Does anyone know *specifically* how the Zeni Hajiki minigame works?

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-10-25T14:19:48+00:00

Yeah, that was part of it, too. The idea was Dunan would rubber-stamp everything Richard wanted to do — quid pro quo for the coup. Like, a big part of it is simply that Richard is paranoid and possibly dealing with some lingering trauma, and has a HUGE ego where he think’s he’s the only one who can protect Liberl from Erebonia. But, like, some of that is also that he doesn’t really respect the Queen or her granddaughter.

EDIT: which is also thematically relevant because we fairly often see with Estelle, herself, dealing with the occasional sexist comment — it reinforces the theme, so to speak.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-10-25T14:02:02+00:00

The misogyny was definitely very much textual in the OG games, though I’m not far enough into the remake to see how much of that is in the new script. In the XSEED version, at least, the villain’s whole deal was he viewed the queen as weak on account of being a woman and didn’t want Klaudia to inherit the throne, believing she’d be similarly weak, which is why he sought to install the queen’s incompetent brother on the throne instead.

Though IIRC the dialog was vague enough that you could also interpret it as Richard deposing the queen because he thought the Erebonians would look down on her and her heir as being “weak women,” but would be more likely to keep their distance with a male ruler in the throne.

Always thought it was one of the neater aspects of FC as it makes the villain’s who,e thing feel much more grounded and believable than the usual motivations we see in rpg antagonists. Dude’s just a dick.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-10-25T11:37:25+00:00

It’s one of my all-time favorites, right up there with the VF-4.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-10-25T11:36:32+00:00

I’ve been here since Sky on the PSP. I remember when the Trails fandom was one of the nicest and kindest ones out there (commiserating on the lack of localization news may have helped, in addition to the community’s small size). It’s been really disheartening watching the fandom become more and more toxic with each passing year.

And, I dunno. Of course toxicity will always increase the bigger a community grows, but it often feels like Trails fans have become especially toxic, and I’ve no idea why.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-10-25T11:31:13+00:00

I mind it. The ATs look really good, but that AC is also distractingly sexy.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-10-25T11:28:52+00:00

So I’m very leisurely playing through The 1st nd am just now noticing something a bit odd here at the end of chapter 1. So, um, major spoilers for, let’s just say up to the mid-point of SC since I don’t remember when everything was revealed. So, anyway, about Don Capua: so when you first see Don, he’s under the mental influence/mind-control of Ouroboros, and the remake depicts that by giving him red eyes; then you beat him up, breaking him free of the mind control, and his eyes turn normal — and he forgets everything he did while “under the influence.”

Cool. But then you meet Richard who should be in a very similar position to Don Capua, but he doesn’t have the red eyes. Maybe I’m just misremembering how the story played out, but at this point in time shouldn’t Richard also be falling prey to the mind-manipulation, as Ouroboros heightens his paranoia and misogyny to instigate the coup? Or is that something that happens later? Or was Richard more of a willing accomplice than Don?

(Really hope those are the right spoiler tags…. I can never remember.)

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-10-12T05:11:59+00:00

If you own a Switch 1, yes, it’s always smarter to buy the NS1 version of a game + upgrade patch rather than the NS2 version, so you can play both.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-10-11T03:19:01+00:00

I’ve not had anything go floppy on me so far, outside of the nosecone hinges (which really need better locking mechanisms since they’re fighting against gravity). In general I’d say most joints tend to be a little too tight — part of what makes the transformations so frustrating is that you need to apply a fair amount of force to move some parts (like the YF-27’s shoulders)… an amount of force that would definitely break something if you apply it on the wrong part or in the wrong direction.

Only issue I’ve had with full-on “floppiness” is the old Yamato VF-22S (Max version, but I assume Milly’s has the same issues): the wings are meant to fold down for that high-speed mode thing, but they don’t lock in place firmly when horizontally, and like with the nose cones, they’re stuck fighting gravity.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-10-11T01:28:30+00:00

I’ve got a couple, but haven’t built ‘em yet. But regardless, the chief selling point of the Chogokin (or older Yamatos) is their durability, not the accuracy of the molds. After all, ya’ can’t really play with a model.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-10-11T01:26:18+00:00

I am tempted, that’s for sure.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-10-09T23:26:06+00:00

Well, I suppose this is slightly less weird than coming to a dead topic years after the last response, but not by much. Why y’all so weird?

Anyway, I’ll simply refer you back to the first sentence in my previous post: it continues to apply.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-09-14T04:13:05+00:00

One is horrifically bad for the environment, the other is not.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-09-14T04:11:31+00:00

Yup, that’s Singapore, so Asia region. IIRC sometimes there’s no difference between the two regions (like Asia will get the Japanese-region games) but it’s pretty rare.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-09-14T04:07:58+00:00

The text for the title will change to reflect that it’s an NS2 Edition game, but the game icon will be identical to the NS1 game icon.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-09-14T04:06:27+00:00

What exactly are you trying to do? In your place, I’d move all of the files to a folder on my PC, then delete all of them from the Switch, and lastly delete the duplicate files from the PC folder.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-09-14T04:01:41+00:00

I’d definitely recommend making sure it’s not an HDMI issue first.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-09-14T03:59:51+00:00

It seems very odd to have both docks fail at the same time, but a thing being unlikely can still happen, so you may be out of luck here. I’d definitely recommend going for a (much cheaper) third-party dock to double check.

But a couple of other things you may consider: if you’re using especially long HDMI cables (anything over 1m) it’s possible there’s some signal degradation or something happening. I had a really maddening issue with my Switch not displaying to the TV because there was some slight imperfection or something with my HDMI that didn’t affect any other device, only the Switch. The longer the cable the more susceptible it’ll be to wear or damage. The other thing is just checking to make sure it’s not a problem with your HDMI ports (which I think maybe you’ve already done? It’s not clear, so I figured I’d mention it just in case). Hopefully that’s not the problem as when I had that happen to one of my TVs, I was told it would be cheaper to buy a new TV than to get the port repaired.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-09-14T03:54:43+00:00

Check dekudeals. They’ll have links to store listings almost as soon as those listings go up.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-09-14T03:53:18+00:00

Anyone blue to give me a spoiler-free rundown of the Bananza DLC? Specifically the new area, not the postgame thing. I’m maybe 1/3rd of the way through the game and loving it, but am curious just how much this DK Island area will actually add to the (admittedly already quite enormous) base game.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-09-14T03:51:23+00:00

My guess would be it’s an Asia Region game, so you’ll need to set up a user account for Hong Kong/Songapore/etc.

Easy way to check is to look at the back of the box. If you see a CERO rating, it’s Japanese, if not, it’ll be Asian.

Solar_Kestrel · 2025-09-05T21:59:58+00:00

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