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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 2h

If #SaGa has taught me anything, it's to never underestimate a chinese girl with a dumping hairstyle. #FinalFantasyLegend3 #jrpg #retrogames

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 4h

a cartoon of spongebob squarepants standing in front of a door .

ALT: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants standing in front of a door .

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Rayna @queenrayna1337.bsky.social · 2d

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 7h

OK Broomer. #FinalFantasyLegend3 #jrpg #SaGa #retrogames

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 7h

"Sea Monk."
"Yes sir. Short for Monkey. Ook ook."
"You're obviously Cthulhu-adjacent."
"I am not! I'm a monkey. Ook ook! Are you insane?"
"I'm not insane, I..."
"Well, then you've obviously never seen a Cthulhu, so what do you know?"
"😒"
#FinalFantasyLegend3 #jrpg #SaGa #retrogames

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 7h

Being that the big bad is a other-dimensional entity flooding the world, it makes sense that the first boss is a fishman. Excessive random encounters while exploring the first world left me overleveled, so he goes down in two rounds. #FinalFantasyLEgend3 #SaGa #jrpg #retrogames

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 7h

Just now realizing that the "Orb Rat" is a computer mouse. #FinalFantasyLegend3 #jrpg #retrogames #SaGa

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 7h

#FinalFantasyLegend3 has the craziest enemies. Why are "Hooligans" dressed in kabuki getups? (And are apparently cyborgs?) What's silver about a Centaur? #jrpg #retrogames #SaGa

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 18h

"Flower" #FinalFantasyLegend3 #SaGa #jrpg #retrogaming

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 18h

From the developers who brought you "Tiger claiming to be Wolf" comes "Cerberus claiming to be Wolf". #FinalFantasyLegend3 #SaGa #jrpg #retrogaming

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

*taking notes* Boston boys' eyes light up when they see cock. Got it.

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

Real.

zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 1d

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

Find out through a little experimentation that we now have a jump command in towns. Cool! #FinalFantasyLegend3 #SaGa #jrpg #retrogames

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

The cutscene gives some backstory and introduces the party and their airship, The Talon, which will enable us to travel both around the world and through time. Provided, of course, we can find the parts to get it working... #FinalFantasyLegend3 #SaGa #jrpg #retrogames

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

The premise of #FinalFantsyLegend3 is that an entity from "Pureland" (another dimension, I think?) is flooding the world and we've got to use time travel to stop it before it's too late. After naming our party, we're dropped right into battle, then a long cutscene. #SaGa #jrpg #retrogames

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

The manual itself is a bit of mixed bag. Boo to plotline spoilers peppered throughout, but yay to a chart for monster transformations! #FinalFantasyLegend3 #SaGa #jrpg #retrogames

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

As usual, we start off with the manual. It describes a more standardized levelling system than the first two; Instead of making your own characters, you have a fixed party of humans or mutants, who transform to beasts or robots by using meat or parts. #FinalFantasyLegend3 #SaGa #jrpg #retrogames

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

My next adventure is #FinalFantasyLegend3, aka #SaGa 3. The last game in the series before it moved to the Super Famicom and became Romancing SaGa. I'm eager to see if it improves on the first two. Let's get to it! #jrpg #retrogames

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

Success has gone postmodern. Every viewer decides for themselves what is setting the world on fire and what fails to achieve relevance. Death of the Critic.

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

Adorable. 🥰

NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 1d

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
October 09,1952

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER

P1-TWO OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS DRESSED IN COSTUME’S SEE SLUGGO PULLING A WAGON

SLUGGO IS WEARING A PIRATE COSTUME

FIRST KID: LOOK AT SLUGGO
SECOND KID: HE'S TAKING A WAGON TO THE COSTUME PARTY

P2-
FIRST KID: WONDER WHY?
SECOND KID: NANCY CAN’T WALK

P3-SHE’S IS GOING AS A MERMAID

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, that's what "secret" offsite patches are for. 😈

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

For now, I plan to move on to my next adventure later tonight. Time to complete a trilogy I've been working through. 'Til then!

Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

Here's hoping that Aurelia isn't the last we ever see of them.

I'd like to do more #NSFWgaming coverage in the future, but I don't think I'll make it my sole focus, as there's a lot of retro and indie gaming out there, and a lot of it deserves signal boosting. Let me know what you think!

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Asterion Del Toro @asteriondeltoro.bsky.social · 1d

I'd like to see a sequel or follow-up game from the same dev, but that might not be in the cards. Their Patreon seems to have gone silent, and no word of a next game on their website. Too bad. They had obvious skill, and would doubtless have improved their storytelling with experience.

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