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5/13/13 2:44pm

Tales of symphonia and dawn of the new word are getting an HD rerelease on the ps3. http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/13/4325930/tales-of-symphonia-getting-re-r... I sure hope we get more updates in this version then just an HD face lift, like a reworked battle system(full 3d movement like the newer tales games) and some of the extra features found in the non-westerned released PS2 version. Of course that's assuming we even get this release out in the west,since tales of symphonia could only be released on Nintendo consoles here, because Nintendo paid for the English localization. Maybe if we are lucky Nintendo could get this game to WII-U somehow.

5/14/13 8:42pm

LousyTactician: Eh, kind of sad to hear that. I wish another Tales game would do that.

5/14/13 3:50pm

ultraguy: Not really, stuff like that is mostly predetermined(although there are occasional sidequest dealing with character backgrounds).

5/14/13 5:50am

LousyTactician: Do you actually have any control over some of the choices the character makes? I know that was only something lightly touched upon in ToS, but I liked the subtle ways I could alter the game's events, and who Lloyd becamed friends with.

5/13/13 7:53pm

ultraguy: Luke's an overconfident,naive,inconsiderate,spoiled brat at the beginning of the game(which is why I had a hard time stomaching him at first),though he does have some hints of jerkass with a heart of gold .However over the course of the game his selfish/unthinking behavior causes him to get easily manipulated by another character, and causes him to make a decision/action that indirectly causes the deaths of thousands of people. At this point everyone in the party has had enough of him(possibly even the player) and they turns their backs one him. This finally causes him to realize what an ass he's been, and basically causes him to go through the rest of the game trying to kick his bad habits with by replacing them with a more humble personality as he tries to redeem himself. There also a really huge plot twist regarding him that gives him an inferiority complex(which is also very interesting and contrasts to how he was in the stories start), but I don't want to give you any spoilers about that.

So basically speaking his characters is really annoying and irritating in every way imaginable at the beginning of the game, but at the end of the game it actually ends up being the exact opposite.

5/13/13 6:48pm

LousyTactician: Interesting, the game is only $20, so maybe I'll give it a look. However, it depends on what kind of jerk-ass the main character is. Is he assholish in a smug, overconfident way, or a whiny, emo-ish way? If it's the later, chances are I won't like him because having dealt with *sigh* fucking Emil from Dawn of a New World, I have no faith in the writers of the Tales games when it comes to making that kind of character! Plus, while there are exceptions (for all my ranting about the mach 26 thing, I actually like Cloud a lot as a character), I usually dislike stereotypically emo characters, and liked Lloyd a lot because I felt he was the antithesis of that. Optimistic, friendly, kind of stupid, and full of a flaws, but well-meaning overall.

5/11/13 10:16pm

ultraguy

My life long dream has FINALLY been realized! I now own a copy of the ever elusive Metroid prime trilogy collection disk for the Wii(can't wait to start playing it when it arrives in the mail)........also me and the ODBFB where hired by ben and chad to help do official research for actual death battle videos(but i'm sure nobody is interested in hearing about that).

5/12/13 4:34pm

ultraguy: Also may take me a bit longer to get my next blog out(want to get my research for death battle done first).

5/12/13 5:31am

Icipall: That is EXTREMELY impressive.

5/12/13 2:01am

LousyTactician: I sadly don't have Akuma's spriting, Max's video editing skills, or Ultra's wall updating talents, but I just announced my involvement with DEATH BATTLE in my own special way. http://www.screwattack.com/news/official-death-battle-fan-blog-has-becom...

5/12/13 12:43am

Torru369: BTW Metroid Prime trilogy sounds sweet. Here's hoping a battle comes up you can make good use of it

5/12/13 12:34am

FastBlade5035: I suppose I have an OK shot, but admittedly, after the train wreck that was Tails Vs. Luigi, I'm going to need to step it up. Are Tinnie and I the only non-ODBFB members that actively make DB blogs?

5/10/13 2:44am

Torru369 wrote on ultraguy's wall.

Thanks for the advice Ultra. I updated Charizard vs Ridley with pictures and separated strengths, weaknesses and abilities with there own paragraphs.

5/7/13 9:54pm

ultraguy

Well I'm finally home for the summer....time to blog like a madman!(you guys can expect the new prediction blog to be up by the end of the week).

5/7/13 4:56pm

LousyTactician wrote on ultraguy's wall.

Ultra, you say you're a fan of the Battle Network games right? It's been a while since I've played any of those games, but I think you'd be interested in this. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1054244612/c-wars-roguelike-pixel-ar... I gave the demo a shot, and while it is clearly in an incomplete state, as a strategy nut, I love the potential it holds.

5/7/13 9:53pm

ultraguy: It looks pretty interesting. I really like the art style(I'm a sucker for retro inspired games) and the gameplay definitely looks it could be fun(I assume you compared it to battle network because of the grid system). I downloaded the demo they had on the website, so I'll see if it plays as good as it looks sometime tomorrow probably.

5/6/13 8:19pm

ultraguy

I have two boxes of Popsicles left in my fridge right now and I'm going back home for the summer tomorrow. ...."Cracks knuckles" CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

5/7/13 11:31pm

ultraguy: *Goes out and buys two more boxes. ITS ON!(Not really).

5/7/13 9:23pm

Tinnie: I challenge you to eat at least 40 within the hour.

5/7/13 9:21pm

Tinnie: Only 14 in total? That's child's play Ultra :/

5/7/13 12:30pm

ultraguy: One has about 4 pops lefts and the other has about 10. I finished the first half yesterday, so I'm gonna finish the rest this morning.

5/7/13 12:45am

Tinnie: ...How big are the boxes?

5/6/13 2:02pm

ultraguy

I love Play4Real articles(especially how they exaggerate real life situations). http://www.p4rgaming.com/masahiro-sakurai-each-time-i-am-asked-to-add-ge...

5/6/13 4:24pm

ultraguy: You should read the parody article about Iwata punching a stock investor because he asked Nintendo to make smartphone games(something I really wish would happen in real life). http://www.p4rgaming.com/satoru-iwata-punches-man-at-investor-meeting-af...

5/6/13 3:17pm

LousyTactician: Ultra, I think you have just made me discover the video game news site equivalent to The Onion. And I love you for it.

5/3/13 9:23pm

Tinnie wrote on ultraguy's wall.

Hey Ultra, if you don't mind my asking, who did you marry in Fire Emblem Awakening?

5/3/13 10:48pm

ultraguy: ......god dammit :P

5/3/13 10:04pm

Tinnie: Thanks and yeah that's how you spell it, though you spelled "you" wrong :P

5/3/13 9:56pm

ultraguy: Panne(I think that's how yuo spell it right?).

5/3/13 1:07am

Torru369 wrote on ultraguy's wall.

Actually after a comment discussion with Lousy I just started a DB prediction blog myself. Charizard vs Ridley was my first one, not very well done but I did it anyway.

5/2/13 5:20pm

ultraguy

Sorry for the lack of updates guys. The ODBFB has been SUPER busy with a lot of different projects recently, so I have been spending most of my time doing work with them. Good news though, I'll be out of school for the summer next week, so I'll have plenty of time to blog like a madman the minute i get back home. Also I think I'm going to flip the positions of my next prediction blogs. I'm going to do Dark Samus vs Sa-x now and Megaman exe vs megaman starforce afterwards(Mainly because the megaman one will require ALOT more time to research due to all the extended media those series have).