All of the above plus whoever the hell had to timeline it.
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All of the above plus whoever the hell had to timeline it.
Chapter 22 - He Who Rides The Field
We start this next stage right in the middle of a battle map, where Hien is telling another ninja dude to piss off and said ninja dude doesn't want to leave until the Grand Master leaves in a box.
Even if you haven't played the Strider series, you should know this guy as Strider Hiryuu if you've played Marvel vs. Capcom, and Hien used to be a former buddy of his until he decided to work for the Grand Master, who Hiryuu considers less worthy of respect than his last bowel movement.
Proving he's not kidding, he just charges Hien, who just barely parries the blow, and Strider's awesome church bell intro'ed theme kick in as Hien asks him just what it will take for Hiryuu to finally fuck off.
Hiryuu: "When either one of us is dead."
Hien tries to counter with how powerful the Grand Master is and how retarded it is to stand against him, but Strider Hiryuu DOES. NOT. GIVE. A SHIT.
After Hien at least admits Genocide's former goons are now balls deep in the Grand Master's plans and that dicking with space-time is also involved in those plans as well, we get this kickass title card as Hiryuu prepares to make Hien either talk some more or become a blood smear on his Cypher blade.
Before we get on with the actual fight, remember how I said Capcom has to sign off on the use of Strider with it's original creators and if they don't like what Capcom does with him, they can tell Capcom to hand him back?
Well, when you consider how Hiryuu just got an entire intro scene made of ten pounds of badass in a five pound bag, I think it's safe to say Capcom was pretty bent on making sure the original creators didn't regret letting them use their canon in this crossover.
Anyway, as the fight starts, it's just Hiryuu vs. Hien, and Hien gets first hit. Guard this, then use Hiryuu's DEF up and combo increase skill, then counterattack. Hien will get another go round, guard/(or use Vajura to counterattack) , then use Hiryuu's healing skill this time, or after the next turn.
After taking down Hien by 2/3 HP, Tonpuu shows up and tells Hien he needs some backup. Hien wants this to be a personal duel, but Tonpuu tells him their boss told Hien not to be a retard and get himself killed over his personal beef with Hiryuu. Besides, they need his help with far more than just Hiryuu.
Hiryuu is all "Cool, you do that. Meanwhile, I'll just shank you in the back while you're preoccupied."
Tonpuu is pissed at this and summons some Gnosis, pointing out not even Strider can hurt them while they can kill him.
And that's when Captain Commando shows up to crash this party. Hiryuu wonders if he's one of the Commando team's enemies (an astute guess, since he works for a mercenary corporation that has done some legally grey things before), and the Captain clarifies Hiryuu isn't on the shit list at the moment, but Hien is (which pisses Hien off), especially since he's working with the Grand Master.
Hiryuu is like "thanks, but I'm fine", to which the Captain is like "you do realize even you can't do crap against the Gnosis, right?", and Hiryuu just remarks he'll make a break for it and double back once he's lost the Gnosis.
The Captain admits that's a good idea, or they could try his Plan B.
Cue KOS-MOS and the Hilbert Effect.
As Tonpuu and Hien go "oh crap" Stahn/Rutee, Arthur, and Gilgamesh/Kai show up, and while Hiryuu isn't very chatty, the Captain assures his friends he's on their side.
And that's when KOS-MOS detects more heat sources.
And the good news is that it's most of the rest of the team, with Mitsurugi leading them, utterly confused by the "iron mansion" they are in and its exact dimensions.
And just as they decide to link up, Sturm Jr shows up. shows up with enemy reinforcements......specifically Cammy/Juni/Juli, Bison, and.....Heihachi?
However, the Captain quickly realizes they are Doppel ripoff versions. The fight then soon resumes, but Jin wonders where they got the data to clone Heihachi from, and he comes to the conclusion Heihachi must have visited the Volklinde at one point himself, which is the only logical place the Genocide guys could have encountered him to clone his data.
Anyway, here's the strategy to use.
Have Hiryuu link up with the side closest to the clones, while the other team works on the Gnosis.
Hien and Tonpuu are a pain in the ass but easily dealt with once you've taken out their help. Sturm Jr. isn't much harder than last time, and while the clones are no laughing matter, they can be dealt with if you gang up on them, but be wary, even if the Bison clone isn't as strong as the real deal, he's still quite strong regardless, so make a point of taking him out first.
After whittling down some foes, more enemies appear in the center, led by Solo (the original, who I'll refer to as OG Solo from now on to tell him apart from his numerous ripoffs), half Baraduke goons, half Solo clones.
They will reform near both your teams, and as Strider tells OG Solo he couldn't give a flying fuck about his orders from the Grand Master (to have him killed), we find out the Grand Master has already evac'ed from the 3rd Moon 'to gaze into a new world".
Rutee speaks for everyone when she says he needs to says something that makes SENSE, and OG Solo sounds like a robotic Boba Fett (who he kinda resembles) as he just stoically repeats he's going to delete them all.
And that's when the 3rd Moon starts shaking as OG Solo coolly informs them the Grand Master has set the 3rd Moon to self destruct, taking them all down in one shot (and considering how important the Grand Master considers the 3rd Moon in his own canon, he must be on to getting ahold something far more valuable if he's willing to do that)
Your mission then changes, and you MUST kill OG Solo by the end of the 23rd turn, or you will all die. Hien, Sturm Jr, and Tonpuu will withdraw to make it a little easier for you, but you still have all remaining enemies to deal with, and my advice is to ignore them and put OG Solo's head on a pike ASAP.
Further good news is that OG Solo is basically just a slightly more powerful version of the MP versions, just with slightly more power and HP, and if you were fast earlier on, you should have ten or so rounds at your disposal to cave his skull in.
Once you take down OG Solo, he and the other enemies withdraw, and that's when your team gets Hiromi's SOS signal. Strider Hiryuu takes that as his cue to leave and heads for the exit, but the Captain stops him on the way out and offers to help him out, and Hiryuu expects that's gonna be a mutual deal. He's right, but given you share enemies, he says he'll think it over as he leaves and you guys decide to follow him before you get spaced as the stage ends.
We start this next stage right in the middle of a battle map, where Hien is telling another ninja dude to piss off and said ninja dude doesn't want to leave until the Grand Master leaves in a box.
Even if you haven't played the Strider series, you should know this guy as Strider Hiryuu if you've played Marvel vs. Capcom, and Hien used to be a former buddy of his until he decided to work for the Grand Master, who Hiryuu considers less worthy of respect than his last bowel movement.
Proving he's not kidding, he just charges Hien, who just barely parries the blow, and Strider's awesome church bell intro'ed theme kick in as Hien asks him just what it will take for Hiryuu to finally fuck off.
Hiryuu: "When either one of us is dead."
Hien tries to counter with how powerful the Grand Master is and how retarded it is to stand against him, but Strider Hiryuu DOES. NOT. GIVE. A SHIT.
After Hien at least admits Genocide's former goons are now balls deep in the Grand Master's plans and that dicking with space-time is also involved in those plans as well, we get this kickass title card as Hiryuu prepares to make Hien either talk some more or become a blood smear on his Cypher blade.
Before we get on with the actual fight, remember how I said Capcom has to sign off on the use of Strider with it's original creators and if they don't like what Capcom does with him, they can tell Capcom to hand him back?
Well, when you consider how Hiryuu just got an entire intro scene made of ten pounds of badass in a five pound bag, I think it's safe to say Capcom was pretty bent on making sure the original creators didn't regret letting them use their canon in this crossover.
Anyway, as the fight starts, it's just Hiryuu vs. Hien, and Hien gets first hit. Guard this, then use Hiryuu's DEF up and combo increase skill, then counterattack. Hien will get another go round, guard/(or use Vajura to counterattack) , then use Hiryuu's healing skill this time, or after the next turn.
After taking down Hien by 2/3 HP, Tonpuu shows up and tells Hien he needs some backup. Hien wants this to be a personal duel, but Tonpuu tells him their boss told Hien not to be a retard and get himself killed over his personal beef with Hiryuu. Besides, they need his help with far more than just Hiryuu.
Hiryuu is all "Cool, you do that. Meanwhile, I'll just shank you in the back while you're preoccupied."
Tonpuu is pissed at this and summons some Gnosis, pointing out not even Strider can hurt them while they can kill him.
And that's when Captain Commando shows up to crash this party. Hiryuu wonders if he's one of the Commando team's enemies (an astute guess, since he works for a mercenary corporation that has done some legally grey things before), and the Captain clarifies Hiryuu isn't on the shit list at the moment, but Hien is (which pisses Hien off), especially since he's working with the Grand Master.
Hiryuu is like "thanks, but I'm fine", to which the Captain is like "you do realize even you can't do crap against the Gnosis, right?", and Hiryuu just remarks he'll make a break for it and double back once he's lost the Gnosis.
The Captain admits that's a good idea, or they could try his Plan B.
Cue KOS-MOS and the Hilbert Effect.
As Tonpuu and Hien go "oh crap" Stahn/Rutee, Arthur, and Gilgamesh/Kai show up, and while Hiryuu isn't very chatty, the Captain assures his friends he's on their side.
And that's when KOS-MOS detects more heat sources.
And the good news is that it's most of the rest of the team, with Mitsurugi leading them, utterly confused by the "iron mansion" they are in and its exact dimensions.
And just as they decide to link up, Sturm Jr shows up. shows up with enemy reinforcements......specifically Cammy/Juni/Juli, Bison, and.....Heihachi?
However, the Captain quickly realizes they are Doppel ripoff versions. The fight then soon resumes, but Jin wonders where they got the data to clone Heihachi from, and he comes to the conclusion Heihachi must have visited the Volklinde at one point himself, which is the only logical place the Genocide guys could have encountered him to clone his data.
Anyway, here's the strategy to use.
Have Hiryuu link up with the side closest to the clones, while the other team works on the Gnosis.
Hien and Tonpuu are a pain in the ass but easily dealt with once you've taken out their help. Sturm Jr. isn't much harder than last time, and while the clones are no laughing matter, they can be dealt with if you gang up on them, but be wary, even if the Bison clone isn't as strong as the real deal, he's still quite strong regardless, so make a point of taking him out first.
After whittling down some foes, more enemies appear in the center, led by Solo (the original, who I'll refer to as OG Solo from now on to tell him apart from his numerous ripoffs), half Baraduke goons, half Solo clones.
They will reform near both your teams, and as Strider tells OG Solo he couldn't give a flying fuck about his orders from the Grand Master (to have him killed), we find out the Grand Master has already evac'ed from the 3rd Moon 'to gaze into a new world".
Rutee speaks for everyone when she says he needs to says something that makes SENSE, and OG Solo sounds like a robotic Boba Fett (who he kinda resembles) as he just stoically repeats he's going to delete them all.
And that's when the 3rd Moon starts shaking as OG Solo coolly informs them the Grand Master has set the 3rd Moon to self destruct, taking them all down in one shot (and considering how important the Grand Master considers the 3rd Moon in his own canon, he must be on to getting ahold something far more valuable if he's willing to do that)
Your mission then changes, and you MUST kill OG Solo by the end of the 23rd turn, or you will all die. Hien, Sturm Jr, and Tonpuu will withdraw to make it a little easier for you, but you still have all remaining enemies to deal with, and my advice is to ignore them and put OG Solo's head on a pike ASAP.
Further good news is that OG Solo is basically just a slightly more powerful version of the MP versions, just with slightly more power and HP, and if you were fast earlier on, you should have ten or so rounds at your disposal to cave his skull in.
Once you take down OG Solo, he and the other enemies withdraw, and that's when your team gets Hiromi's SOS signal. Strider Hiryuu takes that as his cue to leave and heads for the exit, but the Captain stops him on the way out and offers to help him out, and Hiryuu expects that's gonna be a mutual deal. He's right, but given you share enemies, he says he'll think it over as he leaves and you guys decide to follow him before you get spaced as the stage ends.
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Didn't go over Strider Hiryuu's combat prowess too much in this game last post, so this one will give a brief overview, plan to eventually do a post where I break down everyone who will join you, strengths and weaknesses, and overall usefulness.
Hiryuu is one of the best fighters in game when it comes to raw damage, critical hit ratios, and air juggling. Not so good on being able to do tons of hits when doing combos, but that's his only real flaw combat wise.
His super attack is easy to build up, has a very high critical rate, and makes an excellent boss killer move as well.
He can natively dish out the Poison status with one of his attacks, and his high critical rate allows his attacks to do substantial damage even against many enemies with high defense or strong against his form of attack.
He is a required character on occasion, especially during the Strider centric parts, but he never falls below "pretty damn badass", so he's no hassle to keep alive and level up, as he's got a decent spell set and can fend for himself without too much assistance, but his melee specific combat style makes him easy prey for being ganged up on by multiple ranged foes.
Hiryuu is one of the best fighters in game when it comes to raw damage, critical hit ratios, and air juggling. Not so good on being able to do tons of hits when doing combos, but that's his only real flaw combat wise.
His super attack is easy to build up, has a very high critical rate, and makes an excellent boss killer move as well.
He can natively dish out the Poison status with one of his attacks, and his high critical rate allows his attacks to do substantial damage even against many enemies with high defense or strong against his form of attack.
He is a required character on occasion, especially during the Strider centric parts, but he never falls below "pretty damn badass", so he's no hassle to keep alive and level up, as he's got a decent spell set and can fend for himself without too much assistance, but his melee specific combat style makes him easy prey for being ganged up on by multiple ranged foes.
Chapter 23 - Angry Tekken King
We resume at the space dock of the 3rd Moon, where Taizou has finished using his mad combat engineer skillz to free the Flutter from where it was wedged sideways in the docking bay. Roll is about to start the engine, but Tron notices one of the wings is missing and snarks about it's probably gonna crash (rather dumb of her to do this, her own ass depends on the Flutter at the moment).
An explosion is heard from the entrance of the docking bay, and just as Reiji's about to reach for his guns, it's just Nakamura and the other guys who finished caving OG Solo's skull in.
King notes they are missing a few people still, and Alpha/Beta are the new guys, and unfortunately their intro to the team has to be cut short for now while they haul ass from soon to go nova 3rd Moon.
At this point, Slyphie decides to use her Transfer device to split on her own, but decides to leave MOMO a little present, though Shion has thankfully had enough of Slyphie's borderline pedo bullshit and gives Slyphie an earful, prompting little miss merchant with the candy van to leave a lot sooner.
Five minutes later, on the Flutter bridge, Roll gooses the throttle and the Flutter takes off. Sakura is all 0_0 over space, but Karin points out they have to make back to Earth ASAP, and Baby points out that due to the damage the Flutter took, it may not survive atmospheric re-entry (my compliments to Namco and Capcom for this nod to realism).
Taki then wonders if the more magically inclined people could magic up a barrier around the ship to keep it together, and Kai, figuring she has nothing to lose, immediately prays to Lady Ishtar.
IT ACTUALLY WORKS.
HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT.
Ishtar plans to toss them a rope a open up a portal to the Heavenly Realm since direct travel to the Earth via the Flutter is coming off the table, and when Xiaomu points out she couldn't do that earlier (and Demitri concurs), Ishtar points out the dimensional walls going to shit kinda works in their favor at the moment so she can break the usual rules on that issue.
Of course, Ishtar needs a little magical help from the people aboard to serve as a tow hitch for her power, and Valkyrie steps up to the plate on that one.
We then cut to the Temple of the Heavens, where the "oh dammit, shit's going down and it's gonna suck" music is currently playing, and we find out why when Bruce, Hsien-ko, and Ryu all have 0____0 looks on their faces as they see the Heavenly Realm already has another vessel parked where it shouldn't be.
The Spencer Lane, of all things.
Kyoko and Kagekiyo then point out it's retarded to be surprised, the dimensional walls going to shit tossed the Dragon Pavilion Palace to the Infernal Realm, so this isn't without prior precedent.
Jin and Klonoa then refocus everyone on checking out the Temple, as both sense something really fucked up has happened, so Reiji goes with Jin and Klonoa with some others to check it out, while the others check out the Spencer Lane.
We then cut to inside the temple, where the real Heihachi is, minus his shirt.
And that's when a bigass ship crashes right into the temple, much to Heihachi's "I figured this shit was gonna happen" reaction.
He then spits, cracks his knuckles and figures he needs a little exercise, so he prepares to kick some ass.
Well, that is, until this guy shows up:
This is Ogre, an ancient Aztec alien thing that Heihachi once attempted to capture so he could use it's DNA to make the ultimate biological weapon, but that plan went to shit.
Heihachi is a bit surprised to see him, but figures he might have been brought back by Bison, which is not a bad guess, as bringing Ogre back from the grave would be a pretty good way to mess with Heihachi. However, Heihachi is like "sweet, this just means I get another chance to kick your ass and capture you."
However, as he's about to do that, the Soul Edge shows up on the temple throne. Heihachi wonders if that thing brought Ogre back as well as busted a hole in the wall.
And that's when Juno shows up and confirms he did the latter, then adds Heihachi is a threat and he's gonna die.
Heihachi is amused, and tells Juno to go ahead and try, he's just gonna rip out Juno's circuits and drop them off by Bakuda's lab as a present.
With that the fight starts, with Heihachi having to play for time and stay alive.
Heihachi is like a more powerful if less agile version of Jin Kazama, and as long as you don't act like a dumbass, can be a decent tank despite being old enough to get a senior citizen's discount.
Juno sits out actually doing any fighting for now, so just keep Heihachi away from Ogre and work on the Rebirds and other MML goons. Alternatively, you can make murdering Ogre a priority (his HP isn't that high).
After surviving a few rounds, Reiji and the others arrive, and you can pick six others besides the preselected team members.
Juno realizes he's seen you all before, and Megaman recognizes both him and the massive Rebird Juno crashed through the wall. Meanwhile Jin and Heihachi are not very happy to see each other, and Chun-li wants answers from him what he's doing here.
The interrogation gets cut short as MOMO points out the Soul Edge. Reiji is annoyed things have gotten so chaotic, and that's when Xioamu jinxes things by saying he'd be more pissed if Saya showed up.
Well, it isn't her, though, though it is Cammy, Juni, and Juli, all while Bison's sweet as hell Alpha 3 theme "BRAVE OR GRAVE" plays.
Chun-li figure Bison himself is close at hand and yells at him to show himself, so he obliges. Ryu meanwhile feels something ominous as he hopes Bison doesn't know about Rose, and it's already bad enough Bison still want to use Ryu's body as a replacement for his own if need be.
Juno points out Bison is just casually dropping info like a retard, but Bison doesn't care, it's not like it will help them any. We also find out Bison is working with the 3rd Moon faction, and when Reiji is like "yeah, we wrecked their shit, you're next", Bison fires back "oh really?"
Cue some Gnosis.
The lightbulb goes off in Heihachi's brain as he realizes that's how Ogre was brought back, and Jin finally pays enough attention to Ogre to get fucking MAD.
Then again, that thing killed his MOTHER, I'd be murderously angry too.
Unfortunately, a red mark breaks out on Jin's skull, a sign his Devil Gene powers are coming to the surface, and Ryu cringes, since it's very similar to Akuma's own aura.
Thankfully, Jin manages to chain the beast once more, and tells Heihachi and Ogre they are both getting a taste of his (Iron) fist.
*Tekken literally means "Iron Fist*
Bruce tries to talk Jin down, pointing out Heihachi wants Bison to spill some information they all really need, and since Heihachi can help fill in blanks, they need him alive for now.
Heihachi is all ᷅\_(ヅ)_/ ᷄ upon hearing this, and Jin cools off enough to realize Bruce has a point.
Juno is bit annoyed he can't watch Heihachi and Jin kill each other, but Bison is like "who cares, they'll still die, just at our hands". Juno then wonders if Bison still needs Ryu, and Bison is all "if he croaks, he's too pussy for my needs".
MOMO then turns the Hilbert Effect on, and the fight resumes.
My suggestion is to move your team forward and move Heihachi within their reinforcement radius to keep him alive. And move forward slowly and pick off the enemy as you do so.
Remember, No Russian
Once you wear down a bunch of the enemies, MOMO detects an incoming energy signature.
Cue Kazuya Mishima appearing next to the throne. Jin is giddy over the thought of beating his daddy to death, Heihachi is all 0_0, as Kazuya should have been sealed away, and Bison is like "nice power that devil like being has, would be nice to have for myself......"
Kazuya ironically is on the same wavelength, though the way he speaks, he doesn't sound like the Kazuya you all know, and Shion wonders if he's another Doppel ripoff.
Close, but no, he's instead possessed by someone, and it turns out he has the Golden Seed, which the possessor helpfully lets you know is suppressing Kazuya's spirit so he can control him. And said possesor also wants the Soul Edge.
And just as everyone is like "oh dammit, this is gonna suck......", that's when Reiji clutches his skull in pain, and we all know what that means.
Cue Saya and her Ouma goons behind you.
She's all "Hi, Reiji." and Bison is all "Hi. I mastered dimension hopping while you were out, we have no reason to be allied anymore, so fuck off and preferably die."
Saya rolls her eyes at his cliche villainy, and Bison calls her out on trying to use the current situation to steal the Soul Edge. (Yeah, he got her figured out good), and since that plan went to shit, Saya offers to join up with Bison again anyway since they mutual foes.
He's all "Whatever.", then trolls her by saying he could care less about the Ouma's own project to become "God".
TAKE NOTE OF THIS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE END GAME PLOT.
Saya is, for once, all 0_0 it him figuring it out, and even though she tries to change the subject, Reiji gets her to admit the breaking down of dimensional walls and attempts to merge the world together is part of it.
Note: PART of the plan, keep this in mind for the end game, I'll quiz you all later
Reiji realizes immediately that isn't all to it, though she didn't lie all the same.
Juno is getting really bored and annoyed with sitting on his ass and decides to hop down off his perch to kick your ass. Bison sics his goons on you too, but Cammy hesitates ever so briefly for some reason, concerning him.
Regina then asks Reiji if they should start kicking ass, and he's all for it, and Ryu starts feeling a darkness inside him again, while Chun-li senses some humanity inside Cammy fighting against her usual robot like obedience to Bison.
Be warned, this battle just got very dangerous now. On one side are the Shadowloo forces, Juno, Ogre, and Devil Kazuya, all of whom are a considerable threat, and the other are Saya, her cow and horse lackeys, and some Ouma Tengu grunts.
I suggest dealing with the Shadowloo forces, Juno, and the Tekken villains first, since you should be closer to their position, then wrecking Saya and the Ouma's shit.
Once you beat Ogre, it vanishes into mist, meaning it was a ripoff version, and Heihachi is a little annoyed, but figures he'll get another chance to get him into his labs soon.
Once you defeat Juno, he's all "curses, foiled again....", and as Mega is about to blast him away, he reveals he remembers Mega kicked his ass, but not much more than that, and he refuses to die before getting all his memory back, then calls him "Megaman Trigger"
Read the spoiler if you don't know your Megaman Legends and why this is important, but refrain if you don't want to spoil yourself on the MML series, because this isn't that important to this crossover.
With that, he leaves.
Once you beat Cammy, she's really fucked up, and Bison just tells her die if she can't move. Juni and Juli will withdraw if you haven't beaten them by now as Bison adds he's going to soon test out his Psychodriver powers soon.
Roll and Chun-Li crawl Bison's ass over his callousness over Cammy, and he flat out states her conscience is awakening, so fuck her, she can die for all he cares, then turns to Ryu and says he's still a decent backup body even if Cammy isn't.
Ryu wonders what he means by that, then clutches his chest in pain. Meanwhile, Heihachi wants to know how he revived Ogre, and Bison just offhanded mentions that was just an experiment he did for the lulz, and, as Shion correctly surmises, the Gnosis.
With that, Bison leaves.
Cammy then collapses, but Regina applies some emergency first aid to keep her alive.
Once you take down Kazuya, he's impressed you have kicked his ass so hard, and he's about to run with the Golden Seed.
Everyone shits themselves and try to stop him, then MOMO has an idea, and guys, especially @Jaimas and @AngeloTheWizard, you're not gonna believe what she does.
I swear I'm not making that up, see for yourself the results of a transformation sequence right out of Sailor Moon:
And then, after everyone (especially Shion) looks at her like she's grown two heads, MOMO swings something at Kazuya.
It actually hits Kazuya, but does so little damage he just looks at MOMO likes she's utterly fucking retarded and is like "I don't have time for this stupid shit." then leaves.
As he does, everyone wonders what the fuck she was thinking....and that's when she shows she snagged the GOLDEN SEED.
And then MOMO reveals Slyphie, creepy borderline pedo that she was, gave MOMO a transformation device that basically turns her into a really damn good magical girl thief.
Everyone save Shion's jaw drops, Shion isn't sure whether to be proud of MOMO or not, and Heihachi is very, very amused at how a little girl punked his own son.
FYI, she wasn't kidding, this unlocks the "Rare Hunter" spell for MOMO's use from this point on.
Once you take down Saya, she tries to deflect Reiji's pointed questions, but he's already figured out she REALLY needs the Soul Edge to make the Ouma's plans succeed.
Saya really doesn't know what to retort with that would avoid confirming his suspicions, so she just hauls ass.
It's at this point Heihachi is like "I'm done here" and leaves. Meanwhile Chun-li is worried about Cammy, who is out cold but not dead. It's at this point, like clockwork, the Soul Edge nopes on out of there.
Jin finally noticed Heihachi noped out of there, and that's when the team decides to check on the High Priestess.
After a time skip......
The High Priestess is fine and agrees to keep the Golden Seed in her care, then asks them to check out the Parched Desert, where, as Kurino and Valkyrie quickly figure out, is the burial crypt of the Demon Lord Zouna.
She obviously wants you all to see if Zouna is up and around, and we then find out Cammy has recovered and wants to join up, and Chun-li agrees to be her minder.
Everyone is about to leave, but Bruce and Taizou point out the Spencer Lane and Juno's giant ship are still lying around, and the Priestess tells them she can use the Golden Seed to send them where they belong.
As everyone leaves, the Priestess sends the wayward ships where they belong, and she even manages to fix the temple walls in the process.
And then she tells whoever was spying on them to come on out already.
It was Heihachi, and while it's obvious he's a self-centered asshat, he just wants to go home, and she agrees to do so, but on one condition, and the stage ends as he agrees to her little deal.
We resume at the space dock of the 3rd Moon, where Taizou has finished using his mad combat engineer skillz to free the Flutter from where it was wedged sideways in the docking bay. Roll is about to start the engine, but Tron notices one of the wings is missing and snarks about it's probably gonna crash (rather dumb of her to do this, her own ass depends on the Flutter at the moment).
An explosion is heard from the entrance of the docking bay, and just as Reiji's about to reach for his guns, it's just Nakamura and the other guys who finished caving OG Solo's skull in.
King notes they are missing a few people still, and Alpha/Beta are the new guys, and unfortunately their intro to the team has to be cut short for now while they haul ass from soon to go nova 3rd Moon.
At this point, Slyphie decides to use her Transfer device to split on her own, but decides to leave MOMO a little present, though Shion has thankfully had enough of Slyphie's borderline pedo bullshit and gives Slyphie an earful, prompting little miss merchant with the candy van to leave a lot sooner.
Five minutes later, on the Flutter bridge, Roll gooses the throttle and the Flutter takes off. Sakura is all 0_0 over space, but Karin points out they have to make back to Earth ASAP, and Baby points out that due to the damage the Flutter took, it may not survive atmospheric re-entry (my compliments to Namco and Capcom for this nod to realism).
Taki then wonders if the more magically inclined people could magic up a barrier around the ship to keep it together, and Kai, figuring she has nothing to lose, immediately prays to Lady Ishtar.
IT ACTUALLY WORKS.
HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT.
Ishtar plans to toss them a rope a open up a portal to the Heavenly Realm since direct travel to the Earth via the Flutter is coming off the table, and when Xiaomu points out she couldn't do that earlier (and Demitri concurs), Ishtar points out the dimensional walls going to shit kinda works in their favor at the moment so she can break the usual rules on that issue.
Of course, Ishtar needs a little magical help from the people aboard to serve as a tow hitch for her power, and Valkyrie steps up to the plate on that one.
We then cut to the Temple of the Heavens, where the "oh dammit, shit's going down and it's gonna suck" music is currently playing, and we find out why when Bruce, Hsien-ko, and Ryu all have 0____0 looks on their faces as they see the Heavenly Realm already has another vessel parked where it shouldn't be.
The Spencer Lane, of all things.
Kyoko and Kagekiyo then point out it's retarded to be surprised, the dimensional walls going to shit tossed the Dragon Pavilion Palace to the Infernal Realm, so this isn't without prior precedent.
Jin and Klonoa then refocus everyone on checking out the Temple, as both sense something really fucked up has happened, so Reiji goes with Jin and Klonoa with some others to check it out, while the others check out the Spencer Lane.
We then cut to inside the temple, where the real Heihachi is, minus his shirt.
And that's when a bigass ship crashes right into the temple, much to Heihachi's "I figured this shit was gonna happen" reaction.
He then spits, cracks his knuckles and figures he needs a little exercise, so he prepares to kick some ass.
Well, that is, until this guy shows up:
This is Ogre, an ancient Aztec alien thing that Heihachi once attempted to capture so he could use it's DNA to make the ultimate biological weapon, but that plan went to shit.
Heihachi is a bit surprised to see him, but figures he might have been brought back by Bison, which is not a bad guess, as bringing Ogre back from the grave would be a pretty good way to mess with Heihachi. However, Heihachi is like "sweet, this just means I get another chance to kick your ass and capture you."
However, as he's about to do that, the Soul Edge shows up on the temple throne. Heihachi wonders if that thing brought Ogre back as well as busted a hole in the wall.
And that's when Juno shows up and confirms he did the latter, then adds Heihachi is a threat and he's gonna die.
Heihachi is amused, and tells Juno to go ahead and try, he's just gonna rip out Juno's circuits and drop them off by Bakuda's lab as a present.
With that the fight starts, with Heihachi having to play for time and stay alive.
Heihachi is like a more powerful if less agile version of Jin Kazama, and as long as you don't act like a dumbass, can be a decent tank despite being old enough to get a senior citizen's discount.
Juno sits out actually doing any fighting for now, so just keep Heihachi away from Ogre and work on the Rebirds and other MML goons. Alternatively, you can make murdering Ogre a priority (his HP isn't that high).
After surviving a few rounds, Reiji and the others arrive, and you can pick six others besides the preselected team members.
Juno realizes he's seen you all before, and Megaman recognizes both him and the massive Rebird Juno crashed through the wall. Meanwhile Jin and Heihachi are not very happy to see each other, and Chun-li wants answers from him what he's doing here.
The interrogation gets cut short as MOMO points out the Soul Edge. Reiji is annoyed things have gotten so chaotic, and that's when Xioamu jinxes things by saying he'd be more pissed if Saya showed up.
Well, it isn't her, though, though it is Cammy, Juni, and Juli, all while Bison's sweet as hell Alpha 3 theme "BRAVE OR GRAVE" plays.
Chun-li figure Bison himself is close at hand and yells at him to show himself, so he obliges. Ryu meanwhile feels something ominous as he hopes Bison doesn't know about Rose, and it's already bad enough Bison still want to use Ryu's body as a replacement for his own if need be.
Juno points out Bison is just casually dropping info like a retard, but Bison doesn't care, it's not like it will help them any. We also find out Bison is working with the 3rd Moon faction, and when Reiji is like "yeah, we wrecked their shit, you're next", Bison fires back "oh really?"
Cue some Gnosis.
The lightbulb goes off in Heihachi's brain as he realizes that's how Ogre was brought back, and Jin finally pays enough attention to Ogre to get fucking MAD.
Then again, that thing killed his MOTHER, I'd be murderously angry too.
Unfortunately, a red mark breaks out on Jin's skull, a sign his Devil Gene powers are coming to the surface, and Ryu cringes, since it's very similar to Akuma's own aura.
Thankfully, Jin manages to chain the beast once more, and tells Heihachi and Ogre they are both getting a taste of his (Iron) fist.
*Tekken literally means "Iron Fist*
Bruce tries to talk Jin down, pointing out Heihachi wants Bison to spill some information they all really need, and since Heihachi can help fill in blanks, they need him alive for now.
Heihachi is all ᷅\_(ヅ)_/ ᷄ upon hearing this, and Jin cools off enough to realize Bruce has a point.
Juno is bit annoyed he can't watch Heihachi and Jin kill each other, but Bison is like "who cares, they'll still die, just at our hands". Juno then wonders if Bison still needs Ryu, and Bison is all "if he croaks, he's too pussy for my needs".
MOMO then turns the Hilbert Effect on, and the fight resumes.
My suggestion is to move your team forward and move Heihachi within their reinforcement radius to keep him alive. And move forward slowly and pick off the enemy as you do so.
Remember, No Russian
Once you wear down a bunch of the enemies, MOMO detects an incoming energy signature.
Cue Kazuya Mishima appearing next to the throne. Jin is giddy over the thought of beating his daddy to death, Heihachi is all 0_0, as Kazuya should have been sealed away, and Bison is like "nice power that devil like being has, would be nice to have for myself......"
Kazuya ironically is on the same wavelength, though the way he speaks, he doesn't sound like the Kazuya you all know, and Shion wonders if he's another Doppel ripoff.
Close, but no, he's instead possessed by someone, and it turns out he has the Golden Seed, which the possessor helpfully lets you know is suppressing Kazuya's spirit so he can control him. And said possesor also wants the Soul Edge.
And just as everyone is like "oh dammit, this is gonna suck......", that's when Reiji clutches his skull in pain, and we all know what that means.
Cue Saya and her Ouma goons behind you.
She's all "Hi, Reiji." and Bison is all "Hi. I mastered dimension hopping while you were out, we have no reason to be allied anymore, so fuck off and preferably die."
Saya rolls her eyes at his cliche villainy, and Bison calls her out on trying to use the current situation to steal the Soul Edge. (Yeah, he got her figured out good), and since that plan went to shit, Saya offers to join up with Bison again anyway since they mutual foes.
He's all "Whatever.", then trolls her by saying he could care less about the Ouma's own project to become "God".
TAKE NOTE OF THIS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE END GAME PLOT.
Saya is, for once, all 0_0 it him figuring it out, and even though she tries to change the subject, Reiji gets her to admit the breaking down of dimensional walls and attempts to merge the world together is part of it.
Note: PART of the plan, keep this in mind for the end game, I'll quiz you all later
Reiji realizes immediately that isn't all to it, though she didn't lie all the same.
Juno is getting really bored and annoyed with sitting on his ass and decides to hop down off his perch to kick your ass. Bison sics his goons on you too, but Cammy hesitates ever so briefly for some reason, concerning him.
Regina then asks Reiji if they should start kicking ass, and he's all for it, and Ryu starts feeling a darkness inside him again, while Chun-li senses some humanity inside Cammy fighting against her usual robot like obedience to Bison.
Be warned, this battle just got very dangerous now. On one side are the Shadowloo forces, Juno, Ogre, and Devil Kazuya, all of whom are a considerable threat, and the other are Saya, her cow and horse lackeys, and some Ouma Tengu grunts.
I suggest dealing with the Shadowloo forces, Juno, and the Tekken villains first, since you should be closer to their position, then wrecking Saya and the Ouma's shit.
Once you beat Ogre, it vanishes into mist, meaning it was a ripoff version, and Heihachi is a little annoyed, but figures he'll get another chance to get him into his labs soon.
Once you defeat Juno, he's all "curses, foiled again....", and as Mega is about to blast him away, he reveals he remembers Mega kicked his ass, but not much more than that, and he refuses to die before getting all his memory back, then calls him "Megaman Trigger"
Read the spoiler if you don't know your Megaman Legends and why this is important, but refrain if you don't want to spoil yourself on the MML series, because this isn't that important to this crossover.
Trigger is Megaman's real name. He was essentially created as a weapon that could have fucked over humanity but refused to do so and became their defender. Juno, on the other hand, embraced his role as the eliminator of all Carbons (humans), and even after finding out what he was really created for, Mega chose to tell Juno to shove that up his ass and blew him away, having chosen to side with the humanity that had taken him in.
With that, he leaves.
Once you beat Cammy, she's really fucked up, and Bison just tells her die if she can't move. Juni and Juli will withdraw if you haven't beaten them by now as Bison adds he's going to soon test out his Psychodriver powers soon.
Roll and Chun-Li crawl Bison's ass over his callousness over Cammy, and he flat out states her conscience is awakening, so fuck her, she can die for all he cares, then turns to Ryu and says he's still a decent backup body even if Cammy isn't.
Ryu wonders what he means by that, then clutches his chest in pain. Meanwhile, Heihachi wants to know how he revived Ogre, and Bison just offhanded mentions that was just an experiment he did for the lulz, and, as Shion correctly surmises, the Gnosis.
With that, Bison leaves.
Cammy then collapses, but Regina applies some emergency first aid to keep her alive.
Once you take down Kazuya, he's impressed you have kicked his ass so hard, and he's about to run with the Golden Seed.
Everyone shits themselves and try to stop him, then MOMO has an idea, and guys, especially @Jaimas and @AngeloTheWizard, you're not gonna believe what she does.
MAGICAL GIRL COSPLAY!
I swear I'm not making that up, see for yourself the results of a transformation sequence right out of Sailor Moon:
And then, after everyone (especially Shion) looks at her like she's grown two heads, MOMO swings something at Kazuya.
It actually hits Kazuya, but does so little damage he just looks at MOMO likes she's utterly fucking retarded and is like "I don't have time for this stupid shit." then leaves.
As he does, everyone wonders what the fuck she was thinking....and that's when she shows she snagged the GOLDEN SEED.
And then MOMO reveals Slyphie, creepy borderline pedo that she was, gave MOMO a transformation device that basically turns her into a really damn good magical girl thief.
Everyone save Shion's jaw drops, Shion isn't sure whether to be proud of MOMO or not, and Heihachi is very, very amused at how a little girl punked his own son.
FYI, she wasn't kidding, this unlocks the "Rare Hunter" spell for MOMO's use from this point on.
Once you take down Saya, she tries to deflect Reiji's pointed questions, but he's already figured out she REALLY needs the Soul Edge to make the Ouma's plans succeed.
Saya really doesn't know what to retort with that would avoid confirming his suspicions, so she just hauls ass.
It's at this point Heihachi is like "I'm done here" and leaves. Meanwhile Chun-li is worried about Cammy, who is out cold but not dead. It's at this point, like clockwork, the Soul Edge nopes on out of there.
Jin finally noticed Heihachi noped out of there, and that's when the team decides to check on the High Priestess.
After a time skip......
The High Priestess is fine and agrees to keep the Golden Seed in her care, then asks them to check out the Parched Desert, where, as Kurino and Valkyrie quickly figure out, is the burial crypt of the Demon Lord Zouna.
She obviously wants you all to see if Zouna is up and around, and we then find out Cammy has recovered and wants to join up, and Chun-li agrees to be her minder.
Everyone is about to leave, but Bruce and Taizou point out the Spencer Lane and Juno's giant ship are still lying around, and the Priestess tells them she can use the Golden Seed to send them where they belong.
As everyone leaves, the Priestess sends the wayward ships where they belong, and she even manages to fix the temple walls in the process.
And then she tells whoever was spying on them to come on out already.
It was Heihachi, and while it's obvious he's a self-centered asshat, he just wants to go home, and she agrees to do so, but on one condition, and the stage ends as he agrees to her little deal.
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- Highlight
- #46
So you're fucking telling me MOMO has the goddamn Garment Grid from X-2? Jesus dick-whittling Christ what is even the fuck?!
I know how you feel, this was probably the most random, off the wall thing that this crossover has done and you literally would not expect it to happen.
On the other hand, it does add another very useful skill to a team that is already OP when it comes to support magic and ranged combat, so from a gameplay standpoint I'm all for it, though it still doesn't subtract from how weird it is.
Was going to take a rain check on doing another stage tonight, but in return, some interesting information concerning the crossovers for you all.
Tales of Destiny AND Tales of Destiny 2 were both represented in this game, with the prologue onward concerning the tail end of the first game and some stuff I'll get to in a later post that would be a spoiler now from the sequel is used, but the way in which it's used effectively prevents ToD2 from ever happening because the manner in which the crossover changes events makes the second game impossible to have happen, at least not without some gaping plot holes.
The crossover with The Tower of Druaga and ToD is quite logical though, as one of the bonus dungeons of the first game is essentially a 3Dish remake/homage to it.
Also, there are two versions of both ToD games. America only got the very first Tales of Destiny for PSX, which was basically half finished (game hacking revealed all sorts of crap was dummied out), but we never got to play the updated remake for PS2 that fixed all that. It also changed some characterization for Leon (the guy in the prologue stage that introduced ToD into the crossover), and N x C uses this as a base.
In the original game, Leon was much more of a dick. The remake toned his more jackass qualities down.
The second ToD game (both PS1 and it's re-release on PS2) were also denied to America, but N x C only uses just enough of ToD2 that it would spoil a twist from ToD2 if I mentioned it now, and when I get covering that it will still be a spoiler, and it's one of the reasons ToD2 cannot happen after the events of this crossover, because the material they used would create such a paradox the plot of ToD2 just can't happen after how N x C used it's canon.
Although, technically speaking, given how ToD2 went, that's arguably a better ending to ToD1.
How they used Ghosts and Goblins also deserves special note, because they use material from both the original and the SNES "Super Ghouls and Ghosts", with some "Gargoyle's Quest" folded into the mix as well.
Tekken was crossed over with this series, being one of the times a Capcom (Ghost and Goblins) and Namco (Tekken) series directly cross pollinate. This game also laid some of the groundwork for Street Fighter and Tekken's canons to eventually merge in their main games, as was depicted in Tekken 7.
It's worth noting Kazuya's stay in Makai where he was sealed away after Tekken 2-3 is followed up on in Project X Zone games and very nicely explains his low profile between Tekken 3 and 5.
Another small detail Project X Zone players might notice is that in PXZ2, Captain Commando has red shades, while they are blue in this one. This is a reference to how he was depicted differently between Western and Eastern art portrayals, with the red shades more common in some Western depictions, hence why they are red in PXZ2, since that got an official translation.
A similar change was done in Project X Zone, where the character Bruno Dillinger was given a recolor to match his American depiction in the Die Hard games as opposed to his portrayal in the Dynamite Cop game (which was a sequel minus the Die Hard branding since Sega lost the license by then). In the American version, he was John McClane, and while they kept his Japanese name, they otherwise made him a Bruce Willis lookalike for American fans of his home series.
Final Fight and Street Fighter have a small yet easily ignorable problem as depicted in N x C, the time frame they took place in their home canon was in late 1990's, while it was moved up to 20xx for N x C, but given Street Fighter and Final Fight generally played loose with dates anyway, this doesn't really cause a noticeable plot hole. It DOES cause a small issue for Captain Commando, which took place in the 2010s-2020's originally, so to make things make sense they got moved up farther in time to square the circle.
Oh, @AngeloTheWizard, the below should be of interest to you.
Klonoa is actually in an interesting position in that it's usage here depicts it's original somewhat more serious intentions than the game it turned out to be. Originally, the plot was to be more serious and dark before it got turned into the game it actually became, and N x C actually shifts the tone closer to the more serious intentions the original producer had before it was retooled.
It also makes use of the second Klonoa's setting to allow it to exist in the same setting as Tales of Destiny, which makes a lot of logical sense, though Joka from the original was used as an antagonist because of his quasi-demonic origins, which made him a logical goon for Astaroth and Druaga. Most of the other plot was cribbed from the GBA game "Klonoa Heroes: Legendary Star Medal", which explains Janga's presence, his association with Joka, and why they are working with other forces as well, as it was something of an in-universe crossover game on its own and N x C took that and ran with it.
Tales of Destiny AND Tales of Destiny 2 were both represented in this game, with the prologue onward concerning the tail end of the first game and some stuff I'll get to in a later post that would be a spoiler now from the sequel is used, but the way in which it's used effectively prevents ToD2 from ever happening because the manner in which the crossover changes events makes the second game impossible to have happen, at least not without some gaping plot holes.
The crossover with The Tower of Druaga and ToD is quite logical though, as one of the bonus dungeons of the first game is essentially a 3Dish remake/homage to it.
Also, there are two versions of both ToD games. America only got the very first Tales of Destiny for PSX, which was basically half finished (game hacking revealed all sorts of crap was dummied out), but we never got to play the updated remake for PS2 that fixed all that. It also changed some characterization for Leon (the guy in the prologue stage that introduced ToD into the crossover), and N x C uses this as a base.
In the original game, Leon was much more of a dick. The remake toned his more jackass qualities down.
The second ToD game (both PS1 and it's re-release on PS2) were also denied to America, but N x C only uses just enough of ToD2 that it would spoil a twist from ToD2 if I mentioned it now, and when I get covering that it will still be a spoiler, and it's one of the reasons ToD2 cannot happen after the events of this crossover, because the material they used would create such a paradox the plot of ToD2 just can't happen after how N x C used it's canon.
Although, technically speaking, given how ToD2 went, that's arguably a better ending to ToD1.
How they used Ghosts and Goblins also deserves special note, because they use material from both the original and the SNES "Super Ghouls and Ghosts", with some "Gargoyle's Quest" folded into the mix as well.
Tekken was crossed over with this series, being one of the times a Capcom (Ghost and Goblins) and Namco (Tekken) series directly cross pollinate. This game also laid some of the groundwork for Street Fighter and Tekken's canons to eventually merge in their main games, as was depicted in Tekken 7.
It's worth noting Kazuya's stay in Makai where he was sealed away after Tekken 2-3 is followed up on in Project X Zone games and very nicely explains his low profile between Tekken 3 and 5.
Another small detail Project X Zone players might notice is that in PXZ2, Captain Commando has red shades, while they are blue in this one. This is a reference to how he was depicted differently between Western and Eastern art portrayals, with the red shades more common in some Western depictions, hence why they are red in PXZ2, since that got an official translation.
A similar change was done in Project X Zone, where the character Bruno Dillinger was given a recolor to match his American depiction in the Die Hard games as opposed to his portrayal in the Dynamite Cop game (which was a sequel minus the Die Hard branding since Sega lost the license by then). In the American version, he was John McClane, and while they kept his Japanese name, they otherwise made him a Bruce Willis lookalike for American fans of his home series.
Final Fight and Street Fighter have a small yet easily ignorable problem as depicted in N x C, the time frame they took place in their home canon was in late 1990's, while it was moved up to 20xx for N x C, but given Street Fighter and Final Fight generally played loose with dates anyway, this doesn't really cause a noticeable plot hole. It DOES cause a small issue for Captain Commando, which took place in the 2010s-2020's originally, so to make things make sense they got moved up farther in time to square the circle.
Oh, @AngeloTheWizard, the below should be of interest to you.
Klonoa is actually in an interesting position in that it's usage here depicts it's original somewhat more serious intentions than the game it turned out to be. Originally, the plot was to be more serious and dark before it got turned into the game it actually became, and N x C actually shifts the tone closer to the more serious intentions the original producer had before it was retooled.
It also makes use of the second Klonoa's setting to allow it to exist in the same setting as Tales of Destiny, which makes a lot of logical sense, though Joka from the original was used as an antagonist because of his quasi-demonic origins, which made him a logical goon for Astaroth and Druaga. Most of the other plot was cribbed from the GBA game "Klonoa Heroes: Legendary Star Medal", which explains Janga's presence, his association with Joka, and why they are working with other forces as well, as it was something of an in-universe crossover game on its own and N x C took that and ran with it.
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Chapter 24 - The Killing Intent Surge
We resume on the Bridge of the Flutter as they are enroute to Zouna's crypt, which is essentially a giant pyramid.
You are given three choices on your assault of the place:
1. Serve as rear unit guard at the entrance
2. Go to the room with the huge machine
3. Go to the deepest part of the underground
We'll be going with option 1.
And before we continue, yeah, Strider Hiryuu is on the team permanently now.
Anyway, as they survey the rear entrance, Bruce and Sho are pleased the other teams made a successful ingress. Meanwhile, Ryu is feeling that darkness inside him again., but he quickly plays off like he's just tired from the heat.
Meanwhile, Sakura wonders if Gil and Arthur are frying inside their armor, and both guys are like "eh, we've been through worse", with Arthur even quick changing down to his boxers to show he's got a plan in case he gets too hot.
Everyone engages in a bit of amusing banter about Arthur's decision to run around in heart printed boxers, save Valkyrie, who senses something really bad.
And that's when some goons from her home series pop out of the sand like the sandworms from Dune.
As the fight starts, keep in mind two things, reinforcements for the enemy will show up and both Ryu and Ken cannot die here.
Once you've taken down some of the enemies, reinforcements from the Dino Crisis series are inbound near the pyramid, lead by a gigantic Allosaurus.
Regina is very 0_0 over the dinosaurs, and Gil and Kai amusingly mistake dinosaurs for dragons.
But, just as everyone starts to get concerned, turns out another of Metro City's alumni besides Guy had been looking into the Spencer Lane:
For those of you who played the Final Fight games or played Marvel vs. Capcom, that is Mayor Mike Haggar, one of the most badass mayors in all fiction, a man who decided to clean up crime in his city by doling out shots to the face with lead pipes and pile driving assholes left and right, especially when those cocksuckers had the brass to kidnap his daughter in the first game.
He's also a man so ballsy he took on GALACTUS in Marvel vs. Capcom.
Read this spoiler for some more info on Mike:
Guy immediately recognizes the man he helped clean up the crime in Metro City with on at least two occasions (though the second is some time in the future given this set between the first and second Final Fight), and @Jaimas, as you pointed out, Xiaomu geeks the heck out over him.
Further intros are cut short as the dinosaurs get restless, so Haggar agrees to Guy's proposal they kick all the ass around them, then catch up.
As the fight resumes, keep in mind Mike's a tad slow, but a heavy hitting tank with a spell pool ideal for making him tougher and the enemy weaker. It's also worth noting the animation for Mike and Baby's Pile Driver is nigh identical, heavily implying Baby based his machine's combat data after Mike's moves.
Once you take down several more enemies, B. Valkyrie shows up, with Rose in tow. We find out while B. Valkyrie wants to again lead Zouna's forces like she did in Valkyrie's game, her ambitions have grown to the point she wants to usurp her former boss and seize his army for herself, and Gil realizes she must have a trump card called the Eye of God on hand to give her an edge.
Hiryuu then sensibly advises "less talk, more stabbing of the evil bitch", and while Ryu really doesn't want to fight Rose, she tells him he'd better worry about his ass more, especially since he has that darkness inside he's currently fighting as the fight resumes.
The good news is that the Allosaurus is merely a somewhat tougher Velociraptor, but Rose and B. Valkyrie are even worse, so try to make sure most of the goons die ASAP so you aren't overwhelmed.
Once you whittle the Allosaurus down or manage to kill it, either one, it will beat a retreat, and Regina figures it will die of its wounds in the heat anyway, so no biggie, or so she hopes.
After a few more turns, a new asshole shows up:
This asshat is Kamuze, a demon lord who Valkyrie kicked the ass of awhile back, and he really wants to return the favor. He's also the asshole who originally stole the Golden Seed in her game.
Everyone is like "alright asshole, we're gonna beat you retarded", and he's all "want to try that shit after seeing this?"
And that's when he summons a bunch of Kurinos and Sabines, just black versions who are basically people of the same tribe he brainwashed into being evil. As Valkyrie gulps and realizes the only way to free them is to defeat them, Ryu is starting to lose the battle against that darkness.
The brainwashed Sandra tribesmen and Sabine's clansmen are a pain the ass but not too bad so long as they don't gang up on you. Kamuze, though, he hits like a truck, so make killing him a priority, but be careful, he's got a lot of HP.
Once you take B. Valkyrie down by 2/3 of her HP, she decides to withdraw.
Once you take down Rose, she leaves Ryu some advice to resist his dark side before she withdraws.
Once you reduce Kamuze to 25% HP, he will get desperate and call in more Black Sandras. Ryu is about to keel over, and that's when Akuma shows up.
Kamuze wonders who he is and Akuma tells him to shut the fuck up, then turns to Ryu and tells him to just let his power out already.
Too weak to resist any longer, he does:
He then goes full Akuma (even his speech sounds like him), then in a moment of terrifying awesome, he Akuma style speed dashes over to Kamuze, tells the demon his fists scream out for his blood, then in one shot hits Kamuze over twenty or so times and leaves Kamuze near death.
Kamuze, in-between coughing up blood and most of his now pulverized internal organs, is wondering what the hell just happened, and everyone else is looking at Ryu in amazement and a fair amount of horror.
Sakura doesn't realize Ryu is no longer who he used to be, and Ken screams at her to get away from him because he realizes Ryu going full Akuma is NOT GOOD AT ALL.
The fight resumes (after Kamuze and most of his reinforcements shit themselves and flee), and the now Evil Ryu will go after you all. He hits HARD, so make kicking his ass a priority. You also have Akuma to worry about, so be wary of him too, as he's even tougher.
Once you take down Evil Ryu, Akuma is like "I did what I came here for", while Ryu speeds off again, bashes open the pyramid door, then runs inside. Akuma then mentions something about surpassing the Bloodlust Wave (a fairly literal translation of the effect the Satsui no Hidou has on people), then speeds off in the direction away from the battle map.
Once all foes are defeated, everyone wants to chase down the now batshit Ryu before bodies pile up as the stage ends.
Before I close this one out, Evil Ryu is a "hypothetical" version of Ryu that succumbed to the Satsui no Hidou instead of resisting it, and while he's a non-canon what-if character, this crossover toys with the idea of what would happen if Ryu fell to the dark side for awhile, much like how Akuma would get his own batshit crazy non-canon incarnation in Street Fighter IV that is basically a "what-if Akuma lost what little sanity he has left and became a mindless beast".
We resume on the Bridge of the Flutter as they are enroute to Zouna's crypt, which is essentially a giant pyramid.
You are given three choices on your assault of the place:
1. Serve as rear unit guard at the entrance
2. Go to the room with the huge machine
3. Go to the deepest part of the underground
We'll be going with option 1.
And before we continue, yeah, Strider Hiryuu is on the team permanently now.
Anyway, as they survey the rear entrance, Bruce and Sho are pleased the other teams made a successful ingress. Meanwhile, Ryu is feeling that darkness inside him again., but he quickly plays off like he's just tired from the heat.
Meanwhile, Sakura wonders if Gil and Arthur are frying inside their armor, and both guys are like "eh, we've been through worse", with Arthur even quick changing down to his boxers to show he's got a plan in case he gets too hot.
Everyone engages in a bit of amusing banter about Arthur's decision to run around in heart printed boxers, save Valkyrie, who senses something really bad.
And that's when some goons from her home series pop out of the sand like the sandworms from Dune.
As the fight starts, keep in mind two things, reinforcements for the enemy will show up and both Ryu and Ken cannot die here.
Once you've taken down some of the enemies, reinforcements from the Dino Crisis series are inbound near the pyramid, lead by a gigantic Allosaurus.
Regina is very 0_0 over the dinosaurs, and Gil and Kai amusingly mistake dinosaurs for dragons.
But, just as everyone starts to get concerned, turns out another of Metro City's alumni besides Guy had been looking into the Spencer Lane:
For those of you who played the Final Fight games or played Marvel vs. Capcom, that is Mayor Mike Haggar, one of the most badass mayors in all fiction, a man who decided to clean up crime in his city by doling out shots to the face with lead pipes and pile driving assholes left and right, especially when those cocksuckers had the brass to kidnap his daughter in the first game.
He's also a man so ballsy he took on GALACTUS in Marvel vs. Capcom.
Read this spoiler for some more info on Mike:
Mike Haggar has had an interesting parallel relation with Street Fighter. While they never met directly, both he and Zangief kept tabs on each other during their wrestling careers, with Haggar respecting Zangief's badass cred enough he ripped off Zangief's spinning clothesline and added it to his own moveset, and Zangief returned the favor and borrowed his spinning piledriver from Mike.
As for Mike's wrestling career, he was a wrestler in the Final Fight prequel, "Saturday Night Slam Masters", though the American translators goofed and implied the game was set after the Final Fight series, not before, and Mike was running for mayor of Metro City during this game, going from wrestling to politics in a semi-homage to wrestling commentator turned Governor Jesse Ventura.
It's also worth noting Mike is a really nice guy who doesn't hold grudges, because when former gangbanger Poison turned legit and started her own wrestling promotion, he agreed to throw down in the ring again for her promotion after his term as mayor because he's a nice guy pleased to see she went straight. He also cleared some bullshit corruption charges from one of his own cops named Lucia in Final Fight 3 and she proved she really was an honest cop by helping him take down crime.
As for Mike's wrestling career, he was a wrestler in the Final Fight prequel, "Saturday Night Slam Masters", though the American translators goofed and implied the game was set after the Final Fight series, not before, and Mike was running for mayor of Metro City during this game, going from wrestling to politics in a semi-homage to wrestling commentator turned Governor Jesse Ventura.
It's also worth noting Mike is a really nice guy who doesn't hold grudges, because when former gangbanger Poison turned legit and started her own wrestling promotion, he agreed to throw down in the ring again for her promotion after his term as mayor because he's a nice guy pleased to see she went straight. He also cleared some bullshit corruption charges from one of his own cops named Lucia in Final Fight 3 and she proved she really was an honest cop by helping him take down crime.
Guy immediately recognizes the man he helped clean up the crime in Metro City with on at least two occasions (though the second is some time in the future given this set between the first and second Final Fight), and @Jaimas, as you pointed out, Xiaomu geeks the heck out over him.
Further intros are cut short as the dinosaurs get restless, so Haggar agrees to Guy's proposal they kick all the ass around them, then catch up.
As the fight resumes, keep in mind Mike's a tad slow, but a heavy hitting tank with a spell pool ideal for making him tougher and the enemy weaker. It's also worth noting the animation for Mike and Baby's Pile Driver is nigh identical, heavily implying Baby based his machine's combat data after Mike's moves.
Once you take down several more enemies, B. Valkyrie shows up, with Rose in tow. We find out while B. Valkyrie wants to again lead Zouna's forces like she did in Valkyrie's game, her ambitions have grown to the point she wants to usurp her former boss and seize his army for herself, and Gil realizes she must have a trump card called the Eye of God on hand to give her an edge.
Hiryuu then sensibly advises "less talk, more stabbing of the evil bitch", and while Ryu really doesn't want to fight Rose, she tells him he'd better worry about his ass more, especially since he has that darkness inside he's currently fighting as the fight resumes.
The good news is that the Allosaurus is merely a somewhat tougher Velociraptor, but Rose and B. Valkyrie are even worse, so try to make sure most of the goons die ASAP so you aren't overwhelmed.
Once you whittle the Allosaurus down or manage to kill it, either one, it will beat a retreat, and Regina figures it will die of its wounds in the heat anyway, so no biggie, or so she hopes.
After a few more turns, a new asshole shows up:
This asshat is Kamuze, a demon lord who Valkyrie kicked the ass of awhile back, and he really wants to return the favor. He's also the asshole who originally stole the Golden Seed in her game.
Everyone is like "alright asshole, we're gonna beat you retarded", and he's all "want to try that shit after seeing this?"
And that's when he summons a bunch of Kurinos and Sabines, just black versions who are basically people of the same tribe he brainwashed into being evil. As Valkyrie gulps and realizes the only way to free them is to defeat them, Ryu is starting to lose the battle against that darkness.
The brainwashed Sandra tribesmen and Sabine's clansmen are a pain the ass but not too bad so long as they don't gang up on you. Kamuze, though, he hits like a truck, so make killing him a priority, but be careful, he's got a lot of HP.
Once you take B. Valkyrie down by 2/3 of her HP, she decides to withdraw.
Once you take down Rose, she leaves Ryu some advice to resist his dark side before she withdraws.
Once you reduce Kamuze to 25% HP, he will get desperate and call in more Black Sandras. Ryu is about to keel over, and that's when Akuma shows up.
Kamuze wonders who he is and Akuma tells him to shut the fuck up, then turns to Ryu and tells him to just let his power out already.
Too weak to resist any longer, he does:
He then goes full Akuma (even his speech sounds like him), then in a moment of terrifying awesome, he Akuma style speed dashes over to Kamuze, tells the demon his fists scream out for his blood, then in one shot hits Kamuze over twenty or so times and leaves Kamuze near death.
Kamuze, in-between coughing up blood and most of his now pulverized internal organs, is wondering what the hell just happened, and everyone else is looking at Ryu in amazement and a fair amount of horror.
Sakura doesn't realize Ryu is no longer who he used to be, and Ken screams at her to get away from him because he realizes Ryu going full Akuma is NOT GOOD AT ALL.
The fight resumes (after Kamuze and most of his reinforcements shit themselves and flee), and the now Evil Ryu will go after you all. He hits HARD, so make kicking his ass a priority. You also have Akuma to worry about, so be wary of him too, as he's even tougher.
Once you take down Evil Ryu, Akuma is like "I did what I came here for", while Ryu speeds off again, bashes open the pyramid door, then runs inside. Akuma then mentions something about surpassing the Bloodlust Wave (a fairly literal translation of the effect the Satsui no Hidou has on people), then speeds off in the direction away from the battle map.
Once all foes are defeated, everyone wants to chase down the now batshit Ryu before bodies pile up as the stage ends.
Before I close this one out, Evil Ryu is a "hypothetical" version of Ryu that succumbed to the Satsui no Hidou instead of resisting it, and while he's a non-canon what-if character, this crossover toys with the idea of what would happen if Ryu fell to the dark side for awhile, much like how Akuma would get his own batshit crazy non-canon incarnation in Street Fighter IV that is basically a "what-if Akuma lost what little sanity he has left and became a mindless beast".
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That's some delicious anime sperg in this game. And the music is pretty kickass. Nice work! Can't wait for more.
She marries him at some point. At gunpoint.
- Highlight
- #53
Chapter 25 - Every Expectation, Every Decision
We resume this next level with Lord Raptor in the part of Zouna's crib that mass produces those robotic assholes from the Valkyrie series. Seems Wayahime is with him for some reason, and she's in one of the machines, and is needling him about being too stupid to make them work right.
And that's when your team shows up.
He's does the moon over Hsien-ko bit, she wants to strangle him, everyone wants to kick his ass and mentions he's outnumbered, and then his rotted brain actually has a lightbulb moment as he's like
"O RLY?"
And that's when he flips the switch on the robot makers (while standing atop one of them) and some of Zouna's metallic goons pop out.
As the fight starts, Wayahime is still inside one of the machines, and you'll notice Cammy is now part of a dual pair unit with Chun-li.
This actually changes some of their attacks and skills, mostly for the better, as they can pull off super attacks faster, and Chun-li gets a stat boost in some regards. Chun-li does lose her default attack and jump kick attacks, with Cammy's regular attack and Cannon Spike taking their place, but Chun-li still keeps her Spinning Bird Kick and Kikoken, which were honestly her best attacks anyway.
Their Super Attack also does more damage now that Cammy is joining Chun-li with the beat down.
Anyway, I recommend making haste slowly and picking off the Zouna forces as they come within range, as enemy reinforcements will be inbound soon.
After taking a few down, he wonders why there aren't more being produced, and that's when Wayahime started getting claustrophobia and asks him if he forgot she was in the machine he's standing on.
And that's when it starts sparking and and he falls off it.
Everyone (Bravoman especially) is worried about who is in there, it suddenly stops, then Wayahime pops out and tells him not to worry at all.
And she was speaking to more than just him, as the machine suddenly produces four Wayahime copies.
KOS-MOS detects that the MP Wayahimes are less powerful than the original, and as Raptor jumps atop another robot maker, Bravoman wants to know why he's allied with Wayahime.
She tells him it's not so much an alliance as it's "we share enemies, so help me kick Bravoman's ass since he's annoying you too" kind of deal. We also discover Black Bravo apparently made his way to the Infernal Village and Wayahime was supposed to be his minder.
Raptor then wants the assbeating to resume, and Wayahime is happy to oblige. Bravoman wants everyone to NOT kill off Wayahime, and when Taki asks him if he's fallen for her, his reason is the more pragmatic "I can't get information out of her if she blows up".
Wayahime is like "fuck that, either you or I die here!" as we get this title card of Shion and Taki to start the fight off.
As the fight starts, YOU CANNOT KILL THE REAL WAYAHIME OR YOU LOSE.
That said, as for the MP Wayahime's, go nuts. In fact, kill everything on the map you can kill save the actual Wayahime.
Be warned the MP Wayahime's are weaker than the original, but not by too much and they and the real one can do some considerable damage.
Once you kill one, Wayahime will be a little sad to see one of them die, and Taki disses her for not being as a good at the heartless assassin bit as she claims, and Wayahime takes it as a compliment.
After you kill two more, Bravoman begs Wayahime to stop, he really doesn't want to have to repeat history all over again, and Raptor gets annoyed and uses his Death Voltage attack to supercharge the robot maker he's standing on.
It works....too well, as not only does the machine produce some more Zouna goons, we even get some Prototype Jacks and Bakuda army grunts (which the machine copied based off data from Wayahime's data banks), and then we got........Phobos from Darkstalkers?
Phobos (also called Huitzil in the American translations) is an ancient machine built by Darkstalkers villain Pyron and they are credited in universe with killing all the dinosaurs. They kinda went haywire after that, shut down for awhile, and were later found by the Aztecs and served to bolster their empire for a time.
It's worth noting the American name and Japanese names both make sense, with the Japanese name referencing the Greek God of fear (as in, everyone who looked upon it felt that) and the American one referencing a rather appropriate Aztec myth. I'll stick with the Japanese name from now on, though.
Wayahime is just as confused as you guys are about why the Phobos units, and it seems Raptor found them and added them to the list of things the machines can produce.
MOMO starts to worry a little, but Shion tells her they have no choice but to fight.
And then everyone's hearts drops to their knees as the machines spit out KOS-MOS clones.
Thankfully, the MP KOS-MOS clones are weaker than the original, but as the fight resumes, Raptor joins his new forces to kick your ass.
My recommendation is to concentrate most of your forces on the right side of the map, as that's where the tough guys are, while the other half deals with Raptor and the Zouna/Bakuda goons, who are pretty weak by comparison. Also, beat Raptor like a drum ASAP. The Phobos and MP KOS-MOS units are no laughing matter, so be prepared to face them as soon as they get in range.
Once you take Raptor down, he'll flee, but not before telling Wonder Momo Amazona is in the Infernal Village.
Once you take down some more of the goons, the door to the inner sanctum of Zouna's crypt busts open, and it turns out to be Evil Ryu. KOS-MOS detects the same energy Akuma emits coming from Akuma to be coming from Ryu. King figures they gotta defeat Ryu to shake his apparent brain washing, that's when Armor King shows up, apparently in league with Evil Ryu (more like he wants to fight you all too, and since he's not standing in Evil Ryu's way, Evil Ryu is basically ignoring him)
As the fight resumes keep in mind Evil Ryu and Armor King are tough, and you still cannot kill Wayahime, even though she can still attack you.
Once you wear down Evil Ryu to around 25% HP, he will withdraw.
Once you defeat Armor King, he will withdraw.
Once all foes except Wayahime are dead, she's prepared to fight to the death, but since she's absurdly outmanned, outgunned, and utterly surrounded, she opts to self-destruct instead.
Bravoman begs her not to do it, but she's willing to go ahead with it, and then, *GASP*, she tells him to run while he has a chance, saying she realizes defeating him would be meaningless, since it meant a tool of Bakuda killed him, not something she did because she wanted to.
As she starts to overheat, Shion gets pissed, refusing to accept Wayahime's bullshit logic, making it fucking clear to her she's not just a tool of her creator, she has the right to decide her own fate.
And that's when Shion, in an act that proves she has a shitload of guts, RUNS RIGHT UP TO WAYAHIME AS SHE'S ABOUT TO GO NOVA AND TRIES TO REVERSE THE SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE.
Keep in mind Wayahime was mere seconds from cooking off an explosion big enough to kill everyone in the room and Shion had no guarantee her plan to effectively force a factory reset of Wayahime's circuits via a shitload of point-blank range electricity was gonna work, but as everyone who is a Xenosaga nerd knows, YOU DO NOT DETER SHION UZUKI FROM LETTING AN ANDROID DECIDE IT'S DAMN FATE.
She manages to pull it off just a second or two before Wayahime blows herself up, and Shion's act of massive brass balls only get more badass when Shion admits she's always been terrified of lightning since her mom died during some fatal electricity, but Shion's urge to let an android decide it's own fate overpowered her crippling fear of being up close to fatal levels of shocking power.
As they leave, Wayahime still in factory reset mode, Bravoman lingers for a second, then leaves.
As the stage ends, Wayahime finished factory reset mode and opens her eyes, in more than one kind of shock at everything she just heard.
P.S. - Around this point, Wonder Momo's Wonder Kick gets replaced with Wonder Typhoon, which does a LOT more damage, and KOS-MOS become even more of a game breaker than she already is when she gets the same skill Slyphie has that lets her recover 5% of her MP per hit.
We resume this next level with Lord Raptor in the part of Zouna's crib that mass produces those robotic assholes from the Valkyrie series. Seems Wayahime is with him for some reason, and she's in one of the machines, and is needling him about being too stupid to make them work right.
And that's when your team shows up.
He's does the moon over Hsien-ko bit, she wants to strangle him, everyone wants to kick his ass and mentions he's outnumbered, and then his rotted brain actually has a lightbulb moment as he's like
"O RLY?"
And that's when he flips the switch on the robot makers (while standing atop one of them) and some of Zouna's metallic goons pop out.
As the fight starts, Wayahime is still inside one of the machines, and you'll notice Cammy is now part of a dual pair unit with Chun-li.
This actually changes some of their attacks and skills, mostly for the better, as they can pull off super attacks faster, and Chun-li gets a stat boost in some regards. Chun-li does lose her default attack and jump kick attacks, with Cammy's regular attack and Cannon Spike taking their place, but Chun-li still keeps her Spinning Bird Kick and Kikoken, which were honestly her best attacks anyway.
Their Super Attack also does more damage now that Cammy is joining Chun-li with the beat down.
Anyway, I recommend making haste slowly and picking off the Zouna forces as they come within range, as enemy reinforcements will be inbound soon.
After taking a few down, he wonders why there aren't more being produced, and that's when Wayahime started getting claustrophobia and asks him if he forgot she was in the machine he's standing on.
And that's when it starts sparking and and he falls off it.
Everyone (Bravoman especially) is worried about who is in there, it suddenly stops, then Wayahime pops out and tells him not to worry at all.
And she was speaking to more than just him, as the machine suddenly produces four Wayahime copies.
KOS-MOS detects that the MP Wayahimes are less powerful than the original, and as Raptor jumps atop another robot maker, Bravoman wants to know why he's allied with Wayahime.
She tells him it's not so much an alliance as it's "we share enemies, so help me kick Bravoman's ass since he's annoying you too" kind of deal. We also discover Black Bravo apparently made his way to the Infernal Village and Wayahime was supposed to be his minder.
Raptor then wants the assbeating to resume, and Wayahime is happy to oblige. Bravoman wants everyone to NOT kill off Wayahime, and when Taki asks him if he's fallen for her, his reason is the more pragmatic "I can't get information out of her if she blows up".
Wayahime is like "fuck that, either you or I die here!" as we get this title card of Shion and Taki to start the fight off.
As the fight starts, YOU CANNOT KILL THE REAL WAYAHIME OR YOU LOSE.
That said, as for the MP Wayahime's, go nuts. In fact, kill everything on the map you can kill save the actual Wayahime.
Be warned the MP Wayahime's are weaker than the original, but not by too much and they and the real one can do some considerable damage.
Once you kill one, Wayahime will be a little sad to see one of them die, and Taki disses her for not being as a good at the heartless assassin bit as she claims, and Wayahime takes it as a compliment.
After you kill two more, Bravoman begs Wayahime to stop, he really doesn't want to have to repeat history all over again, and Raptor gets annoyed and uses his Death Voltage attack to supercharge the robot maker he's standing on.
It works....too well, as not only does the machine produce some more Zouna goons, we even get some Prototype Jacks and Bakuda army grunts (which the machine copied based off data from Wayahime's data banks), and then we got........Phobos from Darkstalkers?
Phobos (also called Huitzil in the American translations) is an ancient machine built by Darkstalkers villain Pyron and they are credited in universe with killing all the dinosaurs. They kinda went haywire after that, shut down for awhile, and were later found by the Aztecs and served to bolster their empire for a time.
It's worth noting the American name and Japanese names both make sense, with the Japanese name referencing the Greek God of fear (as in, everyone who looked upon it felt that) and the American one referencing a rather appropriate Aztec myth. I'll stick with the Japanese name from now on, though.
Wayahime is just as confused as you guys are about why the Phobos units, and it seems Raptor found them and added them to the list of things the machines can produce.
MOMO starts to worry a little, but Shion tells her they have no choice but to fight.
And then everyone's hearts drops to their knees as the machines spit out KOS-MOS clones.
Thankfully, the MP KOS-MOS clones are weaker than the original, but as the fight resumes, Raptor joins his new forces to kick your ass.
My recommendation is to concentrate most of your forces on the right side of the map, as that's where the tough guys are, while the other half deals with Raptor and the Zouna/Bakuda goons, who are pretty weak by comparison. Also, beat Raptor like a drum ASAP. The Phobos and MP KOS-MOS units are no laughing matter, so be prepared to face them as soon as they get in range.
Once you take Raptor down, he'll flee, but not before telling Wonder Momo Amazona is in the Infernal Village.
Once you take down some more of the goons, the door to the inner sanctum of Zouna's crypt busts open, and it turns out to be Evil Ryu. KOS-MOS detects the same energy Akuma emits coming from Akuma to be coming from Ryu. King figures they gotta defeat Ryu to shake his apparent brain washing, that's when Armor King shows up, apparently in league with Evil Ryu (more like he wants to fight you all too, and since he's not standing in Evil Ryu's way, Evil Ryu is basically ignoring him)
As the fight resumes keep in mind Evil Ryu and Armor King are tough, and you still cannot kill Wayahime, even though she can still attack you.
Once you wear down Evil Ryu to around 25% HP, he will withdraw.
Once you defeat Armor King, he will withdraw.
Once all foes except Wayahime are dead, she's prepared to fight to the death, but since she's absurdly outmanned, outgunned, and utterly surrounded, she opts to self-destruct instead.
Bravoman begs her not to do it, but she's willing to go ahead with it, and then, *GASP*, she tells him to run while he has a chance, saying she realizes defeating him would be meaningless, since it meant a tool of Bakuda killed him, not something she did because she wanted to.
As she starts to overheat, Shion gets pissed, refusing to accept Wayahime's bullshit logic, making it fucking clear to her she's not just a tool of her creator, she has the right to decide her own fate.
And that's when Shion, in an act that proves she has a shitload of guts, RUNS RIGHT UP TO WAYAHIME AS SHE'S ABOUT TO GO NOVA AND TRIES TO REVERSE THE SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE.
Keep in mind Wayahime was mere seconds from cooking off an explosion big enough to kill everyone in the room and Shion had no guarantee her plan to effectively force a factory reset of Wayahime's circuits via a shitload of point-blank range electricity was gonna work, but as everyone who is a Xenosaga nerd knows, YOU DO NOT DETER SHION UZUKI FROM LETTING AN ANDROID DECIDE IT'S DAMN FATE.
She manages to pull it off just a second or two before Wayahime blows herself up, and Shion's act of massive brass balls only get more badass when Shion admits she's always been terrified of lightning since her mom died during some fatal electricity, but Shion's urge to let an android decide it's own fate overpowered her crippling fear of being up close to fatal levels of shocking power.
As they leave, Wayahime still in factory reset mode, Bravoman lingers for a second, then leaves.
As the stage ends, Wayahime finished factory reset mode and opens her eyes, in more than one kind of shock at everything she just heard.
P.S. - Around this point, Wonder Momo's Wonder Kick gets replaced with Wonder Typhoon, which does a LOT more damage, and KOS-MOS become even more of a game breaker than she already is when she gets the same skill Slyphie has that lets her recover 5% of her MP per hit.
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Chapter 26 - Lost Children Of Desire
This map starts in an area Project X Zone revisited very early on, the center of Zouna's crypt, where a gigantic magic circle is on the ground and a ton of Zouna's goons are already present.
Everyone senses some evil crap from the magic circle, so they all wants to destroy it to dispel the magic, but Joka shows up and tells them he can't allow that.
Joka, Janga, and some Phantom Beasts show up on the far end of the field, and Joka admits the magic circle is to lure the Soul Edge to it.
As the fight starts, advance slowly and pick off Zouna/Phantom Beast goons.
After whittling down about half the goons, the Soul Edge appears in the middle of the magic circle. Mitsurugi surprisingly doesn't get all spastic over it for once, and when this is pointed out, he remarks he's been around enough to know trying to grab it is not without bad shit happening too.
Sure enough, it summons trouble, the forces of the Genji to exact. Kagekiyo informs everyone they are assholes in need of a good assbeating, but Yoshitsune LOLs and points out they brought help of their own.
Cue Saya and the Ouma.
Everyone facepalms at the fact she's a pain in the ass again, save Joka, who asks if she would mind helping them out for the time being since they share enemies, and she's all "oh, why not?", while making it very clear (on both sides) it's very temporary. The Genji honestly couldn't care either way.
As the fight resumes, it's your team versus Janga, Joka, Saya, her two cow and horse head goons, Yoshitsune, Benkei, and a mix of Genji, Ouma, Phantom Beast, and Zouna forces. Not going to bother with strategy, hasn't really changed all that much since the last few times.
Do be wary though of the new Fujin and Raijin enemies, however, they hit hard and have high HP.
After killing a few more foes, Lilith appears. Morrigan asks everyone refrain from attacking Lilith because she wants to 'save her", and Demitri, in a surprisingly nice moment, encourages her to do her best.
As the fight resumes, remember Lilith is like Wayahime in the previous fight, you cannot kill her or it's game over.
Once you defeat Yoshitsune, he will withdraw.
Once you defeat Benkei, he will withdraw.
Once you've deal with most of the foes on the battlefield, B. Valkyrie will appear, and this time, she brought someone new.
Since the US never got Tales of Destiny 2, I'm not gonna bother hiding the spoiler here. That's Judas, AKA a revived Leon from ToD1. In canon, Leon was revived in ToD2 by someone else for a major plot point related reason, but he got revived far earlier thanks to the dimension fabric going to hell around the Golden Pond here, and this already throws the canon of ToD2 pretty far into impossible territory because Stahn and Rutee never actually met Leon as Judas, and for reasons integral to ToD2, that's another reason why ToD2 is unlikely to ever be able to happen now.
In non spoiler related news, Judas got press ganged into B. Valkyrie's service just like Armor King and Rose.
Anyway, Leon introduces himself as Judas, and to keep a running gag from ToD going, despite his crappy disguise they don't recognize him as Leon. Kagekiyo, however, is not that easily fooled and points out all that have returned to life have some connection to those in your party.
As the fight resumes, both B. Valkyrie and Judas are pretty formidable, so take them out ASAP.
Once you take down Janga, he will withdraw.
After a few more turns, the place you're all in will shake like crazy due to a Dimensional Transfer.
Thankfully, it's just Slyphie and her shop. After a bit of banter about how Slyphie is cheap as fuck and a money gouger, she's actually here to drop off a warning that the dimension walls are super unstable at the moment, and once the magic circle you're in craps out of energy, said distortion will go off.
This basically means Slyphie will join the fight, and her position makes her ideal for engaging B.Valkyrie and Judas.
Once you defeat Judas, he will withdraw.
Once you defeat Joka, he will withdraw, but before he does, he confirms he has already finished gathering the souls he needed.
Once you defeat Saya, she will withdraw.
Once you defeat B. Valkyrie, she will withdraw.
Once all foes are gone, Morrigan tries to convince Lilith to join your team, and Kagekiyo comments she shares the exact same aura as Morrigan. Demitri backs him up on that, then Morrigan asks Lilith to enter her, in what is referring to their souls merging (as Morrigan's already figured out what Lilith really is), but out of context it sounds like one of the most sexual lines in the game.
However, the Soul Edge's energy interrupts them, which means their souls cannot merge into one being so long as it's starting shit, and Morrigan lets Lilith know though their souls cannot join, she can always be by her side as her own person as the stage ends.
P.S. - Lilith does not return in the Project X Zone games, meaning they follow up on the Darkstalkers 3 ending where they fuse into one being after N x C when the Soul Edge is no longer a problem.
This map starts in an area Project X Zone revisited very early on, the center of Zouna's crypt, where a gigantic magic circle is on the ground and a ton of Zouna's goons are already present.
Everyone senses some evil crap from the magic circle, so they all wants to destroy it to dispel the magic, but Joka shows up and tells them he can't allow that.
Joka, Janga, and some Phantom Beasts show up on the far end of the field, and Joka admits the magic circle is to lure the Soul Edge to it.
As the fight starts, advance slowly and pick off Zouna/Phantom Beast goons.
After whittling down about half the goons, the Soul Edge appears in the middle of the magic circle. Mitsurugi surprisingly doesn't get all spastic over it for once, and when this is pointed out, he remarks he's been around enough to know trying to grab it is not without bad shit happening too.
Sure enough, it summons trouble, the forces of the Genji to exact. Kagekiyo informs everyone they are assholes in need of a good assbeating, but Yoshitsune LOLs and points out they brought help of their own.
Cue Saya and the Ouma.
Everyone facepalms at the fact she's a pain in the ass again, save Joka, who asks if she would mind helping them out for the time being since they share enemies, and she's all "oh, why not?", while making it very clear (on both sides) it's very temporary. The Genji honestly couldn't care either way.
As the fight resumes, it's your team versus Janga, Joka, Saya, her two cow and horse head goons, Yoshitsune, Benkei, and a mix of Genji, Ouma, Phantom Beast, and Zouna forces. Not going to bother with strategy, hasn't really changed all that much since the last few times.
Do be wary though of the new Fujin and Raijin enemies, however, they hit hard and have high HP.
After killing a few more foes, Lilith appears. Morrigan asks everyone refrain from attacking Lilith because she wants to 'save her", and Demitri, in a surprisingly nice moment, encourages her to do her best.
As the fight resumes, remember Lilith is like Wayahime in the previous fight, you cannot kill her or it's game over.
Once you defeat Yoshitsune, he will withdraw.
Once you defeat Benkei, he will withdraw.
Once you've deal with most of the foes on the battlefield, B. Valkyrie will appear, and this time, she brought someone new.
Since the US never got Tales of Destiny 2, I'm not gonna bother hiding the spoiler here. That's Judas, AKA a revived Leon from ToD1. In canon, Leon was revived in ToD2 by someone else for a major plot point related reason, but he got revived far earlier thanks to the dimension fabric going to hell around the Golden Pond here, and this already throws the canon of ToD2 pretty far into impossible territory because Stahn and Rutee never actually met Leon as Judas, and for reasons integral to ToD2, that's another reason why ToD2 is unlikely to ever be able to happen now.
In non spoiler related news, Judas got press ganged into B. Valkyrie's service just like Armor King and Rose.
Anyway, Leon introduces himself as Judas, and to keep a running gag from ToD going, despite his crappy disguise they don't recognize him as Leon. Kagekiyo, however, is not that easily fooled and points out all that have returned to life have some connection to those in your party.
As the fight resumes, both B. Valkyrie and Judas are pretty formidable, so take them out ASAP.
Once you take down Janga, he will withdraw.
After a few more turns, the place you're all in will shake like crazy due to a Dimensional Transfer.
Thankfully, it's just Slyphie and her shop. After a bit of banter about how Slyphie is cheap as fuck and a money gouger, she's actually here to drop off a warning that the dimension walls are super unstable at the moment, and once the magic circle you're in craps out of energy, said distortion will go off.
This basically means Slyphie will join the fight, and her position makes her ideal for engaging B.Valkyrie and Judas.
Once you defeat Judas, he will withdraw.
Once you defeat Joka, he will withdraw, but before he does, he confirms he has already finished gathering the souls he needed.
Once you defeat Saya, she will withdraw.
Once you defeat B. Valkyrie, she will withdraw.
Once all foes are gone, Morrigan tries to convince Lilith to join your team, and Kagekiyo comments she shares the exact same aura as Morrigan. Demitri backs him up on that, then Morrigan asks Lilith to enter her, in what is referring to their souls merging (as Morrigan's already figured out what Lilith really is), but out of context it sounds like one of the most sexual lines in the game.
However, the Soul Edge's energy interrupts them, which means their souls cannot merge into one being so long as it's starting shit, and Morrigan lets Lilith know though their souls cannot join, she can always be by her side as her own person as the stage ends.
P.S. - Lilith does not return in the Project X Zone games, meaning they follow up on the Darkstalkers 3 ending where they fuse into one being after N x C when the Soul Edge is no longer a problem.
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Chapter 27 - From The Forgotten World
We resume at the magic circle in Zouna's crypt where everyone is getting up to speed. Lilith officially joins the team, and WAYAHIME shows up.
Bravoman freaks, but she tells him "lol, calm down, that factory reset wiped my old orders to kill you.", then offers to join the team.
Taki is surprisingly on board with this idea and agrees to be her minder, and Bravoman, after realizing this isn't first enemy turned friend, gets the stick out of his stretchy limbed ass and is all ᷅\_(ヅ)_/ ᷄.
Before we go on, this will make Taki and Wayahime a paired dual unit, and frankly, this is an upgrade for Taki, as Wayahime covers a lot of weaknesses for Taki and replaces a lot of her worse attacks with better versions.
As Lilith, she becomes a paired unit with Morrigan, and this is a mix of good and bad, with the good outweighed the bad. The bad is that Morrigan loses her Soul Fist and it gets replaced with Lilith's slightly weaker version. The good is that Morrigan gets a nice speed boost, better combo attacks, and Lilith makes Morrigan's super attack more powerful.
Of course, everyone is still not happy they lost Ryu, and that's when they remember the spatial distortion Slyphie warned them about.
And it summons something the Unknown Soldiers know very well from their own series:
We then cut to a battle map, where Alpha and Beta are relieved to see it's a basically dead version from their world, and when everyone realizes they need to use the magic circle again to hook up with their friends (as Morrigan, Lilith, and some of the others are AWOL now), the plan to blast away at the corpse of the Dragon until it no longer blocks the circle goes to hell when Gnosis show up.
Advance slowly but surely and kill the Gnosis, but keep in mind, Valkyrie is not allowed to die or you lose.
After wiping out some of the Gnosis, B. Valkyrie, Judas, Rose, and Armor King show up.
B. Valkyrie parks herself atop the dragon and sics her slaves on you, and as the fight resumes, just continue picking off Gnosis.
After a few more die, Heihachi shows up. Turns out he's carrying the Golden Seed, prompting B. Valkyrie's usually smug attitude to promptly vanish, and it seems the Priestess asked Heihachi to hand it over to Valkyrie. He sticks around to help, partially because he got pursed by some of Zouna's troops, and partially because he wants to see what the Golden Seed does.
Short version is that he's not a total asshole, but everyone rightly pegs him as having his own motives at the same time.
As the fight resumes, the new enemies that appear behind your team are from ToD 1 and 2, but are under Zouna's control, and they are HP sponges and are respectably hard hitters, so kill them ASAP.
Once you defeat Judas, he appears to die, but B. Valkyrie is all "LOL, NO." and revives him.She goes on further to state they aren't mind controlled, but they still have to serve her because she can basically control whether they return to the grave or not, and they have no say in the matter.
It's around this time, Stahn and Rutee figure out just who Judas really is. Everyone figures they could just kill B. Valkyrie to make the spell on them break, and she pops on down next her slaves to see if you've got the balls to actually do it.
But Megaman realizes it's a ruse, as B. Valkyrie wouldn't be dumb enough to just paint a targe ton her own back if things were that easy, and she confirms it.
As the fight resumes, you have one goal:
Beat the everloving shit out of Black Valkyrie.
After a few more turns and some more asskicking later, the magic circle starts to go off again.
And it turns out to be Juno, Hien, OG Solo, and a mix of MML units and MP Solos.
Hiryuu and Hien are very surprised to see each other, and Juno fills in the blanks. While attempting to recover that bigass ship Juno crashed through the Temple of the Heavens, they got warped here instead.
B. Valkyrie figures they should consider the 3rd Moon assholes allies, and Hien says he really doesn't want to kill Hiryuu, in an attempt to get him surrender, but Hiryuu, badass he is, tells Hien to shove his faux sympathy up his ass, he's a traitor to the Striders, a disgrace to their creed, and his reward for that will be death.
As the fight resumes, you still have B. Valkyrie and her slaves on one end, and the 3rd Moon douchebags on the other.
My recommendation is to have two teams, one for beating B. Valkyrie retarded, the other for killing the 3rd Moon bastards, and given their speed and power, make a point of taking down OG Solo and Hien first, as they'll likely get all up in your grill first.
Once you take down B. Valkyrie, Valkyrie has an idea, whips out the Golden Seed, and draws out it's power.
One bright flash later, the 3rd Moon guys and your team aren't sure what the hell happened aside from B. Valkyrie disappearing and her slaves with her.
As the fight resumes, this means you only have the 3rd Moon assholes and any remaining Gnosis to kill.
Once you take down OG Solo, he will withdraw.
Once you take down Hien, he will withdraw.
Once you defeat Juno, he will withdraw, with a LOT of butthurt.
Once you kill all the enemies, the Dust Dragon vanishes.
And then the Magic Circle resonates again, opening up a path to your other teammates as the stage ends.
P.S. -
WARNING! WARNING! THE NEXT STAGE WILL HAVE NEAR FATAL LEVELS OF CRINGE INDUCING AUTISM INVOLVING BAD PUNS!
IF SHITTY WORDPLAY SO BAD IT WOULD SEND THE LATE GEORGE CARLIN INTO AN UNSTOPPABLE RAGE TRIGGERS YOU, TAKE YOUR AUTISM RESISTANCE PILLS BEFORE READING THE NEXT STAGE LS.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
We resume at the magic circle in Zouna's crypt where everyone is getting up to speed. Lilith officially joins the team, and WAYAHIME shows up.
Bravoman freaks, but she tells him "lol, calm down, that factory reset wiped my old orders to kill you.", then offers to join the team.
Taki is surprisingly on board with this idea and agrees to be her minder, and Bravoman, after realizing this isn't first enemy turned friend, gets the stick out of his stretchy limbed ass and is all ᷅\_(ヅ)_/ ᷄.
Before we go on, this will make Taki and Wayahime a paired dual unit, and frankly, this is an upgrade for Taki, as Wayahime covers a lot of weaknesses for Taki and replaces a lot of her worse attacks with better versions.
As Lilith, she becomes a paired unit with Morrigan, and this is a mix of good and bad, with the good outweighed the bad. The bad is that Morrigan loses her Soul Fist and it gets replaced with Lilith's slightly weaker version. The good is that Morrigan gets a nice speed boost, better combo attacks, and Lilith makes Morrigan's super attack more powerful.
Of course, everyone is still not happy they lost Ryu, and that's when they remember the spatial distortion Slyphie warned them about.
And it summons something the Unknown Soldiers know very well from their own series:
We then cut to a battle map, where Alpha and Beta are relieved to see it's a basically dead version from their world, and when everyone realizes they need to use the magic circle again to hook up with their friends (as Morrigan, Lilith, and some of the others are AWOL now), the plan to blast away at the corpse of the Dragon until it no longer blocks the circle goes to hell when Gnosis show up.
Advance slowly but surely and kill the Gnosis, but keep in mind, Valkyrie is not allowed to die or you lose.
After wiping out some of the Gnosis, B. Valkyrie, Judas, Rose, and Armor King show up.
B. Valkyrie parks herself atop the dragon and sics her slaves on you, and as the fight resumes, just continue picking off Gnosis.
After a few more die, Heihachi shows up. Turns out he's carrying the Golden Seed, prompting B. Valkyrie's usually smug attitude to promptly vanish, and it seems the Priestess asked Heihachi to hand it over to Valkyrie. He sticks around to help, partially because he got pursed by some of Zouna's troops, and partially because he wants to see what the Golden Seed does.
Short version is that he's not a total asshole, but everyone rightly pegs him as having his own motives at the same time.
As the fight resumes, the new enemies that appear behind your team are from ToD 1 and 2, but are under Zouna's control, and they are HP sponges and are respectably hard hitters, so kill them ASAP.
Once you defeat Judas, he appears to die, but B. Valkyrie is all "LOL, NO." and revives him.She goes on further to state they aren't mind controlled, but they still have to serve her because she can basically control whether they return to the grave or not, and they have no say in the matter.
It's around this time, Stahn and Rutee figure out just who Judas really is. Everyone figures they could just kill B. Valkyrie to make the spell on them break, and she pops on down next her slaves to see if you've got the balls to actually do it.
But Megaman realizes it's a ruse, as B. Valkyrie wouldn't be dumb enough to just paint a targe ton her own back if things were that easy, and she confirms it.
As the fight resumes, you have one goal:
Beat the everloving shit out of Black Valkyrie.
After a few more turns and some more asskicking later, the magic circle starts to go off again.
And it turns out to be Juno, Hien, OG Solo, and a mix of MML units and MP Solos.
Hiryuu and Hien are very surprised to see each other, and Juno fills in the blanks. While attempting to recover that bigass ship Juno crashed through the Temple of the Heavens, they got warped here instead.
B. Valkyrie figures they should consider the 3rd Moon assholes allies, and Hien says he really doesn't want to kill Hiryuu, in an attempt to get him surrender, but Hiryuu, badass he is, tells Hien to shove his faux sympathy up his ass, he's a traitor to the Striders, a disgrace to their creed, and his reward for that will be death.
As the fight resumes, you still have B. Valkyrie and her slaves on one end, and the 3rd Moon douchebags on the other.
My recommendation is to have two teams, one for beating B. Valkyrie retarded, the other for killing the 3rd Moon bastards, and given their speed and power, make a point of taking down OG Solo and Hien first, as they'll likely get all up in your grill first.
Once you take down B. Valkyrie, Valkyrie has an idea, whips out the Golden Seed, and draws out it's power.
One bright flash later, the 3rd Moon guys and your team aren't sure what the hell happened aside from B. Valkyrie disappearing and her slaves with her.
As the fight resumes, this means you only have the 3rd Moon assholes and any remaining Gnosis to kill.
Once you take down OG Solo, he will withdraw.
Once you take down Hien, he will withdraw.
Once you defeat Juno, he will withdraw, with a LOT of butthurt.
Once you kill all the enemies, the Dust Dragon vanishes.
And then the Magic Circle resonates again, opening up a path to your other teammates as the stage ends.
P.S. -
WARNING! WARNING! THE NEXT STAGE WILL HAVE NEAR FATAL LEVELS OF CRINGE INDUCING AUTISM INVOLVING BAD PUNS!
IF SHITTY WORDPLAY SO BAD IT WOULD SEND THE LATE GEORGE CARLIN INTO AN UNSTOPPABLE RAGE TRIGGERS YOU, TAKE YOUR AUTISM RESISTANCE PILLS BEFORE READING THE NEXT STAGE LS.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
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Chapter 28 - This Is The Country Of Pun
Alright people, hope you took that above warning seriously, cause the autism is about to begin.
The team that initially disappeared via the magic circle is now back at the Genji castle, which has had some decor changes.
And as they notice they are missing some people, the cringey puns begin, with Kanda Momo's opening line:
As she wonders just what the hell came out of her mouth, Masuyo cracks the next groaner when she realizes they've been there before in comments on the locals:
Bit of explanation on this one: "Getto" is the Japanese transliteration of "Ghetto".
Hiromi realizes Masuyo made a horrible one liner and while trying to admonish her, lays on a stinker of her own:
Morrigan notices everyone's speech is jacked up and that some (like her) seem to be immune, and Lilith is kinda disappointed as she purposely cracks this groaner:
Gilgamesh realizes this too, and as he tries to point it out, he cracks this cringe bomb:
Kai tries to suss out who is affected, and winds up cracking this one liner referencing Kanda Momo (who is in Show "BIZ") and the TOO succu"PI").
Regina wonders if they inhaled hallucinogenics somehow, then utters this side-splitter /s
MOMO scans the atmosphere and can't find anything, yet as she says "But...", Shion joins the cringe fest.
MOMO adds there is some magical energy in the area, and it seems to be twisting everyone's minds into corrupting their thoughts so they will spew hideous jokes and puns.
Cue title card.
Bruce is wondering if someone is controlling them to spew bad jokes, then says it would be done to them by someone like Morrigan or Saya for the lulz (he's not wrong, it would be in character for either), then as Fong Ling asks him to clarify, he drops this in reference to both ladies:
......OY.
Seriously Bruce, we already know you have a one track gutter, we do not need the obvious reminder both ladies are stacked.
Haggar LOLs at this one, and Masuyo, in a vain attempt to get everyone back on track, tries to give advice and winds up cracking a horribly forced joke:
And that's when some Demon's Blazon forces appear, and as Kagekiyo comments on the appearance of the demons, Hiromi cracks another pun:
Tarosuke wonders if the Demon's Blazon forces wound up being warped here involuntarily like they were, then even he cracks a bad pun as he references the direction they came from:
Red Arremar Joker confirms Tarosuke's speculation, and Arthur joins the asinine joke committee with this one-liner:
Red Arremar is pissed that Arthur (who is usually respectful) is apparently mocking him. Arthur quickly tries to explain the weird magic in the air before the magic makes him crack another shitty joke, but fails with this:
Morrigan then explains she's apparently immune, and Fong Ling falls prey to the magic as she asks Red Arremar if he's got an idea what's going on on his end:
Red Arremar is getting the idea (he's immune too, and he thinks Zouna might have something to do with this) and explains the dimensional walls seems to have closed on this end, prompting Gil to make more bad wordplay:
Even Taizou falls victim to the shitty joke magic:
Arremar is like "yep, looks like it, now bear in mind I am going to have to kill you", and Nakamura turns into Bravoman and tries to ask him a question bout Black Bravo that gets turned into a crappy pun.
Red Arremar says nope, not with his forces, but might be with Raptor's.
As they prepare to rumble, Arthur's attempt to sound like a badass get mangled into another bad wordplay:
Arremar gets this look like "Can we just shut the fuck up and get on with more fighting and less shitty jokes?", and by a silent mutual consent, your team agrees.
I'll cover the actual fight in another post, this one is long as hell with all the images, and I think I need to detox from the nigh-fatal levels of autism this gave me.
Alright people, hope you took that above warning seriously, cause the autism is about to begin.
The team that initially disappeared via the magic circle is now back at the Genji castle, which has had some decor changes.
And as they notice they are missing some people, the cringey puns begin, with Kanda Momo's opening line:
As she wonders just what the hell came out of her mouth, Masuyo cracks the next groaner when she realizes they've been there before in comments on the locals:
Bit of explanation on this one: "Getto" is the Japanese transliteration of "Ghetto".
Hiromi realizes Masuyo made a horrible one liner and while trying to admonish her, lays on a stinker of her own:
Morrigan notices everyone's speech is jacked up and that some (like her) seem to be immune, and Lilith is kinda disappointed as she purposely cracks this groaner:
Gilgamesh realizes this too, and as he tries to point it out, he cracks this cringe bomb:
Kai tries to suss out who is affected, and winds up cracking this one liner referencing Kanda Momo (who is in Show "BIZ") and the TOO succu"PI").
Regina wonders if they inhaled hallucinogenics somehow, then utters this side-splitter /s
MOMO scans the atmosphere and can't find anything, yet as she says "But...", Shion joins the cringe fest.
MOMO adds there is some magical energy in the area, and it seems to be twisting everyone's minds into corrupting their thoughts so they will spew hideous jokes and puns.
Cue title card.
Bruce is wondering if someone is controlling them to spew bad jokes, then says it would be done to them by someone like Morrigan or Saya for the lulz (he's not wrong, it would be in character for either), then as Fong Ling asks him to clarify, he drops this in reference to both ladies:
......OY.
Seriously Bruce, we already know you have a one track gutter, we do not need the obvious reminder both ladies are stacked.
Haggar LOLs at this one, and Masuyo, in a vain attempt to get everyone back on track, tries to give advice and winds up cracking a horribly forced joke:
And that's when some Demon's Blazon forces appear, and as Kagekiyo comments on the appearance of the demons, Hiromi cracks another pun:
Tarosuke wonders if the Demon's Blazon forces wound up being warped here involuntarily like they were, then even he cracks a bad pun as he references the direction they came from:
Red Arremar Joker confirms Tarosuke's speculation, and Arthur joins the asinine joke committee with this one-liner:
Red Arremar is pissed that Arthur (who is usually respectful) is apparently mocking him. Arthur quickly tries to explain the weird magic in the air before the magic makes him crack another shitty joke, but fails with this:
Morrigan then explains she's apparently immune, and Fong Ling falls prey to the magic as she asks Red Arremar if he's got an idea what's going on on his end:
Red Arremar is getting the idea (he's immune too, and he thinks Zouna might have something to do with this) and explains the dimensional walls seems to have closed on this end, prompting Gil to make more bad wordplay:
Even Taizou falls victim to the shitty joke magic:
Arremar is like "yep, looks like it, now bear in mind I am going to have to kill you", and Nakamura turns into Bravoman and tries to ask him a question bout Black Bravo that gets turned into a crappy pun.
Red Arremar says nope, not with his forces, but might be with Raptor's.
As they prepare to rumble, Arthur's attempt to sound like a badass get mangled into another bad wordplay:
Arremar gets this look like "Can we just shut the fuck up and get on with more fighting and less shitty jokes?", and by a silent mutual consent, your team agrees.
I'll cover the actual fight in another post, this one is long as hell with all the images, and I think I need to detox from the nigh-fatal levels of autism this gave me.
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I think i died little.
Chapter 28 - This Is The Country Of Pun (continued)
Now that I had some time to recover from the autism, let's continue.
This time you're up against some of the higher level Demon's Blazon goons, so be wary and let them come to you.
After a few fall, Haggar and Regina expect reinforcements, and yes, more cringey puns ensue:
Sure enough, more goons lead by Raptor appear, including two Phobos, and some Wonder Momo goons.
While everyone gets all shocked over Raptor's announcement a formal tunnel has been set up so walking between dimension is really easy now, Arremar is more concerned with Arthur's jokes and how they really suck.
We, amidst more cringe I'm not gonna screenshot, find out the tunnel they established is apparently using the fortress of Baraduke as a go-between, which, if you guys remember from the prologue was one of the first places the dimensional walls broke down.
Bravoman then is about to ask Raptor about Black Bravo, but then Tajima shows up with Amazona and makes Nakamura's question moot. We find out he's working with Raptor of his own free will, but it seems even he got affected by the shitty joke field.
Everyone's a bit shocked Black Bravo is now working for a walking corpse, but he's "he's the boss, I'm the employee, who cares about those details", on top of more horrible wordplay involving the word management I'm not feeling autistic enough to screencap.
In fact, just as Raptor notices the shitty joke field speak, Arremar is getting so damned fed up with the fucking horrible puns he just says-
"ATTACK!"
Black Bravo, Amazona, and Raptor are just as nasty as Red Arremar Joker, so be wary. The goons save the Phobos units aren't too bad so long as they don't gang up on you though.
After a few more goons die, some Baraduke and Dig-Dug assholes show up to reinforce Raptor's group.
Everyone is shocked the monsters are following Raptor's orders, and the cringe hits critical mass when KAGEKIYO, of all people, makes a shitty pun:
Thankfully, we also find out past Baraduke is the Infernal Village, so we can finally get to it after this fight.
Once you take down Red Arremar, he withdraws, but nor before telling Arthur to make sure he isn't spewing shitty jokes next time they meet.
NOTE: Project X Zone actually reused this particular dialogue, only it was T-ELOS telling KOS-MOS to fix a verbal tic of hers before they had a chance to settle their differences (after she joined the team to make sure KOS-MOS and her could return to their own world).
Once you take down Raptor, he will withdraw.
After killing some more goons, Genji clan goons led by Yoshitsune, Benkei, and Yoshinaka appear. We learn they have allied with the Infernal Village, but are working with Druaga, not Astaroth, and Yoshinaka kinda said too much when he confirmed that.
And it seems they were also behind the shitty joke field.
(They apparently did it for the lulz while fooling around with various types of mind control)
And that's when a Dimensional Transfer occurs.
Turns out to be Slyphie and her shop again. She confirms the others haven't made it with her, and it seems she got affected by the shitty joke field, and she confirms that if you stay there too long, it will be like the laughing gas used by the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, in that is will be, OH HEAVENS NO, permanent.
Guys, don't know about the rest of you, but if I have to hear everyone doing the shit they are doing in the stage for the rest of the game, fuck this Let's Sperg, I quit.
Kagekiyo feels the same way I do and yells for the ringleader of the Genji to get his ass out here already.
Enter Minamoto no Yoritomo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoritomo
As you might guess, he's Lord Kamakura, leader of the Genji clan, and after Yoritomo tries to convince Kagekiyo to give up and Kagekiyo tells him he's going back to the grave only after he gets to carry Yoritomo's head with him, we resume the fight.
Yoritomo can hit pretty damn hard, be wary.
Slyphie joins the crew for this battle, so make use of her.
None of the Genji clan goons are too bad save the Biwa Priests, those pricks have poison, so make a point to kill them first.
Once you take down Black Bravo, he will withdraw, and he will also tell Bravoman his crappy puns suck.
Once you take down Amazona, she will withdraw.
Once you take down Yoshinaka, he will withdraw.
Once you take down Benkei, he will withdraw.
Once you reduce Yoritomo to about 50% HP, he will withdraw.
Once you take down Yoshitsune, he will withdraw.
Once all foes are defeated, everyone realizes they need to head to Baraduke, they need to hook up with everyone else, and they better leave before they speak in shitty wordplay and make terrible jokes for the rest of their lives.
And with that, this stage ends, thank the Good Lord for that.
Now, I'm gonna go take a LONG break before doing another stage. @Jaimas, if you can recommend some good booze, I might just get royally hammered so I can forget all the damn cringe I just had to suffer through.
Now that I had some time to recover from the autism, let's continue.
This time you're up against some of the higher level Demon's Blazon goons, so be wary and let them come to you.
After a few fall, Haggar and Regina expect reinforcements, and yes, more cringey puns ensue:
Sure enough, more goons lead by Raptor appear, including two Phobos, and some Wonder Momo goons.
While everyone gets all shocked over Raptor's announcement a formal tunnel has been set up so walking between dimension is really easy now, Arremar is more concerned with Arthur's jokes and how they really suck.
We, amidst more cringe I'm not gonna screenshot, find out the tunnel they established is apparently using the fortress of Baraduke as a go-between, which, if you guys remember from the prologue was one of the first places the dimensional walls broke down.
Bravoman then is about to ask Raptor about Black Bravo, but then Tajima shows up with Amazona and makes Nakamura's question moot. We find out he's working with Raptor of his own free will, but it seems even he got affected by the shitty joke field.
Everyone's a bit shocked Black Bravo is now working for a walking corpse, but he's "he's the boss, I'm the employee, who cares about those details", on top of more horrible wordplay involving the word management I'm not feeling autistic enough to screencap.
In fact, just as Raptor notices the shitty joke field speak, Arremar is getting so damned fed up with the fucking horrible puns he just says-
"ATTACK!"
Black Bravo, Amazona, and Raptor are just as nasty as Red Arremar Joker, so be wary. The goons save the Phobos units aren't too bad so long as they don't gang up on you though.
After a few more goons die, some Baraduke and Dig-Dug assholes show up to reinforce Raptor's group.
Everyone is shocked the monsters are following Raptor's orders, and the cringe hits critical mass when KAGEKIYO, of all people, makes a shitty pun:
Thankfully, we also find out past Baraduke is the Infernal Village, so we can finally get to it after this fight.
Once you take down Red Arremar, he withdraws, but nor before telling Arthur to make sure he isn't spewing shitty jokes next time they meet.
NOTE: Project X Zone actually reused this particular dialogue, only it was T-ELOS telling KOS-MOS to fix a verbal tic of hers before they had a chance to settle their differences (after she joined the team to make sure KOS-MOS and her could return to their own world).
Once you take down Raptor, he will withdraw.
After killing some more goons, Genji clan goons led by Yoshitsune, Benkei, and Yoshinaka appear. We learn they have allied with the Infernal Village, but are working with Druaga, not Astaroth, and Yoshinaka kinda said too much when he confirmed that.
And it seems they were also behind the shitty joke field.
(They apparently did it for the lulz while fooling around with various types of mind control)
And that's when a Dimensional Transfer occurs.
Turns out to be Slyphie and her shop again. She confirms the others haven't made it with her, and it seems she got affected by the shitty joke field, and she confirms that if you stay there too long, it will be like the laughing gas used by the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series, in that is will be, OH HEAVENS NO, permanent.
Guys, don't know about the rest of you, but if I have to hear everyone doing the shit they are doing in the stage for the rest of the game, fuck this Let's Sperg, I quit.
Kagekiyo feels the same way I do and yells for the ringleader of the Genji to get his ass out here already.
Enter Minamoto no Yoritomo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamoto_no_Yoritomo
As you might guess, he's Lord Kamakura, leader of the Genji clan, and after Yoritomo tries to convince Kagekiyo to give up and Kagekiyo tells him he's going back to the grave only after he gets to carry Yoritomo's head with him, we resume the fight.
Yoritomo can hit pretty damn hard, be wary.
Slyphie joins the crew for this battle, so make use of her.
None of the Genji clan goons are too bad save the Biwa Priests, those pricks have poison, so make a point to kill them first.
Once you take down Black Bravo, he will withdraw, and he will also tell Bravoman his crappy puns suck.
Once you take down Amazona, she will withdraw.
Once you take down Yoshinaka, he will withdraw.
Once you take down Benkei, he will withdraw.
Once you reduce Yoritomo to about 50% HP, he will withdraw.
Once you take down Yoshitsune, he will withdraw.
Once all foes are defeated, everyone realizes they need to head to Baraduke, they need to hook up with everyone else, and they better leave before they speak in shitty wordplay and make terrible jokes for the rest of their lives.
And with that, this stage ends, thank the Good Lord for that.
Now, I'm gonna go take a LONG break before doing another stage. @Jaimas, if you can recommend some good booze, I might just get royally hammered so I can forget all the damn cringe I just had to suffer through.
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Chapter 29 - True Dragon Fist
Our next stage cuts over Reiji and the crew with him and Xiaomu. Where they are looks rather hellish, really, and while Reiji tries to confirm everyone is okay, he, the Soul Calibur guys, the Commando team, Ken, the Rival Schools teacher, Sakura, Karin, Jin, Chun-li, and Cammy have no clue where they are despite attempts to get their bearings.
And weirdly, even though they are surrounded by fire and lava, it feels COLD.
And that's when Taki's blade Mekkimaru starts resonating.
The Soul Edge shows up in the center of the lava pit, and it summons some Charades for everyone to deal with.
Before we go on, if you played Soul Calibur, the area I just described should make all kinds of sense to you.
As the fight starts, neither Ken nor Sakura can croak, so as you take on the Charades, keep them healthy.
If you plan to steal from the Charades, it's a good idea, as they drop "Liquid X", which is a great heal and revive item.
NOTE: Only Sakura and Ken have to survive, so if anyone else dies, just use the liberal revival items you can get in this level to keep everyone going.
After killing a few, Kazuya will show up, but he doesn't seem to be himself. In fact, it seems the real Kazuya is warring with whomever possessed his body.
Karin realizes Kazuya (or rather, his possessor) is looking for a replacement for the now missing Golden Seed, and sees the Soul Edge as a substitute, as either would provide enough power to reassert control over Kazuya's body.
And then Kazuya drops a bombshell on them all. They are in the Abyss of Will, a pocket dimension created by the Soul Edge itself, and inside this world it's trying to unleash it's full potential.
For you Soul Calibur fans, remember those final battles you had inside that weird lava filled space with the Soul Calibur's avatars?
This is essentially a reprise of that.
As the fight resumes, Kazuya gets added to the list of enemies and he is very strong, so be prepared.
After you chop Kazuya's HP down by about half, Drak and some Brendas show up, confused as to why they are there. The Command team has no clue how Drak could have gotten there, but Chun-li has an idea who could.
And that's when Bison, some more Brendas, Juni and Juli show up.
Worse, he's got a few Ogre clones with him too:
Seeing them makes Jin lose his grip on his Devil Gene a little, and Kazuya wonders if Jin will awaken as well.
Taki asks if Bison is after the Soul Edge, and he bluntly replies he came to pay a social call on Ryu instead.
Sakura tries to get Bison to piss off by saying Ryu isn't there (which is true), but Bison says no use hiding it, he knows Ryu has awaken the Satsui no Hidou and now gone full Akuma.
However, seems Bison got a false scent from the Soul Edge, which has similar energy.
And that's when ROSE shows back up, saying that means Ryu isn't totally beyond hope yet.
Bison is more than a little 0_0 when she says this too:
Keep in mind Bison was damned sure he killed her, so this is a shock. Rose explains she's essentially a renevant now (a soul back from the dead while still not being alive in the conventional sense, though now free from having to be Black Valkyrie's slave), and as Bison is all 0_0, she decides to take advantage of this and blitz attacks him.
AND IT DOESN'T DO SHIT.
She's shocked, he's all "you did attack me, right?", and as she wonders why it didn't work, he explains in the pocket dimension they are in, the energy of the Soul Edge is essentially serving a massive shock absorber for his own power and body (which are quite similar, which makes sense).
As Bison then sits back and files his nails in boredom, Rose then confirms she's no longer forced to be B. Valkyrie's slave thanks to the Golden Seed, and this triggers Kazuya, who realizes Valkyrie has the Seed now.
Reiji then realizes while that's good news, Bison has only gotten stronger than he already was and they need to take him down NOW before he gets worse, and Bison LOLs at the thought that anyone could try.
However, he does add since the Soul Edge seems to be acting a very nice power booster for him, he's gonna stick around and claim it, after he kills your team.
Drak meanwhile just wants to put the Commando Team's heads on pikes.
Rose then warns everyone who might want to fight Bison now that they'd just be committing suicide, and that only something stronger can kick his ass.
I.E. - Ryu under the Satsui no Hidou.
As the fight resumes, focus on staying alive and DO NOT ATTACK BISON. Taking down everyone else is fine, but don't try to fight him.
Rose is right next to Bison, so I recommend getting her away from him ASAP as he will gun for her pretty bad, so time your guards well and you can regain enough AP to pull that off.
Good news is that Rose is like what happens when you take the best support skills of Morrigan (like her drain 30% MP from a foe) and Hideo/Kyoko's combat prowess, so you can abuse the shit out of her Soul Drain skill to refill her MP off the boss characters (save Bison) while using her World skill to help her build some distance and get a free turn.
Once you whittle Kazuya down to about 10% HP, he will withdraw, the original Kazuya and his possessor still fighting for control.
After a few more foes die, Reiji's scar hurts, and you guessed it, that means-
Yep. Saya, her groupies, and some Ouma goons.
Saya showed up tracking the Soul Edge, Bison is bored and wants Ryu to show up, and Reiji figures out why Saya wants the Soul Edge.
It has the power to create worlds.
Now, I might be giving away a bit of the end game plot here, but remember how the Ouma want to make time and space their bitch?
Guess how useful the power to create entire dimensions would be to that end?
Saya plays dumb and Reiji plays along, knowing he struck a nerve, and Bison LOLs at the Ouma plan to "cause the advent of a God" because well, he's a deity.
......it's okay guys, I'll wait until you're done rolling your eyes at that utterly cliche villainous god complex of his.
And that's when the lightbulb goes off in Reiji's brain and he says he realizes the Ouma are trying to create a Tsukumogami to make their plan succeed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukumogami
To give the short version, this basically means any vessel "that has reached their 100th birthday and thus become alive and self-aware", to quote Wikipedia on this.
In essence, they are trying to make a self-aware tool of magical power with the ability to bend time and space to their whim, and bear in mind they had an embryonic plans to do this before they were stopped by Reiji's father awhile back.
Which is more or less the definition of a god.
Bison doesn't care and tells Saya that he'll kill her if she gets in his way. Saya has no intention of doing that and offers to help him out, and Bison is like "Fine, whatever."
Once you take down Drak, he will withdraw.
Once you take down Juli, she will withdraw.
After you kill some more goons, Akuma and Evil Ryu appear.
Everyone save Bison wonders how they got here, Bison's about to orgasm from how much power is flowing from Evil Ryu, and we find out the Satsui no Hidou gave Ryu as well as Akuma the power to cross dimensions.
Do note it wasn't explicitly stated to be able to bend time and space in canon, but given it's basically able to unlock hidden potential and the ability to do some degree of reality bending BS in it's source canon, this isn't too far a stretch.
Ken wonders if Akuma is in league with Bison, but he isn't. In fact, aside from the fact he's his own agent with his own goals, he otherwise keeps his mouth shut about his true intentions, though Rose has an indication what he's up to.
Rose then explains they can knock Ryu back to sense, and Bison LOLs and figures he'll just watch the fight and take over Ryu once he's weakened.
As the fight resumes, DO NOT GO AFTER EVIL RYU.
Make Akuma your bitch instead.
There is a reason for this, and Akuma even gives you a clue before the fight resumes, saying it will be for nothing if Ryu falls here.
This means as tempting as it might be to beat Evil Ryu up, beat the shit out of Akuma instead.
Once you take down Juni, she will withdraw.
Once you beat the crap out of Akuma, Ryu will mutter he's The Master of the Fist, then Sakura speeds on over to Ryu to finish punching the sense back into him.
She fails, but Ken jumps in and tanks the return hit, then he tells Ryu he's a pussy for falling prey to the Bloodlust Wave, then he hits Ryu with the mother of all Shoryukens, the Shin Shoryuken, or 'True Dragon Fist".
NOTE; Ken can never do this attack in normal gameplay, but this is a shoutout to some shit he pulled in the Street Fighter II V Anime OVA.
Akuma is actually impressed Ken could do that, and everyone else worries Ryu is actually dead now.
Ryu snaps back to normal instead, wondering what the fuck he was doing.
Bison is FUCKING PISSED at this turn of events, so when Chun-li tells Bison he's screwed, Bison decides he's gonna re-brainwash Ryu into going full Akuma mode.
But when he tries, Ryu TANKS A FULL POWER PSYCHO CRUSHER, THEN GIVES BISON HIS OWN SHIN SHORYUKEN!
Bison gets uppercutted retarded from crotch to skull, and as Bison is still getting the number of the bus that just hit him, Ryu apologizes to Sakura for being a poor role model to her, and she tells him it's okay, she still had faith in him regardless.
Meanwhile, Bison just decides, fuck it, he's just gonna kill everyone since he can't get his way, and that's when he realizes his Psychodriver powers suddenly got a huge nerf.
Akuma is very amused by this turn of events and laughs in Bison's direction before withdrawing, and Rose realizes what Akuma was really doing all along.
Basically, Akuma was trying to see if Ryu's true strength lay in the Satsui no Hidou, or if he could surpass even that and become a total badass without it.
Ryu pulled off the latter, and Akuma couldn't have been more satisfied.
With this, the fight resumes, and not only does the battle conditions change to just killing all foes and no more need to keep Ken or Sakura alive, you can now beat Bison like a drum.
Once you take down Saya, she will withdraw.
Once you take down Bison, he is anally devestated over his loss, and Ryu tells him to quit being retarded and letting his Psycho powers consume him or he's gonna die of it.
Bison is still too busy trying to figure out why his own power got screwed over, and Rose trolls him by saying that when Ryu rejected the Satsui no Hidou, he basically got the opposite side of the coin power-wise in exchange (like Akuma was hoping for), and it proved to be the yin to Bison's yang so hard that nerfed Bison's power HARD.
This only makes Bison's ass bleed profusely from the butthurt as he swears to avenge his humiliation as he withdraws.
And before I forget, here's the sweet title card for this stage:
Once all foes are defeated, the Soul Edge flips out again, and begins a Dimensional Transfer.
We then cut to the other guys at the Genji Palace, where Taizou is trying to convince his ex Masuyo that waiting with their thumbs up their asses won't cause the other members of the team to come back sooner, and then he is comically proven wrong as a full third of the team show up via Dimensional Transfer.
And then a second Transfer drops off the rest of the team.
Reiji is relieved, and then he starts to fall prey to the shitty joke field too, and that's when Kagekiyo urges everyone to head onwards before they are permanently cursed.
We then cut to entrance of the Tower of Druaga, where a shadowy figure is asking Benkei about a sacred treasure, which he confirms:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yata_no_Kagami
AKA, the sacred mirror, one of the three treasures Kagekiyo needs.
Yoshitsune then tells the shadowy figure Kagekiyo already has the jewel, or the Yasakani no Magatama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magatama#Yasakani_no_Magatama
The shadowy figure tells them to calm down, none of them are a threat unless Kagekiyo has all three treasures, so it's not a concern.
FYI, the third treasure is the sword:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusanagi
Yoshitsune still wants to take on the good guy team because he's paranoid, and the shadowy figure tells him to go ahead if he really wants to.
We then cut to inside Baraduke.
Kurino is skeptical about this place leading to the Infernal Village, but Gil and Arthur point out Arremar came here via this way, so it's no question it's the right way.
Masuyo then fills everyone in on the likely location of the exit, the deepest level, and since she already raided this shithole before, everyone defers to her judgment as the stage ends.
Our next stage cuts over Reiji and the crew with him and Xiaomu. Where they are looks rather hellish, really, and while Reiji tries to confirm everyone is okay, he, the Soul Calibur guys, the Commando team, Ken, the Rival Schools teacher, Sakura, Karin, Jin, Chun-li, and Cammy have no clue where they are despite attempts to get their bearings.
And weirdly, even though they are surrounded by fire and lava, it feels COLD.
And that's when Taki's blade Mekkimaru starts resonating.
The Soul Edge shows up in the center of the lava pit, and it summons some Charades for everyone to deal with.
Before we go on, if you played Soul Calibur, the area I just described should make all kinds of sense to you.
As the fight starts, neither Ken nor Sakura can croak, so as you take on the Charades, keep them healthy.
If you plan to steal from the Charades, it's a good idea, as they drop "Liquid X", which is a great heal and revive item.
NOTE: Only Sakura and Ken have to survive, so if anyone else dies, just use the liberal revival items you can get in this level to keep everyone going.
After killing a few, Kazuya will show up, but he doesn't seem to be himself. In fact, it seems the real Kazuya is warring with whomever possessed his body.
Karin realizes Kazuya (or rather, his possessor) is looking for a replacement for the now missing Golden Seed, and sees the Soul Edge as a substitute, as either would provide enough power to reassert control over Kazuya's body.
And then Kazuya drops a bombshell on them all. They are in the Abyss of Will, a pocket dimension created by the Soul Edge itself, and inside this world it's trying to unleash it's full potential.
For you Soul Calibur fans, remember those final battles you had inside that weird lava filled space with the Soul Calibur's avatars?
This is essentially a reprise of that.
As the fight resumes, Kazuya gets added to the list of enemies and he is very strong, so be prepared.
After you chop Kazuya's HP down by about half, Drak and some Brendas show up, confused as to why they are there. The Command team has no clue how Drak could have gotten there, but Chun-li has an idea who could.
And that's when Bison, some more Brendas, Juni and Juli show up.
Worse, he's got a few Ogre clones with him too:
Seeing them makes Jin lose his grip on his Devil Gene a little, and Kazuya wonders if Jin will awaken as well.
Taki asks if Bison is after the Soul Edge, and he bluntly replies he came to pay a social call on Ryu instead.
Sakura tries to get Bison to piss off by saying Ryu isn't there (which is true), but Bison says no use hiding it, he knows Ryu has awaken the Satsui no Hidou and now gone full Akuma.
However, seems Bison got a false scent from the Soul Edge, which has similar energy.
And that's when ROSE shows back up, saying that means Ryu isn't totally beyond hope yet.
Bison is more than a little 0_0 when she says this too:
Keep in mind Bison was damned sure he killed her, so this is a shock. Rose explains she's essentially a renevant now (a soul back from the dead while still not being alive in the conventional sense, though now free from having to be Black Valkyrie's slave), and as Bison is all 0_0, she decides to take advantage of this and blitz attacks him.
AND IT DOESN'T DO SHIT.
She's shocked, he's all "you did attack me, right?", and as she wonders why it didn't work, he explains in the pocket dimension they are in, the energy of the Soul Edge is essentially serving a massive shock absorber for his own power and body (which are quite similar, which makes sense).
As Bison then sits back and files his nails in boredom, Rose then confirms she's no longer forced to be B. Valkyrie's slave thanks to the Golden Seed, and this triggers Kazuya, who realizes Valkyrie has the Seed now.
Reiji then realizes while that's good news, Bison has only gotten stronger than he already was and they need to take him down NOW before he gets worse, and Bison LOLs at the thought that anyone could try.
However, he does add since the Soul Edge seems to be acting a very nice power booster for him, he's gonna stick around and claim it, after he kills your team.
Drak meanwhile just wants to put the Commando Team's heads on pikes.
Rose then warns everyone who might want to fight Bison now that they'd just be committing suicide, and that only something stronger can kick his ass.
I.E. - Ryu under the Satsui no Hidou.
As the fight resumes, focus on staying alive and DO NOT ATTACK BISON. Taking down everyone else is fine, but don't try to fight him.
Rose is right next to Bison, so I recommend getting her away from him ASAP as he will gun for her pretty bad, so time your guards well and you can regain enough AP to pull that off.
Good news is that Rose is like what happens when you take the best support skills of Morrigan (like her drain 30% MP from a foe) and Hideo/Kyoko's combat prowess, so you can abuse the shit out of her Soul Drain skill to refill her MP off the boss characters (save Bison) while using her World skill to help her build some distance and get a free turn.
Once you whittle Kazuya down to about 10% HP, he will withdraw, the original Kazuya and his possessor still fighting for control.
After a few more foes die, Reiji's scar hurts, and you guessed it, that means-
Yep. Saya, her groupies, and some Ouma goons.
Saya showed up tracking the Soul Edge, Bison is bored and wants Ryu to show up, and Reiji figures out why Saya wants the Soul Edge.
It has the power to create worlds.
Now, I might be giving away a bit of the end game plot here, but remember how the Ouma want to make time and space their bitch?
Guess how useful the power to create entire dimensions would be to that end?
Saya plays dumb and Reiji plays along, knowing he struck a nerve, and Bison LOLs at the Ouma plan to "cause the advent of a God" because well, he's a deity.
......it's okay guys, I'll wait until you're done rolling your eyes at that utterly cliche villainous god complex of his.
And that's when the lightbulb goes off in Reiji's brain and he says he realizes the Ouma are trying to create a Tsukumogami to make their plan succeed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukumogami
To give the short version, this basically means any vessel "that has reached their 100th birthday and thus become alive and self-aware", to quote Wikipedia on this.
In essence, they are trying to make a self-aware tool of magical power with the ability to bend time and space to their whim, and bear in mind they had an embryonic plans to do this before they were stopped by Reiji's father awhile back.
Which is more or less the definition of a god.
Bison doesn't care and tells Saya that he'll kill her if she gets in his way. Saya has no intention of doing that and offers to help him out, and Bison is like "Fine, whatever."
Once you take down Drak, he will withdraw.
Once you take down Juli, she will withdraw.
After you kill some more goons, Akuma and Evil Ryu appear.
Everyone save Bison wonders how they got here, Bison's about to orgasm from how much power is flowing from Evil Ryu, and we find out the Satsui no Hidou gave Ryu as well as Akuma the power to cross dimensions.
Do note it wasn't explicitly stated to be able to bend time and space in canon, but given it's basically able to unlock hidden potential and the ability to do some degree of reality bending BS in it's source canon, this isn't too far a stretch.
Ken wonders if Akuma is in league with Bison, but he isn't. In fact, aside from the fact he's his own agent with his own goals, he otherwise keeps his mouth shut about his true intentions, though Rose has an indication what he's up to.
Rose then explains they can knock Ryu back to sense, and Bison LOLs and figures he'll just watch the fight and take over Ryu once he's weakened.
As the fight resumes, DO NOT GO AFTER EVIL RYU.
Make Akuma your bitch instead.
There is a reason for this, and Akuma even gives you a clue before the fight resumes, saying it will be for nothing if Ryu falls here.
This means as tempting as it might be to beat Evil Ryu up, beat the shit out of Akuma instead.
Once you take down Juni, she will withdraw.
Once you beat the crap out of Akuma, Ryu will mutter he's The Master of the Fist, then Sakura speeds on over to Ryu to finish punching the sense back into him.
She fails, but Ken jumps in and tanks the return hit, then he tells Ryu he's a pussy for falling prey to the Bloodlust Wave, then he hits Ryu with the mother of all Shoryukens, the Shin Shoryuken, or 'True Dragon Fist".
NOTE; Ken can never do this attack in normal gameplay, but this is a shoutout to some shit he pulled in the Street Fighter II V Anime OVA.
Akuma is actually impressed Ken could do that, and everyone else worries Ryu is actually dead now.
Ryu snaps back to normal instead, wondering what the fuck he was doing.
Bison is FUCKING PISSED at this turn of events, so when Chun-li tells Bison he's screwed, Bison decides he's gonna re-brainwash Ryu into going full Akuma mode.
But when he tries, Ryu TANKS A FULL POWER PSYCHO CRUSHER, THEN GIVES BISON HIS OWN SHIN SHORYUKEN!
Bison gets uppercutted retarded from crotch to skull, and as Bison is still getting the number of the bus that just hit him, Ryu apologizes to Sakura for being a poor role model to her, and she tells him it's okay, she still had faith in him regardless.
Meanwhile, Bison just decides, fuck it, he's just gonna kill everyone since he can't get his way, and that's when he realizes his Psychodriver powers suddenly got a huge nerf.
Akuma is very amused by this turn of events and laughs in Bison's direction before withdrawing, and Rose realizes what Akuma was really doing all along.
Basically, Akuma was trying to see if Ryu's true strength lay in the Satsui no Hidou, or if he could surpass even that and become a total badass without it.
Ryu pulled off the latter, and Akuma couldn't have been more satisfied.
With this, the fight resumes, and not only does the battle conditions change to just killing all foes and no more need to keep Ken or Sakura alive, you can now beat Bison like a drum.
Once you take down Saya, she will withdraw.
Once you take down Bison, he is anally devestated over his loss, and Ryu tells him to quit being retarded and letting his Psycho powers consume him or he's gonna die of it.
Bison is still too busy trying to figure out why his own power got screwed over, and Rose trolls him by saying that when Ryu rejected the Satsui no Hidou, he basically got the opposite side of the coin power-wise in exchange (like Akuma was hoping for), and it proved to be the yin to Bison's yang so hard that nerfed Bison's power HARD.
This only makes Bison's ass bleed profusely from the butthurt as he swears to avenge his humiliation as he withdraws.
And before I forget, here's the sweet title card for this stage:
Once all foes are defeated, the Soul Edge flips out again, and begins a Dimensional Transfer.
We then cut to the other guys at the Genji Palace, where Taizou is trying to convince his ex Masuyo that waiting with their thumbs up their asses won't cause the other members of the team to come back sooner, and then he is comically proven wrong as a full third of the team show up via Dimensional Transfer.
And then a second Transfer drops off the rest of the team.
Reiji is relieved, and then he starts to fall prey to the shitty joke field too, and that's when Kagekiyo urges everyone to head onwards before they are permanently cursed.
We then cut to entrance of the Tower of Druaga, where a shadowy figure is asking Benkei about a sacred treasure, which he confirms:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yata_no_Kagami
AKA, the sacred mirror, one of the three treasures Kagekiyo needs.
Yoshitsune then tells the shadowy figure Kagekiyo already has the jewel, or the Yasakani no Magatama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magatama#Yasakani_no_Magatama
The shadowy figure tells them to calm down, none of them are a threat unless Kagekiyo has all three treasures, so it's not a concern.
FYI, the third treasure is the sword:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusanagi
Yoshitsune still wants to take on the good guy team because he's paranoid, and the shadowy figure tells him to go ahead if he really wants to.
We then cut to inside Baraduke.
Kurino is skeptical about this place leading to the Infernal Village, but Gil and Arthur point out Arremar came here via this way, so it's no question it's the right way.
Masuyo then fills everyone in on the likely location of the exit, the deepest level, and since she already raided this shithole before, everyone defers to her judgment as the stage ends.
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