eXceed3rd . . . and the story of chii's avatar

[purplemo]

Well it's been a while since I've had to do this. And I'm sure this

http://www.anime-planet.com/forum/ge...r-preview.html

has made people wonder, especially after the fact that I've used Saya and Hardman before.

Anyhoo, chii's new avatar is Rain Lindwurm from eXceed3rd - Jade Penetrate. And no, it isn't like what a lot of you horny people thought from the preview thread or from the title of the game (or her posture). It is actually a relatively straight-forward shmup, especially after eXceed2nd - Vampire REX. Jade Penetrate is a rather fun game, both easy and difficult at the same time given how large and fast the bullets move and how much is on the screen. On the other hand, unlike Touhou, this game really does require a LOT of movement which can make it more fun. Bosses soak up bullets to no end though. However, if that is too different, you can always play the Black Package, which is more Touhou-esque and easier to pick up options (it is next to impossible to pick up all five options in the original without using a continue). The music is a bit odd (it's Mega Manesque and then metally a lot) but the voice acting is amazing (more below). Those girls really sound pissed and in the moment during battles.

Anyways, who is Rain? She's the heroine. To be honest I don't recall much of the story, but Rain has some dragon blood in her (thus her 'options') as well as some devil. Basically she goes all the way through to fight her sister Celestia at the end. But then again, it's a shump. How much of a story do you really expect?

The VAs who worked on this by the way, are pretty famous. Here's the famous ones

Lugh Ciel - Yukari Tamura (Higurashi, Galaxy Angel, Nanoha, Clannad, Shakugan no Shana, Mai Hime/Otome, etc)
Sriabell Orphnknight - Yui Sakakibara (Chaos Head, H2O, Super Robot Wars, Otoboku, etc)
Irias Reginleif - Nana Mizuki (FMA, Nanoha, Naruto, Minami-ke, DtB, etc)
Celestia Lindwurm - Shizuka Itou (Marimite, Shana, Hayate, To Heart, Negima, Gurren Lagaan, etc)

By the by, two of the eXceed3rd girls have been used in the trap game and almost everyone has gotten them wrong.

The avi I gave chii by the way is this



Here's some vids of eXceed3rd (on easy). Framerate is really crappy on these vids.

YouTube - eXceed3rd-JADE PENETRATE- Stage 1
YouTube - eXceed3rd-JADE PENETRATE- Stage 2

Rain Lindwurm (original). Her hair's more purple in the Black Package.

By the way, if you really want to know the story behind the audio I put in the preview, go back to the preview.

http://www.anime-planet.com/forum/ge...r-preview.html

I was thinking of using Rain myself to go back to a purple avatar, but I figured I would give Reisen another try. Plus using Rain for chii gave a bit of fun.

[sothis]

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