How this makes you feel /m/?
>>13480741
Like Japan doesn't love me. All my favourite childhood franchises get new games and I can't play any of them, except for Digimon Cyber Sleuth which is finally coming here next year.
>>13480741
It makes me feel like I would kill for a new Custom Robo game or Gotcha Force sequel.
>>13480741
Those designs are awful, I thought we would be getting Metabee and Rokusho again
>>13480741
>not wanking Metabee and Rokusho again
Pretty fucking good.
>>13480741
>entire chest is gun
Nice
Also is the advance of zeta guy still doing mediator designs
>>13480741
Not too bad, since at least LBX/Danball Senki is filling the void for this kind of game, despite some goofy localization choices.
>>13480763
If you want you could use a flashcart for the 3DS, just Saiyan
>>13480741
This might be the first time I've seen a sequel number fully spelled.
Oh, and that katana is ridiculous. I've got nothing against katanas but that one's both wrist-mounted and has the hilt sticking out so it looks silly as all hell.
>>13481084
There's still some wanking in the game
The KBT model is cool, but I'm iffy on the KWG model. I'd probably like it more if the "horns" were up.
I hope maybe this time there's plans to localize since Natsume and Rocket are now on the same page with wanting to localize titles.
So medarot was first a game series right
How are the games
Yeah apparently Rokusho and Metabee are significant enemies in this game.
>>13481988
They're mostly RPGs in a fairly similar caliber to Pokemon, in that you go around and people challenge you to robattles and you get parts if you win (and in the older ones at least, lose parts if you lose), and there's eventually an evil organization to fight. The fights are interesting; they're generally 3-on-3 medarot fights where you give your team orders to use one of the parts they're equipped, and then it takes a certain amount of time to execute that, so figuring out timing can be very important. The big issue is that most of the games are gameboy or gameboy color games that are showing their age somewhat.
>>13480741
>>13483706
>>13483704
Reminds me of the 4 boxart for some reason.
>>13481972
>>13483704
Yeah, seriously, the KBT is just perfect.
>>13480741
>>13484070
So after reverse-image searching this, I just found out that they did a second season of Medabots. Is it any good?
>tfw was away from the internet for an extended period
>tfw the first thing I did was update my 3DS
>>13484110
I think it technically counts as a third season, but not really.
It gets rid of major characters of the cast from the first season, the villain isn't really interesting, and I think the animation wasn't as good.
>>13484110
They changed a lot of stuff, but it was an OK season I guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFFRAscYXPk
>>13484110
It's fucking terrible.
Watch it only if you're desperate for Medabots.
It was so bad, the team issued an apology for fucking it up so much.
http://web.archive.org/web/20041023195733/http://www.din.or.jp/~yokitani/medsoul2.htm
SUPER GUYS! is a great song though.
>>13480763
If 3DS weren't region locked it wouldn't even be a problem. I've been able to keep playing Digimon games thanks to the Sony consoles not being region locked. Seriously, fuck region lock.
>>13484335
There's several flashcarts for 3DS, so playing Japanese games it's not really out of reach anymore
>>13484327
What does it say?
>>13484110
It was nice to see Nae getting translated to the series and Blakbeetle was a pretty cool character, but apart from that, it's pretty much shit. It throws all of the set rules of how Medals work, that they developed in the first 2 seasons, and then constantly contradicts itself with how the universe works.
>>13485523
Dammit, why is Blakbeetle so adorable with that bow?
>>13485542
Juxtraposition of a potential killing machine with a symbol of softness?
Blackbeetle and Blackstag are actually one of my favorite KBT/KWG pairs. Having the eyepatch normally makes them look pretty cute without it, too.
>>13481661
where are you going to find the files?
and I would love to just own a physical copy of this game
>>13486859
After playing the GBA game, I kind of prefer Bayonet and Zorin. Like mobile tanks.
>>13486913
Bayonet and Solin are also hugely underrated/underrepresented. They're probably the ones Blackbeetle and Blackstag are most inspired by, really.
>>13481724
what the fuck is wrong with green hair guys face??
>>13485542
>>13486238
>>13486859
>Dat feel when Blackbeetle was voiced by a dude in the Latin dub
>>13486885
You can find the files online if you lurk thoroughly
Looks good to me. I always was a fan of the under the arm rifles. I kind of wish it was yellow,but I guess that's the point. Besides, Arcbeetle gets to be red.
I'm really tempted to buy this game, but I don't know if I'ready to bash my head against a Japanese game again.
>>13487150
Medabots 8 has been out for a long time but as date it got 18/10/2015
I dont want to know when medabots 9 will be uploaded
>>13487211
That's because I downloaded recently, I kinda stopped downloading roms for 3DS since there weren't any flashcarts yet
>>13487150
Everytime I look for 3DS download sites all I get are shitty fake ones or one's that have week long registration processes, it's frustrating.
>>13480741
That KBT model looks great. The KWG one, not so much.
>>13487131
You could just pretend she's a very butch girl.
>>13480741
So these are direct upgrades to Gun Nose, and Sanjuro.
I don't like the new Gun Nose, not having the traditional horn missile feels wrong.
Too bad we're never getting this game.
>>13487488
I think they're new semi-standalones, all they have in common is being Kabuto- and Kuwagata-types, and the same style of weapons as most of those series do. They only have as much to do with Gun Nose and Sanjuro as they do with Chrotojil and Shinzan from Medarot 5. In fact, my current guess is that Zipper (The Kabuto)'s head part is a Laser or Beam (like Arcbeetle) or possibly even a Gravity attack, not a Missile like Metabee or a napalm like Gun Nose.
Souen looks like normal Sword and Hammer, with the Hammer being berserk again, but its head part could also be something different than usual.
>>13480741
sad and salty.
>>13487578
I've only played 3 medabot games. How many give you the chance to get Metabee-type parts and Rokusho-like parts during the story?
>>13487680
You usually get a set of Kabuto parts or Kuwagata parts right at the beginning of the game, and then possibly an upgrade later in the game. Other than that, you have to get the parts from the other version or even more of the starter parts by trading.
>>13487680
>>13487815
To elaborate, the starter medabots are Metabee and Rokusho in 1, 2, 3, I think R, the US-only AX, and DS, 7, I believe Dual, and 8; in 3 you upgrade from your starter to Saikachis/Dorcus, in 4 and Brave (the Gamecube game) you start with Saikachis/Dorcus. In 5, the only KBT and KWG are Chrotojil and Shinzan; in G there are Dechotom and Adolphin, in DS and 7 you upgrade to Gun Nose/Sanjuro. I think you upgrade to Gun Nose and Sanjuro in Dual and 8, but I could be wrong; they could just be otherwise accessible in the games, as many of the newer games have the starters from earlier games available as a late-game/postgame bonus.
>>13487832
8 had most of the old ones as DLC I think.
>>13487839
Almost half of the old ones are DLC, but there are quite a few in the normal game without DLC.
>>13481676
>Oh, and that katana is ridiculous. I've got nothing against katanas but that one's both wrist-mounted and has the hilt sticking out so it looks silly as all hell.
Based on this pic that the official medarot twitter account posted (it's blurry, but you can make out the generals), the katana can be sheathed by extending the outer layer forward and the inner layer back.
>>13480741
Holy shit these new designs are way better than GunNose and Sanjuro
And ignorant faggots still say Medabots and Digimon are dead, fahahaha
>>13488830
Maybe not Digimon, but, asking cause I really wouldn't know, isn't it pretty fair to say Medabots is dying?
I heard sales for it keep dropping.
>>13489296
That's because the Japanese are out of touch with the world. They have no idea that there is a massive wealth of cash to be had by porting that shit over here and preying on the nostalgia of the Fox Kids generation that grew up loving the shit out of Medabots.
>>13481676
>Oh, and that katana is ridiculous. I've got nothing against katanas but that one's both wrist-mounted and has the hilt sticking out so it looks silly as all hell.
lol this game really isn't for you go back to mechwarrior
>>13489309
Even so, I just can't see it going well, even with the Fox Kids nostalgia, It being so long ago.
>>13487440
Sorry man, boner's don't work that way.
>>13489309
https://projectrisingbeetle.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/natsume-explains-why-recent-medarot-games-havent-been-localized-confirms-virtual-console-plans/
>>13487440
I don't think I can
https://youtu.be/AGdD9S1-kbs?t=18m42s
>>13489392
>>13489384
I'm hoping this time the stars have aligned for 9.
>>13489296
>Medarot 9
>NINE
>Nine fucking game, almost always in paired versions
No it's not fair to say Medarot is dying. Americans tend to assume that just because a franchise isn't booming where they're from it's not a huge success. They forget about stuff like International Football, Bollywood, and Medarot.
>>13489309
This is also true. The 2010s are the era of nostalgia milking and the Japanese are missing out big time by not porting over Digimon, Medarot and God knows what else from the 90's.
>>13489614
Well, it is well known they think they're the only country that matters. And then they keep consuming foreign stuff demanding it caters to them.
>>13488830
>Digimon
>not dead
The franchise dropped its identity long ago and mostly relies on nostalgia now. In a way it's already dead.
>>13489628
>he doesn't know about the huge TCG tournaments still going on in Japan
>>13489614
More than 9 actually:
1
2
R (one version only I think)
3
4
Navi
5
G
Brave (one version only)
DS
7
Dual
8
plus three remakes, parts collections for the first three or four, a card video game, and I might still be missing things.
The big issue is that there was a huge time gap between Brave/G and DS, and an even bigger one since five. But since DS it has been a fairly active franchise!
>>13489644
You forgot Shingata (who wouldn't)
>>13489392
I'm not sure what I expected, but it wasn't that.
>>13489636
>A side product is the only thing keeping it alive
so dead?
>>13489711
>If it's not the main form of media I personally was introduced to it by, it's a side product!
>>13489675
Shingata is one of the three remakes I mentioned.
>>13489628
>movies in production and one airing within the month
>video game coming with one even being localized
It's hardly dead and even if we say it's "relying on nostalgia", that's hardly "dropping its identity"
>>13489717
The anime is not the main product but neither the TCG are.
>>13489801
>movies in production and one airing within the month
That has the MCs of the first anime back.
>ven if we say it's "relying on nostalgia", that's hardly "dropping its identity"
You're delusional if you dont think its relying on nostalgia.
And that's not dropping its identty, but stopping giving a shit about tamagotchis and making generic rpgs definitely is.
The designs are top notch. I hope by the time the game actually releases I'll beat more Medarot games. Right now I'm playing the Wonderswan version of the first game.
>>13489675
I like to pretend it doesn't exist.
I really hope they out Dechotom and Adolphin in 9, they're one of like two or three KBT/KWG pairs that got left out, and they even included Greed from G.
I wouldn't say no to Love Getter, Parchenon, Dark Wizar, or Wordrail either.
They updated the poster, sort of
>>13491452
It's going to suck when this doesn't get localized.
>>13488511Pile bunkatana
>>13491452
Well it's a new angle of Zipper and Souen at least.
>>13486238
Awesome, I found some use for the ugly redesign of Metabee. I'm making a custom Blakbeetle with one of these discount kits http://www.hlj.com/product/KBYKP-309/Sci
just found an awesome artist that likes to draw female medabots doing cute and lewd stuff
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1937581
>>13491452
>you will never hug your QT cat robot warrior daughteru
Time to go meet them.
>>13492569
>ran out of words after W
kek
I'm still surprised they never released DS, or 7 overseas. They were pretty good to get people who liked the anime into the games again.
>>13480741
>>13493156
The KWG model looks so much better like that.
what are the chances of getting an anime?
>>13493859
zero-to-none.
They look somewhat similar too 5's KBT and KWGs
>>13495482
I think Zipper is actually the first main-like Kabuto whose thighs are bigger than its shins.
>>13480741
I just want best bot to be in it.
>>13495492
Granbeetle still exists
I kind of get Yu-Gi-Oh! GX vibes from this.
>>13488511
is it meant to be blurred?
>>13497002
http://www.medarotsha.jp/ds/blog
>>13495540
WHERE THE FUCK IS THAT FROM I FUCKING LOVE SONIC STAG
>>13497002
That's how they have it on the blog. I assume it's either to hide certain details or so they can properly release the image as a part of something else, like an art book.
Ah lordy, watermelon eating robots.
>>13497047
Medarot 8
>>13496899
...I could debate how mainline Granbeetle is, but I will instead admit I forgot that part of its design anyway. It is a general trend that Kuwagatas have bigger thighs and Kabutos have bigger shins, though.
>>13496899
Man, always wanted a current-animation of Granbeetle; looks so good!
>>13497065
Pardon, where is this GranBeetle pic from?
>>13497912
i found it here
>>13497912
>>13498236
oops
https://twitter.com/tanimeso/status/505592922578759681
Much thanks - hadn't thought that the more-recent games would have bothered with 'old' designs like GranBeetle, even giving them transforms...
So with Medabots, was there every some big petition thing for localizations?
Cause, with Digimon, one of the things that was said was that seeing a petition made them think more about localizing Cyber Sleuth.
>>13499226
Well, Medarot 8 has Sonic Stag and Granbeetle as DLC, but I think that's fanart. The Navi designs are very popular in the Japanese fan community.
>>13499566
>>13499502
I think Rising Beetle made a petition for it, but this happened >>13489384
>>13499606
Ah, then that sucks. At least they're trying, I suppose.
>>13489369
sauce for pic?
>>13489675
>>13490058
What in based Joseph Motiki's name is that monstrosity?
>>13489369
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=3239663
Though you could have just used Saucenao.
>>13499897
The game that nearly killed Medabots
>>13499897
A remake of Medarot 1 with a "unique" art style. Often the game that's blamed for the series' 6 year hiatus.
UGH, the only Medabot property I have negative feelings about; the art style is so ugly.
>>13500471
Wait, Shingata or 9?
Cause, to me, 9's art style just seems like a continuation from 8's.
So what's the appeal of Medarot's aside from collecting batltebot parts and fighting with them? Is the story any good?
>>13500535
Story can be a little interesting and sometimes kind of weird (There are ancient medabot civilizations, occasional time travel, paper-thin disguises, more than a little crossdressing, villain organizations that are very difficult to take seriously, and endings with different girls depending on how you treated them), but since a lot of people are playing the games without even being able to speak the language they're in, it's safe to say the collecting parts and fighting is a very large part of the appeal.
>>13499935
I tried it for a while because but then I realized I'm better off playing the Wonderswan version. The picture you posted actually looks good but in the game itself everything looks terrible.
>>13500779
There are different endings? Even in the first game?
>>13500779
>endings with different girls
Not in any of the English ones though, right?
>>13500860
Even in the GBA Medabots RPG (Medarot 2 Core in Japan), you get an ending screen where you get a kiss from Arika, Karin, or I think your mom, depending on how nice you are/how much attention you pay to Arika and Karin in various parts of the game.
>>13500907
>or I think your mom
That's just hilarious.
>>13500528
Apologies - meant I despised Shingata!
Of what I've seen of 9, I agree that it's a continuation of 8.
>>13500921
Ikki does have the trademarked "Hot Shonen Mom" but it's obviously meant as just "you didn't get either Arika or Karin to like you at all."
Medarot DS has Chitose (the childhood friend), Sakura (the though girl/gang leader, the equivalent of Kikuhime/Samantha), and the quiet, purple-haired girl whose name I can't remember (I wanna say Sumire?) in addition to your mom, so that may be where I was thinking of the Mom from. But even in medarot 1, Hikaru can get ending images with Kirara or I think Nae, and there are a few possibilities for Koishimaru in 5 too (I assume Ikki is always Arika, Karin, maybe Kikuhime at some point?)
>>13501015
I think I might be getting the Nae images since I've been mostly talking to her.
How long is this game anyway? I wish I knew where to get more medals.
>>13501015
I was wrong, the purple-haired girl is Kurumi
>>13501031
I don't know that much about Medarot 1, actually; I've only played DS and 2 CORE, everything else is from research. Where are you in the game? I mean, it's an RPG, so it's not super short.
/m/ should make its own Medarot gen, like how /vp/ has Pokemon Sage and PokeAus.
We'd need to design:
>flagship kabuto (gun)
>flaghship kuwagata (sword)
>king lion type (gun)
>saber tiger type (sword)
>girly/sailor type (support)
>cat type
>dog type (gun)
>goofy/joke type
>elephant type
>nurse/maid type
>equine type
>longhorn beetle
>jewel beetle
>rival/advanced kabuto
>rival/advanced kuwagata
>final boss (usually mantis shrimp) weapon type/m/-tan could be our Space Medafighter X expy
>>13501242
Knowing /m/ though all the designs would end up being a bunch of shitty memes and references for no reason
>>13501271
I agree, so let's just agree to keep outside references out of main Medarot designs. i.e. no Gundam themed Medarots, no Kamen Rider themed Medarots, etc.
>>13491452
Looking at this poster is making me thinking twice about not getting a flashcart back then. Fuck supporting games when they region lock the ones I want.
>>13487096
reptilian
>>13501242
That sounds a lot easier than it actually would be.
With Pokemon there are hacking tools and packs for RPG Maker.
Even if somehow all those were designed, unless a shit ton of time was put into it, there'd be, like, no game to play.
>>13480741
How does he into punch with those big dangle arm bits
>>13503927
they appear to fold backwards from what i've seen of the design
>>13503927
Zipper's arm guns rotate backwards and his chest gun retracts. Souen's katana retracts into a sheath as shown in >>13488511 and his hammer rotates to not be in the way as much.
>>13497899
![Metabee [Mecha].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/RBkwczf.jpg "Metabee [Mecha].jpg")
>>13504366
Heh, thanks for the pic - it is unfortunate it is so hard to 'snapshot' 3DS stuff, otherwise we could get bigger pics.
Here's a fan art of Metabee I found here on /m/:
Landmotor was my favorite medabot as a kid. Are car types still a thing in this?
>>13504712
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGAXLkqQQqY
This has the Granbeetle in it doing all its stuff.
>>13504738
Y'know, I found that vid just yesterday, attempting to find 'play through' of Medarots 8; it's a good 'overview' of all the KBT types in the game.
So depressing the rest of the world can't have good things.
>>13504997
Is that an actual (tweaked) landmotor, or a new car-type? Its name is Ginsei but I don't know if that's a model name or a nickname.
>>13505066
>>13504997
Checked the official site, it's definitely a nickname (Main's Death Providence is nicknamed Titania, Kunigiku's Marine Healer is named Sango), but it could still be an original design.
Has anyone here played Medarot 8 before? Any tips for a starting player?
>>13504738
>No Luminous Stag or Kaiser Beetle
Why God
>>13505519
Someday, friend.
Someday.
>>13491452
>>13480741
It makes me feel conflicted
I love Rokusho and Sonic Stag a lot and a few of the Kuwata line medabot models but Kabuto models are consistently so much fucking better and have cooler designs
>>13497387
Sonic Stag is great
>>13493156
now THESE are color schemes but I dont hate that they want to go for something different in 9
Shit this thread makes me want to design Medarots again
Only last time I posted my designs no one gave a shit, maybe it was the wrong time of day...
>>13507466
POST THEM
>>13507466
I like designing too but I can't draw worth a crap, so mostly I have lists of part names and descriptions of appearance.
Did 8 have furigana? 7 did, but not Dual, and 9 doesn't seem to either.
Since Ikki is the new Phantom Retort and he uses Arcbeetle (as seen in DS), could it be that Metabee's Medal is inside it?
>>13509011
It absolutely is.
>>13509262
So, officially, Metabee finally got used to the larger Arcbeetle form? Good to know.
>>13511015
Man, wonderswan graphics are so much better than gameboy.
Are Blackmail legs a good match for Cyandog Arms and Rollstar head though? I think they're heavily melee-based...
>>13511136
I just like how it looks really. Switched the legs since then. The game isn't hard enough for me to care that much about stats anyway.
And yes, the Wonderswan version is leagues better. Better music, animations, Medabots actually looks good and have detailed sprites.
>>13480773
>This
>>13509011
You know, if Medarots wants to catch in on the nostalgia craze like everyone else they better start making that anime
>>13511289
Well, if they planned to make a new Anime I doubt they'll use Medarot DS since it's a little old, maybe if they make Medarot 9 or 10 related to DS
>>13513280
yeah, but they'd probably want to use the most related characters, which probably means Azuma with Ikki and them in his support cast. I don't know much at all about the characters from Dual and 8, and I'm curious as to how they're doing 9 with a...squad? school team?
>>13480741
What are their official names?
>>13514166
Zipper and Soen
>>13514166
KBT is Zipper, KWG is Souen.
>>13480741
Shitty
>>13514169
>>13514170
Thanks. Do you guys know the name of the Landmotor too?
>>13514571
Ginsei
>>13514602
>>13514571
That's probably just a nickname rather than the model name, though. See also the Death Providence's nickname being Titania and the Marine Healer's nickname being Sango.
(It may actually be a landmotor drawn differently!)
Also the magazine scans had Zipper's nickname as Duke and Souen's nickname as Monjirou, but we'll see if that gets used for anything. It may be like Gun Nose/Sanjuuro being "Gun" and "Juu" in DS/7.
>>13514811
Yeah, but so far those are the names that we got, so we'll have to work with those in the meantime.
As for this the model, it seems to be an upgraded version compared it with Landmotor
>>13514944
It does look significantly different, and is probably a new model, but I'm making allowance for the possibility of design drift over time/with new artists, like the older medabots that reappear in Navi. I'd be happy to get a new CAR (and PLN and MRN) type, though.
