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[cntr]

Unicorn is pretty much a visual and audial masterpiece. It just doesn't have the plot to back it up.

 

[Zonic]

*punt*

ROBO-PUPPY MISTREATMENT ALERT!

Off topic but this is sweet and I'm glad I saw it on GAF before it ended:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2146199819/the-unofficial-snes-super-famicom-a-visual-compend

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1357974

Originally backed for the hardcover, but then I changed it and added 15 quid to get that SNES diagram poster. Might just frame that sucker.

Slightly related, but I just got a new coffee table and this seems like a good fit, despite my all-digital stance on all media.

Got my softcover backed. Funded their NES one as well, hoping they do one on the Genesis eventually, plus they're doing a book on the Neo Geo that should be available for pre-order this month. I have their Commodore 64 & Amiga compendiums as well, need to get around to buying their Sinclair ZX one eventually.

 

[Raxus]

Unicorn is pretty much a visual and audial masterpiece. It just doesn't have the plot to back it up.

Everytime I watch Unicorn

"Damn this looks pretty....zzzzzzzz"

 

[ramoisdead]

Everytime I watch Unicorn

"Damn this looks pretty....zzzzzzzz"

Needs...moar...Mikazuki.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

ROBO-PUPPY MISTREATMENT ALERT!

Got my softcover backed. Funded their NES one as well, hoping they do one on the Genesis eventually, plus they're doing a book on the Neo Geo that should be available for pre-order this month. I have their Commodore 64 & Amiga compendiums as well, need to get around to buying their Sinclair ZX one eventually.

I'm pretty excited about the thought of a GB one, and part of me hopes it's JUST the original (not GBC), although the art would be black and white or pea soup green, lol. The original GB is my fave nostalgic system after SNES.

 

[RandomExpletive]

Good Jack, good Super, good Kai (I'm a sucker for the NANI moments)

Wondering when we'll get a JoJo part 3 promo, probably a month before it drops right?

 

[cntr]

Speaking of, we'll probably get IBO S2's announcement pretty soon.

 

[ramoisdead]

Since I'm still drinking my beer and I didn't see Super because of the boxing fite...

...DVR do your DB Super stuff.

 

[ramoisdead]

Sorry to double post:

But of course Chi-Chi would almost cause babby Pan harm.

Also, man I actually like Mr. Satan playing around with Pan. A new light I haven't seen from him. It's comforting.

 

[Zonic]

I'm pretty excited about the thought of a GB one, and part of me hopes it's JUST the original (not GBC), although the art would be black and white or pea soup green, lol. The original GB is my fave nostalgic system after SNES.

The closest book I have about GB is "Game Boy World", which chronicles the system & its games by year. If the 2nd volume wasn't so expensive, I would've gotten it by now.

Only bummer is I have the original print instead of the newer "XL" print which is what they seem to be doing for all future volumes.

 

[Man God]

I'm pretty excited about the thought of a GB one, and part of me hopes it's JUST the original (not GBC), although the art would be black and white or pea soup green, lol. The original GB is my fave nostalgic system after SNES.

Same here.

 

[ramoisdead]

Bulma the vigilante.

Krillan the cop.

Chi-Chi holding a babby hostage.

So far, this is the best DB Super episode I ever seen.

 

[Man God]

Everytime I watch Unicorn

"Damn this looks pretty....zzzzzzzz"

There's a fairly solid history of the better looking Gundam shows having bad to garbage plots.

Starts with Stardust Memory and Char's Counterattack, which are merely okay. 08th MS, which is even prettier and mainly about a bad battlefield romance. Then there is this.

The four best looking Gundam shows all have disappointing stories at best.

 

[ramoisdead]

HAHAHAHA It's the "Is Whis here?" hour.

 

[cntr]

I wonder if Mikazuki was deliberately written with Banagher in mind? IBO deliberately flouts a lot of Gundam tropes, so it might be.

 

[Zonic]

|OT| Whissin' the Night Away

 

[ramoisdead]

|OT| Whissin' the Night Away

Goku, in this episode, looks like he's about to score the juiciest piece of crack.

 

[Man God]

I wonder if Mikazuki was deliberately written with Banagher in mind? IBO deliberately flouts a lot of Gundam tropes, so it might be.

He's the worst of the pacifists by far.

Kira at least had a solid goal in mind. Loran just wanted to live on earth in peace.

Mika is a more believable version of Heero raised on the streets.

 

[SAB CA]

Retro GiTs and.. JACK?! (2/01/14):

LATER

 

[BBboy20]

The four best looking Gundam shows all have disappointing stories at best.

Why?

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Lovely lovely art. <3

 

[cntr]

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Why?

Who knows.

 

[ramoisdead]

Man I don't know if it's the beer I drank but DB Super was a waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better episode compared to this week's Samurai Jack.

I would have never imagined that. Night y'all.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

The closest book I have about GB is "Game Boy World", which chronicles the system & its games by year. If the 2nd volume wasn't so expensive, I would've gotten it by now.

Only bummer is I have the original print instead of the newer "XL" print which is what they seem to be doing for all future volumes.

That's awesome! Wish it was in hardcover though.

Also 1990 is January to June 1990? Is there a Vol. 2?

Same here.

I actually love it to the extent I've seriously considered (multiple times) to create a homebrew game for it. There's actually fairly sophisticated tools these days - my original concerns were the language (assembly) and difficulty making pixel art, but there's C libraries for it and tools to generate pixel arrays from uploaded graphics.

I'm still planning on making a game, but it won't be a homebrew GB one. On the flipside, I will be using the GB resolution and pallet for it.

 

[Man God]

Why?

They just do.

Char's Counterattack is about Char doing a complete 180 from rational dude to the jackass he used to be and a couple of whiny brats messing shit up. Then at the end he decides to not go through with his nonsense because...no one knows.

0083 Stardust Memory is a Tom Clancy thriller where the bad guys win and the good guys might be worse than the bad guys. It's the best of these four OVAs. It's also got a terrible romance that just drags things down.

08th MS Team sounds great on paper. Here's the TOONAMI promo. Grunts not super pilots? A battlefield love story with the chance of building understanding? Yeah...it doesn't work with Gundam writing.

And then we got good old Gundam Unicron.

 

[Raxus]

Great stuff SAB. Is that a sword on Jack or is he just happy to see me?

 

[cntr]

War in the Pocket is the only great serious Gundam. The other greats are G Gundam and Build Fighters. Probably says something that they're the three shows most atypical of Gundam.

The rest of Gundam is good to bad, though admittedly a lot of the enjoyment is ironic.

 

[Man God]

War in the Pocket is the only great serious Gundam. The other greats are G Gundam and Build Fighters. Probably says something that they're the three shows most atypical of Gundam.

The rest of Gundam is good to bad, though admittedly a lot of the enjoyment is ironic.

War in the Pocket is basically what would happen if Ghibli made a Gundam OVA, only not as pretty.

But yes, those are the three best Gundam shows. Basically in that order as well.

 

[Shard]

War in the Pocket is the only great serious Gundam. The other greats are G Gundam and Build Fighters. Probably says something that they're the three shows most atypical of Gundam.

The rest of Gundam is good to bad, though admittedly a lot of the enjoyment is ironic.

Iron Blooded Orphans may be up there, I still have yet to work out how I feel about the whole thing.

 

[Man God]

Season 2 would have to be bloody amazing for me to even consider calling it good.

 

[caliph95]

I did like what i've seen of IBO though never finished S1

 

[Moaradin]

S1 of IBO is probably in the upper echelon of Gundam shows if Unicorn is any indication.

 

[cntr]

IBO S1's a mixed bag at best, but if S2 lives up to what I've heard of it, it'll be good. I really doubt it'll be one of the greats.

Unicorn should make IBO easier to appreciate, especially Mikazuki. That's the reason I liked S1 after all, lol.

 

[Shard]

Season 2 would have to be bloody amazing for me to even consider calling it good.

That is something that is going to be highly subjective.

 

[cntr]

S1 of IBO is probably in the upper echelon of Gundam shows if Unicorn is any indication.

Honestly no, season 1's pretty rough even by Gundam standards. It does a lot of things I personally like, like the character focus and Mikazuki's bluntness, but objectively it's not that great.

 

[Man God]

That is something that is going to be highly subjective.

Season 1 starts and ends well but for me the middle was nearly intolerable. There's certain episodes where I'd rather watch the equally shitty middle episodes of Unicron again.

 

[Shard]

I suppose what I can say at this point is Season 1 is certainly one half of a whole, that being said the DORT arc will forever be terrible.

 

[Moaradin]

I think IBO is a bit mixed, but I'd put it more on the good side rather than bad. It has a lot of things I liked and it still has me genuinely interested in season 2 despite having some weak middle parts.

 

[Zonic]

I'd take IBO over Unicorn any day. At least when IBO got bad with stuff like DORT, you at least remember it.

 

[cntr]

also I'd totally watch a Gundam series where they had to fight Unicron as he descended into the solar system

 

[BBboy20]

also I'd totally watch a Gundam series where they had to fight Unicron as he descended into the solar system

Surprised a Transformers X Gundam crossover never came to be.

 

[Zonic]

Have the Transformers ever appeared in the Super Robot Wars franchise? I mean, I know Konami put him in Dream Mix TV where Optimus Prime & Megatron could fight Bomberman, Simon Belmont, the Beyblade kid, a Moai statue from Gradius, Master Higgins from Adventure Island, & Solid Snake.

 

[Man God]

also I'd totally watch a Gundam series where they had to fight Unicron as he descended into the solar system

I've literally been making the same damn Unicron joke for FOUR MONTHS now and I'm pretty damn sure you're the first to take me up on it.

 

[Zonic]

Actually, how has nobody made a giant robot VR game where you're in the cockpit of a famous giant robot?

A Gundam or Evangelion VR game would get a lot of hype.

 

[cntr]

Still wish that Godzilla vs. Evangelion crossover became an actual series.

I've literally been making the same damn Unicron joke for FOUR MONTHS now and I'm pretty damn sure you're the first to take me up on it.

Noticed it, just didn't comment on it.

Have the Transformers ever appeared in the Super Robot Wars franchise? I mean, I know Konami put him in Dream Mix TV where Optimus Prime & Megatron could fight Bomberman, Simon Belmont, the Beyblade kid, a Moai statue from Gradius, Master Higgins from Adventure Island, & Solid Snake.

They've tried, but Takara Tomy is notoriously unfriendly towards SRW. Not happening any time soon.

...man, imagine if they made a crossover SRW series? Never happening, but Gurren Lagann fighting EVA-01? Mikazuki actually murdering Riddhe and Banagher? Full Frontal literally getting a Mazinger Z rocket punch to the face? Never happening in a million years, but it'd be so good.

Actually, how has nobody made a giant robot VR game where you're in the cockpit of a famous giant robot?

A Gundam or Evangelion VR game would get a lot of hype.

FromSoftware is done with Dark Souls so...VR Armored Core hype?

 

[Zonic]

Steel Battalion VR.

*remembers kinect version*

.....errr, maybe not....

 

[cntr]

VR Metal Wolf Chaos 2.

 

[Zonic]

VR Virtua-On

VR Gurren Lagann with 2 player co-op

 

[Man God]

VR Lost Kingdoms III.

 

[cntr]

jokes aside I really do want a new Armored Core or Metal Wolf Chaos

pls make it happen