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#51

Gaming / Re: Super Robot Wars Y (spoile...

Last post by Del - October 03, 2025, 16:35

as a Tactics games enjoyer who also enjoys a few mech or mech-adjacent media franchises, I feel like I would probably enjoy SRW, but a lot of the franchises I would want to see just don't seem to turn up that often? You mention Gurren Lagann, which would be a big one for me, but I'm kind of surprised there never seems to be any Sentai, considering how many giant robots that franchise has pumped out. I've never gotten into Gundam or any of the other old school mech shows that seem to make up the meat of the series, so I've just never gotten around to trying them out.

Maybe one day there'll be a game with a roster that Appeals To Me Specifically, but until then I'll probably just continue looking at it from afar. At the very least, big crossover games in a genre I enjoy is a great idea.

#52

Gaming / Super Robot Wars Y (spoiler-fr...

Last post by DrampardonMe - October 03, 2025, 15:06

To whom it matters, it's the first console release of the series in Western territories which actually allows for the use of giant robot shows like Gundam, Getter Robo, and whoever else they shove into any given entry! (wasn't 30 for Steam? I don't count Steam as a "console", per se)

Anyone try the demo? I had a positive-enough impression to get the full game, but then I'm somewhat of a SRW fan myself, lol. I'm somewhere in Chapter 3, enjoying mostly side missions! Not in a hurry to advance the plot, when most of the main plot points don't involve series I like or am able to tolerate... At least, thus far. I wonder how much of what I do actually impacts anything, but I'd like to find out for myself...

More generally speaking, are there any giant robot shows you'd want to see in Super Robot Wars who haven't made it in? Or maybe you want them to handle your favorite(s) better in the next entry? I don't wanna go on another silly list of who I'd want in, but it's a shame Gurren Lagann has only appeared in the Z series and... X, I think? Might be fun to toss in Tank Police, especially after we got Cowboy Bebop, of all things. Other than that, just gimme a main-series debut for Sgt. Frog. I mean, if there's any DLC waves after the first two announced for Y, who knows what we'll get down the line. Personally, I'm wondering why Braiger and The Big O couldn't be in the same package as Jeeg...

#53

General Pokémon Discussion / Re: How dead this site

Last post by DrampardonMe - September 19, 2025, 18:32

Honestly, social media was never going to be a proper replacement for forums in their heyday, but I do think something happened in the late 2000s/early 2010s that caused people to be... more prickly, for lack of a better word? and I don't just mean here on PUK, I mean on the Internet as a whole. Well, maybe that's when social media started to bud, lol

I've been feeling like I wanna use this site more a lot lately, though. I know a made a lot of posts when I rejoined, but... eh, I don't wanna get negative here.

#54

General Pokémon Discussion / Re: How dead this site

Last post by sans the skeleton - September 18, 2025, 21:30

technically the site was mostly dead pre-discord too.
forums have been dying for a while. social media kinda became a vacuum and killed a lot of forums re: activity.

i really miss 2000s pkmn net. activity was banging.

#55

General Pokémon Discussion / Re: How dead this site

Last post by HereForNostalgia - September 14, 2025, 02:08

It's a shame that everyone moved to Discord, I remembered this site recently and it holds so much nostalgia for me. I used to be on here constantly when I was a kid.

#56

X and Y/OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire / Re: The Friends from X and Y

Last post by DrampardonMe - September 03, 2025, 19:15

^Y'know, that actually makes sense, and I feel silly for not seeing it sooner. I try to take my time with (most) games, too...

#57

X and Y/OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire / Re: The Friends from X and Y

Last post by sans the skeleton - September 02, 2025, 17:18

I was looking into some of his lines (because darn if my memory of X and Y isn't rusty, too...) and... yeah, it does seem to be the extent of his character. I guess I just filled in the blanks myself since then...

Since you like Shauna, I'm curious what kind of Pokemon players you think she represents, if any. I think me not being able to see that is what bothers me most about her character-- the best I can come up with is "Those With Enthusiasm for the Franchise", but other than what I said earlier, I just don't recall enough to say if that makes sense. I dunno, I'm probably overthinking this whole thing a smidge, haha.

she probs represents the players who do the side content rather than rush to the end

shes described to not really have a clear goal for herself and floats around doing various things, offers trades, etc.

whereas trevor might be about dex completion/more about the info, and tierno - well, he just likes dancing, so i guess he's the memester or their approximation of one. like the one guy in smogon that only uses meme teams or whatever.

#58

General Pokémon Discussion / Re: What happened to the name ...

Last post by sans the skeleton - September 02, 2025, 17:14

real life happens to everyone
i dont think its gonna be passed on
it was my childhood dream and i'm 29 now for reference's sake lol

#59

General Pokémon Discussion / What happened to the name rate...

Last post by Rainbow_Drop - August 30, 2025, 23:20

What happened to the name rater and can I be the new name rater?

[i think that hurts his character, honestly]

#60

X and Y/OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire / Re: The Friends from X and Y

Last post by DrampardonMe - July 27, 2025, 03:18

i never really considered my opinions using their teams—tierno i just remember as being the Big Guy Who Dances and have a very hard time remembering him for anything else. i think that hurts his character, honestly.

I was looking into some of his lines (because darn if my memory of X and Y isn't rusty, too...) and... yeah, it does seem to be the extent of his character. I guess I just filled in the blanks myself since then...

Since you like Shauna, I'm curious what kind of Pokemon players you think she represents, if any. I think me not being able to see that is what bothers me most about her character-- the best I can come up with is "Those With Enthusiasm for the Franchise", but other than what I said earlier, I just don't recall enough to say if that makes sense. I dunno, I'm probably overthinking this whole thing a smidge, haha.