Johnny Thunderwave

Composer, tenor, percussionist, washed-up VSav vet, MLB fan, huge nerd. Sound designer and QA for Secret of Varonis, a game boy-styled RPG, out on Steam now!

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@JpStu119 The original X5 release called him Axle the Red. Later releases changed it back to Spike Rosered, his Japanese name.

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@FJ_333913 This reminds me of the death montage from those Kaizo Mario videos.

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@Saxxiefone I don't think Kyoshi has an easy time landing critical hits vs. Zuko. It's hard to 6C through Zuko's 236B (and hard to even be in range to land 6C-C), and an air approach resets her other crit. They're strong, no doubt, but those opportunities vs. Mai Zuko aren't easy to come by.

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@Saxxiefone I'd argue that being able to win more interactions, more reliably, is how you create good matchups against characters that deal high damage (plus the fact that Rangi Tornado combos are very difficult vs. Zuko in the first place).

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@FJ_333913 The purple block always moves orthogonally, and in a direction towards you, so you have to try and always be at its diagonal whenever possible.

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@ViviTheGrey I recently did a playthrough where I didn't refine magic, didn't exchange magic between party members, and limited drawing in combat to once per enemy....and it was surprisingly still pretty easy until the very end.

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@FJ_333913 Good luck! I've beaten every game in the X series (except X7 and the Game Boy games) with no powerups, and I genuinely think that, under this rule set, this is the hardest final boss in the series.

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@DUNGEONATACKER Is Pokemon slow these days? I haven't played them since the original Red/Green/Blue, lol.

Maybe every slow RPG just needs an army of cute mascots that can be sold as toys.

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Avatar Legends is fun... but, my enjoyment has really plummeted since ranked came out. Now the same people who would play like 30 games sets, just leave after 3 (or they'll play a FT5, like that's so much better). It's too bad.

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@TheDavidVinc What I'd say to anyone backing a Kickstarter is, there are no guarantees. It's easy to assume that fully-funded projects are a sure deal, but they're not. Backing a Kickstarter is liking an idea so much that you're willing to bet on its success and take the loss if it fails.

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@TheDavidVinc This happens every now and then, trust wanes, and then it comes back. Don't forget about Comcept's Mighty No. 9, or Red Ash - a game they put on Kickstarter before people found out that the game was already funded.

It happens. It's just part of Kickstarter, for better or worse.

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@Mikeand1keFGC People were really saying he wasn't top tier for a minute after CEO, it was wild

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@munetaka55ys It was so fun to see how excited you were! Good luck in the playoffs, dude.

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@ChampionSen Couple of thoughts:

1. Aangry and Ozai might be unfinished, but you can still rank em. I'd put Aangry in the second tier and Ozai in third.

2. I'm curious what non-Kyoshi players think of Toph's power level. I wonder if we just think she's strong cos the MU is so weird lol

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@sweetnautilus Oh easy 7. Khan had some of the best banter, and although Marion said very little, the one time she gave Balmaint any insight into what she's really like was one of the most randomly interesting parts of the entire story.

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@macachi80 This might be a harsh opinion, but ミンサガ was always my least favorite in the series, below even アンサガ. It was made during an era where RPGs just kept getting slower, and slower... like the game was trying to stop me from ever reaching the end. I'd love a more modern remake.

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Two in the bottom row are stand-ins:

Heroes of the Storm: DotA (the original DotA is not a standalone game, so it's not available to be picked)
Final Fantasy 7: The PSX era of RPGs in general; separate from FF4 cos they made me realize I wanted to write music for games.

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@XanozIchimonji It's the prophecy. AA7 can't be released until every other game is on every platform. It was our fault, getting our hopes up when we completely forgot about VR gaming.