Posts by Giga

When I was four years old, in 1996, I was sat in front of an NES with the Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt official multicart, and taught how to use the D-Pad and A button. For half an hour or more, I just ran Mario into the first Goomba over and over, giggling. Nowadays, that would be a waste of time, but I quite enjoyed myself then.

I can't do anything, since I have negative BP, but still. If the description of continues in my item list is gonna cite statcard limitations that don't exist anymore, then the thread update should add the statcard updates too.

So, the main idea for this thread came from a series of videos by Bird Keeper Toby, wherein he gives detailed descriptions of what he'd do in this situation. It started a bit of a trend on Youtube, and that's the idea I was going for here.

Anyways, lemme dump my second wall of text on you.

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If I were a Pokemon League champion, my League would be situated underground. My elite four would consist of real-life friends, and no in-game NPCs. And it would be an Elite Five, instead of an Elite Four, because the first battle is a Double Battle. As you enter the building, you wonder why it's so small, maybe ask at the reception after presenting your badges. The reception would tell you about the Elite Four living underground, and how the entire place is set up like a bomb shelter.

Anyways, after you take the elevator down to the first challenger floor, you see the first two Elites having a mock fencing duel. One of them is a little portly, and the other is kinda short - you might recognize them from my evil team as Rush and Dark. After Rush wins the fencing match, the two notice that you're there, and you're free to walk up and challenge them, even if you only brought one Pokemon. The league would provide to you a level 5 Squirtle for that one battle, so that the game doesn't glitch and you send out Missingno.

Rush's mons would be mainly blade based. He would have an Aegislash and a Bisharp. Dark's would be Dark type, of course, the mons being an Absol, a Weavile, and a Pangoro. One of Dark's pokemon would have Nasty Plot, and that would be the pair's ace.

After you beat them, Rush gives you a plastic card, similar to a credit card, and tells you to swipe it in the back of the room. You do, and Dark fiddles with the panel. Rush says you can use the card in the elevator to get to the next challenge floor, and the two go back to fencing.

The third Elite Five member, who would be giving you your second challenge, comes in the form of CK. His room would look similar to a cross between a laboratory and a server room, and he would have full control over the facility, being the sponsor and tech guy. He applauds you, saying that most don't make it past Rush and Dark on their first try, what with the whole Double Battle thing tripping peopole up. He tells you to get ready for a different battle type, and you break into a challenging stance.

CK's pokemon would be mainly Ice and Ghost types. He would lead with Abomasnow, and follow up with Shedinja, Walrein, Decidueye, and his ace, Froslass. He would use them in a Rotation Battle, switching Shedinja in to block attacks entirely when it would benefit him, Walrein to take out threats to Shedinja, and Abomasnow for a powerful Mega Pokemon. Froslass would have the Z-Crystal, though.

CK again applauds you for taking such an intelligent approach to battling, and hopes it will help you with your next fight, since you're going to need more than just intelligence there. You hand him your card, and he updates it with access to the third challenger room.

The third room looks like a munitions factory. There's no other way to put it. Everything is red, and there are odd, goblin-looking green men working on assembly lines. A slightly chubby man is barking orders at them, and when you tap him on the shoulder, he turns around and laughs for a moment, then acknowledges your tenacity with a Pokemon battle.

This man is, if you hadn't guessed, Drakendite. He leads with an Emboar, a Conkledurr, and a Toxicroak, his style being Triple Battles. In reserve, he'd have a Hawlucha with a Z-Flying move, and a Medicham, which would Mega-Evolve. After defeating Draken, he would pat you on the back hard enough to make you stumble, and get one of his Orky Boiz to run your card thorugh another update, letting you into the fourth challenge floor.

As you set the elevator to travel to the fourth floor, you are treated to warning signs and a general air of "shit's gone wrong, the elevator is falling". This is all a ruse, of course, but the elevator does travel a very long distance downward, and when you reach the bottom you come into what feels like an oven. It is in fact a geo-thermal power plant, wherein you meet a catgirl (a Neko if you want to use this chart) with long green hair, wearing a yellow sundress. She asks if you're feeling under the weather, offers to see if you have a fever, and you tell her you're just here for a battle. She nods, and steps back toward the generator, sending out her first Pokemon in a Single Battle.

It's a Heatran. Her quote after turn 1 is "Surprised? We're preparing for all sorts of things down here~!" Her second pokemon is Terrakion, her third is Cobalion. After that is a Blaziken, which Mega Evolves, and a Groudon, which undergoes Primal Reversion and has a Z-Ground move. As it turns out, the Primal Groudon was powering the generator, and after you defeat it, the place goes on backup power while Corona updates your card and heals the Groudon. You may take the elevator to the final room, where the Champion awaits. If you didn't talk to the receptionist, you say out loud, "Wait, weren't you the champion?" and the girl responds "No, we're the only league to have an Elite Five, since we focus on the different types of battles you can have."

You take the elevator one more time, worried that you won't be able to leave otherwise and anxious it'll break down again at the same time, and the final room is stark white. A generic logo shows up on the back wall, and you can see the results of a computer's operating system booting up. In the corner of the room, there are two mattresses sitting on top of one another, and on top of those is a man cloaked in a green blanket. You can't see his face, since the desk he's sitting at and the three monitors sitting on top are obstructing your view, but he pulls the blanket over his head, hops off the bed, and walks over to you, Pokeballs in hand.

"Y'know, I always hate it when Corona loses a fight. Makes the power flicker." The operating system boots up fully, and the room is revealed to be a holographic hardlight projector. The man in the blanket sits down on a throne of rock that appears to push itself out of the ground. "Welcome to the final challenge. My name is Giga, and I'll be your opponent. I like Ground pokemon, sure, but there's one thing I like more, and that's having fun with the impossible. I'm sure you're aware of the legendary pokemon that my girlfriend is using, so I'll show you one more. Hoopa, you're up."

I throw the Master Ball, and out comes Hoopa Confined. "Y'know, this little guy is amazing. He can take whatever he wants out of whatever universe he wants. As such, I'm now going to test your limits with physically impossible Pokemon. I wish you the best of luck, and guarantee that this will be your hardest challenge yet. Oh, and don't be afraid of losing - I won't take your money no matter what."

My first Pokemon would be a Golurk, which would start the battle by using Fly, because of course it would. It has Iron Fist as an ability, every Punch move in the game and Meteor Mash (breaking the four move limit), and would be holding an Expert Belt. He would, however, only be Level 70, so you have some solace there. My second Pokemon would be Slaking, and it would have Scrappy for an ability, Belly Drum, Extreme Speed, Substitute, and Drain Punch. It would also be Level 70, so if you've grinded enough, you should be able to take out its Substitutes in one hit. My third Pokemon would be a purebred Missingno. from Generation 1, which knows Water Gun, Water Gun, and Sky Attack. Its ability would be Pure Power, making Sky Attack more powerful, and it would be level 153 or something ridiculous like that. After you defeat Missingno, I would apologize about the health bar wrapping around the screen, fix it up with a broom and dustpan, and send out my fourth Pokemon, Shedinja. However, this is no ordinary Shedinja; it's a Sturdy Shedinja. Normal attacks will do nothing to it - you must use entry hazards, a move like Whirlpool or Infestation that does damage over time, or status effects to defeat it. It is holding Safety Goggles, so weather doesn't affect it negatively, and it has Safeguard, which it uses on the first turn of battle, so you'd better hope you're faster than it. Its other moves are Endeavor, Shadow Sneak, and Aerial Ace, and it's level 100. My final pokemon would be, well, myself, in the style of PokeStars Studio. I would step onto the battlefield, and the challenger would be confused for a moment, until I used Precipice Blades, and intentionally miss by just a hair, in a cutscene. I would be the fastest Pokemon on my team, and would have No Guard for an ability, along with Fissure, Precipice Blades, Catastropika (the Pikachu exclusive Z-Power move), and Recover. My stats would be on par with Deoxys-A, with the difference being swapping my 180 Special Attack for 29 extra Speed, 75 extra Defense, and 76 extra Special Defense. I would have 0 Special Attack, but that's fine. The only things that could possibly outspeed me are a Deoxys-S, or a pokemon with speed buffs, which you would not have had the time to set up, unless you set up way back on Golurk. My typing, by the way, would be Ground and Dark.

I can't think of a method how, but you beat me. The hardlight projectors turn off, and you see that over on the bed in the corner is a guy laughing maniacally. It's the same guy you just demolished, but you can see his face now. He congratulates you for taking part in his experimental battle and coming out on top, despite all odds being against you. As a reward for your efforts, you not only get put into the Hall of Fame, but Hoopa pulls one of the Pokemon you fought out of an alternate dimension and you get a chance to capture it. Missingno, fittingly, would give you 128 more of the item in the 6th slot of every pocket of your bag, but you wouldn't be allowed to capture it, even with a Master Ball - it would break out of even that before the first wiggle.

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And there you have it. The second of my walls of text, and hopefully inspiration for someone else to create something in a similar vein.

As long as the players keep posting, the game should go on. That is my firm belief.

Default, and hope I don't get shroomed.



EDIT2: I'll have one stack of Default after this turn. FP forgot to update that in my card.

8/10. It's perfectly functional, and looks nice. The links are a bit bright for my liking, and Milla is a hound dog, not a rabbit, so she doesn't quite fit for easter, but otherwise I don't see anything I would change about this.

I fail to see how those two conditionals are different. If they are versions of each other, whether Mario is v1 or v2 is irrelevant, like in the chicken and egg problem.

I seem to remember an old thread that Lightvayne and I posted in discussing exactly this topic. ...And a second thread, which I mentioned the first thread in. I might as well make a new moveset, then.

As a character, I'd be completely green, humanoid, and slightly translucent. Some of my attacks, for example my normals, would involve morphing my body, and others would involve magic. My hitboxes technically wouldn't be disjointed unless they involve magic, though, since they all count as hurtboxes as well. I'd be fairly light, have a single air jump, and a high ground movement speed. Also, I would not have a blue color, because blue Giga simply does not exist in any universe. For the blue team, I'd be purple, if team skins were how things happened.

Jab Combo: I'd have one similar to Game and Watch's in function, where you can continue it as long as you want, and the final hit has a larger hitbox than the rest. The actual motion would be vertical swipes, with fake motion blurring caused by morphing.

Dash Attack: My dash would be unique, lowering my hitbox to Kirby and Jigglypuff's crouching height, but extending it further horizontally. This is done through moving all of my character's mass into a short, long blob. The dash attack, then, mimics a dolphin rising out of the water, making a reference to Chaos Zero's dash attack in Sonic Battle. I would be moving much faster than Chaos, but still.

Down Tilt: My crouching stance would be about as tall as Marth's. I would be hunched down, not kneeling, but instead standing as though I was about to jump, similar to a frog. The attack from this stance would be a low sweep, intended to knock an opponent up into the air slightly to start a combo. Think Roy's.

Side Tilt: I don't use side or up tilt attacks, so my character's tilts in those directions would be similarly unimaginative. My side tilt would mimic a Mii Fighter's side smash in motion, but with a larger fist.

Up Tilt: My upper attacks would be references to Kirby games. This one, for example, references Kirby 64's Needle + Electric power, protruding a spike straight upward from my head.

Up Smash: This one would reference the Cutter + Needle power, with a clap using morphed arms. The arms would widen and grow two rows of spikes down them, and they deal damage while the attack is being charged.

Side Smash: When this attack starts, I would rear a fist back. The more it charges, the more this fist gets encased in brown stone, generating from the air around it. At full charge, the hitbox would be as tall as I am, and reach about a third further.

Down Smash: While charging, this attack would see my body twist into a spiral, and upon release, all the tension would be lost, sending me spinning wildly, arms morphed into scythes to slice at my opponents.

Neutral Air: Mimic the Needle ability in most Kirby games.

Forward Air: Spawn a sword made of stone, and use it for a downward chop, which sends an opponent straight down.

Back Air: I've gotta have some sort of crotch chop, so this would be it. I'd cover my backside with a vertical slab of stone, move my body forward, and butt bash the stone. This would send me forward, similar to R.O.B.'s aerials.

Down Air: Transform my legs into a chainsaw, with the typical multi-hit down air that many characters have. The final hit would send opponents straight down, the others would draw them into the hitbox.

Up Air: This one would also involve a scythe, being a swipe intended to hit anything within a 90 degree area above me, from diagonal to diagonal.

Neutral Special: Here's where the gimmick kicks in. You see, I would have three gauges above my percent meter. One for white magic, one for black magic, and one for wizard magic. When I get a kill, all three gauges are completely refilled. Pressing the B button in rapid succession twice will let you use a random Black Magic spell, thrice a Wizard spell, and just once a White spell. You get one White charge, five Black charges, and two Wizard charges.

White Spells:
Cure - Subtract 25 from you or a random ally's percentage. 25% chance of happening.
Heal - Summon a small purple devil with a pitchfork to chase opponents, and inflict a random detrimental status effect on them on hit, like flowering, or metal if they're in mid-air. 70% chance of happening.
Life - Give the caster an extra stock, no matter the game mode. For example, in Coin Battle, this would be entirely useless. 5% chance of happening.

Black spells: all have a 33% chance of happening.
Fire - Create an inferno underneath all opponents. Telegraphed by a yellow cursor appearing, which looks like corners surrounding the opponents' feet, for 4/5ths of a second.
Blizzard - Drop a snowman on all opponents. The head frowns and rotates 720 degrees before smiling, when the attack ends. When the snowman drops it counts as a meteor, and when the head rotates its hitbox draws in opponents. Telegraphed by the same cursor, this time appearing near opponents' heads.
Aero - Easily the strongest of the spells, but also the easiest to avoid. Sends tornadoes horizontally across the stage, from blast zone to blast zone, at heights equivalent to all existing opponents. The tornadoes pull enemies along with them, similar to Mega Man's up air, and they dissipate after eight hits, each dealing 3% damage.

Wizard Spells: all have a 33% chance of happening.
Meteor - Rocks fall at a diagonal angle from the top blast zone. The thinner the zone, the denser the rocks.
Thunder - Mimic Pikachu's down-B for every opponent on stage, centered on the opponents. If an opponent is off-stage, the attack fails.
Holy Flare - Ten balls appear in succession, and a half second later, they explode, dealing damage. The balls are either very light blue (could be mistaken for white) or red; white ones appear at the opponent's current position, and red ones appear at the position they would occupy at the time of detonation, provided their momentum does not change.

For the duration of all spells, I am immobile. If I am in mid-air, I will fall at my normal rate. If I am attacked after the spell begins, it will still finish, but I will be mobile for the rest of the duration. I would call out the name of the spell upon its casting.

Side Special: Lay a trap by punching, and letting my fist detach. It will stick to whatever surface it hits, and form a puddle. If someone enters the hitbox of the trap, it will lash out, dealing multi-hit damage. Traps disappear after about 20 seconds.

Down Special: Curl into a ball, then morph into a spiked puck which travels along the ground if hit. The puck is not invincible, and in fact counts as dashing, but the hitbox is much taller than regular dashing. The dolphin dive starts out higher as well. Colliding with an enemy deals low damage, with high knockback.

Up Special: Fall into a rainbow portal, and exit a second rainbow portal in whatever direction you're pointing the control stick, while morphed into a large spike. Your momentum, and thus attack power, for exiting the second portal depends on your momentum entering the first.

Final Smash: Giga would consume a yellow Seed, and then activate every Black and Wizard magic at the same time. This would consume all of your Black and Wizard spell charges, regardless of how many you have. If you have none, the final smash doesn't care, because the Seed restores them all before using them. This includes your White Magic charge.

I was pretty damn sad when the class-based-mod for Megaman 8-Bit Deathmatch changed how Topman's spin attack worked. Before, it came out instantly, turned your view 180 degrees over its use, and sent you flying through an opponent, dealing ripping damage. Now, it's a charge attack, which lets you deal ripping damage on contact during the charge, and releasing sends you flying further forward the more you've charged. Additionally, charge enough and you'll be invincible while moving during the release.

Being behind your opponent instantly is more useful than charging for ten seconds and making a whole bunch of noise, in my opinion.

I'll toss my hat into this ring.

Pose link. Character link. I'd like her to look like she's been waiting far too long for someone to show up. Maybe put a Tim Hortons cup on the table, though that would be extra, in my opinion.

I'm not generally into this style of art, but I want PK to have some more fun at my behest, so, gimme one of Trogdor. Make it anthro.

I've gotta request one of this lovely lady. Always loved your art, Ladida, so I hope you get around to it. Feel free to do what you want to her bust.

It's a football. I chiseled it.

For real though, like I said on discord, that's exactly what I wanted. Thank you very much, PK.

Personally, I'd quite enjoy having a clone of myself. We could speedrun The Lost Vikings, I'd have a competent opponent for Panel de Pon with no netplay lag, and in the best case scenario, the clone would be female. Not for procreation purposes, but because me and my older brother are already similar enough in appearance. I wasn't wired properly for romance anyways.

So, in summary, we'd play vidya and live together. If female, we'd also sleep in the same bed.

If the only difference is an X or Y chromosome, I'd still call it a clone. I think that part of the definition is a bit subjective, though.

Blindness may not be a 100% miss rate, but 50% is still high enough that I'm not going to try. Default. I wasn't going to try, but thinking about it a bit more, getting the Wigglers dead is more important, since they can actually damage me. Brave once, and attack each Wiggler once.

Yeah, I'm game for running. S'too bad I don't have Smokescreen, or else we would have a guaranteed run.

also, in case FP misses it on discord:

I even already have White Magic equipped. Attention has not been paid. Two casts for me (+164 HP), two casts for Chewy (+30 HP), one for Annabelle (+7.5 HP...? round up to 8); in all costing 20 MP. If FP is willing to let me use Chakra outside of battle (to my recollection we had a discussion about this and he said no) it would cost 12 MP and I'd be at full health.

: "So, uh, what about this pink ball we brought with us? It seems like it deflated while we were running."
: "Also, I realize now that grabbing the non-Mystic Quest version of Cure would've been prudent for people with small health pools."

Sanic bonked his knee on something. I hate it when I do that.
7/10. It's funny and serves its purpose.

I've got lots, in a random rotation, so lemme pick one out for you. The general theme is "stuff I think is much funnier when you lack the context".

Bleh, consumables. I'll take the 50 coins, thanks. Also, Kirby's still on the map.

: "So, uh, where were you two even going?"

oh shit

a reason to come back

sign me up as a Ferrothornseed. We're tankin'.