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#41
The Legendary Starfy / Note: New Starfy forum
Last post by Torchickens - September 20, 2016, 11:58:08 PMHi. This is just an update to note about a year ago (I can't believe it's already been that long) my close friend started a dedicated forum about the Legendary Starfy series. This attracted a relatively large number of members, although activity has sadly died down.
If anyone wants to discuss Legendary Starfy it may be a good place to chat there at http://thelegendarystarfy.boards.net/ if you like. Thanks.
If anyone wants to discuss Legendary Starfy it may be a good place to chat there at http://thelegendarystarfy.boards.net/ if you like. Thanks.
#42
NIWA Discussion / Re: NIWA's Cross-Wiki Weekend ...
Last post by Lukey140701 - September 16, 2016, 07:49:02 PMHopefully I'll be able to find a wiki to help out on!
#43
NIWA Discussion / NIWA's Cross-Wiki Weekend (Sep...
Last post by SuperHamster - September 16, 2016, 06:08:09 PMNIWA's Cross-Wiki Weekend Birthday Celebration
To celebrate Nintendo's birthday on September 23rd, NIWA is hosting a Cross-Wiki Weekend Event!
From September 23rd - 25th, everyone is invited to constructively edit NIWA wikis that they have never (or infrequently) edited before. Whether it's adding some new content, uploading an image, or adding a reference, we want you to take your experience and love for Nintendo to a new wiki.
At the end of the event, one random participant will win a $20 Nintendo e-Shop Gift Card!
Please visit our webpage to learn more about the event, find help to editing, and contributing your edits:
http://niwanetwork.org/cross-wiki-weekend.php
Feel free to use this thread to discuss the event, whether it's pointing out what wikis could use some help, or showcasing your own contributions.
NIWA staff, please refer to our staff thread for coordination: http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?topic=1461.0
#44
NIWA Discussion / Re: Rest in Peace, Walkazo
Last post by Peanut64 - August 27, 2016, 02:05:15 AMWalkazo, you will be missed. 
#45
NintendoWiki discussion / Re: Image problems
Last post by tacopill - August 07, 2016, 11:33:55 PMI'm looking into it... or hoping to bring it to the attention of someone who can 
#46
NintendoWiki discussion / Image problems
Last post by Toa 95 - July 31, 2016, 08:12:08 PMIf anybody is still around to see this:
I'm only posting this here because it's been several months and this hasn't been resolved yet. Lately, the wiki has been having some problems with image thumbnails. The problem seems to have originated around the time the wiki came back up after being completely down fairly recently, so it doesn't affect images uploaded before that time unless a new version is uploaded or the size is changed on whatever article it's posted on.
While images will display at their native size just fine, attempting to include it as a thumbnail (either in an infobox, a gallery, or otherwise) results in an error. For certain cases I was able to use a workaround (setting the image size to 180px, the default size for thumbnails if the size is unspecified), but this isn't a proper solution by any means.
So if anybody is reading this and has the power to fix this because I don't, that would be a huge help.
I'm only posting this here because it's been several months and this hasn't been resolved yet. Lately, the wiki has been having some problems with image thumbnails. The problem seems to have originated around the time the wiki came back up after being completely down fairly recently, so it doesn't affect images uploaded before that time unless a new version is uploaded or the size is changed on whatever article it's posted on.
While images will display at their native size just fine, attempting to include it as a thumbnail (either in an infobox, a gallery, or otherwise) results in an error. For certain cases I was able to use a workaround (setting the image size to 180px, the default size for thumbnails if the size is unspecified), but this isn't a proper solution by any means.
So if anybody is reading this and has the power to fix this because I don't, that would be a huge help.
#47
NIWA Discussion / Re: Rest in Peace, Walkazo
Last post by Pwwnd123 - July 15, 2016, 01:19:08 AMRest in Peace. I've said a lot of good words on the Mario Boards.
#48
The Lounge / Re: Random article story
Last post by Torchickens - June 20, 2016, 09:58:29 PMI wrote a mini fan-fiction. Hope you like it.
A twist in the space-time continuum means that a brand new era had begun in which many Nintendo related series unite. In this postmodern era, many people learn about the different heroes and communities through television. Nobody knows what caused the twist, however an object from the Pikmin universe called the Chronos Reactor (Pikipedia) (capable of warping space-time) was found.
One day, Kate Alen (F-Zero Wiki) the singer from the F-Zero series was playing Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions (NintendoWiki) and she got an invitation to join the virtual band Strawberry Flower (Pikipedia) later next Tuesday. Kate Alen was interested in joining the band. Ever since 2005, she has been feeling bored of her singing career and joined F-Zero racing. Although not a passionate singer, Kate Alen was secretly a big Pikmin fan, and joining Strawberry Flower felt like the best thing for her even more so than F-Zero racing. As thrilling as it was, she had thought about how many racers were lost in F-Zero racing and decided that the risk wasn't worth it.
Meanwhile, in the Valley of Bowser (Super Mario Wiki), Bowser was plotting a malicious scheme. He had stolen the Chronos Reactor and recruited many of the minor bosses from Dragon Quest Swords to guard his castle. (Dragon Quest Wiki; List of minor bosses in Dragon Quest Swords). Bowser's secret was that he wanted to hijack the Chronos Reactor and use its powers to contain all of the universe (except for himself) inside of a Cell Phone (Wikirby), and it was working.
The next Monday back at Kate Alan's house, Kate was engrossed in playing Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (NintendoWiki), but received a text message that she missed her interview! (The interview had been re-arranged to be on Monday rather than on a Tuesday, however there was a breakdown in communications which meant that Kate didn't get to know)
Kate tried to find out the number for Strawberry Flower management but the number was withheld and that day her Internet wasn't working to look it up, either.
She decided to call her best friend Tad the frog (Nookipedia) who lived in a village. But Tad gave some bad advice, "Chill! Just chill!" said Tad, and Kate shouted, "Pikmin is my life! How do you expect me to feel chilled?" Suddenly, the signal was obfuscated. "H..elp me! ..Help!" cried Tad and he was being sucked into his cell phone. "Oh no. Tad, tad?! Are you there? Where are you?" said Kate worried, and the signal cut off.
Then immediately after, there was a knock at Kate's door. It was Snoopy (NintendoWiki), Kate's next door neighbour who had been reading Hyrule Historia and noticed something mysterious. "I was reading the Hyrule Historia (Gallery:Hyrule Historia - Zelda Wiki) I bought to make sense of the The Legend of Zelda timeline, when suddenly the book began to glow. It felt hot so I put the book down, and the next time I read it there was a section that identifies you as a hero in Legend of Zelda folklore." I suggest that we should and ask around to find out what is the meaning of all this.
Kate and Snoopy looked around town asking people for advice with no luck. Many thought that that Kate and Snoopy made the story up, "You as a hero?! You're just a minor F-Zero character?!" 9-Volt said, "You're crazy" said another. They were just about to give up and take the phenomenon that occurred that day with a pinch of salt, when they found a random Swellow POP Series 1 15
(Bulbapedia) on the floor and Snoopy picked it up. "I wonder where this came from?" pondered Snoopy. Suddenly Kate and Snoopy were teleported into BS The Legend of Zelda!
Snoopy and Kate became Satellaview avatars, and they eventually made it up to Level 3 (Level 3 (BS The Legend of Zelda) - Zelda Wiki). Snoopy was quite rattled and bewildered, although Kate proved to be quite brave. Kate battled the Manhandla boss, but halfway through the battle it swallowed Snoopy. "Snoopy, no!" exclaimed Kate, but Kate stayed calm in the situation, thought of what to do and punched down a stalactite, causing it to fall down on the Manhandla and defeated it.
"You have passed the test of courage" echoed a scary voice. Kate was confused as to what this meant and if it was referring to something significant which was unknown, but took it with a pinch of salt. "Snoopy, I'm glad you're OK" said Kate. "Thanks for saving me" replied Snoopy, and they both smiled. Afterwards, Kate and Snoopy were warped back home and it was late so they slept until the next day.
Kate had a nightmare that night as thoughts were racing through her head. "Tad.. What happened yesterday was strange, I wish we never searched around and picked up that card". In the nightmare, she saw Bowser sucking up all of the universe, including the F-Zero universe; where Bowser's breath would cause tracks to break apart. Kate was unaware, but this was actually an accurate illustration of what was yet to come.
Kate woke up with a shock, "Boy that was scary, I'm going to search for Tad today right away." so she set off looking for answers first thing in the morning after breakfast (it was a lovely F-Zero cereal with pieces shaped like characters and racing machines). She searched solid for three and a half hours with no luck and became hungry, so she decided to stop at a restaurant named "Lots'a Spaghetti" to eat. There she encountered a Toad dressed as a detective, and they had a chat. "I had the strangest dream last night", said Kate; and she explained about Bowser and her dream.
The Toad said "If I told you this you would probably not believe it, but Bowser really is planning to encapsulate everything from the universe except from himself" and he talked about the Chronos Reactor. "I've experienced stranger", said Kate; and she talked about how she became a hero in the BS The Legend of Zelda universe! The Toad was utterly astonished, "Wow! you may just have what it takes to overthrow Bowser" said the Toad. "Behind the back door of this restaurant is a green Warp Pipe that leads to the Valley of Bowser. Bowser does not know about this yet and the pipe is well concealed. I want you and Snoopy to find Bowser and return the Chronos Reactor to The Distant Spring on the Pikmin Planet".
"Sure, I'll try my best!" said Kate. She asked the Toad for his name, and he replied "Geoff". Kate smiled and said "Nice to meet you Geoff" and she went back home to invite Snoopy. At first Snoopy was reluctant to join, "B-Bowser... He's a fearful foe" but he changed his mind. "It's hard to stay calm in this situation, but I guess I'll give it a go". So they went back to "Lots'a Spaghetti", went through the warp pipe and made it to The Valley of Bowser. Geoff also decided to tag along.
"Dum-dum... Dum-du~m!" played the music in The Valley of Bowser, and Snoopy, Kate saw various Nintendo characters trapped in cages including Mario, Link, Kirby.. and Tad! The atmosphere was quite ominous indeed. Tad was crying and exclaimed "Kate, please save me", and Kate replied "Don't worry friend, we'll thwart Bowser and you'll be safe soon".
Kate, Snoopy and Geoff invaded Bowser's castle through the Back Door, defeated the Dragon Quest Swords bosses and made it to the room containing Bowser and the Chronos Reactor. Bowser snarled "So... you may have made it to my castle, but Mario, Link, Kirby and the rest of the world are mine, and you will never see the light of day again.". Bowser didn't even mention Tad, he thought of him as just an insignificant Animal Crossing character and his head was focused on what to do with Mario, Link and Kirby because they are the heroes of their respective series.
The castle had a different design to how it once appeared in Super Mario World, and Bowser had the foolish idea of installing an axe and bridge! Snoopy gathered Kate and Geoff near a wall where Bowser couldn't spot them. "Where are you, you little rats!" said Bowser, and he went to stand on the bridge to see if they were behind it. Then, Geoff rushed over to pull down the axe and Bowser was defeated!
Bowser said "Noooo. Once more I've been defeated, and I even captured the heroes of legend; but you just wait. One day I'll be back to take over the world again. Remember this.", and he sunk into the lava with a bellowing growl. Four keys spit out of the lava, and gathered towards Kate, Snoopy and Geoff. "We did it!!" they cheered, and they tried the keys on the cages outside of the castle in the Valley of Bowser. The keys opened the cages, and Mario, Link, Kirby and Tad were grateful. "Woohoo", "Ha-yah!", "Poyo!" they cheered, and Tad smiled "You're a hero Kate! I would've been a goner if it wasn't for you. Thank you so much."
Sooo... Kate, Snoopy, Geoff and Tad headed back home through the warp pipe, and Mario, Link and Kirby were teleported back to their worlds. Kate carried the Chronos Reactor for safe-keeping. Kate walked back home deep in thought, and when she went home she thought about applying for Strawberry Flower again, and rang them on her Pikmin telephone. She received a message "you have reached the 100 Pikmin Limit (Pikipedia)" (Kate had applied for a cheap phone service which terminates after 100 Pikmin World hours)" which prevented her from contacting them.
Kate said "Oh, darn..." and wondered what to do next. Suddenly, a person materialized in her house.
It was Sheik! "I was the person who spoke to you when you made it to the BS world. Thank you for saving the land when Link was kidnapped. There is a reason why the card you found in your town was a Swellow. Swellow is like a falcon, and it was a subtle reminder for you that you are valued in the F-Zero community. In 2234 you are planned to be the star of a new F-Zero game and we would love to see you back in F-Zero". Kate said, "but I really want to join Strawberry Flower, what should I do?"; Sheik said "well you could volunteer in your free time". "That's sounds good" Kate said. She then said bye to Sheik and thanked her.
Kate being the avid Pikmin fan she was owned a replica of The Hocotate Ship that can pilot itself and transport goods to the Pikmin Planet. She used it to return the Chronos Reactor to The Distant Spring on the Pikmin Planet.
Later, Kate had fun back at F-Zero and volunteering at Strawberry Flower. At Strawberry Flower, they produce the songs on piano (Piano (souvenir) - Super Mario Wiki) and Kate sings over them, however it can be a tad stressful at times because her manager is Barbara the Bat (from Jam from the Band).
The End.
A twist in the space-time continuum means that a brand new era had begun in which many Nintendo related series unite. In this postmodern era, many people learn about the different heroes and communities through television. Nobody knows what caused the twist, however an object from the Pikmin universe called the Chronos Reactor (Pikipedia) (capable of warping space-time) was found.
One day, Kate Alen (F-Zero Wiki) the singer from the F-Zero series was playing Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions (NintendoWiki) and she got an invitation to join the virtual band Strawberry Flower (Pikipedia) later next Tuesday. Kate Alen was interested in joining the band. Ever since 2005, she has been feeling bored of her singing career and joined F-Zero racing. Although not a passionate singer, Kate Alen was secretly a big Pikmin fan, and joining Strawberry Flower felt like the best thing for her even more so than F-Zero racing. As thrilling as it was, she had thought about how many racers were lost in F-Zero racing and decided that the risk wasn't worth it.
Meanwhile, in the Valley of Bowser (Super Mario Wiki), Bowser was plotting a malicious scheme. He had stolen the Chronos Reactor and recruited many of the minor bosses from Dragon Quest Swords to guard his castle. (Dragon Quest Wiki; List of minor bosses in Dragon Quest Swords). Bowser's secret was that he wanted to hijack the Chronos Reactor and use its powers to contain all of the universe (except for himself) inside of a Cell Phone (Wikirby), and it was working.
The next Monday back at Kate Alan's house, Kate was engrossed in playing Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (NintendoWiki), but received a text message that she missed her interview! (The interview had been re-arranged to be on Monday rather than on a Tuesday, however there was a breakdown in communications which meant that Kate didn't get to know)
Kate tried to find out the number for Strawberry Flower management but the number was withheld and that day her Internet wasn't working to look it up, either.
She decided to call her best friend Tad the frog (Nookipedia) who lived in a village. But Tad gave some bad advice, "Chill! Just chill!" said Tad, and Kate shouted, "Pikmin is my life! How do you expect me to feel chilled?" Suddenly, the signal was obfuscated. "H..elp me! ..Help!" cried Tad and he was being sucked into his cell phone. "Oh no. Tad, tad?! Are you there? Where are you?" said Kate worried, and the signal cut off.
Then immediately after, there was a knock at Kate's door. It was Snoopy (NintendoWiki), Kate's next door neighbour who had been reading Hyrule Historia and noticed something mysterious. "I was reading the Hyrule Historia (Gallery:Hyrule Historia - Zelda Wiki) I bought to make sense of the The Legend of Zelda timeline, when suddenly the book began to glow. It felt hot so I put the book down, and the next time I read it there was a section that identifies you as a hero in Legend of Zelda folklore." I suggest that we should and ask around to find out what is the meaning of all this.
Kate and Snoopy looked around town asking people for advice with no luck. Many thought that that Kate and Snoopy made the story up, "You as a hero?! You're just a minor F-Zero character?!" 9-Volt said, "You're crazy" said another. They were just about to give up and take the phenomenon that occurred that day with a pinch of salt, when they found a random Swellow POP Series 1 15
(Bulbapedia) on the floor and Snoopy picked it up. "I wonder where this came from?" pondered Snoopy. Suddenly Kate and Snoopy were teleported into BS The Legend of Zelda!
Snoopy and Kate became Satellaview avatars, and they eventually made it up to Level 3 (Level 3 (BS The Legend of Zelda) - Zelda Wiki). Snoopy was quite rattled and bewildered, although Kate proved to be quite brave. Kate battled the Manhandla boss, but halfway through the battle it swallowed Snoopy. "Snoopy, no!" exclaimed Kate, but Kate stayed calm in the situation, thought of what to do and punched down a stalactite, causing it to fall down on the Manhandla and defeated it.
"You have passed the test of courage" echoed a scary voice. Kate was confused as to what this meant and if it was referring to something significant which was unknown, but took it with a pinch of salt. "Snoopy, I'm glad you're OK" said Kate. "Thanks for saving me" replied Snoopy, and they both smiled. Afterwards, Kate and Snoopy were warped back home and it was late so they slept until the next day.
Kate had a nightmare that night as thoughts were racing through her head. "Tad.. What happened yesterday was strange, I wish we never searched around and picked up that card". In the nightmare, she saw Bowser sucking up all of the universe, including the F-Zero universe; where Bowser's breath would cause tracks to break apart. Kate was unaware, but this was actually an accurate illustration of what was yet to come.
Kate woke up with a shock, "Boy that was scary, I'm going to search for Tad today right away." so she set off looking for answers first thing in the morning after breakfast (it was a lovely F-Zero cereal with pieces shaped like characters and racing machines). She searched solid for three and a half hours with no luck and became hungry, so she decided to stop at a restaurant named "Lots'a Spaghetti" to eat. There she encountered a Toad dressed as a detective, and they had a chat. "I had the strangest dream last night", said Kate; and she explained about Bowser and her dream.
The Toad said "If I told you this you would probably not believe it, but Bowser really is planning to encapsulate everything from the universe except from himself" and he talked about the Chronos Reactor. "I've experienced stranger", said Kate; and she talked about how she became a hero in the BS The Legend of Zelda universe! The Toad was utterly astonished, "Wow! you may just have what it takes to overthrow Bowser" said the Toad. "Behind the back door of this restaurant is a green Warp Pipe that leads to the Valley of Bowser. Bowser does not know about this yet and the pipe is well concealed. I want you and Snoopy to find Bowser and return the Chronos Reactor to The Distant Spring on the Pikmin Planet".
"Sure, I'll try my best!" said Kate. She asked the Toad for his name, and he replied "Geoff". Kate smiled and said "Nice to meet you Geoff" and she went back home to invite Snoopy. At first Snoopy was reluctant to join, "B-Bowser... He's a fearful foe" but he changed his mind. "It's hard to stay calm in this situation, but I guess I'll give it a go". So they went back to "Lots'a Spaghetti", went through the warp pipe and made it to The Valley of Bowser. Geoff also decided to tag along.
"Dum-dum... Dum-du~m!" played the music in The Valley of Bowser, and Snoopy, Kate saw various Nintendo characters trapped in cages including Mario, Link, Kirby.. and Tad! The atmosphere was quite ominous indeed. Tad was crying and exclaimed "Kate, please save me
", and Kate replied "Don't worry friend, we'll thwart Bowser and you'll be safe soon".Kate, Snoopy and Geoff invaded Bowser's castle through the Back Door, defeated the Dragon Quest Swords bosses and made it to the room containing Bowser and the Chronos Reactor. Bowser snarled "So... you may have made it to my castle, but Mario, Link, Kirby and the rest of the world are mine, and you will never see the light of day again.". Bowser didn't even mention Tad, he thought of him as just an insignificant Animal Crossing character and his head was focused on what to do with Mario, Link and Kirby because they are the heroes of their respective series.
The castle had a different design to how it once appeared in Super Mario World, and Bowser had the foolish idea of installing an axe and bridge! Snoopy gathered Kate and Geoff near a wall where Bowser couldn't spot them. "Where are you, you little rats!" said Bowser, and he went to stand on the bridge to see if they were behind it. Then, Geoff rushed over to pull down the axe and Bowser was defeated!
Bowser said "Noooo. Once more I've been defeated, and I even captured the heroes of legend; but you just wait. One day I'll be back to take over the world again. Remember this.", and he sunk into the lava with a bellowing growl. Four keys spit out of the lava, and gathered towards Kate, Snoopy and Geoff. "We did it!!" they cheered, and they tried the keys on the cages outside of the castle in the Valley of Bowser. The keys opened the cages, and Mario, Link, Kirby and Tad were grateful. "Woohoo", "Ha-yah!", "Poyo!" they cheered, and Tad smiled "You're a hero Kate! I would've been a goner if it wasn't for you. Thank you so much."
Sooo... Kate, Snoopy, Geoff and Tad headed back home through the warp pipe, and Mario, Link and Kirby were teleported back to their worlds.
Kate carried the Chronos Reactor for safe-keeping. Kate walked back home deep in thought, and when she went home she thought about applying for Strawberry Flower again, and rang them on her Pikmin telephone. She received a message "you have reached the 100 Pikmin Limit (Pikipedia)" (Kate had applied for a cheap phone service which terminates after 100 Pikmin World hours)" which prevented her from contacting them.Kate said "Oh, darn..." and wondered what to do next. Suddenly, a person materialized in her house.
It was Sheik! "I was the person who spoke to you when you made it to the BS world. Thank you for saving the land when Link was kidnapped. There is a reason why the card you found in your town was a Swellow. Swellow is like a falcon, and it was a subtle reminder for you that you are valued in the F-Zero community. In 2234 you are planned to be the star of a new F-Zero game and we would love to see you back in F-Zero". Kate said, "but I really want to join Strawberry Flower, what should I do?"; Sheik said "well you could volunteer in your free time". "That's sounds good" Kate said. She then said bye to Sheik and thanked her.
Kate being the avid Pikmin fan she was owned a replica of The Hocotate Ship that can pilot itself and transport goods to the Pikmin Planet. She used it to return the Chronos Reactor to The Distant Spring on the Pikmin Planet.
Later, Kate had fun back at F-Zero and volunteering at Strawberry Flower. At Strawberry Flower, they produce the songs on piano (Piano (souvenir) - Super Mario Wiki) and Kate sings over them, however it can be a tad stressful at times because her manager is Barbara the Bat (from Jam from the Band).
The End.
#49
The Lounge / Re: New Members Thread
Last post by Torchickens - June 20, 2016, 05:00:06 PMQuote from: Aetherrevival on June 17, 2016, 10:21:50 PMWelcome to the forums!
Hello, everyone! I just joined up here, so I thought I'd stop by to say 'hi'~
#50
Fire Emblem / Re: Favorite Fire Emblem Units...
Last post by Aetherrevival - June 17, 2016, 11:20:05 PMThis is a tough one. I think I'll just settle for the first five I can think of:
Blazing Sword: Hector, Lyndis, Guy, Kent, Ninian (Sain would've made it here too, but I think Kent's skill is better, even though they're pretty similar.)
Sacred Stones: Eirika, Ephraim, Innes, Seth, Joshua (Eirika and Ephraim on a horse might've been better Seth. I'm still not entirely sure, though.)
Path of Radiance: Ike, Soren, Lethe, Mia, Janulf (I think I would've chosen Tibarn over Janulf, but since he doesn't really get a lot of usage here....)
Shadow Dragon: Marth, Caeda, Merric, Ogma, Bord (Only because Bord seemed to get more kills than Cord and Barst. Those guys could be triplets!)
As for overall unit ability, I love calvary/champion units. They're pretty unstoppable, unless you get stuck on a board with bad weather/terrain. You also don't have to worry about getting picked off by archers like with the flying units.
In Path of Radiance, I think the cat laguz were pretty darn similar in skill. I always found a place somewhere for Lethe and Ranulf in my army.
Blazing Sword: Hector, Lyndis, Guy, Kent, Ninian (Sain would've made it here too, but I think Kent's skill is better, even though they're pretty similar.)
Sacred Stones: Eirika, Ephraim, Innes, Seth, Joshua (Eirika and Ephraim on a horse might've been better Seth. I'm still not entirely sure, though.)
Path of Radiance: Ike, Soren, Lethe, Mia, Janulf (I think I would've chosen Tibarn over Janulf, but since he doesn't really get a lot of usage here....)
Shadow Dragon: Marth, Caeda, Merric, Ogma, Bord (Only because Bord seemed to get more kills than Cord and Barst. Those guys could be triplets!)
As for overall unit ability, I love calvary/champion units. They're pretty unstoppable, unless you get stuck on a board with bad weather/terrain. You also don't have to worry about getting picked off by archers like with the flying units.
In Path of Radiance, I think the cat laguz were pretty darn similar in skill. I always found a place somewhere for Lethe and Ranulf in my army.