Y'know I have a new thing to complain about in the Project X Zone series where it has a lot of moments that has me completely lost due to obviously building around some in jokes due to who the Japanese voice actors are & while that's fine knowing the context, out of context, it just has me ultra confused in the overall story like, Why was Mega Man X so important to say the authorization of this multi dimensional truck ship that it needed to be voice acted? It even went back to Reiji by the end so what was the point besides an in joke I'm lost on or the one thing I do know about an in joke is Valkyrie from The Legend of Valkyrie series (games I'll one day play) where she's obsessed with the number 17 due to an in joke regarding her voice actor that I'm just scratching my head in confusion on why in the context of the story?
Danganronpa 2 had a better usage of this in my perspective because it was playing around with one of the character's voice actor being a sailor moon character & while that does get lost in the dub, that's when I know the writing is good when I can enjoy it without the context it's referencing alongside the fact the trial was really good with how it subverts a previous trial in the first game that I'm not elaborating on but with how the Project X Zone series does all this, it feels like a higher budget "respectful" take on a friedberg and seltzer movie just with less offensive stuff (usually) & more on, "HEY LOOK! THE THING YOU RECOGNIZE THEREFORE ITS AN OBVIOUS 15/10 MASTERPIECE!!!"
