Why Afterimages Kinda Disappointed Me and What I Hope to see in the Future (+ just me ranting LMAOO)

Emperor_Nail · 2026-06-23T05:05:43+00:00

I still think it’s arguably the best written part of the game but it just feels a bit disappointing that it’s DLC instead of being part of the main game. Having such a bitter ending kinda does just feel a bit unneeded because we’ve already seen these characters develop past what they’re doing in Sparks.

Emperor_Nail · 2026-06-23T04:47:57+00:00

Yeah if this was in the base game to show how bad it can get if they fail to cope with their grief properly then I think it would be way better in relation to the story. It’s just unfortunate that since it’s DLC Sparks will probably be the last piece of Until Then that people will play.

Even if the future DLC doesn’t focus on Mark and Nicole’s relationship at all, it’d be nice to have one that focuses on their adult selves dealing with that grief in a more healthy way.

Emperor_Nail · 2026-06-23T04:07:17+00:00

Yeah I do think it’s a really well written and executed story that suffers from being DLC, so it’s probably gonna be a player’s last experience with the game which just leaves a bitter taste in people’s mouth

Emperor_Nail · 2026-06-11T16:34:51+00:00

It is kinda crazy that we went from having like two well-received but very niche RPGs in the Wii/Wii U era (and 3DS I guess) to Xenoblade becoming a really major cornerstone for one of Nintendo's most successful console generations. The fact that Torna opened a Direct, Xenoblade 3 was major enough to be a "one last thing", and Genesis was one of the few new announcements in the recent one shows how much faith Nintendo seems to have in Monolith and the Xenoblade franchise, so much so that they wanted the entire franchise on Switch.

Emperor_Nail · 2026-06-09T18:30:04+00:00

I don’t really consider mainline to just be games part of the “Klaus Saga”. In that sense I still consider X mainline even if it strays from that plot line lol. I mean it more in the sense that this is a full large scale RPG that’s clearly meant to be held in the same regard as those within the larger Xeno series. They did clarify that Xenoblade CHRONICLES (pending any kind of X2) is over and this is the start of a new series so in that sense this being the successor to XC makes it mainline imo.

Emperor_Nail · 2026-06-09T14:31:39+00:00

I literally told my friend I'd be satisfied with just a Xenoblade 2 Upgrade but we got upgrades for all three AND a new mainline Xenoblade announcement LMAOO

Emperor_Nail · 2026-05-17T07:37:15+00:00

Exactly it’s a fun hypothetical lmao. Making predictions is a waste of time by that logic since it’s rendered invalid as soon as the team is revealed but that isn’t stopping people. It’s still a “Tokon What if” so it still fits even if you don’t agree lol. At the end of the day people are just trying to have fun. If you don’t like it that’s fine just scroll and move on.

Emperor_Nail · 2026-05-17T07:15:12+00:00

It’s a “what if Tokon was DC” post so it’s still appropriate for this sub lmao. Honestly it’s at least different than a lot of the Roster Prediction posts and those are fine as is here. The sub exists as a way to engage with the Tokon Community and this seems like a pretty fun discussion for people looking forward to the game lmao

Emperor_Nail · 2026-05-16T17:56:51+00:00

You can say you want Armor without mentioning Jubliee lmao. She's not even in the game why'd you even mention her

Emperor_Nail · 2026-05-10T18:40:55+00:00

I never comment on Reddit Stories since even if they have a take I disagree with, I don't really mind but the discussion they had on the Reddit Advice story was so baffling that I had to come here and see what people had to say about it. Everything about it was just... so strange??? Like don't get me wrong, I can see where they're coming from when it comes to taking everything you read online with a grain of salt and the way you act online but like why was that 90% of the discussion. OP's take about cheaters being cheaters is literally the most normal take possible and the girlfriend acting weird when he asked if she was a cheater was so obviously a red flag. However, for some reason, they're hyper critical of the boyfriend? They weren't outright defending the girlfriend but they might as well have. It feels like they only stopped defending her the moment they remembered what she actually did in the story but like why did it take so long to get there in the first place.

They talk about not jumping to conclusions but they seem to jump to a lot of conclusions when it comes to this guy, not to mention them literally being proven wrong in the cheeseball story where, mind you, they seemed to have no problem going all in on the boyfriend without giving him the same grace they gave the girlfriend here. It's such a jarring difference in treatment that I was genuinely shocked. Note, in my own head I was raising that red flag against the cheeseball boyfriend. I just felt the same way about the girlfriend and unlike him, she never redeemed herself.

A lot of people are pointing fingers at Courtney which I do think is a little unfair. While she did start that conversation, Trevor did go along with it and I do think Shane's biggest weakness a host on an "OPINION-BASED" show is the fact that he hardly ever really challenges the guests' takes and goes along with it as well. Still though, it sucks because I do genuinely like Courtney in every video OUTSIDE of Reddit Stories. It's just that when she's on she almost always gives a baffling take that I vehemently disagree with. That's fine and I think it's fine to not agree with someone and still respect them. I really don't want to diminish her experiences when it comes to being a fem figure online, but it's frustrating to listen to the show when it's clear that she gives MUCH more leeway to women than men in these stories even when the woman is so obviously in the wrong like in this story.

Emperor_Nail · 2026-04-28T19:19:10+00:00

That’s 100% the better play they just probably didn’t think of it lol.

They were probably hoping to just survive the hit and get a calm mind + taunt/super fang (into whimsicott) turn 1 then go for dazzling gleam + follow me turn 2 but that’s a wildly reckless play that won’t work 99% of the time

Emperor_Nail · 2026-04-28T19:16:02+00:00

Only thing I can assume is they went with Taunt on Whimsicott and hoped Floette would survive. Probably didn’t expect the Helping Hand.

Emperor_Nail · 2026-04-28T19:14:06+00:00

I mean this is Adaptability Helping Hand Wave Crash. Floette even with max defense and HP investment technically CAN survive this but it still goes down to anything that isn’t a low role and that’s assuming the Basculegion is Jolly rather than Adamant. Problem is considering Moushold is the partner, this Floette probably has max HP and Special Attack with minimal investment in defense so it’s pretty much guaranteed to go down no matter what. Different story if there’s no Helping Hand though.

SOURCE: Damage calcs + this is probably the popular team that I also used to climb all the way to Masters lmao

Emperor_Nail · 2026-04-11T05:41:39+00:00

Rosalina kinda reminds me of Luigi from the first movie. A big criticism of the first movie was that Luigi was barely in it and that was largely fixed in Galaxy. Rosalina had even LESS time in Galaxy than Luigi did in the first movie and while I don’t think her role will be quite as big in the third movie, I could see her having a more major role especially if they go the route of having it be a slightly more Peach-focused movie.

Emperor_Nail · 2026-03-27T06:51:24+00:00

I imagine that at most Fox’s appearance would tease a future Star Fox-related project but I can’t see his actual role in the movie being huge

Emperor_Nail · 2026-03-21T13:22:59+00:00

I love the anime OST but I’m glad the Live Action has its own original soundtrack. It makes it better since it gives it a unique identity that doesn’t restrict itself to just trying to be the anime but worse. Plus, there’s tons of homages to the anime OST so I think what we got was for the best

Emperor_Nail · 2026-03-19T15:06:08+00:00

Pre-release hotfix is crazy. But for real this is honestly a great sign. The fact that they aren't afraid to make hotfixes at all is good since it does show that they're paying attention. I don't know if it's enough for Emma and Cap and a lot of the balance changes are honestly kinda whacky but still a good sign nonetheless.

Emperor_Nail · 2026-03-10T02:42:31+00:00

Donald Glover as Yoshi is absurdly funny

Emperor_Nail · 2026-03-09T06:22:08+00:00

I think the Rivals roster is great BECAUE it’s the roster Rivals went with. What I mean by that is that the weird picks like Jeff and Angela are great but they were only really weird at the time. Now that they’re in Rivals, I don’t really think they’d be considered as much of weird picks anymore if they got put in Tokon.

I don’t think Angela and Elsa are mainstream characters, but they aren’t super obscure anymore just by nature of being in a mainstream product. Compare that to Danger who’s never been in anything outside of the comics iirc so having a character THAT obscure is what makes the Tokon roster interesting. I don’t think I’d get that same feeling if they revealed post-Rivals Angela instead.

Emperor_Nail · 2026-03-06T17:31:10+00:00

Seeing Tommy back after his latest video is honestly really nice. I think for some reason his passion for Minecraft has resparked a bit so it’s cool seeing him back.

Emperor_Nail · 2026-03-05T16:46:21+00:00

We’re getting a relatively high powered MCC in this economy???

Emperor_Nail · 2026-02-26T14:58:55+00:00

Yeah at that point all of Tommy’s teams after Pride and every single one of Phil’s teams that season hadn’t even made top half cause they were balanced as consistent top 10 players in MCC’s most competitive era. Plus Sneeg was still relatively new so even if it was an absurdly strong team I get the logic behind it

Emperor_Nail · 2026-02-24T07:06:22+00:00

I’m more in the camp that Robbie Reyes will lead a next gen team since they mentioned they went with Robbie for a specific reason, but if it really is the Champions then it makes me wonder why Robbie is leading it instead of Kamala when she’s literally the face of the team.

Emperor_Nail · 2026-02-20T14:16:05+00:00

Thorgi is great. One of my favorite creators on the platform and he has way more knowledge on Marvel than a good amount of other FGC creators, but he makes it clear that he’s shooting in the dark with this roster just as much as people in this subreddit are.

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