TyrValein
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This is weird. Today, someone was kind enough to upload a pic of a Macross chronology at an exhibition in Osaka. At first, I was excited, because Macross 30 was listed in the chronology, leading me to believe that the story it entails would be canon. But then I took a closer look and saw that the timeline extended into 2091 (Macross II's timescale), and I began to doubt its authenticity. Either this was made by someone who doesn't quite know the circumstances in regards to Macross II's "situation" or Kawamori had a change of heart. Since the latter seems unlikely, I feel like it might be the former. Which sucks, because I'd like to see M30 treated as a playable OVA as sorts and Leon, Mina, and Aisha featured in future material (be it games/books/etc.).
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I didn't mean to imply a lack of PPB, just the fact that it doesn't have an arm mounted PPB shield, which has been common in most variable fighters. Especially the YF-24 (and its family) that the YF-30 is probably based off of. I think you might have misunderstood. I didn't mean that I wanted the missiles themselves to be launched vertically, but that the pod itself should have been mounted dorsally so that it always stayed just above what would be the fighter's spine, instead of the swiveling hinge. I meant that I thought the YF-30's missilepod should stay straight on with the dorsal line of the fighter instead of turning sideways like it does. It could still deploy on it swiveling hinge (though I feel that it doesn't need to be, being a missile launcher), but I felt the default position should be with the head of it facing forward instead of sideways (to lessen air resistance among other things). I also feel that it would be cooler if it stayed aligned with the fighter's spine in Battroid. The missiles would come out of the sides of the launcher like that and the angle would be wide with the missiles having to go outward at first in order to avoid hitting the YF-30, but I feel like that would have been a better idea, instead of it being a horizontal bar in Battroid (I think ideal would have been vertical and lower down on the back). I also feel that it was a missed opportunity for it to be both a missilepod and a beam cannon turret. One end (or both) of the pod could have had a beam cannon barrel. But once again, I feel this is the part of me that was spoiled by the YF-29 speaking. Don't get me wrong, I love the new design. I just thought these few changes could have made it even cooler. Just my two cents. Yeah, its Haruka Chigusa, the winner of the Miss Macross 30 singing competition. The song's called Planet's Cradle I believe. I'm actually very interested to see that the song wasn't composed by Yoko Kanno, since she's responsible for a good number of the catchy tunes from the previous series. Maybe she was busy?
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It does seem a bit underarmed, especially when the HBCT on the YF-29 is so damn powerful. As far as we know, this missilepod only fires normal missiles, not special ammunition of any kind. Yeah, the lack of a PPB shield is a bit disturbing, but maybe it isstored somewhere else. I feel that it would have at least been a little more practical if the missilepod remained vertical instead of horizontal in all modes when deployed. Sure it would have had a wide firing angle in Battroid (the missiles would have to travel out some distance before curving in front of the variable fighter to avoid hitting itself), but it would look better than it being horizontal. On other websites, we've been discussing the possibility of the YF-30 having different specifications in-game (YF-30A, YF-30B) where the pod is a single barrel heavy beam cannon turret, or some other kind of weaponry. Either that, or instead of packs we get to switch the ordinance around. I like the YF-30 too, but this makes the most sense to me (I hope its true). All in all, it begs the question: Why would a variable fighter use a missilepod of such awkward size and shape if they already use internal pallet micro-missiles and extra ones store in option packs (if they have one) as well?
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Its beam gunpod is practically the same size and shape as the YF-29's beam gunpod. See? Compare.
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My only regret is that now I that I can see how high it clears Battroid's head, it could have been BOTH a laser cannon AND a missile launcher. Other than that, I think its pretty awesome.
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Yeah, it shows Rod's black YF-29B. We also got some footage of a VF-171EX flying in the trailer as well.
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If anything, it reminds me of a sideways WHEELING-03 from AC4A. I'm liking the design, though I'm questioning the need for such a launcher. Is it armed with special missiles? Does it have any other functions? I imagine it also acts as a radome similar to the RVF-25.
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Totally amazing. Good job Kawamori-san! I've actually been kind of late to the party with this. Shame on me for not refreshing Google every 30 minutes!
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Where did you pre-order from? I have two actually. A normal edition from Play-Asia and a Limited Edition from AmiAmi. I don't think I've gotten charged for anything yet...
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To be fair, a lot of the menus are already in english. Like the pause menu's tabs and the weapons' names. (Launcher Pod, Gunpod, Beam Gunpod, Sniper Rifle, Micro Missile, Air-to-Air Missile). I'm going to brush up on my katakana so I'll be able to read the part names and the like. But it would be much more convenient if they had an entirely english menu mode...
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You shouldn't have to worry, PS3 games don't have region locking outside of the few companies that do it on purpose. The only game I can think of from the top of my head is Persona 4: Arena. In other news: My super-slim PS3 just came in today! My PS3 THE BEST version of Gundam Extreme VS should be here shortly as well. Now that I have a PS3, all that's left to do is buckle down and wait until February!
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Cool to hear that we'll be under surveillance! They'll soon see that no one loves Macross or Macross 30 more than us! I just saw the commercial and I've gotta say it looks great. I hope we get some more trailers/screenshots/gameplay/info before release too. Famitsu has been doing an article roughly every two weeks and they skipped last week so I'll be paying extra close attention this week.
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I wonder if we'll get more screens/information this week. The PV is a pretty big thing, but they've done a decent job of updating on Thursdays. I'll still be keeping an eye out.
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Oh man, that was terrible...I still laughed though. Yup, you'll be able to play it with any PS3 as it is region free.
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As if that wasn't obvious already.
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It seems I was right about the being able to switch weapons thing. Take a look. This YF-25 is in the process of switching from a gunpod to a sniper rifle. Here, this YF-19 has a sniper rifle as opposed to its normal gunpod.
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Nice job! Thanks for the translation! I'd be interested in working on translation if we could get a team together. I can only do katakana and hiragana for now, but if someone were to make a kanji chart of common kanji used in the game (armor, custom, etc.), I'd be a lot more effective. I'd probably be more of a menu translation kind of guy rather than dialogue though. Google docs would be a good place to get a project together. Let's all hope the world doesn't end on the 21st then, haha.
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Considering that its usually reserved for a PPB shield, maybe its both a shield and a missile pod? And is that fold crystal in the airframe? No problem. Let's get this hype train steamed up again!
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New trailer guyzzzzz!!!! http://gematsu.com/2...-reveal-trailer See, obsessively refreshing google search does have its benefits! Youtube link for everyone who doesn't want to go to gematsu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=F7INFuznyuo
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I get the feeling that maybe they definitely rushed the promotion more than they might have the actual game. It looks like the missile pods are there in these pics. Though the second picture brings up an interesting question...a variable fighter can fly in an atmosphere indefinitely as long as it has air to intake, heat over the reactor and expel. But the Super Pack clearly covers the intakes on the engines...and the Super Pack itself only has a limited amount of fuel...so I guess there are more reasons other than the unaerodynamic shape to not use it in-atmosphere.
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Any news from Famitsu or is it too early? All I'm able to find is that they're teasing MGS content...oh well.
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Ah, right...does that mean we won't get new information this week then? I don't remember when the last article was. Another week wait would be akin to torture. Also, I noted that on the Macross 30th anniversary site, in those conversations with the characters, one of them talked about working on Macross 30 promotional material. I don't know if they meant that they had just finished updating (the date of the update was on the 6th, but this post was made on the 9th) or if they were working on more that's on the way. Hopefully gameplay.
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For some reason, I got the impression it was bi-weekly. I dunno why. Ah, well. Fingers crossed everybody!
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The websites been updated for almost a week now actually. Also there's a new famitsu tomorrow? Let us know if you hear anything.
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Turns out I didn't read the magazine article closely enough, since it DOES say Isamu next to the YF-29... Yeah, turns out they are. God, how did I miss all these things? I think the craziness of the all the info from the past week kind of blinded me. I'm slowly burning out now though, so I feel at least a little more attentive...and sane. Can't imagine how I'll be when the first gameplay video comes out...back to overanalyzing, I guess. Thanks for that. As you know, I don't have a PS3 so I never got the chance to play Last Frontier. Interesting that we have so many YF-29 variants so far...I wonder if we'll have any YF-30 variants? I also hope the YF-30 has a Super Pack of its own...
