Sorry SE, but endgame won't work if you don't fix something.

[Namko]

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At any rate the animation should be better synced to the cast bar. Animation wind up during casting and explosion/hit as the cast bar gets to 100%. In one of Yoshi's earlier 'letter from the producer' he talked about how he wanted players to be able to play the game by watching the characters and animations, not staring at the chat log.