MechWarrior & BattleTech

>>22508004
I hate nuBattletech designs. Call me when they bring back the kindo originals.

Battletech original cover art SHD-2H Shadowhawk Shadow hawk by Shoji Kawamori 1 and Studio Nue.jpg

>>22510313
>make battletech game
>it plays like Firaxis X-Com
for what purpose

>>22508004
What I've always disliked about this universe (apart from the lack of a space version of my country) so this is the lack of a clear division of mecha's types into factions.

I mean, BattleTech has anthropomorphic, bird-like, three-legged and beast-like four-legged robots, as well as mini-mecha, but they all don't have a clear link.

If anthropomorphic mecha with arms suitable for close combat would be in service with the "Dragons", and bird-like walking turrets served the "Devions" and various multi-legged chimeras would belong to the Capellans + transformers from the Steiners, then it would be awesome!.

Instead, there is some kind of porridge and haphazard mixing of mecha, which depersonalizes the parties to the conflict. It's boring.

>>22510423
Some factions prefer certain mech designs, like draconis combine and dragons and steiners with their the only good small-ish mech is a griffin
But also some mechs have been in production for an actual 400 years so they're basically everywhere, like catapult

>>22510328
While there's some UI overlap, the gameplay is decisively not Firaxis XCom.
In fact a lot of my own difficulty learning the game was overcoming my muscle memory from all those aborted playthroughs of Long War and realizing BT is a different game than the flank and pray schadenfreude generator XCom is.

>>22510423
Because being ableto use whatever you want with your guys is F U N.
That said different factions have access to different mech designs and different design philosophies. For example Lyrans like them fat and mount more close ranged weapons on their mechs because they are rich and incompetent

>>22510423
It makes sense when you pull back and observe the proliferation of mechs, the death and rebirth of military industry and acquisitions thanks to the Succ Wars, and how it creates a setting where the major power players, while having some truly iconic indigenous designs their faction identity rallies around, are often just customers of a commodity, one that is tailored to end user taste but at the best of times is just a design licensed out to a bunch of factories to churn out whenever the infrastructure necessary to do so isn't being buttfucked into oblivion.
Now, that all being said, there's undeniably a faction stratification when you get to the Clan Invasion era thanks to the Clans' industry both not getting Succed the way the IS' did, as well as a bunch of factors that encouraged them to go for highly modular min-max machines meant to complete high intensity short duration operations with as little materiel deployed as possible, rather than the large scale war machine effort the IS puts up.

>>22510543
The gameplay is decisively not Battletech either, where units move one at a time and firing phase happens simultaneously to avoid gangbanged units not even getting 1 (one) shot off.

>>22510603
>Lyrans like them fat and mount more close ranged weapons on their mechs

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>>22508951
>originals
Posts a Kawamori redesign of Duane Loose's vaguely Syd Mead influenced copy of Kunio Okawara's Dougram. (Yes, I know that Loose didn't do the first Dougram ~ Shadowhawk as all the first BT art was just traced from ARII and IMAI model kit boxes.)
Not very original.
Group SNE commissioning Studio Nue to redesign some of their own mecha designs as interpreted by western amateurs was pretty original.
Kawamori's Shadow Hawk is still rad, despite your post being utter shit.

Not sure if Miyatake or Kawamori did the original Glaug, but Kawamori's incest baby redesign of the Marauder is the apex of Studio Nue kenophobia.

>>22511606
Which was badass enough to make it back into western BT, in the form of a one-off custom for Solaris VII.
Also, completing the circle of design incest another time. In this case, Jeff Laubenstein traced the Studio Nue JP BT linework and added some zany watercolors.

>>22511617
Zero credit given to Studio Nue, Shoji Kawamori, or Group SNE.
Luckily, 1995 and Harmony Gold are right around the corner waiting to make the Unseen a thing. Not that Harmony Gold aren't shit, but FASA definitely had no problems giving Japanese mecha designers the middle finger for over a decade.

>>22510423
All that said. That's a Cool Mini.

>>22510244
God, the fasa originals that weren't ripped from macross (or wherever) were so rough.

LRM-40 Artemis
Also, >>>/tv/197183909
lol

>>22519594
Honestly, prolly not. I sank a couple hundred hours into MW5 and kind of tuckered myself out on it. Clan tech would be neat, but I have no hope in the pig being able to put out a product that doesn't suck.

>>22519613
>no hope in the pig being able to put out a product that doesn't suck
Mods'll fix it™

>>22511625
You're getting a bunch of details mixed up. The artwork came from the small model kits by Nichimo (Macross) and Nitto (everything else) and these were packed in early versions of the board game. Somehow Twentieth Century Imports convinced FASA (and themselves?) that they could use these blank production materials they got from Japan to make a whole gaming system. It's not even a case of "wacky 80s licensing" (which is a lie) because they used to properly credit everything on their rebranded Yamato kits so who knows why they went full retard.

>>22521102
you wouldn't just go around putting arms on catapults would you

>>22519594
And be let down by Piranha again? Nah.
Should've been a base game DLC instead of a standalone along with other eras, with the DLC we did get just being in the game.

Does Battletech have shields a la 40k >>22511672 ?

>>22523890
Not at all, that webm is completely wrong. Battletech as 100% energy transfer ablative armor

>>22508951
What I genuinely despise are the MWO designs, but then again I hate the later MW games for giving a complete misconception of how Battlemechs in BT are supposed to work to /v/kiddies, and forming this arbitrary division between Western and eastern mech genres that shouldn't exist.
That being said Battletech is still pretty cool

>>22521147
can I slap missile racks on a Marauder?

was its worth it for a hunchback in return?

>>22524908
I mean, jump jets in MW suck, so probably not

>>22525141
That's not MW, that's the 2018 TBS where jump jets are alright

>>22525141
>>22525161
looking at getting because of the steam sale, what the problem

>>22525180
Jump Jets in MW5 aren't as good as just strapping more armor on, generally speaking.

>>22525180
Basically jump jets in MW5 are basically just
>Kinda float but not get any real distance
>A good chance of just damaging your legs for no real benefit
>Be an easy target to shoot at since your just kinda slow moving as your floating around
Basically in MW5 things like jump jets and machine guns are completely useless in favor of just more armor what would be purely anti-mech builds in most other BT games. It sucks because it basically invalidates using any of the lighter mechs or mechs that were made with jump jets in mind. MW5 is pretty much just trying to get as heavy metal as possible to steam roll the same generic missions over and over. It's fun in the first couple hours but once you get into the swing of things it gets pretty redundant.
>>22525375
I haven't actually, is it good?

>>22525704
idk, I haven't tried it yet either lol. I'm waiting for ttrulez and some other mods to update because I don't want to restart another campaign

>>22525375
The arena fights are fun, as are the new weapons. The shops actually stock DLC weapons commonly now, and enemies have a chance to have custom configurations as opposed to only being stock variants which brings some variety. Base game teammate AI (and enemy AI to an extent) is still pretty stupid.
The Solaris campaign is pretty short (a little longer than the Call to Arms “campaign” and with more production value with the inclusion of Duncan Fisher/cutscenes) don’t expect something as long as Dragon’s Gambit.

>>22526496
Dragon’s Gambit was mad fucking sick though. I liked Kestrel Lancers but holy shit that campaign is easily the game’s peak

>>22526535
True. The Solaris campaign has some good moments too but it’s a much more laid back experience compared to Kestrel Lancers/Rasalhague/Dragon’s Gambit.

I like how heavy and utilitarian the mechs are in Battletech. And I like how it carved out its own design philosophy despite originally being based on anime mechs. Like things like this >>22523890 don't really look like any anime mech, the roots can be traced to this guy >>22515167 but they really took that ball and ran with it

>>22527278
its even less original because those are just plane cockpits on chicken legs and maybe noodle arms.

>>22528367
Most mechs (from any franchise) are just a very big guy in armor. What's your point?

>>22527278
What next, you're gonna call mecha samurai? I need a bingo chart for this stuff.

It do have hands!<br>(not in ilclan recognition guide, however)

>>22532385
Or are those GITS spider tank style "hands"
Why would someone give hands to a chicken

Is Mechwarrior 5 mercs fun? It's on sale on steam

>>22532861
If you get autistically invested in the core gameplay, then I would argue probably yes. The game has severe and systemic issues, however. Mods help A LOT.

>>22532861
Only if you like pop up turrets and Urbies (the turret that walks).

>>22533024
Depends. I think one of them adds melee combat so if that's your jam, I'd say go for it. Otherwise, stick to mods. I never gave a shit about the story missions so I have no idea whether or not they're any good, I just wanted to stomp and shoot.

>>22532861
Co-op is pretty fun, tard wrangling the AI is a lot less fun

>>22523926
Also those mechs are from completely different factions. It's a really well done webm, just.... wrong.

>>22536255
>mechs are from completely different factions
Nothing wrong with that. Feddies had clantech in their random unit tables even before the Diamond Jews came.

>>22536394
Was gonna say this, salvage between factions does happen, and that's ignoring mercenary companies and their potential to be mixed a ton.
Battletech lance composition can be played pretty loose.

Have you ever been so mad you start swinging a Griffin arm around?

>>22521196
I like space vikings and the color blue. Rasalhague appeals to me.

>>22508951
yeah holy shit. i hate beveled edges. aaron beck and greg broadmore are incredible artists but i s2g after 2009 everyone tried to ape their style and failed miserably

>>22539343
When I was into MegaMekNet, I always picked up a tree club while advancing into melee range.

>>22532397
That looks like its out of Drop Zone Commander.

What mechwarrior game should I start with as a newcomer?
>t. only played armored core

>>22540664
MechWarrior 4 Vengeance is babies first MechWarrior. But if you can handle AC autism then I'd actually say MW2:3CC or MW3. Whichever one you can get running with ease.

>>22540664
I'm not a fan of the MW games but they're an easy enough way to start the franchise. I will warn you that the MechWarrior games play very different from Armored Core. MW is slower style mechs even by BT franchise standards, and the later ones like MW5 and MWO play more like tanks with legs than anything else.

>>22540664
Mechwarrior 3 if you can get it to run
Still the best in the series

>>22540664
>>22540969
Also Heavy Gear might be closer to AC, it had some vidya I'm yet to bother playing

>>22541191
Sounds good to me

>>22541197
Heavy Gear 1 had some customization similar to AC but it's not as refined. HG2 ditches it completely, it's more accurate to the Votoms-ish nature of mass production models for its universe but I could see some people being disappointed in not having that kind of customization anymore.

>>22541258
I've only played AC6 but I guess yeah, building your own special snowflake robutt is a big part of it

>>22540664
MW2-4 are neat bits of history, but if you actually want to git gud I recommend jumping dick first into MWO.

>>22508009
Yeah it really does.
it's cool for multiplayer though because my friends also have warfx and I get to experience the frame drops with them where my PC is usually able to power through what gives them trouble

i might get shit on for asking, but do any of you anons play MWO? is it still alive? whats going on with it? last played a year ago and installing it because that Living Legends game is deader than michael jackson.

>>22544727
Last played a number of mo ths ago. It's still limping along due to sunk cost and boomers, but also because it scratches a very specific mecha itch that you just can't quite get anywhere else.

>>22542138
Join MWO become food for paypiggies

>MAD-4A (63 kph + JJ)
>MAD-3R (64 kph)
>MAD-3R (64 kph)
Daddy Marauder with babby marauders, the perfect lance composition

Also "Carapace" Hero Kwab has no melee attack<br>How sad!

>>22532397
>>22540566
Still undecided if it has hands or not

Meet the Desperate Desperados, a 4-man Coop campaign in MW5.

>>22545346
I've recently beaten the campaign in a 2/3 player game
Previously I've played career mode
I rate the campaign mode 2 Nightstar hands out of 2

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>>22540664
Nostalgia commands me to rec 2Mercs if you can figure out how to run it.

>>22547692
I love 2 Mercs but that game is so fucking buggy that I'm not sure about it being a first impression.

>>22523890
I think the only force field type things in the setting are massive cumbersome building sized ones they use to enclose some of the Solaris arenas? Nothing that could be practically used in combat.

Honestly unironically MW5 and MWO are the only ones that run out the box and don't have some crippling controls issue<br>Sad, innit

Friendly reminder to install XL 400 engine into your Marauder II

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>>22510423
Depersonalized Warfare goes for a different “hard sci-fi” flavor.

>mfw I’m playing Solaris Showdown and Mason gets called old and I realize he’s been a merc for 25 years now

>>22549713
If the game starts when he's 18-20 then he's maybe just 40 something. It starts getting real wacky if you keep playing to the 2100s with a soros-esque geriatric mason on life support in the mech

My modlist for MW5 is up to 80 and it's starting to break weird little shit. Infinite loading screens, missing shit in the menu. Last night the update busted vonbiomes and broke the contract negotiation tool. The game is literally unplayable vanilla though and it's starting to feel like skyrim where I'm dreading the updates but we basically need to endure them until all the DLC settles. PGI should just hire the guys that made TTrulez and the yet another mods and fixed their game for free.

>>22510451
>steiners with their the only good small-ish mech is a griffin
The commando and wolfhound exist you know

>>22510423
It's better to think about combat in battletech, at least during the succession wars, as something more akin to that of the age of sail than modern warfare. Ships (mechs) go through very little actual change over a couple centuries, last for decades is service, and most prizes that are captured are pressed into service by whoever took it

>>22510423
There's not so much thought going into battletech, what can you expect when so many of the designs were directly stolen from various anime

>>22549863
Speaking of mods are there really no gundam mods? I wasn't able to find any the one time I briefly looked for them

>>22551910
Gundam players generally don't like feeling that weighty, they're used to being zippy flying little bastards with beam swords and super armor. Which isn't a dig, it's just a different style of play. A gundam mod might be neat though.

>>22552069
Ah, don't know how I missed that.
well I do I only looked at the steam workshop and didn't think to chect nexus

>>22551646
More importantly, What do you put inside that egg?

>>22553206
What mods are you using to get those effects? What's your graphics card? That looks sick as fuck.

>>22553985
is it not just warfx?
https://www.nexusmods.com/mechwarri<wbr>or5mercenaries/mods/606

Settle this for me<br>Black Knight: HANDS or SHIELD?

>>22555962
Hands always, don't let clanners tell you different

>>22523890
Technically there are disrupter shields that weaken PPC shots but that's it really

I wish that they sold bigger ABS kits for Battletech mechs. I have some of the PVC miniatures but the detail is very mushy.

>>22523890
IIRC that was made by somebody who normally does 40k animations. There is exactly one kind of energy shield in battletech ,the blue shield particle inhibitor. It is experimental tech that as the name implies halves all damage taken from PPCs (with the chance for it to fail going up by 1 every turn it is on for)
It's interesting but as I recall there is literally only one canon design which uses it

Fledgling Investor

>>22557530
Invest in Urbanmechs, narrow/low profile quirk literally halves all damage

Anonymous

>>22560866
Why 4 Hunchies? Did one come with every model pack this guy bought?

>>22560907
Hunchies are versatile, and with the exception of the AC/5 variant they're all pretty good too

>>22560907
you can make a lance of hunches for just about any job

>>22560924
>>22560954
They're slow and get cucked by right torso explosions

>>22561210
If this part breaks it's 1 small head laser for you
on the tabletop it's not super likely without aimed shots rule but still

So, just how agile is a battlemech anyway?

>>22562009
Depends on the source. The vidyas usually depict them as lumbering tanks with legs but in the novels they're pretty agile, able to bob, weave, duck, and occasionally even ninja roll

>>22562009
According to the lore they can do handstands. The reason why they're so slow and lumbering in MWO/5 is to focus on the locational damage part of them. Sacrifice authenticity for versimilitude and gameplay.

>>22508004
Where are my tabletop-accurate gameplays with backflips and golf

>>22562009
Depends. In the PGI games, it's basically a lumbering tank on legs. They did that because of technical reasons in the 90s and have kept it because that's what people expect and the videogame IP is owned by a different company from the tabletop and fiction IP. In the books, they can move like a human. A good pilot can even dance.

Pick your poison.

>>22562009
Not agile at all according to the actual rules of the game

Will this title have WASD controls like MW5M DLC5 did? I found that to be truer to the whole 'myomer muscle fiber' formula and far more fun, but I feel like that'd need to be balanced against the player (as the sheer movement advantage you have is insane, I've solo'd assassinations because of it).

>>22562509
>Will this title have WASD controls like MW5M DLC5
MWO and MW5 have been using WASD controls with throttle decay for years. Did they do something different with that DLC?

>>22562268
I don't know about that, a machine that can kick and use tree branches like makeshift clubs would have to be pretty agile. Not to mention being able to brace for a landing after using jumpjests, which aren't the slow floating you see in MW5, but is actually supposed to represent a high jump in the air.

>>22563368
I haven't touched the DLC but I assume he's talking about somehow strafing instead of A and D just turning?, no idea how that would work though

>>22563368
>>22564911
in the new DLC5, there's an option in the gameplay options menu that lets you switch between the classic throttle+tank controls, or newer WASD controls that straight up allow you to strafe.
it's really janky, you can just tap S then W to get max speed instead of accelerating, and mechs only walk forwards in drone cam while strafing, even while going backwards

however, it was really damn fun and honestly one of the funnest ways I've enjoyed mech games since my rampant AC Verdict Day 6000 hour addiction, but it does fundamentally break the game. the enemies don't do this, your allies don't do this, you're effectively the only one in the entire system capable of using myomer muscle fibers

>>22508004
>stompy mecha
Battletech grognards keep telling me battlemechs aren't stompy and that the myomer fibers let them move 1:1 in humanlike ways.

>>22567288
they're very stompy and very grognardy

They're only stompy in the sense the animations are stiff and terrible. In game they glide over surfaces with all the realism of slot cars.

>>22510423
That's all because whatever lore was originally there, is a haphazard kitbashed pastiche thrown together on a shoe-string budget to try and accommodate the various pilfered and plaguerized designs the franchise started out on. Battletech is literally a poor cross-over fanfic, that supplanted the cross-over part with a lore rewrite.

>>22568646
>In game they glide over surfaces with all the realism of slot cars.
Maybe a little too well sometimes.
>Once had a mech skid halfway across a map and had another skid directly into a 8 story building which then collapsed on it

>>22510423
There was an attempt to unify the aesthetics a couple times in the past, but due to license changes, owner changes etc. No one aesthetic has ever stuck until the current era where MWO began taking the place of the standardized visual style (for better or worse). But there's still lots of issues with it. Every IS mech looks like it rolled out of the same factory. Every clan mech ditto. Theres very little beyond color schemes to differentiate what designs are in the employ of which faction. Now I understand why. Its already enough work modeling all the different chassis types and variants, adding the need to alter greebles and armor plate silhouettes to match the aesthetics of factions would be a lot of extra work for what are usually very small teams.

Imo each major factions mechs should have different armor shapes in places, or different weapon sounds and functionality. Like Liao having very sleek, stealth fighter looking plates, Davion should have blocky and angular cold war chobham style stuff, Draconis should have exteriors that look like samurai armor and mengu on their mech heads, etc.

>>22567288
They're right about the humanlike movement. However, humans can still stomp.

Clannies or IS jannies, which way, white man?

>>22521196
Jade falcons are autistic retards and I love them for it.

>>22569112
>>22510423
The problem is in-universe they've traded factories and mechs for so long.
90% of mechs are rebuilds, and factories are very rare outside of the clans.

>>22540664
watch some gameplay of each and pick the one that looks cool to you

personally started with 2 and had a blast. not because i grew up with it but because i like to play games in release order. wanted to start at 1 but even i have my limits when it comes to graphics/playability

i guess Mechwarrior 5 is the easiest to get into. controls are intuitive and it's on steam.
though it needs some mods to become good. maybe try it without mods first and when you're thinking "man, this customization is really limited", download the current "yet another mechlab" mod to fix it.

if you prefer PvP-multiplayer over singleplayer, you can start with Mechwarrior online

>>22577815
The poor fireball. It wasn't all that good to begin with and nowadays it can't even use the special ammunition for it's SRM

>>22510590
/btg/ is a festering shithole. Last thing you want is maggots from there infesting /m/. Whiteagle comes here already and that's basically terminal cancer.
>>22555962
Always hands. A Mech without hands is of questionable value.

Mechassault is more fun and has better designs than mech warrior

>>22582812
Love the komodo. Of all the IS black hawk copies it is my favorite

>>22583286
Huh. It's like an IS Nova. Neet.

>>22582735
What mech is that supposed to be?

>>22586206
zomg teh drama
go watch Razorfist if you want any of that
me I got my Megamek and my PIG games to worry about

>>22586206
CGL employee doxxed a BT fan, harassed people in Twitter, caused drama and issues.

>>22586680
>doxxed
please stop using fake words

>>22587718
That's not very kino of you, anon

I am a simple man

Chicken walkers = cool and based
Man shaped mechs = cringe

>>22588094
you really think SRM-12 will fit on a locust?

I'm sorry I could never pick up one of these meme machines in an actual campaign

>>22588129
Anything can fit anything if you try hard enough
Was it worth it though

>>22588097
Two SRM-6 and a half ton of ammo for each launcher seems feasible. Especially if you're running Ferro. LRM-5 is one ton under a SRM-6 after all.

>>22533024
Might as well get them all. Huge portions of the base game are barren without them.

>>22533024
Pirate it. It's paying small premiums for a single mechs and some missions.

>>22588720
DLC adds:
>melee weapons
>most of the non randomly generated missions
>the canteen mini mission system to access upgrades
>the persistent enemy merc companies
>"arena" missions in safe territories
>4th succession war mini campaign
>Birth of Rasalhague Republic mini campaign
>War of 3039 mini campaign
>Duncan Fisher mini campaign

I don't remember what mechs they add other than the Longbow and the Hatchetman but with the base game according to sarna:
Base game: 50 'Mechs, 214 Variants and 49 Heroes
With all DLC: 62 'Mechs, 367 Variants, and 78 Heroes

I aint gonna say buy em. But definitely don't skip them if you have the option. The base game is fucking empty.

>>22588867
Yeah, DLC adds stuff intentionally cut out of a full price at launch game. Wow! Pirate it.

>>22589591
The only thing that fits that bill was Heroes of the Inner Sphere. No other DLC was immediately planned because PGI were getting ready to be fucking closed after the game launched.

They sold out to Epic for exclusivity, and even with COVID lockdown sales boost the game flopped so hard PGI had to sell themselves to Enadglobal7, who basically gave them enough money to finish the Xbox Ports, and make the Kestrel Lancers DLC. Everything produced since then has been off the back of the success the game's had on consoles, gog/steam.

>>22589912
>They sold out to Epic for exclusivity
>game flopped
>the success the game's had on consoles, gog/steam
Really makes you thunk

>>22539872
I wouldnt really call nuMW/BT aaron beck inspired desu, beck has a hard on for raw machine shop milled surfaces, gimballed sensor pods and carbon fibre, meanwhile the nuBT designs are just boxes on legs. Fair enough that its faithful to the originals I guess, but not really the hypermilitaristic kind of designs beck's known for

Annihilators aren't real<br>They can't hurt you

>>22582257
Yea but they were Xbox exclusive so no one played them

>>22596921
Mechassault 1 sold very well. 2 not so much. Microsoft didn't have any fucking idea what to do with 2. So they launched it a month after Halo 2 during the Christmas season. So naturally MA2 fucking died at launch. Sold less than half the amount of copies MA1.

From a lore standpoint Mechassault is so fucking weird. It deserves to be touched on again.

>>22597364
>From a lore standpoint Mechassault is so fucking weird. It deserves to be touched on again.
Mechassault 3 was mediocre.

After playing MW5 for so long and then trying to get into the hbs battletech game, man the mechs look like absolute dogshit in battletech. Something about them just looks like 'we have mechs at home' versions of the same designs.

>>22600458
They're the same designs for the most part. Just based on older rips of the MWO mechs. Battletech just has really ugly lighting and really rudimentary animations. It was a kickstarter game with basically no money dont forget.

>>22608154
he traces over 3D models others have made but still nice

>>22610465
I like to think the non-entrenched infantry meme in a lot of official artwork is official in universe propaganda
"look you can be useful too!"

>still hope agains all hope for a version of this but for Battletech

>>22610465
Is that the bounty hunter in the bottom corner or did the GDL somehow get old SLDF armor?

>>22610886
I think he mixed up the Grey Death Scput armor and the Light Power Armor?

>>22610465
This piece of art is why Ben Rome quit

>>22611203
The main setting guy for most of the late 2000s-2010s alongside and after Herb Beas, he wrote Wars of Reaving

He thought including the GDL was just pandering to nostalgia and they shouldn’t be referenced anymore

https://benhrome.com/2016/07/decons<wbr>tructing-campaigns

>>22611254
I've never read any BT novels just mostly the mechwarrior games with occasional megamek autism
The best thing about GDL is they're not Wolf Dragoons

I want to like this mech, and it does decent for me on the table. But it just has too much and too little going on at the same time. Not much long range firepower. Lots of short range but no big punches like an AC/20. 3/5 is painfully slow. And of course the variant that adds jump jets and a higher caliber autocannon also drops most of the guns so it feels rather anemic.<br>It looks cool at least

>>22611431
accept Lynxmaxxing with your friendly multi-trac laser boat, Lynx

>>22508004
Still no Atlas II
Still no Bane
Still no Blackwatch
Still no Shootist
Still no Devastator
Still no Grand Crusader
Still no Imp

>let's shove the fanfic mary sue assault mech in tho

got bored with a few friends, have fun

https://vocaroo.com/17RITIF3av9A
https://vocaroo.com/1bRGVFIndV9Y
https://vocaroo.com/1iwGfdu84KUL
https://vocaroo.com/1lWI6nTmnWxA

might post more in the future

>>22508004
Honestly I could never get over the goofiness designs and general zaniness of the setting.

>>22613636
Which designs do you consider goofy?

>>22614075
The Cossack, the Hitman, the Atlas, the Kabuto...honestly it'd be easier to list the mechs I don't consider goofy, we'd be here all day otherwise. To be fair though, I prefer my mechs to have a more 'tactical' look.

>>22612452
MWO and MW5 are pretty awful, as are PGI who keep nickle and diming DLC and paypig mtx for their games. On the bright side fucking solid taste for wanting the Shootist, Devastator and Grand Crusader.

Uhh stompybros wtf is this zoom zoom anime boostan shit???

>>22621271
That flea and assassin are wayyy too big

>>22621629
No. In PGI games, they deliberately make light mechs absolutely tiny as a balancing mechanic. They simultaneously make heavies and assaults bigger as an artistic choice. Outside of mechwarrior games, mechs range from ~8m on the smallest side to ~13m on the tallest. A light heavy like the Rifleman would be average at ~10m

. Pic rel is a Rifleman scaled to 10m and the Flea scaled to 8m. At this scaling, the Flea's lasers come just below the Rifleman's cockpit, which is about the same as the pic in >>22621271. The HBS game is licensed by the people who actually make battletech, so the scales are closer to correct.

>>22622211
Flea is 20T. Rifleman is 60T. Flea should be a third the size by mass alone.

>>22622263
No, that would require two things.

One: that mechs are uniformly dense. That isn't the case. Most of a mechs weight is in armor and weapons. Most of it's volume is in chassis and engine. Even in the real world, volume doesn't scale linearly with weight in AFVs. Making the flea a third of the size of the rifleman wouldn't leave any room for the pilot. the mechwarrior games already have anatomically impossible cockpits. The TT scale is far more reasonable.

If your opinion was right, then the Flea would have to be 1/3 less volume, not height. Being 2m shorter and much skinnier would easily meet than volume reduction.

Two: that this is not a 40 year old robot fighting game written by pulp sci-fi authors and wargaming nerds.

>>22508951
>>22523932
Never understood the hate for "nu"BT if I'm honest, a lot of the redesigns are just better versions of the old stuff, people forget how ass a lot of those designs look.

That being said the division is fuckin stupid

>>22623287
I don't care how silly the gumball machine looked, the old flashman is a hundred times better than this

>>22623287
My only complaint with the "nu-bt" shit is that the LAMs look like pure dogshit. I get they couldnt remain literal Macross rips, but now they look absolutely retarded.

>>22624282
I wish they'd have more visible differentiation in design philosophy depending on where mechs came from. Or some kind of unique greebling per faction. There's gotta be a way to keep the older aesthetics and the newer tacticool stack of blocks looks and find a balance.

>>22624360
Doesnt even have to be per faction, even just making manufacturers have a design theme between their mechs would help.

>>22616199
Why is the Atlas consistently rated as a shit tier mech in all tier lists I find? Are people retarded?

>>22625165
I don't know who you're talking to, but probably. The Atlas isn't perfect, no 'Mech is. Beyond the LRMs, the classic -D model's weapons are heavily oriented towards short ranges, and in sheer firepower it's easily outclassed by the King Crab. It also very ammo-reliant, and what it does carry isn't plentiful, so it's easy to find itself in a situation where it can't hurt anything that stays out of arm's reach.

That said, its durability is legendary for a reason, and there are several variants that can drastically change the way it operates. The -RS is an attempt to match the ultra-elite Atlas II design using Succession Wars tech, downgrading the autocannon and missile launchers to double its engagement range and carry more shots per ton. The -K version from 3050 basically turns it into a 100-ton sniper, mounting a gauss rifle and dual ER large lasers.

>>22625165
After 3025 most of the upgraded variants the Atlas gets aren't as good as the AS7-D all things considered.
Most of them have some sort of flaw, and/or they don't really take as much advantage of new tech as they could. The K has severe heat issues. The S has rear facing streak launchers. S2 has barely any short range firepower, which isn't necessarily a deal breaker but that's kind of the thing the atlas is known for. Same with the S3 with a sum total of 3 small lasers for close range protection
There's just no plain upgrade of the classic version, everything makes it into something else entirely

What would be the Gundam/Valkyrie of Battletech?

>>22625475
What do you mean? Both of those serve very different roles in the narratives of their respective shows. If you're just talking about a series mascot, the Atlas or Timber Wolf is usually the face of the franchise, though the Warhammer and Battlemaster have also taken up the role at times.

>>22625512
More Gundam, the super prototype used by a main character that paves the way for the Inner Sphere gain more advantage over the Clans.

>>22626066
In the clan invasion era there really isn't anything that fits that bill. The best you get are the ComGuards custom upgraded machines they slapped together for Tukayyid. But even those were barely up to parity with clan designs of the day. The way armor and weapons function in Btech kind of precludes a gundam style slaughter machine capable of one shot one killing most machines.

>>22523890
>>22523926
Short answer: no. Long answer: kinda?

There is this: https://www.sarna.net/wiki/Blue_Shi<wbr>eld_Particle_Field_Damper

Basically, when turned on it creates some kinda electro-magnetic field that reduces damage from PPCs, but nothing else.

Shit like in that gif? Outside Mechassault, which is non-canon, you won't find shields like that.

>>22626066
There isn't anything that really fits that description. Prototypes are treated like they are in real life, expensive test units that aren't meant to see combat, or expensive failures that never see production (TRO: Boondoggles is all about those.)

In the spirit of answering your question though, there are a few instances that might count, but none of them are as dramatic as Grandpa was:
-The original Mackie revolutionized warfare, and all the Great Houses basically tripped over each other trying to steal the designs for it until Steiner finally managed to pull it off. It's hopelessly outdated now.
-The SLDF Royal Regiments were pretty much completely made up of more advanced versions of mass-market designs. Some, like the Atlas II, were never intended to see service beyond them.
-The two Zeus prototypes were hastily deployed to stall a DCMS assault on Hesperus II. They succeeded at this, though the production model had to be downgraded from a PPC to an autocannon due to faulty magnetic shielding.
-The aforementioned "Clanbuster" refits of old Star League designs deployed on Tukayyid. The Black Knight and King Crab ones turned out to be especially effective.

Clan Wolf vs Clan Jade Falcon, whose side are you on?

Should I get Battletech or Mechwarrior?<br>I just wanna play as close as I can to a titanfall game but just mechs and a real campaign.

>>22629549
Jade Falcon. They're who the clans should act like.

>>22611431
Possibly the most retarded thing I’ve read this year.

Chunk damage combined with high probability of critical hits AND it looks cool.

Hero derp decision by TPTB to not include CASE for “muh balance” reasons.

>>22629549
The winning side, so Clan Wolf.

>>22544905
>quad UAC 5s
It doesn't need a melee attack. Noting can get in melee range anyway.

Gunlord

>>22630561
If you mean the recent games, Battletech is a strategy game and Mechwarrior is an action game, so Mechwarrior would be closer to titanfall. I enjoyed the MW5 campaign but it was on its own merits just okay, though I hear the recent content is pretty good, so maybe i'll come back to it.

Anonymous

>>22630881
>so Mechwarrior would be closer to titanfall
that's rude to titanfall

>>22629549
Smoke Jags. Why choose the lesser evil when the greater evil is right there?

After they die, then the Hazen version of the moss chickens is alright.

>>22634582
>Hazen version of the moss chickens is alright.
As a succession wars man, I don't read modern fluff. What are those guys like?

So idk much about battletech, or the clans, but I played mw5 and heard about the minnesota tribe and read about them and clan wolverine on the wiki. Was that something that was part of some plot arc that didn't go anywhere because of a change in direction for the story or something?

>>22636916
They're basically just flavor lore to justify players fielding their own Wolverine derived force. If there was a more grand plan to explore them it's probably as you said, lost in the endless shuffle of staff and writer changes.

>>22636967
I thought it was something like that, a "your dudes" enabler. I was just curious if there was some well known grand plan in the community that I didn't know enough to have heard of. I could imagine in editions before the clans were revealed that they would have been similar in terms of hints. I hope that if they ever do get fleshed out they are less lame than the clans, although I know better than to expect anything.

>>22637205
One of the best parts about BattleTech is that a lot of stuff was left vague to make it so players could make their own forces and dudes. Sadly CGL is shitting on FASA and Wizkids BT lore.

>>22637240
You mean you don't want to play the Adventures of the Paw Patrol anon?

>>22637420
No sir I do not. I do not want Pup Play Patrol in my BattleTech. I saw the threads on /tg/ slowly turn to liquid shit because of the people that CGL advertised and pandered to.

>>22637473
I get you anon, I was just joshing. Funny thing is I wouldn't even mind the Yiff Patrol with their gay founders and ex SLDF dropship, the sphere is big enough for all of this shit (hell the setting has always handled weird forces fine, just look at Marshigama's Legionnaires). I just don't like that they have seemingly become the new face of the franchise despite not having any real claim to the level of significance they are treated with. The GDL did important shit around the sphere. The Kell Hounds did important shit around the sphere. The Goons (as fucking annoying as their fanwank was) did important shit around the sphere. The Fox Patrol instead just feel like one of the developer's OC factions that somehow gets to hang out with all the cool kids and get special attention despite doing nothing of significance in the sphere at large.
One of my favourite things about Battletech is how /yourdudes/ friendly it is with merc companies, slotting them into the setting and carving out their own niche. Instead the Fuckedinthearse Patrol feels more like a bad fanfiction merc force that gets jammed into the setting and takes over other existing factions' niches.

>>22637555
Exactly, Anon.Feels like CGL is trying to ape GW and Warhammer by pushing the Clans/Houses/Paw Patrol as the new, kool dudes. Like a worse version of the Goons. God, I never expected something to make me want the good old days of the Goons and their plot armor.

>>22508004
So which Great House is the most successful faction? More victories and fewer defeats, an interesting and complex story with a fascinating culture, original mecha designs?

Внутренняя Сфера с 3064 по 3132.jpg

>>22626574
>Outside Mechassault, which is non-canon, you won't find shields like that.
Wasn't there short-lived plans to bring in the Ragnarok/Ymir into BT canon, along with its OP Lava Cannon and Shielding? I recall Piranha Games making a comment about it once.

>>22638035
I want to say that was an April fools post on the MWO forum.

>>22637817
If we're measuring success by general quality of life and the least internal turmoil its probably the Federated Suns? Lyrans, Rasalhague, and the Dracs got fucking stomped by the clans and later lose even more ground when the crusaders get evicted from canner space, the FWL basically ceased to exist in the wake of the Jihad for a while, and Capella gets fucked 6 ways to Sunday every time someone sneezes.

>>22637817
There is only one honorable choice

>>22638300
Davion peaked during the Clan Invasion. Once the civil war started it all went downhill for them, to the point they actually lost New Avalon to the Dracs during the Dark Age. They're only now starting to recover.

Kurita is probably the most consistently successful. They're warmongering expansionists and everyone hates them, but I don't think there's ever really been a period when they've been on the back foot past the first few Succession Wars. Even during REVIVAL they managed to hold out better than most.

>>22636916
The Wolverines sorta lurk in the background. They popped up again in the Jihad when we saw the Word of Blake using some of their stuff (whether they are part of the WoB/C* or the Blakists just found their stuff somewhere is ambiguous - most of the info is through Chandy Kurita and he’s very much trying to get people to fight the Word at that point). They show up with the WoB remnants in ISP3, but the ISP books have always been ambiguously accurate (see: genecaste, hyperspace squids, the actual literal Illuminati, immortal furry Belters, hyperspace Blakists).

>>22638300
Fedsuns have worse education and health services for their citizenry than the fucking Concordat.
Basically put, the worst place to be a peasant is the combine, followed by most of the periphery shitholes, then the fedsuns, then bad parts of FWL, then capcon, then the good parts of the periphery, then the commonewealth, then the good parts of the FWL.
If you are upper class though? Combine, Fedsuns and Commonwealth is better than everywhere else. Maybe the Magistracy is up there with them, but that would be a stretch.

is https://store.steampowered.com/app/<wbr>637090/BATTLETECH/ worth it?
from my understanding it is a similar setting to MW5 but a turned based tactics game instead.

t.only ever played MW5

>>22639512
It's the same setting as Mechwarrior. However the game was shoddily made in Unity by a dev team that actively disliked the setting and tried to force their own OC donut steel empire into the long established BattleTech canon. The writing is weak as well. Gameplay is ok, if not up to par with actual tabletop.

>>22636916
While battletech certainly has many plots like that (the assassination of Michel Hasek-Davion, the WoB & Blood Spirits causing the blackout) the Minnesota tribe/Clan Wolverine are an intentionally kept a mystery. Nobody knows what happened to them other than after leaving the clan homeworlds they raided the combine's coreward border and disappeared. <s>Or so they would have us believe</s>


YUUSHA THREAD

Previous thread: >>22454197

Wake up, sleeping courage!

Previous and current news:
>Action Toys J-Decker revealed at WonFes 2024, currently at prototype stage
>New quarterly graphic novel series Brave Universe Sworgrader just began
>J-Decker HD Blu-ray/DVD slated for July
>GaoGaiGar and FINAL Discotek localization out now (includes Blockade Numbers and Pachislot clips)
>Hakaiou manga ongoing (Conqueror's Thralls arc), King J-Der side story by Tsunashima Shirou also ongoing
>SMP J-Decker slated for July
>Upcoming Koto kits: Great Fighbird, Da-Garn & GX Parts, Pegasus Saber, Land Bison, Seven Changer, Great Baan Gaan (8/24), Mach Sperion & Weapon Set
>Cross Frame Girl Goldy Marg & Stealth Gao II, Star GaoGaiGar Set slated for June, GaoFighGar in prototype stage
>Hobby Japan AMAKUNITECH Genesic GaoGaiGar slated for May, Sworgrader announced; AMAKUNI Genesic Head Display Model with new Guy voices slated for Sep-Oct 2024
>THE GATTAI Might Gaine out now, Might Kaiser for April, and Good Smile Shop exclusive Might Gunner for May, Seven Changer for September, Fighbird for March 2024, Granbird, Sky Saber and Land Bison in development
>Pose+ Limited Repli-Gaigar slated for Q2 2024, ChoRyuJin in prototype stage
>Soul of Chogokin ChoRyuJin slated for August and Tamashii Web Repli-Gaigar for October, Dimension Pliers, King Exkaiser, Dragon Kaiser, Chogokin Evoluder Guy prototypes unveiled, currently in development
>Amakuni developing all Great Braves, Hakaiou Genesic up for pre-order, King J-Der Accessory Set out now
>Evolution Toy Fighbird out now (delayed TWICE from July and September), Granbird slated for February (delayed THREE TIMES from September, December AND February), can form Great Fighbird
>Metamor-Force Fire Dagwon out now (delayed from December 2023), Power Dagwon slated for April, can form Super Fire Dagwon + Triangle Christmas Beam
Let your Brave spirit burn!

This is Sworgrader's current opponent, Dark Great Baan Gaan. Say anything about him.

>>22550847
Feels surreal seeing Goldy wield the Goldion Hammer.

Helpless Investor

>>22558538
Definitely, but honestly it's a sight I wouldn't mind seeing

Anonymous

https://twitter.com/SUNRISE_web/sta<wbr>tus/847827105509277697<br>Happy April Fools Day, Braves.

>>22558592
More April Fools jokes from 2017.

Poor Investor

>>22558595
well at least the site joke is kinda original lel

Anonymous

>>22558419
>Great Baan Gaan plamo
I still can't believe it.
It's nice to see the best Brave design finally getting some love.
Kinda wish we also got Mach Sperion too.

>>22558621
What makes him the best Brave design?

>>22558624
I really like how the back cannons don't stick all the way over his shoulders. If he didn't have an animal head chest or the wings, I'd like him a lot better.

>>22558507
I hope he'll be a friend soon. The monthly chapters throw me off a bit from emotional retention, but I'm really curious about where they're going to go next

>>22558979
Based on the storytime from the last thread, they're travelling to another universe. >>22550247
>>22550259
I'm guessing either Baan Gaan or GaoGaiGar's universes are the ones they're traveling towards.

>>22558987
N-no I get that, I meant I'm curious about which universe they're going to end up in. Probably going to make a big deal about the warp and pursuit, orienting themselves and final-page getting greeted by a familiar Brave friend, from how the pacing is going

>>22558989
It will be GaoGaiGar's universe, not Baan Gaan. Baan Gaan appeared just to establish the dire state of things. I imagine it will have something to do with Triple O.

>>22559017
Thank you, time-traveller-san, could I ask you for the dates of the Hakiaoh and Baan Gaan anime, or am I being too greedy
Curious how this will effect canon as well, whether this is going to be "everything fated happens and they forget meeting Sworgrader+co" or if it will just override pre-existing events

>>22559028
I imagine they'll get filled in on what's happening in the GGG universe and go on an adventure to save all the other universes.

>>22559038
That's possible too, out of all the settings, the 3G crew are the most organized and well-equipped/funded, so they're probably the best ones to have a good idea of what's going on. Although another option is Exkaiser, who could maybe hear from his police buddies about the escaped prisoners he once captured? (I don't know how this show ended)

>>22550842
>Hyper Mode+Goldion Hammer
Double the Gold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c_<wbr>9CqlNbAg<br>King J-Der, where are you?

>>22559624
>King J-Der, where are you?
In the back with the DD playable Betterman sprite, they're (hopefully) working on.

Been watching GaoGaiGar for the first time pretty unspoiled, and I just wanted to come in and say that <s>the King J-Der debut might be one of the coolest sequences I have ever seen in mecha.</s> Can't wait to see where this goes from here.

>>22561315
Yeah, it's a pretty good moment.

>>22561315
>>22561386
Literally amazing. While J couldn't care about collateral damage at first after returning to his post as a Soldato, he later became a reliable ally for GGG after the third quarter ends.

>>22550837
Great Goldran, how could you do this?

>>22561386
I'll never get over how many frames they packed into his arm moving up

>>22561708
Ah, the sakuga, it gets me every time I watch that scene, he just so looks so menacing because of the way he moves.

https://twitter.com/yonetanikantoku<wbr>/status/1775329919524122854
https://twitter.com/666nao999/statu<wbr>s/1775006445395947581
Yonetani and Fujisawa with GGG's Toy Chronicle book.

Im at episode 39 of GGG already and I don't want it to be over. It went by way too fast and I enjoyed it too much. I love how the big bad reminds me of Fisto and Hulk Hogan. Character designs are insane in this show and I love it. Soldat J has no right to be an asshole considering he was evil but damn he's so cool. King Jder is so cool.

I do not know how to start conversations on this show because I've devolved (evolved?) Into a chuuni and I love almost everyone in this show.

Already saw Jdecker and loved it too. I hate edgy shit so Im skipping Final and Betterman for now. What's the best Brave to watch next?

>>22561386
I am the anon who just posted how much I love GGG and I need ro say I fucking goddamn love fingertip guns so much. Giant Robo, Gunbuster, Dragonceasar. Why are gun fingertips so goddamn cool holy shit

>>22562826
Final still has J and King J-Der being badasses <s>i.e. J Phoenix.</s> You'll probably enjoy Goldran for the lighhearted antics or Da-Garn for a more "serialized" format.

>>22530222
Just leaves Da-Garn and Goldran left on the SMP-related kits.

>>22562826
>I hate edgy shit so Im skipping Final and Betterman for now

What gave you the impression that Final was edgy? It's cut from the same cloth as GGG. I think it's honestly a fantastic ending to the anime, the final episode of the OVA is probably the most pure adrenaline I've ever seen pumped into 45 minutes.

>>22563084
Agreed definitely. <s>The beatdown on Palparepa</s> and the <s>Goldion Crusher</s> scenes are some of favorite parts of GGG and mecha in general.

>>22562826
I had a dream where I was urgently waking up to respond to this
Betterman certainly is a dark show, but not as edgy as you might think, it still has wholesome and ultimately positive moments. Also has a real banger of an ED. Final just ramps up in scale in terms of powers and enemies, it doesn't get any "edgier" than the last arc, which wasn't that edgy at all I think.
I was recommended Da Garn after GGG and J-Decker, but I'm partial to Goldran. Da Garn's episodes all progress the plot, as mentioned, whereas Goldran episodic and is even more lighthearted, but gets really good.
If you really really loved Power Rangers as a kid, you might like Dagwon, the main mechs are all human teenagers.

I just realized that since the Deathdrives in Bravern each represent different sins, Bravern is basically a Baan Gaan anime since in Baan Gaan the villains directly represent sin. In addition, you could draw parallels between Sperion and Superbia, both in name and character (they were both evil/representations of sin at some point but became good guys again). The hero robot also works with a special defense organization in both cases and has a toy-like form. 2024 really is the year of Baan Gaan! Brave Charge!

Anybody got toy ads of the Geisters? I'd like to see if they where just color changed Dinobots or where they retooled.

>>22564050
They are straight-up recolored Dinobots, as in they are basically the same Diaclone figures but in black. And no, they are not fully released in toy form, so you have to customize them yourself. Only Dino Geist got a proper toy, and is an all-original mold.

>>22564065
Well shit, guess I would have to make my own evil Dinobots then. Just how many Transformers are in the Brave Saga? Evil Dinobots, *Not Deathsaurs, *Not Dai Atlas, are the only ones I am aware of. Has there ever been an official crossover of Transformers and Brraves or no because Toei and Sunrise?

>>22564076
Sky Garry to Deathgarrygun
Galaxy Shuttle to Thunder Dagwon
Grandus to Dag Base
Those are the other examples I can think of.

>>22564084
Also:
>Deathsaurus to Red Geist
>Sixshot to Kageru/Shadowmaru
>Sonic Bomber to Revibarion/Hiryou/
>Scorponok to Zazorigun
>Dai Atlas to Goryou
>several Micromaster playsets to various J-Decker buildings

>>22558419
Blue and gold is a great color scheme.

https://twitter.com/IronsagaEN/stat<wbr>us/1776097429760434335
"With the final fusion of five Genesic Machines and Genesic GaiGar comes the generic mechanoid - Genesic GaoGaiGar!
Class-S Pass - Genesic GaoGaiGar shards & More
Class-A Pass - Hyrja Skin & More"

>>22565543
Kyosuke and Guy are having a talkshow?

>>22536774
It's not often one sees a mecha turn green from a finisher or power-up too compared to turning gold.

https://twitter.com/ishida_atsuko/s<wbr>tatus/1776166978891440158<br>Atsuko Ishida's latest artwork.

>>22566016
In an alternate universe, we would have gotten Greendran instead of Goldran, and there would have been two Brave instances of going from green to gold for its finishers

https://twitter.com/onsen_hanadi/st<wbr>atus/1776244195063427351<br>Morikawa and Hiyama 2

>>22564084
I love the differences Galaxy Shuttle & Thunder Dagwon produces, reminds me of the TFP Beast Hunters toys in the absurdest but pleasant ways

I'm one of the anons who watching GaoGaiGar yesterday by marathonning the last 4 episodes and I loved it so much. I didn't expect the ending arc to make me as emotional as it did but I was tearing up near the end. Im going to wait awhile before I watch Final/GGG to kinda emulate the time apart from thr original airdates but also because the ending was just so good. The twist with <s>Mikoto after you think everything was over was great.</s>

Was all that stuff about ZA POWA on jupiter based on 2001 a space odyssey?

>>22569696
There's something about Mamoru's story near the end that both made me deeply nostalgic for my parents and childhood and instilled deep parental protection instincts. Gai <s>losing his father and learning about Mikoto's loss of her parents too. </s> It makes the hotblooded shit is very cathartic and moving.

>>22569696
It is beautiful that the ending to the last Brave is sung by Satoko Shimonari who did the first Transformers op https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubI<wbr>M1z7-_rM .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PZ<wbr>IQis-UuU<br>Extra accessories looking great.

>>22513045
>>22513231
>>22513681
>>22513923
Judging the poster with TV series/Star GaoGaiGar as the face of GGG, I'm not even sure if anything exclusive to Final or Hakaioh will be there in Sworgrader unless they're keeping those as a surprise.

>>22572870
Fire Dagwon went through quite the change there.

>>22522327
Besides Sworgrader, what are the few modern manga you consider worth reading?

>>22573451
Speaking of Sworgrader, I read the afterword of Jinrouki Winvurga Rebellion explaining the abrupt cancellation of the original Winvurga manga coming from Tsunashima Shirou's publishers screwing him over twofold that he abandoned the original story and wrote Rebellion as a backup manga... with all sorts of negative implications that come with it. To no one's surprise, that, too, got cancelled because of its premise, and how the manga's eponymous Jinki who promised to take away Mashiro's virginity end up a female herself.

Sorry if it's not Brave-related, but this is among the promises Shirou failed to keep. Hope Sworgrader doesn't share the same fate as his other works.

>>22573599
>Tsunashima Shirou's publishers screwing him over twofold that he abandoned the original story and wrote Rebellion as a backup manga... with all sorts of negative implications that come with it. To no one's surprise, that, too, got cancelled because of its premise,
Wait, we're not getting more Winvurga?

>>22573831
Afraid so. Somehow we can't get ahold of more RAWs of Rebellion, but nobody seems to be supporting it that it led to its silent cancellation. Then he focused on making Darkness Heels: Lili (the Ultraman manga about the best Ultra-like rival characters), and now Sworgrader.

>>22573831
>>22573913
Know what? Forget what I said, it somehow is still going strong. Rebellion is already in Chapter 16, and Volume 2 is coming next week. Had to double check Shirou's Twitter for this, so false alarm.

>>22573451
>GaoGaiGar vs Betterman, obviously
>Digimon Dreamers
>the Appmon manga
>the G-Reco manga
>Amuro Ray Pulitzer
>Gundam Thunderbolt
>Blue Destiny 2015
>Despair Memory Gundam Sequel
>Get Truth: Fang of the Sun Dougram
>Crusher Joe Rebirth
>Vanadis Heart
>the Crossbone sequels

>>22573599
desu, it's much better than he keeps working on Swordgrader and that Ultraman manga spin off than that piece of garbage that only serves to illustrate why he should only stick to draw manga and not writing stories.

https://twitter.com/onsen_hanadi/st<wbr>atus/1778031525214466479<br>Morikawa and Hiyama part 3

https://e-hentai.org/g/2883357/af66<wbr>eb278b/<br>GaoGaiGar's 25th Anniversary Toy Chronicle scans.

Really, really late on this, but apparently Daiki Nakamura (Might Gaine and God Max's VA) lost his agency contract.
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/56619<wbr>7
Rough translation: "It has been announced that voice actor Daiki Nakamura has been terminated by his agency 81 Produce as of March 21.
Today, March 22, 81 Produce posted the following text on its official website: "Notice Regarding Termination of Contract with Our Voice Actor. According to the report, the agency received a damage claim that power harassment, sexual harassment, and financial troubles existed at "Yume Koubou," a private school that Nakamura personally opened and operates. The firm, which was unaware of the opening of "Yume Kobo," confirmed the facts with Nakamura. In addition to apologizing, 81 Produce commented, "Even after terminating the contract with Daiki Nakamura, we will continue to confirm the facts with those involved in the private school 'Yume-Kobo' and respond to the damage claims with sincerity. We will continue to confirm the facts and respond to the parties involved in the private school "Yume-Kobo" in order to sincerely respond to the allegations."

>>22576867
An actual GGGxMedabots collaboration is going to happen sooner or later like Dynamic Pro did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtH<wbr>k0itLZBw

https://twitter.com/onsen_hanadi/st<wbr>atus/1778031742466842826<br>Morikawa and Hiyama part 4

>>22574096
I didn't know Dougram got a modern manga. Neat to hear.

Anyone knows about Might Gaine subs situation? I've found the entire series on nyaa but some episode has horrible quality and I've seen that has the bluray version. Found the subs on archive but only has episodes 1-9 and 39-47.<br>This series is hard to find decent subs.

>>22578731
Someone is redoing the subs, starting from the beginning, you'll have to wait unless you have the HK crabsticks to slap on there.

thank you anon, gonna wait for the complete subs then

>>22578753
thanks anon
I'm glad more brave series is getting more subs

https://twitter.com/itoichy1018/sta<wbr>tus/1779163626722779242
>>22580087
https://twitter.com/torippy_takumi
Happy 60th birthday, Power Joe.

https://twitter.com/srw_dd_pr/statu<wbr>s/1779434420417577210<br>DD's Star GaoGaiGar wielding the Goldion Hammer.

https://twitter.com/torippy_takumi/<wbr>status/1779418445140160983<br>Yamazaki's (Power Joe) birthday post.

>>22581242
Important note seen in Power Dagwon's instruction manual:
https://twitter.com/A_simsim0396/st<wbr>atus/1779519912769470948?t=mEGs5_ab<wbr>RIPh0ARSqUFMBA&s=19
These shots look familiar... Eh, you know where they come from.

https://twitter.com/FlyingDogInc/st<wbr>atus/1778619052912517485
https://j-decker.net/products/
First few episodes will be included with audio commentary.

>>22582536
>>22582989
If anyone is getting Super Fire Dagwon completed, please compare the scale with the other Brave mecha.

>>22583119
Here he is next to the Gattai Might Gaine.

>>22583154
So a little on the small side compared to the other Great Braves. Not surprised, considering it's Metamor-Force, but still nice in scale otherwise.

>>22583154

Might Gaine is 25 m
Super Fire Dagwon is 24.8 m

Only now I'm realizing this whole jewels thing is just a joke about having big balls

>>22583480
>>22583154

Super Fire Dagwon is the second smallest TV main final form Brave.

>>22584897
Biggest is either Great Fighbird or Genesic GaoGaiGar?

>>22584897
Funnily enough, he's one of the more overpowered final forms.

>>22584951
The following are head heights, not full heights:
Great Exkizer: 32.9 m
Great Fighbird: 30.5 m
Great Da-Garn GX - 27.2 m
Fire J-Decker - 22.3 m
Great Might Gaine - 30.5 m
Great Goldran - 26.2 m
Super Fire Dagwon - 24.8 m
Star GaoGaiGar - 31.5 m
Great Baan Gaan - 30 m

If including Perfect Cannon, Great Might Gaine's full height is 36.5 m.
If including Stealth Gao II's tail, Star GGG's full height is 38.5 m.

As for OVA final forms:
Final Dagwon does not have a height listed.
Genesic GaoGaiGar is 31.45 m.

>>22585355
Huh, I didn't expect GGGG to be shorter than GGG.

>>22578753
>Someone is redoing the subs, starting from the beginning

Different anon here. Are they planning on redoing the subs for the entire show? I've actually seen people on other sites talk about someone here subbing Might Gaine, but for whatever reason I've also been seeing people say that "They're done" with no source other than "Check /m/ they've said it" which I don't recall ever seeing in these threads but I've also not been paying super close attention here.

https://aurum08.hatenablog.com/entr<wbr>y/2024/04/15/205425<br>Be very careful when putting down Super Fire Dagwon, as the bottom of the feet can scratch easily.

>>22586621
Kinda happens with the underside of flat feet. But as long as the arm doesn't break off completely like my DX did...

>>22586679
>But as long as the arm doesn't break off completely like my DX did...
Posting my toyetic condolences.

>>22586683
Thank you :,D Was glad to at least get the broken part pried out of Power so at least that one still works. I wish it wasn't my first break though, Shadow's grey tabs also shattered over time. They were both Sonokong, so not sure if that was just the inferior plastic, or they just got brittle with age and environment, but yeah...

>>22586687
*I wish it was my first break

Sad stories of broken old toys aside though, this might've been posted already but it's way too cool not to share now that I've seen it again.

https://twitter.com/Qi6uZl9xReD4S/s<wbr>tatus/1774438190654644412?s=19

>>22586693
I know Photogrizer never got his own anime, but it feels weird seeing a "main" Brave having a huge lack of gold and red on it.

>>22586696
It is strange given every other Brave has those colors, the intent was for all of the mechs to be in mostly grayscale colors. Like the fire engine and binnocular that seemed like the secondary add-on robo. Which, there isn't a combination between those two, is there? Feel like I would've remembered it if there was.

>>22586703
All I got for Photogrizer is this collage I recently made from the pictures of the Brave 30th memorial archive scans and Japanese twitter searches involving that exhibition.
https://e-hentai.org/g/1892383/ca0a<wbr>b2970d/

>>22558532
Agreed. The new headcrest helps.

>>22586573
They're done in the sense you don't need to use crabstick subs for any of the episodes anymore, but some other episodes subs could be a lot better which is why those are being redone.

Almost want to give up on Evolution Toy's Granbird for too long, but it seems they got an update.
https://twitter.com/evolutiontoy/st<wbr>atus/1780853776141934676?t=uwiP8v5c<wbr>EXpHrq_n-wwQ3w&s=19
What's next, outright cancel the damn thing because of Good Smile's version?

https://twitter.com/666nao999/statu<wbr>s/1779065091268530416
Fujisawa's Hakaioh trivia.
"The cover illustration for the chapter I'm currently working on is reminiscent of Aboriginal art created by Australian indigenous people who sensed the laws of the universe... I drew it with that image in mind. Each chapter is composed of motifs and materials that may or may not be related to each other. I also used some photos given to me by the director."

Has anyone heard about the Amakunitech Genesic GGG? Should be set for release soon unless there's been an update.

I hope they come out with parts option set the same way that the AmakuniKirin did

Does anyone have any art (official or not) of the J-Decker police station/office exteriors and interiors?

>>22591248
The Dengeki Hobby Book has the Decker Room
https://e-hentai.org/g/1192121/35c9<wbr>70b115/?p=2
Also, one anon had Megas for J-Decker's reference sheets
https://desuarchive.org/m/thread/17<wbr>975262/#q17994933

Happy 51st birthday to Katsuyuki Konishi, the voice of Volfogg.

<s>So is Discotek going to announce J-Decker? Seems like they're building up to it.</s>

>>22592691
Depends on how many jokes and wordplay translations they have to deal with. Discotek seems to be exhausted with long-running shows.
https://desuarchive.org/m/thread/22<wbr>374522/#q22374951
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO5<wbr>o12Fm9-g&t=2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htd<wbr>cjQRGHF8

>>22592691
<s>It's Jiban so nevermind.</s>

>>22586971
I wonder why those people were saying they weren't going to be doing any more episodes then. Best I can recall they've only ever posted as an Anon, so I guess it'd be easy for someone to just go "Hey I'm the guy, I'm done" or something. Don't know why someone would do that beyond just to fuck with people, but for some that's more than enough.

>>22592858
That's also cool, much as I love me some Gavan, I hope the sales of those sets and the others in that franchise convinces Toei to make something new in it rather than "Here's Gavan making another guest appearance".

anon

new scans for the Yuusha fellas here

https://archive.org/details/new-gen<wbr>eration-brave-wars-ps-2-maximum-vic<wbr>tory-guide New Generation Brave Wars Maximum Victory Guide, this contains not only routes for the game but its the best place to find Layzelber settei and transformation works

https://archive.org/details/seven-b<wbr>raves-gather-complete-guide Seven Braves Gather- A chozenshuu of sorts featuring not only Dagwon to Exkaiser but also an interview with Takara and Sunrise staff about the series in 1996/7

https://archive.org/details/the-bra<wbr>ve-fighter-of-legend-da-garn-rappor<wbr>t-comics-collection-vol.-2 Scans of a 2 volume set of a Da-Garn gag manga that was published by Rapport

https://archive.org/details/the-bra<wbr>ve-fighter-of-legend-da-garn-sneake<wbr>r-bunko-novelization-1 a 2 volume set of a novelization of Da-Garn's show

https://archive.org/details/the-bra<wbr>ve-police-j-decker-perfect-complete<wbr>-book Brave Police J-Decker Perfect Complete Book- an overall guide to the show released towards the end of its airing

and finally https://archive.org/details/the-bra<wbr>ve-police-j-decker-mystery-invitiat<wbr>ion a new scan and FLAC rip of Mystery Invitation- the drama cd that was released alongside J-Decker's show and while translated before didn't have the full cover and manual scanned and MP3 rips

Anonymous

>>22592872
Ooh, thanks for the Da Garn novels! Really appreciate that -- when I have more money I'm probably going to commission a translation of both them and the Dendoh novels.
>the drama cd that was released alongside J-Decker's show and while translated before
Where can I find this translation?

>>22592954 (Me)
Also I just remembered that there's a translated J-Decker manga chapter on Pinterest -- anyone know who did that and if any more was done? There's also this translated Brave Saga 2 manga page floating around in the archive, so I'm curious if any further work was done on that manga.

anon

>>22592954
The original translation came from tumblr years ago here https://chirlind.tumblr.com/post/76<wbr>077942234/j-decker-cd-drama-transla<wbr>tion but sadly the PDF itself is gone, I know fandom (yeah I know but choices are limited here) posted the transcript itself but not the timestamps

the YT channel I made years ago I did reupload the script to particular parts of the drama so maybe it can be retimed to this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hip<wbr>sLkgA12U&list=PLYokxyoxFECS2Jg9i7xB<wbr>KtJxbsD0Mq0lS

>>22592957
I don't know who did the TL for that but I do know it came from a TV-Land magazine of some sorts, as for the Brave Saga manga TL I remember seeing something about a attempted TL here after I uploaded some by admission iffy scans of it 2 years back but you might have to dig through older desuarchive threads for it?

also forgot to link these as well

https://archive.org/details/brave-s<wbr>aga-new-asteria-guide-book the guidebook for the GBC Brave Saga game that has that funky lil dude that transforms from a VW New Beetle

https://archive.org/details/brave-e<wbr>xkaiser-mini-kodansha-encyclopedia A Exkaiser Minibook Enclycopedia that goes up to when Dragon Kaiser began to enter the fray

https://archive.org/details/brave-c<wbr>ommand-dagwon-vol.-8-of-childrens-b<wbr>ook A scan of a childrens book of Dagwon when that was in the 30s/40s and has Super Fire Dagwon being shown off but Power Dagwon mainly
https://archive.org/details/a-woman<wbr>-not-suitable-for-a-teacher-brave-o<wbr>f-gold-goldran-doujin-nsfw and this one is NSFW but its a doujin that was done when Goldran was airing of that one teacher that appeared for an ep and ending up fighting dudes in a royal palace, I don't think there's any documentation of this before?

Anonymous

>>22592865
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IM<wbr>ChE_LjWE
Youtube link.

>>22593686
At least they should have added a gold version of the Hobby Japan magazine exclusive Galeoria Road parts. Makes the whole set completely worth it when all the blocs from Gadget Gao have their active forms out.

anybody have a webm of kind j-der just turning his head and looking menacingly during his debut?

>>22593686
Till humanity has advanced to such a point that we can communicate without words, I am unable to adequately convey how much I hate that thing.

>>22594267
Goldion Crusher honestly should've stayed as the end-all-be-all Goldion weapon.

>>22594267
as a newtype i completely understand how much you hate that thing

>>22594267
I think it's really cool and satisfyingly well-designed.

>>22564127
They really loved that mold a lot.

I wonder where this trailer goes after Layzer combines with Layhawk. I assume it's the Galdeliber, but the shape doesn't quite match up.

>>22599118
Oh wow, yeah it looks like the trailer separates from it. You can see it on the bottom, while Layhawk looks like it just pops off the top. It's kind of like a launch pad then?

>>22599171
Apparently it's a combined mode that serves as headquarters of some sort, but apparently it doesn't get used at all after Rayhawk combines with Layzer. Unless it's the Galdeliber, but the shape doesn't quite match.

Also, have some Emperios.

>>22599341
>Apparently it's a combined mode that serves as headquarters of some sort, but apparently it doesn't get used at all after Rayhawk combines with Layzer. Unless it's the Galdeliber, but the shape doesn't quite match.
Huh, that's neat. But no, it does look like the trailer is just its own thing that acts as a base for Rayhawk to attach to. In the schematics you can also see the transformation guide for the condensed mode Rayhawk has when detached from the trailer when turning into the jet. The trailer has parts that move into different positions when combined with Hawk, but standalone it's just a trailer base.

>Also, have some Emperios.
Very cool! I finally got to unpack the other files and there's such good stuff. I keep forgetting that the DaiRazer vehicles are all gigantic in comparison, but the lineart for their individual combinations with Layzelber really showcases that.

Shame these weren't in the book, they're ripped from the game, right?

>>22599362
>Shame these weren't in the book, they're ripped from the game, right?

The scans I posted are from >>22592872

>>22599392
Yeah I got those. I was talking about the 2D render collage I posted there, doesn't seem like any of those made it in, though the lineart did.

>>22599398
Oh, my bad. IIRC those are indeed rips from the game.

Also, it's interesting that they were considering the option of combining all 5 robots into one single mecha. Too bad it didn't make it through.

>>22599412
And of course, I forgot the image...

anon

Had known for a good while over the last 4 years that Layzelber stuff would be mainly behind books and etc but entire details such as the transformation and some proto sketches really paint it home how the dude was SoL upon the game releasing, I feel bad for him to where its a miracle he even got a illustration in the Brave 30th calendar release

Anonymous

>>22599415
>>22599412
Makes it look like a Sentai mecha instead of a Brave mecha... The most robots required on a Great Brave is 3, unfortunately.

>>22599482
Was it designed by a PLEX artist, by any chance?

>>22599412
>>22599415
Oh I think I remember seeing this before... it is interesting to see the early concept sketches like these when they're obviously brainstorming the first concepts. So DaiLayzelber was considered to have two forms to it at one point? A with the 3 vehicles alone, and B with Rayhawk? I can see why that was abandoned, since Dai seems like it was scaled up a lot from the initial sketches.

Also, is that the trailer with a canon mode on the bottom pic? Doesn't seem like that made it either. The bottom also shows all of them combining individually with Layzer standalone too. So it seems like that was considered when the vehicles were also smaller and sized to Layzer.

>>22599482
There's a missunderstanding here. It's 1 robot, Layzer, with multiple vehicles.

Layzer + Hawk makes Layzelber
The 3 Dai vehicles all have their own combinations with Layzelber as add-ons (outlined in the top and middle chart) >>22599415

It was also considered for them to combine with Layzer alone for individual combinations as more support weapons (outlined in the bottom chart)

Layzer and the Dai vehicles all combined create Dailayzelber. It was then considered that they could combine with Layhawk as well, meaning it would just be four vehicles + Layzer.

>>22599499
Oh, corection: my bad, that's an early version of the tank, not the trailer.

>>22599510
Also, it's funny that apparently the early name for Layzelber was Layzard (also Dai Layzer being named Layzer ∞).

>>22599560
>Layzer
Just needed an "n" to make it Layzner

>>22599341
So, regular Emperios doesn't have a vehicle mode at all?

https://twitter.com/wotakufighter/s<wbr>tatus/1783680402147946909<br>Wotafa with The Gattai Might Kaiser.

Scale comparison between The Gattai and SMP's Great Might Gaines.

The Gattai and SMP Great Might Gaine.jpg

>>22600916
Really is amazing how they were able to accomplish the transformation proportions.

>>22600731
You're right sorry, let me fix that

https://twitter.com/FlyingDogInc/st<wbr>atus/1783692979548340630
"For those who purchase both BD-BOX I & II
We will give them away by lottery!
Cels(with backgrounds)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P<wbr>d6A45JCo<br>The Gattai Might Kaiser video.

>>22601224

The fuk is going on with those abs?

>>22601681

Im surprised anybody would give anything away with the purchase of box set these days.
Thought companies didnt care anymore.

https://a.uguu.se/oqFzTtYt.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm8<wbr>ZwpIWeJU<br>The Gattai Great Might Gaine video.

>>22607808
Thank you!
<s>I liked her better without glasses.</s>

MechaStellarDev

For the Tabletop Braves out there we added Fighbird, Draias, Da Garn, Seven Changer and Red Geist to the MechaStellar roster.

Anonymous

Watching Might Gaine and towards the end all of the sudden Maito is in high school? Is there any explanation for this or should we assume that he has been in school the whole series and it was just not shown?

>>22608666
Can't really argue against that.
https://files.catbox.moe/ja91xj.mp4<wbr>

>>22610090
Literally made for <s>protecting in situations way above your heads, but also light bullying</s>
It does say a lot about a protag when they're outright terrified like a snivelling child, yet does their absolute best to protect others and get them all out of danger. Keita is an alright guy.

>>22559028
>>22559038
https://twitter.com/SWORGRADER/stat<wbr>us/1785956740863057921
Sworgrader's fifth chapter is coming soon

https://firecross.jp/ebook/series/5<wbr>14<br>Sworgrader's new chapter will be released in May 6 more specifically.

https://twitter.com/gsc_mechasmile/<wbr>status/1785975020780429665
https://ameblo.jp/gscrobo/entry-128<wbr>50584211.html
The Gattai's Survey Result.

>>22611338
It's alphabetical order for 2-10 and 11-20 lists. For the MODEROID list, it's 2-10 and 11-30. But let's hope GBG is real high.

>>22610879
I remember this was a very sweet episode. There's only a few instances where I find a character so pretty yet also cheer on her and her love interest to be together.

https://twitter.com/SWORGRADER/stat<wbr>us/1787323905813966848<br>Baan Gaan is getting a novel.

https://twitter.com/SWORGRADER/stat<wbr>us/1787317109812498652
https://firecross.jp/reader/12449?t<wbr>rial=0&token=92c2975c-77f8-4b28-b6f<wbr>2-841ec81b54ec&vertical=0
Sworgrader's fifth chapter is out now.

>>22615850
Please please please let this be translated . . .
Hopefully since this is a "web novel" it will all be released for free online and it can be MTL'd if nobody picks it up. Better yet, Bandai officially releases it in English like with the Digimon Dreamers manga and that SD Gundam manga.

>>22615850
>>22615892
Really hope they also cover the Brave Saga 2 arc, because since nobody could bother translating or patching the Brave Saga games, we can't easily get clarity on the relationship between Manami and Shizuma (Varion/Victorion's pilot).

>>22615850
2024 really is the year of Baan Gaan! It's so good to see after all these years.

>>22616254
Still working on it, sorry for the wait!

Folder updated with subs for eps 10 and 11, and timings redone on the other eps for the EDs since the Bluray timings are slightly different: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/<wbr>folders/1uwfGOdvkaa352DC4VfQzWGUzPz<wbr>r2PMji

If anyone wants to go ahead and start watching the BDs now since it's taking me a bit, there's these for the episodes I haven't touched yet: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/<wbr>folders/11ol1WWCCQ2-RQBWromFHqujha7<wbr>YSZdzS

LET'S MIGHT GAINE!

MechaStellarDev

Did anyone pick up The Gattai Da Garn X? Has GSC hinted at doing more? Because I'd love to see some modern figures for Exkaiser or Fighbird

Anonymous

>>22617393
Too slow, anon. We got Ga-Orn already, Seven Changer is coming close to the end of the year, and we are given word about Sky Saber (and after the THE GATTAI polls, Hawk Saber) and Land Bison, which are now in prototype stage.

MechaStellarDev

>>22617412
Yeah I was planning on picking up Seven Changer provided the build quality on the the GSC Da Garn is good. Do you have one?
>Land Bison
Oh that would be great.

Anonymous

https://twitter.com/tspark_official<wbr>/status/1788007156014542940<br>Not again... More toymaker wars... Stop making Exkaisers already!

Also...
https://twitter.com/kotobukiya_p/st<wbr>atus/1788005402548076720?t=CefIBAGK<wbr>Vo0cAE6wPpoIVg&s=19
Does this girl look familiar to you? The orange hair made me think she's from an H-series. Please, no...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqd<wbr>YImAxQxE<br>Youtube link of the PV.

https://twitter.com/hj_shohin/statu<wbr>s/1788003380993855632<br>New Amakuni GGG stuff

>>22618504
All five Gao Machines with Genesic Galeon... Can they combine this time now that they are in the SUPER AMAKUNI KIZIN line?

>>22618529
Amakuni has made like three Genesic GaoGaiGar figures now. Goldion Crusher when, Amakuni?

>>22618576
A Missing Link for the old Exkaiser toy. Yep, sticking to the SOC then.

>>22618609
https://www.takaratomy.co.jp/produc<wbr>ts/tsparkofficial/toyrise/
>This is a product that incorporates Takara Tomy's rich experience and knowledge. Its functions are more than just new gimmicks; they provide creative play that stimulates the user's imagination. Each item exhibits its own unique charm with a sense of free scale. Furthermore, common standard joints are used and customization is possible.
The standard joints and customization thing makes it sound more like a Transformers' mainline or Diaclone Reboot style redo of it

Really funny how Takara and Sentinel Amakuni are both making Genesic combining toys.

>>22618573
>>22618658
Is T-Spark like, their spin on Tamashii Natioms?

>>22619280
Yeah, pretty much their Bandai Spirits/Tamashii Nations. T-spark seems to be more open to external collabs though
>Sunrise licenses
>Konami
>Is Yoji Shinkawa under Konami or Kojima's company??
>Flame Toys
>Kotobukiya

>>22619285
Shinkawa's with Kojima nowadays, non-zero chance we'll end up with Death Stranding micromen too.

Also this was posted. Not sure if it's refering to VARS support animals, or something entirely new??? Maybe something planned for the novelization?

>>22618672
So if this is designed to be the same size as the older toys Takara did but for FINAL, does that mean a certain symmetrical docking pair will happen as well?

>>22619810
Most likely the Animal Attahments, but I have a feeling they could tweak the Brave Saga 2 arc a bit to add something new. Who knows? I sometimes think Victorion would stand pretty well together with Baan Gaan and Mach Sperion anyway, since Brave Saga 2 is still absorbed within the Baan Gaan story. Just wish the detective permanently ditches the worm costume from the start, since it won't sit well with anyone who grew up playing the games, let alone anyone with first exposure to this story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m5<wbr>WOgWfIWs<br>SMP Golden Final GaoGaiGar.

Soul of Chogokin display of pic related.

>>22623121
List as follows:
>Gekiryujin (possibly P-Bandai)
>Big Volfogg (just Volfogg's car mode for now)
>Pliers
>King Exkaiser brush-up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EE<wbr>8heq8WJM <br>The CHOGOKIN 50th Anniversary Exhibition video.

https://sunrise-world.net/feature/f<wbr>eature.php?id=9485<br>Sunrise making a J-Decker episode popularity poll.

https://twitter.com/osoneteru/statu<wbr>s/1790191531691061365<br>The GGG maintenance scene.

>>22630460
This is so cool. The toy they made for this is even cooler.

Is Grand Glorious Gathering worth watching? I saw Final more than 10 years ago.

>>22631022
Maybe if you have seen Betterman or bothered by the infamous lesbian rape poor Renais got.

>>22631022
Yeah, it's worth watching because it expands on the lore of GaoGaiGar.

>>22631042
I have seen Betterman and am a little curious as to what exactly Lamia does in the OVA.
>>22631048
I hope it is meaningful additions and not filler for the sake of the additional episodes. I'm working my way through the Brave Saga so once I'm done with GaoGaiGar TV, I guess I'll give Grand Glorious Gathering a try.

https://www.kotobukiya.co.jp/en/pro<wbr>duct/detail/p4934054027019/<br>Many are excited for her, only to get a Taimanin...

>>22632856
The second to last pic was supposedly named something else in a comic for the SOC GaoFighGar. Forgot what it's called.

>>22632878
https://tamashiiweb.com/item/14282/<wbr>?wovn=en#
MT says it's the Supersonic Flight mode.

>>22633142
<s>Can Renais have kids still?</s>

Just finished uploading Sworgrader chapter 5 in both English and Spanish to Mangadex, if someone wants to dump it.

>>22634012
I was gonna collage the pages together if you don't mind

>>22634013
Sure, go ahead

Also I just realized I derp'd and forgot to add the link...

https://mangadex.org/chapter/299131<wbr>8b-5788-4cc9-bbc5-3cc4a206a644

>>22634017
Commencing the storytime then. Previous chapter.
https://desuarchive.org/m/thread/22<wbr>454197/#q22550247

>>22634045
Huh, just noticed a small typo in page 10. I'll upload the fixed version to Mangadex ASAP.

>>22634059
>Great Baan Gaan falling down the votrex while displaying the VARS logo

Request thread for the Baan Gaan novel! https://x.com/Hayabaan/status/17918<wbr>00803193450577

>>22636771
I typically make new threads once they dip too hard to page 10. It's not like anyone would check out on a dedicated Baan Gaan thread, anyway, so it can be contained here. I got lots of updates over the past few months, so expect a new thread by tomorrow.