mikeszekely

Canon, as it applies to Macross, is basically anything that Kawamori sees fit to include in his Macross universe, be it anime, designs, or videogames. Examples of canon Macross would the SDF Macross, Macross Plus, Macross 7, Macross VF-X2, etc. Non-canon can be official. Macross II is an official Macross production. However, Kawamori chose to consider Macross II an alternate timeline, and is therefore considered non-canon. Even if Kawamori does it, it doesn't necessarily make it canon. Kawamori designed the very cool SW-XA series of variable fighters for some magazine, someone help me with the title. Even though Kawamori designed them, and made up a backstory for their development that could fit in with canon Macross, Kawamori has decided (for now) to keep them out of canon.

Now that Gamestop has changed there return policy (again) Gamestop and EB are exactly the same again. Since I can't return games I don't like anymore. I'll go to fry's or Best Buy since they are always cheaper. Sorry! The reason for the change in the return policy is because if you bought a game, played it for a day and returned it because it sucked, we'd shrink wrap it and sell it as new, because it basically was and because we'd lose a lot of money if we refunded full price but had to sell it as used. I don't think most of us hear would mind to buy a "new" game that might have been played one time in exchange for being able to return a crappy game, especially since you can return defective games if re-wrapped game didn't work. But you know, somebody always ruins it for everyone, right? In this case, that someone sued. Gamestop may been one of the biggest retailers of videogames, but we really don't have the financial resources of Wal-Mart or Best Buy, so it hit us hard. The change in the return policy was inevitable after that.

Bah! The Xbox controller sucks at anything period. The GC controller is much better..... except for fighting games, but then again... both are bad fro fighting games. But you are right.... Gamestop is better then EBworld. If you're talking about the original Xbox controller, sure, I'd agree with you. But the newer Controller S? I prefer it for most games, even over the PS2's Dual Shock 2.

Then I shall save $50 by keeping my JP GC version, and use the money for F-Zero X. F-Zero is crazy fast. I picked that up as well. Whooooooooo. Almost makes your guts wanna crawl out. Man... you guys better put more Wavebirds on your Christmas Lists. I heard that game is hard... not as in "challenging so you get your money's worth" hard, but more like "I'd rather go and cut the grass" hard.

Guys, buy at Gamestop, because I work there! Gamestop is cooler than EB anyway. I got the Xbox version. In addtion to having Heihachi for a lame bonus character, the PS2 has slowdown and nasty load times. As for Gamecube... Link is cool, but NOT my favorite character. And the Controller S beats the Wavebird for fighters. The art book is a very nice freebie, but beware Voldo's page...

I guess stowage involves flipping the backpack up and "closing" the wings like Battroid mode. Oversweep could be a position that has some other use, like in Gerwalk mode.

Well, what DO you have to do to be qualified as sick in your book?

You do realize that you can set the AI behavior to avoid things like that? Just set it to "far". Yeah, I tried that. But, my ally was a Zock... he (or maybe she) kept plugging away from afar with those beam weapons, nailing me in the ass all the while. Yeah, I never played the Dreamcast version, just the domestically released PS2 version, but the ally AI had serious problems. Whenever I'm in trouble, my allies are nowhere to be found, and whenever things are fine and I'm going for a Newtype Rank, my allies switch targets to hurry up and pick enemies off before my shots reach, just to lower my accuracy. And personally... I don't think they listen to those commands you can give them. Unless things are really hairy, I try to tell them to "Hide," so they'll get out of my way. 10 seconds later, they're right behind me, trying to hit the target I'm after, and pegging me more often than not. Yeah, ally AI needs some fixing. Something else they should fix? Melee combat. I lost count of how many times I knocked an enemy down, moved in for the kill with my melee weapon, and somehow the enemy puts away it's gun, draws it's melee weapon, and bludgeons me with it. I didn't dread the space missions, but they certainly weren't as fun as the ground missions. Space just felt... akward to move around, I guess. But they really weren't that bad. I really hope they're more selective about how much and when they use music from the anime. I haven't seen Zeta Gundam to know what the music is like, but I do know that first Gundam's music was lacking at best, and the vocal tracks were terrible. And not only did Federation Vs. Zeon use the series' vocal tracks, but it used them in like 15 missions in a row, and they were always long missions so that the song had two loop two or three times per mission.

I hope they do away with that "friendly fire" crap or revamp ally AI. I played a mission on the Zeon side, were you and an ally attack Federation forced on Side 7. I picked a Gouf, and I assigned a Zock to my ally. As I usually do with a Gouf, I charged the enemy mobile suits to get close enough to use my Heat Rod. My ally always seemed to zero in on whatever enemy I was charging, reguardless of how many other targets their were, and I swear it shot me more than it shot the enemy.

Sweet! After a friend loaned me The 08th MS Team, I got back into Gundam and picked up Federation Vs. Zeon on a whim... what a great whim that's been! It was the only game I bought since Megaman Network Transmission that I really enjoyed this summer (thank God Soul Calibur II comes out this week). But my only gripe about it was that the best mecha in the game looked so... old. I really wanted to play as some other Mobile Suits. A new Gundam game with mecha from Zeta Gundam works well for that, but I have to admit that I'm a little dissapointed that they skipped over Stardust Memory. I hope that if there's a third in the series, Char's Counter Attack isn't similarly overlooked, because Nu Gundam is my favorite UC Mobile Suit. Anyone know if Capcom is working with Bandai on AEUG Vs. Titans the way they worked with Bandai on Federation vs. Zeon?

But one thing... in the screenshot, the knees on the legs DO bend forward. So it's either an animation error, or the legs bend both ways. As for it looking more advanced than the classic Destroids, I disagree. With wheels on the legs, it almost looks like an armored vehicle that can stand up. Also, it almost looks like a believable piece of military hardware, whereas the classic Destroids don't. This new Destroid is a more complicated and detailed design, but let's not confuse complicated and detailed with more advanced.

Actually, I don't think I could sit through LOTR without that little break in the middle to go to the bathroom, take a nap, something.

Ah.....same here. Which one are you going for? PS2? Gamecube? X-Box? I gotta have my favorite character - LINK! B) I'm going to have to go with Xbox. The PS2 version was out of it from the start, since I heard that there are mad load times, slow down, and Heihachi sucks (for Soul Calibur II, anyway... well, yeah, with that diaper, he sucked in Tekken 4, too). It was close for Gamecube and Xbox for me, since the Cube has the cooler character but the Box has the better controller. I eventually decided to go with Xbox, since my best friend is getting the Cube version. I want to play as Link, I'll go to his house. He wants to play as Spawn, he can come to my place.

I hear ya, MilkMan. Actually, kiddies have overrun every other forum I've ever been on, from Megaman to Korean Music. I swear, we could go to a forum about nuclear physics and you'd have some kid on with posts like "Neutrinos are way cooler than quarks, and anyone who doesn't agree sucks!" That's why MW is so special. Well, maybe we can get an official Gundam thread here, and we can have private Gundam discussions amongst ourselves.

Not this Tuesday. I'll wait and see if there's another fancy pants edition. Besides, this week, gotta save the money for Soul Calibur II.

Whoa whoa whoa... let's not knock Tequila Gundam. That would be one of the better designs for the shows.

Macross II would have been great without the time limits. They took all the fun out of it.

I will get Victory Gundam. I intend to get ALL of the UC Gundam stuff. Even G-Saviour... So far, I have the original Gundam TV series, the 08th MS Team, Char's Counter Attack, F-91, and G-Saviour. As for all the people that are saying "Way better than Wing and Seed!" um, I actually liked Gundam Wing. As for Seed, I'm not even thinking about it until it's 100% complete. Now for G Gundam... I think I'm going to pass, for now. I prefer real robot shows to super robot shows, and in the end, G Gundam sounds like a super robot show. And the comparisons to DBZ... I hate how some fights in that show go on for several episodes. I may reconsider G Gundam in the future, but I suppose with all the other Gundam stuff I want to collect (not to mention that I still want Marmalade Boy on DVD), I don't really need to think about it now.

While it pleases me to no end to see that we can upload images from our PC for avatars now, I tried it and got a error message. Is it a board bug or my own problem?

Except I tried that, and I got an error message.

Max made it too cheap, what with the homing missiles in Battroid mode. I used Hikaru. The laser he uses in Fighter mode is powerful without being too cheap.

Recently, after playing Federation Vs. Zeon DX, I decided to start collecting Gundam on DVD. I know I want the UC Gundam, Gundam Wing, and Gundam X. I have no interest in Turn A and simply won't be interested in SEED until it's finished. But what about G Gundam? The Gundam designs in it range from average to corny, and the basic plot sounds pretty corny too. But I thought I heard that it was actually one of the better non-UC Gundams? Could anyone that's seen it let me know if they think it's worth adding to the collection?

I didn't think the old boards were that slow... See, my gripe with the new ones is that, at least until Shawn gets the Macross skin up, this board looks identical to every other board I've ever visited... Well, as long as the changes are for the better, I'm just glad to be back.