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neonio99 · 1 year ago

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I'm honestly convinced that the people who are praising NASB2 as an "improvement" of the first game don't actually care about these characters and the shows they represent. and quite frankly, the developers don't seem to either. how are you gonna cut an Earthbender and then add THREE Firebenders in her place? how are you gonna add Rocksteady as DLC and not have Bebop tag along with him?

also they straight up REMOVE gameplay mechanics from the first game that made it feel different from Super Smash Bros. and I'm supposed to believe that's an "improvement?" strafing was one of my favorite aspects of NASB1 and they took that away from me, right along with universal air grabbing. the grabs and throws are literally just Smash grabs and throws again.

I thought having every platform fighting game be literally just Smash was what we DIDN'T want.

I saw an article saying people are praising it as a "true Smash rival" and like. I don't want a "true Smash rival." I want a Nickelodeon fighting game. And the devs obviously care more about making a Smash rival than a Nickelodeon fighting game, otherwise they would have put more thought into some of the choices they made with the roster.

the cuts aren't like Smash cuts where they ultimately don't harm the overall roster that much. Wolf is cool but Smash 4 was fine without him since it added Bowser Jr., Mega Man, Ryu, Villager, Cloud, Pac-Man, and even the Duck Hunt dog, on top of bringing back Dr. Mario and Mewtwo. NASB2, on the other hand, cuts the main protagonist of one of Nickelodeon's biggest franchises right now... and then has the audacity to make his model a cameo in the background of a stage.

NASB2 infuriates me on so many levels. it's basically a textbook definition of how NOT to make a fighting game sequel. redoing everything from the ground up was NOT a good move to make considering GameMill was gonna rush it out a year and a half after development for the first one ended anyway.

"we did it, Patrick! we saved NASB!"

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crypticbeliever123 · 6 years ago

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Chapter 8 “Old Hob” and the debut appearances of Bebop and Rocksteady! Hope you enjoy! Please let me know what you think of it!

“Hob,” Raph said, closing the temple door behind him, “So, I’m guessing you’ve been in Republic City awhile to have found me so fast.”

“Yeah, had a bit of business to attend to the past few months,” Hob said, taking slow steps forward while making the lightbulbs all burst as he overloaded them.

Did he really think Raph was going to fall for that trick? Just because he could use it to intimidate just about everyone else he crossed paths with doesn’t mean Raph couldn’t see right through him.

“Imagine my surprise when I turn on the TV and see your face plastered all over the screen at a Pro-Bending tournament. Wasn’t hard after that to pick up a lead as to where you been hiding out at. Though I gotta admit, didn’t think I’d find you living with the Avatar.”

“Uh-huh.” *sigh* “You know how this is going to end, right? It’s going to end with me kicking your butt and you walking out of here with your tail between your legs.”

“Well aren’t we all smug and confident now? Guess you take more after your old man than just your temper and Bending skills.”

Raph’s temper finally got the better of him. He lashed out at Hob with a stream of blue flames. The alley cat dodged the attack and retaliated with a burst of lightning aimed at Raph. Luckily, he was able to divert most of the energy away, but Hob always was the better Lightning Bender, and so he did take at least some of the electricity on. Raph charged at him, trying to hit him with more of his blue flames to no avail. Hob may be an old cat but that didn’t make him any less agile. As soon as Raph got close he was just about to use his technique to take away the cat’s Bending when suddenly, a wave of rock and rubble came at him, knocking him away from Hob.

“You didn’t think I’d come alone, did ya?” Hob asked as his two associates stepped out of the shadows.

“Bebop. Rocksteady. Good to see you guys again. Haven’t seen you guys since Ba Sing Se. Have you lost weight? Get your tusks whitened?”

“Flattery. Cute. Ain’t it cute, Rocksteady?”

“You know it, Bebop. But cute ain’t gonna save his sorry shell after what he pulled last time we saw him.”

“You mean when I torched the abandoned building to the ground, burying you in a pile of rubble, so I could escape without getting flattened like a pancake? What? Come on guys that was just a… a harmless prank. Come on, I knew you could take it,” Raph said, backing up against the wall as the rhino and wart hog approached him.

“Yeah, sure you did. Let’s get him!” Rocksteady yelled as he and Bebop charged at Raph.

Luckily his family showed up at just the right time and he found himself getting blasted into the air and out of danger by Mikey, before landing safely near the door with the others.

“What are you guys doing here?!”

“Uh, we live here?” Leo replied.

“So, who are your friends?” Donnie asked as he started Bending pieces of metal in preparation to fight.

“They ain’t friends and you all need to leave. Like right now.”

“I’d listen to him if I were you. Raphie might not be the sharpest tool in the shed but he does know when to run like a coward when he knows there ain’t no winning to be had,” Hob remarked.

“Coward?!”

“Yeah, just a little scaredy turtle. Ya ran from Ba Sing Se and no doubt you’ll be running from this city too,” Bebop replied as he covered his fists in rocks.

“Yeah, just like you always run. Even when you were just a newbie mutant you just ran and ran, trying to get away from the big, bad-” Rocksteady added before being blasted at with a large wave of blue flame by Raph that knocked him away; luckily his hide was thick enough to not be too badly burned.

Bebop then charged at him. Donnie attempted to knock him away by throwing a large piece of the concrete floor at him, but Bebop just ran right through it.

“Move!” Raph insisted as his family dodged the charging wart hog.

Rocksteady then got back on his feet and stomped his foot to send a shockwave through the floor toward Leo and Mikey. Mikey used his Airbending to dodge the attack, but Leo got hit and was sent flying into a column, hard, and Mikey took to trying to help him out and get him back on his feet. Splinter took to using his own Earthbending skills to counter both Bebop and Rocksteady’s attacks alongside Donatello who was struggling to avoid the charging rhino’s horn. Meanwhile, Raph took it upon himself to face Hob solo. He might not be as good at Bending lightning as Hob was but that didn’t mean he couldn’t handle that wretched cat, especially if he got close enough to hit his pressure points. That might not be as good as severing one’s chi, but chi-blocking does do good enough to immobilize someone, especially if you’re trying not to get outed to the only family you ever really had.

“Why don’t you just give it up, Raphie? You might be good at Bending fire but you ain’t got nothin’ on me when it comes to lightning,” Hob said as he shot out electricity at the turtle as he got closer.

“How long have we known each other, Hob? Ten years and you still don’t know that I ain’t the giving up type?” Raph replied as he got up close and personal to the cat, being careful to avoid his electrically charged claws as he tried to get a hit in.

That’s when Mikey noticed Hob’s tail was charging up and about to reach out and zap Raph. Mikey wasn’t going to let that no good cat hurt his brother!

“Raph!” Mikey shouted as he pushed Raph out of the way just in time to save him… though not himself.

“MIKEY!” Raph screamed as he saw the large volts of electricity pass through the younger turtle he had come to know as his brother.

This gained the attention of the others, including Leo, who was finally awake. Splinter was enraged at the sight of his youngest son injured and quickly ended the battle with Rocksteady and Bebop by entering the Avatar State to defeat them.

“I… I don’t sense a heartbeat,” Donnie mentioned, eyes full of fear as he used his seismic sense to try and tell if Mikey was still alive.

Raph lost his cool again. This time he didn’t care if he exposed himself to his family. Hob was going to PAY!

Raph rushed at Hob and began to channel his chi, making the cat’s veins glow at the various, swift motions he performed before finally striking him hard in the chest, knocking him to the ground as the light of his Bending went out like a blown-out match.

“What? Did you just- no. No. NO!” Hob roared before being struck down by a blast of lightning from Raph himself, knocking him into the far-off wall.

The blast might not have killed him, but just because he deserved it doesn’t mean Raph was ever going to resort to tactics like that, tactics like the ones his- the ones he used all the time. No. Raph was better than him, better than Hob. He wasn’t like them. Not at all.

“I can’t believe it. Mikey’s really-” Leo said, trying not to burst out into tears, praying that they were wrong.

Then Raph knelt beside Mikey’s body and took a deep breath. His hands lit with electrical energy and he breathed into them with a white flame, leaving his hands with a bright, white glow. He pressed his fingers into various pressure points on Mikey’s body causing them to become lit with the same light and spread out through his nerves. After pressing the last pressure point, Raphael raised his hands and brought them both down over Mikey’s heart with a burst of lightning emanating as he did. Mikey bolted upright with a gasp.

“He’s alive? He’s alive! Mikey!” Donnie exclaimed as he ran over to Mikey with Leo to join the hug that was going on.

“Uh… did I… die?”

“It’s okay, little brother. You’re okay now. Everything’s going to be okay,” Raph answered as he held Mikey tight, tears streaming down his face.

He almost lost his brother tonight, and it was all his fault. His eyes raised to meet Splinter’s as the rat knelt to join the group hug. Though Splinter’s eyes may have been soft, full of relief, and a silent promise to forgive whatever he may have done as the Nightwatcher, Raph couldn’t help the knot that formed in his stomach. He didn’t deserve forgiveness. He didn’t even deserve this family.

“I’m really going to miss you guys,” he said before pulling away from the hug.

“Raph?” Mikey asked.

“Wait, where are you going?” Leo added.

“Raphael, stop!” Splinter insisted as his son ignored him and sent out a circle of immense, white flames and Bent a column of lightning around himself

“I’m sorry,” he said with a remorseful look on his face as he drew the white fire back in on himself with a loud crack and blinding light as he disappeared without a trace.

He was sorry for leaving them behind, but he had some work to do.

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