[Eibu]

My In-depth Gamespeak: Like I said depending on if you have L Trigger and R Trigger do different things you can have Sixteen different Gamespeak Options. HOWEVER this is A LOT and probably unecessary (and scary for the designer). So the better choice would be to make L Trigger OR R Trigger be the GameSpeak (you pick whatever is comfortable). Now this gives you Eight Options and here is a skeleton of my idea.
Trigger can be EITHER L or R

Trigger + Tap Y = Single Hi. “What’s up?” “Hello!”

Trigger + Hold Y = Group Hi. “Everybody!” “All’o’ya!”

Trigger + Tap X = Follow Me. “Come on!” “Uh, follow me!”

Trigger + Hold X = Position. Example: You bring a group of Shaman Muds to a Storm Circle but instead of herding them individually into each Chant Circle you press this button combo near the Storm Circle and they’ll automatically find their own Chant Circle to stand in by themselves!

Trigger + Tap A = Work. “Do it!” “Little help please?”

Trigger + Hold A = Attack. Used much less often in this game than Munch (special occasions)

Trigger + Tap B = Sympathy. Further explained below.

Trigger + Hold B = Aggressive.

Example--You walk up to a Mud and here is the situation.
Trigger + Tap A
Abe: Hello!
Mud: *sigh*
Trigger + Tap X
Abe: Follow Me!
Mud: Nah…
Trigger + Tap A
Abe: What’s the matter?
Mud: What’s the point in living?
Trigger + Tap B
Abe: Cheer up! I’ll make things better.
Mud: Well…OK I guess I can trust you.
Trigger + Tap X
Abe: So follow me!
Mud: I guess.

As you can see the Mud didn’t completely cheer up but Abe talked to him enough to get him to follow him finally.

Here’s another example
Trigger +Tap A
Abe: What’s up?
Mud: Wanna’ hear a joke?
Trigger + Tap A
Abe: I guess so.
Mud: Pull my finger. Haha!
Trigger + Tap X
Abe: OK, well follow me.
Mud: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, get it?!
Trigger + Hold B
Abe: Snap out of it man! *slap*
Mud: Ouch. Thanks I needed that.
Trigger + Tap X
Abe: This way please.
Mud: Sure thing, Abe!
After some puzzle solving you reach a Shrine
Trigger + Hold X
Abe: Stand over there.
Mud: What, here? Mud walks into red circle
L Trigger + R Trigger
Abe: Chanting "RluRluRluRluRluRlu"
Shrine shocks Mud
Mud: What the AAAAHHHH!!
after transformation
Mud: Cool.
Trigger + Tap X
Abe: This way!
Mud: Coming.
Walk up to a sleeping Slig
Trigger + Hold A
Abe: Charge!
Mud: Geronimo!!

As you can see it’s still pretty shallow and might be to complex but it adds another level to gameplay, enhances the use of Gamespeak and can be entertaining. Of course you could press other buttons to see what Abe and the Mud would say but it might hurt your place in the conversation and you would have to start over again…or not to make it simplier. Like I said it would be more fun if it was thought to be purely superficial but entertaining none the lesss.

[ December 03, 2001: Message edited by: Eibu ]