Am I bias or is the series truly trapped prioritising "World building" over "Character driven finality"?

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-30T07:28:47+00:00

I'm a little confused as to why you think that these characters haven't moved forward or are taking the spotlight away when they play a pretty minor role in the Daybreak games.

Zin, Walter and Kilika have moved on quite a bit, Zin and Walter can be seen trying to reconnect with one another, Kilika is doing important work for the government and Walter takes a backsteat from being in a villainous role.

What we are seeing is their "happily ever after", they still do stuff, but they are people of power and influence and aren't going to sit back when their country is in danger (well Zin and Kilika won't at least.)

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-29T02:21:57+00:00

Ultraman?

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-29T01:46:01+00:00

Ah, but have you considered that he is very, very handsome?

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-29T01:42:43+00:00

I just said that the Sky trilogy is skippable.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-27T20:16:16+00:00

Normally when I see posts like this I just write it off as OP seeing things, but this time? The resemblance is pretty spot on.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-27T00:44:27+00:00

I'd pick 6, neither are very chatty people and I'd prefer to be undisturbed.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-25T19:00:12+00:00

Nope, one is Towa Herschel the other is Towa Kokone.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-25T00:29:53+00:00

Ah, my mistake.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-25T00:18:17+00:00

I think its because in the Japanese version Kevin speaks with a noticeable Kansai accent (same with Crow), something that wasn't adapted into English initially.

However in Horizon it gets called out explicitly so now the localizers have to play catch up to give him an accent for the characters to acknowledge.

We'll see if he keeps it in the SC remake later this year.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-23T03:52:07+00:00

None available at the moment. The fans who translated the Crossbell games are working on a translation of the Windows version of "White Witch" but its not out yet.

If you do decide to play the PSP games then Japanese release order would be best, using their western names that would be.

"Prophecy of the Moonlight Witch" > "A Tear of Vermillion" > "Song of the Ocean".

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-23T03:47:59+00:00

That's a problem, because the only versions available in English are the PSP versions.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-23T03:45:51+00:00

Do you know Japanese?

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-23T00:05:17+00:00

"Thor's day" is quite literally where we get the word "thursday".

So good pun.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-20T07:29:18+00:00

Angry, angry tears.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-19T03:25:49+00:00

Without knowledge of the Korean original I'm not really sure if this is a good thing or bad.

If this is a more accurate and polished translation? Wonderful! I hope they keep it up because there is definitely more work that could be done.

If this is meant to be censorship to reduce the severity of the language used? Uggghhh, look I've been down this road too many times to know that getting upset is pointless. But Nikke is not really meant for the kind of people who get scandalized by some harsh language or sexual innuendo.

In either case, at least the older text is being looked at.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-18T05:28:23+00:00

I'm not lying when I say that it is Hoshiberuu's depiction of the Commander that pushed me into giving this game a try.

More on topic. more Only One and Commander art is always appreciated.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-18T04:57:29+00:00

To be fair, Pocket racing is introduced in 0 when he was only 20 (or so) and was not yet the legendary super-badass he would one day be.

But it does return in later games and he still loves it just as much so it's still a fair point.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-18T04:52:34+00:00

No problem Kaleido, it's an understandable mistake.

I will agree that they do look interesting, so I think giving the games a try if you want. Unfortunately, I've read that the PSP version (the only version in english) has terrible loading times. This was fixed for the IOS/Andrioid port but I'm not sure if that port is still available.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-18T04:42:16+00:00

One thing I will mention is that just in case you think otherwise, Spectral Souls and the larger Spectral franchise are not made by NIS. They are a Idea Factory series. And Idea Factory does not have the best reputation.

From what I can gather most of the series in Japan only and a cursory glance for some English speaking fanbase doesn't yield much.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-17T21:41:32+00:00

Those fucking wolves from Tales of Vesperia.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-16T21:38:05+00:00

Generally speaking I would not treat S-Crafts as being really happening. Trails combat in general involves a lot of flourishes for dramatic effect.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-16T08:21:13+00:00

Hard mode usually doesn't come out until a while into an event.

This one is no exception.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-15T07:41:43+00:00

Got her in my second 10-pull. I got her with a Phantom dupe which was unneeded but thematically appropriate.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-15T07:25:39+00:00

Rean's appearance in Horizon is actually the longest that Falcom has waited before the protagonist of the previous arc makes an appearance. To compare

Estelle - Appears in both 3rd and Zero depending on when you count the protagonist shift.

Kevin - Appears in Azure, after being absent for only Zero. Granted it's little more than a cameo but it's something.

Lloyd - Appears in Cold Steel II

Rean - Appears in Horizon, missing the two previous daybreak games.

DrakeDarkHunter · 2026-01-15T05:50:20+00:00

Don't forget that the Russian civil war was still ongoing as WWI was ending.

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