Recent content by Rakath

I was a bit... inaccurate as to my meaning there. No, neither did take 'Isaac's spot' they took 'the last slots in the roster where Isaac could have been added' as game creation resources are finite. If Isaac was going to make it in, he'd be a secret character on the main on-disc roster, he...

That doesn't mean you're unbiased, because one key item in your argument is flawed out the gate. It means you were satisfied with what you were given. Mostly. Technically speaking, yes. Isaac had long outside odds to win the ballot. Outside of that, Isaac's last possible spot was taken by Duck...

The thing about DLC is, if it was planned out with the rest of the roster, some choices might not have been made. I assume if the plan was Corrin? I doubt Roy and Lucina would have happened. Corrin is, by far, the strongest FE candidate of the characters that aren't in Brawl. Robin is good, Roy...

Given that half of those characters were not planned from the outset? Not seeing your point. Most of the excess Characters added to any title are due to a level of roster fluffing with clones. And in this case two more FE characters were unplanned DLC. Melee clones were because Dedede wasn't...

Well, we're comparing different factors: The Ballot itself: The Ballot could go anywhere (within reason, non-game characters are out and I figure third parties that couldn't be negotiated are out), everyone is relevant but that's simply for the winner slot, there is no second place. Second...

Ignoring the two third parties (which are both, probably, viper nests of problems to apply) and Inklings, the rest of your character offerings aren't exactly topically relevant. Krystal seems to be mostly written off by Nintendo, Skull Kid and Wolf are from almost released not recently released...

I'm amused by @Iceweasel, they just successfully argued by their logic that Mario isn't a Nintendo character and has no place in Smash. (Mario was originally known as Jump Man in the original Donkey Kong Arcade game, if Nintendo created arcade games are not Nintendo games (and spin-offs for the...

Most wanted Final Fantasy character. I am sure you believe the internet ends at the edges of this forum? But there are plenty of people that buy, play, and enjoy video games that don't go here. Whatever aspect of the fandom hates the idea of Cloud, Cloud is still loved and wanted enough to have...

Pokemon has a rounded roster of characters. Unless you're looking for Pika Libre out of Pokken Tournament there's not a lot of need to add from this. Kirby has a lack of iconic to the series characters that aren't already present (Gooey is about the closest and we haven't seen him since...

If we look at Corrin as 'A character from Nintendo's 2015 release year' it isn't like Nintendo has a lot of non-complicated option to run counter to him. Ignoring all the titles using characters already in Smash (Yoshi Wooly World, three pokemon games, two Zelda games, Mario Maker, etc etc) we...

Mechanically speaking, other than giving her a ridiculous horizontal recovery because of her whirl? No, I don't see a specifically Dixie moveset. Dixie doesn't have a mechanical identity of her own because she has so few games to her name. She wouldn't even space that differently given that they...

Release order was: Melee > FE6 (Japan only) > FE7 While the joke is "Marth debut in Smash" the truth is Roy really did debut in Smash.

Alright so there seems to be some disagreement about how 'slots' should be netted out for 'reps' of a given franchise? The best way to pair this down is 'storytelling representation' and 'mechanical representation.' Now for a lot of characters the latter isn't really a thing. Why isn't it? Well...

Roy's reverse grip makes many of his hitboxes shorter than normal? This influences his jab, dash, Blazer, and a few other moves. But his F-Smash, DTilt, and USmash have the reach you'd expect.

If Manakete plays very quick and defensive without the Smash Ball, and can only get heavy with the violence when a Dragon how is that wrong? Depending on the limitations of the systems it could be a full Dragon form as long as it doesn't require too many system resources. You also overstate...