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To me the true hero of World of Light is not Kirby or Sonic, but the duck from Duck Hunt. An utter legend of an avian, willing to not only forgive his once-mortal enemy, but also be willing to try and rescue him even in an impossible scenario without thinking a single bit about the past. Of course, the Duck Hunt duck probably doesn't get the same attention as Sonic because he doesn't have as much of a loyal fanbase - there are no Duck Hunt fansites closing down because of authors saying the plot of the latest Duck Hunt game is comparable to political protests, nor are there any super-edgy-yet-easily-offended YouTubers making 10 minute long videos analysing the quote-unquote "twisted mental psyche" of people who find the Duck Hunt dog's feet attractive - but we really should appreciate this duck as the utter legend he is. According to the Heroism Wiki, forgiveness is "perhaps the hardest thing that anyone can do", and includes such beautiful examples as "Squidward apologizes to SpongeBob for playing a nasty prank on him at the Krusty Krab." and "Emma apologizing to Noah for dumping him and they reconcile, continuing their relationship because she can't focus on romance during the competition." - Who are Emma and Noah? I don't know, but we have to respect their pure heroism. The Heroism Wiki also includes articles on other great heroic topics like "Screaming and Falling" and "Benevolent Pigs". Real legend, that duck.

This began completely earnest but quickly turned ironic.

animal Sonic characters fall into different layers of recognisability as an animal

The ones that are instantly recognisable as their species - Tails, Vector
The ones you could figure out with a quick inspection - Sonic himself, Blaze
The ones that look like one species but are actually another - Fang (jerboa), Bean (woodpecker)
The ones that don't even look like any specific animal - Knuckles, Sticks
Whatever Rouge is
and the ones that aren't animals - Eggman, Chaos

Sonic's design is great and iconic, but kinda falls flat as a hedgehog design. If you showed someone who doesn't know what a video game is Sonic's design without context they'd probably assume he's a cat with a mohawk - it's not as bad as Crash Bandicoot through, but to be fair Crash was never designed with a species in mind beyond simply "marsupial".

A true hero stands up for a guilty party facing an unjust punishment.

I like the idea of Smash Jigglypuff being male. Feminine boys are hella cute.

if Mario has to be angry in Smash so people will take the series seriously, why not give him equal billing to an angry Link instead? A cover that depicts a joyful Mario standing alongside a more competitive Link would perfectly reflect both sides of Smash, both character- and gameplay-wise.

How about a Sword and Shield stage which gives the illusion fighters are Gigantamaxed? could make a fun competitive legal stage

If the ARMS rep is Byte and Barq now would be the worst possible time to reveal them.

I used to be extremely anti-Ridley because of his size, and now here I am wishing Ridley was bigger.

Does Microsoft even HAVE the money to buy Sega?

When it comes to Smash I'm generally in the "be grateful for what you've got" camp, but I never got the logic behind "*POPULAR CHARACTER X* got in, be grateful instead of campaigning for *POPULAR CHARACTER Y*!"

Like, you do know that not everyone who wanted *POPULAR CHARACTER X* also wants *POPULAR CHARACTER Y*, right?

I can't be the only one who WANTS the ARMS character to be a Bowser Jr. situation, right?

Why are so many Miis in Shared Content of the Wendy's girl with names that aren't Wendy/'s?

Made a quick search, they're official Wendy's Miis. I thought they were some kind of protest against Nintendo banning Wendy's Miis or something.

You know, I find the whole Porky Spirit speculation thing kinda ridiculous - most of the Mother villains are absent as Spirits, no Giygas, no Fasaad, none of the Sanctuary Guardians, no Franky - like, Ultimate Chimera, REM, Master Belch, Masked Man and Starman have Spirits, but 3 of those have major roles in SSBU, one is a joke boss and arguably a mascot, and the other - well, spoilers. I feel the reason for Porky and Giygas' absence from Spirits is because they wanted to focus on the whole "power of friendship" side to the Mother franchise over the its darker side, perhaps so someone going in to the series having only played Smash would still be surprised by the dark themes

"There will be a new *insert series that only has like 2 games here* announcement on Friday"
"I SURE HOPE IT'S SMASH AND NOT THAT NEW INSTALMENT I'VE BEEN BEGGING FOR FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS!"

teen titans born after 2013 don't know how to fight, all they know is schedule clogging, troll they fans, booty scooty, be comedy, eat waffle and lie

I think the closure of Megaupload was the seed that grew into my distaste for governments.

I wouldn't be opposed to an outsourced (little to no Sakurai involvement) Fighters' Pass 3.

I don't get why people complain about off-model animation, I find it really appealing, gives a homemade feel. I'd take that over Flash puppet animation any day.

To this day I consider the biggest achievement of my life to be posting the first DK Miiverse stage support post.

It was just a crudely written "expand".

I just looked for whatever character didn't have any posts yet and drew the first thing that came to mind.

Maybe the Sega Saturn would've been more successful had Bug! not starred the worst character design Sega has made to date (which is saying a lot)

People who think it's "immoral" to pirate games from 10+ years ago that haven't been rereleased since then just because of legality are basically the gaming equivalent of hyper-religious people who think atheists can't have morals because they have "no motivation" to have them.

The Sega 60th anniversary site has more Big icons than Shadow icons. Just as it should be.

I think the most ridiculous subgenre of fake Smash leaks I've ever seen is the fake Miiverse post - like, did the people who made those leaks know how social media works?

Terry's codename was "Dolly".

Let's all be glad that codename wasn't leaked beforehand.

So, Disney now have their... 8th "first" gay character? Out does look pretty sweet through - I feel Pixar are at their best when they take an absurd concept and take it seriously. "A guy swaps bodies with a dog so he can come out as gay to his family" goes perfectly well with "a rat cooks exquisite cuisine by pulling a guy's hair", "an old man rescues an endangered animal while lifting his house with balloons" and "a musical love story about volcanoes".

Ratatouille must've been a nightmare for Disney's corporate partners - it's got the two things McDonald's hates the most: rats AND fine cuisine!

I can't help but worry for Yandere Dev, he's an emotionally unstable slacker who is constantly mocked by the internet and makes a game filled with dark themes - some day he's gonna snap...

Has there ever been a new, completely original game that's included in a compilation? the closest I can think of is the Game Gear unlockables in Sonic Adventure DX, but that was a remake...

You know the whole "drinking tears"/"hoes mad"/"dab on the haters" thing REALLY won't make people like your character, right? In fact, it'll do the exact opposite and just add more fuel to the fire of hatred.

I'm a huge fan of Classic Sonic and a casual fan of Boost, but I've never really seen Sonic as some ultra-cool dude - I've more seen him as a Max Goof figure, a flawed, snarky, chilled-out teen living his best life.

Rosalina is basically the Shadow of Mario:

Extremely controversial and is often believed to have replaced an earlier character (Daisy/Knuckles)
One of the most powerful characters in the series
Lore implies they were involved in previous games' events
Fit the aesthetic of the time period they were introduced to a T
More serious than the other characters at first, but slowly devolved into just another wacky cast member.

Seems Sonic Team has finally learned that the "gotta go fast" philosophy only really applies to cartoon animals with extreme speed and super reflexes.

I've been waiting a long time for the next Bubsy game to be announced. It seems the pattern will be one every two years, each having some sort of important date (launch, reveal, e.t.c.) close to Halloween. The only hint we really have right now is the official Bubsy lurking silently on the semi-official Bubsy fan Discord a few months after PoF's release, meaning they may be taking notes for the next instalment. I have high hopes for Bubsy. Paws on Fire is 'aight, and I think if they get the right devs he could really be something special.

Why shouldn't you shower near a Pikachu?

Because he's electric. Electricity and showers don't go well.

I've been celebrating Pac-Man's 40th anniversary more than I ever have for the birthday of any real person I've known in my life, including myself.

I love how all the Minecraft DLC crossovers have kinda obscure references - like you're not gonna see a Stanley the Bugman or Pac-Devil skin there, but it's still neat to see Jr. Pac-Man or Boom Boom in there

These two consoles couldn't be further apart aesthetically, but the Xbox Series X really reminds me of the Game Boy Colour - in that certain games were designed for the latter console (GBC/XBSX) but could be run as deoptimised versions on the prior console (GB/XB1)

There's no way we're not getting ARMS 2. It's inevitable.

You haven't seen bad video game box art until you've seen the Game Boy version of Dig Dug.