God it feels refreshing to see someone speak about a game with this kind of aesthetic without an unfunny quip every 20 seconds about how they're "weeb trash", or mentioning waifus or FBI memes
This was the breakout game of AGDQ 2020. They did a tournament encouraging new players to sign up for it, and the release of this on the Switch E-Shop made it super easy for people to get a hold of. This game is legit, the VS mode is intense!
@@duffman18 It's also on GOG and Steam, the former also giving you access to the game's ROM with your purchase by installing the unsupported Mac and Linux versions if you want to play the game with an emulator that supports network play as well.
wow! I love this game! I thought I was the only person playing this! I used to play this on an arcade machine back at colllege, and now I have even bought it on switch!
I love this "Thoughts on" series you've been doing! All of them so far have been games I've either only heard the name of (Kero Blaster, Mr. Driller) or never heard of at all, but your commentary highlights what makes them different and interesting. I'm a big fan of Puyo Puyo, Tetris, and other games with a similar "send garbage to the other side" mechanic to this one, so I appreciate the notice you're giving to it and the other games in this series.
I have to admit, I am loving the weekly injection of analysis I've been getting over quarantine. These are both very easy to watch and have a high quality feel with good scripting and recording quality. I actually catch myself watching these when I'm bored and notice something that I missed or forgot from the first viewing. I think the best thing about these videos is that they give a deeper insight into games that aren't really talked about much on the website. Whilst there is a sizeable amount of content dissecting bigger releases such as Kingdom Hearts or Dark Souls, the only time I've heard about Twinkle Star Sprites is on unknown/underrated games lists or people making compilations of Neo Geo reviews in one video. Neither really delving into the game's mechanics or what makes it special on a meaningful level. From all of the "Thoughts on" series, this, Kero Blaster, and the upcoming Mr Driller game on Switch have gone from games that would be miles away from my radar to tempting offers if ever on sale. Probably the major thing preventing me from picking up this game on Switch is the crushing sense of awkwardness most of my friends and family would feel if they saw me playing this on my Switch or even just the icon of a petite anime girl on my home screen. If Nintendo could go back to the 3DS way of being able to hide games into folders rather than prominently blare it out to everyone wanting to play Smash Bros, JackBox or Mario Kart with me, that would be fantastic.
I wish I could mate. The problem is that most people don't know I even watch anime or play "Japanesey" games unless they're close friends even though I don't even watch that much. The only time anime came up in discussion in my family is when they were talking about pedophilia and how gross "anime" is. Look, we both know that does not account for (I want to say) most of the stuff from Japan but it does have a stigma that I'd just rather avoid.
Wow such a special lil game. Thanks for bringing this up to my attention. Looking down at the comments I saw people who are still involved with the game are rallying up. This is the shit man.
I played this game for the first time last year local multiplayer with a friend and it was ridiculously fun. Not the kind of game I would have expected Matthew to cover, but a happy surprise regardless! :)
Matthew love these new format videos. You be mentioning games not lot of people talk about. I hope new generation try out these try of games. I love your video and content so much. I can listen you talk about games for hours
Twinkle Star Sprites is the bomb. Touhou's tried a similar concept (I think twice?) and it's never quite matched up to the frantic goodness of TSS.
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*3* times, if you count Seihou 2 Though arguably, PoDD is probably the closest to TSS in terms of difficulty, but it's a lot less refined than it PoFV is more polished than PoDD, but is easier as a result, and Kioh Gyoku has a much more unique and forgiving game system. While easy, it's more unique than the other 3
I got to play this at the Galloping Ghost Arcade a few weeks ago. With all the machines there, seemed strange that I randomly decided to stand at this one. Remembered immediately that Matt had done a video on it. Fun time, even though I only played for like a half hour.
wow! this game looks so dope! I never saw this in any of the sink multigame cabinets as a kid, but it would've given any metal slug a run for its money.
I remember playing this at a con last fall with a friend and it honestly was one of the best games they had at the arcade there. There was some pumping techno music from another machine that I mistakened for being in this game so I was a bit disappointed in the soundtrack when we played it on the ride home, but my friend loved the game's actual audio. I still get a kick out of how when you choose the first character the final battle is Sprites vs Memory.
Ayy, I heard you talk about this on the Patreon, was wondering when it might show up as a video. :) Oh, speaking of that update - how is your wrist doing?
If you'd be interested in a short game with its focus on exploring storylines I would recommend the first Way of The Samurai game. Or rather, I would love to see you talk about one of my fav games :D
"What can be satisfying when sitting across from a human opponent isn't necessarily when the computer plays pretend." I think this is a really tough needle to thread in any game's AI. When the AI appears too "skilled" you end up with situations like the Mortal Kombat II AI blatantly reading player inputs and blocking on the same frame that the player presses the attack button. But an "easier" AI tends to make mistakes that no human would conceivably make. Even a moderately-difficult AI opponent tends to have eccentricities that can be exploited to make the game unusually easy. Basically anytime the AI has the same abilities at their disposal as the human player, it's near impossible to make their behavior appear realistic.
True, however an ai doesn't need to be "human" to be fun to play against. A good ai is one that challenges the player without overwhelming them. It should be just hard enough. Many games solve this by adapting ai difficulty to player performance. The better you do the harder it gets. The worse you do the easier it gets, as to make it fun for everyone. It doesn't need to play fairly to be fun. Of course some forms of cheating by the ai are bad, but not all of them are. Like in mario kart where enemies speed up if they're left far behind. It's subtle enough to not be intrusive, and gives them a way to adapt to your level of skill. Of couse the ai will always make mistakes that no human will make and act in ways that no sane humans will attempt, like the ai in this game that hugs enemies getting to the very edge between hit and miss, but can still somehow dodge everything. And it does cheat by being able to charge faster than a human (particularly noticeable on the last stage) and being able to shoot incredibly fast, killing bosses in less than a second after they spawn. But it's not impossible to beat. Programming "gamesense" into an ai is very hard if not impossible, so some tricks are needed. Sadly the ai on this game isn't adaptive (as far as i can tell) and so the last 2 stages are unfair as the ai has near perfect dodging. It takes a pretty skilled player to beat them because you have to wall the boss. Which isn't impossible as they do love to hug projectiles, but still pretty hard. Playing against humans of similar skill level is much more fun, but sadly it's hard to find players for a 22 year old game with no native netplay. The few that play are long time players that are far too good compared to an average person. So the ai is pretty much the only thing you're gonna get sadly
This concept seems so cool. I would totally get into this as a competitive game if it were released today with a slight revamp for competitive viability
There is a international (competitive) Twinkle Star Sprites community. We have a Discord where we talk about strats and get together to have a session online via. FightCade 1 (which is free to use). Please consider joining our community: discord.gg/WXMWzrd
Boy wait till you see Touhou PoDD's AI. The final boss does not have a "mistake countdown timer" in round 1, making it near impossible to win that round.
I'm a Tinker&Linker player. TSS is phenomenal in two player, there's a thrill in the screaming matches at close dodges or recoveries. It's an absurdly satisfying multiplayer game, as the matches go on the waves get faster and faster. Gotta appreciate it being a big CD title they most prominent characters name being Loadrun - that sort of dumb humor the Japanese run with warms me like hot cocoa. If you get a chance to play it locally on the same screen, that's when it really shines. I'm lucky to have the Saturn version to do this with (which has additional characters and a cute anime opening.) Who do you play as? Oh and if you want something a little cute but mechanically absurd (in a good way) Look at Cotton 2 and Boomerang some time. There's nothing quite like a shooting game where you don't have to shoot, but can instead pick up, juggle and punch your way through danmaku. It's the kind of genre twist that feels like a stroke of genius.
if anyone is ever interested in playing this game with other people online, you can do so using FightCade. it's a service that lets you play various old games online, primarily fighting games. twinkle star sprite is in there though and its a lot of fun with friends.
We have a TSS international community and there are people that play online via. FightCade 1 on a daily basis or during our "Friday Game Night" sessions. If you're looking for someone to play with, be sure to check out the group: discord.gg/WXMWzrd
Just a heads up: I help run a community Discord for TSS, and we've gotten decent turnout at events in the last two years. discord.io/TwinkleStarSprites
I'm really enjoying this series on lesser known games. But how are you finding them? I don't claim to know every game ever made, but I still only knew about the minority of the games you've done "thoughts on" videos for at this point.
What i never understood is the use of the level 1 charged shot... I mean, if you use that, you can't pop the enemy in a way that will produce garbage.. And if you need something deadly to clean a lot of garbage... Well it's not quick enough since it needs to be charged. Maybe sometime when you see garbage on your way you have enough time to send a charged shot but not all characters have a charged shot worth this trouble. It's usually way better to just wait to pop out your own chain at this moment.
This is the one NeoGeo game I own that I can always bust out for anyone. Not everyone likes playing a 2D fighter, and I've met people that just can't get in to Metal Slug or Windjammers, but everyone likes shooting bubbles and trying to dodge giant cat bunnies.
You’re a big fan of very traditional games with a subtle spin on mechanics. Ever tried a game called Creeper World? It’s a top-down RTS with a twist; the enemy acts 100% predictably: it flows like water. It trickles down cracks and spills over containers so it becomes about crowd control rather than pure defence like most RTSs. First one is a free Flash game and is pretty unpolished but gets the mechanics across well. CW3 is on Steam and is super refined.
I love Twinkle Star Sprites and have for a long time now, and I wish I had someone to play with. Really Till is my girl! I kinda wish you would have gone into balancing more because I feel that some characters are much weaker than others. Mainly it has to do with the special attacks but some charge attacks are pretty much useless (though charge attacks in general are useless). Like Nanja Monja has a great special that really zones you but Kim's is pretty easily avoided. Then there's the obvious like Yan having terrible stats, but I guess it's good to have some handicap characters.
We have a TSS international community and there are people that play online via. FightCade 1 on a daily basis or during our "Friday Game Night" sessions. Be sure to check it out if you're interested: discord.gg/WXMWzrd
We have a TSS international community and there are people that play online via. FightCade 1 on a daily basis or during our "Friday Game Night" sessions. Be sure to check it out if you have time: discord.gg/WXMWzrd
I do think memorization matters in this genre, but I don't think it's the only thing that matters. I have every enemy formation in Ikaruga memorized but I still screw up and die on some sections that I'm just not good enough to do right even though I know it's coming.
It is highly recommended to learn all 36 patterns; half of which are repeated/mirrored and while the others are unique sequences. Even if you learn all 36 patterns, it really boils down to execution; knowing when to send Level 2 attacks over to your opponent, drag your opponent's attacks off screen, and ignoring/skipping a pattern to survive.
This was Alpha Denshi’s last game to be made for the Neo Geo! Does this mean Matthew will review other games on that platform? Magician Lord? Top Hunter? World Heroes? Metal Slug? Any of the King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown/Spirits, or Fatal Fury games?
I think that he's already planned out a lot of his "thoughts on" series in advance, or has been sitting on these ideas for a while, hence why he's able to make such a high quality analysis in a one week timeframe. So chances are slim of a P&R analysis happening, but Pocky and Rocky is definitely a fun game worth playing to anyone big on schmups, analysis or not.
Try this old and simple PS1 game called "Tecmo Stackers - a game about chain reactions". which also called in japan Dero~n Dero Dero. i assure you it's worth talking about.
The first attacker disadvantage actually isnt true. If you reflect a reflected attack back it turns into a special attack which you cant reflect so you have to be careful about when you reflect stuff to not put yourself in a bad position. I'd say its probably in the first attackers favour.
Ah, you made my day! Shmups are awesome, man. When it comes to versus shmups, there was a recent one called Rival Megagun, which is really good if you haven't heard of it. Would love it if you covered more of the genre in general. I think shmups have timeless appeal, yet they've fallen by the wayside in terms of popularity. There's a lot to explore in shmups, different styles of play, from stage based affairs to just enemies and danmaku, and all the different scoring systems and mechanics.
My friend and I were browsing the Xbox store at 4 in the morning and found this game. The only information on the page was the image, which was just an intense zoom in on one of the characters. After having a good laugh on what we just found, I gifted it to him as a joke. Now every time we hang we play some versus together with no idea what's happening, and even held a "tournament" amongst a group of friends. We didn't know anyone else knew of it's existence.
If you enjoyed playing TSS via. Xbox One, we have a TSS international community. There are people that play online via. FightCade 1 on a daily basis or during our "Friday Game Night" sessions. You can plug up your Xbox controllers and the program will detect your inputs/bindings. Be sure to check it out if you're interested and spread the word if your friends are also interested: discord.gg/WXMWzrd
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God it feels refreshing to see someone speak about a game with this kind of aesthetic without an unfunny quip every 20 seconds about how they're "weeb trash", or mentioning waifus or FBI memes
Thank you
It feels refreshing to see someone speak about a game without an unfunny quip or cutaway disclaimer every 5 seconds
Thank you. I love Japanese games, but I hate weeaboos.
It is pretty nice to just watch a critical analysis that isn't dripping with irony
CrimsonDevil Even weebs hate weebs. It’s just a universal dislike.
I keep forgetting Matt is doing these so every week I get a pleasant surprise.
Oh he's doing one a week? awesome!
@@cannonfodder4000 Every Monday! Not sure how many are left though.
@@Seth_M-T he said it could go on for some more weeks
I have somehow missed every single one but this one in my feed.
Fuck
Not gonna lie, I live for the cute send-offs at the end of every video.
I smiled pretty hard at the end of this one, and i'm a sour jaded fuckhead
The internet: Give us MGSV, Bloodborne, DMC5!
Matthew: OK, but what about Twinkle Star Sprites?
Me: I wanna play Twinkle Star Sprites now.
Coming up next: The Atari Jaguar CD version of Myst.
Uuugg
He's probably working on a big one in between.
as much as i love those games i honestly prefer it when he does really niche games i've never heard of
Whats the point of reviewing dmc 5? Its the exact same as 3 but with much more yankee pander and bad writing...
Somebody looked at Puyo an was like "Why can't I shoot these?"
A true American
This was the breakout game of AGDQ 2020. They did a tournament encouraging new players to sign up for it, and the release of this on the Switch E-Shop made it super easy for people to get a hold of. This game is legit, the VS mode is intense!
It's on the e-shop? Awesome, thank you
@@duffman18 It's also on GOG and Steam, the former also giving you access to the game's ROM with your purchase by installing the unsupported Mac and Linux versions if you want to play the game with an emulator that supports network play as well.
One of my absolute favorite SNK arcade games. Unique local multiplayer, which is something that's always worth appreciating.
Wonder how Matt would react to Touhou PoFV's AI
I had no idea there was another game that plays like Phantasmagoria of Flower View, it looks cool as hell!
PoFV was directly inspired by Twinkle, according to this interview with zun: www.4gamer.net/specials/shanghai_alice/zone_k.shtml
Touhou 3 also has similar gameplay mechanics
How strange is it to see a Digi comment in a community where no one recognised her
Rival Megagun may be of note.
wow! I love this game! I thought I was the only person playing this! I used to play this on an arcade machine back at colllege, and now I have even bought it on switch!
Your videos are such high quality man! You and Joseph Anderson are by far my favourite game discussion channels
Always love seeing content from you. These short videos are just as good as the multi-hour ones.
After hearing the pitch for this new format of videos on the patreon I was wondering when this game was gonna come up.
Have to say that I love this kind of short analysis videos you do. Keep up the good work.
I love this "Thoughts on" series you've been doing! All of them so far have been games I've either only heard the name of (Kero Blaster, Mr. Driller) or never heard of at all, but your commentary highlights what makes them different and interesting. I'm a big fan of Puyo Puyo, Tetris, and other games with a similar "send garbage to the other side" mechanic to this one, so I appreciate the notice you're giving to it and the other games in this series.
I have to admit, I am loving the weekly injection of analysis I've been getting over quarantine. These are both very easy to watch and have a high quality feel with good scripting and recording quality. I actually catch myself watching these when I'm bored and notice something that I missed or forgot from the first viewing.
I think the best thing about these videos is that they give a deeper insight into games that aren't really talked about much on the website. Whilst there is a sizeable amount of content dissecting bigger releases such as Kingdom Hearts or Dark Souls, the only time I've heard about Twinkle Star Sprites is on unknown/underrated games lists or people making compilations of Neo Geo reviews in one video. Neither really delving into the game's mechanics or what makes it special on a meaningful level.
From all of the "Thoughts on" series, this, Kero Blaster, and the upcoming Mr Driller game on Switch have gone from games that would be miles away from my radar to tempting offers if ever on sale. Probably the major thing preventing me from picking up this game on Switch is the crushing sense of awkwardness most of my friends and family would feel if they saw me playing this on my Switch or even just the icon of a petite anime girl on my home screen. If Nintendo could go back to the 3DS way of being able to hide games into folders rather than prominently blare it out to everyone wanting to play Smash Bros, JackBox or Mario Kart with me, that would be fantastic.
I wish I could mate. The problem is that most people don't know I even watch anime or play "Japanesey" games unless they're close friends even though I don't even watch that much. The only time anime came up in discussion in my family is when they were talking about pedophilia and how gross "anime" is. Look, we both know that does not account for (I want to say) most of the stuff from Japan but it does have a stigma that I'd just rather avoid.
Wow such a special lil game. Thanks for bringing this up to my attention. Looking down at the comments I saw people who are still involved with the game are rallying up. This is the shit man.
episode 17: thoughts on thinking
He already gave those in a stream talking to chat.
@@hansnase364 SAUCE
Rastko Brković he said its overrated and that feeling is underrated
One of my favorite Neo-Geo games. Criminally underrated.
I played this game for the first time last year local multiplayer with a friend and it was ridiculously fun. Not the kind of game I would have expected Matthew to cover, but a happy surprise regardless! :)
Having these every week is a very pleasant thing indeed. 😊
I love how this game is on Fightcade.
Yooooo! This game grabbed me from the moment I first saw a cabinet at a small, import arcade. I'm always happy to see it get some love!
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That typo is way ahead of its time
This game has a very... special translation overall. Pretty much all text is engrish
Yeah, that confused the heck out of me. Like, what was the year? Was it a thing then already?!
Neo Geo translations are a goldmine
I think she was trying to say she was hungarian.
Poor translations are a blessing.
I've been waiting for this since the audio log on patreon.
"The thoughts on" Series is the mega micro videos OVA
Matthew love these new format videos. You be mentioning games not lot of people talk about. I hope new generation try out these try of games. I love your video and content so much. I can listen you talk about games for hours
Twinkle Star Sprites is the bomb. Touhou's tried a similar concept (I think twice?) and it's never quite matched up to the frantic goodness of TSS.
*3* times, if you count Seihou 2
Though arguably, PoDD is probably the closest to TSS in terms of difficulty, but it's a lot less refined than it
PoFV is more polished than PoDD, but is easier as a result, and Kioh Gyoku has a much more unique and forgiving game system. While easy, it's more unique than the other 3
@ there's nothing quite as mental as putting two Lunatic AIs against each other in PoFV and watching them just flatout cheat for 45 minutes straight
Really enjoyed this video, thanks
I got to play this at the Galloping Ghost Arcade a few weeks ago. With all the machines there, seemed strange that I randomly decided to stand at this one. Remembered immediately that Matt had done a video on it. Fun time, even though I only played for like a half hour.
A perfect start to every week
Loving this barrage of shorter reviews, especially since your picks are all so interesting.
6 am upload, just before bedtime. nice
I agree a a lot with what you said and it's amazing how Twinkle Star Sprites is under estimated.
Love these videos on lesser known old games
Great content as always!
wow! this game looks so dope! I never saw this in any of the sink multigame cabinets as a kid, but it would've given any metal slug a run for its money.
Enjoying these smaller videos :)
I remember playing this at a con last fall with a friend and it honestly was one of the best games they had at the arcade there. There was some pumping techno music from another machine that I mistakened for being in this game so I was a bit disappointed in the soundtrack when we played it on the ride home, but my friend loved the game's actual audio. I still get a kick out of how when you choose the first character the final battle is Sprites vs Memory.
interrupted my wank preparations for this
gotta give you that algorithm-boosting comment
same tbh
same here, introduced me to a pretty cool game
It was kind of odd to watch this after listening to the rough version so many months ago. I guess Matt never truly throws out a script.
Right on time, heck yeah
Ayy, I heard you talk about this on the Patreon, was wondering when it might show up as a video. :) Oh, speaking of that update - how is your wrist doing?
If you'd be interested in a short game with its focus on exploring storylines I would recommend the first Way of The Samurai game.
Or rather, I would love to see you talk about one of my fav games :D
Oh boy, another Matosis Mondays™!
I'd love to hear your thoughts on Tetris Battle Gaiden!
I think I've found my new addiction.
"What can be satisfying when sitting across from a human opponent isn't necessarily when the computer plays pretend."
I think this is a really tough needle to thread in any game's AI. When the AI appears too "skilled" you end up with situations like the Mortal Kombat II AI blatantly reading player inputs and blocking on the same frame that the player presses the attack button. But an "easier" AI tends to make mistakes that no human would conceivably make. Even a moderately-difficult AI opponent tends to have eccentricities that can be exploited to make the game unusually easy. Basically anytime the AI has the same abilities at their disposal as the human player, it's near impossible to make their behavior appear realistic.
True, however an ai doesn't need to be "human" to be fun to play against. A good ai is one that challenges the player without overwhelming them. It should be just hard enough. Many games solve this by adapting ai difficulty to player performance. The better you do the harder it gets. The worse you do the easier it gets, as to make it fun for everyone. It doesn't need to play fairly to be fun. Of course some forms of cheating by the ai are bad, but not all of them are. Like in mario kart where enemies speed up if they're left far behind. It's subtle enough to not be intrusive, and gives them a way to adapt to your level of skill. Of couse the ai will always make mistakes that no human will make and act in ways that no sane humans will attempt, like the ai in this game that hugs enemies getting to the very edge between hit and miss, but can still somehow dodge everything. And it does cheat by being able to charge faster than a human (particularly noticeable on the last stage) and being able to shoot incredibly fast, killing bosses in less than a second after they spawn. But it's not impossible to beat. Programming "gamesense" into an ai is very hard if not impossible, so some tricks are needed. Sadly the ai on this game isn't adaptive (as far as i can tell) and so the last 2 stages are unfair as the ai has near perfect dodging. It takes a pretty skilled player to beat them because you have to wall the boss. Which isn't impossible as they do love to hug projectiles, but still pretty hard.
Playing against humans of similar skill level is much more fun, but sadly it's hard to find players for a 22 year old game with no native netplay. The few that play are long time players that are far too good compared to an average person. So the ai is pretty much the only thing you're gonna get sadly
I am absolutely in love with all of the typefaces in this game. Does anyone know where I could find these? Feel like I’ve seen them in other games too
His take on another unusual vs arcade title, the Outfoxies, would be interesting.
This concept seems so cool. I would totally get into this as a competitive game if it were released today with a slight revamp for competitive viability
There is a international (competitive) Twinkle Star Sprites community. We have a Discord where we talk about strats and get together to have a session online via. FightCade 1 (which is free to use).
Please consider joining our community: discord.gg/WXMWzrd
That reminds me of touhou 9, but prettier, I'm interested in this
I wonder if Matthew has heard of Phantasmagoria of a Dim.Dream
"Versus, sending Garbage"
Holy shit, it's Shoot'em'up Puyo Puyo
Wow, I can't remember the last time I saw someone talk about this game online
I'm a huge fan of a touhou game inspired by this. I'll check the original out!
Boy wait till you see Touhou PoDD's AI. The final boss does not have a "mistake countdown timer" in round 1, making it near impossible to win that round.
Hey Matthew, just wondering if you've played Monolith, the shmup? It's on steam. You might like it
I'm a Tinker&Linker player. TSS is phenomenal in two player, there's a thrill in the screaming matches at close dodges or recoveries. It's an absurdly satisfying multiplayer game, as the matches go on the waves get faster and faster. Gotta appreciate it being a big CD title they most prominent characters name being Loadrun - that sort of dumb humor the Japanese run with warms me like hot cocoa.
If you get a chance to play it locally on the same screen, that's when it really shines. I'm lucky to have the Saturn version to do this with (which has additional characters and a cute anime opening.) Who do you play as?
Oh and if you want something a little cute but mechanically absurd (in a good way) Look at Cotton 2 and Boomerang some time. There's nothing quite like a shooting game where you don't have to shoot, but can instead pick up, juggle and punch your way through danmaku. It's the kind of genre twist that feels like a stroke of genius.
is this worth buying on the eshop if you're only gonna be playing single player? it looks really fun
if anyone is ever interested in playing this game with other people online, you can do so using FightCade. it's a service that lets you play various old games online, primarily fighting games. twinkle star sprite is in there though and its a lot of fun with friends.
We have a TSS international community and there are people that play online via. FightCade 1 on a daily basis or during our "Friday Game Night" sessions.
If you're looking for someone to play with, be sure to check out the group: discord.gg/WXMWzrd
Just a heads up: I help run a community Discord for TSS, and we've gotten decent turnout at events in the last two years.
discord.io/TwinkleStarSprites
Glad tah see a game simila' tah Rival Megagun. Appreciate de look at novel games such as dis 'n' GrimGrimoire.
Matt are you ever gonna play the newer zachtronics games
I'm really enjoying this series on lesser known games. But how are you finding them? I don't claim to know every game ever made, but I still only knew about the minority of the games you've done "thoughts on" videos for at this point.
The indie game Rival Megagun is a really good modern take on Twinkle Star Sprites.
What i never understood is the use of the level 1 charged shot... I mean, if you use that, you can't pop the enemy in a way that will produce garbage.. And if you need something deadly to clean a lot of garbage... Well it's not quick enough since it needs to be charged.
Maybe sometime when you see garbage on your way you have enough time to send a charged shot but not all characters have a charged shot worth this trouble. It's usually way better to just wait to pop out your own chain at this moment.
This is the one NeoGeo game I own that I can always bust out for anyone. Not everyone likes playing a 2D fighter, and I've met people that just can't get in to Metal Slug or Windjammers, but everyone likes shooting bubbles and trying to dodge giant cat bunnies.
You’re a big fan of very traditional games with a subtle spin on mechanics. Ever tried a game called Creeper World? It’s a top-down RTS with a twist; the enemy acts 100% predictably: it flows like water. It trickles down cracks and spills over containers so it becomes about crowd control rather than pure defence like most RTSs.
First one is a free Flash game and is pretty unpolished but gets the mechanics across well. CW3 is on Steam and is super refined.
So, Money Idol Exchanger review next?
I love Twinkle Star Sprites and have for a long time now, and I wish I had someone to play with. Really Till is my girl! I kinda wish you would have gone into balancing more because I feel that some characters are much weaker than others. Mainly it has to do with the special attacks but some charge attacks are pretty much useless (though charge attacks in general are useless). Like Nanja Monja has a great special that really zones you but Kim's is pretty easily avoided. Then there's the obvious like Yan having terrible stats, but I guess it's good to have some handicap characters.
We have a TSS international community and there are people that play online via. FightCade 1 on a daily basis or during our "Friday Game Night" sessions.
Be sure to check it out if you're interested: discord.gg/WXMWzrd
Is this available on FightCade?
We have a TSS international community and there are people that play online via. FightCade 1 on a daily basis or during our "Friday Game Night" sessions.
Be sure to check it out if you have time: discord.gg/WXMWzrd
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is he only going to do this format in the future?
Check out Change Air Blade next!
I do think memorization matters in this genre, but I don't think it's the only thing that matters. I have every enemy formation in Ikaruga memorized but I still screw up and die on some sections that I'm just not good enough to do right even though I know it's coming.
It is highly recommended to learn all 36 patterns; half of which are repeated/mirrored and while the others are unique sequences. Even if you learn all 36 patterns, it really boils down to execution; knowing when to send Level 2 attacks over to your opponent, drag your opponent's attacks off screen, and ignoring/skipping a pattern to survive.
I believe the game also had a japan only sequel on the PS2.
This was Alpha Denshi’s last game to be made for the Neo Geo! Does this mean Matthew will review other games on that platform? Magician Lord? Top Hunter? World Heroes? Metal Slug? Any of the King of Fighters, Samurai Shodown/Spirits, or Fatal Fury games?
twinklestar esports
id like a pocky and rocky thoughts video that would be interesting
I think that he's already planned out a lot of his "thoughts on" series in advance, or has been sitting on these ideas for a while, hence why he's able to make such a high quality analysis in a one week timeframe. So chances are slim of a P&R analysis happening, but Pocky and Rocky is definitely a fun game worth playing to anyone big on schmups, analysis or not.
Really nice game, there's a PS2 version as well but it's PAL only (i think)
We don't see many competitive games like this. The only other one I can think of is rival megagun.
The closest we'll get to Matthew reviewing a fighting game.
*Strawberry Crisis Intensifies*
"Still, this would make for an under-whale-ming system..."
Pure hilarity. Pure Matthew.
You could make a video talking about your thoughts on flavors of potato chips and I'd still listen to every second 5 times over
fuck yeah
One last thing matthew how you find about twinkle star sprities.
Try this old and simple PS1 game called
"Tecmo Stackers - a game about chain reactions". which also called in japan Dero~n Dero Dero.
i assure you it's worth talking about.
The first attacker disadvantage actually isnt true. If you reflect a reflected attack back it turns into a special attack which you cant reflect so you have to be careful about when you reflect stuff to not put yourself in a bad position. I'd say its probably in the first attackers favour.
SHMUP!
When are you gonna review super Mario odyssey?
You the best boi
Love me some schmuppets
This looks like Puyo Puyo.
How come you decided to review this title?
Ah, you made my day! Shmups are awesome, man. When it comes to versus shmups, there was a recent one called Rival Megagun, which is really good if you haven't heard of it. Would love it if you covered more of the genre in general. I think shmups have timeless appeal, yet they've fallen by the wayside in terms of popularity. There's a lot to explore in shmups, different styles of play, from stage based affairs to just enemies and danmaku, and all the different scoring systems and mechanics.
The sega saturn version is the best, but sadly limited to that system :(
So it's touhou 3 and touhou 9 PoFV?
My friend and I were browsing the Xbox store at 4 in the morning and found this game. The only information on the page was the image, which was just an intense zoom in on one of the characters. After having a good laugh on what we just found, I gifted it to him as a joke. Now every time we hang we play some versus together with no idea what's happening, and even held a "tournament" amongst a group of friends.
We didn't know anyone else knew of it's existence.
If you enjoyed playing TSS via. Xbox One, we have a TSS international community. There are people that play online via. FightCade 1 on a daily basis or during our "Friday Game Night" sessions. You can plug up your Xbox controllers and the program will detect your inputs/bindings.
Be sure to check it out if you're interested and spread the word if your friends are also interested: discord.gg/WXMWzrd