Her openings are the best part of her, made me chuckle a few times, but everything else is pretty meh. Doesn't help that I dislike her fighting style as well, which plays quite some part in my sympathies. Maybe she grows on me, couldn't stand Yagyu or Hibari at first either, but the games do a pretty good job to make everyone likeable with time, so I reserve my final judgement for when I finish all stories.
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Her openings are the best part of her, made me chuckle a few times, but everything else is pretty meh. Doesn't help that I dislike her fighting style as well, which plays quite some part in my sympathies. Maybe she grows on me, couldn't stand Yagyu or Hibari at first either, but the games do a pretty good job to make everyone likeable with time, so I reserve my final judgement for when I finish all stories.
SerTapTap
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That's another part of what I don't like about Minori, I'm not sure if it's deliberate, but both her and the childish Hanzo student hit like a wet towel for plain ol' attacks. I find it frustrating how weak some of Shiki's attacks are too, I don't remember who I've been most effective as though. Also dislike when a character's "mash square" attacks either don't end in a launch move. Too many characters for me to (thus far) remember when to press triangle for everyone for a launch.
flatearthpandas
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I definitely hate actually fighting as Minori. Doing her heart story right now and ugh. She just doesn't seem to have anything that makes up for her strong attack needing to be charged, slow attacks in general, and short range. When fighting Hikage in particular, she is awful. It took me a while to get used to Yozakura, actually, but she ridiculous now. If you figure out how to play Minori, let me know. Quick glance at GameFAQs shows her to be generally classified as the worst character gameplay wise and I can't say I disagree.
Yozakura is definitely one of the best new girls. Not enough to beat my bae Hikage for the top spot, but definitely in my top 5.
Crimson Squad's story is the best IMHO, and I believe it's also the canonical version of events. Hope you enjoy it!
-Tom
Having played through the Crimson Squad story, I agree, I think Hebijo's was the weakest, personally.
Crimson Squad > Gessen > Hanzo >>>>>>>>>> Hebijo
flatearthpandas
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I have to immediately disagree with Gessen being better than Hanzo. This only makes me anxious for Hebijo though because Gessen is pretty bad.
Eolz
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I hate you Gaf. Look at what you got me to buy.
Now I'm gonna end up buying more
You just fell down into an endless cleavage. At least artbooks and magazines are cheap.
seems like an easy plat then
I do have to complete story mode with every character or just every school?
seems like an easy plat then
I do have to complete story mode with every character or just every school?
Both. Each character and school has a completion trophy
ShyGuy0504
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I'm going to platinum this game too.
This will be the second game I've ever platinumed.
First was Neptunia Victory.
This will be the second game I've ever platinumed.
First was Neptunia Victory.
To be clear, there's the main story, which you only need to run through once, and then the Shinobi Girl's Heart stories. Each character has a SGH story consisting of five chapters each.
thats gonna take a while haha thanks!
Snkfanatic
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I hate you Gaf. Look at what you got me to buy.
Now I'm gonna end up buying more
You should thank us. Every Senran fan should have that amazing book.
rocketskates
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What school did everyone pick first?
Hanzo.
Chie Satonaka
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Hebijo.
Hebijo.
I picked Hebijo. Not really a huge fan of any characters in that school, but I guess it's best to start off with a low point.
Jawmuncher
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Everyone was Hebijo.
Miyabi is my favorite character thus far.
Miyabi is my favorite character thus far.
Hanzo.
SerTapTap
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Started with Hanzo, was bored after starting Burst first and doing the same, ended up finishing Gessen first. I think order matters the most in which of Hanzo/Gessen you think had the best story since they're mostly the same. Like, even more than the others.
I HATE these ninja turtle assholes. Completely ruin the pacing of the game. And they are EVERYWHERE in the Hebijo story.
I HATE these ninja turtle assholes. Completely ruin the pacing of the game. And they are EVERYWHERE in the Hebijo story.
I hate them too. That was an unwise choice on the dev's part.
drtomoe123
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I'm new to the game so it took me 10 hours or so to realize that Frantic totally wrecks everything. I went from taking 5+ mins to finish stages with trash mobs (those effin turtles) to consistently clearing in 30 seconds. Damn.
Severely lacking Yozakura and SV girls in general that aren't Yumi but it's pretty damn good.
flatearthpandas
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Aerial raves, brah.
Yozakura wrecks them en masse with her triangle too, but of course that's not always an option.
Eolz
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Yeah, really not a fan of the Gessen girls (personalities, not gameplay). Fits the school though. New Hebijo is nice.
Hanzo because no Crimson Squad
Hanzo because no Crimson Squad
The Last Wizard
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I give in how's the physical edition,is it worth it?
how's the physical edition,is it worth it?
SerTapTap
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I give in
It's all of $10 more, comes with a shiny embossed box, OST and artbook (and is the only way to get a US cart). It would be hard for it not to. The art book doubles as a fairly extensive manual for each character and it's got nice reversible cover art (that still has the spine art!)
Getting close to finishing Hejibo and will be going to
The Last Wizard
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I just don't wanna wait for amazon to send a copy
SerTapTap
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I just don't wanna wait for amazon to send a copy
2 days with prime
Jawmuncher
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Yeah I wasn't even planning on getting the LE (Got it on accident).
But it sure is nice and well worth the 10 extra bones.
But it sure is nice and well worth the 10 extra bones.
The Last Wizard
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Snkfanatic
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You did good.
yeah, i had to keep stopping and using breach arts to break their guard
JadedWriter
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Hanzo, current favorite is ikaruga, I'm not the hugest fan of yagyu's squid fetish moves but she's not bad, asuka's decent too. I want to play more but people keep sitting next to me on this fucking train I'm on.
shadow2810
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Yumi best girl? best girl
SerTapTap
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I can certainly see why people wouldn't enjoy Hebijo, but I appreciate it having an actual significant story ark and not just complete fluff. The personal stories/flashbacks were usually handled quite well but the "we are rivals because lol whatevs" in both Hanzo and Gessen didn't do much for me.
It's very much like the "conquest ending" of Neptunia Mk2 in that regard. Certainly glad it's not canonical but's nice to see it branch out a bit and surprise the audience.
While I generally don't like Ryobi's attacks, goddamn that breach art is satisfying when someone's charging at you.
Aw I like Yagyu's squid attacks. Though it's kinda squicky she talks about kalamari all the time when she uses a squid to attack, seems...inconsiderate, to say the least.
As for the train thing, just loudly say "It's okay, she's 15" and everyone will move away from you
It's very much like the "conquest ending" of Neptunia Mk2 in that regard. Certainly glad it's not canonical but's nice to see it branch out a bit and surprise the audience.
While I generally don't like Ryobi's attacks, goddamn that breach art is satisfying when someone's charging at you.
Aw I like Yagyu's squid attacks. Though it's kinda squicky she talks about kalamari all the time when she uses a squid to attack, seems...inconsiderate, to say the least.
As for the train thing, just loudly say "It's okay, she's 15" and everyone will move away from you
ShinMaruku
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Just finished Heijijo, oh mah heart. Too gud
JadedWriter
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Yagyu's a good character though, her attacks do good damage, especially the whirlwind tentacle thing, I like her more than Hibari. I also like Katsuragi as well, though her spinning crotch kick is better left appreciated privately.