Lookin' bitchin'.  Also, curious, what stage is that?  looks very nice.

not 1.0? why?

grandstardust or whatever it's name seems awkward cause it drags the opponent even if it's lying down. maybe it'll be better if marisa would pass the opponent if her opponent is lying on the floor.

and kohaku 1.0 is invalid.

Well, it's glad to see that you're updating your old stuff.

And IMO, it'd be neat if you replaced the old lvl 3's with the DMs, since almost everyone and their mom is using 'em, it seems.

Cool beans.  Quick things, can you:

-Move the defense type menu for 1.0 versions up, so that they're on screen?  (Although I thought I saw you talking about removing that feature alltogether at one point, may be wrong about that)

-Remove the "results" at the end of the match for 1.0 versions?  They don't fit on 1.0's widescreen resolutions and also defeat the purpose of having a "win screen" when one is already built into mugen now.

Otherwise, looking forward to the updates and to this (not quite so) secret character. 

There's no reason to move it up so its "on screen", it has to do with whether or not mugen is using a 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio. It's very easy to alter the position of the defense select based on the aspect ratio, I've done it with mine. Same goes for the results screen.

More opinions - not sure if I care for the new supermove sparks either.  They're obnoxiously large and block the super portrait, and they're big enough that they seem to lag the game.  These are opinion based though, take them with a grain of salt.

The special intro makes me laugh.  Specifically Kohaku's face.

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edit:  crap double post

well might as well make use of it

Would it be possible to get a version with the old super sparks (the ones that played upon activation of the supermove, with the portrait in the background)?  The new ones just lag out too much and take up too much space to my liking.  Or, where would I look in the coding to find these new sparks, so that I could plop the old code on top of it?

edit:  Quick "bug" report.  On all of the new versions, it seems that the sound effect that plays upon killing an enemy with a super doesn't always play.  Half of the time, I just get silence.

She shouldn't take that long to recover from a jump. You might have the frame times right (I haven't checked), but she should gain control immediately during landing after a neutral jump or any other kind of jump.

It's not supposed to be the way you have it. You're confusing the frame times and their durations with the time it takes to gain control from an action. That is not the case in Melty Blood, you need to look carefully. For many of the characters, the older frame display tool has the correct moments of control gaining; some moves have, of course, changed in the transition to MBAA. You just need to do the experiments. Use the PS2 emulator and its video capturing feature to your advantage.

To be honest about Akiha, she kind of feels misplaced. I don't like her. I think she could be better.

- The hit sounds don't feel right for certain attacks, notably attacks that are scratching attacks.

- The jumping feels way to loose. She takes off too high, the velocities are not correct at all. I thought you were getting correct velocities and accels, I guess not. I guess that's also why I don't like the way she feels.

- The posadds and stuff feel weird. Her standing high punch, for example, is completely wrong. It looks like the wind is blowing her. She needs to move forward and then backward. The attacks don't feel solid enough. You completely disregarded the functionality of the movement of some moves and you did them completely wrong; now they don't serve their purposes.

- Her jumping hard kick's active phase lasts way too long. Should be 4 ticks, not 10 ticks. The hitboxes on it are also questionable.

- I would have just used her Act Cadenza voice.

Nanaya...
- no reversals
- Lack of invul frames, even a smidgeon, on his DP non EX
- QCB+K, it's special followup looks like an overhead, why not make it one? It'll serve an extra purpose that way if you do.
- Cr. LP has a dissappearing clsn moment.

I have to agree, I just don't understand why you used the Actress Again voices when they are really low quality when you could have used the Act Cadenza ones. And in case you encountered things that weren't in AC, you could just take those from AA or try to use another ones from AC to replace it. At least until we get AA for PC, which will be soon.

Also, I experienced the same problem with lag as the others. Isn't there anything you can do to solve it?

V.Akiha:
- Infinite with s.Y > s.Y > s.Z > Tori wo Otosu
- Compared to her landing recovery time after jumping forwards/backwards, the recovery time on her landing after a neutral jump is pretty big. You can cancel out of it by doing any kind of move, but if you just want to walk forward/backward, you're gonna have to wait for a while.

White Len:
- If you do another Fleur Freeze Kururu right after the first one, only one ice needle comes out. If you do a third one right after, the other needles come out.

Also, IMO, your characters could use a stricter damage dampener. It's not as noticeable in Nanaya, but in the others, especially Kohaku...ouch.

What I think about the dampener is that it should VARY from character to character. Stuff like that doesn't have to be universal all the time.

I was really hoping to see those nice dark sparks, but it looks like you didn't resolve the lag they produced. New hitsparks are not bad, just a tad too bright, IMO.

On the topic of framerate, it looks like her 2*qcf+P and the Super FX make MUGEN lag ever so slightly (until I tweaked my power options) (or it might just be my laptop subtly telling me it's getting too old)

Speaking of which (again), the parry hitboxes don't cover her as much as they should ; part of her head is still vulnerable when attempting a standing parry, same for her feet with the aerial parry.

She can cancel her standing normals into a crouching normal, but not the other way round. Dunno if it's intended or not.

Stumbled upon a weird bug : when I cancel a qcf+P into her level 3 exactly 7 frames after the flame hits and before the last hit, the enemy gets kicked out of the level 3 custom state, and can try to parry the giant flame thing afterwards (and that's about the only thing they can do since it is unblockable)

No Negative Edge on her dp+P.

Took a glimpse at the Super FX code... That's some wacky coding you've got there

- Hmmm...maybe it's me, but the super BG effects seem slow.

- How good is 'Kochou no Yume' supposed to be?  It can't be parried and projectiles go through it.

- 'Secret Draw Out: New Years Asteroid' doesn't look like it can be parried either.