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Odysseus

@thestrifeisrife.bsky.social

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Scanlator and mod developer for @shinraarchaeology.bsky.social, video editor for Last Elixir Productions.

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · Nov 19

I am suddenly compelled to resume doing scanlations, so here's a fresh thread for my FFVII Rebirth Ultimania scans lol.

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 20h

This was actually my first major exposure to Toby Fox lol. After Undertale hit it big they scrubbed Toby's Starmen.net posts, so it's almost entirely lost media (despite what the post says, only the first page was archived) which makes me sad. It was pretty damn funny.

Daily Toby Fox Trivia @dailytobytrivia.bsky.social · 1d

Toby once did a Let's Play of Earthbound on the Starmen forums in 2007, Which can still be accessed via the Internet Archive.

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 2d

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 2d

I've done this before, but I lost the old file, so here is the events of #FFVII Remake and Rebirth broken down by day. We know FFVII starts before midnight, and that the starting date is December 9th, so the rest of this is extrapolated by counting the day/night transitions lol.

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 2d

knew it

Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 2d

I've never bothered to confirm, but deep in my soul I know in JP this was "not interested."

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like it's telling that like 15 years on, people's "sonic" voice when they do a bad impression still skews toward Jason Griffith lol.

Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry to be an old person but I'm watching the Sonic Crossworlds rival interactions and I can't help but think "man I miss the Sonic Adventure and 4kids actors" lol. I don't even think the current cast is bad, but I have like no attachment to any of them.

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 4d

I need to reiterate that, despite looking the same and fulfilling more or less the same narrative function, Solemn Gus is not internally considered the same character as Coates from OG FFVII. This is evidenced by how he doesn't have an OG playback where other Corel Prison characters like Esther do.

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 5d

All your favorite minor characters you waited a year for

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 6d

Hey gang remember when I did there

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 7d

longer than the past couple days

Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 7d

I bet they just looked at the wiki, which uses Wusheng lol

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 8d

And now I'm really left wondering how the hell Ever Crisis landed back at "Wusheng."

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 8d

As it turns out, the group referred to in Ever Crisis is not 五強聖 (Five Mighty Saints), but instead a new entity known as 五賢 (Five Wise ones). This may or may not functionally be the same group as the pagoda fuckers, but the JP name is different, so we're back in limbo on which one to use in SAC lol.

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 8d

Crisis Core falls higher on our totempoll of localization parity priority (it's basically Remake project > CC > the rest of the compilation) so we went with "Five Mighty Saints of Wutai." Cut to a year later and now Ever Crisis brings back "Wusheng." At first I'm like "victory for Dirge" but...

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 8d

Dirge of Cerberus, in an extremely niche textbox, translated their name as "Wusheng." I love my deep cuts so I wanted to use this, however Crisis Core had a set of missions where you go up against a group called 五聖 (same as OG group sans "mighty"), translated as "the five saints."

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 8d

I'm losing my mind about this so I'll explain in detail. In the original FFVII, there was a group known as 五強聖 (Five Mighty Saints) who you might remember as the guys you fight in the Pagoda in Wutai. While making SAC we had to make a call on how to translate their group name. (1/)

TurquoiseHammer @turquoisehammer.bsky.social · 9d

Based on the new first soldier mini episode, Remake Part 3 is going to follow DoC and use "Wusheng" for the Five Mighty Saints. Not gonna change this in SAC yet but I already feel the headache setting in for when I have to refer to individual saints.

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mit | LOOKING FOR WORK!! @mitsame.art · 11d

i'm currently looking for work! i'm an animator that focuses in #pixelart having worked on plenty of titles indie and otherwise.

i'm available for both full or part-time work, feel free to reach me over DMs or email (linked in my portfolio!) mitsame.carrd.co

pixel character lineup for Sonic the Hedgehog 2, a film by paramount pictures and sega

a selection of character sprites in the style of dr. robotnik's ring racers

a reimagining of super mario bros, with all original graphics at a higher fidelity

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SubTXT @subtxt.bsky.social · 14d

🚨NEW VIDEO ALERT!!🚨

Just dropped my first game review on the channel, though I did try my best to add some of the editing flair and deep perspective as a blend of review & video essay.

IT IS SPOILER-FREE so don't worry about that.

If you've never tried FFT, this is for you. youtu.be/HSksUCuzFMc

How Final Fantasy Tactics Hooks You (Even If Tactical RPGs Don't) | The Ivalice Chronicles Review

YouTube video by SubTXT

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WhimsyPlush 👻🔥 @whimsyplush.bsky.social · 16d

Cloud x Barret Toxic Yaoi

#finalfantasy #twitch #ff7

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 18d

Also the bottom three texts are unused in the shop in all cases. Seems like it was text for selling something, not having enough gil, and exiting the shop.

Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 18d

Unused in FF7 were 4 alternate versions of the standard shop text that use various Japanese regional dialects. Using these was one of SAC's white whale for a while, but technical advancements finally allowed for it. Then it turned out only one shopkeeper in the entire game has a matching accent lol.

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Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 18d

I guess the common idea that Napstablook was named after Napster was not true then

Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 19d

Ever since I saw Mr. Sunshine in the artbook way back when, I thought he looked rad as fuck and was so sad he wasn't in the game. Thanks for bringing that fight to life along with spasco and colinator.

Odysseus @thestrifeisrife.bsky.social · 19d

Speaking of, I don't remember if I ever posted about this here, but one of my only pixel art contributions to anything ever is some title art assets and rooms for a Deltarune fan game that's a political thriller satire staring Asgore lol.

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