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Have you ever had any dreams about games? Better yet, have you ever had a lucid dream about a game?
(I ask because I recently dreamt about the PSP title, Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles. Dreaming about fighting my way through Dracula's castle might have been exciting, but I actually found myself dreaming about the game's controls; the need to time button presses carefully just to jump up and whip a candle. It left me wondering if the game had failed on some level, because while the environments and enemies are beautifully realised, the controls had clearly left a greater impression on my consciousness. But I digress...)
(I ask because I recently dreamt about the PSP title, Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles. Dreaming about fighting my way through Dracula's castle might have been exciting, but I actually found myself dreaming about the game's controls; the need to time button presses carefully just to jump up and whip a candle. It left me wondering if the game had failed on some level, because while the environments and enemies are beautifully realised, the controls had clearly left a greater impression on my consciousness. But I digress...)
A toy company decides to release a line of RetroForceGo! action figures.
What would be you look like ( facial expression and what you are wearing), what would be your accessories, what would your biography card say about you & what action pose would you be in inside the packaging?
BTW Sudo Woodo from Gold & Silver is the naughtiest Poke'mon. 1) Because Of The Name & 2) Because he's a big stick with bushes
What would be you look like ( facial expression and what you are wearing), what would be your accessories, what would your biography card say about you & what action pose would you be in inside the packaging?
BTW Sudo Woodo from Gold & Silver is the naughtiest Poke'mon. 1) Because Of The Name & 2) Because he's a big stick with bushes
I have two completely unrelated questions. First, if Muscle March by some chance should be released in North America, should they rename it Muscle, Muscle, Muscle? Second, Kefka is a lot like the Joker (painted face, distinctive laugh, and gleefully destructive evil). Keeping that in mind, when Dissidia is released in North America, would it be awesome to have Mark Hamill voice Kefka, or is that too much of a typecasting/repeating himself/ripoff sort of thing? (Forgive me, I'm not doing so well with descriptive words at the moment.)
A toy company decides to release a line of RetroForceGo! action figures.
What would be you look like ( facial expression and what you are wearing), what would be your accessories, what would your biography card say about you & what action pose would you be in inside the packaging?
BTW Sudo Woodo from Gold & Silver is the naughtiest Poke'mon. 1) Because Of The Name & 2) Because he's a big stick with bushes
What would be you look like ( facial expression and what you are wearing), what would be your accessories, what would your biography card say about you & what action pose would you be in inside the packaging?
BTW Sudo Woodo from Gold & Silver is the naughtiest Poke'mon. 1) Because Of The Name & 2) Because he's a big stick with bushes
First, I'm kind of in a slump; I need some new characters to make Perler bead sprites out of. Who would each of you like to see made up Perler style?
Also, Aaron Linde had a mini-rant about the idea of "retro" being used to describe games like Fez and Cave Story, and how he'd like to ban that word from existence. He basically said that games with older graphics aren't "retro", "They're legitimate design choices that are just as valid as any other direction in which you could take a game." (quote from @aaronlinde) What do you guys think of this, as you are THE retro podcast of Destructoid?
Finally, if you could have one video game icon/character/item tattooed on you, what would it be?
Also, Aaron Linde had a mini-rant about the idea of "retro" being used to describe games like Fez and Cave Story, and how he'd like to ban that word from existence. He basically said that games with older graphics aren't "retro", "They're legitimate design choices that are just as valid as any other direction in which you could take a game." (quote from @aaronlinde) What do you guys think of this, as you are THE retro podcast of Destructoid?
Finally, if you could have one video game icon/character/item tattooed on you, what would it be?
What is the best thing that has happened to you as a gamer ? (not to get personnal)
Also, did you ever want to do a Retroforce World Tour ?
Also, did you ever want to do a Retroforce World Tour ?
If Sam and Max fought Wallace and Gromit in a bloody fight to the death, who would win?
(BTW Sam and Max is the only correct answer)
(BTW Sam and Max is the only correct answer)
What do you find it easier to get off to: sprites or polygons?
I'm a more of a polygon man myself, but some of that artwork you get for completing Super Metroid speedruns is HOT!!!
And no, I didn't copy/paste that from the adult games show last week. I actually re-typed it out again because I can't be bothered to sift through old articles!
<3 you guys!
I'm a more of a polygon man myself, but some of that artwork you get for completing Super Metroid speedruns is HOT!!!
And no, I didn't copy/paste that from the adult games show last week. I actually re-typed it out again because I can't be bothered to sift through old articles!
<3 you guys!
There are a few precious games that, upon starting, the quality of the music is such that I can only sit transfixed and listen to the music play through several loops. What games have this affect on you, other than Uematsu-scored games?
If Retroforcego! was a Spanish language tellanovella soap opera (Retrofuerza Vaya!) what would it be like? Who would be the lovelorn protagonist, the cheating brother in-law, and evil generalissimo and so on. How many of you would sport sauve mustaches in it (the correct answer to that question is all of you :3) and what style would they be?
And since Dyson's back here's a list of words I'd delight in having him read ;3
Cat
Ball
Boy
Dog
Cake
House
Archipelago
Also, Chad, I'd tap Phoenix Wright too ;) (Godot first though ;3)
And since Dyson's back here's a list of words I'd delight in having him read ;3
Cat
Ball
Boy
Dog
Cake
House
Archipelago
Also, Chad, I'd tap Phoenix Wright too ;) (Godot first though ;3)
Mainly to Topher (but also to the other members of the podcast: What Shmup would you put in the Video Game Canon? Or, to be more general, which Retro-Game?
I always wanted to ask this, but didn't, because I thought that would be too much of shameless promotion of my Video Game Canon creation together with this community in the forum.
I always wanted to ask this, but didn't, because I thought that would be too much of shameless promotion of my Video Game Canon creation together with this community in the forum.
What if a clown, a Chocobo, a giant living pizza roll, Celes, the pilot from Ikaruga, Aquaman, a dolphin, Hatsune Miku and the Retroforce crew enter a bar, what would they/you order and what would happen if you all get drunk or not ?
What with the lack of cute animals in the RFGO questions, why did this trend stop?
Two nights ago I had three consecutive dreams, one was irrelevant, the 2nd starred Chad and the third was about topher. Is this a bad thing?
What game do you find yourself constantly restarting a new save file but usually forgetting about it or never beating it? I think I've played through the beginning of Wind Waker too many times to count.
Are you able to continue a save file if you haven't played that game in over a year, I always have to start a new one for some reason.
Chad, the season finale of Sex decoy is on Hulu and it's a cliff hanger ending! How awesome is this? (Please describe sex decoy if necessary)
Two nights ago I had three consecutive dreams, one was irrelevant, the 2nd starred Chad and the third was about topher. Is this a bad thing?
What game do you find yourself constantly restarting a new save file but usually forgetting about it or never beating it? I think I've played through the beginning of Wind Waker too many times to count.
Are you able to continue a save file if you haven't played that game in over a year, I always have to start a new one for some reason.
Chad, the season finale of Sex decoy is on Hulu and it's a cliff hanger ending! How awesome is this? (Please describe sex decoy if necessary)
Zombutler is wrong. Wallace and Gromit would beat the everloving fuck out of Sam and Max. They'd invent some sort of amazing machine that would punch out all of their blood.
Oh yeah, and a question. What moment in a game gave you the biggest feeling of satisfaction or accomplishment, and why?
Oh yeah, and a question. What moment in a game gave you the biggest feeling of satisfaction or accomplishment, and why?
You guys always seem to get along great on the podcast, I was wondering if there was any moments where anyone wanted to kill any other member of the podcast. I mean that statement figuratively of course.
Thanks for the great show!
Thanks for the great show!
Do you guys have any current "guilty pleasure" games that you secretly love but are afraid to admit to playing in public? Now is the time, we listeners don't judge.
Rip Taylor does, though:
Rip Taylor does, though:
pronunciation guide: Dr. Spe-chea-min
Would you rather eat a broken wine glass or a poison ivy plant?
Would you rather eat a broken wine glass or a poison ivy plant?
Have you ever been so engrossed in a game that you risked and/or experienced personal injury as a result of your entrancement?
The day I bought Link's Awakening, my family went to a state park on Lake Erie. Instead of swimming in the questionable waters, I plopped myself down on a tree stump and played almost non-stop for the seven hours or so we were there. Maybe it was the surroundings that made me feel like I was actually on Koholint Island, but I never paid any notice to the horrendous sunburn I was accumulating! I spent most of the following week sitting still and nursing a blistering, itchy back, neck, feet, and legs. Luckily, the effect also worked in helping to ignore such ailments.
The day I bought Link's Awakening, my family went to a state park on Lake Erie. Instead of swimming in the questionable waters, I plopped myself down on a tree stump and played almost non-stop for the seven hours or so we were there. Maybe it was the surroundings that made me feel like I was actually on Koholint Island, but I never paid any notice to the horrendous sunburn I was accumulating! I spent most of the following week sitting still and nursing a blistering, itchy back, neck, feet, and legs. Luckily, the effect also worked in helping to ignore such ailments.
Chad, which member of your royal dolphin guard is most likely to betray you when he/she get's caught up in a conspiracy to stop the world from being amazing?
(That bottle-nose Beatrice is acting mighty fishy lately)
Jackson walked into a store that sold horse feed and tree saplings. He went up to the counter and asked the store manager if he had change for a dollar. The store owner replied, "I don't know, do you like to dig your toes into sand?" What is your favorite cake, frosting combination?
Is is just me or have the last 20-30 episode posts severely lacked cute animal pictures? I know that I have not broken Destructoid with pictures for a long time, and I apologize.
(That bottle-nose Beatrice is acting mighty fishy lately)
Jackson walked into a store that sold horse feed and tree saplings. He went up to the counter and asked the store manager if he had change for a dollar. The store owner replied, "I don't know, do you like to dig your toes into sand?" What is your favorite cake, frosting combination?
Is is just me or have the last 20-30 episode posts severely lacked cute animal pictures? I know that I have not broken Destructoid with pictures for a long time, and I apologize.
If a metroidvania type of game like Shadow Complex came out back in the retro game days, what woud you think the reaction towards it would be? Do you think a winning formula like that, but slapped with a realistic modern skin would of been applauded or decimated? Today it seems fresh, since almost every other metroidvania game is fantasy or sci-fi, the change of setting is welcomed. But back then I don't think people would of been that interested in it. What say you?
As a kid beating games like, Super Mario Bros, the Lion King and Aladdin on my SNES seemed like an impossible feat, but I have since gone back as and beat them all in a sitting.
Have you guys ever played games when you’re younger that you either found to be impossible or had a very difficult time completing them after many months of hard work, then gone back later on as an adult and beat them fairly easily and quickly? If so, what titles and why do you think you were able to do so?
Have you guys ever played games when you’re younger that you either found to be impossible or had a very difficult time completing them after many months of hard work, then gone back later on as an adult and beat them fairly easily and quickly? If so, what titles and why do you think you were able to do so?
@Topher
Maybe if that's the case with games you can't beat in ten years I’ll be able to find all the Triceforce shards in Wind Waker and finish that beast to see if it compares with my beloved Majora's Mask?
Maybe if that's the case with games you can't beat in ten years I’ll be able to find all the Triceforce shards in Wind Waker and finish that beast to see if it compares with my beloved Majora's Mask?
What would you consider a failed retro-revival? Whereas games like SFIV and Punch Out got it right, what are a few games that didn't?
Also Topher, I want you to do the XBLA reviews in a happy voice. If not, just find a good sentence to say. Another thing, if Mike Patton were to score a Treasure shooter, what would you want it to sound like?
Also Topher, I want you to do the XBLA reviews in a happy voice. If not, just find a good sentence to say. Another thing, if Mike Patton were to score a Treasure shooter, what would you want it to sound like?
Would you rather eat the cutest dog ever, while it cries, or the cutest cat ever, while it purrs?
Also, you HAVE to sing Happy Birthday for Samit to add to the random-ness.
Also, you HAVE to sing Happy Birthday for Samit to add to the random-ness.
@ Aiya
Apparently there are only ten cute white tiger pictures on the internet and I posted them all.
Oh well, I guess I can post them again.
Also,
Apparently there are only ten cute white tiger pictures on the internet and I posted them all.
Oh well, I guess I can post them again.
Also,
Do you have any peculiar cases of a memory being attached to a certain point/location in a videogame, that you're constantly reminded of every time you pass through the point/location of where that memory was conceived?
For example (and this is not really peculiar): Right after I found out my grandfather died, I started playing Majora's Mask to calm my sorrow and completed Woodfall Temple. So now every time I play through that temple, I play through it in memory of that day, and my deceased grandfather.
For example (and this is not really peculiar): Right after I found out my grandfather died, I started playing Majora's Mask to calm my sorrow and completed Woodfall Temple. So now every time I play through that temple, I play through it in memory of that day, and my deceased grandfather.
If you were in a Final Fantasy game, what would your job class be? (FF4) Or, what would your role in the party be?
Also, Topher: A future of cel-shaded Zelda games is only inevitable. There will be a certain point where character animations will look uncanny, so Nintendo would have to be forced to implement some slow and clunky GTAIV style movement controls for realistic animations. And I doubt Miyamoto would ever allow that to happen in a Zelda game. Wich means the future for us cel-shaded Zelda enthusiasts looks bright!
A movie direct approaches you and tells you that a remake of The Wizard is in the works, and that he wants the RFGO! team to choose the cast. Who would you cast in the main roles?
Bonus question, what game would be unveiled at the game tournament?
Bonus question, what game would be unveiled at the game tournament?
Also Chad: Yesterday I had a chance to play some Scribblenauts and I made a group of dolphins and rode on them. It was AMAZING!
What animal companion from any game, retro or otherwise, would you like as a pet? (Robots modeled after animals, like Rush from Megaman, are acceptable.)
Have you ever sold a videogame system, only to regret it later? (Please make me feel better about giving away my Dreamcast when I was 13...)
RetroforceGO! is starting their own softball league. Topher, Dyson, Stella, Colette, and Chad are each captains of their respective teams. Each of you choose anywhere from 9-12 characters (again, retro or otherwise, but perferably retro) to make up your team. What's each team's lineup?
Do you find it annoying that commonly in TV and in the movies, that videogames still use the same sound effects they did 20 years ago?
Speaking of movies, do you wish more movies would do like The Wrestler did and show off a homebrewed ROM hack of an old game when they show off a videogame?
As an aside, I don't recall any episodes on retro PC games. (Doom, anyone?)
Have you ever sold a videogame system, only to regret it later? (Please make me feel better about giving away my Dreamcast when I was 13...)
RetroforceGO! is starting their own softball league. Topher, Dyson, Stella, Colette, and Chad are each captains of their respective teams. Each of you choose anywhere from 9-12 characters (again, retro or otherwise, but perferably retro) to make up your team. What's each team's lineup?
Do you find it annoying that commonly in TV and in the movies, that videogames still use the same sound effects they did 20 years ago?
Speaking of movies, do you wish more movies would do like The Wrestler did and show off a homebrewed ROM hack of an old game when they show off a videogame?
As an aside, I don't recall any episodes on retro PC games. (Doom, anyone?)
Why is it that a mediocre to bad sequel can get lavished with praise as long as it tickles the nostalgia bone of gamers? I would be laughed off a stage if I put the direct-to-video Disney film "The Return of Jafar" on the same level as the original film "Aladdin." Yet I feel that this is precisely what is going on in the realm of retrogames, because here nostalgia seems to be more important to people than quality and aspiration.
I am really interested in your views about this because while RetroforceGO! has played such a huge and important role in my thinking about video games, particularly retrogames, I simply do not understand how you guys could have given so much praise to "Mega Man 9" and "Final Fantasy IV: The After Years," two sequels that are beyond a doubt unambitious and lazy, especially the latter of the two games.
In the "Mega Man 9" episode of RetroforceGO I was the only person who expressed a strong negative opinion on the game and I was promptly eviscerated on the air. Yet in responding to the very next question, you all agreed that the next "Mega Man" game needs to do something new for a change. Well with all due respect, as someone who has played through all of the "Mega Man" games straight through at least once a year instead of flat out dismissing the latter "Mega Man" games, I didn't need another NES-style "Mega Man" game to tell me what I already knew: that the series needed to go somewhere new. If this game came out for the NES right after "Mega Man 6," it would have been promptly hailed as a sign that Capcom was losing it. Yet because of nostalgia, this game is being hailed as a masterpiece.
With respect to "Final Fantasy IV: The After Years," I just don't understand how, once you get over the stroke of nostalgia that hits you in the first 10 minutes of the game, anyone could recommend this game. The balance in this game is screwed up beyond belief (i.e. getting chain constricted to death without having any chance to make an action or being frustrated to death by the moon phase system that is pretty much worthless given that 3/4 of the game has you controlling a group without strong casters). The story is not only beyond pathetic compared to the original (a tacked-on afterthought) but it is not even told very well (the Mt. Ordeals section was incredibly confusing). Other than the music, I couldn't even enjoy this game on a pure nostalgic level once I saw that Cecil and Rosa were barely more powerful than you were and have none of the awesome spells you spent so much time grinding for. Well at least Cid was still pretty worthless so I guess nothing's changed. Back in the day I hated "Final Fantasy X-2" for tackling on a half-assed epilogue onto "Final Fantasy X." After playing "Final Fantasy IV: The After Years," I owe "Final Fantasy X-2" an apology.
I am really interested in your views about this because while RetroforceGO! has played such a huge and important role in my thinking about video games, particularly retrogames, I simply do not understand how you guys could have given so much praise to "Mega Man 9" and "Final Fantasy IV: The After Years," two sequels that are beyond a doubt unambitious and lazy, especially the latter of the two games.
In the "Mega Man 9" episode of RetroforceGO I was the only person who expressed a strong negative opinion on the game and I was promptly eviscerated on the air. Yet in responding to the very next question, you all agreed that the next "Mega Man" game needs to do something new for a change. Well with all due respect, as someone who has played through all of the "Mega Man" games straight through at least once a year instead of flat out dismissing the latter "Mega Man" games, I didn't need another NES-style "Mega Man" game to tell me what I already knew: that the series needed to go somewhere new. If this game came out for the NES right after "Mega Man 6," it would have been promptly hailed as a sign that Capcom was losing it. Yet because of nostalgia, this game is being hailed as a masterpiece.
With respect to "Final Fantasy IV: The After Years," I just don't understand how, once you get over the stroke of nostalgia that hits you in the first 10 minutes of the game, anyone could recommend this game. The balance in this game is screwed up beyond belief (i.e. getting chain constricted to death without having any chance to make an action or being frustrated to death by the moon phase system that is pretty much worthless given that 3/4 of the game has you controlling a group without strong casters). The story is not only beyond pathetic compared to the original (a tacked-on afterthought) but it is not even told very well (the Mt. Ordeals section was incredibly confusing). Other than the music, I couldn't even enjoy this game on a pure nostalgic level once I saw that Cecil and Rosa were barely more powerful than you were and have none of the awesome spells you spent so much time grinding for. Well at least Cid was still pretty worthless so I guess nothing's changed. Back in the day I hated "Final Fantasy X-2" for tackling on a half-assed epilogue onto "Final Fantasy X." After playing "Final Fantasy IV: The After Years," I owe "Final Fantasy X-2" an apology.
How do you define "retro games"? Is it the basic years since release, or by generation of game console (i.e. An N64 game can still be retro because it's 2 generations back, even though in terms of time it may be less than 10 years ago), or is it in terms of feel, example of the new Punch-Out game, where the game may have been upgraded, but it still bring feelings of games of yore?
When does the old "Next Gen" become retro? Like when will PS1/N64 become retro? Also, what is anything between those and the SNES considered? Like Saturn or the other obscure consoles that didn't do too well?
Also, Polom and Porom's sacrifice almost made me cry. It was almost as sad as half/most of the memories in Lost Odyssey. And what would the Japanese call them? Palrom and Porom?
Monster Party on NES: The American version or Japanese version? Either way, the ending still gives me nightmares.
It had the best, most random bosses of all time. My favorite was the mother cat that hurls kittens at you. I know this was/is an obscure game, but if you, the RF:GO! crew, ever experienced this bizarre adventure, who were your favorite bosses?
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Party for more information to those unfamiliar.)
It had the best, most random bosses of all time. My favorite was the mother cat that hurls kittens at you. I know this was/is an obscure game, but if you, the RF:GO! crew, ever experienced this bizarre adventure, who were your favorite bosses?
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Party for more information to those unfamiliar.)
Why haven't you guys had Dreamcast episode yet?
If you could choose to have any retro game have a Mega Man 9 style retroization on a current gen system which would it be?
How did you guys come up with the name RetroforceGO!?
HEY, WHACHAHAPPENINWITYOU!?
Chad, sing this to Topher please:
"You're one year older, one year wiser,
Rock 'n' roll star, king, czar, and a kaiser,
A room full of friends, a mouth full of cake,
Every present is for you, and it feels pretty great,
You're the man of the hour, the V.I.P.,
You get the first slice, of the P.I.E.,
But first blow out the candles, and make a wish,
Put a smile on, cause it's your berfday, bitch!"
If you could choose to have any retro game have a Mega Man 9 style retroization on a current gen system which would it be?
How did you guys come up with the name RetroforceGO!?
HEY, WHACHAHAPPENINWITYOU!?
Chad, sing this to Topher please:
"You're one year older, one year wiser,
Rock 'n' roll star, king, czar, and a kaiser,
A room full of friends, a mouth full of cake,
Every present is for you, and it feels pretty great,
You're the man of the hour, the V.I.P.,
You get the first slice, of the P.I.E.,
But first blow out the candles, and make a wish,
Put a smile on, cause it's your berfday, bitch!"
This summer seems to be seeing a sort of revival of 2D fighting games, with Street Fighter IV starting the onslaught, but with two weeks of SNK fighters on XBLA, BlazBlue and KOFXII coming out within two weeks of each other and MvC2 coming out later this month. Any idea why this is? Also, which newly online classic fighting game is the most fun online? And of the new games, which do you prefer?
Another fighting game question: How many buttons do you like to have in your fighting games?
Personally, I'm starting to enjoy four buttons due to BlazBlue.
Another fighting game question: How many buttons do you like to have in your fighting games?
Personally, I'm starting to enjoy four buttons due to BlazBlue.
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