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Not aimed at me, but welcome notheless, it also seems that this is your first time here.
Thanks for the welcome, and also yes I made my account recently as I wanted to give my opinion and help with the support. I have looked at this thread in the past though, just felt like now was a better time to join in on it. I look forward to seeing the supporter number increase as I feel Lycanroc has a lot of potential.
I dont really see a high chance, but I would love it, I like Rockruff even more then Lycanroc-Day
Welcome! Honestly, I'm flattered that our little thread was what compelled you to make an account. Feel free to speak up any time you feel you have something to say!
It'd be...surprising, for sure. Rockruff on its own would still have some moveset potential. I suppose I'd be okay with it, but it'd feel like such an under-utilization of what the line is fully capable of, you know?
I suppose there's nothing stopping Rockruff from getting in Smash, but I'm sure it would be met with mixed reception. Not so much because people would think it isn't deserving or unique, but rather because there's three other forms that would offer so much more material to work with. Why go with the unevolved form when you could go with one that has an exclusive Z-move, stronger moves, and a bigger emphasis on the rock-type shtick?
Honestly, adding Rockruff over Lycanroc is similar as adding Rowlet over Decidueye. It doesn’t really make sense to add in when it’s evolution can bring more to the table and get the whole motif done a lot better and can also be just as likeable.
I felt it. Threads are moving really fast but there is very little 'big' talk. I think Smashboards in general is kinda nervous.
What's bad is before the direct I was staying calm and figuring it wouldn't have anything Smash related. It got delayed and all kind of theories and researching the updates showcasing missing updates... and not I'm all on edge over it.
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Yeah, I’m starting to get really tensed right now, tomorrow could potentially be a make or break for us.
Most people I've talked with think that the pokemon newcomer (which as some people have also stated we may not even get, though I believe we will get one) won't be revealed in this direct. I wouldn't be upset if it wasn't, but that would mean another month or months of waiting just to see who it is. I am a bit nervous though, because each direct could be the life or death of this thread, depending on what gets revealed. Lycanroc is the last character on my list of characters I wanted as playable to not be deconfirmed so I'm really hoping things go well for all us supporters.
My gut feeling is that we'll be getting the Pokémon in a Dedicated Trailer, similar to :ultrobin. While this direct is another good opportunity for it to happen , I feel like it wont end here.
That's...more or less what I'm starting to think, myself. I think this one may not help or hurt any of the Pokémon in the running. While the odds are greater than they were last month, I'm still leaning toward the reveal being someone else this time.
When it comes to Smash, you have to start with the expectation that you'll be wrong. We're all shooting in the dark here but it's mostly because it's just fun to talk Smash. Hell, I'm not even sure when I'll even get the game but I'm mostly here for Smash.
Well, even if the character we put our support into doesn't make it in at least we made a name for ourselves and in turn have gotten the character in people's minds. I'm very nervous about possible deconfirmation tomorrow because it is likely, but not guaranteed, so we just have to wait and see how things go. We shall see what happens soon enough.
I think Sylvally, Primarena and Nihilego also have a decent chance. Primarena was a starter and the other two were definetly pushed more then Golisopod.
Eevee is already disconfirmed, so there's nothing in this picture that alarms me. Still a 1-on-1 battle between Incineroar and Lycanroc if you ask me.Less than 12 hours to go...
While we wait, some new anime details dropped in the form of a poster for Season 3 of Alola:
Notable details include:
-Bit of a Kanto focus, which isn't a surprise with Let's Go coming out soon. Though based on their surroundings, they seem to still be in Alola, so it seems more that Kanto stuff will be coming to them rather than vice versa.
- Speaking of which, Misty and Brock are back! And it seems like they'll be around in addition to the current cast, not in place of them.
- Hau is finally going to show up as well. Seems like anime fans have been wondering if he'd ever get any screen time.
- That Dartrix next to him is very interesting. We don't know who it belongs to, but the placement seems to imply it's Hau's. Since the anime writers don't like having two major characters be the same species and form (for understandable reasons; it'd risk having the kids get confused over who was who whenever both were on screen at the same time), this means the odds are favoring Ash's Rowlet not evolving.
- Meanwhile, up on the top right, it seems like Team Rocket got their hands on a Stufful. Whether the Bewear that's been pursuing them has anything to do with it remains to be seen.
- And the biggest new thing here: Ash seems to be getting an Eevee! So we may now have our 5th party member for Alola (or 6th, if Poipole sticks around). Wonder what the little fella will evolve into?
But most importantly for us...nothing here puts a dagger in Lycanroc's ace role. None of Ash's team members are getting any major focus here other than Pikachu (as usual) and the new guy.
Seems like we're in the clear in the anime for the time being. We can only wait and hope that transferred over into Smash.
Seems like Incineroar didn't come from either of his "main sources", as neither can directly confirm it. In fact, one of the people who suggested Incineroar was an outside source.
Zygarde as an echo fighter? I know I bring it up a lot but I genuinely think it's a genius idea.
I don't wanna get too sappy, because then it'll sound like I'm expecting the worst.
I kinda want that go for another Lycanroc form. Most notably, Midday/Midnight and Dusk.
There’s one other thing... Lycanroc can also be very unique.
It's gotten to the point where people pretty much take Verge's leaks as gospel and I find that stupid. Yes, he's gotten some things right, but by only saying which pokemon won't be playable and not the one that will, I don't think it's enough to push Lycanroc out of the running. I choose to not believe leaks and just wait to see what happens, and personally I just don't feel like Incineroar is a good or unique enough candidate for the role of pokemon newcomer. And basically no one was talking about Incineroar until he said that either, so I don't think he actually has as good a chance as people say he does.And so, we live to (potentially) fight another day. Phew.
Seems like not much has changed, with as safe a pick as Isabelle being the one revealed. Though I'd imagine a certain someone is about to be treated as infallible all over again due to having mentioned her before...
No reason to go on red alert yet, but we'll probably be met with more resistance than before. We're going to have to work that much harder to have others actually hear us out instead of laughing us off. So, rest easy for now, but things may get a bit tricky going forward...
Honestly, the thing is that Verg was a lot more firm on the other characters.
