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| The Big Bad
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|  "Re(3):Look who made it into the new TMNT game"
, posted Wed 11 Jun 15:31:
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Who
He's a Nanotech-created monster from the episode "Nano".
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Well, this pic is of the "Garbage Man" which I heard someone say would make a cool boss (which I agree with), and lo and behold, there he is!
What picture are you refering to?
And yes, April is IN! Now Casey, Splinter, Hun, Foot Soldiers (Tech , Teleporting, and Garden Variety Version), the three monsters from "Notes From the Underground", the guy from the last episode of "Notes From the Underground, Kirby, and Oroku Saki, please.
BTW, last episode ROCKED! Anybody agree?
Edited to check new avatar.
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| aderack
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| "Re(1):Look who made it into the new TMNT game" , posted Sat 14 Jun 00:51:
In the E3 build, Casey wasn't playable; just the four turtles. That... disappointed me somewhat, but I'm hoping he'll show up as an unlockable later.
The baby nanobot guy was a pretty good boss battle, but it went on way too long. Like, by about three times. The players were expected to whack exploding oil drums into him, and -- well, it just took too long. The uber-mouser was pretty neat, though.
So far, the main problems are sluggish control and really sterile, bland environments. That, and the fact that you'll be fighting about twelve clones of the same Purple Dragon at the same time. Not even a palette swap to shake things up.
Again, that's just the demo. Things might be... better. The thing has promise. It does need some work, however.
Edit: To note, I go into a bit more detail in a rather, um, delayed report that'll be up on IC any probable time now.
EricJonRösselWaugh
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| The Big Bad
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| "Re(2):The Shredder Strikes Back pt.2" , posted Sun 15 Jun 04:12:
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They're like insects.
Yes, and they seem to have the ability to spontaneously spawn from buildings when they need to :).
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Something a little unusual that I only just noticed when rewatching last week's episode is that the Turtles do seem to make contact with their weapons, from time to time. It's just that the camera cuts away, or it resorts to a fancy effect where the Turtles are just striking the darkness. Curious.
Yay, contact! Yeah, they're really not that big with the not killing thing. I presume the Tech Ninjas Leo scared off the roof last week died, and they didn't seem to mind so much that the Shredder was (seemingly) dead. I'm not sure if I like it. I don't want to see them so neutered that they refuse to kill when necessary, but I wouldn't like them to be kill happy assasins, like Casey seemed to be. I'll leave that to the Foot. So far, they're on the right track.
On a related note, an observation and an microscopic gripe. When the Elite Ninja attacked Leo during last weeks episode, they definately made contact with their weapons. In my opinion, that was the perfect time to draw some scars on Leo, since I don't suppose turtles bleed too much and it seemed appropiate, yet they went with the bruise effect, something I didn't think happened to turtles. Still, bruises are better than nothing, and they somehow still seemed appropiate.
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I was very happy to see the elite foot in both episodes. They're a pretty big deal in the comics, but -- like Casey -- have gone pretty ignored elsewhere.
Yeah, they're very cool. It's a shame that reading TMNT databases online kinda appearance was kind of spoiled for me.
Also, their appearance has kind of ripped Hun's "specialness" (and his fighting skill, and his vocal cords) away from him, which I regret, since Hun is damn cool, IMO. He's the perfect combination of brawn, brains, and coolness, and the best second hand man since Billy Kane (which is appropiate, given the similarities between Saki and Geese.
Oh, and aderack, do you have any idea(besides plot contrivance) at all why the turtles decided to shack up at April's apartament instead of getting to their lair through the surface entrance? It's been on my mind since the whole shacking up at April storyline started.
Edited to add final question.
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| aderack
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| "Re(3):The Shredder Strikes Back pt.2" , posted Mon 16 Jun 05:24
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They're like insects.
Yes, and they seem to have the ability to spontaneously spawn from buildings when they need to :).
Maybe if the Turtles actually killed or reasonably decapacitated more of them, rather than just leaving them dazed, they'd not have so many problems in the future.
Just a thought!
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On a related note, an observation and an microscopic gripe. When the Elite Ninja attacked Leo during last weeks episode, they definately made contact with their weapons. In my opinion, that was the perfect time to draw some scars on Leo, since I don't suppose turtles bleed too much and it seemed appropiate, yet they went with the bruise effect, something I didn't think happened to turtles. Still, bruises are better than nothing, and they somehow still seemed appropiate.
Yeah. That did seem pretty strange. Especially given that Leo's supposed to be on his last legs, you'd think he'd be more than a little bruised.
Would a few lines and scuffs here and there really push the censors all that much? I can't say. I wonder what the standards are, exactly. Seems they've gotten looser since fifteen years ago.
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Oh, and aderack, do you have any idea(besides plot contrivance) at all why the turtles decided to shack up at April's apartament instead of getting to their lair through the surface entrance? It's been on my mind since the whole shacking up at April storyline started.
That's a good point. There are a lot of excuses one could find, of course. The urge to simply not push their luck would make the most sense to me.
The real reason is that the writers are following the original comic pretty closely. It's just that things are a little out-of-order. (More organized, you could say.) I'm not sure how familiar you are with the Mirage continuity, but April's building was a pretty prominent location for a while.
Originally what happened is that Splinter disappeared during the whole Mouser episode. The Turtles' lair was destroyed, their master was gone. They'd just met April. They didn't really know where else to turn.
Then they just... stayed there. Heh. Her building was a little larger in the comic, and mostly vacant -- so everyone had enough room. It wasn't until a year or two later, when Shredder hit -- the events that're going on right now in the series -- that they finally got chased out.
It was the beginning of a bonding phase of sorts. Previously, April was just a girl they'd encountered. After they spent some time living together, she became like a big sister to them. This was brought to another level entirely when they (abruptly) moved again, with Casey in tow. Add another member to the family. Mix the chemistry a bit.
Looks like the writers have managed to pick up on these themes pretty well, judging from April's lines in the last episode.
Hum. So, yeah. Basically, it's a conflict between the original and the new material. Technically.
Within what we've got, I figure their reasoning to be something along the lines of extreme conflict avoidance. The Foot evidentally have gelled that the Turtles are based in the sewers somewhere. The Turtles really don't know what they're up to, or how much they know. So best to hide out in the least sewery place they can think of, until they decide what course of action to take.
EricJonRösselWaugh
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| VariantX
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| "animation?" , posted Mon 16 Jun 08:28
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They're like insects.
Yes, and they seem to have the ability to spontaneously spawn from buildings when they need to :).
Maybe if the Turtles actually killed or reasonably decapacitated more of them, rather than just leaving them dazed, they'd not have so many problems in the future.
Just a thought!
On a related note, an observation and an microscopic gripe. When the Elite Ninja attacked Leo during last weeks episode, they definately made contact with their weapons. In my opinion, that was the perfect time to draw some scars on Leo, since I don't suppose turtles bleed too much and it seemed appropiate, yet they went with the bruise effect, something I didn't think happened to turtles. Still, bruises are better than nothing, and they somehow still seemed appropiate.
Yeah. That did seem pretty strange. Especially given that Leo's supposed to be on his last legs, you'd think he'd be more than a little bruised.
Would a few lines and scuffs here and there really push the censors all that much? I can't say. I wonder what the standards are, exactly. Seems they've gotten looser since fifteen years ago.
Oh, and aderack, do you have any idea(besides plot contrivance) at all why the turtles decided to shack up at April's apartament instead of getting to their lair through the surface entrance? It's been on my mind since the whole shacking up at April storyline started.
That's a good point. There are a lot of excuses one could find, of course. The urge to simply not push their luck would make the most sense to me.
The real reason is that the writers are following the original comic pretty closely. It's just that things are a little out-of-order. (More organized, you could say.) I'm not sure how familiar you are with the Mirage continuity, but April's building was a pretty prominent location for a while.
Originally what happened is that Splinter disappeared during the whole Mouser episode. The Turtles' lair was destroyed, their master was gone. They'd just met April. They didn't really know where else to turn.
Then they just... stayed there. Heh. Her building was a little larger in the comic, and mostly vacant -- so everyone had enough room. It wasn't until a year or two later, when Shredder hit -- the events that're going on right now in the series -- that they finally got chased out.
It was the beginning of a bonding phase of sorts. Previously, April was just a girl they'd encountered. After they spent some time living together, she became like a big sister to them. This was brought to another level entirely when they (abruptly) moved again, with Casey in tow. Add another member to the family. Mix the chemistry a bit.
Looks like the writers have managed to pick up on these themes pretty well, judging from April's lines in the last episode.
Hum. So, yeah. Basically, it's a conflict between the original and the new material. Technically.
Within what we've got, I figure their reasoning to be something along the lines of extreme conflict avoidance. The Foot evidentally have gelled that the Turtles are based in the sewers somewhere. The Turtles really don't know what they're up to, or how much they know. So best to hide out in the least sewery place they can think of, until they decide what course of action to take.
Since when have anyone bled on any fox kids television show for ANY reason.
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