Did You Know Gaming Smash Bros part 5 featuring very special guest

[Hayzie]

How great!

 

[TimeSmash]

Popular forum "Smashboard"

 

[Ze Diglett]

And yet again, I learned absolutely nothing. Cool how they got the announcer, though.

 

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"The Mii fighters were excluded from Brawl because the development feared they might be used for online bullying"
Haha thought that was funny. Mii's have an evil agenda. Awesome video!

The argument on Ridley being too big doesn't make sense. What about Bowser? He's huge in most of the Mario games!

 

[Ze Diglett]

The argument on Ridley being too big doesn't make sense. What about Bowser? He's huge in most of the Mario games!

I think he's talking more about consistency with their Smash appearances rather than their own series. In other words, you can't make Bowser into a massive stage boss and have him still be the same character that he's been for three games now, and the same could be said about making Ridley playable.

 

[War Anvil]

I don't care if I already know any of this stuff. The fact that Xander is even talking about Smash's secrets makes my day!

 

[Hayzie]

The argument on Ridley being too big doesn't make sense. What about Bowser? He's huge in most of the Mario games!

Yeah but he's a loser with no wings and a short tail. Ridley's potential will be dramatically stunted.

 

[_gold_]

Yeah but he's a loser with no wings and a short tail. Ridley's potential will be dramatically stunted.

The transition of his appearances in the Metroid series to Smash Bros... yes, he would have to be "nerfed" in a sense. But the differences of Bowser and Ridley don't really matter. Look at Charizard. I'd still say Charizard was shrunk just a tad, but his and Ridley's body style are pretty similar. If Charizard worked, possible Ridley could have too.

 

[TimeSmash]

The transition of his appearances in the Metroid series to Smash Bros... yes, he would have to be "nerfed" in a sense. But the differences of Bowser and Ridley don't really matter. Look at Charizard. I'd still say Charizard was shrunk just a tad, but his and Ridley's body style are pretty similar. If Charizard worked, possible Ridley could have too.

But Ridley is the size of like, five Charizards in height. Haha

 

[Deleted member]

Can we not have yet another ****ing Ridley debate, please?

 

[_gold_]

But Ridley is the size of like, five Charizards in height. Haha

You're tarnishing my dreams! No, what you say is true, I'm just saying it could be possible. Besides, Ridley has had numerous changes in appearance through the years. Maybe they could have developed a model more suited for Smash.

 

[Hayzie]

The transition of his appearances in the Metroid series to Smash Bros... yes, he would have to be "nerfed" in a sense. But the differences of Bowser and Ridley don't really matter. Look at Charizard. I'd still say Charizard was shrunk just a tad, but his and Ridley's body style are pretty similar. If Charizard worked, possible Ridley could have too.

Charizard? That thing is meant to be comically cute and chibs, or chubs. Ridley eats Charizard's for breakfast.

Can we not have yet another ****ing Ridley debate, please?

winging? flaming? gliding? you've lost me.

 

[Aguki90]

Xander Mobus know more than any of us. I prefer he never tell nothing and keep making epic voices.

 

[Xzsmmc]

Christ. I don't even care about Ridley, and I still find that explanation stupid. If a fourteen year old with amateur tools can make him a playable fighter, I have no idea how a professional team couldn't. I also can't help but notice they left out his other comment about providing 'accurate portrayals of characters'.

The very last thing I'll say on the matter (I really don't want another debate) is that for knowing how 'anticipated of a name' Ridley is, he sure gave him the most embarrassing role of anyone not named Chrom.

 

[Jaedrik]

But Ridley doesn't even have to be small to be balanced. Take a look at that Project M mod, Project R!
Anyways, thanks for bringing this to us, OP. I would've gone another week or so without seeing this.

 

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Saw this on NormalBoots!
Not gonna lie, I was kind of hoping for him to talk in the announcer voice the whole time... Wishful thinking on my part!

 

[Opossum]

Well, if anything, I can say I learned something.

...I wasn't aware of the Duck Hunt thing, actually. Kinda cool how that series is technically the oldest.

 

[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

I remember reading the article. Xander may not have noticed that Sakurai was talking about characterization more than simply size. As well as balance. I won't lie, it's not as easy as people think it is. There's a lot to shrink, including the tail, while still keeping him looking dangerous. I don't blame Sakurai for this either.

I already knew of the previous character ideas. Although the fact Xander uses the term "considered" for Chrom is interesting. Did he actually know that by talking with Sakurai or did he look at the article that was translated(and arguably not as well as it could be, as planned and considered were too interchangeable as terms).