Event - E3 Invitational 2014 The winner of the tournament gets to fight Sakurai

[NefariousShyGuy]

And Sakurai will fight the winner with an unrelieved character.

Do you want?

 

[ChikoLad]

Yes, that would be amazing.

 

[MudkipUniverse]

sakurai would get creamed.

 

[Morbi]

Yes, that would be hilarious, I would pay to see it.

 

[MudkipUniverse]

Yes, that would be hilarious, I would pay to see it.

LOL me too

 

[Gameboi834]

Sakurai with 10 stock other guy with 1?

 

[Altais]

...Er, is this confirmed news? If so, then I would like to see the source. If not, then might I suggest changing the thread title to "What if the winner of the tournament gets to fight Sakurai?" Because in its current state, it is rather misleading. Not trying to backseat moderate; just suggesting.

 

[Morbi]

...Er, is this confirmed news? If so, then I would like to see the source. If not, then might I suggest changing the thread title to "What if the winner of the tournament gets to fight Sakurai?" Because in its current state, it is rather misleading. Not trying to backseat moderate; just suggesting.

It mislead me as well; I was super excited, beyond excited... and then it was a fan suggestion. Those are always better than reality. Who are we kidding? Sakurai isn't cool enough to face a hip tournament kid.

 

[---]

sakurai would get creamed.

I don't know about that. My money would be on Sakurai. Besides experience with the games, I don't think we give him enough gamer credit as he probably deserves.

That said, I'd find it funnier anyway to see a competitive elite being taken down by him, after all the drama of Melee vs Brawl and their respective fanboys.

Who are we kidding? Sakurai isn't cool enough to face a hip tournament kid.

Is cool enough to troll everyone multiple times during the Direct. I think one of his interviews said he used to go to Street Fighter 2 tournaments.

 

[aliensalmon]

That would be quite an experience....

 

[Morbi]

I don't know about that. My money would be on Sakurai. Besides experience with the games, I don't think we give him enough gamer credit as he probably deserves.

That said, I'd find it funnier anyway to see a competitive elite being taken down by him, after all the drama of Melee vs Brawl and their respective fanboys.



Is cool enough to troll everyone multiple times during the Direct. I think one of his interviews said he used to go to Street Fighter 2 tournaments.

No; Sakurai plays the game a lot, but that doesn't make him inherently better. It is the meta-game that is important. I play Smash a lot. I have played thousands of hours, I am not good enough to go to tournaments though, because I don't play competitively, I play FFA.

 

[---]

No; Sakurai plays the game a lot, but that doesn't make him inherently better. It is the meta-game that is important. I play Smash a lot. I have played 1000's of hours, I am not good enough to go to tournaments though, because I don't play competitively, I play FFA.

No; the guy personally handles the balance of the games and provides the majority of gameplay footage for the trailers. You do have a point, but at the same time no one else has actually played the game besides the development teams, and reports show that Sakurai wins the majority of those matches.

Competitive players are good enough (at least I would think they are) to get a basic feel of things after a couple casual matches, but that doesn't mean they're automatically masters of a game they've never played before where no meta-game exists, with new controllers, stages, and characters. Sakurai would get his *** handed to him by competitive players in 64/Melee/Brawl, but this is completely new territory where things are a lot more evenly matched.

 

[Morbi]

No; the guy personally handles the balance of the games and provides the majority of gameplay footage for the trailers. You do have a point, but at the same time no one else has actually played the game besides the development teams, and reports show that Sakurai wins the majority of those matches.

Competitive players are good enough (at least I would think they are) to get a basic feel of things after a couple casual matches, but that doesn't mean they're automatically masters of a game they've never played before where no meta-game exists, with new controllers, stages, and characters. Sakurai would get his *** handed to him by competitive players in 64/Melee/Brawl, but this is completely new territory where things are a lot more evenly matched.

That is true, I feel as though the competitive players are going to have better fundamentals overall, but I guess they wouldn't massacre Sakurai or anything. But that is even more of a reason to see the winner face off against Sakurai.

 

[IsmaR]

Tryphen, I'm sorry, but did this just not happen?

Spoiler

Those matches he may (or may not) have "won the majority of" are probably not what people are thinking/making them out to be, if the above is any indicator. I'm not saying nor implying he's bad/good by competitive standards (lest I dig up that quote of him beating that Street Fighter knock out challenge). However the people who make guns are not always the best at firing them.

 

[---]

Those matches he may (or may not) have "won the majority of" are probably not what people are thinking/making them out to be, if the above is any indicator. I'm not saying nor implying he's bad/good by competitive standards (lest I dig up that quote of him beating that Street Fighter knock out challenge). However the people who make guns are not always the best at firing them.

Don't worry I know that, hence he'd get his *** handed to him at 64/Melee/Brawl. However given the current circumstances, I wouldn't underestimate him or disregard him as a gamer simply out of spite/hurt feelings/revenge like I get the feeling a lot of people would.

 

[Norm]

That would be pretty cool. And who knows the thrill of competition my ignite the spark of competitive play within him! Hehehe I doubt it. But I think having him play against the winner of the tournament would be pretty cool. Even more so if it was with a new character.

 

[MasterofMonster]

Nah.

The Winner has to Fight Reggie, playing as himself.

 

[Norm]

Nah.

The Winner has to Fight Reggie, playing as himself.

LET CLAW-PLACH BEGIN!!

 

[Radical Larry]

No, the winner of the tournament should get a character of their picking in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as an exclusive guest character! That would be an amazing sight.

 

[MasterofMonster]

LET CLAW-PLACH BEGIN!!

Wouldn't it be Epic if Zoidberg was in Smash? Yes, that would be Epic<3

On topic, though, I honestly don't Think the Winner will battle Sakurai. But it depends on what people it is playing.
Also, Sakurai, Reggie, Iwata and Miyamoto should have a pre-battle battle Before the tournament. Hehe.

@ Radical Larry
Can't wait to battle as Hitler.

 

[ChunkyBeef]

Those matches he may (or may not) have "won the majority of" are probably not what people are thinking/making them out to be, if the above is any indicator. I'm not saying nor implying he's bad/good by competitive standards (lest I dig up that quote of him beating that Street Fighter knock out challenge). However the people who make guns are not always the best at firing them.

You're silly. That's a match against people that clearly have little Smash experience in general. I'd imagine that the matches Sakurai plays with people are either QA who have tons of hours in Smash, not just at Smash 4, but also people around the office who also play it a ton, likely.

And everyone seems to forget that Sakurai has probably played more hours of Smash over the years than most of us have here, even the more dedicated of us all. My money would be on Sakurai to cream some pretentious competitive player.

 

[Radical Larry]

Wouldn't it be Epic if Zoidberg was in Smash? Yes, that would be Epic<3

On topic, though, I honestly don't Think the Winner will battle Sakurai. But it depends on what people it is playing.
Also, Sakurai, Reggie, Iwata and Miyamoto should have a pre-battle battle Before the tournament. Hehe.

@ Radical Larry
Can't wait to battle as Hitler.

Okay, let me rephrase that: From a selection of characters.

 

[Gnarleysquid]

Anyone wondering how well Sakurai can play, I saw him demo it first-hand during E3 2013. He won, but I'm not quite sure he's up to tournament standards.

You can watch for yourself and decide though. Also, the announcer is awful in the best way.

Here's the link:
http://gamerant.com/super-smash-bros-wii-u-mario-mega-man-gameplay/

Anyway, I think that would be a very cool prize in and of itself for the winner. How many tournament players can say they've gone toe-to-toe with the creator of Super Smash Bros.? I'm all for it.

 

[ChunkyBeef]

Anyone wondering how well Sakurai can play, I saw him demo it first-hand during E3 2013. He won, but I'm not quite sure he's up to tournament standards.

You can watch for yourself and decide though. Also, the announcer is awful in the best way.

Here's the link:
http://gamerant.com/super-smash-bros-wii-u-mario-mega-man-gameplay/

Anyway, I think that would be a very cool prize in and of itself for the winner. How many tournament players can say they've gone toe-to-toe with the creator of Super Smash Bros.? I'm all for it.

He's clearly sandbagging there.

 

[Knight Dude]

That would be really hype though. Especially if Sakurai uses a new character in the match.

 

[Substitution]

While I'm not sure it'll happen. I'd be all for it.

 

[KatKit]

I would die laughing if Sakurai picked Kirby or Dedede.

 

[Overtaken]

That moment when Sakurai uses the tournment to reveal the return of wavedashing, and he starts waveshining the winner's b****a** up and down final destination

 

[Radical Larry]

If Sakurai uses Link or Rosalina, then they'd be Sakurai tier for life. I'm hoping he uses half the cast, if he plays against the winner.
That or he will use the tournament to reveal an unseen character in the game and use that character.

 

[fill]

It mislead me as well; I was super excited, beyond excited... and then it was a fan suggestion. Those are always better than reality. Who are we kidding? Sakurai isn't cool enough to face a hip tournament kid.

unless he has the POWER GLOVE...it's so bad

 

[Zyfoe]

Sakurai is at a disadvantage. An unrelieved character could cramp at any moment.

 

[Moon Monkey]

Anyone wondering how well Sakurai can play, I saw him demo it first-hand during E3 2013. He won, but I'm not quite sure he's up to tournament standards.

You can watch for yourself and decide though. Also, the announcer is awful in the best way.

Here's the link:
http://gamerant.com/super-smash-bros-wii-u-mario-mega-man-gameplay/

Anyway, I think that would be a very cool prize in and of itself for the winner. How many tournament players can say they've gone toe-to-toe with the creator of Super Smash Bros.? I'm all for it.

Your talking about a guy who is so good that he can be his own doubles partner. I think he was clearly holding back.

 

[Norm]

Wouldn't it be Epic if Zoidberg was in Smash? Yes, that would be Epic<3

On topic, though, I honestly don't Think the Winner will battle Sakurai. But it depends on what people it is playing.
Also, Sakurai, Reggie, Iwata and Miyamoto should have a pre-battle battle Before the tournament. Hehe.

@ Radical Larry
Can't wait to battle as Hitler.

Having the four of them duke it out would be pretty fun.

 

[Morbi]

Your talking about a guy who is so good that he can be his own doubles partner. I think he was clearly holding back.

So; Sakurai is going to face the winner with his double team? I am seriously curious as to how practical that is.

 

[Pacack]

I doubt it because of his calcific tendonitis. Wouldn't be able to play well as consistently as he would need to.

 

[Dark Phazon]

Hmmm i dunno...Sakurai is pretty skinny doesnt really look like a fighter tbh though i could be wrong also theres the age factor most of the tourney people i would guess be mid or late 20's and if they work out regualary too it could be bad for Sakurai unless he knows secret fighting techniques or something.

 

[KatKit]

If Sakurai uses an unrevealed character, I hope it's Palutena. Imagine the sheer amount of trolling.

 

[MAtgSy]

Hmmm i dunno...Sakurai is pretty skinny doesnt really look like a fighter tbh though i could be wrong also theres the age factor most of the tourney people i would guess be mid or late 20's and if they work out regualary too it could be bad for Sakurai unless he knows secret fighting techniques or something.

He knows substitute & if he hasn't already replaced his arms with robotic limbs he damn well will soon.

 

[OddCrow]

And Sakurai will fight the winner with an unrelieved character.

So...Wario with a fully-charged Waft?

 

[Morbi]

If Sakurai uses an unrevealed character, I hope it's Palutena. Imagine the sheer amount of trolling.

I feel as though it would be more likely that he used Ganondorf in the even that he uses a character that hasn't yet been revealed.