27th November 2003, 12:33 AM
The file karped out on me just as the player was being GLORIUS in the first Dark World level, but WOW! Those Japanese gamers come along and TOTALLY shut our mouths! I mean, the sheer effortless skill involved! The beautiful jumps, flawless running at max speed, jumping right at the perfect time for a perfect bounce... The constant 1-ups in a level where I remember just trying to survive! It's finger lickin' good! This person is The One!
Want another amazing Japanese bit of skoolery? I have no idea where to start looking, but I saw this one video of someone TOTALLY kicking Cruel Melee's arse! (In Super Smash Bros. Melee of course!) The person picked Pikachu, and proceeded to do effortless jumps all over the place luring the AI around and finishing with some cool jumps that got them to kill themselves.
Obviously, Japanese gamers aren't as big on making a game easy as once thought...
I remember first finding some translations of a Japanese Pokémon strategy site... They managed to completely figure out every single formula used in the battles, and had a huge list of killer pokémon with move sets I'd never even thought of! Now I use Slowbro with sheer pride.
Want another amazing Japanese bit of skoolery? I have no idea where to start looking, but I saw this one video of someone TOTALLY kicking Cruel Melee's arse! (In Super Smash Bros. Melee of course!) The person picked Pikachu, and proceeded to do effortless jumps all over the place luring the AI around and finishing with some cool jumps that got them to kill themselves.
Obviously, Japanese gamers aren't as big on making a game easy as once thought...
I remember first finding some translations of a Japanese Pokémon strategy site... They managed to completely figure out every single formula used in the battles, and had a huge list of killer pokémon with move sets I'd never even thought of! Now I use Slowbro with sheer pride.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)