An obscure dungeon crawling RPG by Nihon Falcom. The game was released in 1991 on the PC98 and FM Towns and later ported to the SNES and PC Engine. The story follows a wandering swordsman named Ares Toraernos, who is pursued by his nemesis Dela Delon, who has accused him of murdering her teacher. The two fall down into the sunken ruins of an abandoned kingdom and you must navigate Ares out of the game’s stages. Brandish was successful enough in Japan to get 3 sequels and a PSP remake.
Person 1: “Dude, I just played Brandish on PSP!”
Person 2: “Awesome! Ares is my favorite character!”
Person 2: “Awesome! Ares is my favorite character!”
by Dong Jr. December 30, 2022
The main protagonist of the Brandish series, though his real name is actually Ares. Varik is more well known for being the main character of the "Earthbound Halloween Hack" made by Toby Fox in 2008. (Note: He is not Toby Fox's OC) Varik/Ares is typically a silent wandering swordsman that works as a bounty hunter and loves to drink beer. Ever since his debut in the Earthbound Halloween Hack he has been slowly becoming more popular in the Undertale and Deltarune fandom, with it being common for people to headcanon for him to be somehow related to Kris from Deltarune given their similarities in design.
Varik is also the main character in Undertale Halloween Hack, which is a fan sequel to Earthbound Halloween Hack and the series that No More Nuzzles is from.
Varik is also the main character in Undertale Halloween Hack, which is a fan sequel to Earthbound Halloween Hack and the series that No More Nuzzles is from.
by Dong Jr. September 10, 2023
Security Breach Halloween Hack is a retelling of FNAF Security Breach as well as a fan sequel to the Earthbound Halloween Hack by Toby Fox when he went by the name Radiation. It is written by Daniel Movie Productions, and follows the main character, a bounty hunter named Varik, getting hired by Fazbear Entertainment to search the Mega Pizza Plex to find missing people. You can read the story on Wattpad.
Person 1: Dude, FNAF Security Breach sucked.
Person 2: I know, but Security Breach Halloween Hack is a bit better.
Person 2: I know, but Security Breach Halloween Hack is a bit better.
by Dong Jr. January 27, 2024
Ares Toraernos is the protagonist of the Brandish series by Nihon Falcom, though he is also commonly called “Varik” due to his association with Toby Fox’s Earthbound Halloween Hack.
Ares is a 27 wandering swordsman who was once hired by the mage Balcan to kill the King of Filveria, King Giselle, as he had turned into a power hungry tyrant. However, this fight resulted in Giselle turning into Aeipron, and possessing Balcan. Balcan ordered Ares to kill him so that he wouldn’t be overtaken by Aeipron’s possession. As Ares kills Balcan, one of Balcan’s daughters, Dela Delon, walks in, and mistakes Ares for murdering Balcan. Dela swears revenge against Ares and chases after him throughout the Brandish series. In Brandish 1, he and Dela fall into the
ruins of Vittoria, and must make their way to the surface. In Brandish 2, Ares is revealed to have collected a sword in Vittoria known as the Planet Buster, a sword so powerful it can destroy planets with a single swing if desired. This results in King Badorrer of Bundevia to hire a mercenary named Karl Kares to capture Ares so he can use the sword for his nefarious goals. In Brandish 3, Ares reconciles with Dela and tracks down the Sacred Stone to stop Gower, the former advisor of Giselle, the king he and Balcan had killed many years ago.
Ares is a 27 wandering swordsman who was once hired by the mage Balcan to kill the King of Filveria, King Giselle, as he had turned into a power hungry tyrant. However, this fight resulted in Giselle turning into Aeipron, and possessing Balcan. Balcan ordered Ares to kill him so that he wouldn’t be overtaken by Aeipron’s possession. As Ares kills Balcan, one of Balcan’s daughters, Dela Delon, walks in, and mistakes Ares for murdering Balcan. Dela swears revenge against Ares and chases after him throughout the Brandish series. In Brandish 1, he and Dela fall into the
ruins of Vittoria, and must make their way to the surface. In Brandish 2, Ares is revealed to have collected a sword in Vittoria known as the Planet Buster, a sword so powerful it can destroy planets with a single swing if desired. This results in King Badorrer of Bundevia to hire a mercenary named Karl Kares to capture Ares so he can use the sword for his nefarious goals. In Brandish 3, Ares reconciles with Dela and tracks down the Sacred Stone to stop Gower, the former advisor of Giselle, the king he and Balcan had killed many years ago.
by Dong Jr. September 27, 2023
A Halloween ROM Hack fan sequel based on Earthbound by Toby Fox. It was made before Undertale. In the hack you play as Varik, a bounty hunter hired to traverse the now spooky world of Earthbound in order to track down Dr. Andonuts for his crimes after Ness and his friends didn't return from the past when defeating Giygas. The hack hasn't aged well in recent times with parts of the story being overly edgy and the final boss using the f slur, leading to Toby Fox disowning it. The Halloween Hack is also where the hit song Megalovania was first heard and there are some references in the hack that would later be reused for Undertale and Deltarune.
Person 1: "Hey Toby, remember that Earthbound Halloween Hack you made?"
Toby Fox: "Never speak to me again."
Toby Fox: "Never speak to me again."
by Dong Jr. November 15, 2023
Otherwise known as “Press the B Button, Stupid!” Or “Radiation’s Earthbound Halloween Hack”, the Earthbound Halloween Hack is a ROM hack of Earthbound made by Toby Fox in 2008 for the Starmen.Net Halloween Funfest. The hack tells the story of an alternate timeline where Ness, Paula, Jeff, and Poo never returned from the past after defeating Giygas. Instead of Ness, the player assumes the role of a bounty hunter named Varik (of Brandish fame) getting hired by the mayor of Twoson to track down a monster who mutilated a little girl’s parents. Varik finds out that Dr. Andonuts, Jeff’s father from the original Earthbound, is the creator of the monsters that have been killing people. Varik goes inside Andonuts’ magicant and teams up with Ness’s 3 party members mentioned above. Together they kill Andonuts. The Halloween Hack is most well known for being the first game to host the debut of Megalovania, as well as being a precursor to Toby Fox’s later games, Undertale and Deltarune. Toby looks down on the hack as “A bad ROM hack with swears” and doesn’t bring it up in conversation in modern day. This is due to the original version including the f slur in the final boss dialogue before it was removed in the censored version.
“Did you know that before Toby made Undertale, he made Earthbound Halloween Hack?”
“Oh yeah, that edgy ROM hack with swears?”
“Oh yeah, that edgy ROM hack with swears?”
by Dong Jr. April 24, 2024
A guy who made a series of Five Nights at Freddy's animations that are nostalgic to the FNAF community and were popular during FNAF's prime peak in popularity. Basically, it's a FNAF love story where Foxy and Mangle are dating and Chica gets jealous. Some drama goes down and this later results in Springtrap using Mangle to revive Fredbear because his memory chip is inside Mangle. Despite these videos coming off as a cheesy furry romance of the sort, the animation and voices are really well done and this is to this day regarded as a better love story than Twilight and is a cinematic masterpiece to FNAF fans.
Person 1: "Hey, you're a FNAF fan right? You should watch Tony Crynight!"
Person 2: "Oh yeah, I watched him when I was 9 years old!"
Person 2: "Oh yeah, I watched him when I was 9 years old!"
by Dong Jr. September 21, 2023