Duke Togo

Have Graham sell off all of the free Yamato toys he gets for doing nothing around here. Give that money to Shawn.

One of the reasons why Square and Enix merged... its quite clear that Square had a much stronger presence in the internaitonal market (something Enix was sorely lacking). Dragon Quest is an institution in Japan, no other game compares.

They can think what they want, its still a fact.

Of course, you then get into the argument that the SDF-2 appears nowhere in the animation, which it doesn't.

I accused you of being an elitist, Jem, I know you said you didn't hate it. And Skull, the only thing I'm implying is that I think you comprehension skills are severely lacking. Why put quotes around something if your intention was not to quote me? You want the thread closed because I just made a fool out of you. Whether you like the game or not, you cannot deny the impact Final Fantasy VII has had on the gaming industry. It put the Playstation at the top of the console list and it bought the RPG genre into the mainstream, opening up North American and the world to countless RPG titles that would never have seen the light of day outside of Japan otherwise. Oh, and Skull, I know what I typed and I know what I meant. "Maroon"

LOL, what a maroon. I NEVER said Final Fantasy VII was the best in the series, or anything even remotely close to that. Why don't you pull your head out of your backside and try READING what I am saying before you react to it.

You aren't getting it, JV... Studio Nue owns the story, characters, designs, etc... meaning they can do with them what they want, EXCLUSIVELY. Tastunoko only owns the the original series footage. They can't develope derivatives based upon it, because they do not own the story, characters, or the design rights. Tatsunoko could never have sold the rights to these designs to Harmony Gold, becuase they never had them to begin with. Based upon the ruling, if Hamrony Gold were to go ahead and develop any properties containing any designs or characters from the original Macross, they would be breaking the law. I'm sure there is some "fair use" in there somewhere, but you can count out seeing the characters from SDF Macross as you know them in say, a Sentinels setting.

They aren't in MOSPEADA. SURPRISE! I think we are seeing a pattern here.

Mechamaniac is 100% correct. Debate on the mounds is pointless, they have nothing to do with SDF Macross.

You really are delusional.

Fine don't believe it. Doesn't change the fact that he's doing hardcore pictures.

There would be no reason to have to explain DYRL? if they didn't get some moron coming out and saying, "but I don't get it, why are they different?" Once again, the answer is simple: DYRL? is a movie adaptation made because of the TV series popularity, and they stood to make alot of money on it. No great secrets, plot twists, or surprises there. Just the facts, ma'am. But no, you have to have your trekkie types who can't live with such a simple answer. So this whole mess is brought up.

You're numbers are wrong. Here are the statistics given by Square and Enix last November at the time of their merger: Final Fantasy VII 9.20 million Dragon Quest VII 4.11 million The full chart can be found here: http://www.the-magicbox.com/game112902.htm US sales of Dragon Warrior VII are not given, and from what I've read theynumber around an expected 300,000.

Please clarify "something like that". From what I understand, Dragon Warrior VII sold only a few hundred thousand copies outside of Japan, and the 4.1 million it sold in Japan is still far short of Final Fantasy VII's mark.

No, I don't, and no, I won't. The fact is they made it because it would make money. If Macross wasn't popular, it would not have been made. Its an adaptation of a tv show, and nothing more.

Don't ask me, I can't tell ya. Might I also mention that it came out 3 years after Final Fantasy VII, which completely destroys any comparison, anyways.

Um, no. Final Fantasy VII outsold Dragon Quest VII 2:1. Its not even close. You can't even compare them in popularity, or what they meant to the gaming industry. Final Fantasy VII sold over 9.2 million copies worldwide, people. That's TWICE what most big games do.

...she was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb in the shape of an "L" on her forehead

Sometimes I just feel the need to say, "its just a tv show, folks, its not life or death!"

I have no idea why he has taken the direction he has. For me, buying a Shirow work always meant that you knew you were getting something a little different, a little more out there, and that you would defiitely have to do some thinking to understand the story.

I was correct in addressing you as an elitist then. Thank you for proving my point.

I didn;t catch what EXO said, bus, but I assure you I am talking about actual works from Masamune Shirow involving full nudity and hardcore sexual situations. He's been doing alot of that lately.

What does having an open mind have to do with this? Mortal Kombat was direct-to-video quality at best, and not what I would call a "good" movie. It just wasn't bad, like Street Fighter was. And I find it laughable that you think Spielberg's name being mentioned means he is attached to it. It means little outside of the fact his production company *might* be involved.

I'll say it again, they made the DYRL? movie simply because they thought it would make money, and for no other reason. There is no great scheme behind it.

Penetration, FULL ON crotch shots of women, graphic lesbian scenes, sex with animals/creatures, etc...