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Guy builds robot to do the lighting strike dodges in Final Fantasy X HD on Vita
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Enter the Dragon Punch
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The most impressive part is that it's made of K'NEX
edit: oh my god K'NEX means connects because the parts go together
edit: oh my god K'NEX means connects because the parts go together
....I'm finding this more entertaining than the video.
Terra Firma
Banned
He's using his thumb to move back and forth. Kinda defeats the purpose of automation.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
I think someone did do it with the... PS2 version?
Yeah, there's a vid out there for doing this on the TV. Need to find the vid...
Reminds of the guy who built something similar with arduino parts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HbIHVoTY2M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HbIHVoTY2M
UnluckyKate
Member
inferior to the other one fully automated :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiHcDcJdzZM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiHcDcJdzZM
NinjamicWZ
Banned
K'NEX! That's the name of the toy I was trying to remember the name of when I saw that Impossible Road trailer the other day. That;'s what the track looked like it was made of.
Ah, yeah that's definitely on-point. Sorry, guys, thought it was something fresh. Just saw it a few minutes ago.
That's the one I'd seen.
UnluckyKate
Member
and ultimate weapon for Kimahri (I think)
No. Lulu is the lighting dodges. And honestly, you don't really need the ultimate weapons for ANY of the characters. Too much tedious bullshit for not a huge gain.
Haunted
Member
If one guy felt driven enough to learn about and build this shit, then at least one good thing came of this shitty design decision. :lol
Is there a robot that makes Blitzball fun?
Over the years I've learned of the spots for consistent lightning dodges and I've even grown to like the Chocobo races, but Blitzball remains the most boring, tedious, unbalanced and clunky piece of shit game and an enormous grind if you want Wakka's ultimate weapon.
Over the years I've learned of the spots for consistent lightning dodges and I've even grown to like the Chocobo races, but Blitzball remains the most boring, tedious, unbalanced and clunky piece of shit game and an enormous grind if you want Wakka's ultimate weapon.
entremet
Member
It really helps with Penance and the Monster Arena.
But Lulu is not really one of the best characters anyway. Wake, Tidus, and Rikku's are very helpful to have.
Such brutal mini games. Some sadistic asshole created them.
Gentleman Jack
Member
I've never done this side event, but is it impossible to jump out of the area using this method and lose your counter? The older iteration of the PS2 version seemed to think it was necessary to point Tidus at a wall and walk into it indefinitely.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
Yeah, technics. I just got my memory jogged by K'NEX.
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
White bar and smaller pieces give it away - that's K'NEX
Gotta be K'NEX. Unless LEGO is fancy stuff now
White bar and smaller pieces give it away - that's K'NEX
Gotta be K'NEX. Unless LEGO is fancy stuff now
You're really going to argue this? lol
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=l...i=t7edVfa5O9Ty7AaC54Fg&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg#
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=l...0CAcQ_AUoAg#safe=off&tbm=isch&q=lego+bionicle
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
What? No, I'm not arguing anything. I thought it was K'NEX because that's how I remember K'NEX looking. I haven't touched this kinda stuff in the longest time so I'm ignorant.
Yes. That's a friend of mine, he came up with this solution a year ago.
I thought he was brilliant and insane to do it, but it worked!
Dance Inferno
Unconfirmed Member
Back in the old days I sat hunched over my PS2 controller and mashed out the lightning dodges manually. It was tense stuff when you got up to the 90s and got worried that you might screw it all up.
Haunted
Member
Hey man, these guys are engineers, not wizards.
sixteen-bit
Member
I thought this was obvious lmao
You have to dodge 100 in a row. I'm pretty sure that's the number. Your only cue is that flash of light, and it's not on a specific timer so you have to pay attention the entire time.
Shaowstrike
Member
200 in a row, without getting hit and without leaving the main area.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
I love FFX but what you have to do to get some of the Ultimate Weapons is awful.
There's one area where the lightning consistently flashes and quite quickly. Not sure if that was changed for the new version but I remember it being pretty painless once I found the sweet spot
Dreamwriter
Member
The purpose is to automatically dodge the lightning bolts, something that is hard and frustrating to do normally.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
I have no idea how I managed to do this on PS2, but I do know I never got Wakka's from Blitzball.
Goddamn, i forgot.
The lighting bolts were the only weapon I never got back on the PS2. Back then I found getting the chocobo race one easiest, but apparently loads of people had trouble with it.
The most painless spot is the one he's using in the video. Basically, you run up to that little crater and the game forces a Lightning Strike to happen. It won't happen at all while running up to the crater or back and forth around it, just right at it. It makes it absurdly easy to do - Run up, press Dodge. Repeat x200. It's pretty foolproof and the difficulty of doing it is completely overblown by people who don't know of the crater spot.
justjustin
Member
And Legos is a portmanteau of "let go!" in the plural form because as a kid you could never get those damn pieces separated, especially those small flat ones. Put those together and the fun was over. If you didn't even know that then I don't know what to tell you.
Also from kine, meaning motion, I assume
I think a lot of people would buy a time machine that let you do anything in negative seconds.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
If you mean the Vita release, getting a used copy would be cheapest, but then the FFX-2 voucher would probably be missing. Digitally, it's only sold as a bundle, but I think it's been on sale a couple times and I could see it getting another one sooner or later. Pretty sure I've seen the physical copy drop to $20 once or twice on amazon.
You can get physical copies of both FFX and X-2, but X-2 only got an English release in Asia, and can be hard to find/expensive now.