#i finished SV today

[sukimas]

i think the nintendo switch had a bunch of really revolutionary and awesome games in the first two years after its release and after that it's basically been spinning its wheels

the only game i've been excited about on this system since early 2020 was engage; i was excited about acnh but that was disappointing. nothing on this damned system has fulfilled its promises since kirby star allies and three houses and even those have major flaws

i'm a pretty strong kirby fan and i'm just incredibly mad about the forgotten land after the RTDL remaster; it has basically no platforming, the puzzles are all gimmicks (i did not have any difficulty with a single puzzle room) and the boss fights are the only thing that makes the game interesting; which is completely destroyed by the ability upgrade system.

speaking of the ability upgrades, none of them really do anything new. they just make the original better, with a couple exceptions (gigant sword's guard, etc.) there's no reason to use the original versions. therefore, there are low numbers of abilities.

meanwhile the rtdl remake added sand and mecha, two really interesting abilities that play well into the game environments, and magolor mode, which is full of content AND very fun to play.

scarlet and violet also have this big open world, but they don't do anything interesting with it. why does legends arceus have a more interesting way to engage with wild pokemon. who cares about how finished it is or isn't, why are there no puzzles or gameplay challenges? who cares about fucking multiplayer raids? backwards longjumping on your box legend is the only interesting gameplay element.

i don't care about fucking exploring a world if there's nothing interesting to do in it!

why is the only thing a video game wants to do on the nintendo switch post-2020 just "have a neat story"?

why is FUCKING FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE the only GAME on this GAME CONSOLE in the past year by a first-party developer?

intelligent systems constantly shits the bed and god knows fire emblem fans hate fire emblem. how do you manage to make less interesting games than they do?

i hate how every game nowadays is a walking simulator with a story attached.

[moonselkies]

ARRVEN I LOVE U <3

[rotyolk]

gee, glad it's teto tuesday!

[moonsidesong]

i love pokemon...

[indepthpokemonheadcanons]

The interview section of the Paldean Champion Assessment never used to be carried out by a member of the Elite Four. It was handled by more minor league staff and was, by all accounts, a rather mundane part of the process. Rika took it upon herself to make the interview more of a feature, adding more theatrics and much harder questions. While her schedule doesn't let her conduct all of the interviews herself, she still dedicates a lot of time to them - she loves donning the glasses, getting into character, and scaring some kids.

[wolverinedoctorwho]

Hey did you know the Nintendo Switch lets you make memes with your images. Because I just found that out

Anyway. What the Gym Leaders and Team Star members see before I roll up with my barely-leveled team and demolish them with a non-optimal-typed Pokemon by using Earthquake over and over again

[infizero]

grgrhgahahh i wanna read more pokespe but i cant do it on my phone and im not unpacking my stuff until the morning

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

hit 5k in BODY BACK today :)

[themostefficientwaywithwater]

@ people that are playing sv's dlc: what level should my team be before playing? i want to make a new team because my main one is at 90+ and i don't want to one shot everything so i'm going to train a few mons before. any tips so i don't go under/overlevel to the dlc?

[moe-broey]

Honestly I'm a bit relieved we don't have PMD2 remakes like. Not even cause I'm a hater (though I am VERY partial to the og sprite work, they really killed it w that). No, the reason is because I'm autistic and there are simply Too Many Things actually, esp in quick succession lately LMFAO like. I do not have the brain room for it.

And like as silly as it might sound, I've been REALLY overwhelmed and frustrated by it. I'm upset that I moved on from SV so quickly, I haven't even touched the Engage DLC despite having it, I haven't touched Engage in general actually. I feel like Fire Emblem esp takes up A Lot of brain space. I'm really upset that I Almost got really into SuMo again but kind of immediately was distracted by other things and I have art projects that have been left hanging bc of it.

Something weirdly specific is like??? Bc I make a lot of fanart and a lot of it takes the form of comics and focuses heavily on interactions and dynamics between characters, something I've REALLY been struggling with is like. I feel like it takes a lot of studying a character and getting to know them to really capture their Voice, how they talk, how they think, how they feel and how they react to things, outwardly and internally. That's a deep process for me that takes a lot of time and thought.

I feel like I can't quite express it all the way, like it's stuck, but like. Really picking apart the SV squad and trying to learn each of their mannerisms vocal quirks and general vibes about how they Are. Feeling abruptly uprooted from that to do it all over again but with a huge roster of brand new characters. Also really wanting to revisit older characters that are near and dear to me that I do feel I know very well.

And also like??? A very sudden distraction and almost instant loss of interest is like. Hell on earth hell on earth. Like as much as I fucking miss SV already and as much as I really wanted to keep working on my projects about it (had a whole AU going and everything) literally I Could Not get myself back into it even if I tried really really REALLY hard. And that is SO upsetting????? It's such a specific thing.

Hhhghgh got. Distracted thinking about PMD LMFAOO making that a separate post tbh but like. Main point is replaying it a bit reminded me of the importance of being able to slow down and really sit with a game. It's characters and story and what it has to say. And even now, I'm already getting the Hell feeling of needing to chase whatever can grasp me and hold me. When will I stop chasing my own tail??? When does it end??? Will I ever be able to finish my projects???? Will I ever be able to play a video game like a normal person?????? I'm launching my own ass into 2013. Not even in a woe nostalgia type of way, but in a I really just had Two Interests and that was it way. I'm blowing this whole building up.

[wild-battlebond]

so far out of all of the starfall challenges I've done (which is all of them but the fairy-type kid), the fighting-type one has been the coolest - I like how you ascend the mountain as you do the autobattles

[vvizardz]

It's my birthday today so I wanted to finish this piece for myself since every birthday of mine seems to end in tears of sadness and emotional neglect rather than tears of joy and love. BF n I have been rping for as long as we've been together and SV n TSSM are very dear to us. Transistor is also one of my fave games of all time and will stick with me forever so I had to combine them all and put Miguel and my OC Vail in the final scene. It's been a rough year emotionally and physically. It's also been about 6 years since I almost met my end in the hospital and had to relearn how to walk again. All I can ask for is that people take time to check in on their friends and loved ones more often. Unconditional love isn't about transactions but it certainly is about love and you should show it as much as you can. Stop letting differences in interests divide you. Listen and care for each other.

[aloevhello]

I’ve been seeing some speculation about how Miguel is out of character in ATSV. I’m not sure how much I can speak on this, since I haven’t finished reading Miguel’s 90’s run yet. But as someone who views Miguel’s story in the SV films to be a continuation of this particular comic line, his tragic comic ending likely paved the way for his current jaded and fatalistic personality.

However, something I find noteworthy for this ooc discussion is how the film includes elements from his modern comics, such as him being a father figure, Lyla’s redesign, and the construction of his white suit. However, Miguel’s story from the 90’s is only alluded to, such as Gabriella’s namesake and Miguel’s 90’s comics being briefly shown. While creative liberties are to be expected when it comes to adaptations, the lack of references to Miguel’s earlier works is reminiscent of the current comics’ treatment of Miguel where the focus is more on his newer stories and features rather than adding to his character work from the 90’s.

Then there’s Miguel’s storyline in the SV films where he spends a majority of his time transversing the multiverse, rather than staying in his home dimension of Nueva York. This is very reminiscent of how sm2099’s modern comics take Miguel out of Nueva York and the year 2099 and place him in modern day New York (essentially making Miguel far from home), which prevents any type of continuation or adaptation of Miguel’s original 90’s comics. Even Miguel’s origin story is brushed aside and is replaced with a pamphlet of his current expeditions with the Spider Society. This could be reflective of how Miguel’s longevity is partly attributed to him holding the Spider-Man mantle as it helped him be the only enduring character of Marvel 2099’s character line-up, along with his modern resurgence being a result of his appearance in the Spider-Verse comics. With all these deviations to Miguel’s character in both ATSV and the modern comics, I wonder if the film is meant as act as commentary on these comics removing Miguel from his original context and how it can make him appear ooc. How the character behind the mask can be lost if their current story does not engage with their past work and believes their ties to a larger IP (ie. Spider-Man) is what gives their character value.

It’s just interesting to see, since much of Miguel’s character arc in his 90’s comics is to understand the importance of the past, both for Nueva York and his personal history, in order to pave the way for a better future. However, much of Miguel’s current comics refuse to engage with his previous works, which comes at the expense of this theme. My hope is for BTSV to rectify this by having Miguel reveal his true origin story and the events from his 90’s comics that led to Miguel being in the current position that he’s in today.

[kafus]

in case any of you are new here or just don’t remember/didn’t see, last year in december (so just a couple months ago) on my birthday i did a destiny mark hunt for love ball shiny jangmo-o, and i ended up going overodds on the mark and not getting it. i wanted to continue the hunt close to my bday but as time got away from me it felt weirder to continue it even tho i rly wanted to finish it. but i realized today is valentine’s day now and it was a perfect time for a love ball destiny mark jangmo-o so i picked it back up and after 4 shinies tonight i FINALLY got it

this was my 20th shiny jangmo-o. i did this hunt mostly before the mark charm so my odds were around 1/7 with title power 3. the last 4 i got tonight were with mark charm, so my odds of the mark were around 1/5 for them. it feels like i keep going so overodds lately 😭

i still have a bunch of them but i reset over a couple nonmarked ones and already gave some away… so these r all i got left

top row are premier ball ones, middle row are heal ball, and bottom row are luxury ball. wtf do i even do with all these. i guess i could wonder trade some but i kinda wanna give them out to people. lmk if you want one i guess and i can trade in SV sometime later? not now i’m tired lol

oh yeah i also found this random shiny nosepass along the way so that’s something

glad this is over, my SV to do list is looking very small now. also happy valentine’s day :]

[greenscreen-dress]

Vocalsynth doodle page!! I haven’t doodlepaged in ages!!! ^^ Started off with No plan, Song of Eared Robot came up on the playlist so i drew Tetobot, then i just kept going w the singing robots bc they’re the miracle cure for my artblock apparently. Only stopped bc while drawing Po-Uta I made the “mistake” of listening to his demo song and after that I was too busy sobbing /pos to pick a new synth :’D

If the colour saturation is Way Too Much on any of these uuh blame my computer screen, as always it tells naught but lies but I’m too tired to doublecheck on my phone x). Also i might go back n shade some of these properly, so if i do i’ll tweak the saturation while I’m at it ^^;

Closeups, rambles & more song links below the cut! 

Kasane Tetobot from the absolute banger Song of the Eared Robot

Tetobot SV design attempt, it has potential but i’m too attached to the clunky charm of the OG ^^. Mostly listened to this UTAU cover while drawing her, but everyone should check out this masterpiece by suzie with the SynthV VB

Miku go ooeeoo. No comment no thoughts head empty just :D

THE GUYYYY :’) if he looks like he’s crying it’s bc i was, see above :D (also suffering bc his hair shape was a pain to draw but MOSTLY bc of the gorgeousness of Humansongs... & then Circus’s banger Right As Rain... and then The Surface by Eggtan which i just discovered today, so nice to find a new original song & it’s so prettyyy... i’m getting sidetracked)

...Girl if someone stuck me in a trenchcoat long jeans knee-high boots and a SCARF as my default outfit my character item would be ice cream too. o7 for the blue boi, I don’t think i’ve ever drawn Kaito before and that absolutely has to change. Also TIL how to draw fans i guess!

Heehee hoohoohoo the sillay the child the creatura the Otomachi Una. Wanted to see if i could doodle her delightful deviantart OC-lookin design off by heart and I think i mostly got it right? The only major thing i forgot were the horns on her hat, & she felt so wrong once i noticed that i had to add them ^^; I love her somuch :D

Ogh dingus fcuk it’s 1:30 a.m uuuh whoops i go zzz now. The art creativity juices are there, mainly i don’t drawn bc I just take so LONG to get Literally Anything Finished, even a doodlepage like this takes me 7+ hours so i just. don’t sit down & draw if i know it’s gonna eat up my entire day lol. SCHREEPTIME. NOW. :D

[thatruerealmwalker]

Hmm- I did some art today for a quest over of SV!

Meet the Bancho Breaker! A suggestion I spent... 3-4 hours on both writing and drawing oh my goodness. But it's a magical girl wand/bat that had a few modes!

Bancho Breaker: Hidden Mode The Bancho Breaker's everyday non transformed state! This upgraded version on your trusty Bat has a bunch of useful features to help you achieve your heroic activates with higher success! (Transformation): Like before, your weapon is also the item you use the transform into your alter ego Bancho Lily! (Mode Change): The Bancho Breaker, when Transformed, has 3 separate Modes it can take. It will Default to Hammer Mode when Transformed, but from there you may shift whenever. Be careful though, there is a Cooldown before the Bancho Breaker can Mode Change again. You can Mode Change by activating an Emergency Change during Cooldown, but that risks either Locking you to that Mode or even Breaking Bancho Breaker entirely. Use this feature at ones own risk. (Bound): The Bancho Breaker has gained the ability to always be near. You can "put it away" and pull it out of a sub-space pocket at your will for easy transport or concealment of your weapon. It can also, if either lost or knocked out of your hand be called right back to it (Like a certain Key based Sword). Do keep in mind this function does take a few seconds. (Bancho Limit): The Bancho Breaker has a built in battery called the Bancho Limit! When you deal or take damage, the Bancho Limit will fill. When it reaches it's cap, you may use up that charge to perform a Bancho Limit Release! This will allow you to activate the super move of one of the other Modes of the Bancho Breaker. Hidden Mode does not have a Bancho Limit Release. The Bancho Limit can only charge when you are Transformed. (Stealth Mode): Sometimes you may be in a situation where going all magical will not be a good play, mostly in situations where Stealth is required. In these situations, you may engage Stealth Mode, allowing for the Bancho to Transform without you becoming Bancho Lily, lowering the amount of magical presence you have considerably. You may at anytime Transform yourself while this mode is active. The Bancho Limit Release cannot be activated unless you are Transformed; if the Bancho Limit it full and this is attempted, Transformation will automatically Trigger.

Bancho Breaker: The Hammer (Default) The Default Mode of the Bancho Breaker when you are Transformed. It appears like a stylized bat, but as you know it's ability to deal out Justice is rival to none! (Compared to other bats) Bancho Limit Release: Bancho Empower! Due to the dynamic plating on the Bancho Breaker, when activating this Bancho Limit Release your next attack, be it a normal strike, finisher, or other, when using this Mode effectiveness is doubled!

Not to mention~

Bancho Breaker: The Brick A defensive mode of the Bancho Breaker. It gains two metal plates upon two sides and another handle on a third form better grip. While the Brick Mode can be used as Hammer Mode, allowing for more slicing attacks that may not be as effective as before, it primarily can be used as a Shield, allowing for incoming attacks against you and your allies to be lessoned in your quest for justice! Bancho Limit Release: Bancho Reflection! Using a rune network comparable to the processor in a computer overclocked to 11 and empowered by the entirety of the Bancho Limit, you may reflect an incoming ranged magical attack! Now that might sound bad, but this also "hacks" the spell your treating like a base-ball, making it entirely under your control! Reflecting a fireball? Well now your able to control right where your sending it! A homing laser or 10? You can tell the mayhem this can cause!

Bancho Breaker: The Nail A ranged mode of the Bancho Breaker. Splitting open and mounting on Bancho Lily's arm, this is capable of shooting out weak projectiles from afar. While very weak compared to other attacks in her arsenal, it allows her to have a ranged option in fights requiring it. The Nail Mode is also able to charge up, and once fully charged, allows for a rocket powered Eagle Punch! Bancho Limit Release: Bancho Shatter! With Bancho Lily's specialization in Defense and a whole lot of power, a reversal array can take that iron defense and turn it into a battering ram! At the cost of making yourself wide open with heavily weakened defense while the Bancho Shatter charges, you can create a powerful beam that while not the most damaging is capable of breaking through iron defenses. With those of similar power and especially those weaker, this piercing effect can completely punch through any barrier of defense in your way. With defenses stronger then yours it may not break through but might create a hole that can be exploited.

Now that's everything- oh my goodness... now gotta share it on SV-

OH! AND THE QUEST!

Please go give it a read- it's hella fun!