Part 29: Early Undernet Access.

I'll try and knock out the rest of these, and then we can do something fun

Um, these are fun? Aren't we having fun?? YAY!!





You mean I get to be a fucking Power Ranger? SIGN! ME! UP!

Dude how much more shojo can we get? We're perfect for this role!!



At least we can utilize this neat shortcut to Beach Square.

I wonder what that pink square says... I'd look it up, but I am terrible at looking up kanji.



I buy out Barr200 R here.



Do you need me to do a Bruce Lee on camera?



No offence, but are you sure you're muscly enough for that?





Oooo, an endurance round! I like endurance rounds.

I like endurance rounds when they're easy. Or if they're hard, and somebody else is playing it, and it ends in tragedy



Of course, you need to give me something fucking interesting.



Snore.



I'm also having fun! I definitely don't MSPaint stuff when I run out of things to say!



Interesting thing I discovered in the last fight: If you have AntiDmg (BattleChip) active, but press Left+B for the NCP, then the NCP's command overwrites AntiDmg. In my confusion, I took a hit or two.

Interesting thing: prawns on the beach. Oooh yeah.



OH NOOO! LEVEL 1 VIRUSES!

It's OK!! You're the top guy from the N1!



WE ARE GONNA DIE!

We can do it!!



Eh.

Hooray we somehow lived through that arduous ordeal!



_{Why do I get the feeling that's a sarcastic clap?}



There's 0% chance of that happening with me behind the wheel, bro.



Yes! He's a really GREAT FRIEND who deserves this or something else.





A quest where you fight and get an HP Memory, what's not to like?







lolscrub

Okay maybe this is a bit racist, but I get the feeling... Netopians?







Whoa, really?



Right, there are 3 Navis lurking around in random jack-in points. Not too hard.





Are you the same fucking Navis I deleted back when we first visited Beach Area?

What are you saying? That all HeelNavis look the same to you??



Too bad the Slimers actually make Momogra less likely to hit you. After all, staying in front of the Slimers is a bad idea because they'll just jump into you.



He just wants to hug you, man. Let him hug you.







POINT YOUR FINGERS AND MOCK!



This game has its moments.

I don't think it's funny, I think it's hilarious



This game is psychic?



No wonder she left you. Your viruses are terrible. No self-respecting Navi girl should be seen with that kind of setup!

What sort of viruses would a navi girl be seen with?

...dominerds? Or something equally cheap and nasty- wait that sounds bad



Okay, for this next part, I will not transcribe what will take place. To do so would cheapen the effect. Just trust me.

















Yes. This game just did a fucking Goodfellas reference. Well done, Capcom.

I...







Wow. You guys fucking suck. That was GOLD.

You're both right. IT was terrible and fantastic.





At least SOMEONE enjoyed it.

Camera guys, psssh.







Uhh, the WWW ruined it, dude.

I think what he's saying is it was ruined as soon as the Netopians were knocked out of the tourney. Which we all know is factual.



What the fuck is the matter with you?

I'm gonna say... TV makes you violent!



These guys just love their Momogras.

Probably because they're adorable~



so adorable







We are going to be partying tonight! Quick, bring the beer, MissEchelon.

Yes, yesssssssss






Last one, yaay!

yesssssssssssssssssss



This guy goes on for a bit, so I decided to abridge it.



It's only small-time NPC dialogue, not really worth transcribing fully, either. All he's saying is that some health data on the students went missing.

I'm not sure if I've said it enough, but YAY FOR IT SECURITY amirite??



hahahahaha



I could think of a few ways to misuse that kind of data.

That's what she said!



A Mr. Prog had this "InsrData". They always fuck up.



Um excuse me? Who else you gonna ask to get a job done but a Mr Prog? You ask a navi to do it? You get a job done whenever some guy's done chip-hunting across the whole undernet and doing side-quests.

_{Oh no, I have incurred the wrath of the Prog Queen.}

At SciLab Area CyberSquare's shop...


BUY EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING!

Completionism!! Yay!!



ALL MINE!





Never trust a Prog.

Always trust a Prog if you wanna have a good time.



Ugh.

Never not trust a Prog





ALL SHALL KNOW ABOUT THE BRUCE LEE!

Wait somebody just recognised you?! I know you just been on TV, but wow that never happens.



Did you guys know Mayl is actually .9cm taller than Lan?



Is this guy creeping on Mayl? Thanks, Japan.



I'm so pro, I can abuse frames and timings to not even face you, bro.

I'm way more impressed by this than I have been by all the battle shenanigans. Oh man, the pro-est gameplay.



Oh, c'mon. Yo-yo1 G is a regular S-rank reward from Yort. Good thing I have plenty.

This guy is good at lifting data from Progs - notably not difficult. I'm sure he can't netbattle for shit.



Have it your way.



In the process of cleaning shit up, I come to here to purchase every reward. Unfortunately, I was 800Z short on acquiring everything. VIRUS BUSTING!

I think you suffer from a LACK OF VIRUSES BUSTING



Oh wow. Eleballs are a pretty uncommon encounter in ACDC Area 2.



god I love their faces



FOR FUCK'S SAKE! LEAVE! ME! ALONE!

But you're buddies! Isn't he your buddy? Having fun, hanging out.



S-RANK, BITCH

This is totally how I feel right now.



Guess I'm getting a FlashManV3 chip!

Having fun, hanging out.

_{wow, I'm surprised the NT warrior comic had some cool art}





If you wanna see it for some reason, here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ0QCPFGtSQ

I'd draw something, but.... that comic totally had it covered!





Not bad.

Our true reward was the chip.



Spill it, asshole.



SO EXCITED TO HEAR since apparently we're all now members of the Chaud fanclub.







Wat

It all adds up. He pretends like he's really good at netbattling, but hey you always beat him.





PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!? Are you fucking shitting me right now?

Giver. Be real with me. How much time have you been spending netbattling?





You dick-riding mongul fuck, Lan! This was not worth our time! I've been playing these games for 10 FUCKING years and I don't need to be told that practice makes perfect!

Lan requires additional assistance, OK?



PRACTICING IS A SIN ALL OF A SUDDEN!?

If you're pretending like you never practise. Which... why not.



You need to train your fucking brain! You got suckered into doing labor for him! Granted, we got some decent pay ourselves, but come ON!

Lan needs to train his what?

i don't understand. This does not jive with 'never do homework'



Oh, great. Now Tora said something to the effect of "You guys are the real geniuses." That does NOT cool my temper!



: what are you talking about I'm clearly dumb as heck aduhhhhrrrrr





*foaming at the mouth*

At least we all learned a valuable lesson.



I'm STILL pissed!

I'm not sure what it was, because I wasn't paying attention. But I'm sure it was there.



No, fuck this, I need to blow off some steam. We're going to be using this Tally to get past this guy.

I'm not entirely clear on what the Tally is, but you know, whatever works.



Oh look, that hidden Internet segment from earlier. I wonder where it leads.





Awwww yeah!



Did you bring the beer, MissEchelon?

I drank the beer

_{I'm not sorry}


The viruses in the first two areas are nothing we haven't already seen. A combination of Spikey3s, Metrids, Fishy3s, and yadda yadda yadda. That's what happens when you come here ASAP.



Time to check out the Mystery Data reward list!



Ew.



EW.









Not bad at all.

Not great, but y'know, free stuff



The Undernet can get pretty complicated. Take this middle road right here.



Head down the ramp and veer left and take this road.



Area 2!

Man do we love one-way tile mazes.



The green mystery datas here are all Zenny, just varying amounts of it.



Look familiar?



....yessss, absolutely.





Oh goodie, now I don't have to screenshot how to get around this area. This one is pretty complicated if you ask me.

Internet postman? No match for a Mr Prog, I'm tellin ya.



Which we can't get to right now.





Will do!

Just as long as you're not doing when I'm given directions. Smile, nod, completely and immediately forget all of them.



Great find.



See what I mean by the rewards in the green datas in this area?

Pretty good for those of us who don't obsessively netbattle evvverything and gain a ton of zenny that way.



If you take the time to explore, you can find an exclusive warp to this location. I guess I'm glad FlashMan decided to bug me.

We're all glad you got flashed.





Why of course I'm putting this in. MORE BOMBS!

Who would let mettaurs play with bombs?



This path leads to Undernet Area 4. Yeah, we'll be heading there later. _{I could TOTALLY make that area my bitch if the game would let me.}

Wow, HeelNavis make excellent security guards.



This leads back to Undernet Area 1, which you need to follow that path to get BACK to Undernet 2. You then follow that path to get to Undernet Area 3.

Sometimes I worry this area isn't complicated enough.



Undernet 3! EXPLORE MORE!





You heard the HeelNavi! Scram, punk!



This boss hasn't even been fought yet!

Something tree-related? I'm sure we couldn't guess what that's about.



AW YEAH! KICK THE FIGHT MUSIC!

Volcano: These viruses will also camp a column or row and when they move for a bit, they will shoot volcanic rocks out of their top, one of which always targets MegaMan and the other rocks targeting random panels. Notably, if they step on a Lava panel, they will heal to full HP.

That's right, MegaMan.EXE fights volcanoes.



This virus also has an exclusive Custom S-rank BattleChip, so we'll definitely be back.

Wow their chip makes them look a lot taller than they actually are.



I like Yo-yo.





GIMME YOUR FIRESWORD!

I'm sure he intends to!



NEED!



Always good.

Sure are getting a lot of these this update. Real nice!



I got you from the Chip Trader.



Oooh! VERY good! Repair * is a useful little chip indeed. And since it's a green, we can farm infinite copies of these.

GMD is super handy sometimes. A lot of times. Aw yeah.



NO. FUCKING. WAY.



HAHAHAHAHA, I DON'T BELIEVE IT! Even I didn't know you could get a chip like THIS in here! You guys may want to farm these areas like 10 times each.



The UnderNet truly is a magical place.



More. viruses. busting. I'll need at least 2000 more BugFrags before I'm done with this playthrough. That is not an exaggeration.

Good thing they're reasonably easy to farm.



Going back to Beach Area shop once more to clean this guy out of everything.





It's a good day, for everybody!



I was only able to buy 2 copies of this. More Zenny required.



Let's head to bed. Now, I would end it here, were it not for an important thing coming up right now.

Is it shenanigans?? Those are pretty important.





Closed eyes makes for a very effective "Sleepy Hikari" effect.

It's so tough being an elementary student! Life is hard!



Not a cutscene. Just talking to Lan's friends. But hey, Lan's on time!

Is this what was important? Minor miracles??



[insert racist comment]



Fuck off.



There's so many of our friends in this class!





So. Much.



We had a week free of your oppressive forehead! Let the man rest a little while longer!





Yai's forehead simply takes up two seats.

I'm sure he's not like, sad about Yai being back. Probably the opposite.







Mugged by Giver for BugFrags?

That's a given.



Oh. Wait, WHAT!?

Oh no!!





I'm the same way in real life. GO DEX!

Go Dex?



Dex was probably thinking a whole lot, like he usually does, generally.



My-My BugFrag farming!





Lan gives NO fucks and just runs out the door!

Well it's not like he was learning anything in class.





Wow, the NPC dialogue in this game sure do vary a lot.

Wow, Lan told his mum something?!



Shit. We missed him?





Wow. This is genuinely sad.

It's always sad when your friends move away, especially when they're your best bros.







If only there was some sort of... networked system of computers... that we could use to contact him and find out...



: I TOLD you muthafuckas I was movin' to a new school! A brother can't take dis shit no mo'.





Didn't you hear? Dex Style ain't all about dat emotion.

BUT WE'RE HIS BROS. Bros talk to bros! Probably. I wouldn't actually know. I'm guessing.





That's because Tora kept fucking interrupting!

The moral of the story is, Dex should have punched Tora.



: Ah, hell!



: This just what I need! Mo' muthafucking whities on my lawn. Only cool one is dat hot piece of ass in da pink skirt. Fuck the others.

Too many white people on your lawn is a definite sign to move out, I'm telling you.

Fade out.







I have to say, Blink Animation is doing a fine job this update. Kudos.

Private jet? Sometimes I worry Yai isn't ridiculously rich enough. We should be better friends with her.





: ...gonna be chilling wif my homies.



Again, not that hard. Netopia's NetBattlers are largely garbage.

It's true, we've all seen it.





I missed it, but Dex does a little fist pump in this cutscene. Nice touch, guys.



Hasta la vista.

Goodbye forever, probably.