Sasuke 18 if Nagano didn't win

[BLM]

I think the log slope will be taken out and after the warped wall would be the flying chute. In stage 2 Chain Reaction would by the Downhill Jump. Stage 3 and Final Stage would be the same

[bigblind168]

May 15, 2009 20:25:29 GMT -5 BLM said:

I think the log slope will be taken out and after the warped wall would be the flying chute. In stage 2 Chain Reaction would by the Downhill Jump. Stage 3 and Final Stage would be the same

In stage 1 instead of the log slop thered be...nothing

honestly i couldnt see much changing... maybe a balance tank with a drop in it... but nothing much

[RiderLeangle]

Well I know they said the Circle Slider was supposed to stay for 5 tournaments or something like that so I'd say that'd stay.

[chackpop]

The course would stay the same mostly. The Log Slope would be the only change, replacedby an easy obstacle. Lower the Stage Two time limit, maybe.

[scnoi1217]

Stage 1: Probably just the log slope would go, maybe the Sextuple Steps. The Circle Slider took out a bunch of people, so that would stay. The rest would stay and I think the time limit would be around 17's.

Stage 2: No changes at all.

Stage 3: I could see fairly big changes here. 2 people beat the Third Stage, so I think they would have to make it harder. Personally, I think the Climbing Bars or Devil Swing would go as no one had trouble with them. The rest of the course would probably stay the same.

Stage 4: Same

[Homeslice]

I kinda disagree with the Devil's Swing part, because a few have struggled with it - in fact it took out two All-Stars (Takeda, Nagano) as well as Shinji Kobayashi. It's tough too.

Otherwise, I also don't imagine many changes would've happened if Nagano hadn't won.

[scnoi1217]

Yes it was hard, but that was before people knew the trick to it. If you did that, then you would have no problems (except Nagano obviously). People like Kobayashi and Takeda didn't know the trick and had to start from a dead stop and try to get enough momentum to reach the Pipe Slider. The only person that tried that method and got to the Pipe Slider was Koji Yamada, and he did not go very far after that.

[obakemono]

I think the Climbing Bars would remain, since they were in 18 anyway. In fact, after 2 people passed the third stage, I don't see any reason why they wouldn't simply upgrade it to an equivalent of what it is now.

[gazzawhite]

Not a relevant contribution to the discussion I'm afraid, but on the main page it reads "Sasuke 18 if Nagano di..."

I was thinking, "Sasuke 18 if Nagano died". Like wtf?

OK, I want to say something relevant. The changes that they made in Sasuke 13 and 14 eventually rendered it a pretty much completely different course to Sasuke 12, even though nobody won (just that Nagano made it to 3 final stages in a row). Similarly, after Omori made 3 final stages in a row, they changed the 3rd stage quite a bit (cliffhanger, pipe slider jump). I'm not saying they are the reasons things were changed, it just seems to me that they make different obstacles specifically on the harder side of things once the same people get the furthest. In the tournaments before 17, Nagano did OK, but he wasn't the best competitor in any of 14, 15, or 16. If he didn't win 17, I couldn't imagine them changing much in 18.

[Badalight]

Not relevant but IMO Sasuke 17's stage 3 was harder than Sasuke 18's.

[rcplanes59]

First stage:
Sextuple Steps
Rolling Log
Cross Bridge
Circle Slider
Jump Hang
Reverse Fly
Soritatsu Kabe
Rope Climb

[YamamotoFan!]

With no Nagano winning I say it would have been a lot like SASUKE 17 because there was a massive difference in diffuculty before I had only seen at latest the 8th competition then it went to the 18th and I was like 'Woah! this has changed a lot!' lol

[intelligentinfer]

Stage 1:Steps,Rolling Log,Cross Bridge,Circle Slider,Jump Hang,Warped Wall,Tarzan Jump,Rope Climb;Time:80 secs
Stage 2:Downhill Jump,Brick Climb,Spider Walk,Balance Tank,Metal Spin,Wall Lifting Time:60 secs
Stage 3:Arm Rings,Body Prop,Curtain Cling,Cliff Hangerv3,Jumping Bars(18),Climbing Bars,Devil's Swing, Pipe Slider(Longer Jump)
Final Stage: Unchanged

[jfeathe]

May 17, 2009 22:21:50 GMT -5 Badalight said:

Not relevant but IMO Sasuke 17's stage 3 was harder than Sasuke 18's.

I agree with this. Had Nagano cleared the Cliff Hanger in 18, he could have easily made it to the Final Stage. (and even clear the final since it would most likely be 45 seconds.)

I say this because it is possible to take a huge rest before the Spider Flip. This would have left him with enough strength to clear the Gliding/Grinding/Final/Whatever Ring.

[BLM]

Oct 23, 2009 22:02:20 GMT -5 jfeathe said:

May 17, 2009 22:21:50 GMT -5 Badalight said:

Not relevant but IMO Sasuke 17's stage 3 was harder than Sasuke 18's.

I agree with this. Had Nagano cleared the Cliff Hanger in 18, he could have easily made it to the Final Stage. (and even clear the final since it would most likely be 45 seconds.)

I say this because it is possible to take a huge rest before the Spider Flip. This would have left him with enough strength to clear the Gliding/Grinding/Final/Whatever Ring.

Yes but the ring would most likely be like the ring in 21 so he would of failed it the same.

[bigblind168]

we dont even know how the final ring functions it cula be like 21, or 22, possible the pipe slider in ring form. But we just dont know

[rcplanes59]

Another topic bumped from the grave. Yay. /sarcasm

But nevertheless.

Daiichi Stagey
(1) Rokudantobi
(2) New obstacle replacing Maruta Zaka
(3) Sandan Rolling Maruta
(4) Circle Slider
(5) Bungee Bridge
(6) Jump Hang
(7) Soritatsu Kabe
(8) Tarzan Rope
(9) Rope Climb

Daini Stagey
(1) Chain Reaction
(2) Net Climb
(3) Spider Walk
(4) Swing Ladder
(5) Metal Spin
(6) Wall Lifting

Daisan Stagey
(1) Arm Rings
(2) Body Prop
(3) Curtain Cling
(4) Cliffhanger
(5) Jumping Bars (+1 bar)
(6) Sending Climber
(7) Devil Balanco
(8) Pipe Slider

[SRW]

Had Nagano got passed the cliff hanger in 18 he would definatly have got to the final ring and on the assumption it WORKED properly he would have made the final stage and probably come close to beating it like he did in 23 if not beat it out right first go.