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Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#69751: Dec 9th 2022 at 4:00:51 PM

Free Riders might've had a chance if they bothered to port it over to the Wii, instead of leaving it to dry on a console peripheral that was pricey and wasn't built-in even on the next system. It's one of the few that is hard to port over as is. Especially more now.

Good game concept, poorly executed. Thankfully the other two are much more accessible. It's one of the few Sonic games I never bought in general due to that idea. Now if the Xbox One had a built-in Kinect, I'd at least get it. I only have one Sonic game I can't play, and that's a very cheaply gotten Sonic Jam. I don't tend to make exceptions. ...Though I guess if I see it for like 3 dollars, I'll make another one. I own lots of games more for owning it, sooooo.

Shadow?
KuroBaraHime ☆♥☆ Since: Jan, 2011
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#69752: Dec 9th 2022 at 4:14:43 PM

Sorry to interrupt the current topic, but I was playing the Japanese version of Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal and in it Sticks straight up calls Tails a beta male. I was taken off guard by that and just thought it was funny and wanted to share.

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#69753: Dec 9th 2022 at 4:34:37 PM

Ouch, Sticks

Are explosions science?
Demongodofchaos2 Face me now, bitch! from In a Cultivation World (Ancient one) Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Face me now, bitch!
#69754: Dec 9th 2022 at 4:42:00 PM

Jesus Christ, Sticks......Not really wrong at that point in the franchise, but still. [lol]

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#69755: Dec 9th 2022 at 5:32:13 PM

What is the Japanese phrase for "beta male"?

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#69757: Dec 9th 2022 at 5:45:44 PM

May as well just call him a "A bitch" at that point...

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#69758: Dec 9th 2022 at 6:04:16 PM

Huh so Snap Cube was onto something when Mephiles called Silver a beta cuck, turns out the terminology already existed in the Sonic universe.

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#69759: Dec 9th 2022 at 6:06:51 PM

[up][up] And now, you've got me imagining Sonic and Sticks re-enacting the memetic scene from Pulp Fiction where Jules and Brett discuss what Marsellus Wallace looks like.

Edited by TrashJack on Dec 9th 2022 at 9:07:19 AM

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#69760: Dec 9th 2022 at 6:08:38 PM

"Does Eggman look like a bitch?"

"... Yes."

KuroBaraHime ☆♥☆ Since: Jan, 2011
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#69761: Dec 9th 2022 at 6:12:18 PM

What is the Japanese phrase for "beta male"?
"Herbivore-type boy" (草食系男子 soushoku-kei danshi). You could say it's not equivalent to "beta male" because of some different connotations - mainly in the type of people who would use the respective terms - but the image both phrases invoke when used pejoratively is mostly the same - a passive guy who fails at being "manly".

From what I've seen, the Japanese scripts for the Boom games are massively rewritten from the English scripts. For instance, in this particular scene Tails meets with Sticks to tell her Amy's been kidnapped. In the English version Sticks interrupts Tails by going on a tangent about evil ladybugs trying to take over the world, and when told what happened decides it's great news because "snakes make better boots than ladybugs and Amy will love them". In the Japanese version Sticks misunderstands Tails' opening line as him about to confess to her so she interrupts him to go off about she's not interested in a soft nerd like him and calls him a ladybug. When Tails reacts in confusion she goes "I'm saying you're an herbivore male!". When Tails finally tells her Amy's been kidnapped, Sticks decides that's good news because she'll have a change to impress Amy and show she's faster than Sonic.

It might have hit me some because it roused up memories of that meme video with Sonic and Shadow. The conversion basically does go, paraphrased:
"Sticks, I have to tell you something..."
"Look, I'm not interested, especially not in a kid like you."
"What?"
"Hey I'm just not into nerds who play with machines all day, you ladybug!"
"Sticks, what the fuck are talking about?"
"You're a beta male, Tails!"

diddyknux Straw Hat Robin (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
Straw Hat Robin
#69762: Dec 9th 2022 at 6:12:20 PM

Edit: Damn it, I fucked this up again. No, there isn't a character named Zed. At least not who I was thinking of. Maybe off in some obscure comic there is.

Edited by diddyknux on Dec 9th 2022 at 8:18:05 AM

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#69763: Dec 9th 2022 at 6:13:33 PM

The irony in calling a fox a herbivore.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#69764: Dec 9th 2022 at 6:15:15 PM

That's very obscure...

What even is "Zed", of the Zed Monkeys?

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mstorzil Crimson Helios Since: Nov, 2019
Crimson Helios
#69765: Dec 9th 2022 at 7:21:59 PM

Zed? Were you thinking of Xenoblade 3?

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Numbuh1234 Since: Apr, 2014
#69766: Dec 9th 2022 at 9:38:46 PM

A page late, but reminder that you can literally hold the parry for 15 whole seconds in Frontiers.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#69767: Dec 9th 2022 at 9:39:28 PM

There's no cooldown.

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FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#69768: Dec 10th 2022 at 5:07:03 AM

I tried this on that one gyrowheel enemy that dashes towards you. The parry did not work.

Didn't think to try it on Giganto. I used it a lot against other enemy types and its a... weirdly convenient mechanic.

ultimatepheer Since: Mar, 2011
#69769: Dec 10th 2022 at 5:10:43 AM

In hindsight, it does make sense that Sonic could parry things without needing exceptional timing; slower than usual or not, he's still the fastest thing alive so if he's ready for something, of course he could parry it at the last second.

Numbuh1234 Since: Apr, 2014
#69770: Dec 10th 2022 at 5:13:48 AM

Ah, Banger.

Yeah its regular attack is unparryable, but its self-destruct attack IS parryable.

(You can only get rewards for defeating it if you instead cyloop it, no clue why you're not rewarded for a successful counter).

[down][down]Technically Sonic is parrying the robot itself away before it explodes, but considering it otherwise explodes on impact you're basically parrying the explosion lol.

Edited by Numbuh1234 on Dec 11th 2022 at 12:25:37 AM

BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#69771: Dec 10th 2022 at 5:21:34 AM

[up][up]Makes for boring gameplay tho.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#69772: Dec 10th 2022 at 5:23:17 AM

[up] (3) That does sort of make sense. Though [up] yeah. I thought that was a little too convenient.

[up] (2) Ah. Sonic can parry an explosion. Valid. [lol]

mstorzil Crimson Helios Since: Nov, 2019
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#69773: Dec 10th 2022 at 5:58:10 AM

Well, isn't this a coincidence? Literally the day after Geek Critique goes over Secret Rings Pariah does too. I don't know whether I should be impressed or genuinely upset because it just makes me flashback to my experience playing. I literally got every Fire Soul to unlock all the Party Mode characters as well as at least a silver rank on all missions to unlock skills and I still absolutely hated it. Regardless, here it is:

Edited by mstorzil on Dec 10th 2022 at 6:37:57 AM

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#69774: Dec 10th 2022 at 6:09:23 AM

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

My memories of Secret Rings was that the game was fun once you get the best upgrades, and even then it was confusing to know what the good upgrades were.

To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#69775: Dec 10th 2022 at 7:18:30 AM

Surprised even Pariah didn't think Sonic and the Secret Rings was always good.

Edited by VeryMelon on Dec 10th 2022 at 6:11:41 AM


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