So, I don't know if anyone out there's been following Smackdown vs Raw 2009, but they came out and announced a new career mode for the game. The good news: It's open to everyone, including women (finally!) and, I'd assume, female CAWs. However, there's also a serious downside. I urge you to read the whole preview here, but, here's the nut graf:
To get Abilities for you created Superstar, you'll need to earn them in Career Mode. You do this by performing specific actions. Pull off at least 50 object attacks in your career, and you'll unlock the Object ability so that you can perform grapples with the stuff from under the ring. If you rake in three five-star matches with three different opponents who have the Dity Pin Ability, you'll get that Ability.
God - are you kidding me with this shit? I don't have time to "rake in three five-star matches with three different opponents who have the Dity Pin Ability" with every Dirty wrestler I create, God knows. Unless you can just assign these abilities after you've unlocked them, this looks like a gigantic pain in the ass. Uggghhhhhhh. We'll see how this goes.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Games schedule fall '08
So, I'm back, as you can see by the latest video. I figured it's time for an update on what's going to be going on with the channel in the future. As of right now, I'm not sure if it's going to stay at two videos a week; My work schedule's changed so I have a lot less free time, and some of these Rumble Roses videos take a while. I know, though, that a lot of fans don't like Wrestle Angels, so I'll do what I can to stay at two a week. We'll see.
Anyways, on to the individual games. First up are the big ones.
Wrestle Angel Survivor: Well, you all know the case with this. I have a bunch of matches to burn off for 1, and then we'll go straight into 2.
Rumble Roses: I don't see running out of Rumble Roses material anytime in the near future. Requests for it are mostly specific moves (see camel clutch party, etc.), but there's enough requests for matches and I might be able to find some more how to cheese material. Rumble Roses is pretty much the gold standard, so I'll probably be posting videos from it long into 2010 at least.
Smackdown vs Raw: I'll be wrapping up '08 when '09 hits. I'm kind of sad, actually, because it means I'll have to make all my god-damned CAWs in 2009 again. I really don't know why they don't let you import wrestlers from the previous year. I guess it wouldn't work since they keep removing create a wrestler options!
Anyways, I kind of like re-making the caws I've made myself (boxer, bunny, etc), but having to re-make Tifa and god forbid Elena's going to be annoying. Hopefully they're going to ease the ridiculous restrictions about what matches women can participate in, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.
That's the big three. There are also some new games coming up...
TNA iMPACT: No women! I don't know what kind of bullshit that is. Midway's promised they'll be in 2, so if they do release a 2, I'll be on the case. Hopefully they'll raise the number of CAW slots from five!
Facebreaker: I was going to buy this, but after I got a look at how bad the create a boxer is, it's just a rental. You need to use EA's stupid GAMEFACE to make a boxer, and you can't change her moveset at all (wtf?) and can't really change her around much. I don't have a Live vision camera, and I can't get it to make a boxer based on any pictures I have, so... very limited. In addition to that the game has an insane pace and, frankly, I'm not sure how good it'll be to watch... I'll put a video up and see what happens. Disappointing.
Bishoujo Wrestler Retsuden: I still haven't been able to figure out how to get the sound to work on this. Also, one of the USB ports on the computer with my snes emulator on it died, so now both ports are taken up by my external hard drive and printer, so I can't plug my USB gamepad in. Not that I need it since you don't control your wrestler anyway! My laziness knows no bounds, I'm telling you.
So that's the short term prospects. Long term...
The Catfight: I really do mean to do another video at some point, since someone requested it; I might put it up April 1st, otherwise I can't really justify punishing the 99% of my fans who loathe the game.
Love Upper: I've got a project in mind for this, but it'll use at least two pieces of copyrighted music, so I'm a little paranoid. Plus, it's not going to turn out as good as anything this guy does anyway.
Total Knockout Boxing: Belive it or not, the Total Knockout Boxing is one of my most watched video of all time, I think the highest views of any game clip. I'd like to do another one of these, but it's a lot of work to make, and I'm not sure the strategy recommended even works.
Center Ring Boxing: I still have a video of all the hilariously useless camera angles (looking out of your opponent's stomach, etc.) from this game to post. Maybe that would be a good April 1st video? We'll see. Other than that, female boxing games are rare, but I think two videos of this is probably plenty.
Soul Calibur 4: I'm not really sure about this one. I think I got all the good critical finishes. I was mulling over doing a Heaven's Arch collection, but there's already one on youtube (albiet way too long at 6+ minutes). Maybe I'll put up a poll and see if there's any interest. Now that I got both the critical finishes I wanted, my wife has been making some videos on her own channel. I don't want to get her bad side, belive me :X
Games I'm totally done with:
Fire Pro Returns: I like this game a lot, but after doing one of every match type, I'm not really sure what else to do. This kind of got lost in the shuffle, so if there's another Fire Pro game that comes out here, I'll try to give it some more attention.
Fighting Beauty Wulong: Think I got all I can out of this one...
Simple 2000 vol 91 ("The All-Star"): Same here, not much to show.
So, um, that's all the ones I can remember right now. I've also been thinking about some older negelcted games like Raw 2 (and its hilarious season mode as a bonus), Def Jam: Fight for NY, Day of Reckoning 1 and 2, etc. - basically, anything and everything with female combat. Probably the only games I'll be avoiding are straight out fighting games like Street Fighter (not much ryona there) and the MK games, although if MK vs DC has a robust charecter creator, you never know.
Anyways, on to the individual games. First up are the big ones.
Wrestle Angel Survivor: Well, you all know the case with this. I have a bunch of matches to burn off for 1, and then we'll go straight into 2.
Rumble Roses: I don't see running out of Rumble Roses material anytime in the near future. Requests for it are mostly specific moves (see camel clutch party, etc.), but there's enough requests for matches and I might be able to find some more how to cheese material. Rumble Roses is pretty much the gold standard, so I'll probably be posting videos from it long into 2010 at least.
Smackdown vs Raw: I'll be wrapping up '08 when '09 hits. I'm kind of sad, actually, because it means I'll have to make all my god-damned CAWs in 2009 again. I really don't know why they don't let you import wrestlers from the previous year. I guess it wouldn't work since they keep removing create a wrestler options!
Anyways, I kind of like re-making the caws I've made myself (boxer, bunny, etc), but having to re-make Tifa and god forbid Elena's going to be annoying. Hopefully they're going to ease the ridiculous restrictions about what matches women can participate in, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.
That's the big three. There are also some new games coming up...
TNA iMPACT: No women! I don't know what kind of bullshit that is. Midway's promised they'll be in 2, so if they do release a 2, I'll be on the case. Hopefully they'll raise the number of CAW slots from five!
Facebreaker: I was going to buy this, but after I got a look at how bad the create a boxer is, it's just a rental. You need to use EA's stupid GAMEFACE to make a boxer, and you can't change her moveset at all (wtf?) and can't really change her around much. I don't have a Live vision camera, and I can't get it to make a boxer based on any pictures I have, so... very limited. In addition to that the game has an insane pace and, frankly, I'm not sure how good it'll be to watch... I'll put a video up and see what happens. Disappointing.
Bishoujo Wrestler Retsuden: I still haven't been able to figure out how to get the sound to work on this. Also, one of the USB ports on the computer with my snes emulator on it died, so now both ports are taken up by my external hard drive and printer, so I can't plug my USB gamepad in. Not that I need it since you don't control your wrestler anyway! My laziness knows no bounds, I'm telling you.
So that's the short term prospects. Long term...
The Catfight: I really do mean to do another video at some point, since someone requested it; I might put it up April 1st, otherwise I can't really justify punishing the 99% of my fans who loathe the game.
Love Upper: I've got a project in mind for this, but it'll use at least two pieces of copyrighted music, so I'm a little paranoid. Plus, it's not going to turn out as good as anything this guy does anyway.
Total Knockout Boxing: Belive it or not, the Total Knockout Boxing is one of my most watched video of all time, I think the highest views of any game clip. I'd like to do another one of these, but it's a lot of work to make, and I'm not sure the strategy recommended even works.
Center Ring Boxing: I still have a video of all the hilariously useless camera angles (looking out of your opponent's stomach, etc.) from this game to post. Maybe that would be a good April 1st video? We'll see. Other than that, female boxing games are rare, but I think two videos of this is probably plenty.
Soul Calibur 4: I'm not really sure about this one. I think I got all the good critical finishes. I was mulling over doing a Heaven's Arch collection, but there's already one on youtube (albiet way too long at 6+ minutes). Maybe I'll put up a poll and see if there's any interest. Now that I got both the critical finishes I wanted, my wife has been making some videos on her own channel. I don't want to get her bad side, belive me :X
Games I'm totally done with:
Fire Pro Returns: I like this game a lot, but after doing one of every match type, I'm not really sure what else to do. This kind of got lost in the shuffle, so if there's another Fire Pro game that comes out here, I'll try to give it some more attention.
Fighting Beauty Wulong: Think I got all I can out of this one...
Simple 2000 vol 91 ("The All-Star"): Same here, not much to show.
So, um, that's all the ones I can remember right now. I've also been thinking about some older negelcted games like Raw 2 (and its hilarious season mode as a bonus), Def Jam: Fight for NY, Day of Reckoning 1 and 2, etc. - basically, anything and everything with female combat. Probably the only games I'll be avoiding are straight out fighting games like Street Fighter (not much ryona there) and the MK games, although if MK vs DC has a robust charecter creator, you never know.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
No videos this week
I'm on vacation, so no videos this week. Normal service resumes Saturday the 20th.
Friday, September 12, 2008
WAS/WAS2 newz u can uze
So, as of right now, Wrestle Angel Survivor requests are closed. The reason, as you've probably guessed, is because Wrestle Angel Survivor 2 is coming. At this rate, I'll still be filling Wrestle Angel Survivor 1 match requests for several months after 2 comes out. For that reason, I have an announcement, so listen up:
At my discretion, any Wrestle Angel Survivor request may be moved over to Wrestle Angel Survivor 2, provided both wrestlers are in 2.
There are a fair amount of wrestlers whose appearance has changed between 1 and 2, so if that's the case, I won't be moving them. Otherwise, this will actually let me get to 2 sooner. So there's that.
Now about WAS 2: I guess requests are technically open, but please go easy on me for a little while. So, yes, I am, if you insist, start taking requests for 2.
You'll want to see the character page to see what wrestlers are available. Here's the character page, click on the thumbnail for each girl's individual page.
Now all that being said, there are some wrestlers I really, really don't want to use on this page. I've got a list of them below. I've tried to leave off wrestlers that I don't personally care for (like Alice Smirnov) and only put wrestlers that really have no redeeming value on this list. Now bear in mind:
I'm not saying you can't request these wrestlers; I'm politely asking you not to.
Garm Takanashi
http://www.tryfirst.co.jp/was2/char/garm_takanashi.html
God, just look at her.
Arisa Morishima
http://www.tryfirst.co.jp/was2/char/arisa_morishima.html
Her left arm is four and a half feet long. And she calm palm a basketball with her left hand.
Ogre Asahina
http://www.tryfirst.co.jp/was2/char/ogre_asahina.html
Gaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Bomber Kishima
http://www.tryfirst.co.jp/was2/char/bomber_kishima.html
I'm not a big fan of her look (maybe if she was wearing her swimsuit from the beach scene), but she's actually on here because she has the world's most boring moveset. Shoulderblock after mother FUCKING shoulderblock.
Isabella Smith
http://www.tryfirst.co.jp/was2/char/isabella_smith.html
She looks like a piece of broccoli.
So, that's all for now. Stay tuned...
There are a fair amount of wrestlers whose appearance has changed between 1 and 2, so if that's the case, I won't be moving them. Otherwise, this will actually let me get to 2 sooner. So there's that.
Now about WAS 2: I guess requests are technically open, but please go easy on me for a little while. So, yes, I am, if you insist, start taking requests for 2.
You'll want to see the character page to see what wrestlers are available. Here's the character page, click on the thumbnail for each girl's individual page.
Now all that being said, there are some wrestlers I really, really don't want to use on this page. I've got a list of them below. I've tried to leave off wrestlers that I don't personally care for (like Alice Smirnov) and only put wrestlers that really have no redeeming value on this list. Now bear in mind:
Garm Takanashi
http://www.tryfirst.co.jp/was2/char/garm_takanashi.html
God, just look at her.
Arisa Morishima
http://www.tryfirst.co.jp/was2/char/arisa_morishima.html
Her left arm is four and a half feet long. And she calm palm a basketball with her left hand.
Ogre Asahina
http://www.tryfirst.co.jp/was2/char/ogre_asahina.html
Gaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Bomber Kishima
http://www.tryfirst.co.jp/was2/char/bomber_kishima.html
I'm not a big fan of her look (maybe if she was wearing her swimsuit from the beach scene), but she's actually on here because she has the world's most boring moveset. Shoulderblock after mother FUCKING shoulderblock.
Isabella Smith
http://www.tryfirst.co.jp/was2/char/isabella_smith.html
She looks like a piece of broccoli.
So, that's all for now. Stay tuned...
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