Recent content by conTAgi0n

Welcome back. I remember basically everyone from back in the day. If you browse through the last few pages, you'll see a number of old regulars checking in for the first time in months or years, myself included. Bit of a reunion party going on in here.

Awwwww you makin me blush on here 😊

Technically, at least originally, "indie" or "independent" games are those produced by a studio that is not supported or controlled by (i.e. independent from) a publisher. So it's all about their relationship with publishers. AAA games are games developed by in-house (or contracted) teams at...

Welcome back! I was wondering if you might poke on here again. I'm back after a similar absence myself, at least for today. Starting to feel like quite the reunion in this thread. Good day to be a Shantae fan, huh?

It helps that we've had a couple years to watch the DLC picks and process the reality that she probably wasn't getting more than a Spirit.

Even if it sounds like a copout, it's completely impossible to evaluate. Clearly Shantae is on the map, she's been featured in Smash, they know there has been high demand for her, and her Mii costume is going to sell great. But there is no telling what the next Smash will look like. Where does...

Well, it's been a hell of a ride huh? I'm glad everyone here is taking it well. However badly I wanted her as a fighter, this is a great outcome. I truly believed in the dream during the Smash Ballot, but as we saw more and more of the Fighters Pass characters, it became pretty apparent that...

Apologies to @TOY the Gamer if it feels like we're all piling in on you a little bit, don't think that's anyone's intention. You're entitled to your opinion, I think everyone just wants the best for you. Let's shift topics a little bit, drama is boring. Assuming there is a first party...

From the sound of it Shantae must have shown up at his house and kicked his dog or something. Ah I see now. Man you do you, but I would just say, don't let other people define your experience of a character for you. Shantae and her games are separate from whatever you see in the fandom, or even...

The strongest ever was during the Smash Ballot, because not only was Shantae really popular then, but it was also reasonable to suppose that being popular was enough made her really likely (since it was, you know, a ballot). In my eyes, her chances for Fighters Pass 1 were basically zero...

The Spirit deconfirmation theory was always groundless. There is of course no technical limitation or game consistency-related rule that would prevent them from adding a fighter previously represented as a Spirit. To believe in the Spirit deconfirmation theory, you have to invent a hypothesis...

Even if I don't like any of the DLC choices next pass, I don't think I could live without having a complete roster. There would have to be some character I actively didn't want in the game, and the only ones that would really cross that line for me would be anime or other non-videogame...

Yooo, Thrall from Warcraft III / WoW?? StarCraft is closer to my heart but Thrall would be the best fit for Smash IMO, and would be a great all around choice for repping Blizzard. Would be kind of cool to have RTS representation, one of my favorite genres.

We're a long way off from becoming a Sora thread but no worries, I'm down to talk about something else. Next Fighters Pass is probably going to have a third party guest or two that nobody would have seen coming, based on Smash's DLC history. Anyone have any off-the-wall ideas for implausible...

Disney being hyper protective of their IPs seems like a pretty big obstacle to Sora representation. I also think that Disney characters like Mickey and Donald Duck in Smash would feel wrong, or at least weird, even as Spirits. We don't know what is happening behind closed doors, so it's possible...