>What is Ninjala?Ninjala is a free-to-play arena brawler where you face off against other players using special weapons, skills, and green cum gained from magic Ninja Gum.>Is there single player content?Yes, but it's paid and there's not much. Ninjala is primarily a PvP game.>Is Ninjala dead?No, we are currently in maintenance mode and GungHo has enough money to keep things running indefinitely. Just keep hoping for Ninjala 2.>Official Websiteshttps://ninjalathegame.com/en/https://x.com/playninjalahttps://x.com/Ninjala_JP/>MediaAnime Episodes, Manga Chapters, and More: https://pastebin.com/xVggDhQ6>Resourceshttps://pastebin.com/ybhTbzNQ
Whoops, I accidentally let the old thread die. Reminder that there's a pass matsuri on if you're still doing that pass grind
>>2028125It caught me off-guard too, normally the thread doesn't get pushed that quickly to the last page.
>>2028762I think they might have reduced the number of pages on this board? 4chanX is already displaying the page number as red even though it's only on page 5, and it seems like there are less topics than there used to be in the catalog. Looks like page 5 or 6 is the limit now
>>2029772Yesterday it seemed to be page 6, today there's at least 2 threads at 7.
>>2030641Now it's at 7, and the captcha seems to be fucking up here and on other boards. Wonder if we're getting hacked again or something
>>2033606It seems like the change got reversed and the board is slowly filling till it reach page 10. Regardless of being the site acting up or someone getting frisky, I'm just glad it wasn't permanent.
Happy Hallobean. Turf tonight if anyone wants to go spooking
>>2037716I'll be joining in like 10 mins or so.
>>2037716Ready to go. -G
>>2038616Alright, getting on now. Only going to be able to play for like an hour though
Getting tired of this tenchi spammer
>>2038642Even worse with the lag.
Nice dragon dodge.
>>2038661Thanks, it seems easier on switch 2 for some reason
Looks like the tenchi spam is on our side this time
Always has to be a cheating scumbag katana.
>>2038677>Razor Edge >Razor Edge >TornadoThey sure love being one-trick pony.
I didn't expect such an annoying bunch.
Was gonna stop there, but need one more for my daily. This will be my last one though
Of course.
Alright, that's all the time I've got for sure. Thanks for the games! Will hopefully be able to do more tomorrow
>>2038701It was short but nice, thanks for the squad!
Up for more Turf from now until reset if anyone's interested
>>2039718Still turfing?
>>2039809Yep, can pick you up after this match/ONF
>>2039810Alright. -G
>Poison and VSTheir blue was well deserved.
Need to brb a minute
>>2039838Back, sorry about that
>katana kills a hammer in 3 hitsGenuinely disgusting.
But why though
Man, ghost is truly a great gum shot.
Two-Edged Parry was a mistake, it kills Pop Eye's survivability too much. This feels much better. No Hyena might be better than Hyena since it's best to get another hit in before the bind too. Life Drain with no healing code but both defense codes is also putting in work, and actually gives the weak healing on the wide field some value since it keeps you below full HP unless you explicitly decide to heal to full. With NSP and GGM for energy, this feels like the sort of survivability Pop Eye should have
>>2039885Shame they fucked over Two-Edge Parry with the no escape BS, wonder if they feared some sort of always win strategy after escaping.
>>2039898I think they're just idiots who don't understand what they ruined. And dang, so much for the fabled "one more". GGs then, it was fun!
Stellar game Gungho.>>2039900Quite the shame, GGs and thanks for a good night of spooks!
>>2039900GGs, woulda wanted for the dragon spammer to go out on a 35-0 but what can you do.
Wonder if every gacha will be rotating since the season won't end.
>>2051945Given enough time it probably will.
>>2051945Maybe
>>2057504Nope, just maintenance mode. Happened recently, we were alive-ish for 5 years. The good gameplay was buried under an ever-growing mountain of problems so it's been dying but not quite dead for a while
>>2057504Stuck on Season 21 until further announcements, take that as you will. I think we are a week or two away from the normal duration of a season, not that I expect any kind of news from Gung-ho any time soon.
>Ninjala anime has hit 192 episodesGood lord.
>>2060514192 episodes of pure filler. Truly GungHo quality
Turf tonight, 1 hour earlier because DST
Anyone up for Turf? Gonna have to pause once I hit tier 75 for my final whaling on the last 25 pass tiers
>>2062254Yes -G
>>2062254Yeah i'm up for it, it's been a while. -WL
Man, Hyena speed boost makes a world of difference on Pop Eye. Never should have taken that off
Gotta love unhittable cannons that run away until their win button is ready
>>2062254Time for whaling, one sec
>>2062304Sorry about that, ready to go again
>2 Poisons and 2 Rockets.I'm glad they were far from competent.
>>2062318One with stock poison had the nerve to complain with a sticker when I killed him through the poison too. These people really just want everything handed to them.
My game timed out. Can you guys come pick me up when you're done?
> a new version of ninjala is outexcuse the fuck out of me then
>>2062341You guys keep going, i'll empty my chache and try to update the game. Whatever the hell that means.
>stock tornado 1-shots a hammerDisgusting. Geuinely hope cheaters like this choke on their joycons.
>>2062342Done with fixing the stuff, ready whenever you are done.
>>2062354And they dare to claim that the game isn't P2W
>Ally disconnects I think that's a first.
>lived in their zone all game>didn't die onceThis build is about as tanky as I hoped it would be as long as you stay below full health as much as possible
didn't press the button apparently. So can you guys come back around to invite me back when you're done.
>>2062341Got the same error again, guess I'm stopping here for tonight. Gonna reinstal the game to see if that does anything.
>>2062401Thanks for joining, hope that it gets fixed.
>>2062401Thanks for the games, hope we can do more tomorrow
Glad you could make it Ma, I got tenshi on the middle at the last second.
Nice comeback there, glad to see the idiot who taunts after a tenchi lose
>three surfboards and a skateboard>two on a team together>still couldn't winWell damn, nice job. I can't believe I managed to tank poison within that rocket explosion with a small healing field too
>>2062433I though our teammates were going to be useless and we would lose, seems like at least one of them was pulling its weight.
>dipshit who taunted instead of taking the zone after a rocket spam kill dies by being trapped in his own rocket as another explodes at the endNice. Absolute pottery
>>2062440I really hate players like that specially with this mode giving them special every twenty seconds, I'm glad he ate that rocket in the end.
Next one is my last for tonight.
Nvm one more
>our teammates are completely braindead and it's a 4v2>one of their baby teammates figures out how to get to B and press the special button at the last secondGotta love the teammate gacha. The Noise was a blatant cheater too.
Alright, that's a better note to end on. Sure don't feel bad about shark camping these people. Thanks for the games!
Feels like the babysitting hours, our 2 teammates could barely keep the zone safe by themselves.Anyway GGs ands thanks for squad
Anyone up for Turf in a few minutes?
>>2064410I can join in like twenty min.
>>2064416Alright, let me know then
>>2064439Sorry for the wait, I'm ready now -G
>>2064473No prob, invite sent
It seems we scared everyone off
Next time for sure
Geez, this is worse than usual. Can't remember the last time we had this many ONFs in a row
So close.
>Turns into 4 - 2 instead of 3 - 3Every time
for how long have we ran into these exact two people in a row now?
Can't believe that trick with the MoC worked twice.
>barrier spamming VS shitter>3v2That was not worth the wait at all.
Gonna be honest if these are the people we're gonna be stuck with for the next 40 minutes, i think we might be at a good point to call it.
Love being a blight with golden march.>>2064608We could try leaving an entering at least once to see if it shuffle them.
We lost the mandate of heaven, ten thousand years of ONF are abound.
I hope this is just a Sunday thing and not the slowly eroding player base.
>>2064653It's like 2 PM on a monday in Japan, so it's most likely a sunday thing. Not a whole lot of people playing on that side.
We get one more chance
No surprises there, ah well at least we got some games and curb stomped that PB guy, thanks for the squad.
Oh well, we tried. GGs, as few of them as there were
GGs, not a whole lot but that little bit was fun.
Does someone know WHAT THE CONDITION is to have Shinobi Challed filled up with bots? Is that ninja rank, or character level?
>>2064739I think it's between level and time since you last played. Can't guarantee if that's it since I haven't really tested it. It's mostly from seeing other people.
Not sure how an AltSP lab Drill and Slash lose a 2v1 against a Pop Eye with Full-Throttle Field. In any case, this build seems to be working. Ended up going with>(SP) Ninja Sense Pro 1, Life Drain 23, Stealing Hyena 123, Giant Killer 3, Turnabout Guard 2which basically trades GGM for extreme tankiness and strong offense. I am not as mobile and can't afford to gum boost much, but NSP seems good enough for keeping up energy as long as I can use my defensive moves to trade hits and stay on the offensive. Along with the Wide healing field, I can get nice passive HP and energy regen while staying below full HP. It doesn't fully remove the need for Special's healing, but it makes it less vital which means you can use it for attacks instead. Also, Stealing Hyena's speed boost and gum damage codes are perfect so I'm glad I made room for those. Webm related, that Back Special probably wouldn't have connected without Hyena 2 and the Laser wouldn't have 1-shot bound either>>2064739No idea, but since Shinobi Challenge is just free Battle Royale I think it's level? I have heard people mention time last played, but I haven't stopped playing long enough to know about that. In Ranked, it depends on rank rather than(?) level
>>2064739Do you mean ranked battles or THE shinobi challenge? The former I'm sure is related to your ranking though no clue how low is has to be, as for the later my understanding is that you are getting regular BR people so if it's follow the same ruleset then bots are likely related to your lvl. Can't be fully certain on it since unfortunately I long passed the threshold for bots when they decided to add them.>>2064744The way he used PB tells enough of his skills, I'm sure he is one of those who rely on AltSP for ez kills, being able to block it with Golden march was nice.
Yes for ranked death match on LOWER ninja ranks the empty slots will be filled with bots. For Shinobi Challenge i have no idea what the condition for bots is. Thats why i asked. Because i cant get Shinobi Challenge matches to happen any longer. Nobody joins these.
>>2066208Shinobi Challenge is dead because it's Free Battle Royale, which nobody plays anymore because it's a big clusterfuck that goes out of its way to punish you for engaging with anyone. You're probably not going to be able to complete any more Shinobi Challenges at this point unless you happen to find a time of day that's more populated. Once the bots are gone, you're not getting them back unless that thing about not playing for a while is true
>>2066208I got some matches right after the reset, though I admit it's been a while since I tried, maybe there's a better chance at both the daily and Shinobi Challenge reset.
This little accident reminded me of those emote Ippon people used to do.
>>2067811Nice, always feels cool to kill with a recall. Also, I know at least one japanese player who still regularly goes for emote kills on M2M days
>>2028124niggala
Does anyone know which exact fishing rod you need for artic char? So far its been snapping my bahamut and demon rod lines.
>>2070246I think you just need to lower the tension of the line while fishing for them? I don't see any rods with higher line durability than bahamut
>>2070469Lowering tension doesnt do much.
>>2073752Might need to follow its movement with the stick too, I dunno. You probably have the right rod with bahamut, but need a different technique for it. That or there's some trick like using gear that tires it out more easily or something. I looked around, but I didn't see anyone else talking about that specific fish
>>2073775I noticed some fish will snap my bahamut line every time. That same fish can be caught with gumchi rod easily. So its all probably rod dependent. Which makes a lot of sense because gung ho wants to make money from microtransactions.
Team Battle tournament in a few hours. Unfortunately I'll be playing some of it because I have a tier 100 mission for TB>>2073865I wouldn't put it past them. Let us know if you do find a rod that works better, I'm curious
It is really impressive how complex they made a fishing minigame inside of the game. It'd be the most comprehensive fishing minigame I have ever seen if it hadn't been immediately ruined by the P2W.P2W fishing minigame, outrageous.
>>2075099It would probably be easier to sell Ninjala as a fishing game at this point, honestly. The main modes are all full of fishermen anyway with all the kill stealing and such. Either way, they spent way too much dev time on a single player activity in a multiplayer lobby. Doesn't get more old japanese businessman than taking like a year? half a year? to add a fishing minigame and then making it P2W. Truly a GungHo quality decision>if it hadn't been immediately ruined by the P2WNow that I think about it, is there anything in this game that GungHo didn't go out of their way to ruin?
>>2074843Thanks for the reminder, I completely forgot about the tournaments.
>Failed to get a matchAmazing.Also a bit late to announce but there's a matsuri going on apparently.
>>2075362>>2075366Wow, on a tournament day? Dire. I didn't end up actually participating since it's TB and those are generally easy to get. Ironically I ended up complaining to friends about Ninjala instead
>>2075368It started rolling after that but it is as awful as always.Being dogpilled by the enemy team while your team do squat.Breaking your back while someone decide to just poke with a break an entire match.And lest not forget "it's your turn to babysit the blue".
I don't think I can ever go back to TB.
>>2075381>>2075391It is genuinely awful, but it's the only mode with players these days because they fucked up everything else so hard. Wanting to test a build only to remember that my only option is TB feels terrible
Happy Thanksninning
Turf tonight if anyone's interested. Hopefully I'll be able to stay awake for it
>>2103279On standby for it just let me know.
>>2104923>Opponent not found>Opponent not found>Opponent not foundfffffffffffffff
>Same side>Now opposite side.You weren't kidding it's quite dead. Do you need to perform any mission of the pass?
>>2104957Oh hey. Just KOs with big weapon and ippons with ninjutsu, nothing special.
>>2104973Well seems like everyone is showing up now, so good luck.
>>2104923Sorry, I couldn't stay awake after all and crashed at the last minute. I'm available now on the off-chance that anyone still wants to Turf though
How many ninjas are still here?Also happy birthday same birthday gummyif your ninja is still around
>>2105466I'm still around in lurk mode since I hardly have the urge to play but still care about the /gum/mies. A shame but I'll probably play again someday since I still care about the game and beans we made along the way. Happy B-day fellow 12/06er!
>>2105466Happy birthday.>>2105863Happy birthday! Can't blame you, I don't feel like playing much outside of Turf days either
Guessing nobody feels up for Turf today then? Been a busy day on my end so I could take it or leave it
>>2107202My bad, I though you would attempt like 2 hours or even more before reset, so I ended up slipping on this last hour. I should have replied earlier I guess, oh well there's always next time.
>>2107255Nah it's fine, I was doing other stuff all day and haven't even eaten yet so I doubt I would have done well. Sorry for missing Turf this week either way
No Ninjala 2 at TGA. Maybe next time
I hate you so much F*glioIt made me so upset I had to come back and say hi
My turn to survive another year. Lots of december birthdays>>2123482Welcome back, we're just as dead as ever
>randomly remember this exists>it's apparently finally gone into maint mode>the anime is still going at a ludicrously high 196 episodesNo seriously, how does it have that many and why the fuck is it still all limited?It's crazy to me how hard this IP floundered.
>>2137030GungHo has more dollars than sense thanks to PAD. They fumbled the ball every step of the way because they only know how to make phone games and nothing else.
Seems like the game updated for some reason, nothing seems different though. Also a matsuri is happening.
>>2137559>Added age rating information for Taiwan (no changes to the game content)That's all it was for, apparently. Also, Turf on Saturday
>>2105466Not at home, but I checkin here every now and then
Anyone up for Turf? Just need a few minutes first -Ma
>>2142921Sure -G
>>2142930Sorry for the wait! Almost forgot the Christmas outfit
Man, the matchmaking is slow already. Guess it makes sense, it's a busy time of year
>>2142949I don't have any of the christmas outfits really, though even if i did i would probably be using one of the two you guys are
>>2142979Don't worry you at least look festive enough.Also I can't even remember if both are in the regular shop or 1 is stuck on the gacha.
Does Sweet ride give more movement speed than Sonic Trick?
>>2143000Dress and santa suit are in shop, christmas tree is in gacha. I actually wouldn't mind the tree but blue coins are a scarce resource now that we're in indefinite maintenance.
>>2143022Last i remember yes, but i don't have any hard data to back myself with.
>>2143023Just to be sure, there's no reindeer suit right? feels like a missed opportunity.>blue coins are a scarce resource nowI mean we got plenty time to hoard and not many reasons to spend in the long run thanks to their delay on some red gachas, still you can still get some with logins rewards, featured battles and I think some other play team/battle matches that seems to repeat itself.Giving more though on the idea of a Santa squad you can technically all be different all you need is Santa(male), S.Dress(female), Santa(female) and S.Dress(male).
>drop down behind the beast with MoC>he's just looking around the zone confused>instant deathLike something out of looney tunes
>>2143030I skated from one edge to the other and took the same amount. This is my first time using ST, but congrats Gungho you did it again, you created an alt special that trivializes the original.
>>2143058>Just to be sure, there's no reindeer suit right? feels like a missed opportunity.There is, but it's also a gacha i think? I'm more sure of it being a gacha set than it being available in the shop.
That fan had Wall Shooter on Kunai despite the weapon being too slow to get onto walls and Kunai not needing the extra gum damage unless you're using Magnum. I guess you don't need to think about cards much when you have enough drugs to survive anything>>2143058I vaguely remember a reindeer outfit? Unsure.
>>2143022Yes, the tricks increase the movement speed more too. It just doesn't matter because the attack speed/distance isn't affected and Sonic Trick is already pretty fast anyway
>>2143070There is a reindeer outfit. I'm just unsure on how you got it.
>>2143060>>2143073Or maybe it was just the tricks increasing movement speed more and the base speed being the same. Or maybe there being more tricks just naturally results in more speed? I dunno, but Sweet Ride is supposed to be faster
Seems that i forgot to press the button. I'll use this opportunity to go grab water or something. Would appreciate it if you guys came back for me when you're done with the match.
I feel like the wait for that one was over too quickly.>>2143090I admit I only tested going on a straight line, still hard to justify it over Sonic Trick unless your opponent don't know how to block.
Bit the bullet, got the tree dress.I will never financially recover for this, possibly ever.
>>2143099Sweet Ride is still 100% broken for droning, but yeah it's not that useful in a fight unless your opponent doesn't know how to deal with it. Mainly just dodging around being unhittable and taking advantage of opportunities to sneak in an NA or BA is the way to go. If they're guarding then you have to risk a Break, if they can catch you then you need to switch to guarding and use Sweet Ride with two tricks (big weapon only) to speed up your kill times after you do your gumbind combo. It works but it's not ideal. If Break had armor during Sweet Ride then it'd at least have some decisive power in fights, but it's pretty much just for droning these days unless you force it
>>2137423It's crazy because the concept is just way too good and I remember having some fun at launch before the terrible net code got too frustrating conbined with my increasing dislike for competitive games.It's boggles my mind it never even really had a fotm period.
>>2143120Right, I started to forget that collecting apples is the go to strategy of the game.>>2143131It depresses me the way Gungho has left this game to rot.
>>2143131They released it with only two maps and two modes, plus no tutorial. It didn't have a chance. Very clearly rushed out by poor management before it was ready and then shot in the foot again after it spent two years improving from that sorry state by the same incompetent management forcing P2W on everyone. Do not trust the man in the Uncle Death mask.
I know they want to join, but the timing was bad. Might be a good time for a quick break if you need one
>>2143145Like how much time of a break.
>>2143149Sorry, wasn't sure
The matchmaking has been working quite well tonight. I think it only failed 3 times and while the opponents could be a bit better it at least fills me with a bit of hope knowing that the game isn't it dead yet.
>>2143183Guess people have time to play during their Christmas break. Also I am going to try a drill with no Iron Bind so I may do horribly
>>2143183Had to jynx it
Dang I jinxed it.
Man I don't want to stop, but last one my last one tonight.
>>2143198*next one
>>2143198Ah well, GGs! More tomorrow, hopefully
Welp that's it for today, I really missed this guess skipping on the last one really left me craving.>>2143211GGs and thanks for the squad!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
>>2143633Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and all that! Was a very festive squad. I'm up to squad again whenever today, aside from a few blocks of time that I don't know yet
Gonna hop on to do some more Turf soon if anyone's interested
>>2144344I'll connect in 8 min. -G
>>2144349Sounds good, I'm cleaning up after an AFK farm in Z-A anyway
>>2144350I really need to step up on my shinny hunting there, then again I haven't even finished the Main DLC quest, been getting too sidetracked lately.
Oh, I'm only at Corbeau myself. I've got like 4 pages of shinies because AFK farming is all I have time for with how busy I usually am. That, and spending way too long trying to find the right fashion. Locking minty hair behind a midgame sidequest really threw me off, but it's too late to use it now
>>2144376Meant for >>2144365
Sunday night Turf dead as ever.
Man. Last night got my hopes up that people would be home for the holidays, but I guess not.
Say Ma, what's your current lvl and its 1000 still the max?
>>2144376please keep a reasonable distance with Corbeau or suffer
>>2144396it's so dead the lab rats in TB don't want to play
>>2144403Only 623. It was 450-something for a while but I guess TB being the only mode forced me to level up more. I think 1000 is still the max, yeah>>2144405I'm going to steal his satchels at the earliest opportunity. Pic unrelated
>>2144416I am going to beat you to death
>>2144418Understandable. I'm still getting those satchels though
What’s the point of being strong now that nobody is left to prove it to?
>>2144415Guess we found one of those lab rats anyway.>>2144435I'm not sure what it even means to be strong in a game like this anymore. Rather than being strong, I would rather enjoy myself
>Survives two dragons.Truly a rat.
>The 3vs3 was the last one of the night.Fitting I guess, thanks for the squad!
>>2144549Thanks for the games, it was fun! I missed this too.
>>2144549GGs, it was good. The 3v3 was not a bad way to end it.
Neat, if the opponent dodges Bird Drill's BAs while a volley of Balloons is chasing them then that can lead to a guaranteed guard break. Need to try going for this more since Bird Drill doesn't have many options in face-to-face fights aside from its guard break setups. Very needy weapon since Balloons are so unreliable. MoC to bind with AltSP or Break, Hyena and Wall Shooter to let Balloon bind more easily, Iron Bind because it's extremely painful to use any Drill without it, and Giant Killer to pick up IPPONs when you can't bind; which will happen often since everything relies on its setups and binding mid-combo with the Hyena Balloon shotgun can also be unreliable if your position is bad.
>>2143138Truly.>>2143139It's just crazy. They could always do a Ninjala 2 and make a big shift and maybe fix it.Honestly, I've thought about trying it again, but from how this thread makes it sound, it's too dead a lot of the time and I'd bet I'd just get curb stomped anyways. A shame the single player content was just kind of there (and cost money)
>>2147228Well, Team Battle is populated but then you have to play the teammate gacha and eat all the apples. We could potentially get a squad together for that though
>>2147228I think you should jump in at Turf at least, we got plenty of matches on the first day.
Merry Christmas again, hope everyone had a nice holiday
>>2150779Merry Christmas!Shame Gungho didn't gift us with an entire week of Turf.
Could somebody knowledgeable explain how guard breaks work in Ninjala?On the receiving end: I see a guardbreak coming from a million miles away. So i do nothing. Just stand there. No directional input. No button pressed. And i get guard broken. lolOn the dealing end. I see a player blocking, like literally running around with the gum bubble. Aim, push guard break button. I hear the "thudd" sound file. They BLOCK my guard break. lolAnyone else noticed these?
>>2152996How it works is the game leaves your guard up for a bit after you block something, probably to make guard break setups work even in lag. What you need to do is use an action that forcibly cancels your guard. Dodges are generally the most reliable for this, although rarely you can get caught midair if you already used your dodge without resetting it via landing, midair jump, or getting hit.The other way to cancel your guard is attacking, with the caveat that you can't be using an attack that has an auto-approach to it because you can guard cancel those auto-approach homing dashes and thus they don't cancel the guard because both actions are allowed to occur at the same time. If you're close enough then it'll skip the auto-approach to do the attack and this doesn't matter, but against ranged guard breaks like Drill's you might get hit from far enough away that the auto-approach kicks in and you don't cancel your guard in time So, attacks with no auto-approach like most of the SK8 moveset or most Specials are safest for this and if you're close enough then most other attacks are fine too. But if you can dodge, just do that.As for people guarding your guard break, I'd need to see a clip of it. I've heard it happen to other people, but I've never seen it myself that I remember. Weird stuff does happen if two actions/reactions occur at the same time in this game, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was something like that. I've even seen Cannon guard cancel itself out of a gumbind before
>>2152996>>2153097Oh, and if you meant you didn't guard a projectile beforehand then it may have been the effect of Master of Change (webm related), the gum damage on Claws' Back Break Attack (the Break where they do a flip for the windup), or a delayed bind that you had stored. A delayed bind occurs when a gumbind and some other action like a break occur at the same time. You don't appear gumbound at first, but then the next attack that hits you triggers the gumbind with whatever gumbind duration is assigned to that attack. For example:https://streamable.com/nrb4k7
>>2152996You could check on training mode to see if it's some latency issue.
Happy nin year
Happy New Year on life support from us!!!
Happy new year!
Looks like you get a new years sticker if you log into Ninjala right nowhttps://x.com/playninjala/status/2006546071648911390
Turf tomorrow
Anyone up for Turf?
>>2177442Joining in 5 -G
>>2177442I'm booting up the game in a bit for it. -WL
Glad i switched to the sword for that one
Another team, how rare.
>>2177504Sometimes I wonder if we scared them all off over the years
>>2177517It'd be nice to think that we're that much of a wall, but realistically those same people would be the ones with no qualms abot buying their way through. With enough lab points you have nothing to fear.
>>2177520Well, I guess part of it is that we blocked a lot of those people too. Was planning to empty the blocklist whenever things got unfucked, but that never happened.
>>2177523I should probably take a look at my blocklist, i know it's full. The thing is that I tailored it for BR, and Turfs is kinda the only playable mode now.Would be nice to be able to unblock them all.
>>2177517As funny as that would be, I still remember some people defeating us, shame that most of them were just unfun players.>>2177520Don't forget the obligatory poison AND barrier, because metafagging on regular team isn't enough.
I though it would fail since we were missing a 4th player at first, yet in the middle of it he was gone and it still ended a 3vs4.
>>2177544Hey at least if they leave mid-game we can still play. We don't have to wait the 7+ minutes.
Speaking of poison AND barrier.
I wish we could see the lvl of most of this players
Weird, I don't think that scroll was actually there at the end, I should have triggered it when my lock-on decided to kill me
>>2177565Yeah same, i accidentally homed in to someone in the range that i would've absolutely killed me in. That's a new one.
Also that match was 46-0, that's one point away from the max we've gotten it to.
It's crazy how many people think that they can win by just spamming ninjutsu in this mode. Pathetic.
Wish that Night-mare had some damage reduction at least, the fact that you can ninjutsu toward your death really hurt it.
HORSE RACE!
>>2177636At least it's got projectile immunity after the startup, I suppose. Not sure if Stock 2 is really worth it on here considering you only need gum damage reduction for that short period when you activate it
I never understood why people bring Drone Hustle here.
>>2177653Mostly because they dont do separate builds for turfs I suppose. Also it's easy to get max energy in relative safety and without hoping your teammates actually know what they're doing.
>>2177656Still feels like a waste, then again not many people even try to get the best out of their slots.
Next one is my last for tonight, didn't think I would prolong it like this, guess seeing more and more people on this last hour made want to play more.
>>2177667I'm not too far from stopping myself, my controller is running out of battery even though i charged it for this.
Ended pressing A again, guess one more won't hurt.>>2177669Well it's been 4 hours and the battery on these things tend to get a bit faulty at times.
Now for real time to go. What a nice 1st squad of the year, is nice to see that the game isn't dead even in it's maintenance mode. GGs and thanks for the squad!
>>2177694Thanks for the games, it was fun! I'm surprised how many players we ran into. Guess people are finally done with the holidays and some of them have a new console to try out
Anyone up for some Turf before reset?
>>2179209I can join in like 10 mins. -G
Might be able to join for a bit... Going to set up some things first-ko
>>2179261>>2179272Alright, let me know then
>>2179282Ready to go. -G
>2 disconnects Our blues weren't that scary.
>>2179361Might have been my fault, I drilled one of them a couple times and they kept spinning in place for the rest of the match after the ragequit
Done with the stuff, ready to join.
Nice to see you again ko! Not too many people on today, but it's not dead at least
Either Kunai can detonate Dragon or I just BA dodged one with Ogre.
>>2179456Probably the BA dodge, it's sudden movement that they have trouble with
Gotta go now, thanks for the games!
>>2179480Thanks for the games, it was fun!
>Last match disconnect.Well that blows.Thanks for the squad!
>>2179491Yeah, lame way to end it. Was a good day for Turf overall though, GGs!
I am once again asking for teams I can’t solo the lab rats alone
>>2184484Sure, I'm up for that -Ma
Oh, a Matsuri started.
See you on the 14th
>>2193872>>2193872https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQtjgUkQmzkIf you don't get any of this post, I will target you.I love Toon THIS muchAll the broken bullshit with game ends with either me or walking away from everything.I know what you really are :)
It's crazy to me that a switch only game has a dedicated thread that's still alive. Kudos to Nintendo. They won bigly.
Turf tonight, although I can't say I'm in a particularly good place right now so I don't know if I'll make it or not>>2199518Does this really seem alive to you? GungHo just has more dollars than sense
Sometimes I think about the days I used to play this game. I hope you're all still doing okay....I LOVE YOOOOOU
>>2204111Welcome back, anon. Could be better, but not dead yet. There aren't many of us left here anymore, unfortunately.But if anyone is around, I'm ready for Turf whenever -Ma
>>2204195I'll join in like 10 min. -G
Man, those last two teams sure liked their ninjutsu but they couldn't do much else. First game had plenty of people with full cards too. Also I'm trying to play without Master of Change on this thing for now, might back out to try a different build if it doesn't work out
Man I feel gimped without dragon, now I have to use my head.
>>2204195Entering lobby in about 5min or so. -ko
Did their server crash?
>>2204312Alright, will stop back to pick you up after this match (assuming we get one)>>2204320I have no idea, I didn't crash but it looked like someone on the other team did and then you did
>>2204326I got this one connection error, can't remember if it was the common one or if it was similar to the one you get when you attempt to connect under maintenance and the reconnection to the lobby also took a while.
Man, we are not having much luck with the matchmaking tonight
>>2204370Indeed. No hits so far :(
>>2204370>>2204382do we try 2 duos to see if it works?
>>2204385Try now that I left.
>>2204385I'd be okay with that, but we might run into one another>>2204387Still took a long time, but we did find one. I guess GungHo doesn't want us to play together today unless you guys are okay with duos
ONF, but then we got two matches. Duos would probably be worth a try. Are you guys interested in that at all?
>>2204423I wouldn't mind. -G
>>2204432Alright, how about you and ko then if that's alright? I'd go with ko myself, but the site's not letting WL post for some reason so you wouldn't be able to coordinate with them at all. ko, are you still up for duos?
Last one for me tonight, didn't expect to last this long, I guess I though we were starting to encounter better players as time went on, still it was fun, thanks for the squad!
>>2204531Thanks for the games, it was fun! Wish GungHo would have let ko play with us too though
>>2204540I only got in a random match, 2v2. Then I just left, sorry.
>>2205861It's fine, I'm just sorry GungHo always makes this harder than it needs to be
sucken
Anybody want to get some more Turf in?>>2206373Sucken what?
>>2206420Sure -G.
>>2206427Invited, but we're having a lot of trouble finding any matches. I guess half the country being covered in snow would do that. My internet seems to be acting up too, so maybe we should give up early if it doesn't work after a few more tries
>>2206446Are trying to see if solo and duo works?
>>2206463*you
>>2206463Holy fuck it took so long to get it working so i can send stuff again. Sorry for the confusion.We're trying without MA, it might be his net that's the issue so he's off trying to get that straightened. I'd like to also try it with me as the host with us 3.-WLIt took so long to get the this working and get the captcha that we ONF'd on a clear 3v3. Fuckin' hell
>>2206463>>2206469Sorry about that, looks like my router just needed a bounce
Getting into the pregame *is* a different thing to getting matches at all though
>>2206482Considering we failed to get one in a duo, is all up to luck now.
>>2206484I'll try leaving again and you guys can try duoing again. If it doesn't seem any better, I could join back up. Might just be the usual sunday deadness plus snow
My controller's at low battery now. Honestly we might not get much of anything done today if the best we could get was a 2v2 and a 3v3 that immediately failed. Just got unlucky with it this time around
>>2206506I'm fine with calling it a day since it doesn't seems like it will get better than this.
>>2206507Unless?Realistically though we will ONF here, so I'm good on calling it a day here too.
By Jove we've done it
>>2206515I'm just glad the game didn't decided to pull one at the start of it.
Gotta leave now sadly, controller is on death's door now.Glad we at least got a single match with all of us, and at least one more with the 2v2. GGs.
>>2206521A shame, it was short but GGs!
a match not found would've been better than this.
That may have been the saddest match I've ever played
It was actually good that we were losing at first or else they'd have been able to spam us with sharks instead
>>2206573Sharks AND PB, the drill was clearly itching to spam that
Well what a disappointment, it should have made a 3vs3. Anyway GGs and thanks for the squad
Oh well, guess that's it for tonight. Thanks for the games! Wish we could have gotten more, but the deadness is understandable this week
Not really related, but I'm laughing at the negative reception for Highguard - it's not surprising at all but>3v3>the fucking game is 3v3 (and the maps are huge)Even JankHo made a 4v4 ftp game on the fucking Switch, what's Highguard's excuse?
>>2207823It's funny because GungHo originally meant for this to be a 16-player game, but then they saw how bad the west's internet was and we ended up getting an 8-player game that still lags like crazy. But yeah the Highguard situation is pretty sad. All these issues around launch screwing over the game forever sure feels familiar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUedNb7Pp8I>anime finally hits episode 200>they accidentally reuse the thumbnail from 199Bravo, GungHo
>>2212983It's so mystifying this has the episode count of some staple kids show with absolutely 0 of the pop culture significance it should come with.
>>2214037When you have as money as GungHo I guess you can make mediocre anime run as long as you want
Woops wrong one
>>2228468Oh neat, that NA3 actually has a pretty big hitbox on it for defense. Guess that's one good use for it>>2228472The rail messing up your gum shoot caused me physical pain, but sick dragon dodge
Turf tonight
>>2239267Yes -G
I think we did quite well, you know for a 2 vs 4
>>2239281That's being generous, it was more like a 2v6. Almost turned it around despite that and the lab monkeys too
Speaking of no teammates, that time we got a couple who couldn't even stand in the zone at the end even though there was no reason to leave. We would have won that if they did
>Dragon spamming What a dull guy.
Nice comeback there, they were pretty much just all rushing our spawn at the start but as soon as the numbers evened up the lab monkey drill finally got punished for wasting dragon and focusing players instead of the objective
Can't believe we actually won.
>>2239401I just kind of lived in their zone at the end and kept getting them with MoC and horse, so nice job holding down the rest of the map
>4 Sudden Burst only.Sometimes I wonder if there's a better starting card.
>laggy katana with 1-shot tornado and RE spamVery tempted to add that particular scumbag to the block list.>>2239420It's a really bad card to give new players since it makes it harder to understand the burst mechanics. GungHo just railroads people into playing rock-paper-scissors with nonsense like that
Sorry about that, the sushi had such a lag that it was impossible to kill.
>our baby teammate ragequits>theirs rushes up to B to press the poison button at exactly the right time>scumbag katana with 1-shot bind launcher besides thatIncredible.
Yeah I don't think I can take MoC off of Bird Drill. It's way too good, and it covers its weakness of not having decisive surprise attacks. Also gives you a stance to assume while waiting for gum shoot cooltime
Somehow, I'm not surprised.
The GR8 was so laggy that it could get away with throwing out a rocket in the middle of a crowded zone because it took so long for attacks to connect with it
Connection problems, game even told me that a new update was available.
Next one is my last one for tonight.
Every time
Good to see that we barely had trouble getting matches, specially after the last time. GGs, thanks for the squad!
>>2239512Thanks for the games! I think I've finally settled on a Bird Drill build and can switch weapons for next time. Wall Shooter ended up being the weak link since this weapon (balloon specifically) doesn't handle different elevations well
Happy Val-nin-tine's Day. I'm up for more Turf if anyone else is, although I'm going to need to pause that in the middle at some point
>>2240483I could go for an hour now, are you available now?
>>2240591Yep, perfect timing in fact
Seems we get matches pretty fast this time of day
>>2240648>getting matches fast>in ninjalaA v-day miracle? Let's give it a shot...
>>2240648>>2240660Nevermind.
>>2240666Hahahaha, the moment I show up shit breaks:'(
>>2240648I wanted to say how surprisingly there's no shortage of blues but refrained to no jinx it.>>2240660Not anymore...
>>2240670Oh sorry, I didn't know you were looking to join so I wasn't sure if I should hold up Gr for that invite. I'll come back and get you after this! Wouldn't let me cancel
>>2240674No worries, I was just trying quick matches so far.
>>2240676Invite sent, although we just got into a room with literally no other people so I'm not hopeful. Seems we have to go even earlier for it to be populated
>Just 0Did we just scare the other players?
>>2240683Apparently so. You there, ko?
>>2240691looks like we got opposing teamsIf this disconnects, I'll go back to the lobby
>>2240698Alright, invited again then
Gonna wait 1 more match or attempt only, since it's been an hour and I want to kart for a bit.
Seems like the day was festive enough for the low traffic quite a shame, still glad we could play even if a little.I'll probably check on an hour or so before the reset just in case a squad is going, good luck!
>>2240716Oh well, glad we could play a couple at least. I've gotta eat soon, but I'll be trying again after that until reset
I could keep trying for a bit if you're up for it, ko? Otherwise I'll go get food and try again later
>>2240739Nah, got some stuff to do. Enjoy your meal!
Gonna start queuing again soon, let me know if anyone else wants in
>>2240894I couldn't play yesterday, got busy with stuff and ended up stupid tired. Hopefully we could get some games before the reset. -WL
>>2240894ready to join -G
8 alreadySo people can't get into the lobby anymore, the only thing left to do is wait for the inevitable ONF.
what a shame. GGs and thanks for the squad!
>>2241103GGs, would've hoped to play more but life kinda grabbed me by the balls. There's always next rotation.
>>2241103>>2241104Oh well, GGs! Was fun
>page 10Board's moving fast lately
Felt like putting together clips from Turf this weekend>Bird Drillhttps://streamable.com/8g6j91https://streamable.com/2rj9t7https://streamable.com/8m1sibhttps://streamable.com/ji48hehttps://streamable.com/nku7d9https://streamable.com/udlqtihttps://streamable.com/vj54gyhttps://streamable.com/8i4mvvhttps://streamable.com/bnou1fhttps://streamable.com/01efmq>Ninja Yo-yohttps://streamable.com/mxf9h5https://streamable.com/0tdgbxhttps://streamable.com/qqqcvehttps://streamable.com/qh9cmkhttps://streamable.com/273gh9and a slightly older one that shows just how tiring it is to deal with P2W cheatshttps://streamable.com/z7wf8yNeed to spend some more time with Ninja Yo-yo I think. The recent buff to Yo-yo Leap seems to have made it a lot more effective so long as you take Iron Bind. On the other hand, Iron Bind's cooltime nerf made Hurricane Shake for Balloon spam a lot less effective. Kinda needs Iron Bind either way because its strongest burst damage all uses launching moves and the damage is really low outside of that burst damage; which is not good for something with as short a gumbind duration as Balloon. Currently running>(SP) Wall Shooter 12, Ninja Sense Pro 1, Stealing Hyena 13, Giant Killer 1, Iron Bind 13since Wall Shooter makes Balloon's gum damage way more consistent and lets medium Balloon 1-shot bind. Works well with Leap to hold people in place. Another option is Master of Change, but I know from ASAKUSA Wheel that it's not going to have the damage to take advantage of that since Wheel just barely kills consistently thanks to SearcherFinally settled on a similar build for Bird Drill too>(AltSP) Master of Change 23, Stealing Hyena 13, Giant Killer 13, Ninjutsu Stock 1, Iron Bind 2MoC instead of Wall Shooter since the range is shorter and it's more consistent, plus Stock for Horse, but same ideas otherwise. Sucks that every Balloon weapon needs Giant Killler.Also, BR tournament tonight. Time to get that first tier 100 BR mission done
Nothing like a BR match, to remember why you hate BR.
>>2254456Tell me about it. Yo-yo build was doing great with tons of IPPON Masters and first places, but then you just get games where the respawns go out of their way to screw you over and broken projectile weapons are stealing free points from every clusterfuck dogpile. Completely worthless mode these days, just like Team Battle. No point to playing either one unless you feel like gambling.Also, Season 21 complete. Ninjala complete too, I guess. Don't need to do these annoying missions again, don't need to play Battle Royale again, don't need to play Team Battle again. Nothing left but Turf.
>>2254602Congrants and welcome to nothingness may Gungho free us from it someday, hopefully with some good news.>Nothing left but Turf.Quite a shame really , I would probably LNS if it didn't have it owns Issues.
>>2028124They are so cute
>>2264311Ninjas usually are
>>2264450I may not play much anymore but I frequently think of them.
Who's up for Turf? Gonna go Yo-yo for a bit then switch to Pop Eye since I had some stuff I left untested back before Christmas. Just need a few minutes first>>2257537Speaking of LNS, I did try that right before the tournament last weekend but it took like an hour or more to get two matches and they ended immediately. I guess it's just too stupid of a mode for most people considering how easy it is to lose after waiting all that timehttps://streamable.com/rok3o4>>2265908I pretty much only do Turf Squads at this point, but I can't help but think about it all the time too. Aside from ninjas being cute, there are still a lot more things I want to try before it's too latehttps://streamable.com/sfucu3
>>2266012Ready to join -G
>>2266014Sorry for the wait, invite sent>>2266012Both of those links were meant for the second reply, guess I should have proofread first
Great start
>>2266019If LNS had MtMB waiting time and no people stalling or readying two dragons then it would be great.
>>2266026There was a point where they just needed to disable ninjutsu for the mode to be fine, but now that we have weapons with tools that are stronger than ninjutsu like VS it might not even matter. May as well give everyone two lives at this point so everyone could play longer and more people would join
So there was a time limit, is a shame the other 2 decided to try too late.
The rare overtime time limit. We did pretty well for not having any teammates. No idea how that lab monkey had two tenchi at the start though
>>2266072I don't understand HOW the rocket guy got a second one just that quick, they had the advantage the entire game.
Speaking of useless teammates. If those guys were awake, there was no way we would have lost that one. Also, just a tip for Wheel since it's a huge pain in the butt to play; for MoC, use Leap, then jump and Searcher, then recall and toss -> warp and follow up with NA or WA to finish. That'll kill most opponents. Using Searcher early is important since that'll drain their energy while they're bound. No idea if you were doing that or not, just spent a lot of time with Wheel
>>2266121Eh I was mostly poking around, I don't really know how to use wheel so the advice is really appreciated.
Starting to think I may need to clear my blocklist if these are the only matches we're getting lately
Nice job there, that one was getting close. Figured we'd be in for a rough time when I saw the teams
I wouldn't be surprised if he start hating yo-yos
>>2266199That one fan we had a few matches with? Nah, they were saying GGs and stuff at the end
Man yo-yo leap is quite funny, I can leave it on B and go be annoying on either A or C with Search shot and jump back the moment it's being captured.
>>2266233Yeah, there are a ton of cool things you can do with it! If you dash toward someone after most WAs, you can use Break Recall for some unburstable damage to end a combo with too. On Yo-yo, NA -> WA2 -> Break Recall seems like the best burst damage if you don't have Leap available and are using Iron Bind. For Wheel, I think being able to fight at the same range you can shoot Searcher at is the best thing it's got going for it. The warp strike finally does enough damage to kill consistently and while a toss + revall does as much down value as a Break, the warp itself has 0 down value so you can easily combo somebody to death with NAx2 -> WA3 loops and such after draining their energy. Searcher -> Break isn't too bad for guard breaks either, and as long as you don't use your dodge beforehand you can still dodge out of most parries to use that are your IPPON condition
I'm glad the matchmaking started picking up after a bit. See you next turf, GGs and thanks for the squad!
>>2266290Thanks for the games, it was fun! I'm gonna keep going indefinitely if anyone else wants to join
Anyone up for more Turf?
>>2267612Yes -G
Wasn't expecting a triple yo-yo squad
>>2267671Them being different Yo-yo's make's it better
>>2267671I was adamant about picking spinner because i don't like to double dip with weapon types on a team. But with yoyo and asakusa there was no way i wasn't picking spinner for the funny.
Man, it's as dead as ever tonight. I guess it makes sense, most people don't stay up until midnight playing Ninjala right before a weekday
>>2267714The curse of being Sunday, quite a shame I really liked the fact that it was more extended that the Friday ones.
By jove we've done it.I felt so alive.
>>2267734Alive, unlike the game
I really wish the game attempted to fill the other team first before adding another one to ours.
>>2267750No, you don't understand. That would make too much sense, we can't have that in Ninjala.
We've got one to two more attempts at a match
>>2267777And now no one can get into the pvp menu and access the featured battle option. Now we wait for the inevitable death.
>2 matches onlyBummer thanks for the squad anyways, guess the massacre is reserved for next time, GGs!
>>2267799Oh well, at least we got some games in yesterday. GGs
>>2267799GGs, it was at least fun to mess about with 3 of the same weapon type.
