silly me. how could i forget! yeah you are right. we encounter him on takamura’s wanderings.
Ep 17 was a good non-fight ep, I’d say.
Ep 17
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Wow, I was surprised as Ippo and co. where when it turned out that Takamura had siblings. And yes, I thought the name switching was pretty damn funny, too.
Yeah it’s too bad about Kenta Kobashi. What he does in the manga/anime doesn’t translate well into the game. There’s no other way to up the difficulty for exhibition matches. What your wife said is correct.
does Itagaki have any relationship with Saeki? I can’t remember lol, trying to figure out what the last panel was about…
Itagaki
[details=Spoiler]No real relationship, except he’s going to fight Saeki in some tournament soon. Speed fighters tourney.
Basically, rivals/opponents. Same with the other guy whose name I’m forgetting at the moment.[/details]
Oh yeah, the Class A right?
Yeah pretty much.
This motherfucker better not lose after all that hype about him being a genius and shit.
^_-;
I think besides the clinch he does pretty well (for a C Class). Cross arm block, good reach and the upright style is incredibly good for avoiding punches.
Basically I use his style a lot like I play Winky Wright in Fight Night 3. His stamina and chin are A LOT worse than what he showed in the anime, and because he can’t clinch it’s kind of difficult.
I like playing him cause it’s a challenge to not get hit, even though his style is PERFECT for outboxing. With FNR4 coming out soon who knows how that game will play but I know I will probably be outboxing in that too.
Generally when I play Kenta I have to go for the decision, but I can cut my opponent down to hitting me less than 15%. Against Keigo Okita he was hitting me maybe 10 times per round or less for 6 rounds, I was knocking him down 2x a round. The video is a minute too long for youtube though.
Do you guys have favorite boxers in the game, and maybe think it can be competitive with certain bannings? Definitely no Ricardo Martinez. Anyway I am a huge fan of Arnie, Papaya Dachiu, Kenta, and Jr Lightweight Mashiba. FNR3 is definitely NOT competitive (Ali, Corrales, Leonard, Lacy… all broken) so I hope there will someday be a competitive boxing game.
:u: dare to dream and keep hope alive
If nao stays in his current weight class I think he will fight itagaki (both are students of Ippo) or he could go one class up and be a significant fight before miyata (we know he’s moving up a weight) actually…
if hammer vs chidori
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nao a weight class higher could possibly take any hit from miyata he sees coming, hit hard(er) like ippo, and focus on body blows which miyata counters less. It should get written well regardless of expected outcome.
this could convince ippo to chase his boyfriend up the next weight class at the world level.
nao is a natural welterweighter. he only dropped because he wanted to fight ippo. i don’t think he will fight itagaki or anyone else important of the main cast ever again.
You sure welter was his bodies ideal weight class?
I mean Myata is better suited for a weight class up and it’s hard on him to stay were he is. Nao went 3 weight classes down from Welter and was undefeated…
Wasn’t it mostly water weight because he was some chubby from eating cake after getting picked on? :wonder: Thought they explained it before (during the match maybe) along with why he still hit so hard.
If he’s a Welterweight maybe he’ll fight Ralph Anderson in the Rec Room at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hospital.
The game can be competitive, but it’ll just be a battle of the top tiers of each division. Featherweight has a good number of fighters that can compete.
My favourite fighters are Ippo,Volg, and Kimura.
:u: still regarding the game…
do you think there are a few low tiers in a higher weight division that could competitively fight the top tiers of a lower weight division?
on the nao thing:
the show and manga explained that he was actually kindof fat when he started and him being a featherweight happened due to working out. you know, kindof how lots of people want to lose like 20 lbs, well it happened with him, and he sure did have a lot to take off
that said, wtf is up with the scanlations lately? is it because of finals that it’s been nearly a month since Ippo-online updated?
Damn, I’m gonna spend the next few days reading this manga. I’m WAY WAY WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY behind. I’m like… 1 chapter in. lol. I loved teh anime when I first saw it a few years back. I think it was 3 years ago? I’m not to sure. But yeah. I hope to catch up to you guys soon.
lol. its gonna take a while. but its gonna be an awesome read.
Yeah I know. I thought catching up on Reborn at the amount of chapter it has NOW took me forever, but this? God that will take me FOREVER!!! But yeah, I know I’m going to love it though.