BlazBlue (Calamity Trigger, Continuum Shift, Chrono Phantasma)

[Xion Valkyrie]

BlazBloo!!!

http://kotaku.com/5524698/blazblue-g...-battle-royale

[Tokkan]

Originally Posted by Xion Valkyrie

BlazBloo!!!

http://kotaku.com/5524698/blazblue-g...-battle-royale

Haha, was wondering when that would get licensed for release on NA DSiWare.

[Rias]

New characters for BBCS, story mode only:

Platina=The=Trinity (CV: Yuuki Aoi)
Torakaka (CV: Yagi Kaori)

[Tsuchi]

Originally Posted by germanturkey

with loops, matches are long, predictable and boring. like every taokaka match i've seen (barring like, the really good players) has her doing the loop. just like every arakune match is block > block > block > try to curse > block > block > try to curse > block block > curse > 7k damage.

Some loops are fine, like some of Sol, Order Sol or even Testament combos in GG (my apologies if I use GG as an example for everything, but I'm still a noob at BB). The limit should be at Axl Bomber or similars. 9-10 seconds would mark the threshold between "pain" and "boredom", from my personal experience at least.

Originally Posted by Rias

New characters for BBCS, story mode only:

Platina=The=Trinity (CV: Yuuki Aoi)
Torakaka (CV: Yagi Kaori)

Source, please? This sounds interesting.

[WanderingKnight]

These loops are not easy to pull off, Tao's may look 'simple' but has a very strict timing. Thus 2 characters are still only mid tier characters.

Tier classification is not based on execution difficulty, you know. In the highest level of play you need to assume perfect execution so a lot of other things matter way more than that.

Some loops are fine, like some of Sol, Order Sol or even Testament combos in GG (my apologies if I use GG as an example for everything, but I'm still a noob at BB). The limit should be at Axl Bomber or similars. 9-10 seconds would mark the threshold between "pain" and "boredom", from my personal experience at least.

I do like loops, they are a necessary complexity (being a Jam player in GG I loved her infamous BnB 2HS 6HS wall loop and the dozens of ways to get into it). But what I saw from Taokaka seemed kinda too simple (as in, no situational prereqs, just pull it whenever you feel like it) and WAY too long.

Of course this was just watching a few random matches with no true knowledge of the character itself, so vOv

[Tokkan]

Originally Posted by Tsuchi

Source, please? This sounds interesting.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...e/1abe1c17.jpg

[Tsuchi]

I do like loops, they are a necessary complexity (being a Jam player in GG I loved her infamous BnB 5K 2HS 6HS wall loop and the dozens of ways to get into it). But what I saw from Taokaka seemed kinda too simple (as in, no situational prereqs, just pull it whenever you feel like it) and WAY too long.

I'm a Jam player too, and I understand you. Her loops border the boredom for the other player, indeed, but without Tension gauge or K-Asanagi things get shortened quite a lot, yeah.

No-gauge 5000 DMG combos in BB is... different. To say the least.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...e/1abe1c17.jpg

Cool. Thank you.

"Torakaka"?

Well, she kind of... looks like a tiger.

[Bananoha]

Originally Posted by Rias

New characters for BBCS, story mode only:

Platina=The=Trinity (CV: Yuuki Aoi)
Torakaka (CV: Yagi Kaori)

So, we have Rachel Alucard and the voice for Mina Tepes. Hurr hurr not to mention Chiwa and Yuuichi are in Vampire Bund and BB too.

Now to figure out if I want to mod FS3 or SFIV SE. =w=

[Nayim]

Originally Posted by LVD

So, we have Rachel Alucard and the voice for Mina Tepes. Hurr hurr not to mention Chiwa and Yuuichi are in Vampire Bund and BB too.

Now to figure out if I want to mod FS3 or SFIV SE. =w=

Story mode only?
Kinda like Unlimited character or something?

[Tokkan]

Originally Posted by Nayim

Story mode only?
Kinda like Unlimited character or something?

No, NPCs like Tsubaki and Hazama were in CT.

[SilverSyko]

Just more candidates for possible playable characters in BB3 at the moment to me.

I already like Torakaka more than Tao just from that picture. =p

And why do I get the feeling that Platina person is someone who we've been told about but never seen? o.o

[Tokkan]

Originally Posted by SilverSyko

And why do I get the feeling that Platina person is someone who we've been told about but never seen? o.o

Yeah, the hooded cloak and bell are both features that are usually associated with our as yet unnamed 6th Hero. It's just that it's hard for me to accept this "young girl with two personalities" as being that.

For a review on who we know to be members of the Six Heroes:

Spoiler for Six Heroes:

Haku-men
Jubei
Nine
Yuuki Terumi (known from CS's prologue and the Materials Collection)
Valkenhayn (known from Materials Collection, also referenced by Hazama in his arcade mode story)

[SilverSyko]

Originally Posted by Tokkan

Yeah, the hooded cloak and bell are both features that are usually associated with our as yet unnamed 6th Hero. It's just that it's hard for me to accept this "young girl with two personalities" as being that.

Well I don't know about the 6th hero part, but the split-personality thing along with the fact that she seems to have a grudge against Ragna seems very peculiar...

*coughSayacough*

[Tokkan]

Originally Posted by SilverSyko

Well I don't know about the 6th hero part, but the split-personality thing along with the fact that she seems to have a grudge against Ragna seems very peculiar...

*coughSayacough*

Someone already brought that theory up, and it's unlikely since she isn't voiced by Kanako Kondou.

[SilverSyko]

Originally Posted by Tokkan

Someone already brought that theory up, and it's unlikely since she isn't voiced by Kanako Kondou.

I see. Well she is in a younger form than Noel is so technically her voice should be higher than Noel's is. I don't know if Kondou has done younger (age 6-11) girl roles in the past but I wouldn't put it past her if she hasn't. Just not trying to completely rule out this theory, that's all.

It'd make sense too if you think about it considering how everything's trapped in a time-loop. Rachel might've visited Saya sometime after her capture by Terumi in one continuity, sent her back in time to when the Black Beast was formed, and she recieved her Nox Nyctores and fought as one of the 6 heroes. Thus because of Rachel's actions she became a transient being in a similar yet not exact way like Hakumen, stuck at her current age and appearance. As for the split personality, one would be the love she has for Ragna and yet the other would be the contempt for him failing to save her from Terumi and feels she can't forgive him for that.

That's just my two cents anyway.

[C.A.]

I think its a match, the Hero with the bell definitely needed an appearance. He's also supposed to carry a Nox Nyctores, which we would need to know which.

According to this post from Dustloops: http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showp...&postcount=106

Her Nox and Bang's unknown Nox are either Raigou, a lightning Nox or Houyoku, fire based Nox. Of course Take-Mikazuchi has an unknown owner, but it most likely doesn't belong to either of them.

If we know her Nox, we will know which one is Bang's.

[Tokkan]

Originally Posted by C.A.

I think its a match, the Hero with the bell definitely needed an appearance. He's also supposed to carry a Nox Nyctores, which we would need to know which.

According to this post from Dustloops: http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showp...&postcount=106

Her Nox and Bang's unknown Nox are either Raigou, a lightning Nox or Houyoku, fire based Nox. Of course Take-Mikazuchi has an unknown owner, but it most likely doesn't belong to either of them.

If we know her Nox, we will know which one is Bang's.

Her description says she has "Muchourin" which is the one you called Raigou. Houyoku has no other name yet AFAIK.

[SilverSyko]

Awesome skit at Anime Boston 2010. Won 1st place in the Master's division. Live action rendition of the Ragna vs Jin encounter.

Amazing effort.~

[germanturkey]

really sad and impressive at the same time

[Nerroth]

The guys in the back with the effects really made it.