Recent content by ceterisparibus

On what basis? Smash has always been very conservative with cuts (as per stated by sakurai on how much he dislikes removing characters without good reason), and it only falls down to a couple of reasons - 1. 3rd party issues. Snake was hit in smash 4 2. system limitations with the 3ds. ICs were...

Besides seeing the tenth "can we cut specific characters but not my fav" discussion I do find it extremely funny how a not insignificant number of people are suggesting they cut a character with a completely unique toolset (that showcases a part of the franchise) while pushing for another...

I imagine a lot of the hard work is getting that foot in - both the kaplan comment and KH info seemed to stem from finding the right people and being accommodating to the different stakeholders (the minecraft talks started since 2015 - easily post smash 4 and into ultimate where there were...

Ah yes, the "global smash poll" where the top 10 consists of 3 other TF2 characters. Or hollow knight inexplicitly making it to top 5 despite all other polls not doing well. Definitely not a red flag right there. I'm going to call sus on all of these given how fricking sora ended up polling way...

You're either missing the whole point or being straight up obtuse. If Nintendo have been wanting minecraft in smash since 2015, then explain how and why did they not choose him when there were 3 different opportunities to pick him. Just saying "oh if base had double the roster space he would def...

I don't mind if people can provide arguments that's convincing and/or is based on solid facts. What i have an issue with is people taking flawed sources and choosing it as it fits their bias. Doesn't strike me as bad?

Show me more than 1 poll over a consistent period of time across multiple polling groups. Or else this just falls in "hey a TF2 character topped a poll he must be heavily wanted" levels of confirmation bias. Also pretty nice how you casually dodged the other 2 points (which are arguably bigger...

I didn't expect "nintendo takes rabbids/rayman under their wings, they're essentially a bayonetta-lite honorary nintendo character now" on my list today, but here we are. smashboards tend to encourage "chase your dreams and never say never" to all characters, but i do wonder if the facts that...

Tbh it seems rather limiting that you define protagonists as "boring and predictable" when there's plenty of games out there whose leads would be highly requested or desired. There are plenty of dream crossovers possible just by including new entries and franchises, we're a long way from the...

Yea i'm going to concur i don't get the point of getting villains specifically for the sake of doing so - you get characters that are recognizable in their own right, not because of some weird quota. There's really little point in say, pointing out that FE villains are "needed" when the main...

I think that's an entirely fair take! Personally i'm not confident in any characters heavily associated with PC stuff, but it's possible we can see an increase in new western characters (more than 2 out of 29, haha). Would certainly make things more interesting as well as open up more dream...

Ah yes, stating the fact that over 97% of the roster in 25 years is made up of japanese IPs is self-fulfilling prophetic navel-gazing, now i've seen everything. I'm really not sure how to respond to this. Pretty rude, even! Great, but why are you even arguing about an entirely different topic...

It's pretty telling that in a roster of 89 characters where we had 24 newcomers to the series, only 2 were from western companies (and from the same one, even!). And out of these 2, one was highly voted for in the ballot while the other came from the best selling game in the world. Smash has...

Obviously pure sale numbers aren't the only factor, or else CoD dude, the pong bar and candy crush tiffi would be our headliners (and what a terrible future it would be). But its pretty clear that nintendo goes for the most recognizable IPs and characters most of the time. Should that stop...

Regarding the genshin talk, just your daily reminder that Nintendo doesn't care about ports, controversy, "game uniqueness" or smash speculation, least of all whether there's any nintendo connection. Especially when dragon quest and persona/tekken weren't clear enough to drive home that message...