I visited TMO!
Hello guys!
I've visited TMO(Ootani Tomomi) himself on 23th of last month, and interviewed him.
I will upload the interview as a subpage of his article.
But because my english ability is not so good, the text will be in japanese, untranslated.
Starting with this, I would like to visit other staffs if I can.
Updates to the series lore and stuff
In case you didn't read my previous blog, please take a look here: User blog:Magma MK-II/Thunder Force VI inconsistencies
I have finished translating all of the Mission Reports from Thunder Force VI, and it does give us a whole new view on the universe of the series. I have already fixed most links on some pages (especially the Thunder Force IV one) to reflect these reports. The ORN Empire and ORN Faust pages will needed to be updated accordingly as well, and I'll see about making the missing pages from Vios and Faust and all the remaining stuff from IV (I'm currently trying to play the game and not get my ass kicked but I'm failing miserably).
Thunder Force VI inconsistencies
So I've been reading the documentation found at https://w.atwiki.jp/tf_6/sp/pages/14.html, and as it turns out what I have been thinking was really the case: Thunder Force VI just makes a lot of shit up, sometimes contradicting the established lore from previous games. So yeah, I might as well list all of these inconsistencies here so we can discuss them properly.
First things first. The ORN Emperor IS Khaos. This isn't a theory. No, the game never explains how he suddenly got revived and why he is now some infant monster.
Khaos was originally destroyed in III, with the Vios forces retrieving its data in IV. Once the final boss in IV is destroyed, Khaos transfers itself to the wrecked Rynex and later corrupts the Guardian. The reports imply …
Thunder Force VI reports transcript
Does anyone know of any site that has transcripts of all report files from Thunder Force VI, even in Japanese? If I could translate them these would definitely be invaluable.
EDIT: Ended finding a good site with a lot of info: https://w.atwiki.jp/tf_6/sp/pages/14.html
Game Hub Submission
Thunder Force Wiki has just recently submitted a request for being on a footer for Shoot Em Up games. All we need to do now is wait and meet the requirements. Get to work ;)