Rurouni Taikai Sunshine
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Rurouni Taikai Sunshine: Dreams Into Nightmares was a side tournament held from October 27, 2002, to November 5, 2002, on the shunyata.org forums. Hosted by Alexander Krizak and Shizuyoko, Rurouni Taikai Sunshine was created in the wake of the extremely dramatic Rurouni Taikai III, and was designed to be a more light-hearted tournament. To emphasize this, all video game characters were allowed to permit a wide range of odd and interesting characters, and the overstory of the tournament was less epic than that of previous tournaments, following the journey of a young child named Kyle Anderson as he gathered warriors to fight a demon named Thar-Shala that preyed on his mind. KyleIII was the eventual winner of the tournament, playing as the hotshot mercenary and pilot Fox McCloud.
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Rounds
Round One: Sanctuary (Rivendell, The Lord of the Rings)
Round Two: Clouds (Nimbus Land, Super Mario RPG)
Round Three: Myth (Valhalla, Norse mythology)
Omake Round: Halloween (Halloween Party, original location)
Round Four: Space (Optimal Drive Flight Starcraft Mk. MCMLXVII Type M Class 2 Zormordial Machimanius: THUNDERBIRD, original location)
Round Five: Scary (Shishio's Hideout, Rurouni Kenshin)
Round Six: Home (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Final Round: Confrontation (The Dreams of a Child, original location)
Afterparty: Waves (Beach Party, original location)
Other Important Threads
Drafting Thread
Character Description Thread
Introduction Thread
Rules and Regulations
Tailgate Party by AsylumXKP
Continuity
Rurouni Taikai Sunshine occured within the Eternal Multiverse, allowing participants to use characters from prior tournaments as well as use their characters again in future Eternal-related tournaments. However, the story did not involve any of the Eternals, save for Yume's role in the very last post of the tournament.
Battle System
Rurouni Taikai Sunshine used the Aspect System, a multi-class battle system with roots in the Class System of Rurouni Taikai Tactics and the Axis System of Rurouni Taikai III, as well as the game WarCraft III from Blizzard Entertainment. The system allowed participants to choose any three of twenty distinct Aspects, each one defining a different trait of their character (such as sword use, dark magic, or artistry).
Awards
Best Comedic Performance: (tie) AsylumXKP as Conker and Bugenhagen as Tom Nook
Best Comedic Dialogue: Bugenhagen as Tom Nook
Best One-Liner: KyleIII - "Red Valkyrie shot the food!"
Best Rivalry: San Draco as Chef Torte and CarlyCheeese as Sakura Kasugano
Best Alliance: Nif as Bud and Luna as Lisa
Best Duel (Sponsor vs. NPC): Dry - Miguel and Kain Highwind vs. Chibi Godzilla and Chibi Ruby Weapon
Best Duel (Sponsor vs. Sponsor): Curley W as Jason Soe vs. Onyx as Yami Yugi
Best Romance: CarlyCheeese as Sakura Kasugano and Switchblade as Rikku
Most Humourous Interpretation of an Existing Character: Bugenhagen as Tom Nook
Best Signature: AsylumXKP for his work on the Fox McCloud signature for KyleIII
Best Fluffy Sidekick: Luna and Nif as Guri the Goblin
Path of the Bard: San Draco
Path of the Comedian: Bugenhagen
Roster
Rurouni Taikai Sunshine allowed participants to sponsor defined characters from any video game, so long as those characters were not licensed from another form of media and they did not break the Divinity Ban. Participants were not allowed to sign up as Sidekicks. Fluffy sidekicks were allowed, but were not listed in the Master List.
| Final Round | Sponsor | Character | Aspects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | KyleIII | Fox McCloud (StarFox series) | Dragoon/Marksman/Rogue |
| Final Round | Luna | Lisa (Legend of Mana) | Sorceror/Enchanter/Beast |
| Final Round | Nif | Bud (Legend of Mana) | Sorcerer/Cleric/Enchanter |
| Round Six | CarlyCheeese | Sakura Kasugano (Street Fighter Alpha series) | Monk/Acrobat/Knight |
| Round Six | JSG | Leon D.S. Geeste (Star Ocean: The Second Story) | Sorceror/Engineer/Alchemist |
| Round Six | Slipstream | Guybrush Threepwood (Monkey Island series) | Blademaster/Monk/Mediator |
| Round Six | Dareon | Blue, Rouge, and Amethyst (SaGa Frontier) | Sorceror/Cleric/Monk |
| Round Six | Bugenhagen | Tom Nook (Animal Crossing) | Mediator/Thief/Beast |
| Round Five | AsylumXKP | Conker (Conker's Bad Fur Day) | Blademaster/Marksman/Acrobat |
| Round Five | Switchblade | Rikku (Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2) | Thief/Alchemist/Engineer |
| Round Five | Baka | Nikki (Chrono Cross) | Artist/Mediator/Acrobat |
| Round Five | San Draco | Chef Torte (Super Mario RPG) | Artist/Alchemist/Monk |
| Round Five* | Dry | Miguel (Chrono Cross) | Monk/Blademaster/Avatar |
| Round Four | Efli | Selphie Tilmitt (Final Fantasy VIII) | Sorceror/Cleric/Monk |
| Round Four | Julia | Millenia (Grandia II) | Marksman/Sorceror/Cleric |
| Round Four | Cirrus Velious | Mukki (Final Fantasy VII) | Thief/Acrobat/Beast |
| Round Four | Anoat | Bowser (Super Mario RPG) | Sorceror/Monk/Beast |
| Round Three | Curley W | Jason Soe (Secret of Evermore) | Alchemist/Enchanter/Beast |
| Round Three | Kellios | Bub (Bubble Bobble) | Marksman/Cleric/Enchanter |
| Round Three | net-cat | Yoshi (Super Mario series) | Marksman/Acrobat/Adept |
| Round Three | Sylphid | Bob (Bubble Bobble series) | Marksman/Sorceror/Enchanter |
| Round Three | Exeter | Don Corneo (Final Fantasy VII) | Mediator/Corruptor/Beast |
| Round Two | BlackMage | Artemecion (Final Fantasy IX) | Artist/Sorceror/Cleric |
| Round Two | plkman812 | Strider Hiryuu (Strider series) | Blademaster/Acrobat/Rogue |
| Round Two | Ijuraka Ejinaraki | Kain Highwind (Final Fantasy IV) | Adept/Avatar/Dragoon |
| Round Two | Onyx | Yami Yugi (Yu-Gi-Oh) | Blademaster/Marksman/Sorceror |
| Round One | Izlude | Fargo (Chrono Cross) | None Chosen |
| Round One | Daigohji | Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog series) | None Chosen |
| Round One | Netz Ausg | Pikachu (Pokémon series) | Acrobat/Beast/Avatar |
| Round One | Satara | Squall Leonheart (Final Fantasy VIII) | None Chosen |
| Round One | Maniac Ranma | Claude C. Kenni (Star Ocean: The Second Story) | Blademaster/Marksman/Adept |
* Dry was originally eliminated in Round Two, but was restored to Sponsor status by a minigame in Round Four.
