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Googleshng - April 9 '02- 2:00 Eastern Standard Time
This weekend, I got a lot of stuff done that you most likely couldn't
care less about, including running an RPG session where less than half the PCs could make it. So the other
half asks if I'll run a catch-up adventure on Tuesday. So I say sure, then continue with my busy weekend.
So now it's Tuesday. I have to write a column, an adventure, some other stuff, and then another column.
I guess this is why people have those stupid appointment book things.
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A very long letter on a very specific subject.
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To set the record straight about Yoko Shimomura's part in Super Mario RPG's
Soundtrack, here is a list of songs that she did not do:
Koji Kondo:
OSV:
Disc 1, Song 2 - Let's Try (File Select music) - A slow mix of the SMB
Overworld
Disc 1, Song 3 - In The Flower Garden - Another slow mix of the SMB
Overworld
Disc 1, Song 7 - Super Pipe House - SMB Overworld mix
Disc 1, Song 16 - Invicible Star - SMB Invincibility music mix
Disc 1, Song 26 - Let's Play "Geno" - SMW Overworld 2 mix
Disc 1, Song 30 - From Inside The Earthen Pipe - SMB Underworld mix
Disc 1, Song 37 - Long, Long Ago - SMB Overworld music
Disc 1, Song 38 - Heart Beating A Little Faster - SMB Overworld music (fast)
Disc 2, Song 15 - The Axem Rangers Drop In - Fast SMB Underworld mix
Disc 2, Song 22 - The End! - Sleepy SMB Overworld mix
10 songs from the OSV
Not on the OSV:
8-bit Game Over - SMB Death music
Grate Guy's Casino - SMB2 (USA) Slot Machine
Nobuo Uematsu:
Disc 2, Song 7 - Fight Against Culex - Final Fantasy IV Battle
Disc 2, Song 8 - Victory Over Culex - Final Fantasy IV Victory
Disc 2, Song 9 - Conversation With Culex - Final Fantasy Series Prelude
(single instrument version)
3 songs from the OSV
The OSV has 61 songs. Out of those, 48 are by Yoko Shimomura, 13 are by
Kondo and Uematsu.
Oh, and another fact: The singer in the vocal songs for both Xenogears and
Xenosaga is Joanna Hogg (although I may be misspelling her name).
P.S. What does it take to bribe you into letting someone do Monday Q&A?
Ross Bemrose (Powerlord)
Former RPGamer Music Guy
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Googleshng:
I don't even remember the SMRPG soundtrack coming up this weekend, but someone must appreciate that. The
Xeno singer I have wondered about for a while though. More to the point, where'd they find her? I mean,
I haven't seen any 60s folk singers since the early 80s! Is there a preserve somewhere or something?
Now, as far as Monday columns go... I gave'em to Brad because he asked nicely, all other Q&A hosts inherited
them thusly, and then Aegis got'em... also by asking nicely... so evidently that's all it takes! Of course,
now that he's stepping down, mondays go back to either me or Chesh, because 3 people doing Q&A in a given
week just seems to confuse everyone.
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FF9 questions. Been a while...
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Greetings, Google. Though I haven't e-mailed you before really, I'm a big fan of yours. Bah, enough sucking up.
1) WARNING: POSSIBE FFIX SPOILER!!! (though probably not really)
Why is it so fruiting hard to steal decent items from bosses in FF9? I mean, I can sit there for something like ten minutes, constantly stealing, and get a Potion for my trouble. I have the Bandit ability on. I think the game just doesn't like me...
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Googleshng:
I never had any real trouble stealing... go up a few levels?
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2) In your opinion (I'm not sure whether you've played FF9 extensively or not), is it worth it to go to MogNet Central? I'm delivering mail like crazy, along with the occasional kupo nut, and I keep wondering whether or not it's worth it, even if only for the fun/humour factor.
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Googleshng:
Well, aside from a big wad of nuts, you eventually get a protect ring, which teachs all sorts of spiffy
abilities like Half MP in addition to making you take half damage from pretty much everything.
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3) Not RPG related, but can I be another of your katana-wielding minions? I'm Canadian, so that gives you a foothold in the frozen north. Though I'll admit that, with my massive troll stature, my katana's more like a no-dachi (big two-handed version of the katana). It's a cool one, however, edged with living crystal.
Well, that's all for Q's from me today. If this doesn't get printed, I might send it again. (It's kinda late as I'm typing this.) If you do decide to print it right away, just ignore the second one entirely.
Saraba.
Rez Dawg
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Googleshng:
Sure! Heck, Mary there just started signing letters that way, so it's not like there's an enterence exam.
So, that makes a katana and a nodachi... now I just need minions with a broadsword, saber, rapier, sledgehammer,
halberd, and longsword!
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Sequels
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1. I was reading Xenosaga 2 information about online play and some thoughts came up to me. I don't think they can include a lot of Online aspects of the game considering it is the second game of a six piece series. If they decide to turn it into a MMORPG and that is a big if, that would disrupt the storyline considering MMORPG allows it to do anything. However, if it plan to be a Online game similar to PSO, then that is a different story considering you have friends to complete the story with and all those things. So I think the online will have little impact or maybe more than what we think.
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Googleshng:
I'd bet quite a lot that Xenosaga 2 won't be a MMORPG on the grounds that that seriously wouldn't work.
I doubt they even have anything like PSO planned. I'm personally thinking along the lines of SoA. It's
a non-online game with downloadable extras. Only time will tell though.
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2. Lufia Gaiden pictures shows a bar that says IP. It is pretty obvious that they decided not to drop the Ancient Texts or replace it with a similar format. I thought it was something different. I am not very observant person but I just happened to be that moment.
aww, a two parter, couldn't get up to six. Hope I will have some more next time.
Hobbes Lionheart
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Googleshng:
Uh, the Lufia games have ALWAYS had the IP bar. In the earlier ones, IP powers came from your equipment.
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Homer sez "Increase your wordiness!"
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Could you please tell me what the technical terms bump
mapping, texture mapping and cell shading mean or
where I could go to find out?
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Googleshng:
Bump/texture mapping is when you put textures on a polygonal model. When you don't use it, everything
looks like Tobal #1 or the original Star Fox. You usually hear the term when people are complaining.
For example, people complain about the texture mapping in Front Mission 3 all the time, since during
plot points, you get close-ups of buildings and can see how horribly smeared the walls are.
Cel shading meanwhile is when someone makes a polygonal graphics engine that supports very few colors,
in the hopes that it will make everything look cartoony. Usually it doesn't, and you just end up with
something that looks like the cutscenes in those old rotoscoped games (like Out of This World), but with
sharper corners. The new upcoming Zelda game actually manages to make it look good though.
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Dispelling myths
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Google,
Why are people always bowing down to you in their letters?
'ALL HAIL GOOGLE, KING OF SLIMES' or some other such banter. Does this bother you? Does it make you more likely to print their letters? Or is it some clever ploy to take the place of an introduction?
-rustybaseball
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Googleshng:
That's one of the bigger myths about getting letters printed. I completely ignore the introductions and
signatures of letters. Another big myth is that I'm more likely to print multi-parters than single question
letters. It just looks that way since people send in mostly multi-parters.
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Arcology
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Hey Goog.
What are your thoughts on the Arc the Lad trilogy? I'm thinking of getting it
when it comes out, but i'm not exactly sure what it's like. Is it like Lunar in
any way? ~Joey~
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Googleshng:
Well, it's like Lunar in the sense that it's translated by Working Designs, and comes in a big gaudy
box full of stuff. Any further similarities would be purely coincidental. I'd go into more depth, but
our review copy is on the wrong side of the country for me to have more info for you.
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The following is a joke.
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Hi Goog! Got a big multiparter for you!
1)Is the GBA REALLY capable of playing SNES games? I mean, I know it's a powerful console, but it's a handheld, would the games be watered down?
2)Is Final Fantasy 9 coming out on the PC?
3)On a related note, do you know when the PS2 ports of FF 7, 8 and 9 and Dragon Warrior 4 for PS are coming out?
4)I know you love emulation, so I sent you a link to a cool emulation site with EVERY rom EVER! You can post it if you want, or just keep it for yourself. (heh heh)
5)Is Seiken Densetsu 3 coming out on GBA now that Square is developing for them again?
6)Where do I get the glove?
OK, that's it for now. I'm from New York, so please excuse me if my english isn't that great. BTW, I KNOW WHERE THE QUOTE'S FROM!!!! It's from FF6 when somebody freezes you! Do I get a tilde?
Robust Stu
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Googleshng:
Darn. My head didn't explode when I read that. I think you might have missed one or two though, so hey,
better luck next time!
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