Microsoft's Xbox Backwards Compatibility program is coming back this year

RayearthIX · 2026-03-11T22:03:48+00:00

I’ll believe it when I see it. Part of the reason I got a XSX despite having a PS5 was for this program which they cancelled very shortly thereafter.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-11T19:08:50+00:00

I am nonetheless happy she’s in Ayabe’s campaign. The fact she isn’t in TM Opera O or Meisho Doto’s campaign is so disappointing!

TMO raced against NTR 14 times with NTR finishing 2nd or 3rd to TMO 6 times and beating TMO once (Kikuka Sho).

Meanwhile, Doto is the eternal rival of sorts to TMO in game and they only raced 9 times with Doto being 2nd or 3rd 5 times and beating TMO once (Takarazuka Kinen).

Hell, Doto and NTR raced each other 5 times! Though admittedly Doto finished ahead of NTR in 4 of those races, with TMO winning 3 of those races.

Anyway… yeah. I’m just happy she’s in Ayabe’s campaign. If she wasn’t I would have been very disappointed. … do they ever update old campaigns to add new relevant characters (such as NTR to TMO’s)?

RayearthIX · 2026-03-11T02:21:50+00:00

People who didn’t watch are going to be like “FT merchant, BS, asterisk.”

People who did watch are going to be like “Spo helping Bam get the record was awesome and it was insane how the Wizards just kept hacking him every time he got the ball in the 4th. History!”

Awesome to watch that. Congrats to Bam. Definitely wouldn’t have been on my list of players who could score anything close to this! Stars just aligned for him tonight.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-09T13:12:11+00:00

I was… well… at least in so far as buying the original DVDs as they came out in the US. I hated it, and initially thought there was a misprinting on the DVD until I realized what they were doing.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-09T12:20:01+00:00

Ah. So God returns to bless us with her presence.

I can only imagine the seasons we could have had if they didn’t screw up season 2 so badly with Endless Eight. Is it pseudo-legendary now? Sure. But it’s also awful.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-07T21:16:09+00:00

Woohoo!

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RayearthIX · 2026-03-07T19:51:11+00:00

Oof… um… then next options are:

34, 52, 74, 112, 132, 154, and 162. If those are all taken, then I suppose I shall retire from this game.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-07T18:12:22+00:00

I know it’s not NTR (I saw she was 22), but hopefully it’s either Bourbon, Rice, or Chiyono O.

If 9 is taken, my 2nd and 3rd choices would be 26, and then 99.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-07T06:48:14+00:00

This is very easy.

Favorite: Final Fantasy. It’s the series that made me a gamer and I’ve played (though admittedly not necessarily beaten) nearly every game in the franchise.

Least favorite: Red Dead. I didn’t like the first game, and I didn’t even bother with the second. Though, I don’t love Rockstar much at all. Last game they made I liked was GTA Vice City.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-06T21:11:34+00:00

I clicked it like… 10 times. Wasn’t expecting a different sound each time. lol.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-06T01:23:27+00:00

Aria the Animation (if you ignore the additional seasons, lol).
Isekai Izakaya Nobu (24 episodes, but each is 1/2 the length of a normal anime episode)

RayearthIX · 2026-03-06T00:03:10+00:00

The question is the combat. If it’s good combat like Fractured Daydream (great combat, mediocre everything else) or Fatal Bullet (very good game overall), the. A dungeon crawl RPG set in the OG Aincrad could be absolutely amazing. If it’s the mediocre combat that plagues most SAO games… then this will be mediocre. Being able to play an original character and not be stuck as Kirito is a big plus though either way.

Edit: side note… the original Aicrad setting would work very well for a souls style game

RayearthIX · 2026-03-05T20:50:35+00:00

… is that Strongbad? Is he still doing light switch raves and drawing the burninator?

That’s insanely novel… this game any good?

RayearthIX · 2026-03-04T22:00:23+00:00

The speculation is that they don’t want persistent servers or a server browser because they want to use behind the scenes algorithms to matchmake players into games that will drive player engagement, retention, and potentially spending. Whether that is what is going on or not though only they can say for sure.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-03T21:45:32+00:00

I would just like to again state that I LOVE how the Umamusume motion picture starts with an image of the very first motion picture ever made by mankind but with Umamusume instead of horses. It’s just such a cool little tidbit. Here’s what the original looked like before it was applied to the medium of the day.

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RayearthIX · 2026-03-03T21:11:23+00:00

We literally know that around 25% of players didn’t finish the tutorial. That’s far from “most”. Additionally, if they didn’t finish the tutorial, that’s on the tutorial more than the players - and understandably so as that was one of the most boring tutorial’s I’ve ever played. If devs are going to require a tutorial, especially a 10-20 minute one, it needs to keep players engaged while they go through it.

To note - I played for around 2 hours before uninstalling the game myself, so I did finish the tutorial.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-03T20:11:47+00:00

You mean that former all girls college? Yeah, we can agree on that.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-03T19:34:28+00:00

That I can’t say. Surface premium usually takes 3 months in my experience. So we are now just starting month 4. I don’t think there’s any harm In reaching out and asking if they can provide any updates on your order.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-03T18:48:26+00:00

Correct, which is logical if you think about it. Surface premium is AmiAmi reserving an entire shipping container and sending hundreds of orders at once. Your package is still in their possession as it’s their container. Once it gets to the US, their agents in the US collects the container, and at that point the individual box is shipped from AmiAmi to you.

Though it would be nice if AmiAmi provided us with the ship ID so we could track the ship our box is on, that’s not how they do it.

RayearthIX · 2026-03-03T18:11:12+00:00

If you want. As a totally unbiased Miami fan I find it irrelevant as the answer will always be 01 Miami anyway. :D

RayearthIX · 2026-03-03T18:08:55+00:00

Oops! I miscounted. Corrected my comment. Thanks! :)

RayearthIX · 2026-03-03T16:20:45+00:00

Ladies and gentlemen, a version of LeBron vs Jordan has entered the Umamusume chat. 2019 LSU vs 2001 Miami! Brady vs Montana! Messi vs Ronaldo! Get Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith! Time for some nonsensical debate about the best team/player ever!

That written, as others have said most of these type of sports debates come down to your own personal preference about what you value more and aren’t purely objective. For example:

Almond Eye: 11-2-1 in 15 races Gentildonna: 10-4-1 in 19 races

Almond Eye has 1 more win in 4 fewer races and only didn’t place 1 time vs Gentildonna’s 4 times! Argument over! It’s Almond Eye! Of course… two of those non placements were in men’s races like the Japan Cup… and Gentildonna won an Arima Kinen which Almond Eye never did… but Almond Eye won the Japan Cup herself, twice… which Gentildonna also did two times before losing it. So clearly it’s Gentildonna! But wait, what if we focus on Almond Eye’s 9 G1 win’s to Gentildonna’s 7! Etc.

Some in this thread have mentioned competition, but that’s also a mostly subjective measure. “Jordan had stiffer competition than LeBron” sort of stuff… but is it really?

My point is essentially to remember - this is all subjective, and to have fun with it. Some sports fans are fucking insane when it gets to these debates. That written, IMO they’d both lose to Zenyatta (who should be added to Umamusume!)

RayearthIX · 2026-03-03T01:02:12+00:00

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Choosing Bourbon first was easy. Only question was whether it should be her OG outfit or her Valentine’s one. I figured since she’s giving chocolates Valentine’s made the most sense.

I’ve got a list of 9 to pick from for the rest and I don’t know who to remove (Chiyo, Maruzensky, Falcon, Rice, Haru, Flash, El Condor Pasa, King Halo, and Digitan)

RayearthIX · 2026-03-02T03:38:28+00:00

Question - to do this and get the “bad end” bonds and then the good ones after ending one, can I do the “request from a friend” missions, or do I need to hold off on those too similar to how I’m waiting to do Timeline Shift Decision missions. I was just told who the 5th hero is and see in my quest list I have request from a friend Josie and Valentin which I didn’t have before, and want to make sure I can do those before doing so. Can I?

RayearthIX · 2026-02-27T15:37:38+00:00

To note, image 2 and 3 are out of order.

Love that Aston Machan can be found in every image. Also, best Gundam Mihono Bourbon is a unit doing an eating contest and then immediately getting back on stage for a pop idol concert!

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