UnendingEmpire

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Underrated Video Games

It seems that underrated games are a problem the gaming world will always suffer from. Even though these hidden gems may have a large following, they're often overshadowed by bigger, more advertised or well-known titles, or simply fail to properly create a following. But somehow, these games are always far better than their more popular kin, whether it's for actual gameplay (Cel Damage, Dark Cloud) or just for humor's sake (Dual Heroes, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon). While I was sitting here listening to the soundtrack of Kirby Air Ride (my all-time favorite underrated game) I decided to create a thread in OT about them.

It's not a Bravely Default thread, not an ESO thread, and certainly not a CoD thread. Just kick back and talk about a game (or several if you feel like it) that you feel deserves more credit than it ultimately got.
I get this hunch the first post will be about Dual Heroes, but I logically doubt it

Yu-Gi-Oh: Spirit

Being on a Duel Runner was full of pleasant sensations for a thrill-seeker like Summer Storm. The wind in her face, the city blurring by...the voice of Alien Gray saying something she couldn't make out at high speeds. He rarely had something to say that was important enough to bring up while Summer was getting her fix of thrills for the day. If he was trying to bring it up now, it had to be pretty important. At the next spot she saw that led off Turbo Highway, Summer made her way off the Turbo Duel-centric road and brought her hot red machine to a halt. Only after taking a moment to reorient herself (maintaining high speeds could be dizzying, after all) Summer turned to the long-fingered alien now perched on the front of her Duel Runner. "What was that you were saying?"

"You appear to have forgotten that your tournament is today, Earthling."

"Oh, the G-Clock Open!" Revving up her engine again, Summer took off in the direction of the stadium. With any luck, she'd make it in time for her duel.

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The first duel is about to start. Alice directed her attention to the nearest screen. It was important to learn who she could be up against in this tournament, and pick out their weaknesses. That was another piece of valuable advice she was given before being dropped off at the stadium. It was also kind of common sense, at least to her. Something other DuelBots might not have picked up on, but that was the entire purpose of all the tireless effort to get the AI-1C3 scripts right, wasn't it? So that it could learn like a human. Well, now it was learning time. Neither Ian Rouse nor Alexander Nyne were names she'd ever heard before, but none of the names on the roster besides her own were especially notable to her. Even the runner-up from last year wasn't here; the one her AI and deck were modelled after.

Yu-Gi-Oh: Spirit

Keyblade, your post confuses me. Are you implying Peter's duel is about to start? (it's not; we're waiting on Jay & Varionus) or just saying "You got here before the first round started"?

Also, getting to work on a post. I always seem to find just the song that gets me rarin' to go =w=

Yu-Gi-Oh: Spirit

Behold! The roster is finished!

Yu-Gi-Oh: Spirit

The main hider has been updated, and the finished version of the tournament bracket is now underway.

VR-BattleBots (Custom Robo/NT Warriors hobby style RP)

Casual sounds good.
On another note, I keep misreading your username as "Dynamo Froakie"

Yu-Gi-Oh: Spirit

We just need a decklist and you're ready to go. On that note, we now have 16 characters total once Clark is accepted. This means that any additional CSes won't be dueling in the tournament, but there's no reason they can't do other things in the stadium. Besides, sometimes being a spectator has its own benefits, and there's no way the entire plot of the RP will be over after one silly tournament. In the meantime, here's a very-WIP fourth CS from me, since one of my characters will be leaving the RP early in and won't be back for quite a while.

Summer

Name: Summer Storm

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Personality: Certain in her abilities with a confident grin, an iron will, and a never-say-die attitude, Summer Storm hits exactly like her name. Hit 'em hard, hit 'em fast! On that note, going fast is one of her favorite things in life, which is why she's also taken to learning how Duel Runners work and how to repair them. She refuses to end a duel until somebody's life points hit 0 or there's an outright winner by other means, even if she knows it's a pointless struggle on her part. It's because she's a thrill seeker, really, which could also explain why a lot of her downtime is spent performing and recording dangerous Duel Runner stunts under the alias "Red Typhoon" among other hobbies.

If there's one thing Summer loves besides thrills and danger, it's food. Particularly, hot foods. She's the one person in every restaurant that will pour an entire bottle of hot sauce on an already-hot dish, then wash down that hot sauce with some piping hot coffee. Normal-temperature foods are alright too, but if given the choice, hot things take priority. Another thing she's fond of is keeping things under her control on the duel field, which is a part of why she started using an Alien deck to begin with. One could go on all day listing what she likes in the world, but the faster way to find out would just be to follow her around, since she pretty much does whatever she wants all day anyway.

Brief Bio: Born just outside the Topaz District, the Storm family has a bit of an odd reputation, at least in their particular neighborhood. It's not because of Summer, nor because of the parents or any other family member. It was because of Summer's elder sister, Wynter, who was under the everlasting impression that she was, in fact, an alien. Wynter had a whole plethora of medical crap going on, and she'd come to the conclusion when she was young that she wasn't native to this planet, and a lot of her goals and personality since then had grown from that belief. Summer seemed to be the only person who would continually deny this.

Wynter was, however, extremely intelligent. Enough so to win last year's G-Clock Open. But after that, no sign of her. She was gone, neither hide nor hair of her anywhere to be found. The only one who seemed especially concerned was, again, Summer. Building a similar Alien deck that was a bit more suited to her particular tastes, Summer spent a year practicing for the next G-Clock Open. Her objective is to win and find out what happened to last year's champion. Where did she go? Who sent her there? There were way too many questions to be asked, and there still are. As such, the best thing Summer knows she can do is win this tournament and be ready for what might happen next.

Deck Type: Alien. Prior to this, she ran a FIRE deck that utilized no spells to make it viable in both regular duels and Turbo Duels. She still has the FIRE deck sitting around, though she doesn't use it.

Key Card: Cosmic Fortress Gol'Gar

Known Cards: Alien Kid, Alien Ammonite, Code A Ancient Ruins, Planet Pollutant Virus

Spirit Partner: Alien Gray. This intelligent reptile's voice is odd to the point of sounding like an alien language unless you spend a considerable amount of time around him. His ultimate joy in life is collecting data on...pretty much anything. Because of this, he's highly inquisitive and doesn't dare assume anything unless there's scientific evidence. He'll often refer to everyday terms in a more science-like fashion, often calling people "subjects" and any form of competetition or change an "experiment." He also fails to understand how humans are such a primitive race next to the Aliens.

VA:

Battle theme: Cosmic Wall

Out-of-battle theme:

Decklist:
Alien Mother x2
Alien Overlord x3
Alien Warrior x3
Alien Telepath x3
Alien Kid x3
Alien Gray x3
Alien Ammonite x3
Corruption Cell "A" x2
Mysterious Triangle x3
"A" Cell Breeding Device x3
Code A Ancient Ruins x2
Detonator Circle "A" x2
Planet Pollutant Virus x2
Interdimensional Warp x2
Mass Hypnosis x2
Brainwashing Beam x2

Cosmic Fortress Gol'Gar x3
King of the Feral Imps x3

Yu-Gi-Oh: Spirit

A wild Rin appears!

I'll send a PM your way with what you missed.

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I laughed. And now I want to watch that movie again.

Also, we appear to only have 15 characters in the tournament (working on another CS atm since Gero won't have much screentime & I plan to get rid of somebody of mine early on for quite a while). Unless somebody else would like to fill in that final spot, I'll probably make some crappy deck for an NPC and put said NPC against Roxas in the first round.
(the roster is already set with the only empty spot against Roxas, so...)