Quillion
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(TL;DR version at the bottom of the post)
Don't get me wrong, I really like the idea of changing characters because of recent games. I've been posting various ideas about how characters can be changed on several threads in the veterans subforum.
But we have to face the facts here. Revamping veterans just because a recent game gave them a cool new ability just isn't a good idea. The whole issue is that for every one person who wants a character changed because of a recent game, there's going to be anywhere from ten to one hundred more people who liked whatever move it replaced in the first place. And even then; why should the developers strain themselves on animating, modeling, coding, and balancing a character around a new move when it would be easier to recreate and/or recycle the animations from the previous installment. It's just easier on both the silent majority of fans and the developers to keep the movesets of everyone consistent.
And don't think I can't come up with a good example of people objecting to changes in movesets. Because there actually is In Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Jill Valentine from the Resident Evil series was based primarily on Resident Evil 1. When she reappeared in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 based on her brainwashed self in RE5, no one liked it. Could you imagine how much greater the backlash would be if that happened in Smash?
And really, this need to change characters because of new games is starting to get ridiculous. For Ganondorf, I can argue that he's very faithful as is, but I can still see the ever growing dissonance between his Smash portrayal and his canon portrayal. With Wario, I can also argue that he's faithful, but I can see how people want him to be like he is in the games where he actually does do fighting.
But why in the hell does it have to extend to Mario and Link of all characters? Have people already forgotten that their current movesets already do a good job of portraying their respective selves from their respective series? Also, where were the people who wanted Mario to have the Star Spin after Galaxy? Where were the people who wanted Link to have Wolf moves after Twilight Princess and/or the Skyward Strike after Skyward Sword?
HOWEVER, I want my view changed. I want either reason to hope that characters can be changed, or, failing that, that there is a good reason as to why characters should be changed.
TL;DR:
Don't get me wrong, I really like the idea of changing characters because of recent games. I've been posting various ideas about how characters can be changed on several threads in the veterans subforum.
But we have to face the facts here. Revamping veterans just because a recent game gave them a cool new ability just isn't a good idea. The whole issue is that for every one person who wants a character changed because of a recent game, there's going to be anywhere from ten to one hundred more people who liked whatever move it replaced in the first place. And even then; why should the developers strain themselves on animating, modeling, coding, and balancing a character around a new move when it would be easier to recreate and/or recycle the animations from the previous installment. It's just easier on both the silent majority of fans and the developers to keep the movesets of everyone consistent.
And don't think I can't come up with a good example of people objecting to changes in movesets. Because there actually is In Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Jill Valentine from the Resident Evil series was based primarily on Resident Evil 1. When she reappeared in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 based on her brainwashed self in RE5, no one liked it. Could you imagine how much greater the backlash would be if that happened in Smash?
And really, this need to change characters because of new games is starting to get ridiculous. For Ganondorf, I can argue that he's very faithful as is, but I can still see the ever growing dissonance between his Smash portrayal and his canon portrayal. With Wario, I can also argue that he's faithful, but I can see how people want him to be like he is in the games where he actually does do fighting.
But why in the hell does it have to extend to Mario and Link of all characters? Have people already forgotten that their current movesets already do a good job of portraying their respective selves from their respective series? Also, where were the people who wanted Mario to have the Star Spin after Galaxy? Where were the people who wanted Link to have Wolf moves after Twilight Princess and/or the Skyward Strike after Skyward Sword?
HOWEVER, I want my view changed. I want either reason to hope that characters can be changed, or, failing that, that there is a good reason as to why characters should be changed.
TL;DR:
- I like thinking of moveset changes, but...
- It would anger the majority of fans and be too much work on the developers.
- No one liked Jill's portrayal in MvC3 compared to MvC2.
- Wario and Ganondorf are fine to complain about, but Mario and Link aren't.
- I want my view changed.