#that and also *points at ggx2*

[ritterdoodles]

Saw people on BlaClo Reddit complaining about having to wait 4 months for every new chapter and losing hype and while I do get it, I'm wondering if I'm just too old...?

I'm so used to having to wait months and months for things to get translated and sometimes webcomic artists I like go on long hiatuses and it's not like you won't have anything else to do while you're waiting and it's always fun to reread old chapters anyway...

[herzenswarme]

“Naruto: Passion of the Shinobi”: A Naruto fan-made fighting game #6 - Early roster overview part 3

Last edited: 2019-05-05

The Jonin of the Leaf, with some surprises

Itachi Uchiha

Most likely to be the favourite within the fandom, Itachi was actually no between my initial intentions, but instead was added after the insistence and the suggestions of a friend of mine.

Since this is the first part Itachi, most of his moveset will be based around genjutsu. Aside from the damaging tsukuyomi, Itachi is planned to use a series of a variety of genjutsus that will put different handicaps and annoyances onto the adversary. Examples of potential effects include:

Rearranging their buttons

Inverting their directions

Inverting the high-low blocking directions

Changing their special inputs

Forcing the damage of a combo onto the opponent

Since it’s the first part, Susano’o will not be a part of hist moveset, so his damaging specials will be limited to fire jutsu as well as Amaterasu.

From this, ramifications appear. In the first place, it is necessary to determine the way genjutsu will work in terms of range, fail state and block properties. Then, a mechanic for characters to release themselves from genjutsu could be necessary, as Itachi is not the only candidate character armed with genjutsu.

Kakashi Hatake

Kakashi is a really troublesome character in terms of design, canon and production. So much so that he may not make it in even though he is such an iconic character. So, what is the deal with him?

For the most part, Kakashi’s abilities overlap with Sasuke’s. The one thing that make him special is the ability to copy jutsu (which technically is also available to Sasuke, but clearly not as prominent). This ability creates multiple problems.

In the first place we have the design problem. How should the Sharingan come into effect? Options are the following:

At any time: Activating at any time makes it so you can’t choose what jutsu to copy, which would limit the jutsu you can copy to 1. Alternatively, multiple slots could grant multiple jutsu that are copied randomly or in a pre-set order.

After a jutsu: Almost like the previous one, but requiring a jutsu to be performed first. The jutsu copied is the last that has been performed by the opponent.

As a counter: This option seems like the most reasonable, but is a problem for jutsu that don’t hit, unless it is triggered by the execution instead of the hit.

The bigger problems come now. First, we have the problem of the canon. As fans will know, there are a series of techniques known as kekkei genkai that are tied to a specific clan’s genetics and are impossible to copy. Some characters, mainly the Hyuuga, are entirely composed of these techniques. So copying either remains canonical and becomes useless or goes against the canon.

Finally, we have the production. It is not viable to produce sprites for Kakashi executing every single jutsu in the game. An alternative to this could be reusing the opponent’s sprite with some effects applied, in which case a dilemma appears with hitboxes. Though it is the only viable way of implementing it as of the writing of this entry.

With this, Kakashi is a mix and match character that could potentially be a jack of all trades or a badly put together mess of a character at the choice of the user.

Mitarashi Anko

The first of the 2 surprise characters. Such an underrated character. For this one, as well as for the next one, I’ve decided to create a moveset for them since the canon has a dramatic lack of information. For Anko, the only established jutsu is shown during her clash with Orochimaru. Based on her personality, role, and known jutsu, I’ve decided to base her around animals. Snakes, of course; but also spiders, ants and a very special kind of shrimp.

Her playstyle is a hit and run style based around poison and a series of keep-away tools. She wants to poison the enemy in any way and keep the poison up as she keeps herself out of reach with her other tools. These new, non-canonical tools include:

Poison saliva: in order to complement her canonical snake jutsu in the role of inflicting poison, Anko will be able to lick her kunai to cover it in poison for a period of time.

Spider webs: Both that you can set (think of Testament’s traps in GGX2) and that you can throw in a similar fashion to that of the Deinopidae family of spiders or “Net-casting spiders”. These obstruct the path between your opponent and yourself as well as granting the chance to inflict more poison.

Poison explosion: Similarly to one of Samurai Shodown’s characters. This move leaves a clone on your position while leaving you a bit back. The clone will then explode leaving fluids with toxins that will poison your enemy further. This move is inspired by a very special series of ant species known as “explosive ants”, such as the Colobopsis saundersi

Implosive bubble: a direct damage super. A mix between Water Prison jutsu and the skills of the Alpheidae or “Pistol Shrimp”. In this move, Anko imprisons the opponent into a water prison and snaps her fingers for an imploding bubble that for a moment reaches up to approximately 5000ºC.

Yuuhi Kurenai

And as the final candidate we have Kurenai. Another left out character that seemed extremely interested but was never developed. The canon information we have is that she is a genjutsu prodigy and, as such, she is the second genjutsu user in the game.

Not much is established around her from my part either so far. But there are 2 main points I want to focus on:

Use of genjutsu exclusively, as opposed to Itachi��s mix of genjutsu and ninjutsu. This does not include her normal moves... or maybe yes.

The use of plants within her genjutsu. Her aesthetic points to the iconography of a rose, and the one time we see her using her jutsu it involves a tree. From that I decided to make all her genjutsu based on plants, and making them damaging genjutsu as opposed to obstructive moves.

Some of the early ideas for her include:

Field of roses: Sets a surface across which roses will flourish, dealing constant damage to the opponent when it is standing on it.

Negative edge attacks: In a similar fashion to Arakune’s insects in Blazblue, she could use plant based attacks based on negative edge.

Discrete distance projectiles into teleport attacks: based on her attempt at attacking Itachi, she could make trees raise at different distances as a mean to directly attack the opponent. Furthermore, once set, she could use them to teleport into them and attack from there. A bit like Rachel’s spears in Blazblue.

Corpse flower: based on the flower species by the same nickname (Amorphophallus titanum, Rafflesia family), this attack would set a blooming flower that would take a long time to actually bloom, but would do fast, over time damage all over the screen until the jutsu is broken or maybe if the plant is destroyed.

At the moment I’m still thinking of possibilities and looking up weird plants in search of more botanical goodness.

[gear-project]

Okay, I've watched Rev2's new Arcade Stories, After Story A and read the updated GG World. So, is Happy Chaos another personality inside of Jack'O or is it really her predecessor? And is it possible that Happy Chaos was the actual person that we assumed was the third Servant of That Man in past illustrations seen in GGX and Lightning the Argent? Also, is Ky truly human and is he possibly stronger than Sol? Going by what Sol said, he was actually afraid to fight Ky when he was in "Kill Mode."

Happy Chaos is another Valentine Asuka created, possibly an incomplete spare.

It's hard to tell at this point, but Jack-O' suggested that her 'awakening' had something to do with I-No's "identity".

There's no immediate evidence to say what I-No's relationship to Valentines is, but I-No seemed to feel abandoned by Asuka at first, though she returns to his side briefly thereafter, as if waiting for him to 'do something' to Sol.

Asuka later tells Sol that while it's not his doing, I-No and Raven will be 'hunting him' of their own accord.

Jack-O' seemed to think that I-No's "awareness" of her connection to the World was warranted as a precaution in case Sol would fail, in addition to the reasons Happy Chaos exists as a backup.

It's unclear who came first, Jack-O' or Happy Chaos, but the former seemed more obedient to Asuka Kreutz than the latter, so likely Jack-O' was the first Valentine he created around 2180.

As for Sol and Ky, you could say their fight wasn't a 'serious one', though Sol tried to take it there.

If you brushed aside raw strength, healing ability, and stamina, Ky was always the superior swordsman, and much more studied than Sol in killing techniques.

There have been several instances where despite his best attempts, Sol found Ky's blade at his throat.

http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-03/ggx2-misc02.html

It was only Sol's Gear Powers that kept Ky at bay in most instances.

Ky even stabbed Sol in the shoulder in GGXtra!

It is, however, a weakness Ky sought to remove: the 'inhumanity' of Fighting.

You could liken it to a Death Dance or a trance-like state.  When one's instincts and skills are so deeply ingrained in the body that they literally become a "killing machine".  When trained in such a way, technique easily overpowers strength and natural ability.

Ky's Prodigy status also had much to do with it, plus being "raised" by fellow Prodigy Kliff Undersn further tempered his blade.

By provoking Ky, Sol wished to see not Ky's limits, but his own in a close-range battle.

If GG2 Overture is any indication, Ky's Zerofied Chain of sword crossover techniques are second-to-none.  A genuine 'vortex' of crossups.

Of course if Ky was serious, he wouldn't hesitate to end Sol before Dragon Install could be used!

But Ky trusted Sol, despite Sol's behavior in past and present, so "being a civil human" was an all-important factor to that.

They were, ultimately, BOTH holding back!