After beating Dragon Quest Swords, I realized something: the world needs a Dragon Quest Ren’ai. I’m dead serious here: the dialog menu for the series already has the look and they have a “pick an answer” system in place. If someone knows Yuuji Horii, please tell him we need this! It’s perfect I tell you.

From DQ1 there’s Princess Gwaelin, DQ2 has the Princess of Moonbrooke, DQ3 can use the Female Fighter and Female Nun (who are fairly popular with the hentai doujin community), DQ4 gives us Princess Alena plus prerequisite twincest in Mara and Nara, DQ5 provides tomboy Bianca and submissive Flora, in DQ6 we have “girl next door” Mireyu and mysteruous Barbara, DQ7 showers the tsundere in Maribel and Aira, DQ8 gifted the world with oh-so-sexy Jessica, and finally DQ Swords has nun loligoth Fleurette.

Now if that’s not a winning lineup, I don’t know what is!

If you’re a fighting game fan, then you already know Soul Calibur 4 is gonna kick ass. While I’m not so pleased about the whole Yoda and Darth Vader thing, I’m really excited about the Create-A-Fighter feature making a huge comeback. Hopefully I can recreate the two designs I use in Soul Calibur 3. Being the total geek that I am, I’ll even share them with ya!

This is my Wave Sword combatant, using the Assassin class. Like most characters with robe or cape accessories, there’s some overlapping issues with the outfit’s polygons during the heat of a battle - mostly from the back of the Gown in a windy environment - but the level of annoyance is ultra minimal. I’ve seen much worst, and you honestly have to be looking. As for inspiration on the design: I wanted a regal looking assassin who dual wielded. After picking out the clothing, I incorporated some loligoth elements into the appearance. Although red was already the default color for most of the parts involved, I darkened it to a blood shade.

All: -
Head: -
Hair: Medium Straight (01,27)
Mask: -
Chin: -
Lower Torso: -
Mid Torso: Imperial Robe (02,19) (01,27)
Upper Torso: Gown (03,23)
Arms: Leather Gloves (01,27)
Shoulders: -
Neck: Bell Choker (01,27)
Waist: Carrying Belt (11,13)
Lower Legs: -
Upper Legs: Kunoichi’s Pants (03,23)
Shins: -
Socks: Knee Socks (11,13)
Feet: Hunter Boots (01,27)

Face: 04
Eyebrows: (01,27)
Lips: (01,27)
Eyes: (11,13)
Skin: (04,15)
Underwear: (01,13)
Voice: Girl 2 (English)

This design is my Chinese Sword combatant, using the Pirate class. Zero polygon overlapping whatsoever… well except for the Spy Belt (although it happens rarely). For those looking for cheap thrills, omit the Body Suit from her lower torso and you get more bounce, if ya catch my drift. Personally, I felt she looked better without exposed cleavage. The idea for her came to me while I was randomly looking through the parts, and wanted to create something using the Feminine Outfit. I liked how it exposed the shoulders, and using the Prayer Pants to expose her lower legs made a great contrast to that. Emerald green is one of my favorite colors.

All: -
Head: Pirate’s Headband (01,14)
Hair: Short Hair (16,02)
Mask: -
Chin: -
Lower Torso: Body Suit (01,27)
Mid Torso: Feminine Outfit (16,02)
Upper Torso: -
Arms: Bandit Gloves (01,25) (16,26)
Shoulders: -
Neck: -
Waist: Spy Belt (01,27)
Lower Legs: -
Upper Legs: Prayer Pants (16,02) (01,14)
Shins: -
Socks: -
Feet: Leather Sandals (01,27)

Face: 02
Eyebrows: (36,23)
Lips: (03,24)
Eyes: (02,09)
Skin: (05,14)
Underwear: (07,27)
Voice: Girl 1 (English)

Bought The King of Fighters XI for the Playstation 2 this morning, which set me back about $15 (including tax). After hearing you have to log 720 hours of game time before you can unlock the first hidden character (Adelheid in case you’re wondering), I decided to borrow my neighbor’s Action Replay. No way in Hell am I gonna leave my PS2 running idle for an entire month. I like the “daisuki oniichan” Rugal clone, but I don’t like him that much.

I’ve kinda been out of touch with the KoF series ever since the ‘98 edition. Not that I disliked the franchise or anything… just that better stuff was around - namely Guilty Gear. However I really enjoy the newest character designs. Oswald is badass in every definition of the word (to the point of being broken and overpowered), while Momoko is pure cuteness beyond cuteness (not to mention hard as hell to master). Ironically enough, if I’m reading the Internet postings correctly, neither are seen highly by the series developers. They’re just “filler characters” for the plot. Hopefully the fan support will change the company’s mind on this. The wicked yet yummy loligoth Ninon Beart was born from the same origin - now she’s far more popular than her “developer loved” counterparts.