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Antipode

10-13-2009, 03:48 AM

Oh nice, I didn't know he'd finished the 8th episode! Yeah, I love this series too. Every episode just gets better and better. Not just the action, but there's so many great little references!

JackKieser

10-13-2009, 04:29 AM

And the new episode JUST came out, which means we'll be waiting another 12-16 months for the next one. This is disconcerting, especially considering the Doomship arc is supposed to be 3 parts. <_<

LuketheXjesse

10-13-2009, 05:14 AM

I've known about the series way before this thread, and it is amazing.

10-13-2009, 05:20 AM

Everytime that I've seen pics or read a description of this it seemed really gay.

Is it like a really long anime style story

is it full of sprite fights

or both?

SynthesizedStampede

10-13-2009, 05:23 AM

I love all the creative attacks/combinations that he thinks about, it's crazy.

IIRC, the best part of the 8th episode was when Luigi used the Tanooki to turn into stone, then I think he was hurled at an enemy, then Yoshi swallowed him and turned him into an egg, Mario used his hammer to hit the egg at enemies and Luigi broke out of the stone form to hit 'em.

Some crazy good, fast-paced stuff in this series :-)

LuketheXjesse

10-13-2009, 05:23 AM

Everytime that I've seen pics or read a description of this it seemed really gay.

Is it like a really long anime style story

is it full of sprite fights

or both?

Pretty much both. The true star of the show is the extremely skilled flash animation involved.

That and if you like Mario and Sonic then it's hard not to like.

10-13-2009, 05:56 AM

Pretty much both. The true star of the show is the extremely skilled flash animation involved.
Is the animation as good as this (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/471536), this (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/506123) or this (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/377529?)?

Lotd2242

10-13-2009, 06:15 AM

Man these get better every time. It's too bad they take sooooo long to come out, but it never ceases to be fun to watch.

LuketheXjesse

10-13-2009, 06:21 AM

Is the animation as good as this (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/471536), this (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/506123) or this (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/377529?)?

Personally, I'd say it's on an entirely different level.

EDIT: Actually that third one comes pretty close.

Darklink42

10-13-2009, 07:26 AM

It's basically the same, the battles all utilize DBZ sound effects and draw on several other DBZ conventions as well, but the combat is fast paced and relatively creative. I've liked the series, because the story line is at least tolerably well thought out as opposed to some of the other crossover flashes I've seen. I also like VG exiles as well, I'd recommend you check out one of them, judge for yourself. 6, 7, and 8 are all good ones.

Poke'G

10-13-2009, 02:14 PM

I remember not being impressed way back when he did the first episode. But once the Axem Rangers showed up, and damn, I've been a fan since.

This VG Exile series looks like a good way to make the wait between episodes a bit better.

Lotd2242

10-13-2009, 04:17 PM

My favorite part of that episode is definitely when Sonic gets a 1-Up from using Luigi to kill a bunch of Koopas in a row.

Rambo

10-13-2009, 05:15 PM

Thanks for posting this. I only check for new ones every couple months. I wouldn't have known about this until much later. "Main screen turn on" amazing. lol

10-13-2009, 08:45 PM

I have seen all the episodes

it's meh

The Biznut

10-13-2009, 09:21 PM

I watched the first one, seems good.

Starfox credit music?! I can definitely handle that!

BlackPhantom

10-13-2009, 10:03 PM

I have seen all the episodes

it's meh

Huh? If you think it's meh, why did you bother to watch all the episodes? That's easily a few hours worth of videos.

10-13-2009, 10:14 PM

I wanted to see what all the hoopla was about

it wasn't boring but it didn't make me sit on the edge my seat or anything

Elex Synn

10-13-2009, 11:00 PM

I've been following this since... Episode 5 or so came out. Don't really remember. I just know I almost tuned out after the first episode being it was fairly slow paced from what I remember.

Anyways, the Axem Rangers battle was probably my favorite by far quickly followed by the Yoshi/Mecha fight in.. Episode 2?

EDIT: Okay, just watched episode 8. Where does this guy come up with these fighting combination? I know I recognized some of Ken's Street Fighter special attacks, but beyond that I'm simply in awe.

Geneson

10-14-2009, 01:24 AM

Just watched all 8 for the first time. I think MK vs SF 2 and 3 are still the standard for these over-the-top DBZ-style animations, and I get the feeling they were a big influence for SMBZ. Really really good production values on this, except for the sometimes horrendous dialogue.

Some love for AmIEvil in Episode 7!

Gollgagh

10-14-2009, 01:54 AM

Huh? If you think it's meh, why did you bother to watch all the episodes? That's easily a few hours worth of videos.

he didn't want to give people the chance to say YOO DIDANT GIVE IT ENUF OF AN CHANCE

HalcyonSpirit

10-14-2009, 02:00 AM

I've been following it since Ep.6. My impressions as a writer and an amateur animator:

Storyline leaves a little to be desired but isn't actually bad in any respect. It's a bit predictable and the pacing is inconsistent.
Dialogue leaves a lot to be desired; as a writer, some of the dialogue is just... ugh. Not a fan of this part.
Animation quality is superb for sprite animations. Aside from a few small things each episode, the animation is fluid and natural-looking (that said, this is after Ep.5; prior to that it was a bit less impressive, though still pretty good).

I watch it mostly for the animation itself.

JCvgluvr

10-14-2009, 10:15 PM

I've known about the series way before this thread, and it is amazing.

Same for me. Now, the animator himself (Alvin-Earthworm), I don't care much for. I think he suffers from a bad 'tude. Still, every new episode he makes gives me enough feelings of forgiveness to tide me over.

You know, he gets the character's personalities juuuust right! The fights are tense, spastic, and deliciously over the top. The humor is charming and occasionally lol-worthy. And, except for episode 7's exposition-fest, he usually finds a good balance in the dialogue. Just can't get enough of this series.

10-14-2009, 10:25 PM

I like these:

Power Star (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/235325)

Power Star 2 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/283913)

Power Star 3 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/364208)

Power Star 4 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/461521)

Neblix

10-14-2009, 10:51 PM

Haha, I love Episode 8 (which just came out on New Grounds)

I love Fire Sonic.

It just doesn't feel the same with the hand drawn close ups...

it really defeats the purpose of a sprite show.

And the story... well... there's no point in critiquing the story, guys. It's supposed to be a DBZ parody.

And the sprite animations are top notch in this episode. So fluid and quick, I was practically laughing with excitement.

When Stuffwell said "Do a barrel roll!!!" I practically screamed "AWESOME!!!" (you can ask Shariq as an ear witness)

Emunator

10-14-2009, 11:09 PM

Yes, I love it. Neblix introduced me to it and practically hounds me daily to watch it with him like a rabid dog :tomatoface:

Schwaltzvald

10-15-2009, 03:26 PM

I just found out that the entire series is also on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/user/alvinartwork)

That said, it made me smile and made the day awesome.

I will say I prefer seeing it in its original form.

Never noticed one episode can go for a good half hour though. :shock:

Neblix

10-16-2009, 01:17 AM

Strike911

10-16-2009, 03:12 AM

I can't believe I watched all of those in one sitting. *face palm*

Cool. Each new episode has more and more and more and more text though, which I honestly didn't really care about. The fight scenes are pretty cool though!

Neblix

10-16-2009, 08:29 PM

10-16-2009, 08:50 PM

it ain't that good bro

Strike911

10-16-2009, 09:24 PM

The story may seem cliche, but it's actually good. I'd read that text if I were you.

Oh, I did read the text. The story isn't bad. The way they introduced new characters worked. It just feels really long-winded towards the latter episodes. For instance, all the back-story in Episode 7 was just tedious to go through for me, and the trend was that each episode's story part just got longer and longer. Those text driven areas just are not the series' strong point, and they kept getting longer and longer.

That said, I wholly enjoyed the series, and it's a good little series. I wouldn't have watched them all if I hadn't thought it was pretty cool. :) The fights were very entertaining and really had some neat elements. I also really enjoyed watching the quality of the animation increase as the series went on. :)

Neblix

10-16-2009, 10:37 PM

it ain't that good bro

Meh... then I just have bad taste in stories. xD

Subz1987

10-17-2009, 02:09 AM

My favorite part of that episode is definitely when Sonic gets a 1-Up from using Luigi to kill a bunch of Koopas in a row.

I have a feeling that's going to play a big part later. Maybe Mario dies and Sonic has to revive him?

Lotd2242

10-17-2009, 02:34 AM

I have a feeling that's going to play a big part later. Maybe Mario dies and Sonic has to revive him?

Nah, I think it was just a gag.

Sag Ee Mana

10-20-2009, 12:56 AM

Really awesome last episode.

Let's revive this thread in more than one year from now then ? :<
Anyway, this is really good work.

Neblix

10-20-2009, 01:20 AM

I have a feeling that's going to play a big part later. Maybe Mario dies and Sonic has to revive him?

Nah, cuz if you remember Professor Gadd already gave them a 1-up (when Luigi and Mario stocked up on supplies before heading into the plane).

The 1-up was just a reference to the chaining enemies for a 1-up trick in old Mario games; nothing more.