O.K. then, /vr/.

Final Fantasy VIII's story is a unique misunderstood example of purely video-game-specific storytelling.

In Resident Evil, it was Wesker bringing you the antidote. Clearly.

Final Fantasy IX suffers from mistranslations, and even the main characters' names are entirely botched (Zidane should be Gitan, Freya should be Flyer, Eiko should be Echo, Quina should be Cuisina).

Final Fantasy VII is a very good game, second only to VI.

Aerith is a deconstruction of a female video gae character stereotype. Cloud is a deconstruction of the JRPG protagonist. FFVII is a deconstruction of a JRPG. "Deconstruction" means "addition of a gimmick".

Donkey Kong Country 3 is the best in the series, while 2 is the worst.

Dreamcast, Sega's 6th gen hardware, is retro. Shenmue is a retro game.

Romhacks from 2013 are retro games.

A very important factor in whether you use a particular emulator is whether the main coder is a polite person.

Well, did I forget anything? Or is that it for now?

Name some games in the last few years that you've enjoyed.

/v/ says we just circlejerk over our childhood games. I'd like to prove them wrong.

I have found this site pretty good for finding new old games:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/

We make the worst retro game
>game has 20 numbers passwords and no saving function
>to continue you need to solve puzzles with no help à la simon's quest
>it's controls are buggy and oversensitive
>2D with around 3 colors+tones black, red and white
>end boss is either too easy or too hard - unbalanced difficulty
>fans still pray for a sequel and pay 900$ for a copy

Video Game Character Crushes and Stories?

>Who was it?
>How old were you?
>Describe that feel.

Chun Li.
Guessing I was 7 or 8.
Just knew that I liked looking at her picture and artwork. This was before sexual feels. I just knew that it made me happy to look at her. DAT INNOCENCE!

Why don't you play Street Fighter, anon?

I thought you like waifus

Tell me those childhood stories of That Kid.

So I got Wii to play some party games, but the main reason was to play nes/snes/sega/n64 games.

I didn't know it would be that shitty...
For example when I play Contra and die, I am invisible for like 5 fucking seconds and the same does Mario...
Is this normal?

Do you think developers will ever bring back low poly 3D and pre-rendered backgrounds the way some developers are now bringing back pixel art?

>episode 1 sub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU9K024gAow
>episode 2 sub
http://www.anime44.com/pokemon-the-origin-special-2

Discuss~

When I was a teen I thought Earthworm Jim was the future. I was, of course, wrong.
But I wasn't insane. I mean, traditional animation, man! Literally cartoons that you control!
In the same way that Mortal Kombat had real people, I mean. Literally cartoons, but then scanned and made digital; but still, what an awesome idea! Right?

I even remember reading on a magazine that the technique of making an actual cartoons for the game was a patented idea. Like, it was an idea conceived for Earthworm Jim, and if I recall correctly the mag called the technique "animotion". Maybe I remember it wrong or maybe the mag lied, but that's what my memories tell me.

Now, other than Earthworm Jim what game is a cartoon made by a traditional animation studio? I don't mean Laser Disc games like Dragon's Lair. I mean games where the guy you control was hand-drawn and traditionally animated.