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[Pazzo.]

http://www.nintendo.com/amiibo/detail/chibi-robo-amiibo-chibi-robo-series

Is this a screw-up or are we on the verge of another "Wario eShop leak" again?

I really want to think that it's a screwup because the surprise would be ruined otherwise(I'm neutral to Chibi-Robo, in case you think I hate him).

Didn't the Wario leak turn out to be false?

I mean, just a mistake?

 

[Arcadenik]

That's too bad. Chibi-Robo being in Smash probably would have helped Zip Lash sales and kept the Chibi-Robo series alive for a bit longer... and hey, Chibi-Robo would have added some more franchise variety to the Smash series (we got 9 new franchises: Animal Crossing, Mega Man, Wii Fit, Punch-Out!!, Mii, Pac-Man, Xenoblade Chronicles, Duck Hunt, and Street Fighter)

 

[Pazzo.]

That's too bad. Chibi-Robo being in Smash probably would have helped Zip Lash sales and kept the Chibi-Robo series alive for a bit longer... and hey, Chibi-Robo would have added some more franchise variety to the Smash series (we got 9 new franchises: Animal Crossing, Mega Man, Wii Fit, Punch-Out!!, Mii, Pac-Man, Xenoblade Chronicles, Duck Hunt, and Street Fighter)

I hope people try out Zip Lash.

I'd hate for the series to die, especially when it has loyal fans.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I hope people try out Zip Lash.

I'd hate for the series to die, especially when it has loyal fans.

Mozt reactions I saw to the franchise being killed off where 'lol publicity stunt' or 'good, either a real Chibi Robo or no CR'

 

[Burruni]

I hope people try out Zip Lash.

I'd hate for the series to die, especially when it has loyal fans.

Honestly.
I saw how the bosses worked out.
Y'know, bosses, what are meant to be your big trial of skill.
They looked absolutely dull.

 

[Sir Gengar de Èctoplasma]

Honestly.
I saw how the bosses worked out.
Y'know, bosses, what are meant to be your big trial of skill.
They looked absolutely dull.

As dull as in New Super Mario Bros. series (except the original), or worse?

 

[Burruni]

As dull as in New Super Mario Bros. series (except the original), or worse?

New Super Mario Bros 2. level design.
Bosses which have 1 or 2 attacks while you pathetically try to thwack away at their health (the case for 3 of the 6, the others are gimmicks which are drawn out for far too long).

Edit: One of the three others is waiting around to play Breakout to reach the one-shot cores of the boss, another is the slowest possible interpretation of a Kirby Shooter boss (like Heart of Nova, Magalor & Lor Starcutter, Kabula, or Dark Mind Final Form), and the final boss(es)... yeah.

 

[Pazzo.]

Mozt reactions I saw to the franchise being killed off where 'lol publicity stunt' or 'good, either a real Chibi Robo or no CR'

I just hope they won't follow through with the idea of canceling the franchise.

I don't care much for CR because I haven't played it, but FE almost got canceled, with its future hanging on one game, so I can completely empathize.

 

[Bradli Wartooth]

I'm playing Zip Lash right now. It reminds me of a Kirby game as far as difficulty goes. The game is FUN, but it's very simple and not overly challenging. I'd recommend it to Chibi fans and people who like simpler platformers. Not a BAD game though. My only quarrels are that it isn't very challenging and the controls feel a little wonky. But that's stuff I can certainly get past.

 

[NintenZ]

I think that the one dollar trophy killed the Inkling's chances, however a Splatoon character and Bandana Dee were the results I got when researching the rumor, so I could be wrong. Or maybe we'll get Callie and Marie or Agent 3?

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Although the game just came out, I feel like Chibi Robo died. Either everyone and their mother will see it on the shelfs and buy it or it will fail to meet a sale quota because Nintendo is dumb at marketing

 

[Bradli Wartooth]

So just to clear everyone up on this, I just scanned my Chibi amiibo on Smash Bros and nothing happened. So yes, the site is a false alarm unless something changes.

Although the game just came out, I feel like Chibi Robo died. Either everyone and their mother will see it on the shelfs and buy it or it will fail to meet a sale quota because Nintendo is dumb at marketing

Chibi never got that big to begin with. His first game was excellent, but nobody played b/c Nintendo marketing. The second one, while not as stellar, was another great game, but suffered the same fate. Photo Finder was pretty lame. This game they've attempted to market more (Micro Direct as well as Ninty social media having a hay-day with it) but the game itself isn't the best. So Chibi was set up for failure at a young age when he was in his prime. Can't say that he wouldn't appear in Smash though, as he's at least existed for longer than many other characters.

 

[ErenJager]

I was thinking about third party companies today.

So far Konami, Sega, Capcom, and Namco have all had a rep in Smash.

All of which are Japanese based companies...

So I got thinking I wonder if we'll ever see Tecmo Koei, Natsume, or Level 5 get some representation in the series.

There's also Square Enix.

A project X zone with more companies would be pretty cool too.

 

[Bradli Wartooth]

I was thinking about third party companies today.

So far Konami, Sega, Capcom, and Namco have all had a rep in Smash.

All of which are Japanese based companies...

So I got thinking I wonder if we'll ever see Tecmo Koei, Natsume, or Level 5 get some representation in the series.

There's also Square Enix.

A project X zone with more companies would be pretty cool too.

I think a Harvest Moon farmer from Natsume would be the best. Especially the one from Mineral Town/DS

Harvest Moon has literally been around forever.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I was thinking about third party companies today.

So far Konami, Sega, Capcom, and Namco have all had a rep in Smash.

All of which are Japanese based companies...

So I got thinking I wonder if we'll ever see Tecmo Koei, Natsume, or Level 5 get some representation in the series.

There's also Square Enix.

A project X zone with more companies would be pretty cool too.

It all depends on who the characters are and if they fit Sakurai's criteria honestly, how many characters fit that? Hell, Konami's most popular newcomer choice, Simon Bellmont, sadly suffers from not fitting the criteria as CastleVania's currently in a fate worse than death

 

[ErenJager]

I think a Harvest Moon farmer from Natsume would be the best. Especially the one from Mineral Town/DS

Harvest Moon has literally been around forever.

I think Natsume has gone either heavily under the radar or under appreciated as far as Smash goes.
You'd think a trophy or something by now.
Hopefully fans rally for a Natsume rep in the future, as much as they have for wayforward or YCG.

 

[NintenZ]

I think a Harvest Moon farmer from Natsume would be the best. Especially the one from Mineral Town/DS

Harvest Moon has literally been around forever.

Actually, Natsume only publishes the Harvest Moon series in the West.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

There's also Square Enix.

I think it's just a matter of time before Black Mage joins the battle. I doubt he...it?...will join as DLC, but next smash is a very good possibility. (I feel the same about Rayman honestly)

 

[NintenZ]

I think it's just a matter of time before Black Mage joins the battle. I doubt he...it?...will join as DLC, but next smash is a very good possibility. (I feel the same about Rayman honestly)

No, he's really only popular because of SSBF, I think if they were to choose a Final Fantasy character, it'd be a Chocabo.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

No, he's really only popular because of SSBF, I think if they were to choose a Final Fantasy character, it'd be a Chocabo.

That's an odd way of saying Cloud, one of, if not THE most iconic JRPG character ever. I'd personally like Black Mage or Gilgamesh

 

[NintenZ]

That's an odd way of saying Cloud, one of, if not THE most iconic JRPG character ever. I'd personally like Black Mage or Gilgamesh

But then again Chocabos are the series mascot, I think they'd work well in Smash. I mean they've had their own game exclusive to the Wii (Wasn't the best game but still) while Cloud has bearly appeared in a proper game on a Nintendo console outside of cameos and spin-offs.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

But then again Chocabos are the series mascot, I think they'd work well in Smash. I mean they've had their own game exclusive to the Wii (Wasn't the best game but still) while Cloud has bearly appeared in a proper game on a Nintendo console outside of cameos and spin-offs.

They're the Anna of FF, one of them anyway, Gilgamesh being the other. Not a mascot but reoccuring thing. Anyone remember a Tumblr post which had a character idea that the competitive fans would hate because everything's random? Gilgamesh would be that if his Dissidia style was copied

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

No, he's really only popular because of SSBF, I think if they were to choose a Final Fantasy character, it'd be a Chocabo.

Are you forgetting that he along with a few other Warriors of Light crossed over with Mario at least twice?

Even with we ignore Final Fantasy, Slime coexisted with Mario more than the FF characters thanks to the Itadaki Street games.

 

[NintenZ]

Are you forgetting that he along with a few other Warriors of Light crossed over with Mario at least twice?

Even with we ignore Final Fantasy, Slime coexisted with Mario more than the FF characters thanks to the Itadaki Street games.

Yes, I'm well aware of that. But what I meant was that his requests come from SSBF.

 

[Twin Shot]

Think Black Mage is more likely than Cloud.

He has been around since early FF days on Nintendo.
You can see the more classic characters in the DS Mario Sports games, which I feel make it more likley.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

No, he's really only popular because of SSBF, I think if they were to choose a Final Fantasy character, it'd be a Chocabo.

EDIT: Actually. Now that I think about it, Final Fantasy doesn't really get any love in the first place. So yeah all of Black Mage's popularity came from ssf2, but I don't think anyone else is getting anything.

And I highly doubt a Chocabo is going to join smash.

 

[False Sense]

Yes, I'm well aware of that. But what I meant was that his requests come from SSBF.

First of all, I don't think that's entirely true.

Secondly, why does that matter?

 

[ErenJager]

I'm not exactly sure where Square sits as a company and it's relationship with Nintendo.

At one point Sony owned a significant market share of Square and i'm not sure if it's been sold off or currently in the process of.

They do seem to favor Sony as company though, just based on frequency of game releases/ exclusives.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I'm not exactly sure where Square sits as a company and it's relationship with Nintendo.

At one point Sony owned a significant market share of Square and i'm not sure if it's been sold off or currently in the process of.

They do seem to favor Sony as company though, just based on frequency of game releases/ exclusives.

Sony doesn't own anything of SE afaik. Microsoft only has Tomb Raider though amiright

 

[NintenZ]

First of all, I don't think that's entirely true.

Secondly, why does that matter?

Most of his requests came from SSBF, why it matters is because it matters.

 

[JaidynReiman]

Actually, Natsume only publishes the Harvest Moon series in the West.

In fact, modern Harvest Moon isn't even the real Harvest Moon. Because the new owners of the franchise decided to publish the games themselves in the west now, but Natsume still owns the trademark for Harvest Moon in the west. As such, the REAL Harvest Moon is now being localized as "Story of Seasons," and the new Harvest Moon games have no connections to the originals.

 

[False Sense]

Most of his requests came from SSBF, why it matters is because it matters.

Logic like that won't get you very far.

 

[Burruni]

I'm playing Zip Lash right now. It reminds me of a Kirby game as far as difficulty goes. The game is FUN, but it's very simple and not overly challenging. I'd recommend it to Chibi fans and people who like simpler platformers. Not a BAD game though. My only quarrels are that it isn't very challenging and the controls feel a little wonky. But that's stuff I can certainly get past.

"It reminds me of a Kirby game as far as difficulty goes."

Edit: And so what if SSF2 sparked discussion for Black Mage?
I haven't seen him play, just that he's in the game and made a full moveset. The fact is that he's an iconic class/design/character from one of the few massive series that began on Nintendo left... what sparked discussion and want doesn't matter nearly as much as the fact that he is wanted and has merit.

 

[A Distant Demon]

Most of his requests came from SSBF, why it matters is because it matters.

. . .that is the basis of circular reasoning. And it doesn't make any sense regardless.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

"It reminds me of a Kirby game as far as difficulty goes."

Dude! Trigger warning! I'm still not over my PTSD with that ****ing mech in Kirby Wii

 

[NintenZ]

Logic like that won't get you very far.

What do you mean, it's absolutely true, if he wasn't in SSBF, he most likely wouldn't be as popular for Smash.

 

[Kalimdori]

What do you mean, it's absolutely true, if he wasn't in SSBF, he most likely wouldn't be as popular for Smash.

And that matters why?

 

[Burruni]

What do you mean, it's absolutely true, if he wasn't in SSBF, he most likely wouldn't be as popular for Smash.

And if it wasn't for Butt-Butt's makers pushing the name around, he most likely wouldn't be as popular for Smash.

Doesn't mean he isn't desired. I don't see how people wanting a gaming character from a fan game of Smash makes them any less "proper" to be in Smash.

Edit: It's like saying people wanting some character's moves changed to be like Project M's ideas are wrong because it's not official.

Double Edit: I'm off to work but I'mma smack down some logic when I'm back.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

What do you mean, it's absolutely true, if he wasn't in SSBF, he most likely wouldn't be as popular for Smash.

The point he's trying to make is that it doesn't matter where the popularity came from

 

[Staarih]

I want to like Chibi-Robo, I really do. I also want to see the franchise be successful and not die. But... "boring" is pretty much all I get when I think of the character and/or the games. Guess I could give Zip-Lash a try though.