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Kishi
@kissy.bsky.social
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Illustrator, translator, dot artist, games historian, voice actor, and hypnodomme.
日本語/English. They/them.
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Made a revision. Maybe I'll play XIII this year. ❤
A Final Fantasy tier list. All based on the original version of each game, mind you. "Best of the best": VI, IX, VII, XV "Lots of fun to wrangle": I, II "Crowd-pleaser, rightly so": IV "Problematic fave": III "Missing something I can't put my finger on": V, VIII, XII "Like a perfectly acceptable car that I sold to a stranger": X "Not played but I've heard too many cool people stick up for it not to give it a shot": XIII "Not played and cool people are shaking their heads and drawing their fingers across their necks": XVI
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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Shout-outs to the Game Boy app, and also to the Japanese Game Boy app.
It's the header for my "Nintendo Switch 2025 Year in Review," with two counter-scrolling marquees of game icons. It says I played 9 games for 85 hours. But that isn't enough games to fill out the marquee, so there's a comical repetition of icons for things like the Nintendo Switch Online apps; The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, which I loaded two or three times in trying to get through the first scene of the first game without getting distracted; and R-Gear, a one-stage demo of a cancelled Taito arcade shmup. My top three most-played Switch games of 2025: 1. The Game Boy app (51 hours) 2. The Super NES app (22 hours) 3. The Japanese Game Boy app (10 hours)
January 14, 2026 at 5:40 AM
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January 7, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Just finished an Archipelago with Faye. Deep into Super Metroid with no Charge Beam, I thought I might have just enough missiles not to soft-lock on Ridley, so I just gave it a shot. Then, during the fight, Faye found me Plasma Beam and Charge Beam, back to back. Clutchest save since the baby. ❤
Two screenshots from Super Metroid, in Ridley's room, during the fight. Left: "You have received Plasma Beam from FayeOkay" Right: "You have received Charge Beam from FayeOkay"
January 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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Naturally, I reached for one of the most iconic moments in the series to test it out. It's a thing of beauty. ❤
December 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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(Latest fad)
A screenshot from Chrono Trigger. Chrono, Robo, and Ayla are in the Ocean Palace, in a battle against a Jinn and a Barghest, two genie-like monsters. The information window reads, "Muscle Fusion with nearby brothers..."
December 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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I don't know what's optimal or anything; I just have a wonderful time, not touching the floor.
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Game Boy Bionic Commando is so good. ❤
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Even one with no interest in the subject matter should check out Marukatsu PC Engine—as well as Dengeki PC Engine/G's Engine, also scanned by Gaming Alexandria—just for the excellent covers by 佐々木 晃 Akira Sasaki. ❤
The cover of Marukatsu PC Engine Issue 31 (July 1991), illustrated by 佐々木 晃 Sasaki Akira (alias TONG KING SHOW). A group of funny animal people in Victorian dress are hiding behind a corner of a brick building. The bunny woman is dressed like Sherlock Holmes and is peeking curiously around the corner, whilst the gorilla man dressed as a Bobby and the buffalo man in a Bowler hat are nervously gesturing for her to be silent to avoid detection. The colours are tinted blue to indicate a nighttime scene. The cover of Marukatsu PC Engine Issue 34 (October 1991), illustrated by 佐々木 晃 Sasaki Akira (alias TONG KING SHOW). It's an action shot in a pro wrestling ring, where the bunny woman is furiously clotheslining the masked buffalo man. The Scottish terrier man is refereeing. The gorilla man is looking on with wide eyes, preparing to jump into the ring—one boot on the bottom rope, one hand on the top rope, his other hand clutching a folding chair. The cover of Marukatsu PC Engine Issue 37 (January 1992), illustrated by 佐々木 晃 Sasaki Akira (alias TONG KING SHOW). A group of funny animal people are dressed for an orchestra recital. The bunny woman is front and centre, wearing a black dress and holding a saxophone. Behind her are the Scottish terrier man on piano, the gorilla man on drums, and the buffalo man on cello. The cover of Dengeki PC Engine Issue 24 (January 1995), illustrated by 佐々木 晃 Sasaki Akira (alias TONG KING SHOW). The bunny woman is wearing some kind of sleeveless red Christmasy attire, with red opera gloves decorated with holly. She's regarding with curiosity and amusement a large Christmas-themed candle, decorated with her friends in miniature.
December 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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https://web.archive.org/web/20021021060506/http://www.solidsharkey.com/ffquotes.html Sharkey spoke 77 different words today. These are the most used ones: 1 you (80) 2 shall (80) 3 be (80) 4 as (80) 5 gods (76) 6 fuck (54)
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Bramble is the Sadistic character-find of 2025. Nobody does evil women like Colorgrave. 😊
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Morrigan fan art from the first month she existed. ❤ Given the timing, it seems all the artist had for a reference was this one illustration (shown as it was printed in Gamest magazine), where one could be forgiven for thinking the straps from her leotard go over the shoulder.

#ヴァンパイア #Darkstalkers
Morrigan illustration for Vampire: The Night Warriors, by Akiman, as printed in Gamest issue 121 (cover dated July 30th, 1994).
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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LRT: This collection is a storehouse bursting with untold treasures. It's uncanny to look upon art from the likes of Xenogears and Metal Gear Solid, as lossless as the day the publisher saved it. But so far, the find that's felt most like a holy grail has been high-res art of Fox from Bloody Roar. 🥰
Fox bust-up illustration for Bloody Roar (1997). Human form. The allure is androgynous. Fox bust-up illustration for Bloody Roar (1997). Furry form. They're like Renamon but slightly less Erotic. Fox full-body illustration for Bloody Roar (1997). Human form. The maximum resolution for images on Bluesky is just 2000x2000, so what you're seeing here isn't even the full size. You'll have to dig the files out of the disc images as I did, and I recommend you do so. These are from CD 085: https://archive.gamehistory.org/folder/a3f6ca53-18bc-4197-a1e2-9dd8bc582584 Fox full-body illustration for Bloody Roar (1997). Furry form. There might be other characters in the game, too, but I've never checked.
November 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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In Resident Evil 4, you wouldn't ordinarily encounter enemies anywhere near this well. But leading one over reveals that the Ganado's path-finding struggles with the many sides of the boundary. This is the longest duration of befuddlement I observed. ❤

#バイオハザード #ResidentEvil
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I see.
It's Lex's follows. The most recent one appeals to be "Spheal Posting."
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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@mightymothra.bsky.social posed this template to me, so I did my best. ❤

#メタルギア #MetalGear #MGS3
A template with the header, "In the space provided below, draw YOUR Greatest Fear!!!!" In the space, I have drawn "The Fear," a character from Metal Gear Solid 3 (2004). He wears combat fatigues with a spider web camouflage pattern, and his tongue goes all the way out of frame.
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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September 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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In Metal Gear Solid (1998), when fighting the Hind D helicopter, you're advised to keep track of its location by listening to the stereo panning. But if you've set "Sound" to "Monaural" in the Options menu, you get this exclusive addition. . .
September 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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(Photosensitivity warning)

In FFII, if a spell fails, the game just says "Ineffective" and moves on. But if it's blocked by Wall, the spell's entire animation plays, followed by "Magic blocked." For Toad, this means showing the enemy turning into a little toad, and removing it from the battle. . .
September 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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A birthday present for @fayeokay.bsky.social.❤
It's Faye in a white hooded robe with red triangles along the trim, the uniform of a White Mage in the Final Fantasy series. Her hair is tied around itself in lethal forward-facing pigtails, like the female White Mages in Final Fantasy Tactics. She smiles as she brandishes a wooden staff and holds aloft a little toad. Tied about her wrist is the ultimate armour, a ribbon.
September 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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About all that~
In the earliest Final Fantasy games, attack consist of multiple "hits," which multiply the attack's effectiveness. Magic works the same way, though the games don't divulge this. It's a D&D thing, I think—dice rolls and all. In FFII, each time a character attacks, the number of hit attempts is equal to their skill level with their equipped weapon type. Magic similarly has a number of hit attempts equal to a spell's level. The Slow spell effectively subtracts its own hit successes from the hit attempts a character gets when they attack. If this would result in a negative value, the character's hit attempts are just set to 1. But a result of exactly zero is not accounted for. The Emperor casts Slow 9, which may succeed in 1 to 9 hit attempts if it lands at all. Richard is Level 4 with bows. If Slow succeeds in exactly 4 hit attempts, Richard's attack will attempt exactly zero hits. The value apparently underflows to an impossibly high positive, though we can't be sure how many, because the indicator reads "🏹🏹 0" (so true). The animation plays 62 times, which is, more than normal. The damage dealt is 9376, a bit in excess of the Emperor's total of 1290 HP. In Final Fantasy X, that's called an "Overkill."
September 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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I think you got him~

I learned alt text works differently for videos, so I'll explain in the next post. Final Fantasy II is a funny game sometimes. ❤

#ファイナルファンタジー #FinalFantasy
September 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Very impressive achievement. Congratulations on answering the age-old question. ❤
An excerpt from page 64 of Nintendo Power magazine issue 55 (December 1993), the "Power Player's Challenge" section. The relevant challenge posed: "FINAL FANTASY: Can you defeat Chaos with four White Wizards in your party?" Beside a screenshot of four White Mages battling a group of IMPs near the beginning of the game, a caption reads, "It will take some careful planning to succeed." A screenshot from the ending of Final Fantasy (1987). Above a peaceful landscape, in a bright blue sky, the narration reads, "The Warrior who broke the 2000 year Time-Loop is a truly a LIGHT WARRIOR.... That warrior was YOU!"
August 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM