Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM 2 was dope! Despite knowing literally nothing about Gundam I enjoyed it a lot! The action scenes were great, the soundtrack was awesome, the translation seemed really good or at least free from BS. There wasn't ever a time where I noticed the characters saying something that wasn't in the subs (with my limited Japanese knowledge). There was an adequate amount of fan service, used for comedic effect too.
The storyline was good! Draws some good parallels to the real world with the "security versus liberty" argument, as well as the kinds of people who usually pick each side. There's a love story in there as well and I saw some reviews saying it was cheesy, but it's honestly not any different from the regular anime love tropes. Something about characters that will fight for each other no matter what always pulls at the heartstrings, even when the dialogue is like "OUR HEARTS WILL ALWAYS BE COLLECTED!" It's something you don't really see in western media and I live for it.
You can't go watch it now probably, since it was a limited time thing. Once it comes to streaming platforms or wherever else though I'd definitely recommend watching it. Loved it! Not too much else it could have done better, besides maybe not using so much 3D but even then I got used to that pretty quickly.
With the recent news of ProtonMail, I would like to remind you that ProtonMail has been a honeypot for a while. Just look at their transparency report on their website. They also don't allow you to generate private GPG/PGP keys client-side (the only person who should have access to your private GPG key is you).
Anyway here are some alternatives I recommend (not sponsored by any of them):
* Fedora Mail (https://fedora.email/) (Registrations are currently disabled) - An email service run by @j who also runs bae.st. It's funded by donations, supports mail clients, and even the ability to encrypt clear-text emails in your inbox using your public GPG key.
* Disroot (https://disroot.org/en) - Run by @muppeth, along with other volunteers. Provides a bunch of services including email. Supports custom domains if you donate. Free to use for non-commercial purposes.
* Posteo (https://posteo.de/en) - Paid service (1 EUR/month). Hosted in Germany. Accepts payments in cash via mail. Offers the ability to encrypt your inbox, contacts, and spam folder using your password.
* Self-hosted - Do your own research. Only recommended for those with the technical knowledge.
Granted, you should never trust any provider because you never know what they are doing unless you have physical access to their servers, but these services seem to be a lot more trustworthy than ProtonMail, Tutanota, and other honeypots.
@dailyslurbot "commonly"
@xianc78 Yeah, I'm not a really big fan of shilling, I only bring up the game when it makes sense. I'd also rather not post the game on places I don't plan on being at least somewhat active. I'm on RPGCodex, I still need to post my game thread there though so thanks for the reminder! I've also got it on RPG Maker Web and RPG Maker Net, which are obviously very much geared toward RPG Maker games and where I expect to get the majority of my players.
Hmm... I wonder...
I might be able to take advantage of the YT algo to get my game out there.
Thumbnail could be that painting of the main antagonist. It's mysterious, cloaked, dark, and he has a wicked almost cheshire-like grin.
Then the title could be something along the lines of "I spent 9 years making this game..." or "This game took nearly a decade to make..."
I'd set up a script to talk about the game and its development in a sort of dramatic but historical way, make the video at least 10 minutes. Basically like a little documentary about how the game came to be.
I see a lot of videos like this from random channels being recommended to me all the time. Their other videos will have a much lower view count comparatively.
Think it could be a viable strategy.
@brokenscale @Yokappa ^
censorship is lame
switch 2 predictions
@Meemoo I think it's safe to say there will be Mario Kart in some form. MK8 is actually Nintendo's best selling game. I think it is also safe to say that the console will be backwards-compatible though too, so I don't think they'll just re-release MK8. There have been rumors of a MK9 for a while now.
Likewise, with Zelda, it'll just be backwards compatible stuff more or less. I think the next new Zelda game we get will probably be a more traditional 2D one, but I don't think they'd put that out as a launch title. Maybe, if the console comes out say March 2025, it could make for a good holiday game. I know some people have been thinking an Ocarina of Time remake is coming... given the reputation that game has, I'm sure if it were a launch game it would sell gangbusters. Being a bit of a Zelda-head myself, Ocarina of Time has only increased in quality to me over time so I would be highly interested in checking that out.
Animal Crossing is their second highest seller, and there have also been rumors that they're making another one of those. I don't think they'll see as high of a return on it though, since New Horizons really came out at the perfect time with COVID just kicking off and on a platform with a huge user base. Still, it's possible that we see it announced pretty soon after, if not for a launch title, I think.
Hopefully, fingers crossed, Metroid Prime 4. Would be awesome to have that at launch for a more hardcore crowd. I have a sneaking suspicion, though completely unfounded, that it's actually more or less in a complete state but they haven't wanted to show it off because it will allude to the console capability. They'd probably rather show it off alongside the reveal as a way to be like "this is the power of the new console."
Another 3D Mario game is also in order. I just have no idea what it would be. A lot of people are saying "Odyssey 2!" but that's not really how Nintendo works most of the time. Galaxy 2 was an outlier. I think it'll be something completely different.
My wildcard guess is a new F-Zero. They already tested the waters with 99, which was quite the success. Perhaps they had a target visual look they wanted to hit for the game and couldn't quite meet that running at a locked 60 FPS on the original Switch. The successor showing a beautiful, fast, smooth racing game would also be a nice little exhibition.
I do think, though, that most of the focus for launch is going to be put on using your old Switch titles in higher resolution with better frame rates. The demo that some people in the industry got to see last year was Breath of the Wild (supposedly) running in 4K. If Nintendo has some new party/family games with the addition of playing old games at higher fidelity, it would capture both crowds pretty well.
I think it's safe to say a new Pokemon game will come out, and said game will be shit. I'm curious what they'll do with Smash, since it also sells like crazy and we've actually had the game longer than Smash 4 was around now. By the time the Switch 2 comes out, it'll actually have been the same amount of time with the "finished" version of the game with all the DLC as Smash 4's entire life cycle. Kind of crazy.
The problem that Mario Kart and Smash have at this point is that they are both currently the absolute ultimate versions of every game in their series'. I'm sure Nintendo wants to make new ones, because they'll sell like crazy, but where do they go from here? If they just port them over and add a couple extra features that are exclusive and you have to buy it all over again, it'll be the second time they did that with both games (more or less feels that way for Ultimate even though it's technically not true) and it'll feel kind of like a slap in the face to those core fans that had the games on Wii U as well. If Nintendo was truly based, they'd cut them back by a lot and do something funky with each game, but then people would complain about the lack of stuff even if the games were still amazing. For now, it might be in their best interest to continue making DLC for both games and you can use the new DLC on your old version of the game, but maybe not necessarily on the old console. They could justify this a lot more if the tracks/characters/stages we got were a lot more intense, to the point where the Switch wouldn't be able to actually play them at all.
My true desires would be for a new F-Zero, a new (actually good) Star Fox, a new 3D Mario game that's closer to Mario 64 (or just a straight up remake), and an Ocarina of Time remake. I'm going to buy the next console as soon as possible, just because I'm interested in the homebrew scene more or less, but if those games were all launch titles I'd be a very stoked (and broke) man.
@Fiddle @justnormalkorean the announcement for the announcement, and to not get people's hopes up so there aren't babies shitting themselves when the direct doesn't mention the switch 2.
@Meemoo switch 2 will be coming in 2025 then. interesting stuff!
こんにちは、私はひげさん。はじめまして!