I know, I’ve been away longer than I said. I have brought dishonor on me, dishonor on my whole family, and worst of all, dishonor on my cow.
All that being said, I haven’t been letting the grass grow underneath my feet. It took longer than expected, but I’ve got some pretty cool things lined up.
New Masoukishin II Chapter…finally…
Tytti and Yang Long have been received medical treatment at Solatis Shrine, but Masaki remains unable to pilot Cybuster. The various encounters with the likes of Mudeka, Margaret and Elscine have caused the young Masoukishin herald to doubt whether what he’s doing is truly right. Ibun sends him into the Spirit Realm to try and remind him about the duty of a Masoukishin herald…and some familiar faces are going to lend a hand.
Super Robot Wars OG2 Ver. A Videos
For those of you who don’t know, there are a couple of hacks for Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 that switch the roles of Axel Almer and Lamia Loveless in the plot. These are known as Ver. A for Version Axel.
As you can imagine, there’s not a whole lot of coverage for these hacks out there. And when I decided that I wanted to play one of them for my next Strategy RPG, I figured I would record my playthrough so as to shine a little more light on them.
These hacks are more than just making Axel and the Soulgain playable in place of Lamia and the Angelg. The first hack does indeed have that, but it also makes changes to OG2’s storyline to incorporate the elements from Axel’s plotline in SRW Advance, plus some additional music is added. Some characters even join using different mechs (Bullet starts in the Gespenst Mk. II S, for example).
The second hack, however, deviates even further. Axel starts in the Vysaga instead, and while Bullet is back in the Huckebein Mk II, you get even more unique mechs later in the game, including the Wildschwein and Wildraubtier. In fact, there’s some additional secrets in this version that I’m reluctant to spoil, ’cause they are wish fulfillment of the highest degree.
If you’re interested in checking out either hack yourself, you can find links to them from here. As for me, I’ll be playing through the second of these hacks, as I want that wish fulfillment. Expect the raw playthrough to be uploaded on my Youtube channel fairly soon. And finally…
Super Robot Wars 30-Day Music Challenge
A short while ago I discovered the concept of the 30-Day Music Challenge. Basically, you pick one song per day for 30 days based on a variety of criteria for each day. One day you might pick a jazz song, the next a song created in the 70’s.
Well, someone went ahead and made a version of that challenge exclusively for video game songs, featuring categories like Final Boss, 8-bit, and even ‘from a game you don’t’ like. And then I discovered that someone went ahead and made a Final Fantasy version of the 30-Day Challenge. So I figured, why not give it a shot myself? And now, I can finally present the results!
And I do indeed plan on taking the challenge myself. On hard mode, naturally. So throughout the month of September, I’ll be making one post per day, each one being about an entry on this list, with some commentary on whichever track I end up picking, and a link to each track on Youtube (as I’m able, since copyright law can be quite the double-edged sword. And I expect many of you would consider that to be more than generous.)
But I digress. That’s about all for this time. Hopefully you enjoy what I’ve got up and are excited about what I’ve got planned. With that, I’ll see you all again at the start of next month. Gespenst Type-0, out!