters I can think of fairly quickly offhand.
And here we go. "In order as I thought of them"
Midna: Zelda, Twilight princess.
Gardevoir: Pokemon.
Blaze: Sonic.
Vanilla: Sonic.
Lina: Slayers.
Naga: Slayers.
Mink: Dragon half.
Drossel: Fireball Charming.
Raspberyl: Disgaea.
Asagi: Disgaea.
Tron Bonne: Megaman legends.
Renamon: Digimon.
Fi: Zelda, Skyward sword.
Samus: Metroid
Mikasa: Attack on titan.
Ryūko: Kill la kill.
Queen Tyr'ahnee: Duck Dodgers.
Rukia Kuchiki: Bleach.
Carmelita Montoya Fox: Sly Cooper.
Yuffie: FF7.
I just super adore these girls I do have to say~ <3
Few rules for my list. #1: Characters must be from official cartoons/games, ETC. So nothing silly like listing my own characters here. #2: Don't list more then 2 characters from a single series. #3: Limit self to 20 on list max, just so I'm not up all night trying to think of every girl I ever liked. #4: Only list characters I can think of fairly quickly offhand.
And here we go. "In order as I thought of them"
Midna: Zelda, Twilight princess.
Gardevoir: Pokemon.
Blaze: Sonic.
Vanilla: Sonic.
Lina: Slayers.
Naga: Slayers.
Mink: Dragon half.
Drossel: Fireball Charming.
Raspberyl: Disgaea.
Asagi: Disgaea.
Tron Bonne: Megaman legends.
Renamon: Digimon.
Fi: Zelda, Skyward sword.
Samus: Metroid
Mikasa: Attack on titan.
Ryūko: Kill la kill.
Queen Tyr'ahnee: Duck Dodgers.
Rukia Kuchiki: Bleach.
Carmelita Montoya Fox: Sly Cooper.
Yuffie: FF7.
I just super adore these girls I do have to say~ <3
Wonder what a Japanese Sonic branch would be like?
Posted 11 years agoBy now if you are a Sonic fan at all. You likely have heard of the new SonicBoom branch and how it's made to be targeted for western groups only, Game & TV-show won't even be sold in japan.
But that's the thing. The main Sonic branch is mostly enjoyed by western fans too and even tho it's also sold in japan, It's not very popular in japan at all... far less then it is in the western market anyways. Which is kinda sad since Sonic is made by a Japanese company.
So that brings up a question from me. What type of Sonic series concept made into it's own shoot-off branch would sell better in japan even if it wouldn't be as well liked over in the western market? ... A japan targeted Sonic branch... Really makes me curious what it'd be like and all the character designs, ETC. I often like a lot of stuff from japan, Example I watch a lot of anime, Only in Japanese with subtitles too just to say. So I could see myself enjoying such a Sonic series perhaps, unless they turned it into something really... really bad. But yeah, I wonder how they would do it? 1 thing that comes to mind is that they may have to turn it into a teen targeted series... since If I remember right, kid anime isn't super popular there lately. But I'm not exactly sure. *mew
But that's the thing. The main Sonic branch is mostly enjoyed by western fans too and even tho it's also sold in japan, It's not very popular in japan at all... far less then it is in the western market anyways. Which is kinda sad since Sonic is made by a Japanese company.
So that brings up a question from me. What type of Sonic series concept made into it's own shoot-off branch would sell better in japan even if it wouldn't be as well liked over in the western market? ... A japan targeted Sonic branch... Really makes me curious what it'd be like and all the character designs, ETC. I often like a lot of stuff from japan, Example I watch a lot of anime, Only in Japanese with subtitles too just to say. So I could see myself enjoying such a Sonic series perhaps, unless they turned it into something really... really bad. But yeah, I wonder how they would do it? 1 thing that comes to mind is that they may have to turn it into a teen targeted series... since If I remember right, kid anime isn't super popular there lately. But I'm not exactly sure. *mew
Sonic-series random-journel-01
Posted 11 years agoHowdy.
Seems I never run out of things to talk about that is Sonic related nowadays. I post journals about my random sonic-series thoughts and opinions fairly often. I also talk to a few of my friends and other people about it often enough. What can I say? I enjoy talking about the Sonic-series. So I thought I may as well start posting my random thoughts about random aspects relating to the series... Since I pretty much do already. *mew
So I’ll start off with the first thing on my mind.
Little do some people realize that the main game universe sonic characters don’t age … Shock? … Honestly I’m surprised some people still don’t get that. While the creators have indeed played around with ages from time to time… Making them little older sometimes then younger again and repeat. But especially the last 5 years they pretty much have stuck to the same age for every character. How old is Sonic? 15. But wait you say. Didn’t he have a birthday in Sonic generations? Indeed he did. But pay closer attention . Notice how his cake didn’t have a single candle? Notice how nobody said his age in that game? That’s right. He was 15 before his birthday and after his birthday. It’s Magic! Neh not really. It’s call he is a C-A-R-T-O-O-N. Him and the rest of the gang are as however old the writer/Sega feels like. And cartoon characters don’t age unless the owner wants them to. And Sega does not. Ever notice how Ash from Pokemon is still 10 years old? No matter how many years pass in the show? No matter how many birthdays he has? Yup it’s true. It also has to do with Marketing. Pokemon is aimed at kids around 10. Sonic is aimed at young teens. And keeping the main character around the target viewers ages is the goal of the companies. So yeah… Just look up the Wiki for each character and you’ll know most of the characters ages and never will have to worry about it again unless a new statement is given. Seriously, It’s not rocket surgery. ;P
Now onto the next subject.
There are technically 2 different Blaze the cat in the game series.
Now I know what you may be thinking. “Whaaa…?” But it’s true far as my and some other people research can tell. It works like this. You have the console universe Blaze and you have the handheld universe Blaze. It seems the handhelds and the consoles follow their own different cannon story-line. Or at least sometimes they do? It’s very confusing to say the least. But this explains why Blaze is called a princess in the handheld universe, But in the console universe Blaze is called a queen. Also Handheld Blaze has no idea who Silver even is. So sorry Blaze x Silver fans. :P …I mean I guess that fan-couple kinda works for the console version Blaze... Err but meh... Of course this does leave me carious which Blaze Sega would use if they bring her back as a important character later in the console universe…. Which I hope they do. Personally I’m a fan of handheld universe Blaze and would prefer it if she was the only cannon one.
Anyways different subject.
Can I be honest? Hell even if you say no, I will regardless. Yohoo~
I don’t normally make it a big point to dislike characters. Because honestly it doesn’t really matter to dislike a character. But I don’t like Silver the hedgehog. I just don’t. And no it doesn’t bother me that some people like him… But when I see people prefer him over the… I’m gotta be honest here. OVER THE BETTER CHARACTERS. And see people say things like.
“Silver should get his own game!”
Or…
“The company should make Sonic. Silver and Shadow be the 3 playable characters in the next game”
All I can think is? “Duh hell!?” Why o why? Why would anybody ever want that line up? Ever? It’s basically the same character 3 times. That’s right I’m calling Silver and Shadow clone characters. Face it. They are little more then reskins with a few added skills. They feel like fan-boy characters to me and always did. While It’s true I don’t dislike Shadow… like how I do dislike Silver… I’m still not blind and can tell Shadow is just a “Evil version of Sonic.” And in my opinion there is little reason to make clone type characters playable more then once… perhaps 2 times. There just are other more interesting… less cloney characters that deserve more focus. Plus we don’t need a “Team of all hedgehog game.” That would be just hellishly stupid. Plus anything that lowers Blaze’s chance of getting focus is a sin in my book. Yes! Hidden motive revealed! “Awesome face”
Different subject!
Does anybody else miss old Knuckles? Or as I like to say “The cool Knuckles” Which one do I mean you ask? The 90s game version of course. This was back when I actually liked the character. Back when he wasn’t just Sonic’s stupid muscle-head friend… Back when he was a friendly rival to Sonic and ACTUALLY DID HIS JOB! What job is that you say? Oh it’s ok. I don’t blame you if you forgot as SonicTeam seem to have forgotten themselves. That job is to guard the master emerald. Yes I am aware that they can make special exceptions for him to be in the story outside of that. But it’s gotten to the point that he is just there… Always for no reason other then fan service . A mere cameo. It’s a bad joke at best in my opinion. While I may not be a Knuckles fan… But I don’t hate the guy… Well not the old cool version of him. The modern version?… Err I don’t like him. In some ways I blame the fans as much as I do Sega for this. And that’s because so many fans demand for him to be in every game even when it makes no reason for him to be there. And I blame the company for being lazy and not being more thoughtful about the whole thing.
Ok. That’s enough for this journal. See ya all next time! *mew
Seems I never run out of things to talk about that is Sonic related nowadays. I post journals about my random sonic-series thoughts and opinions fairly often. I also talk to a few of my friends and other people about it often enough. What can I say? I enjoy talking about the Sonic-series. So I thought I may as well start posting my random thoughts about random aspects relating to the series... Since I pretty much do already. *mew
So I’ll start off with the first thing on my mind.
Little do some people realize that the main game universe sonic characters don’t age … Shock? … Honestly I’m surprised some people still don’t get that. While the creators have indeed played around with ages from time to time… Making them little older sometimes then younger again and repeat. But especially the last 5 years they pretty much have stuck to the same age for every character. How old is Sonic? 15. But wait you say. Didn’t he have a birthday in Sonic generations? Indeed he did. But pay closer attention . Notice how his cake didn’t have a single candle? Notice how nobody said his age in that game? That’s right. He was 15 before his birthday and after his birthday. It’s Magic! Neh not really. It’s call he is a C-A-R-T-O-O-N. Him and the rest of the gang are as however old the writer/Sega feels like. And cartoon characters don’t age unless the owner wants them to. And Sega does not. Ever notice how Ash from Pokemon is still 10 years old? No matter how many years pass in the show? No matter how many birthdays he has? Yup it’s true. It also has to do with Marketing. Pokemon is aimed at kids around 10. Sonic is aimed at young teens. And keeping the main character around the target viewers ages is the goal of the companies. So yeah… Just look up the Wiki for each character and you’ll know most of the characters ages and never will have to worry about it again unless a new statement is given. Seriously, It’s not rocket surgery. ;P
Now onto the next subject.
There are technically 2 different Blaze the cat in the game series.
Now I know what you may be thinking. “Whaaa…?” But it’s true far as my and some other people research can tell. It works like this. You have the console universe Blaze and you have the handheld universe Blaze. It seems the handhelds and the consoles follow their own different cannon story-line. Or at least sometimes they do? It’s very confusing to say the least. But this explains why Blaze is called a princess in the handheld universe, But in the console universe Blaze is called a queen. Also Handheld Blaze has no idea who Silver even is. So sorry Blaze x Silver fans. :P …I mean I guess that fan-couple kinda works for the console version Blaze... Err but meh... Of course this does leave me carious which Blaze Sega would use if they bring her back as a important character later in the console universe…. Which I hope they do. Personally I’m a fan of handheld universe Blaze and would prefer it if she was the only cannon one.
Anyways different subject.
Can I be honest? Hell even if you say no, I will regardless. Yohoo~
I don’t normally make it a big point to dislike characters. Because honestly it doesn’t really matter to dislike a character. But I don’t like Silver the hedgehog. I just don’t. And no it doesn’t bother me that some people like him… But when I see people prefer him over the… I’m gotta be honest here. OVER THE BETTER CHARACTERS. And see people say things like.
“Silver should get his own game!”
Or…
“The company should make Sonic. Silver and Shadow be the 3 playable characters in the next game”
All I can think is? “Duh hell!?” Why o why? Why would anybody ever want that line up? Ever? It’s basically the same character 3 times. That’s right I’m calling Silver and Shadow clone characters. Face it. They are little more then reskins with a few added skills. They feel like fan-boy characters to me and always did. While It’s true I don’t dislike Shadow… like how I do dislike Silver… I’m still not blind and can tell Shadow is just a “Evil version of Sonic.” And in my opinion there is little reason to make clone type characters playable more then once… perhaps 2 times. There just are other more interesting… less cloney characters that deserve more focus. Plus we don’t need a “Team of all hedgehog game.” That would be just hellishly stupid. Plus anything that lowers Blaze’s chance of getting focus is a sin in my book. Yes! Hidden motive revealed! “Awesome face”
Different subject!
Does anybody else miss old Knuckles? Or as I like to say “The cool Knuckles” Which one do I mean you ask? The 90s game version of course. This was back when I actually liked the character. Back when he wasn’t just Sonic’s stupid muscle-head friend… Back when he was a friendly rival to Sonic and ACTUALLY DID HIS JOB! What job is that you say? Oh it’s ok. I don’t blame you if you forgot as SonicTeam seem to have forgotten themselves. That job is to guard the master emerald. Yes I am aware that they can make special exceptions for him to be in the story outside of that. But it’s gotten to the point that he is just there… Always for no reason other then fan service . A mere cameo. It’s a bad joke at best in my opinion. While I may not be a Knuckles fan… But I don’t hate the guy… Well not the old cool version of him. The modern version?… Err I don’t like him. In some ways I blame the fans as much as I do Sega for this. And that’s because so many fans demand for him to be in every game even when it makes no reason for him to be there. And I blame the company for being lazy and not being more thoughtful about the whole thing.
Ok. That’s enough for this journal. See ya all next time! *mew
SonicLostWorld WiiU Review.
Posted 12 years agoGet ready SonicLostWorld has been released in some different places. And a lot of online reviews are giving it mediocre scores… But it's a bit unfair if you ask me. I’ll explain.
(My thoughts on opinions from other reviews)
Some people don’t like how “Different” the gameplay feels compared to past games.
(I disagree. Imo if every game was the exact same, it‘d be boring)
Some don’t like the fact the game has a lot of level gimmicks & minigames.
(I disagree here. As I adore minigames & level gimmicks in general. But I do see a few of their points also)
Some believe that the game is way to hard + confusing + rage inducing in later levels
(From what I’ve seen the game is actually not that bad & it is straight forward what you need to do enough. Pretty normal skill level for a platformer game honestly. There are a few moments where it expects you to do something exact but doesn't tell you at all, Leaving you to figure stuff out the hard way. Which is a bit annoying)
Some don’t like how the game camera works.
(Can‘t say I see much of a problem with it myself)
Some hate how Sonic is slower in this game compared to past games.
(That‘s a personal preference and Sonic is still quite fast in this game unless you are purposely playing slow. But I'd agree I would like to see him little faster here)
Some hate how Mario this game looks & feels.
(It is a bit more Mario then it should be on this game. But that‘s real no reason to give the game a lower score)
Some don’t like how unfocused the game feels and think it often feels to messy to them. Saying it feels extremely experimental to them.
(This game is indeed was made pretty experimental. But that is because it is a experimental title, They are trying remake the gameplay concepts and ideas as they always do every few years to keep the series fresh & exciting. But if you are the type of person who just wants the exact same basic gameplay over and over, then I guess that may upset you)
Some hate how Sonic now walks slow unless you hold down the new run button. And the same people are upset that the game isn’t more focused on acceleration based gameplay like the classics.
(Again that is just personal preference. I think it‘s nice to be able to go from slow to fast quick. The game still has acceleration based gameplay even… it‘s less then the classics, but honestly I don‘t see that as a problem personally. Just depends on your own tastes)
Some don’t like the story for whatever reasons.
(It‘s a fairly light hearted comedy Saturday morning cartoon type story. For what it is it‘s fine and actually quite fun. But if that isn‘t your kind of story then of course you likely won’t like any Sonic game anyways. )
Some don’t like the planetoid based gameplay and want standard environments.
(Nothing more then just personal tastes. As I personally love planetoid based gameplay and environments. The more higher fantasy a story & visuals is the better far as I‘m concerned )
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A lot of these reviewers are only giving the game a 6 out of 10. But in my opinion it doesn’t deserve lower then a 7. And personally I give it a 8 out of 10. I also wouldn’t suggest reading any reviews that go lower then 6. As it just wasn’t their kind of game from what I could tell and they just had overall lame reasons for disliking it most of the time.
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On the upside, Almost everyone agreed that the visuals and art style of this game was super fantastic. And that the overall concepts of the game is great.
(My personal review)
I’ll give a quick run down of what I love about the game.
Lovely bright & colorful art-style/visuals/characters + world concepts.
Overall good music. Couple of them are really great and will have to wanting to listen to it for hours. Nothing wrong with any of them tho.
Fun fast action based gameplay with lots of good fast paced platforming & puzzles. It’s quite fun to run up & spindash up walls etc.
Lots of cool and different hazards to avoid and tons of level content to play around with.
Levels have collectables, Which will unlock bonus content.
Really fun silly environments to race across and explore.
Amusing & fun minigames and tons of level gimmicks that keep the game from feeling to repetitive.
Decent Saturday morning cartoon type story.
Good game for people who like to play games in short bursts. AKA Those who like to pickup a game for about 10 mins of fun then sit it back down until later.
Game is a bit experimental but depending on your tastes. This may be a good thing. It means the game has a lot of variety which keeps it from feeling repetitive.
Good quick responsive controls.
Lots of amusing powerups. (Some are little awkward to use at first. But just give it some time. You‘ll get use to them)
Lots of fun boss battles. (Most are pretty easy and shouldn‘t take you much time to figure out)
Enemies are fun. Cute. Silly and actually offer a small bit of a challenge. Unlike past games not just any attack will kill just any enemy. Sonic has different attack skills for a good reason this time. You got to figure out which attacks is right for which enemy and moment. Some enemies even take more then 1 hit to kill. Giving the game a actual sense of combat & skill.
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Below are the only real cons I’d give the game personally.
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While fun. It is a overly predictable story. Also the story while fun & quite funny overall, But it is full of serious plotholes & often feels unfinished Again I’m guessing the game got rushed and some content was made towards the end like most of the story.
In my opinion this game does takes a few to many concepts from Mario. Just little less would be nice.
Lackluster boss battles. While it may go against what I said above just a bit. But In my opinion most of the boss battles except the last boss feel a bit boring and to slowly paced. Just not very interesting overall. I'd still call them fun enough... Just not great. The last boss battle is overall fine tho... It looks like a last boss but plays & feels more like a middle of game boss tho sadly.
Only 1 playable character. I hope this is the last game SonicTeam makes for a while which only has Sonic as a playable character. I love Sonic etc. But I also like a lot of the other characters too and want to start seeing them seriously playable in the main titles again… I really want playable MetalSonic. Dr.Eggman & Blaze in a main title again. Bit of a pipe dream I know.
No extra life for collecting 100 rings. Not even sure why they didn’t include this aspect this time. It has always been a nice little bonus that makes ring collecting feel like it has a bit more of a point.
Some of the Wisp powerups are a bit to awkward and gimmicky in a hard to play lame way.
The game has a random difficulty problem where it goes back and forth of being to easy and hard. Judging from what the creator’s said a while back of wanting this game to be a bit easier overall compared to past titles. Seems to be the game clearly got rushed before they could refine & complete the overall difficulty balance. Because some moments are really easy while others seem to be much harder then it was meant to be.
The game suffers from what I like to call “Platformer bottemless pit sickness” “PBPS?” …It’s a semi annoying gameplay condition where a lot of platformer games often place to many death pits for the player to fall into everywhere instead of what most would consider to be better proper level design. Better design for example would be to simply fall onto a lower level section when falling in a hole. There’s other ways to make pits less a bother also. But point is that it isn’t very fun to be surrounded by bottomless pits. Unless the environments are big enough that it becomes less a issue. Which brings me to my next point.
Even gameplay wise the environments in this game are quite nice. But sometimes they get way to small and compacted, which gives you this consistent in danger feeling, Which can get be little stressing for some folk I suppose. The environments also have a bit to much going on at once sometimes, Far as dangers goes anyways. Level content would be a bit better if it was spaced apart from itself handful more in these problem areas in the game. Doesn’t need to be a lot. Just enough so you get a good second or 2 to regain your bearings properly.
The minigame stages while fairly fun. Don’t have much of a Sonic game feeling to them. Probably would had been better if it was replaced with a minigame that had more standard Sonic style gameplay.
Overall as I said before. This game shows signs of obviously being rushed in devolvement. Probably comes from the fact that they wanted to come up with a ton of new gameplay and artistic concepts and just didn’t have enough time or man power to refine the ideas. In general most of the concepts and ideas in the game are fine. And if they were worked on longer & refined, Then there wouldn’t be hardly any problems with things. While I love the game. It’s true that it could had been a lot better if they fix some of this stuff up imo.
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In the end I'd say technically it's a 7 out of 10 game. But overall to me personally. The enjoyable experience of the game is a 8 of 10. Which is about the same score I give most Sonic games I liked to be honest. As even with it's problems, it’s still a fun game I'd say. *mew
Some things I hope for the next game.
Next game I hope to see other playable characters besides just Sonic. And I don't want it to be just the overrated main 3 friends. "Tails/Knuckles/Amy" Having just them all the time is barely better then just Sonic... 1 of them playable besides Sonic himself would be fine, But here below is what I way would prefer to see.
Sonic.
One of Sonic's main friends. "Tails/Knuckles/Amy"
And a popular but less overrated character such as Blaze.
Plus a villein character. Dr.Eggman or MetalSonic.
And 4 such as above would be enough in my opinion. More then that would just result in a poorly made game to be honest.
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I hope they stay with the new art-style overall of SonicLostWorld for a long time to come. It's just... right in every-way.
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I hope they streamline Sonic's skill set a bit. I feel that he doesn't need the kick-attack and charged version of the homing-attack.
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I think that about covers everything. :) *mew
(My thoughts on opinions from other reviews)
Some people don’t like how “Different” the gameplay feels compared to past games.
(I disagree. Imo if every game was the exact same, it‘d be boring)
Some don’t like the fact the game has a lot of level gimmicks & minigames.
(I disagree here. As I adore minigames & level gimmicks in general. But I do see a few of their points also)
Some believe that the game is way to hard + confusing + rage inducing in later levels
(From what I’ve seen the game is actually not that bad & it is straight forward what you need to do enough. Pretty normal skill level for a platformer game honestly. There are a few moments where it expects you to do something exact but doesn't tell you at all, Leaving you to figure stuff out the hard way. Which is a bit annoying)
Some don’t like how the game camera works.
(Can‘t say I see much of a problem with it myself)
Some hate how Sonic is slower in this game compared to past games.
(That‘s a personal preference and Sonic is still quite fast in this game unless you are purposely playing slow. But I'd agree I would like to see him little faster here)
Some hate how Mario this game looks & feels.
(It is a bit more Mario then it should be on this game. But that‘s real no reason to give the game a lower score)
Some don’t like how unfocused the game feels and think it often feels to messy to them. Saying it feels extremely experimental to them.
(This game is indeed was made pretty experimental. But that is because it is a experimental title, They are trying remake the gameplay concepts and ideas as they always do every few years to keep the series fresh & exciting. But if you are the type of person who just wants the exact same basic gameplay over and over, then I guess that may upset you)
Some hate how Sonic now walks slow unless you hold down the new run button. And the same people are upset that the game isn’t more focused on acceleration based gameplay like the classics.
(Again that is just personal preference. I think it‘s nice to be able to go from slow to fast quick. The game still has acceleration based gameplay even… it‘s less then the classics, but honestly I don‘t see that as a problem personally. Just depends on your own tastes)
Some don’t like the story for whatever reasons.
(It‘s a fairly light hearted comedy Saturday morning cartoon type story. For what it is it‘s fine and actually quite fun. But if that isn‘t your kind of story then of course you likely won’t like any Sonic game anyways. )
Some don’t like the planetoid based gameplay and want standard environments.
(Nothing more then just personal tastes. As I personally love planetoid based gameplay and environments. The more higher fantasy a story & visuals is the better far as I‘m concerned )
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A lot of these reviewers are only giving the game a 6 out of 10. But in my opinion it doesn’t deserve lower then a 7. And personally I give it a 8 out of 10. I also wouldn’t suggest reading any reviews that go lower then 6. As it just wasn’t their kind of game from what I could tell and they just had overall lame reasons for disliking it most of the time.
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On the upside, Almost everyone agreed that the visuals and art style of this game was super fantastic. And that the overall concepts of the game is great.
(My personal review)
I’ll give a quick run down of what I love about the game.
Lovely bright & colorful art-style/visuals/characters + world concepts.
Overall good music. Couple of them are really great and will have to wanting to listen to it for hours. Nothing wrong with any of them tho.
Fun fast action based gameplay with lots of good fast paced platforming & puzzles. It’s quite fun to run up & spindash up walls etc.
Lots of cool and different hazards to avoid and tons of level content to play around with.
Levels have collectables, Which will unlock bonus content.
Really fun silly environments to race across and explore.
Amusing & fun minigames and tons of level gimmicks that keep the game from feeling to repetitive.
Decent Saturday morning cartoon type story.
Good game for people who like to play games in short bursts. AKA Those who like to pickup a game for about 10 mins of fun then sit it back down until later.
Game is a bit experimental but depending on your tastes. This may be a good thing. It means the game has a lot of variety which keeps it from feeling repetitive.
Good quick responsive controls.
Lots of amusing powerups. (Some are little awkward to use at first. But just give it some time. You‘ll get use to them)
Lots of fun boss battles. (Most are pretty easy and shouldn‘t take you much time to figure out)
Enemies are fun. Cute. Silly and actually offer a small bit of a challenge. Unlike past games not just any attack will kill just any enemy. Sonic has different attack skills for a good reason this time. You got to figure out which attacks is right for which enemy and moment. Some enemies even take more then 1 hit to kill. Giving the game a actual sense of combat & skill.
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Below are the only real cons I’d give the game personally.
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While fun. It is a overly predictable story. Also the story while fun & quite funny overall, But it is full of serious plotholes & often feels unfinished Again I’m guessing the game got rushed and some content was made towards the end like most of the story.
In my opinion this game does takes a few to many concepts from Mario. Just little less would be nice.
Lackluster boss battles. While it may go against what I said above just a bit. But In my opinion most of the boss battles except the last boss feel a bit boring and to slowly paced. Just not very interesting overall. I'd still call them fun enough... Just not great. The last boss battle is overall fine tho... It looks like a last boss but plays & feels more like a middle of game boss tho sadly.
Only 1 playable character. I hope this is the last game SonicTeam makes for a while which only has Sonic as a playable character. I love Sonic etc. But I also like a lot of the other characters too and want to start seeing them seriously playable in the main titles again… I really want playable MetalSonic. Dr.Eggman & Blaze in a main title again. Bit of a pipe dream I know.
No extra life for collecting 100 rings. Not even sure why they didn’t include this aspect this time. It has always been a nice little bonus that makes ring collecting feel like it has a bit more of a point.
Some of the Wisp powerups are a bit to awkward and gimmicky in a hard to play lame way.
The game has a random difficulty problem where it goes back and forth of being to easy and hard. Judging from what the creator’s said a while back of wanting this game to be a bit easier overall compared to past titles. Seems to be the game clearly got rushed before they could refine & complete the overall difficulty balance. Because some moments are really easy while others seem to be much harder then it was meant to be.
The game suffers from what I like to call “Platformer bottemless pit sickness” “PBPS?” …It’s a semi annoying gameplay condition where a lot of platformer games often place to many death pits for the player to fall into everywhere instead of what most would consider to be better proper level design. Better design for example would be to simply fall onto a lower level section when falling in a hole. There’s other ways to make pits less a bother also. But point is that it isn’t very fun to be surrounded by bottomless pits. Unless the environments are big enough that it becomes less a issue. Which brings me to my next point.
Even gameplay wise the environments in this game are quite nice. But sometimes they get way to small and compacted, which gives you this consistent in danger feeling, Which can get be little stressing for some folk I suppose. The environments also have a bit to much going on at once sometimes, Far as dangers goes anyways. Level content would be a bit better if it was spaced apart from itself handful more in these problem areas in the game. Doesn’t need to be a lot. Just enough so you get a good second or 2 to regain your bearings properly.
The minigame stages while fairly fun. Don’t have much of a Sonic game feeling to them. Probably would had been better if it was replaced with a minigame that had more standard Sonic style gameplay.
Overall as I said before. This game shows signs of obviously being rushed in devolvement. Probably comes from the fact that they wanted to come up with a ton of new gameplay and artistic concepts and just didn’t have enough time or man power to refine the ideas. In general most of the concepts and ideas in the game are fine. And if they were worked on longer & refined, Then there wouldn’t be hardly any problems with things. While I love the game. It’s true that it could had been a lot better if they fix some of this stuff up imo.
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In the end I'd say technically it's a 7 out of 10 game. But overall to me personally. The enjoyable experience of the game is a 8 of 10. Which is about the same score I give most Sonic games I liked to be honest. As even with it's problems, it’s still a fun game I'd say. *mew
Some things I hope for the next game.
Next game I hope to see other playable characters besides just Sonic. And I don't want it to be just the overrated main 3 friends. "Tails/Knuckles/Amy" Having just them all the time is barely better then just Sonic... 1 of them playable besides Sonic himself would be fine, But here below is what I way would prefer to see.
Sonic.
One of Sonic's main friends. "Tails/Knuckles/Amy"
And a popular but less overrated character such as Blaze.
Plus a villein character. Dr.Eggman or MetalSonic.
And 4 such as above would be enough in my opinion. More then that would just result in a poorly made game to be honest.
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I hope they stay with the new art-style overall of SonicLostWorld for a long time to come. It's just... right in every-way.
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I hope they streamline Sonic's skill set a bit. I feel that he doesn't need the kick-attack and charged version of the homing-attack.
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I think that about covers everything. :) *mew
Kickstarter for Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Posted 12 years agohttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects.....alf-genie-hero
Another kickstarter for another awesome looking game... There sure been a good handful of cool looking kickstarters lately. (O.o) *mew
Another kickstarter for another awesome looking game... There sure been a good handful of cool looking kickstarters lately. (O.o) *mew
Do ya play Spiral-knights?
Posted 12 years agoDo any of you play the game Spiral-knights? More importantly If you do, Do any of you have the Metal Sonic costume? If so, I'd be willing to trade free-art for it~ *mew
Sonic-Lost-World's first video!
Posted 12 years agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-sI.....layer_embedded
I just watched the new trailer! I am super psyched! Awesome. just awesome man.
I love the more stylized cartoony fantasy designs for everything. much better for Sonic games. and is something I been wanting more of for ages. I just don't like even remotely realistic environments etc. so this game is real candy for me~
No surprise the aliens are just random badguys. but I still think they are very cool.
New gameplay looks great. Sonic still seems very fast which is a + in my book. The gravity change type stuff will make me a bit dizzy for a while. But I'm sure I'll get used to it.
I can't tell if any other characters besides Sonic will be playable yet. But I'm not to picky when it comes to a Sonic game, just as long it's well made and fun. So whichever way I'm not to worried. I'll love this game and play it to death regardless. :D
I also can't tell if Eggman will be here yet. But unless I am mistaken, I saw Badniks. Which should mean Eggman is somewhere in this game.
Plus the Wisps seem to be back. So if you loved the little blobs like I do. Then it's great news~
But yeah. Screw every other game this year. I NEED this game~ :D
PS: I'll see what else I can find to talk about after I re-watch the video like another 100 times~ :3
PPS: I need to R34 that new girl villein. But sadly I won't probably get to it until tomorrow or so. Ohwell. Better a bit late then never~ *mew
I just watched the new trailer! I am super psyched! Awesome. just awesome man.
I love the more stylized cartoony fantasy designs for everything. much better for Sonic games. and is something I been wanting more of for ages. I just don't like even remotely realistic environments etc. so this game is real candy for me~
No surprise the aliens are just random badguys. but I still think they are very cool.
New gameplay looks great. Sonic still seems very fast which is a + in my book. The gravity change type stuff will make me a bit dizzy for a while. But I'm sure I'll get used to it.
I can't tell if any other characters besides Sonic will be playable yet. But I'm not to picky when it comes to a Sonic game, just as long it's well made and fun. So whichever way I'm not to worried. I'll love this game and play it to death regardless. :D
I also can't tell if Eggman will be here yet. But unless I am mistaken, I saw Badniks. Which should mean Eggman is somewhere in this game.
Plus the Wisps seem to be back. So if you loved the little blobs like I do. Then it's great news~
But yeah. Screw every other game this year. I NEED this game~ :D
PS: I'll see what else I can find to talk about after I re-watch the video like another 100 times~ :3
PPS: I need to R34 that new girl villein. But sadly I won't probably get to it until tomorrow or so. Ohwell. Better a bit late then never~ *mew
LittleBigPlanet. Want new Sonic The Hedgehog DLC?
Posted 12 years agoOn twitter the LBP company wants everyone's opinion on what DLC you'd like to see them make in the future. So I thought hey. New Sonic Costumes + level kit would be awesome!!!. But chances of that happening is low with mostly me asking for it. but then I was thinking if enough of us ask for it together, perhaps the chances will be higher? It's worth a thought anyways imo. So if you like Sonic & LBP. how about you get everybody you can who be interested. and tweet at LittleBigPlanet and say that you would like to see a "New Sonic the hedgehog costume packs & level kit" and type #littlebigdlc at the end.
Go ahead and reblog about all of this if you would like to help out the idea. :) *mew
Go ahead and reblog about all of this if you would like to help out the idea. :) *mew
My dreams can be funny.
Posted 12 years agoToday when I was asleep I had more really random dreams like normal. And after I got up, I was thinking about them, Hoohooho I noticed in different moments my dreams today I had 4 things I liked in them. xD
#1 Sonic.
#2 Kaiba from Yugioh.
#3 Gardevoir
#4 Cute girls.
Really funny when I think about how many of my interests got in this time~ :P *mew
#1 Sonic.
#2 Kaiba from Yugioh.
#3 Gardevoir
#4 Cute girls.
Really funny when I think about how many of my interests got in this time~ :P *mew
Watched Wreck-it Ralph.
Posted 12 years agoIt was a really great movie imho. I enjoyed it a lot myself. The main character was really cool/cute.
Ahh oh man I adored seeing all them video game characters everywhere little to much hoho~ ...But of course you know what cameos I enjoyed most! ...Oh yes all of them awesome Sonic-series cameos! :D There was surprisingly a lot. <3 *mew
Ah dude, It really makes me want to see a epic cartoony CGI Sonic movie now even a bit more then I did before. which is a lot tbh. (-w-) *mew
Ahh oh man I adored seeing all them video game characters everywhere little to much hoho~ ...But of course you know what cameos I enjoyed most! ...Oh yes all of them awesome Sonic-series cameos! :D There was surprisingly a lot. <3 *mew
Ah dude, It really makes me want to see a epic cartoony CGI Sonic movie now even a bit more then I did before. which is a lot tbh. (-w-) *mew
This game looks awesome.
Posted 12 years agohttp://www.kickstarter.com/projects...../shovel-knight
Heh. 8 bit adorable looking game. :) ...I am looking forward to it a bit~
Heh. 8 bit adorable looking game. :) ...I am looking forward to it a bit~
Sonic fun fact.
Posted 12 years agoFar as story profiles. Modern Sonic is 15 years old... Classic Sonic is 16 years old...
So when Sonic sees his past self on Sonic generations and says you got a great future ahead of you. doesn't it make you laugh? xD ...Because Classic Sonic is actually older then him...
Also even after Sonic has his birthday on Sonic generations. he is still 15 afterwards... xP
So when Sonic sees his past self on Sonic generations and says you got a great future ahead of you. doesn't it make you laugh? xD ...Because Classic Sonic is actually older then him...
Also even after Sonic has his birthday on Sonic generations. he is still 15 afterwards... xP
What is a good engine I can make HD sprite games in?
Posted 12 years agoI posted this topic on the LBP forum I use but I am posting this topic here too just to cover more people.
Hi folk.
If some of you didn't know. I plan on trying my best to get into solo game creation outside of LBP. I still plan on playing LBP too. I don't believe in giving up 1 hobby for another tbh.
I got a question but not sure if anyone here has a answer. What would be the best game creation engine to make HD 2D sprite games on? I’m gonna laugh if any of you say LBP. Because LBP is way past terrible for making any type of sprite games for tons of reasons. So don’t bring that subject up even as a joke. Besides I also want to have the option of being able to sell my future games. *mew
I hear 2D games can actually be made in UDK with some effort. But I’ve no idea if that is a good idea to try or not. But yeah I don’t know what game engine to try out. Google is not being very helpful when looking up the subject imo.
For now I just want to start working on a fan-game project, it’ll still be HD sprites as I see no reason to start off on a small sized sprite game since I plan working on big sized ones later on anyways. Seems for some reason most good sprite game engines don’t support HD sprite sizes for whatever dumb reason, which is a shame since engines like MMF2 are pretty nice otherwise.
But yeah. Anybody know of anything good for what I need? Not sure this is the best forum to ask on but I no idea of where else to go. *mew
Hi folk.
If some of you didn't know. I plan on trying my best to get into solo game creation outside of LBP. I still plan on playing LBP too. I don't believe in giving up 1 hobby for another tbh.
I got a question but not sure if anyone here has a answer. What would be the best game creation engine to make HD 2D sprite games on? I’m gonna laugh if any of you say LBP. Because LBP is way past terrible for making any type of sprite games for tons of reasons. So don’t bring that subject up even as a joke. Besides I also want to have the option of being able to sell my future games. *mew
I hear 2D games can actually be made in UDK with some effort. But I’ve no idea if that is a good idea to try or not. But yeah I don’t know what game engine to try out. Google is not being very helpful when looking up the subject imo.
For now I just want to start working on a fan-game project, it’ll still be HD sprites as I see no reason to start off on a small sized sprite game since I plan working on big sized ones later on anyways. Seems for some reason most good sprite game engines don’t support HD sprite sizes for whatever dumb reason, which is a shame since engines like MMF2 are pretty nice otherwise.
But yeah. Anybody know of anything good for what I need? Not sure this is the best forum to ask on but I no idea of where else to go. *mew
Indie-Game "Freedom Planet"
Posted 12 years agoHey Sozo here. I just wanted to spread news of what looks to be imho a very awesome game that is in development atm.
So before I talk any more about it. i'll post this nice video from youtube showing off some of the early demo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i0UuSWjIyE
I am really excited for this game. it has almost everything I enjoy best in a game. Cute animal-folk characters. cool 2D platforming. fun silly gimmicks like motorcycles. A cute 2D art style... Yup great stuff. :)
And before anyone asks. Yes this game is inspired by Sonic. Even though they are trying to be as original within that concept as possible. It actually started out just as a fangame but became much more later on. But for me it being inspired by Sonic is way past cool since I am a super crazy big Sonic fan afterall. And before anyone else asks. Yes Sega knows about this game as the team who are making it told Sega about it just to make sure it was fine. Sega said it is indeed fine from what I know anyways. Again before anyone asks, it is not a Sonic ripoff fyi. it is just inspired by Sonic is all. So don't get the wrong idea about it ok?.
I REALLY hope this game does well and becomes a new popular game series. :3 ...There really is not enough fun animal-folk games out there. let alone hardly any that have a female main cast. *mew
So Yeah. I hope they get all the support that they'll need. Also here is a link that shows where they been working on the project since the start of it. *mew
http://forums.sonicretro.org/index......p;#entry729447
So before I talk any more about it. i'll post this nice video from youtube showing off some of the early demo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i0UuSWjIyE
I am really excited for this game. it has almost everything I enjoy best in a game. Cute animal-folk characters. cool 2D platforming. fun silly gimmicks like motorcycles. A cute 2D art style... Yup great stuff. :)
And before anyone asks. Yes this game is inspired by Sonic. Even though they are trying to be as original within that concept as possible. It actually started out just as a fangame but became much more later on. But for me it being inspired by Sonic is way past cool since I am a super crazy big Sonic fan afterall. And before anyone else asks. Yes Sega knows about this game as the team who are making it told Sega about it just to make sure it was fine. Sega said it is indeed fine from what I know anyways. Again before anyone asks, it is not a Sonic ripoff fyi. it is just inspired by Sonic is all. So don't get the wrong idea about it ok?.
I REALLY hope this game does well and becomes a new popular game series. :3 ...There really is not enough fun animal-folk games out there. let alone hardly any that have a female main cast. *mew
So Yeah. I hope they get all the support that they'll need. Also here is a link that shows where they been working on the project since the start of it. *mew
http://forums.sonicretro.org/index......p;#entry729447
Take a guess & win a free doodle!
Posted 12 years agoSince I am so random I decided that whoever can take a guess on what I will be drawing next will win a doodle from me for free! *mew
So what are the rules? Well since it be impossible for you guys to guess what I will be drawing next without any clues I'll make it much easier for you.
I'll be drawing a funny Sonic couple picture semi similar to my Eggman & Vanilla pic fairly soon. It'll be 1 picture with 2 Sonic characters that I like a lot in it. Also Ignore the idea of any art trades I may do before then as they don't count towards the guessing. reason I say that is I try to finish art trades as soon as possible before anything else whenever I get them.
Ok that's it for clues to help you out. Now you may be guessing what do I mean by doodle art? well here's some examples. *mew
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7580970/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7557610/
Also there is no 1 single winner. I'll draw a doodle for anyone who guesses it right within 1 week from the time this journal was posted. The doodle will be of any character of your choice.
Only post your guesses on this journal. Anywhere else will be ignored. And the limit of guesses per person is 3. So anyone can make up to 3 different guesses. *mew
Have fun~ :)
So what are the rules? Well since it be impossible for you guys to guess what I will be drawing next without any clues I'll make it much easier for you.
I'll be drawing a funny Sonic couple picture semi similar to my Eggman & Vanilla pic fairly soon. It'll be 1 picture with 2 Sonic characters that I like a lot in it. Also Ignore the idea of any art trades I may do before then as they don't count towards the guessing. reason I say that is I try to finish art trades as soon as possible before anything else whenever I get them.
Ok that's it for clues to help you out. Now you may be guessing what do I mean by doodle art? well here's some examples. *mew
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7580970/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7557610/
Also there is no 1 single winner. I'll draw a doodle for anyone who guesses it right within 1 week from the time this journal was posted. The doodle will be of any character of your choice.
Only post your guesses on this journal. Anywhere else will be ignored. And the limit of guesses per person is 3. So anyone can make up to 3 different guesses. *mew
Have fun~ :)
Looking toward to Sly4
Posted 13 years agoI actually just got the Sly collection this month and have been enjoying Sly1 on it pretty well. I already can't wait to get Sly4. I watch the videos and Sly4 looks epic, nice to see they are did a great job on it.
So anybody else looking towards to it?
PS: Sly is a pretty cool character honestly. I Kinda want my own cool character that's somewhat like Sly sometime maybe. Yohohooho~
So anybody else looking towards to it?
PS: Sly is a pretty cool character honestly. I Kinda want my own cool character that's somewhat like Sly sometime maybe. Yohohooho~
Had another 2D Sonic the hedgehog dream.
Posted 13 years agoAbout once every 2 weeks or sometimes just once a month I seem to have 2D Sonic the hedgehog dreams. They are like the classic mega-drive games. Except with HD sprites. Sometimes the dreams are a mix of 2 zones I’ve played before on the real games. Sometimes like today not so as much. The zone was perhaps little similar to levels I’ve played before. But not a exact copy by any means.
The zone… if i remember right was high up in the sky I think. Or maybe not, memory is little fuzzy there. There was these like big thrusters everywhere. The wind they created would keep always pushing you backwards. You had to run as hard as you could in order to get anywhere and had to hide behind things like big boxes and then hold & push them in front of you to in order to block off the wind that seemed to be the gimmick in the whole level. It was really hard to jump on small platforms since the wind would push you off quick. Also if I remember right you could run in place on top some platforms to actually move the platforms forward. Which was more needed in some areas since the wind was to powerful to simply run past it. I remember also hitting the star lamp post that sucked me in and started up a minigame. I can’t remember the minigame hardly at all. The music was real quiet and a bit spooky in the level. Most likely because I had Ecco the Dolphin music running while I was sleeping Heheheh. The BG of the level I think was plum with maybe clouds. Not sure if there was more it seemed to be a very machine based zone. That had this empty deserted feel. Don’t remember any enemies… just this cold nowhere feeling. Was a interesting classic sonic dream this time to say the least for sure. In the dream it’s always just the game on screen. As in there is no person playing the game in the dream nor is there anything else besides the game screen in these type of dreams. *mew
If nothing else, I could try and turn the basic idea of the dream in to a LBP level someday. ;P
The zone… if i remember right was high up in the sky I think. Or maybe not, memory is little fuzzy there. There was these like big thrusters everywhere. The wind they created would keep always pushing you backwards. You had to run as hard as you could in order to get anywhere and had to hide behind things like big boxes and then hold & push them in front of you to in order to block off the wind that seemed to be the gimmick in the whole level. It was really hard to jump on small platforms since the wind would push you off quick. Also if I remember right you could run in place on top some platforms to actually move the platforms forward. Which was more needed in some areas since the wind was to powerful to simply run past it. I remember also hitting the star lamp post that sucked me in and started up a minigame. I can’t remember the minigame hardly at all. The music was real quiet and a bit spooky in the level. Most likely because I had Ecco the Dolphin music running while I was sleeping Heheheh. The BG of the level I think was plum with maybe clouds. Not sure if there was more it seemed to be a very machine based zone. That had this empty deserted feel. Don’t remember any enemies… just this cold nowhere feeling. Was a interesting classic sonic dream this time to say the least for sure. In the dream it’s always just the game on screen. As in there is no person playing the game in the dream nor is there anything else besides the game screen in these type of dreams. *mew
If nothing else, I could try and turn the basic idea of the dream in to a LBP level someday. ;P
Sonic4 EP2 is Gonna be out today. <3
Posted 13 years agoOh Good times are ahead folks. I'm gonna buy that game and play it GgoooOOOooD~ :3
I've watched the beta videos of it on youtube and it looks awesome! totally unlike the horrible Sonic4 EP1. I have been having a hard time considering if I should buy it for the PS3 or PC. I don't have a PC gaming controller yet. playing games with only a keyboard is a bit hard and less fun. but at the same time the PC version will be able to have Fan Mods and Hacks. but after thinking about it. there is no reason I can't buy it for PS3 for now and then rebuy it for PC once Good Hacks and Mods start getting made. but yeeeah. I can't wait to play it. and now to wait until it's out later today.... I need my Sonic fix already >:'O A Fanboy without his sonic games is a not happy boy. ;P *mew
I've watched the beta videos of it on youtube and it looks awesome! totally unlike the horrible Sonic4 EP1. I have been having a hard time considering if I should buy it for the PS3 or PC. I don't have a PC gaming controller yet. playing games with only a keyboard is a bit hard and less fun. but at the same time the PC version will be able to have Fan Mods and Hacks. but after thinking about it. there is no reason I can't buy it for PS3 for now and then rebuy it for PC once Good Hacks and Mods start getting made. but yeeeah. I can't wait to play it. and now to wait until it's out later today.... I need my Sonic fix already >:'O A Fanboy without his sonic games is a not happy boy. ;P *mew
Sonic Couplings~
Posted 13 years agoHey just wonder who is your fave fan coupling to Sonic? what girl if he ever got together with someone would you like to see him with? or would you not and would like him to stay the free loner always?
Me myself I like sonic being the free spirit Drifter loner guy. to much adventure for him to slow down and think about romance. and unless he got together with another adventurer. i don't think whatever romance would work out good for him very long. after all he's the type of guy no matter how old he'll get he can't stay in one place long.
but if he were together with some girl. I'd pick right now maybe Blaze? to be honest i don't know how much of a good match she is for him. i honestly don't know much about Blaze. besides basic info and tons and tons of fan-art of her over the years. xD
PS: Also IMO both Amy & Sally are bad matches for him. if he got together with 1 of them, i could see the relationship failing fast. *mew
Me myself I like sonic being the free spirit Drifter loner guy. to much adventure for him to slow down and think about romance. and unless he got together with another adventurer. i don't think whatever romance would work out good for him very long. after all he's the type of guy no matter how old he'll get he can't stay in one place long.
but if he were together with some girl. I'd pick right now maybe Blaze? to be honest i don't know how much of a good match she is for him. i honestly don't know much about Blaze. besides basic info and tons and tons of fan-art of her over the years. xD
PS: Also IMO both Amy & Sally are bad matches for him. if he got together with 1 of them, i could see the relationship failing fast. *mew
Pokemon web-comic. i'm gonna make one (Nuzlocke Style)
Posted 13 years agoYeah after i get some other projects done and get them of the way first. i plain on doing a Pokemon-Nuzlocke challenge type web-comic. what is the Nuzlocke challenge? first it means you play a pokemon game in a self put on hard-mode and can make a comic based on your own adventure of playing the game in said hard-mode. what are the main rules of this enforced hard-mode?
there are only 2 main rules while playing. any other rules are just your choice.
rule#1: if your pokemon is defeated in battle, the pokemon is counted as being dead and you them must delete or permanent Box them until you beat the game.
rule#2: you can only capture the first pokemon you see in a new area. gift pokemon don't count in that rule unless you want them to.
so there you have it. and also it seems to be a part of the style of Nuzlocke comics to have your pokemon be able to talk. sounds fun so i'll be adding that too.
i was wanting to do a sonic comic more... but i feel i don't have enough ideas for one right now and a sonic comic be a bit harder for me right now. so i'll do one later. i'm gonna try to get some basic comic making skills from this pokemon comic first. *mew
there are only 2 main rules while playing. any other rules are just your choice.
rule#1: if your pokemon is defeated in battle, the pokemon is counted as being dead and you them must delete or permanent Box them until you beat the game.
rule#2: you can only capture the first pokemon you see in a new area. gift pokemon don't count in that rule unless you want them to.
so there you have it. and also it seems to be a part of the style of Nuzlocke comics to have your pokemon be able to talk. sounds fun so i'll be adding that too.
i was wanting to do a sonic comic more... but i feel i don't have enough ideas for one right now and a sonic comic be a bit harder for me right now. so i'll do one later. i'm gonna try to get some basic comic making skills from this pokemon comic first. *mew
Just started playing Zelda Skyward sword and...
Posted 13 years agoFi is really bloody HOT! ... that is all~ :3
.... oh and i may want to draw her soon. and i need to still draw Midna sometime, Midna is one of my top 5 all time fave characters of anything after all. Yohoohoho. them 2 girls are so super sexy~ :D
.... oh and i may want to draw her soon. and i need to still draw Midna sometime, Midna is one of my top 5 all time fave characters of anything after all. Yohoohoho. them 2 girls are so super sexy~ :D
