Hot takes

[Tonberry]

the hard r

There is nothing vulgar about hate speech, though?

 

[NobodyHere]

Sometimes sensor ship is good tbh, without it we’d still have so many terribly hateful things that would still be normalized

 

[Lee__Kanker]

Sometimes sensor ship is good tbh, without it we’d still have so many terribly hateful things that would still be normalized

Agree to disagree

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

What exactly don't you like about his work?

Idk his work can have some weird wording

 

[tropicalavera]

Idk his work can have some weird wording

son of a submariner....ig you're right!

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

son of a submariner....ig you're right!

And also bc he tends to deviate from what the dialogue was originally intended to mean

 

[tropicalavera]

And also bc he tends to deviate from what the dialogue was originally intended to mean

I think for the most part the guy did a pretty good job considering the hand he was dealt. He was often battling as much with NA censorship as he was the technical constraints of the games themselves. I appreciate many people crave the AUTHENTIC nihongo experience (and yet do not play the games in Japanese, curious...) and I think it's really cool that fans have retranslated the scripts and modern tools exist to allow for easier text formatting and editing, but his translations are as much a part of squaresoft's success and history as anything else.

 

[NobodyHere]

Sometimes sensor ship is good tbh, without it we’d still have so many terribly hateful things that would still be normalized

(Just want to clarify I believe a large majority of censorship is bad, but it can be helpful when used correctly like preventing down right hateful material from getting onto tv, as well as inappropriate content from reaching children. Sadly a lot of the time these are done very poorly)

 

[Deleted member 20081]

Hi-Fi Rush is mid and the only reason the game got so much praise is because of the circumstances surrounding it.

 

[RetroLaw]

It's like saying that there's objectively a best movie or best song.

"Dude, where's my car" is objectively the best movie ever made.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

I would say "Sonic Colors and Sonic Advance 2 are ass" but that's becoming increasingly popular so I'll go for some hotter takes

-Sonic 3D Blast is a good game and Sonic fans hate experimentation
-Sonic Advance 3 is the best of that trilogy, which doesn't say much as Sonic Advance wasn't very good
-The worst Sonic game isn't 06, Free Riders, Labyrinth or even Boom. It's Sonic 2 (on Game Gear)
-Aside from 4 levels, Shadow is a good game
-Boost was a net negative for Sonic level design
-There isn't a single good Sonic game on Wii, they all suffer from forced mission levels that do nothing but make you wish you were actually playing the game. Colors is included because that's exactly what 90% of that game is
-Final Fantasy V is better than VI and VII
-Mega Man 6 is the best NES game, 3 is the worst
-Mega Man X3 is the worst X game and I hate it more than X6 and X7
-there's more mid Mega Man X games than good
-Mega Man Zero 4 is better than Zero 3
-Lufia 1 has a better normal battle theme
-The music took a nosedive with Etrian Odyssey 4 and 5
-They should've brought back Wacky Workbench instead of Stardust Speedway in Mania
-Yakuza 1 had better music than Kiwami
-The GameCube was mid
-The Atari Lynx was not underrated, it was a cool console but its games were mediocre and unmemorable like nearly all Atari games. It's perfectly rated when its competition had full on story, multiple areas, worlds and dynamic music.
-I miss the "quirky Earthbound inspired RPG" trend. I like it a lot more than "FPS but fast and overstimulating" trend. Now everything's trying to be Ultrakill and I can barely tell a difference anymore.

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Its pointless to have lots of games downloaded if atleast 1/4 of them will suck

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Nobody cares about dr seuss

 

[TertL3000]

If the thing is 20 years old dont cry about spoilers

Nah like for real though. If you don't want spoilers, then just avoid topics regarding it on the internet. Because the first thing you're bound to see when you look up forums or opinions on it are spoilers. But sometimes spoilers really are unavoidable because memes can be bigger than the show itself and they can be pretty inescapable, like the Ozymandias scene in BrBa. When I finally reached that point in the show, I bursted out laughing and I couldn't take it seriously due to the amount of "Breaking Good" memes I've seen and I felt guilty as hell because the entire episode is one of the most depressing things I've seen lol

 

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

Meditation isnt relaxing, it's just sitting down crosslegged and saying "uhmmmm uhmmmm" for like an hour until you get tired

 

[Lee__Kanker]

I detest hookup culture

 

[tropicalavera]

Meditation isnt relaxing, it's just sitting down crosslegged and saying "uhmmmm uhmmmm" for like an hour until you get tired

if focused meditation doesn't work for you, you should consider an open approach. But meditation, like anything else, is something that takes practice to get good at.

Also it shouldn't make you tired??? Relaxed, maybe - but you shouldn't be falling asleep!!

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

"Dude, where's my car" is objectively the best movie ever made.

Sweet!

Post automatically merged: Feb 2, 2025

I would say "Sonic Colors and Sonic Advance 2 are ass" but that's becoming increasingly popular so I'll go for some hotter takes

-Sonic 3D Blast is a good game and Sonic fans hate experimentation
-Sonic Advance 3 is the best of that trilogy, which doesn't say much as Sonic Advance wasn't very good
-The worst Sonic game isn't 06, Free Riders, Labyrinth or even Boom. It's Sonic 2 (on Game Gear)
-Aside from 4 levels, Shadow is a good game
-Boost was a net negative for Sonic level design
-There isn't a single good Sonic game on Wii, they all suffer from forced mission levels that do nothing but make you wish you were actually playing the game. Colors is included because that's exactly what 90% of that game is
-Final Fantasy V is better than VI and VII
-Mega Man 6 is the best NES game, 3 is the worst
-Mega Man X3 is the worst X game and I hate it more than X6 and X7
-there's more mid Mega Man X games than good
-Mega Man Zero 4 is better than Zero 3
-Lufia 1 has a better normal battle theme
-The music took a nosedive with Etrian Odyssey 4 and 5
-They should've brought back Wacky Workbench instead of Stardust Speedway in Mania
-Yakuza 1 had better music than Kiwami
-The GameCube was mid
-The Atari Lynx was not underrated, it was a cool console but its games were mediocre and unmemorable like nearly all Atari games. It's perfectly rated when its competition had full on story, multiple areas, worlds and dynamic music.
-I miss the "quirky Earthbound inspired RPG" trend. I like it a lot more than "FPS but fast and overstimulating" trend. Now everything's trying to be Ultrakill and I can barely tell a difference anymore.

Sorry but I'll defend Sonic Colours mostly because Sonic fans are sometimes really annoying about it.

No, the fast blue hedgehog does not need a mature story nor a Shonen like big kaiju final boss fight to be good.

Yes, you can criticise Pontac and Graff's writing but Sonic saving small critters (Wisps in this case) is closer to the original essence of the franchise than whatever happened in SA2.

Sure, Colours has a lot of 2D sections but don't act as if a 100% 3D level design makes it objectively better.

The double jump helps to correct the jump and the Wisps' color power is legit one of the best gimmick in the series next to the elemental shields (and add replay value for previous levels once you get them all). No Werehog, no RPG elements, no clunky Mech Shooting, no Treasure Hunting and especially no Fishing. Even if there are obligatory missions in Unwiished and Colours I'd take that over having to play a different game style or having to redo the same game 4 times (or 10 in Shadow).

 

[strawbxrry]

i personally don't understand why companies are trying to replace portable consoles w handheld ones, it might be nostalgy that speaks but i actually miss consoles u could put in ur pocket and use everywhere, i still use my psp a lot and rlly enjoy it


by handheld i mean consoles like steam deck or the nintendo switch, even tho they released a nintendo switch lite, it's a bit unfortunate that it is still too big to fit in a pocket and it still has joycon drift on it :/

i don't think handheld consoles are bad, i just think it shouldn't replace portable consoles bc in my opinion they are very great

 

[Pinours007]

I like Ten more than Kaiji.

Not really a hot take, since everyone who read both always tend to have Ten in their Fukumoto's top 1 (especially thanks to the infamous last three tome, should read it one day).
It's more an uncommon one since it's one of the least read Fukumoto's work.

Hokuto no Ken not needing a remake is a very overrated idea. Sorry, but HnK remake would be the PERFECT opportunity to make anime FAITHFUL TO THE MANGA. Sorry anime-onlies, I respect the manga more than I respect nostalgia.

I 100% agree, the manga deserve a lot better adaptation. Same for Souten No Ken, since it has horribles animes version.

For me I think my hot take is I prefere Speed Racer than The Matrix for Wathowski movies.

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

Stupids (like me) should die since they only hurt the world

What da hell?

Slaps him/her*
Hug*

Just, stop.
You're not stupid.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

I never had a problem with ice physics and escort quests

Post automatically merged: Feb 2, 2025

I would say "Sonic Colors and Sonic Advance 2 are ass" but that's becoming increasingly popular so I'll go for some hotter takes

This really confuses me, I never liked colors since it cane out now everyone on the internet dislikes it too?? Doesnt make sense

Sweet!

Post automatically merged: Feb 2, 2025

Sorry but I'll defend Sonic Colours mostly because Sonic fans are sometimes really annoying about it.

No, the fast blue hedgehog does not need a mature story nor a Shonen like big kaiju final boss fight to be good.

Yes, you can criticise Pontac and Graff's writing but Sonic saving small critters (Wisps in this case) is closer to the original essence of the franchise than whatever happened in SA2.

Sure, Colours has a lot of 2D sections but don't act as if a 100% 3D level design makes it objectively better.

The double jump helps to correct the jump and the Wisps' color power is legit one of the best gimmick in the series next to the elemental shields (and add replay value for previous levels once you get them all). No Werehog, no RPG elements, no clunky Mech Shooting, no Treasure Hunting and especially no Fishing. Even if there are obligatory missions in Unwiished and Colours I'd take that over having to play a different game style or having to redo the same game 4 times (or 10 in Shadow).

The tone of Colors was because Sega wanted it this way, not Pontac

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I never had a problem with ice physics and escort quests

Me neither but it depends on the game really.

This really confuses me, I never liked colors since it cane out now everyone on the internet dislikes it too?? Doesnt make sense.

Sonic fans are legit annoying to be honest, one day they praise a game the other they hate it.

Even Mania has now reached the "acthyally it's not a good game".

I prefer the DS Colours but acting as if it's worse than Unleashed, Shadow or even 2006 is just bad faith.

The tone of Colors was because Sega wanted it this way, not Pontac

And I will defend that.

People wanting Sonic to be overly serious and shonen just want something that isn't Sonic.

SA1 already started the trend of Robotnik awakening a Kaiju (then getting betrayed by it) and having Sonic only becoming Super for the final hour of the game (while requiring you to play as other characters to have access to the true last boss) but SA2 kinda worsened the flaws of Adventure with the Treasure Hunting being less convenient (in levels that are way bigger) and Mech Shooting that are clunkier than Gamma.

I think Colours was truly the breath of fresh air Sonic needed after a decade full of Kaijus and having the Doctor being the final boss is good. Same with Super being playable in normal levels at last (sure, Heroes brought back Special Stages but not Super Sonic in normal levels).

PS: I couldn't care less about the so-called "potential" Sonic 2006 could have had if it wasn't rushed because what matters the most is the final product released (and honestly even fanmade games like Project-06 also have intrinsic issues from the base game).

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Sometimes sensor ship is good tbh, without it we’d still have so many terribly hateful things that would still be normalized

People that advocate for censorship will be happy once they get silenced for disagreement?

 

[MasterEn]

People that advocate for censorship will be happy once they get silenced for disagreement?

nope. they just cry "like a little, bitch." to quote freeza.