DarkSakul

I imagine the people who have been buying their games for over 20 years now since they've always done "Anime Trope Trash." 
 
Just a hunch Camacho. 

Their 2d gameplay being top shelf is why people like them. I just don't get who they feel the anime trope aesthetic is appealing to- kids generally don't like games like that, and people who really get into lolies and "Moe" are probably more interested in beating off to hentai or the cesspool of porn games on steam. 
 
Inti isn't the only Japanese developer that does this- look at the change between Dodonpachi and later Cave titles full of panty shot loli characters. I don't get it. Who's playing their specific kind of shmup that gets anything out of that? 
 
Granted, I'm not into anime at all, but to my distant observation in video games over the same period I think sometime changed in anime around 2000. The older stuff seemed more focused on being dark and badass, then things shifted to little girls and characters like Ash Crimson. 

Square ending their support of Chocobo GP after less than a year. Season 5 will be the last season. 
 
 

You sure are speaking for a whoooole lot of other people. 
 
Also Anime has always had that angle you hate, just in the 80s and 90s in the west we focused on importing and bringing over the darker more adult shit, but they've always made stuff aimed primarily at young teens. 
 
Anime is primarily an advertising tool to children to sell Manga and toys and merchandise. And yea it works. Cave games sold better when they took to Anime girl Ecci route. It's why they stuck with it for 15 to 20 years. It's why Dodonpachi leaned into harder and harder with each new game. Their best selling Shmup is Mushihimesama, the one that's name translates to Bug Princess and stars a cute girl riding a horned beetle. There's a reason Espagaluda 1 & 2 have way more moe/cute designs then Esp.Ra.De. it sells better. Japan indulges in this aesthetic, and thats these developers primary revenue source as well as feed back pool from players. I guarantee Cave never once gave a single fuck what us Gaijins thought of their games. 

Imagine complaining because a japanese company does games with a japanese aesthetic 🙄

Whoever keeps buying these games? As mentioned this is a GalGun spinoff. 
 
I mean, I'm not interested in this game. I saw the first trailer and was meh on it. All my Inti-Creates developed games are when they are working for someone else, like the Zero series, the Bloodstained series and maybe a couple others? I do own the Gunvolt 1&2 pack and I think the first Luminous Avenger games but I got them on sale and haven't played either of them to have an actual opinion of them. I do think the art style is kind of cool in a Saturday morning cartoon kind of way but I dunno how annoying anyone is. It's a game for young teens so could go either way. 
 
If this was an actual Castlevania game then yea sure I'd definitely prefer a Conan/Kojima visual style to this, but it's not an actual CV game, or even much of an homage to one so I just don't really care either way man. Plenty of other shit for me to play.
 
On the flipside of my Inti-Creates purchasing habits, I only seem to buy WayForwards original stuff. Scooped up Shante and the 7 Sirens 2 weeks ago and really digging it. They went back to the open world design of Shante 1 and Risky's Revenge instead of the smaller hubs of Pirates Curse and Half Genie Hero. I prefer it personally but that's a personal taste thing both work great. I'm like 3 dungeons in and it's just as fun as the rest of them, at least on the retuned and more difficult normal mode they gave this release on Switch. They've also redone the dance system and its more or specific abilities now while the animan transformations are either quick button presses or context sensetive. Teally speeds up the gameplay honestly. I recommend it if you dig the Shante Games. 

Yea i don't think the FGC has been grass roots for like...almost 15 years now. Not the core community. Sure people still holding turnies in bowling alleys and shit, but thats not what people think of when you say FGC anymore.
There is also nothing wrong with getting paid either. The problem is when getting paid is more important then the health of the community and that was the way forward for Wiz once SF4 popped off. Wasn't about healthy growth anymore, was about siphoning as much money as possible from the scene no matter what.

Yea, i know, I have a lot of issues with Wiz beyond him probably being a pedophile or some shit. Dude sold out his entire community for a Hot Tub. Not gonna sit here and act like Smashers weren't total shit stains about it tho. I do lay majority blame at Wiz's fat fucking feet tho.

They are so grass roots they had to bully their way into Evo, a grass roots but already established event. 

Do any other fighting games have that kind of grassroots, or is Smash the only fighting game that does?

People can say what they want about Smasher being cunts and/or smelly, but their community is a really good example of how grassroots stuff can succeed big time if people are committed to it. Gotta admire the hustle.
 
But yeah, many of them are smelly cunts.

Why is it that Smash players don't take showers, but other fighting game players do? Seems like Smash is the only fighting game that has this problem. I just don't get it. 

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Maybe Nintendo will not C&D and Sue Smash Tourneys in this happens more

Maybe Nintendo will not C&D and Sue Smash Tourneys in this happens more

Maybe Nintendo will not C&D and Sue Smash Tourneys in this happens more

Maybe Nintendo will not C&D and Sue Smash Tourneys in this happens more

Maybe Nintendo will not C&D and Sue Smash Tourneys in this happens more

Maybe Nintendo will not C&D and Sue Smash Tourneys in this happens more

😂 "forgot"
 
Bro did that shit on purpose

recently got a new deodorant. davidoff cool water deodorant. 
ive had couture deodorant before like grey flannel but i prefer this one.

It depends on your carrier and is the International plan a replacement of your existing plan or is it a Add-on to your existing plan.
Also once abroad you actually will get charged differently, so pay attention to those rates. Is that Data unlimited? Is Text Unlimited? Is Minuets Unlimited?  I would re-read everything and double check on everything. The sales person in the stores are idiots most of the time, and don't say the same thing if you go and read up on line what your carrier's policy says. Also assume the over the phone and online customer service personnel are just as uninformed as the retail folks.

I went overseas this summer, got the International plan, I quickly found out despite being promised Data my Data hardly worked, I had to pay per minuet, but texting was unlimited in a country where everyone else got unlimited Data but had to pay for text. If it wasn't for WiFi I would had zero Data the entire time. Makes it worst all the taxis prefer WhatsApp as their preferred communication.

It depends on your carrier and is the International plan a replacement of your existing plan or is it a Add-on to your existing plan.
Also once abroad you actually will get charged differently, so pay attention to those rates. Is that Data unlimited? Is Text Unlimited? Is Minuets Unlimited?  I would re-read everything and double check on everything. The sales person in the stores are idiots most of the time, and don't say the same thing if you go and read up on line what your carrier's policy says. Also assume the over the phone and online customer service personnel are just as uninformed as the retail folks.

I went overseas this summer, got the International plan, I quickly found out despite being promised Data my Data hardly worked, I had to pay per minuet, but texting was unlimited in a country where everyone else got unlimited Data but had to pay for text. If it wasn't for WiFi I would had zero Data the entire time. Makes it worst all the taxis prefer WhatsApp as their preferred communication.