Fun for Me and You (nws?)

Post by **Delphine** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 10:42 am

chix0rgirl wrote:teeny little mesh thongs.

...mesh thongs? Like, with holes in them?

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 11:17 am

chriscaffee wrote:Fokker was a real life aircraft manufacturer. lots of "pilot type" characters share that last name... well at least three: Roy of Macross as well as Edward and his father Pride from Power Stone.

Edward? Was that "Falcon"s name? Whatever, Power Stone kicked ass. And no sequels after Dreamcast. Capcom sucks.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 12:10 pm

Yeah. In the Japanese version he was E. Fokker, but apparently it was decided that "Fokker" was an inappropriate name for the main character in the US release. And so Falcon was born.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:12 am

Delphine wrote:
chix0rgirl wrote:teeny little mesh thongs.
...mesh thongs? Like, with holes in them?

Maybe they're for aerodynamics.

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:48 am

My favorite character was Wangtang. Not only is the name amusing, but his moves in normal mode reminded me of some stuff pulled off in the first Matrix, as well as his Power Stone form being very DBZ-ish, (which was cool at the time).

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:55 pm

I always loved Fokker, Ryoma and WangTang. Ryoma's throws were some of the best in the game.

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:13 pm

I liked Wantang's "Spin on pillar into triple kick" move and his Genki Dama rip off.

Dache · Post by **Dache** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:03 pm

Of course, Powerstone 1 is unbalanced so badly that if the person you're playing against is using either Fokker, Galuda or Gunrock, you're fucked.

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:11 pm

No one could touch my Wangtang. NO ONE!

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:13 pm

No wonder you're so sexually frustrated.

*Zing!*

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:20 pm

Hey, leave my personal issues out of this. That's my problem to deal with, not yours. Mine alone. [/unnecessarily larger text]

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:02 pm

Dache, that isn't true at all. I don't claim to be a master of the game, but back in my day I could hold my own with pretty much any character. I even once dodged that Hundred Flower Blossom shit without getting touched. That was one of the highpoints of my life.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:03 pm

Power Stone 1 is pretty imbalanced. Power Stone 2 remains one of my favorite party games of all time. Power Stone 3 eludes me everywhere but my dreams.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:21 pm

Power Stone? Unbalanced as hell.
I loved it, though. Never bought the second one. Didn't have enough money.

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:31 pm

I remember playing the Power Stone demo on the Generator Vol.1 disc over and over again. That, and CART Flag to Flag (I don't know why I had so much fun with that)... and Sega Bass Fishing.

Dache · Post by **Dache** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:52 pm

chriscaffee wrote:Dache, that isn't true at all. I don't claim to be a master of the game, but back in my day I could hold my own with pretty much any character. I even once dodged that Hundred Flower Blossom shit without getting touched. That was one of the highpoints of my life.

"Once dodged"? Once? What were you, some kind of n00b? Quality players can dodge that blindfolded, motherfucker.

This automatically invalidates any opinion you have on Powerstone!

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:03 pm

You've never dodged it and you know it.

Dache · Post by **Dache** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:05 pm

I was taking the piss with the "quality players can dodge that blindfolded" comment. But no, seriously, if you only dodged it once and you consider that to be a highlight, then you weren't that good a Powerstone player. Sorry.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:07 pm

I disagree. It's a pretty Goddamn random move. And if you ever want to go, just name the time and place bitch.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:11 pm

Dude, you just have to jump around for a while. It's like dodging rockets in Halo.

Dache · Post by **Dache** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:15 pm

It's random, but if you're far away enough from Ayane when she pulls it out, it's not that hard to avoid. Yeah, all you need to do is jump lots.

About 5 years ago, a couple of my friends held a Powerstone tournament thing in their game store (which would never have happened if the manager wasn't there as it was part of a big national chain). Everyone who participated were proper good at the game though; the level of play was insane.

I lost at the final, although I blame that on my friend/organiser setting the number of matches up to 2-out-of-3 from 1, confusing the fuck out of me when I won the first round and making me lose my concentration. Fucker.

He recorded that match though... I should see if I can get him to make an AVI of it so I can stick it up here...

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:32 pm

Dodging rockets in Halo is moot. Any good player waits for you to jump and then shoots the ground you are about to land on. If you don't give 'em the chance, then they shoot once to get you in the air, and then shoot the ground you are about to land on.

In Halo 2 the splash damage was so nerfed that people can use it like a Goddamn shotgun, which now acts like some kind of airsoft shit.

And I still say that flower blossom thing is hard to dodge, no matter how far away you are, simply because of the timing. I can consistently dodge most of the attack, but I have only ever dodged it without a scratch once.

Dache · Post by **Dache** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:36 pm

Try harder.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:45 pm

RANDOMNIVITY DEFEATS ALL ATTEMPTS AT VICTORY

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:59 pm

Dude, you lost. Go shoot a pigeon or something else.