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Defining Priority: Relativity

Homelessvagrant

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<p align="left">For the Smash community, E for All brought a great wave of Brawl news that also (unfortunately) caused a drought of new updates in November. There are various videos on YouTube (along with Gimpyfish’s Brawl Impressions thread) that give a wealth of info. (If you are an avid Dojo visitor and you haven’t checked out either one, I urge you to do so.) These videos not only help you understand some of the leftover E for All updates but the trends among the updates themselves and thus will be the topic today. Today, we’re talking about relativity.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/300px-eschers_relativity.jpg" alt="it's a maze of fun, haha =_=" /></p>



<p align="left">Check out this elementary algebraic formula:</p>
<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/proportion.jpg" alt="Math make you strong like Camel" /></p>
This the algebraic form of the simple cross multiplication formula. I won’t go into its schematics, but the basic gist is to proportion similarities to discover the X factor. I think it is best if I just go ahead and relate it to Smash Brawl.
<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/smashiness-2.jpg" alt="in this case the " /></p>
Notice that we have our three constants and only lack one X. The cross multiplication formula deals with the rule of relativity (a common fraction ratio). Let me make it more clear: the E-for-all rerun updates in conjunction with gameplay videos can help us understand the other updates better.

Think of the demo as almost like a God-view where you can see everything more clearly. We already know that not all the updates are accurate. Take Diddy Kong for example. Sakurai stated:
<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/diddykong_070822b-l.jpg" alt="whimsical he say?" /></p>

<blockquote>Donkey Kong’s pal has finally joined the battle! Unfortunately, screenshots fail to truly capture the way he moves.</blockquote>
Thanks to the playable demo we now know that this statement isn’t necessarily true. At least from what we heard from Gimpy, the demo does not make him look any more unique then the other players. This can tell us that in some of the older updates the statements Sakurai makes aren’t 100% accurate and some information might be misleading. Take look at the Final Smash update when Sakurai made this statement:
<blockquote>The Final Smash is a secret skill that can be performed but once…and only after obtaining an item called the Smash Ball, which is a precious item indeed.</blockquote>
Many believed this meant that Final Smashes can only be used once per game, but this is not so. It was only at E for All that we learned Sakurai’s true meaning. Also, if we look at the Saki Amamiya update we learn how some of the newer updates can be misleading and at times vague in their description, choosing to glorify the update rather than spit out facts. This occurs with Assist Trophies, items in general, Final Smashes, characters and their controls, and other updates. Because there are so many different kinds of E for All updates covering about every category of the Dojo, we can therefore relate and do a more thorough speculation of the other updates given to us.

In conclusion, through the process of Relativity, the E for All updates become higher priority then if just glanced upon on a normal scale. Please note that I’m not saying they are top priority, but rather just higher than some would consider. Every update has its use, after all. Even “You Must Recover!” showed us increased attention to aerial combat. There is still more to cover, so until then, Smash fans, let’s put these rerun updates to the best of use.
 

crush_T_asain

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thats what some people were saying about wari and his alt costumes he might not be "special" in that he has alt costumes maybe hes "special" because he farts or... has a motarbike...just a thought
 

AniMaL 214

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You are truly a genious, and i always like to see you do a thread. You always bring a new perspective on things and its very fun to read. Much respect.
 

overthere

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It seems like a lot of updates throw in various forms of "WOW!" statements, which only confuse the facts rather than anchor them.

But think about it people, would you rather not be surprised when the game comes out? There's just as many people in the world who'd be complaining that Sakurai shows a preview of the next new character as there are who would be complaining that he doesn't.
 

UrajKingofDarkness

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Did you actually take his "Screenshots fail to truly capture the way he moves" quote as him saying Diddy Kong moves in some crazy way that no other character does? Sakurai has a love of flamboyant speech and embellishing points....taking everything he says for the stone cold truth is just ridiculous.
 

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You know the little sprinkles you had on your ice
But you forget that they're still tweaking the game, so the E for All stuff could change for all we know. That's what should be expected. Think of E for All as a public test run of just PART of the game. They were most likely looking for bugs and such that they failed to catch in development. Look at Melee and you'll see the major screw up: Stamina mode. It might not seem like much, but it's totally embarrassing to hve something like that happen. What makes it worse is that they couldn't do anything about it because it (the game) was already released. They don't want that sort of thing happen again.

Therefore this makes the E for All footage unreliable and thus less valuable than it may seem. Would they really let us see the final product months before the release? Sakurai wouldn't ruin it for us.
 

Homelessvagrant

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rel·a·tiv·i·ty (rl-tv-t)
n.
1. The quality or state of being relative

It is possible for a word to have more than one definition so yeah...

still when dealing with definitions of the same word often times one definition originates from another. I used the one pic because of the maze like persective one needs to look at it. I know it deals with a different form of the word but seemed to fit my purposes anyway (plus it's a coo [sic] picture)
 

e319

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Thanks

Ive been wondering why there hasn't been a good update in a while... good point!
 

AniMaL 214

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stop hating on Princess Peach **** tshes been here longer then most of the people here
 
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