i dont play… melty blood…
woof only plays Pop n Music.
The character designs don’t bother me. I want to know if this gets all its mechs from other games like BBB or if they’ve gone for something unique.
Also, woah, a lot of prejudiced game reviewer mentality in this thread. I bet those guys at NRF are crying because you don’t give their unreleased game your godlike approval. Your opinion means a truckload, thanks for contributing!
I think… I think I’m in love with you! 
Looks okay. The guys look gay, but that’s Japan for you. The character design is okay…at least it’s not that super-deformed shit you usually find in these games. I can’t play ANY game like that. I need my fighters to look like people, not bobble-heads.
COUM’s anal leakage isn’t worth a response. Now, to the point;
I think the most deformed aspect of character design these days is the formula of “outlandish = unique”. I think the searching of “unique concepts” has gone to crazy lengths in the genre and this is a nice return to a more down-to-earth design.
Take Silvio (pic) for example. This guy’s uniqueness lies in that he sports funky footwear. He isn’t a robotic fucking aztec pope with crab claws and a belt sander mounted to his head. And you know what, I’m fucking glad! I think his “ignition abilities” will be what make or break him, not the amount of acid the designer dropped during the creation process.
Speaking of the abilities - the story speaks of some supernatural power, so I can see super fast ‘boosts’ (as seen in trailer), demonic energy claws and things of that nature. I’d be glad if it was more about that and less about attacks that involve satanic cardboard animals and burning sex toys. Hopefully the extent of comedic relief is at Nobuko’s chibi crap, but knowing Japan - and the designers trying to actually sell the game to a wider audience - I wouldn’t count on it.
I hope NRF learned from BBB and will listen to the players. They really need to, now that they’re seriously investing in the game. This has the potential to rock - BBB was fun as hell until the flaws became apparent. You know it’s true if you were there from the start.
I’m hopeful and curious about this title and it doesn’t affect my stance on the other 2008 releases. I pity the fools who can’t get over themselves to give a newcomer a chance.
P.S. I see gothic lolitas and young turboeffeminate guys dressed like Folo on my way home from work. It’s futile to rage over that shit, seriously.
i would totally play as a robotic aztec pope with crab claws and a belt sander mounted to his head
I too was thinking that we need a character like that
Agreed with you there. SD just does not make sense in fighting games. My two favorite games are like that, so it’s very difficult to get folks to play.
I was so riled up I bought premium so I could neg rep him!
There’s a small chance that you can! Look here, they haven’t released all the characters yet.
Babelfishing the profiles for fighting styles;
Otto: "Grapple style: The ability + fencing which works the blood Original Vermilion."
Silvio: “It fights with the ton fur where the training blade enters.” [tonhu = tonfa? ]
Nobuko: "The short sword and fist method, it fights with Necromancy which works the zombie of the servant."
Sven: "As for fighting spirit style boxing."
Ivan: "The rough which used the wooden sword it fights with fighting spirit style."
Tamala: "It fights with stick technique and the style which arranges fist method."
Folo: “Method of using the majority of clothing like the darkness vessel is possible, furthermore transfers the various weapons and fights.”
Maybe Folo = Kunagi, Sven = Burai, Ivan = Ren?
Oh so those schoolgirls Nobuko spawns are zombies? I was kind of wondering why they were that color.
Otto’s style is blood manipulation + fencing. “Original Vermilion” nickname is tied to the backstory i guess.
After what happened to Big Bang Beat, I didn’t think many people here would have any faith in Team NRF’s next works unless they knew what really happened during the BBB fiasco.
Still though, with a lot of big name people & groups helping out for this game, I’m going to keep my fingers cross on this one…I mean come on; so far they have the following helping with the project:
Character Designs are by Sogabe Shuji (also did the character designs for Senko no Ronde)
Character Animations by Studio Tokyo Kids (Works include helping in anime shows such as AYAKASHI & Gurren Lagann - not as the main animators for G.Lagann)
Music is still by MintJam (from Big Bang Beat)
So far, that’s all that I know. If anyone wants to know the why BBB turned out horrible, I’ll post it unless someone else already has which then I’ll just forget about it. In short, don’t bash it as of yet just because of a flop from the last project.
thanks for clearing this up, i was almost certain Gainax had a hand in this somehow, which would be unheard of for a doujin game…
I was under the impression the old game house had an inner conflict, broke up and then a part of those guys formed a new group that continued to make patches that - while adding new content - didn’t actually fix the game.
Do elaborate, though, please.
Yep, you’ve pretty much summed it up right there. The thing was that the guys who stayed with Team NRF also had the main programmer & creator of BBB with them and so the guys who took over the BBB project were rather f’ed up cause the programmer took the main source material of BBB with him and didn’t give permission to the guys who formed the new group.
I’ll try to get more detailed info on this matter.
I am still interested in this, if mainly for Senko no Ronde art and Folo.
I checked the voice actors out;
Otto is Junichi Suwabe, (Venom in GG:AC , Grimmjow in Bleach)
Sven is Noriaki Sugiyama (Ishida Uryu in Bleach, Sasuke in Naruto)
Virginia is Eri Kitamura (Saya in Blood+)
Folo is Yu Kobayashi (Wigglytuff in Pokmon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness)
Silvio is Jun Fukuyama
Nobuko is Mai Kadowaki
Ivan is Takuma Terashima (Misc. anime VA roles)
Tamala is Kei Shindou (Misc. anime VA roles)
Yuri is Asami Imai (Misc. anime VA roles)
Maybe there’s even spoken dialogue. And… a story? They’re investing in this thing! Please be good.
What? this game even got professional voice actors?
Where the fuck they got the funds for this? its a Doujin game after all.
Maybe they got a sponsor? Someone who can read japanese should go through the blogs and such.