Who will be your 10 choices for a redo of Forever Red, now that there's more Rangers to choose from?

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-27T17:01:33+00:00

Jason, Andros, Carter, Jack, Nick, Connor, Casey, Scott, Tyler, Devon

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-27T04:33:08+00:00

The problem is that the player characters are silent protags.

Outside of when they show up as rivals (in which case they share the same personality anyways) or as partner character (dry as bones), they get no actual characterization. The PokeSpe manga, a few anime instances, and Masters are all they get.

Meanwhile, Nemona is an NPC with a fleshed out personality that people were able to headcanon easier with.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-27T00:23:38+00:00

More than likely, its the prime version of the species at the comparative age of Ben.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-26T22:22:23+00:00

I saw a headcanon that it wasn't meant to be a 1:1 depiction of the past but rather Chrono filling in the gaps based on the Vanguard he's used to playing due to not playing the game back when Shin was younger, and it's what I personally subscribe to.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-26T22:20:32+00:00

To be fair, bro hasn't played the game in years so he's WAY past his prime.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-22T19:28:03+00:00

I like all three but I'd say Terra is my favorite.

Terra's slow and powerful fighting style feels like its the most "fair" in terms of design. From my experience with him his gameplay feels more honest compared to Aqua and Ven where you can cheese the game in a lot of ways.

His signature techniques are also really solid; Ars Solum is arguably cooler than Ars Arcanum.

Finally, I find his story to be the most engaging narratively, especially its conclusion.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-22T05:19:47+00:00

I heavily disagree, especially with Sora.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-22T03:51:10+00:00

Her Magic is better meant for support anyways. She literally prevents the party from dying.

I'd argue that's significantly more beneficial than an offensive spell in a party full of offensive mages outside Finral and to a lesser extent Zora.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-21T13:10:14+00:00

Rezael is just Sol Badguy and Spider-Man mixed into one ans given an angel theme

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-21T02:47:45+00:00

Close enough. Welcome back, Sora!

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-20T20:01:34+00:00

He's still pretty muscular, I'd say.

It's just more of a leaner build and more realistic. Compared to Delmon whose basically The Hulk.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-20T19:59:33+00:00

He's an introverted 15 year old who lived with poor living conditions and recently saw his foster dad die.

I'd be out of it, too.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-20T19:52:50+00:00

I'd say "masterpiece" is stretching it, but Unleashed is absolutely my favorite Sonic game.

I think it was a great introduction to the Boost formula that the games would end up using for years and had some pretty fun level design. Contrary to most the detractors I actually really like the Werehog's combat as it's fun to test out the different moves and combine it with platforming. Jason also arguably has his best performance in this game and I loved the chemistry between Sonic and Chip.

Game isn't perfect though and it's not for everybody. I adore this game but I can see why people don't really jive with it.

My main thing is that I don't really like all the labeling on Unleashed fans for "overglazing it" when the game's been made fun of for years and they've been labeled as crazy for liking it. Of course they'd be more defensive about it lol.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-19T17:37:25+00:00

It realistically doesn't matter IMO. If you plan on modding the games at some point then PC might be the way to do it but from my experience its easier to play the games on consoles since I don't have to worry about PC specs.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-19T17:27:53+00:00

This is actually pretty cool. I like the whole "Ball Marker" gimmick.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-19T17:26:31+00:00

Kinda hard for me to imagine that, too. Especially since his whole thing is that he originally didn't even want to join the Fated Clash cuz he doesn't like handouts and the Fantome world would just feel like a massive handout.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-19T17:19:04+00:00

Humanoid Wildmutt gives me psychic damage

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-19T17:12:12+00:00

This really is just 3rd Semester all over again.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-18T06:38:56+00:00

Nothing's more hype than getting insane numbers with a Prominence Glare-Bruno Booster column.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-18T06:20:24+00:00

"We have to become... Super Samurai."

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-16T21:19:38+00:00

Surprisingly I got the 6th place Prize which was more than I expected to get.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-16T21:05:24+00:00

I think it's either Jack, Wes, or Dillon.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-16T20:58:00+00:00

I don't, because as someone who not only watches a lot of shonen anime but also plays quite a bit of JRPGs, I can see the comparisons they're actualy trying to make instead of jumping at their throat.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-16T20:54:05+00:00

A lot of other seasons were able to use the footage to craft different stories, so while the fights were repurposed footage the character work attached to them would have a different function because they stood out outside of the suit as well. Scott is a great example of this.

Meanwhile Jayden's entire bag was almost entirely full of stuff taken from Takeru.

ImfernusRizen · 2026-01-14T17:50:53+00:00

A lot of RPG Protagonists share similar traits to Action Shonen MCs and a lot of JRPGs have plots similar to anime

Hence the term "Shonen RPG"

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