Polo Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Okay, watkinzez can take care of Sakura and Karin and I'll do Akira (131). Roberto Miura Capcom 1997 Bio Roberto Miura is one-quarter Brazilian, three-quarters Japanese, and all competitive spirit when playing a game of soccer. Topping off his uniform with a sun-blocking cap, the goalkeeper of Gorin High School maintains a keen eyesight and quick reflexes for the benefit of a future in the sport. Through Capcom's Street Fighter-ish mold, Roberto's skills translate into battle moves, such as dribbling or juggling his opponent like a soccer ball, sidesteps, and even a show-off backflip kick. Off the field, Roberto is a less violent justice seeker. Since he was raised with two younger brothers, acting as a mediator comes natural when his friends, Shoma and Natsu, break out into arguments. Larger problems arise when students start disappearing from different high schools, causing those remaining to blame and fight each other. Shocked at the ugly turn of events, Roberto puts his soccer career on hold to help investigate matters. Quote: "There's no shot that I can't block!" Selected Game Appearances ARCADE Rival Schools: United By Fate (1997) Project Justice (2000) NEO-GEO POCKET COLOR SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash 2 Expand Edition (1999) References Wikipedia - Roberto Miura Fighters Generation - Roberto Miura Rival Schools Network Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Akira Kazama Capcom 1997 Bio Every biker needs a helmet. But Akira Kazama milks more than skull safety out of it. The normally quiet and reserved tomboy projects a badass personality when her red-and-black skulls-and-spikes outfit is complete. Any street toughs who get in her way are met with elbow jabs, spinning kicks, and even getting tossed in the air - and combo'ed still. For the sake of their manliness, these troublemakers are better off not knowing she's a girl under that helmet. Akira dearly looks up to her brother Daigo, an influential gang leader at the all-boys school Gedo High. His disappearance in Rival Schools prompts her to sniff him out starting at Gedo, first donning gloves, a jacket, and especially her helmet to hide her gender. Under the guise of Daigo's younger "brother," Akira convinces his most loyal lackeys, Edge and Gan, to help reclaim their idol. Anyone who messes with Daigo gets pummeled back to grade school. Quote: "I'm sorry, but I don't have any time to waste!" Selected Game Appearances ARCADE Rival Schools: United By Fate (1997) Project Justice (2000) NEO-GEO POCKET COLOR SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash 2 Expand Edition (1999) References Wikipedia - Akira Kazama Fighters Generation - Akira Kazama Rival Schools Network Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 Good job, Polo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watkinzez Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 One... Sakura Kasugano CAPCOM 1996 Is it healthy to be obsessed with a fighting champion? Sakura doesn’t seem to question it, following her idol Ryu at his every whim, style, fighting techniques, and success. The coy Japanese schoolgirl wishes to be trained by the master she adores, but until then, taking notes on his moves and copying his technique is her work. Still, some may (plausibly) find it strange for a 16 year old student to be interested in street fighting. Her art is for fun, but also for self defense and appreciation; ever since her run in with a college gang, Sakura has vowed to protect herself with her training. Ryu is key to her inspiration. As Sakura translated is the name for the Cherry Blossom Tree, so are her moves a variation on the theme. She shares the Hadouken fireball with Ryu, also holding a running Dragon Punch (Shououken) and Shunpuu Kyaku, a variation of the hurricane kick. The super First of Spring (Haru Ichiban) is one of the best in Street Fighter Alpha II, a grounded hurricane kick that ends with a straight, horizontal kick sending her opponent across the fighting ground. At the conclusion to her quest in searching for Ryu, Sakura finally has a chance to spar with her hero. With disappointment Ryu confesses that he cannot train her, as his path contains much to learn for himself. Yet hardly does that put Sakura off in her training... Quote: “Do you have time for another beating before my next class?” Source: Sakura Kasugano Wikipedia Page Sakura FAQ at GameFAQs Street Fighter Alpha 2 Manual Games that Sakura has appeared in: PLAYSTATION Street Fighter Alpha II (1996) Street Fighter Alpha III (1998) ARCADE Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (1996) Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (1997) Capcom vs. SNK (2000) Capcom vs. SNK 2 (2001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watkinzez Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 ...and t'other. Depending on your Dr. Wily bio's status, Dafydd, that's all of them? Karin Kanzuki CAPCOM 1998 Even when born into a rich family that can attend to one’s every whim, Karin’s desire is not exclusively material. Her rival is that of Sakura Kasugano, and her training in street fighting is simply to outperform her. Unlike her rival’s Ansatsuken style, the Japanese schoolgirl makes use of her family’s Kanzukiryu kakutoujutsu martial art. The motto of her house is ‘All you need is victory’; winning is her game. Karin is very much a hand to hand combatant. Her Kourenken palm attack can be combined with a number of finishers to different outcomes; the Hou Shou single palm strike, Ressen Chou double elbow, hop or slide kicks, or a reversal against the opponent. One must get the hand of these combos to be effective with Karin. When initially defeated by Sakura, Karin vows revenge and searches for the next fight that she means to win. Using her family power she tracks down the roving Sakura and does eventually emerge the victor, yet only by a passing chance. Karin realises the victory’s importance is irrelevant when compared to the fight, where the true significance is. Quote: “To defeat an opponent is to get to know them intimately...” Source: Karin Kanzuki Wikipedia Page Karin FAQ at GameFAQs Games that Karin has appeared in: PLAYSTATION Street Fighter Alpha III (1998) Capcom Fighting Evolution (2004) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Unless djp drops another image bomb on us, then yeah, we covered 'em all. Dafydd, if you still need help writing Wily's bio, then here's some... Name a few of his Robot Masters that fight Mega Man (Toad / Air / Snake / Gravity / Plant / Et Cetera Man...) to show the scope of the Doctor's tactics. Mention his flying saucer (transportation) and his Skull Castle (hideout), both of which are key to him planning world domination. You say Wily's plans are foiled more than once; try cutting it down to the fact that, should he get trounced, he "always (has) an escape route" (or some kind of backup plan). Shorter quote: *juts eyebrows* And about full armored X... he and mascot 47 are the same character in the same universe at different points in time (like the two Samuses), so why not add 30's pic to 47's bio? If Psychotic Ninja reads this, he can add a snippet to X's bio about his armor upgrades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linearity Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Wow, they're finally all done. Well, winter break is coming up, so I'll have more time to edit than I've had in the last few months, so count me in for editing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watkinzez Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I'm up for editing at large too. Just going through my bios, making a few changes (omitting spoilers, rewrites). Removed an unconfirmed statement in the Donkey Kong bio. Removed an ending spoiler from Ganondorf. Reworded a paragraph from the Geno bio to omit the ending. Unspoilered Metroid bio. Naked Snake, added the fact that there is MGS3 material remixed in Reuben Kee's mixes. Minor Ness change. Minor sentence change for Viewtiful Joe. With rewrites coming up for Saria and Penelo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted November 6, 2006 Author Share Posted November 6, 2006 Unless djp drops another image bomb on us, then yeah, we covered 'em all. Dafydd, if you still need help writing Wily's bio, then here's some... Name a few of his Robot Masters that fight Mega Man (Toad / Air / Snake / Gravity / Plant / Et Cetera Man...) to show the scope of the Doctor's tactics. Mention his flying saucer (transportation) and his Skull Castle (hideout), both of which are key to him planning world domination. You say Wily's plans are foiled more than once; try cutting it down to the fact that, should he get trounced, he "always (has) an escape route" (or some kind of backup plan). Shorter quote: *juts eyebrows* And about full armored X... he and mascot 47 are the same character in the same universe at different points in time (like the two Samuses), so why not add 30's pic to 47's bio? If Psychotic Ninja reads this, he can add a snippet to X's bio about his armor upgrades. Good points. I think you understand Wily better than I do, though - I don't know much about his saucer or his skull castle, other than the fact that he seems rather fond of them, since they keep reappearing in every game... haha About X - you're right, they're both the same character, but since the Armor Upgrades are so important, and really - the thing that makes him different from his older brother, I think those armor upgrades deserve their own bio. I also think that if you click 30's mascot, you should end up in 47's bio - that is, you can only access 30's bio by clicking a link in 47's bio. Does that work? Anyway, yes, save for Dr. Wily's bio, and save for the monstrous amounts of editing we need to do, we're all done. If you weren't spread out to the other side of the Earth, the beer'd be on me. I actually never throught we'd get this far when I set out with this, but thanks to you, we're here. Watkinzez, Polo, and Linearity, keep reading through your own bios first to correct any flaws you find on your own, and then we'll start editing other's. (or is it " others' "?) EDIT: I tried rewriting Dr. Wily's bio a little bit. I suck Seriously, I can't seem to get it the way I want it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 About X - you're right, they're both the same character, but since the Armor Upgrades are so important, and really - the thing that makes him different from his older brother, I think those armor upgrades deserve their own bio. I also think that if you click 30's mascot, you should end up in 47's bio - that is, you can only access 30's bio by clicking a link in 47's bio. Does that work? Makes sense. If some people aren't even familiar with X, then clicking the upgrade would also yield the clown without the makeup. ---------- I fixed my first ten bios with these similar edits: changed my Character Summary / Sources / Appearances format (copied from OmegaMe) to Bio / Selected Game Appearances / References (from Wiki'ed example) italicized game titles linked specific game manuals in lieu of general search results (with a system abbreviation in parentheses) ...and these nitpicks: Wain (no other edits besides the above) Ukyo TachibanaCut several quotation marks Servbots One word fix Cut alternate Japanese titles Reordered game chronology +1 console appearance Nall Noted the developer and publisher Fluency fixes Changed to a more specific Wiki link Cut last two links (too much irrelevant info, plus broken sections) Sagat Added fill-in links for Ryu and M. Bison for when they're finalized One fluency fix Fixed a game appearance Replaced general SF Anniversary Collection link with a character-specific link Squall Leonhart Shortened name of developer One word change Replaced a comprehensive link for the game with a character-specific page +1 appearance Jago Fluency fixes Cut a broken link and a non-character-specific link Moogle Shortened name of developer Added respective links for other bios Cut a comma Replaced a vague character info link with a more detailed one Cut a link that suddenly demanded a login password Aya Brea Shortened name of developer Cut two quotation marks Cut a broken link Dhalsim Fixed reference names Fixed two game title names +2 console appearances 10 down, 36 to go. EDIT: Btw it's others' bios (others plus apostrophe). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Fixed my next ten bios (11 - 20) accordingly, with the same consistencies as before: Cyclops Fixed Wiki link Fixed a game title The Hulk Punctuation fixes Gave air to a stunted sentence Fixed two link names Fixed a game title +1 console appearance Mai Shiranui +1 fill-in bio link Replaced a game info link with a character info link Spelling fixes to game titles Cut an extraneous console name and Japanese title Dracula Reworded the last sentence of the first paragraph, adding a third game title Punctuation fixes Cut non-CV titles and extraneous Japanese-version titles from appearances list Replaced titular numbers with Roman numeral equivalents Replaced Japanese console with U.S. equivalent Cut one linkable title since its sole ReMix was scrapped in the Lockdown Dan Hibiki +2 fill-in bio links Replaced a broken link with another character info link Lumped all arcade appearances under the header ARCADE Full-title fixes Lara Croft Cut extraneous developer Shortened name of publisher Renamed a console and a game title Cut repeated console listing Ryu Reordered the words in the first sentence Changed two words to their correct term Clarified Wiki link Replaced general game link with specific character link Fixed five game title identifications Ken Masters Clarified two reference links Replaced general game link with specific character link Same game title fixes as in Ryu's bio Akuma Punctuation fixes Fully named Wiki link Fixed one game title identification HUnewearl Punctuation fixes Spelled out an abbreviation +1 missing word added +1 game appearance link One year of release fixed ...if this is too long-winded or not specific enough, tell me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 It's not really necessary, but keep it up if you want to. It really sucks when you think you're running into this... world of free time after a long period of lots of things you have to do, and then... it doesn't happen. I still don't have much time to spend on this project right now. Maybe the week after this next one. Meanwhile, keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polo Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 BUMP FROM BEYOND HELL'S GATES! Here's my 46 bios, consistently formatted, proofread, and polished with Windex: Wain Ukyo Tachibana Servbots Nall Sagat Squall Leonhart Jago Moogle Aya Brea Dhalsim Cyclops The Hulk Mai Shiranui Dracula Dan Hibiki Lara Croft Ryu Ken Masters Akuma HUnewearl Bomberman Kirby Guile Robo Blue Mary Aeris Gainsborough Tifa Lockhart Red XIII Vincent Valentine Sephiroth Kyo Kusanagi Iori Yagami Spider-Man Gambit Keiichiro Washizuka Kaede Shinnosuke Kagami Setsuna Rikku Cid Highwind Voldo Heihachi Mishima Jin Kazama Nina Williams Roberto Miura Akira Kazama Whew. That's almost a third of the project. Happy Thanksgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 Very much appreciated, Polo. Again, I'll try to get back to doing this as soon as I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Do you guys need me to do anything with the short and/or long versions of the ones I did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted November 26, 2006 Author Share Posted November 26, 2006 I'll contact you if we do, but thanks for athking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linearity Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 There are 150 bios. How should we split up the editing? Polo took care of his own, it seems, but we should cross-check each other. There are three or four of us, so we could do 50-50-50 or 40-40-40-40 (with some overlap, of course). I'll proofread the first 50 (in order of writing, since I don't want to hunt through fifty pages of posts all day), though, again, I'd like someone to double check the ones I wrote. To anybody editing: make sure you're not just rewriting a bio the way you would have written it. Check for readability and accuracy, but don't start the whole project over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted November 29, 2006 Author Share Posted November 29, 2006 Agreed. I think, if you want to do the first 50, do it, and tell us you do. If anyone else wants to do the next 50, they'll do the same. I personally don't have the time right now to do either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linearity Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 "Videogames" or "Video games?" I prefer the latter; the former looks like the writer is drunk, slurring her words together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linearity Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Possesive plurals vs. possesives on names that end in "S": As far as I know, if a name ends in "s," it still gets an apostrophe and an "s" when in the possessive. So, the following should read as it does: Mars's moons are Deimos and Phobos. It is only plurals of nouns that drop the final "s," thus: The two planets' moons are very much alike. I'm editing with this in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watkinzez Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Possesive plurals vs. possesives on names that end in "S":As far as I know, if a name ends in "s," it still gets an apostrophe and an "s" when in the possessive. So, the following should read as it does: Mars's moons are Deimos and Phobos. It is only plurals of nouns that drop the final "s," thus: The two planets' moons are very much alike. I'm editing with this in mind. Oh, so that's why I see shop stores/films that look oh so wrong? Turns out most of us can't decide which to use. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Possessive_forms_of_nouns_ending_in_s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 I remember there was a sign right outside my English class classroom in High School that read "mens' room" (referring to the room next to the classroom). Oh, the irony. In said classroom, I wrote a test of some kind. Most of the questions in it were of the "where to put the apostrophe" kind. When the tests were returned, many of the "correct" answers were actually wrong, which made the whole thing pretty silly, considering how picky it all was to start with. Anyway, thanks, Lin - I wasn't aware of the distinction there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linearity Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 No problem. By the way, I've got a long text document with almost all the bios on it in order of writing (I still need to add the latest ones), so I can split that up into thirds and host them for anybody else to use. It makes automatic spell checking easier; I found a number of real errors among catches like "dataDyne" and "Sephiroth." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linearity Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 What is the status of the Mega Man X and Mega Man X (Full Armor) bios? And Dr. Wily, for that matter; is he done? So far the lump file contains Dafydd's original Mega Man X (Full Armor) bio, the one Mega Man X bio (if I remember correctly), and the following bio for Wily. Dr. Wily1987 Capcom Character Summary Dr. Albert Wily, sporting a white labcoat, wild, grey hair, a moustache, bushy eyebrows and a superior intellect, seems to share a bit more than his first name with world-famous physicist Albert Einstein. The one important thing that puts them apart is that the latter was a pacifist, and that the former is the archetype evil/mad scientist bent on destruction and power. Wily's story has changed several times, but the one more commonly told is that he was originally the aide of genius Dr. Light - the creator of what was to become Mega Man, and several other humanoid robots. After stealing several of these robots for his own ends, Dr. Wily's plans for world domination were eventually foiled, and have been again, every time he has tried to take over the world, either with new creations or by re-using older ones. Dr. Wily has become notorious for his ability to always elude the arms of justice. Despite the fact that he always cries at a failure, he has always had an escape route and has always returned to attempt global conquest once again. Quote: *raising and lowering eyebrows repeatedly and in a most semi-flirtatious manner* (please do help me come up with a similiar sentence featuring a smaller word count) Appearances Mega Man (1987) Mega Man 2 (1988) Mega Man 3 (1990) Mega Man 4 (1991) Mega Man 5 (1992) Mega Man 6 (1993) Mega Man: The Wily Wars (1993) Mega Man 7 (1995) Mega Man 8 (1997) Sources: The Mega Man Home Page Wikipedia's Dr. Wily page Gamemanuals.net - Mega Man manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 No, Wily's bio isn't done yet, but I edited it a while ago, and the new version I made didn't look like the one you just quoted. Maybe I posted the new version in a new post... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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