Author Archives: Silver Arrows

I Really Hate Fail Factor Infinity (aka Factor 5)

This guy is so freaking brilliant

Why they're not using his awesome Brawl design and making him look like a western emo Star Wars character is beyond me. FFS. Things don't need to be dark to look cool, any of those Pit designs are using the Brawl design but making him look needlessly emo/darker, or too much like an adult. The game is called KID Icarus for a reason, Pit is an adolescent!!

Creating Pit like this will not bode well for Japanese sales, neither does Factor 5. I know it never did so well in Japan anyway, but his Brawl look is amazingly popular now. By doing this they instantly take away any popularity potential.

Angst is the total polar opposite of good. He looks like f***ing Anakin Skywalker with wings!

I don't care if it's concept art, if they had any brains they'd use his popular Brawl look, no redesign needed, that was already done.

EDIT: Oh, and the story of Pit as a fallen angel is total bulls**t. I hope it's not real. It's the total opposite of the way Pit is usually imagined. Why does everything have to be all dark and angsty these days!?

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The Tale of Kid Icarus

From the Kid Icarus - Angel Land Story manual

Let us go back to the distant past to an age when the gods and Man lived together in harmony. There was once a kingdom called "Angel Land." This kingdom was ruled by two beautiful goddesses, Palutena who administered light and Medusa who ruled darkness. Palutena lived in the Palace in the Sky and administered light so that man could live in happiness. And bathed in this light man grew food and lived in peace.

kidtale-1

However, Medusa the goddess of darkness was different. Medusa hated mankind. She took great pleasure in drying up the crops that man took great pains to grow and in turning people into stone statues.

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Pit’s Revenge — Part One

A short non-story. Just for the lulz 😀

Pit suffers Great Aether
Ike unleashes Great Aether on Pit.
'No! Stopicus!!!!!!!!'

down smash
Pit returns to Skyworld to lick his wounds.
'You'll pay for this, you rotten eggplanticus!!!!'
Kid Liquorice informs him that Ike is on his way to Skyworld to settle the matter, so Pit spends a bit of time practising his attacks.

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Silver Arrows’s Pit Screenie Bonanza!!!!!

I got my SD cards :mrgreen: The pics look better on the TV screen, they look very pixelated here though 🙁 For some reason the pics are anti-aliased on the Wii, but not when transferred to PC. I don't get it [Edit: you moron. It's because the game is rendering the 3D models, but the JPEGs are like thumbnails]. Click to view full size

Pit arrows
Pit's just fired a light arrow. Or I think he just stopped the angel ring.

Pit Sky World Flying
Gold Pit in Sky World

Pit's down taunt
Pit's down taunt

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Silver Arrows’s Nunchuk o’ Luck

I've started playing Smash Bros with the nunchuk now and - wow - what a difference! I can actually do Pit's glide move now. Very funky! Grabs are also a lot easier. Smash attacks took a bit of getting used to but now I've got the hang of it I'm on a roll!!

Also, we've been trying to do the 100 man brawl for a long time, I don't know how many times we've attempted it, at least 30 I'd say. The most we got was 99 and then I fell off. (Usually though (9/10 times) it'd be my sis who fell off cos she plays as Ike and Ike's recovery is the biggest load of rubbish I've ever seen). That was, of course, until I started using the amazing
nunchuk of luck
and first go, we got all 100 before we even realised it!

That is one lucky nunchuk.

We also got a record of 128 in Endless brawl! Yay!

Now even more impressive - hold your breath - I have been able to take on 2 CPUs at LEVEL 8!! Yes, level 8!!! I've also unlocked Toon Link, he was a pain in the butt, but here is the strange thing. Smash Wiki says:

Complete Classic Mode with Link after beating the Subspace Emissary or find and defeat him in a secret room in "The Forest" after completing Subspace Emissary. Some people have reported not being able to unlock Toon Link in any way after unlocking Luigi.
Link and Toon Link

We haven't even completed the Subspace Emissary yet. We got stuck on The Cave (25%) and had to get our big sis to play it for us, but we didn't do any levels after that. So how did I unlock Toon Link if the only way to get him is to finish Subspace???

Oh wait, hang on, I get it now. You can either get him that way, or by playing 400 brawls. I see, you don't need to do both. Crumbs! All righticus, all we've got left now is Wolf.

Smash Bros Brawl Theme Lyrics

Yes! It's the Brawl main theme. Well of course I had to post it, what kind of fangirl would I be if I didn't? I've just posted the official translation here. If you want the literal translation, it's ici. Agent T particularly likes the soprano bit. He collapsed into hysterics when he heard it and got me into trouble.

Copyright Nintendo / HAL Laboratory, Inc.

Audi famam illius.
Solus in hostes ruit
et patriam servavit.

Audi famam illius.
Cucurrit quaeque
tetigit destruens.

Audi famam illius.
Audi famam illius.

Spes omnibus, mihi quoque.
Terror omnibus, mihi quoque.

Ille
iuxta me.

Ille iuxta me.
Socii sunt mihi.
qui olim viri fortes
rivalesque erant.

Saeve certando
pugnandoque
splendor crescit.

I’ve heard legends of that person
How he plunged into enemy territory
How he saved his homeland

I’ve heard legends of that person
How he travelled the breadth of the land
reducing all he touched to rubble.

I’ve heard legends of that person
I’ve heard legends of that person

Revered by many — I, too, revere him
Feared by many — I, too, fear him

Now that person
Stands at my side

Now that person stands at my side
Now my friends are with me
Some of them were once heroes
Some, my mortal enemies

And as we face each other in battle, locked in combat
We shine ever brighter

I don't get the reducing all he touched to rubble bit???? Pit didn't turn anything to rubble.

ETA: Someone reminded me about the Skyworld level platforms crumbling, so you see, I was right all along, they are singing about Pit love love

How Daft Can You Get?

Someone from the-prism.com asked EA technical support about a problem with HomeCrafter Plus not working. HomeCrafter Plus was made by EA for The Sims 2. EA's response as follows:

Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts Technical Support regarding on your concern with The Sims 2.

As to your concern, we do not support or advice the use of this program (Homecrafter Plus) since it's considered as a game modifier. It may cause conflict(s) with the game itself.

Should you have any other concerns or problems regarding EA Games feel free to contact us or you can review our extensive Self Support Knowledgebase (http://support.ea.com).

Sincerely,

Jay P.
Technical Support
Electronic Arts™

So, how daft can you get? Very, if EA's tech support are anything to go by.