>The catalyst for Archer's birth Nasu: Archer has to be one of the most obvious and transparent characters possible. Takeuchi: He earned some serious popularity among the fans, enough to get him third place in a popularity contest. The top three positions are usually reserved for the heroines. Nasu: That was really hard to believe. Takeuchi: None of the characters in old "Fate" really held the same position as Archer, so it's safe to say he truly is a "stay night" original. Nasu: I guess you could say his personality and behaviour were transplanted from the male Saber in the original Fate". Archer's theme is pretty stereotypical, and I think we used him to supplement some of the nihilism that was lacking in "stay night" as a result of male Saber's exclusion. It was also great to have Archer and Rin together. That particular pairing was really easy to write. >Regarding Archer's character design Takeuchi: I knew from the beginning that Archer and Shirou were technically the same person, so I just aimed to design a character of ambiguous nationality but with a distinct Japanese style. Nasu: I asked Takeuchi to make sure Archer's true identity wasn't obvious, but also to avoid making him look totally different. We gave him white hair and a slightly darker skin tone, but their personalities have similarities... and their eyebrows are exactly the same. Takeuchi: Koyama commented on the eyebrows,, but it was a while after the game was released. I was like, "It took you this long to notice!?" (laughs) Nasu: It's one of those details that tends to escape notice until someone points it out. Takeuchi: I don't know how anyone can miss such weird-looking eyebrows... but I guess if even the development staff didn't notice it right away, I did a good job. Good job, me! Nasu: Yes, yes... You did a good job with that subtlety. Here, have a gold star. I think the red coat was another detail that I specifically requested?
Chase Green
>tfw couldn't get Semi >tfw couldn't get the closest thing to Ultimecia in Fate I'm sad.
Blake Hall
Takeuchi: Yeah, that's right. But it's not really a coat, is it? As I recall, we decided to use the term "overcoat" because we couldn't very well call it a red waistcloth. Nasu: So this is what passes for an overcoat in the future? (laughs) Takeuchi: The future is an awesome place! I wonder if the swords were the secret to Archer's popularity. I feel like the Kanshou and Bakuya designs turned out really well. Nasu: Somehow, Archer looks more natural holding Kanshou and Bakuya than he does wielding a bow. Takeuchi: I think going with a Chinese-style weapon was the right choice. I feel like Archer might not have turned out as well if we had chosen a Western sword or Japanese katana for him. Kanshou and Bakuya offer such a subtle balance. Koyama deserves all the credit for that one. I also think they strike a good balance between a realistic and manga style. >The message Archer carries as a character Nasu: I feel like I said everything I wanted to say with Archer in the main game storyline. Takeuchi: Maybe that explains his popularity. Honestly, I sometimes wonder why and how he got so popular. Nasu: Hmm... sex appeal? Takeuchi: But he's popular with the male playerbase as well. Nasu: Ha! It's easy to gain a male following if you're all cool and nihilistic like Archer. Curse people who find fulfillment in their lives! Takeuchi: Uh... I don't think Archer necessarily found fulfillment in his life... but I guess his words and actions carry a certain weight with them, and I imagine that made him very easy to like. Nasu: He took on the much needed role of admonishing our troublesome main character, so it was inevitable that he would eventually become a hated character or an obstacle that would have to be overcome. It's one of those conflicts from which only one will walk away. I think this role made him very attractive as well. Takeuchi: I guess. Nasu: I heard that some of our more intuitive players figured out Archer's true identity in Saber's route.
Austin Gutierrez
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Jack Peterson
nobody cares kill yourself already you stupid shitposter
Brayden Ward
Takeuchi: Seriously!? Nasu: I was surprised too, when I heard. I mean, it's true we did have two or three well-hidden clues tucked away in there, so it doesn't seem entirely infeasible. Of course, we had put those clues there so that the player might recall them during Rin's route and slowly figure it out from there... I don't think any of us expected players to figure it out during Saber's route. Takeuchi: I think Archer earned some serious points though with his battle against Berserker. He really secured his place as a character who can "speak volumes with his back turned". We only incorporated that scene because it was necessary with regard to the storyline, but looking back at it now, I realise that a great scene it really was. I don't think anyone expected that dialogue in that moment... it was all so perfect. Archer really is a great character. Nasu: He's technically a pretty oblivious character who is really awkward at life, but his nihilistic side was powerfully emphasised in the main storyline of "Fate". I suppose you could say he has a leg up on Shirou out of sheer life experience. >Archer's thoughts and feelings on being summoned by Rin Nasu: I'd like to leave that particular point up to the player's imagination, so I won't discuss it in detail here. Something I can talk about is how we managed to incorporate two things into "Fate" that we didn't get around to doing in "Tsukihime". The first was a route that was played from the victim's point of view, and the other was to portray a duel against the ideal version of oneself. The thing about battling an "ideal version of oneself" is that this concept itself is open for interpretation. The "ideal self" could be a rival, someone totally different like Kotomine, or literally oneself. After much deliberation, we decided we'd go with the "vs. self" concept for "Fate". Gil was the Archer in old "Fate", but we chose to promote Gil to a boss role and put future Shirou in the Archer position this time.
Isaac Gonzalez
UMMMMMM
ANTI-SEANIGGERFAGS?
Chase Scott
In this way, we were able to facilitate Shirou's "battle vs. himself". The "victim's route" was established by Satsuki's route, and we also supplemented that theme with Sakura's route.
>making a new thread when the last thread is on page 2 >making a new thread when someone already had one ready
/fgog/ really has declined in quality in every way possible.
Kevin Powell
Nobody will care or acknowledge anything they do until they fix Altria. Also kill yourself already you stupid shitposter.
Nathaniel White
>Sheba
EEEEEEYYYYYY
Brayden Murphy
Why does that model look like Fragarach?
Kayden Brown
They actually fixed it. Good work I guess. At least now we know they aren't being incompetent on purpose.
Leo Bell
yes i'm crying right now lmao
Aiden Morgan
I praised them the other thread. Even with the fuck ups, they try to fix them.
You buy one of his scale and hotglue it.
Grayson Russell
Hokusai-san!
Jacob Scott
Why is he showing me his daughter's ass what a weirdo
Asher Bennett
I can practically hear the gentle "brrrps "brps BRAAAPS" that Cu Alter is being blessed with face first right now.
Lucas Peterson
Why are the Gaijins so lewd?
Xavier White
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Asher Jackson
I don't know, but I'm loving it!
Lincoln Roberts
Why do we hate NA again?
Hunter Fisher
autism
Jaxson Myers
More specifically their autism.
Mason Wood
Why wouldn't i
Elijah Butler
Because they get to read the story while we never even got summaries for some orders
Brandon Brown
/fgog/ defines itself by two things in particular. Being contrary, and "Those fuckers over there"
>Reddit >Facebook >Alter
Define the enemy at the moment, say "We're not like those fuckers" and if someone does something you don't like "You're one of those fuckers from over there, you're not one of us. You're Reddit" or "This thing is Reddit because I don't like it"
The next step is to have someone always "spy"(really they're from there all the time, they were always from there. That's why they're posting things from that place) constantly posting shit from "That place over there" showing us how stupid they are, and how we're so much better. Trying to stroke the flames of war and shitposting.
Joseph Parker
Altria.
Jace Lee
I don't care enough to hate them but the constant crossposting by fags like Misora is far from endearing and its existence didn't exactly improve the posterbase.
Jacob Rogers
It's not NA so much as /alter/'s existence made threads worse than they already were.
Daniel Edwards
Retarded crossposter spotted. You probably think people say "based xspy" unironically instead of as a roundabout way of telling them to fuck off back.
Isaac Young
Cutest Assassin rate-up soon
Dylan Rodriguez
Shuten's rate-up ended like 2 days ago though
Benjamin Walker
One 10/10 cutie into another. Today is a good day
Hudson Johnson
Semi has been on rate up for a while now.
Jayden Thompson
>Semi >cute good joke
Nathan Ramirez
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Easton Ramirez
Elves are cute.
Aaron Anderson
Not this one though
Christopher Ward
>Servants killed in combat, as long as they had a contract with Chaldea they'll return to Chaldea rather than the throne upon death
Oh, was kinda wondering about that.
William Sullivan
Really not helping your case when you post pictures where fucking Amakusa looks cuter than her.
Jordan Morgan
Secondary homiefags
Hunter Garcia
This one in particular is cute, just look how fluffy she is.
Oh so that's why. I thought they just have a very big storage space to save the saint graph for it
Jayden Campbell
Still not seeing it, I've always hated her dumb feather duster collar thing.
Kayden Robinson
You can just tell most of the thread is playing NA right now.
Caleb Wood
Of course, a number of us missed KnK event first time in JP. About time to experience this shit.
Lotta people here play both versions daily.
Landon Gray
It is almost like both threads share many posters or something. Yet some people refuse to accept it and move on.
Aiden Gutierrez
Being Osakabe is suffering
Landon Anderson
Of course, did you think /fgog/ gave itself cancer? It was crossposters replacing the oldfags that made the general as shit as it is now.
Joseph Nelson
I do, but I barely level Servants and clear events. Hell I forgot to redeem 2 skulls for Nobu's Ascension.
Jack Harris
Cute boy
Jonathan Watson
some guy was going on about how most of the people on the old spreadsheet still play but barely ever post anymore last thread so you might have a point but I suspect you're just trying to make nafags mad instead
Elijah Roberts
Put him in a team with Sheba, Proto Merlin, and both versions of Da Vinci.
Ayden Baker
They didn't allow us to transfer our data and Servants. Also, Altria and other weird names.
Ryder Myers
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Juan Moore
dude that's kinda gay
Josiah Torres
>kinda
Ethan Reed
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Adrian Allen
Beats grinding this years valentines event, feels more like a chore and less fun then last years.
Nathaniel Jackson
>wasted too many bought Quartz on Semi >decide to buy just one more pack of 167 Quartz to end this bullshit misery >10 roll at Semi pool to no avail, just one more d'Eon and one FUCKING MOAR Parvati >not feeling right so go to Drake pool instead >if I get Drake I will just grail her to lv100 and make her 10/10/10 >get her a 10 roll and a single after I feel like I have mistreated my second SSR servant for too long. Yet she is still rushing to comfort me for my failure. You have my promise, my big FranSis.
Tyler Lee
Congrats on realizing your destiny, user.
Josiah Smith
>Hate NA Because the fanbase is a cancerous group of normalfags, attention whores, and idiots who can't so much as type something into Google but get mad when you tell them to stop shitting up threads with basic questions and trying to force bad jokes into memes. They of course find all this acceptable.
NA has It's faults but since we can't even talk about it without attracting those types It's better to just stay in JP.
Probably answered that too seriously but whatever
Michael Brooks
Based anego.
Tyler Watson
I'm happy for you user. Glad she was there for you when you needed her.
Connor Young
STOP LAUGHING AT US
Carter Jenkins
(you)
Easton Hernandez
you the 1336 (PAID) quartz guy from yesterday ?
Kevin Wood
Yup. Also the same user who got Drake by three tickets at his birthday a week ago.
Julian Wood
>[Deleted] >Mods and Janitors delete this stuff so fast but let loliporn stay up for a good while
Gabriel Torres
Why would the mods delete it?
Tyler Lee
I deleted it because I realized I accidently response to a shitpost when I was tired.
Grayson Martinez
Post that Da Vinci pic again faggot
Lucas Barnes
>-------You sure know how to talk shit on MY, Musashi’s,blade, you fucktard of a spear! I'm beginning to question the translator's decision to leave this google document up for anybody to edit.
Juan Anderson
>"talk shit on MY, Musashi’s,blade, you fucktard of a spear!" I don't feel right about this sentence even if it is not a translation. Is the translator working for NA?
Gavin Roberts
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Daniel Baker
"This Musashi's," sounds just as awkward. Sometimes things that are cool in Japanese sound dumb in English.
Angel Jackson
Do you think DW has any intention of actually trying to repair the broken game balance they wrecked by releasing Merlin or are they just letting this be the new normal forever? Releases like Osakabe and Semi show that they're activly keeping new releases nerfed so it dosen't happen again but we haven't seen anything actually try and address the problem since they added breakbars back in shinjuku.
Joshua Garcia
Free quest changed, why?
Aaron Parker
To make you roll for Jack, Semi and Osakabehime.
Xavier Rodriguez
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Christopher Myers
>mfw people still have their LB Shop CE on Merlin instead of an Assassin or Alter-Ego
Colton Rivera
bruh
Landon Jackson
Da Vinci-chang kawaii
Parker Taylor
But they don't give tickets or quartz though? How do I roll with apples?
Liam Wright
>But they don't give tickets
Grayson Peterson
>Nasu: Ha! It's easy to gain a male following if you're all cool and nihilistic like Archer. Curse people who find fulfillment in their lives! Is he basically saying edgy losers at life like him? Because I don't appreciate that.
Dominic Gray
Leonardo-chan is the best!
Alexander Evans
Delivery
Took a while to find her again.
Landon Morris
Shit bros, KnK music is so fucking good. rerun when?
Adam Richardson
>new nodes drop magatamas, feathers and fangs
Charles Nguyen
>collab reruns never ever What faggot at DW thought this would be a good idea? If they're going to do a year of reruns, they shouldn't skimp out.
Jaxon Jackson
I want to hug this
Robert Price
>feathers w-what nodes drop these, sushibro ?
Gavin Watson
Lostbelt will have an absorb buff not for you. Say goodbye to buster memes.
