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[Fire Blazer]

I don't think I shared this with ya'll but I'm so sad there's no TWEWY sequel that once the site reminding us about it went inactive for too long, I took up the job myself

 

http://the-twewy-sequel.tumblr.com/

 

I know

 

I'm pathetic

 

also

 

[12:18:48 AM] ballin1337: would I import a TWEWY game? hmm. tough call. I don't want to, but I would hate to wait... I'd feel tooootally jealous of everyone else who did import it...
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"weeaboo problems" from a 3rd-person perspective. (though I don't think I'm a weeaboo as I don't like Japanese culture/customs/traditions/etc., don't really want to know Japanese except so I can play games because I'm impatient and it's good for my resume/as a general skill, etc.—more of a... Japanese game/anime enthusiast =P)

[kirant]

Man, I feel for you.  I'm on the 2912nd day of waiting for Advance Wars to gets a continuation.  Tough waiting for a sequel for a solid game...Advance Wars is in much the same state (the three games I checked on Metacritic are one of the top rated games of each of their years).  Granted, I guess sometimes the alternative is worse...everybody wanted Masters of Orion III but what that became was such a bloated mess that I think players would have accepted two amazing 4x games and some wishful thinking.

[Blue Leafeon]

I uh...I don't know what TWEWY means, haha...

 

I also don't understand all the talk about weeaboos. Shadowofchaos calls himself that as well, and I am just like "okay?"

 

Man, I feel for you.  I'm on the 2912nd day of waiting for Advance Wars to gets a continuation.  Tough waiting for a sequel for a solid game...Advance Wars is in much the same state (the three games I checked on Metacritic are one of the top rated games of each of their years).

I'd like this, but I would prefer the original cast over the Dark Age game, or whatever it was. I preferred the quirky characters and more generic plotline. Dual Strike was a great game, even if I never could finish it because of difficulty. <<;

[^Leo^]

the world ends with you=twewy fantastic game on the ds with a meh remake for ios and Android. Contains one of my favorite quotes from any villain ever "they will feast on the pudding... THE PUDDING OF THEIR DOOM!!".

advance wars definitely needs to be continued. It's one of the few tactics series that I like just as much as FE.

[Fire Blazer]

the mobile version is more of an enhanced port than a remake IMO, but terminology shenanigans XD

 

enhanced because graphically and musically it's better but gameplay wise it's different (I prefer the two-layered combat but that doesn't make the one-player version bad per se)

 

also, a weeaboo is pretty much someone who has become obsessed with the more... out-there parts of Japanese culture to the point that they try to act/be Japanese and fail badly and they can also be found kind of obsessive over anime and other aspects of Japanese culture (manga, games, etc.)

 

a weeaboo can't be Japanese themselves though, I think. that's just an otaku. lol

 

examples: someone who has a super moe girl as their phone avatar and backpack, someone who says "that's so kawaii" (mixing Japanese with English), someone who adds "-desu" to their words, etc.--whether they're half-joking or not is beside the point, if you have the guts to say "that's so kawaii" even if it's just you playfully imitating some anime girl, then you're probably a weeaboo

 

(and yes people do this... even IRL)

 

another general unwritten rule of weeabos is that given the choice between English or their native language and Japanese, they will usually pick Japanese. Shadowofchaos, for instance, not only learned Japanese due to liking it or whatever but then started putting Japanese in his signatures and videos IIRC, and is also one to prefer Japanese audio. And he also has waifus: pretty much no weeaboo doesn't have a waifu. In fact, being into waifus is one of the core defining traits of a weeaboo.

 

that's my definition, hopefully that helps. pretty much the only differences are that some people will call anyone who watches anime or reads manga a weeaboo in a sort of condescending/trying-to-be-insulting manner, but that's not really proper use of the term. That would be like calling someone who likes sports but doesn't play them an athlete, or someone who goes to school but spends most of their free time at home a NEET, lol.

 

(also, since I don't try to speak crappy Japanese out of the blue, or really try to speak Japanese at all, don't have moe wallpapers on my phone, don't like Japanese culture [actually the opposite, I dislike a lot about it], don't prefer Japanese audio, and try to *avoid* Japanese whenever I reasonably can, I feel I'm not a weeaboo, but whatever. it's not the end of the world if someone calls me one lol. the joke though was that since I'm willing to import games to get them earlier, someone might call me a weeaboo just for that XP)

[Blue Leafeon]

the mobile version is more of an enhanced port than a remake IMO, but terminology shenanigans XD

 

enhanced because graphically and musically it's better but gameplay wise it's different (I prefer the two-layered combat but that doesn't make the one-player version bad per se)

 

also, a weeaboo is pretty much someone who has become obsessed with the more... out-there parts of Japanese culture to the point that they try to act/be Japanese and fail badly and they can also be found kind of obsessive over anime and other aspects of Japanese culture (manga, games, etc.)

 

a weeaboo can't be Japanese themselves though, I think. that's just an otaku. lol

 

examples: someone who has a super moe girl as their phone avatar and backpack, someone who says "that's so kawaii" (mixing Japanese with English), someone who adds "-desu" to their words, etc.--whether they're half-joking or not is beside the point, if you have the guts to say "that's so kawaii" even if it's just you playfully imitating some anime girl, then you're probably a weeaboo

 

(and yes people do this... even IRL)

 

another general unwritten rule of weeabos is that given the choice between English or their native language and Japanese, they will usually pick Japanese. Shadowofchaos, for instance, not only learned Japanese due to liking it or whatever but then started putting Japanese in his signatures and videos IIRC, and is also one to prefer Japanese audio. And he also has waifus: pretty much no weeaboo doesn't have a waifu. In fact, being into waifus is one of the core defining traits of a weeaboo.

 

that's my definition, hopefully that helps. pretty much the only differences are that some people will call anyone who watches anime or reads manga a weeaboo in a sort of condescending/trying-to-be-insulting manner, but that's not really proper use of the term. That would be like calling someone who likes sports but doesn't play them an athlete, or someone who goes to school but spends most of their free time at home a NEET, lol.

 

(also, since I don't try to speak crappy Japanese out of the blue, or really try to speak Japanese at all, don't have moe wallpapers on my phone, don't like Japanese culture [actually the opposite, I dislike a lot about it], don't prefer Japanese audio, and try to *avoid* Japanese whenever I reasonably can, I feel I'm not a weeaboo, but whatever. it's not the end of the world if someone calls me one lol. the joke though was that since I'm willing to import games to get them earlier, someone might call me a weeaboo just for that XP)

That helps. XD I thought shadowofchaos was Japanese, what with all his Japanese stuff going on. lol. He openly calls himself a weeaboo, but I thought he was just making fun of himself being Japanese or something. Oh well.

 

lol. I prefer English myself, although to be honest, there's a few instances where I feel the Japanese was legitimately better. (Kirby of the Stars was better than Kirby Right Back At Ya! for example, because 4kids really sucks. They changed a lot of crap that really shouldn't have been changed, right up to character personalities!) Valkyria Chronicles is another example, simply because I saw the anime of it first, before realizing it was from a game. When I finally did realize it was a game, I found a comment-less LP that had the settings set to Japanese. So after getting used to their Japanese voices, I find it really hard to adapt to the English. (Not to mention that Welkin's English voice actor fails at playing the part of a childlike, eccentric biology-obsessed character.)

 

Nah, I know plenty of people who import games. I have one friend who imports from the US, too, simply because he can't wait for Europe to release their games, lol. So he has a Europian, American and Japanese 3DS. I dunno where he gets his money...

 

ON TOPIC:

Ah, I heard of The World Ends with You. I heard the ending was pretty crazy. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what TWEWY stood for, though.

[kirant]

I also don't understand all the talk about weeaboos. Shadowofchaos calls himself that as well, and I am just like "okay?"

It's generally a negative connotative tone for someone who has a basic level of Japanese and acts as if they are Japanese...and then some.  They love Japanese culture, they use Japanese terms, they think Japanese mannerisms are superior to their own, etc.

 

 

I'd like this, but I would prefer the original cast over the Dark Age game, or whatever it was. I preferred the quirky characters and more generic plotline. Dual Strike was a great game, even if I never could finish it because of difficulty. <<;

 

Days of Ruin was a much more polished game for sure.  The game play was a bit more balanced (though some, like Isabella, seemed intentionally broken) with the unit roster and experience.  The biggest problem is that I think the writers painted themselves into a corner with the game (as well as made a game that would virtually never sell in Japan).  I know the developer said he'd love to return to the Wars World games. 

[acceptance]

Fuck yeah dude I loved dream drop distance!

[Mercurius]

Originally a weeaboo was only supposed to apply to people of European descent (because it was supposed to be related to the word wapanese which was meant to be white people trying to be Japanese) but these days you just get called that for liking pretty much anything Japan really. People will probably accuse you of being one even if you are Japanese. (the irony: it comes up most often on message boards where the word "waifu" is super common and the main discussion topic is anime/manga. And the ones declaring others should have the label usually aren't new people that just came over to troll or something either.)

 

Though frankly it's pretty rare for a weeaboo to actually know that much about Japanese language or culture (even "they watched too much anime set in modern day Tokyo" or "looked up a lot of stuff on Wikipedia" level) and back before it was quite as widespread in use this was usually part of the reason people would call you one. 99% of the reason for the preference is probably just because it's pretty much the only other culture they have knowledge about and because they are seeing it through a limited lens that doesn't provide them enough info to hate about it(although the haters...usually don't know that much about it either), there are seriously people that believe Japan is 100% okay with illustrated child pornography for example.

 

Personally, though I prefer how the language sounds and how the food tastes, I hate the politeness system and the aversion to affection. Not that American or Korean culture has more going for it though...there's just specific things that are annoying to deal with, and the two I mentioned are relevant to everyday life. Whatever happens in a culture though, it doesn't really change human beings enough to alienate them from other ones. It only really changes which channels what goes through. (probably the biggest reason I find Americans' tendency to claim they are superior to how other cultures do things to be utterly ridiculous)

[kirant]

Though frankly it's pretty rare for a weeaboo to actually know that much about Japanese language or culture (even "they watched too much anime set in modern day Tokyo" or "looked up a lot of stuff on Wikipedia" level) and back before it was quite as widespread in use this was usually part of the reason people would call you one. 99% of the reason for the preference is probably just because it's pretty much the only other culture they have knowledge about and because they are seeing it through a limited lens that doesn't provide them enough info to hate about it(although the haters...usually don't know that much about it either), there are seriously people that believe Japan is 100% okay with illustrated child pornography for example.

I absolutely agree on this.  It really seems that most who really do qualify for the label have understanding of the culture they imitate about equal to a cursory glance.  Calling it "looking it up on Wikipedia" is generous since the WIki articles are alright for depth.

[Fire Blazer]

That helps. XD I thought shadowofchaos was Japanese, what with all his Japanese stuff going on. lol. He openly calls himself a weeaboo, but I thought he was just making fun of himself being Japanese or something. Oh well.

 

lol. I prefer English myself, although to be honest, there's a few instances where I feel the Japanese was legitimately better. (Kirby of the Stars was better than Kirby Right Back At Ya! for example, because 4kids really sucks. They changed a lot of crap that really shouldn't have been changed, right up to character personalities!) Valkyria Chronicles is another example, simply because I saw the anime of it first, before realizing it was from a game. When I finally did realize it was a game, I found a comment-less LP that had the settings set to Japanese. So after getting used to their Japanese voices, I find it really hard to adapt to the English. (Not to mention that Welkin's English voice actor fails at playing the part of a childlike, eccentric biology-obsessed character.)

 

Nah, I know plenty of people who import games. I have one friend who imports from the US, too, simply because he can't wait for Europe to release their games, lol. So he has a Europian, American and Japanese 3DS. I dunno where he gets his money...

 

ON TOPIC:

Ah, I heard of The World Ends with You. I heard the ending was pretty crazy. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what TWEWY stood for, though.

 

Haha, maybe he's half? But I don't think he's fully Japanese. I don't really know though.

 

oh yeah, I think it's natural to prefer the language you're most... well, used to (speak the most, native, whatever), which is why I also prefer English. but language barriers just aren't enough to stop me from enjoying a game as soon as I can XD. (that being said I still wait patiently for most games... but I tend to make exceptions if I think the game will never come over, or will take quite a long while to and I can't wait)

 

haha poor Europeans, yeah they sometimes get games late though now it's not quite as bad IMO, and NoA themselves not only put out games later but have various other things that kinda make them a lot lamer than NoE, lol. That's beside the point though. As for money, I presume it's one of those "job" thingies, haha—at least, that's where I get my money from. Admittedly, I do spend a ton on gaming and I probably inadvertently make people around me feel kinda bad, but... eh, not only am I a working adult with more than one source of income, I also (as a result of working jobs) don't have as much free time as others, so I don't get to relax and enjoy games half as much as I'd like to. In fact, playing jobs sometimes feels like a job/chore when things get really bad... *sigh*

 

I liked the TWEWY ending a lot, haha. Full of twists and such. And I don't blame you for not being able to figure out that kind of acronym haha, you kind have to know it or not. I guess I'm just too used to saying it myself though, so I sometimes forget to throw in the full name of the game for those who aren't familiar with it XP

 

 

It's generally a negative connotative tone for someone who has a basic level of Japanese and acts as if they are Japanese...and then some.  They love Japanese culture, they use Japanese terms, they think Japanese mannerisms are superior to their own, etc.

 

 

 

Days of Ruin was a much more polished game for sure.  The game play was a bit more balanced (though some, like Isabella, seemed intentionally broken) with the unit roster and experience.  The biggest problem is that I think the writers painted themselves into a corner with the game (as well as made a game that would virtually never sell in Japan).  I know the developer said he'd love to return to the Wars World games. 

 

yeah, probably a better (or at least more concise) way of explaining it. though again, with terms like these that get thrown around so easily, the definition is whatever people make of it/want to believe it is, lol.

 

 

Fuck yeah dude I loved dream drop distance!

 

the only reason I got this game was for Neku IIRC, LOL. As a bonus, it wasn't a terrible game. Didn't love it, but it was solid.

 

 

Originally a weeaboo was only supposed to apply to people of European descent (because it was supposed to be related to the word wapanese which was meant to be white people trying to be Japanese) but these days you just get called that for liking pretty much anything Japan really. People will probably accuse you of being one even if you are Japanese. (the irony: it comes up most often on message boards where the word "waifu" is super common and the main discussion topic is anime/manga. And the ones declaring others should have the label usually aren't new people that just came over to troll or something either.)

 

Though frankly it's pretty rare for a weeaboo to actually know that much about Japanese language or culture (even "they watched too much anime set in modern day Tokyo" or "looked up a lot of stuff on Wikipedia" level) and back before it was quite as widespread in use this was usually part of the reason people would call you one. 99% of the reason for the preference is probably just because it's pretty much the only other culture they have knowledge about and because they are seeing it through a limited lens that doesn't provide them enough info to hate about it(although the haters...usually don't know that much about it either), there are seriously people that believe Japan is 100% okay with illustrated child pornography for example.

 

Personally, though I prefer how the language sounds and how the food tastes, I hate the politeness system and the aversion to affection. Not that American or Korean culture has more going for it though...there's just specific things that are annoying to deal with, and the two I mentioned are relevant to everyday life. Whatever happens in a culture though, it doesn't really change human beings enough to alienate them from other ones. It only really changes which channels what goes through. (probably the biggest reason I find Americans' tendency to claim they are superior to how other cultures do things to be utterly ridiculous)

 

lol is that so? and yeah it's just any other generic derogatory term for people who are into anything Japanese when you want to look down on them, really. or in the case of self-condescending people, when you want to make fun of yourself, lol

 

*shrugs* probably, I try to stay away from weeaboos because we tend to have differences in personalities and opinions and such so I wouldn't know too much lol...

 

I think the language sounds fine but it can sound kinda silly/funny or even dumb like most any language really, so eh. Not a fan of pretty much anything else, I'm familiar with it just because I've watched so much anime and played so many games, but I'm not interested in adopting the system or traveling to Japan so I can absorb their culture or anything. on the contrary really. >_>'

 

and every culture has its ups/downs in the end, there's a lot I don't like about American culture but since I'm used to it, I'd rather deal with it than others... though probably there is a better culture somewhere out there for me, if only I were used to it. *sighs*

 

in the end, any culture involves dealing with people really, and people can be a pain no matter where they come from, so >___>' just gotta live as best you can, or something... *shrugs*