Frog Flare breaks this game.

Last year I made a thread about team comp. I saw a ton of answers which speaks volumes of how well balanced the cast is. Ultimately, I went with Crono, Frog, and Lucca.

Frog is outclassed physically by Crono and Ayla, magically by Magus and Lucca, and overall by Robo.

Yet when he's paired up with Lucca, you have ostensibly the single most damaging attack in the whole game. You can use this four times with each character - costing 20 MP - before needing to restore their MP. At base - with Frog at full health - this still does upwards 2000 damage. When damaged, it goes well beyond 3000.

It completely trivialized Lavos in any ending final boss fight I faced him in. It trivialized the Dream Devourer too. While I'm all for doing crazy damage using dual techs as Ayla or Robo, nothing was more destructive than Frog Flare.

If Frog needs to heal up, Lucca's Flare does crazy damage on its own. But when they're together, paired with Crono's Frenzy, it absolutely shreds every challenge in the game.

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u/RangoTheMerc — 12 hours ago
▲ 25 r/vita

Do you trust pre-owned memory cards?

I'm eyeing some 32GB memory cards on ebay. They're much cheaper than the ones I see on Amazon. I would like to upgrade from my 8GB card soon.

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u/RangoTheMerc — 3 days ago

I have mixed opinions about Tokon.

On one hand, I'm like it's a pretty game. Another Marvel fighting game with tons of references to the FGC and the MvC series, that's nice!

On the other hand, I'm like, "how dare you stand where he stood?" It isn't MvC and it will never be MvC. I don't know what Disney was thinking.

Nothing will ever replace the Capcom touch in Marvel fighting games.

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u/RangoTheMerc — 3 days ago
▲ 0 r/nes

Hot take: I am not a big fan of the original Legend of Zelda.

I don't like getting lost. Not without a map.

This is ironic coming from someone who enjoys most Zelda games, most Metroid games, most JRPGs, and most soulsborne titles.

Growing up on Mario and Sonic, I don't mind being pointed out where to go next. Getting lost has always been an issue with me in games and one that only got better as I got older and more skilled.

But going back to LoZ for the first time in 20 years reminds me exactly of why I don't think LoZ aged very well. Without a guide, you're stuck for 20 minutes looking for Level 2.

And that's just not appealing to me. I'll take getting beat in Contra, Ninja Gaiden, and Castlevania over this.

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u/RangoTheMerc — 3 days ago

Do you believe that Logia users are still the most dangerous Devil-fruit types? (SPOILERS up to late Onigashima)

This was mentioned pre-timeskip. Before Haki became a thing, it took knowing a weakness element to beat the likes of Crocodile and Enel.

Lucci would end up being Luffy's strongest opponent during Water 7 but the next major enemy - Magellan - was also a Logia.

Going into post-timeskip, Doflamingo's right-hand man, Trebol, was thought to be a Logia which made him seem dangerous until Law figured out his weakness.

Moreover, the navy recruited three Admirals who were all Logia users, one of which has since resigned his post.

Despite all this, the balance of power seems to flow rather evenly across all types. Big Mom is a paramecia user whose crazy strength didn't even come from her devil fruit. Ditto for Kaido who is just incredibly strong and can transform into a dragon.

I feel like prior to the New World, Logias dominate and learning haki keeps them in check.

Edited.

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u/RangoTheMerc — 3 days ago
▲ 11 r/wii

What's your scalding hot Wii take?

I'll start with this. I only played Wii Sports once and that was with a friend. I never got into sports games.

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u/RangoTheMerc — 4 days ago
▲ 3 r/contra

Why is there an LFG flair here?

Neither Operation Galuga nor Anniversary Collection have online play. So which game is it?

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u/RangoTheMerc — 4 days ago

How much of a fan are you?

  1. Played in major tournaments
  2. Played in a few local tournaments
  3. Love playing online in Fightcade/GGPO
  4. Played some with friends or at the arcade.

I'm #4. I know the lore of the game, the characters, and love clearing arcade mode. The most I've heard done was chained a large AHVB combo one of my friends back in the day.

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u/RangoTheMerc — 6 days ago