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I think Bandit Bringer would be made into a back special, seeing as that's basically the input in Strive. Feel like the Roman Cancels and Tension Gauge in there, too; Down special or neutral special would feel the most natural.
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Yeah, there's also that. I honestly don't think there's room for them as a Special Move since Sol has so many to cover...What if Roman Cancels were activated with the shield button? It would only activate if you had the meter, and if there was actually anything to cancel (normals, specials, hitstun, blockstun?, etc.), so you would still have a normal shield and air dodge, but you also now have a button for Roman Cancels.
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In Guilty Gear XX and Xrd, if you hold the input for Bandit Revolver (which is basically the hadouken input command + kick) what Sol does is Bandit Bringer. It may cause some misinputs for some people but I think translating that to Smash shouldn't be a problem.
Crash might be, but I sincerely doubt Arle would be an E3 reveal. There's a significant portion (most) of casual gamers who have no idea wtf that is.
Maybe in that kind of scenario, the second-to-last trailer could be a reveal trailer for both of the last two fighters (and maybe the bonus fighter too, if that rumor is true), and the absolute last trailer could be a trailer that gives release dates, fighter info, and other stuff for those fighters?
To be fair, a lot of casual gamers in the West were absolutely stumped with Hero. Assuming we get a big Western-appeal rep again, I think they can lean into another Japan-centric character.
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I like how you think.There's a decent possibility of a double reveal at E3 since the last fighter released last month. The Smash team tends to work on multiple characters at once and there's 3 months until E3, I'd say that's enough time to collect some trailer footage for both characters.
Which still surprises me. I understand not being very familiar with Dragon Quest or not having played the games but, not knowing the series? That is something I have a hard time believing from people who supposedly are interested in the industry.
To be fair, that quote was in Terry's presentation, who wasn't revealed at E3. He isn't a bad addition, but I think the point about larger characters being reserved for the big events still stands.Well then it would be the perfect time to introduce her to them.
exists, but he was introduced along with , a character westerners would be more familiar with/interested in
I dunno about that. It might just be projection, but I feel like a lot of people have at least heard of Puyo Puyo, even if only through Puyo Puyo Tetris.
In this particular context the OP was talking about introducing Arle alongside Crash, so it wouldn't be any different fromTo be fair, that quote was in Terry's presentation, who wasn't revealed at E3. He isn't a bad addition, but I think the point about larger characters being reserved for the big events still stands.
/. alongside and before, I think Arle would be fine.
That is what I was thinking.
Heard of DQ, maybe, but they probably don't know enough about it to remember any faces or recurring features. Anyone into JRPGs would know of DQ, but not everyone's into JRPGs. Some people still stick with the nasty "anime bad" stigma, and for others it just isn't their speed, so it doesn't stick out to them.
Arle is kind of in a weird spot where Puyo Puyo Tetris actually is recognizable in the west...by very casual audience and children. The game was a huge success on the Switch. She's just not as recognized by the (non-Smash) actual gaming community. Besides, if Crash is actually one of the last 2 picks, literally any character could be revealed alongside him and be fine no matter how sino-centric. Crash is a Western darling.
Not to be that guy, but sino refers to China, not East Asia as a whole. Calling Eastern-slanted candidates sino-centric implies they're appealing to China specifically, when Nintendo's main audience in the East Asia region is their home country Japan. Though, Nintendo does have some Chinese presence, so they hypothetically could add an actual sino-centric rep.
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is probably able to answer any questions regarding that, being the Nintendo foreign market man and all.
Yeah that's correct, I had a brain fart for a second when typing it. MbNot to be that guy, but sino refers to China, not East Asia as a whole. Calling Eastern-slanted candidates sino-centric implies they're appealing to China specifically, when Nintendo's main audience in the East Asia region is their home country Japan. Though, Nintendo does have some Chinese presence, so they hypothetically could add an actual sino-centric rep.
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Even if that were the case, that would mean that the casual audience that is familiar due to its association with Tetris, would only think of it as a Tetris clone and still not realize it even had a mascot character since Tetris itself doesn't have one (and doesn't really need one either).
I...don't think that's true. Like, yeah, a lot of Western gamers haven't PLAYED DQ, but most people at least know enough to go "Oh, that's Dragon Quest."
Counterpoint, every formal reveal since Min Min has released with a month of confirmation. Unless they're looking to drop two characters at pretty much the same time, I anticipate they'll continue down this route and only reveal characters close to when they're ready to release them to avoid those potential droughts in between that were more present in FP1.
Not that I know much about Guilty Gear, but I'd absolutely start by putting Roman Cancel on neutral-B. I feel like it's gotta be somewhere, and that position makes it easy to move the stick in whatever direction if you want to RC into up-tilt or something.
Counter-Counter point though, in that we've been without Directs since Terry was revealed.
Yeah, I don't know why Nintendo should care about the speculative scene. Does any part of the speculative scene translate into actual sales?
It keeps people talking about Smash.
Not sure how many GG mechanics could be naturally implemented. There's the Dust button, which is a powerful launcher move, but that would probably be better as just an up smash. The Tension Gauge and it's corresponding moves could work, but putting the supers on the special buttons and confining the normal specials to inputs would just be weird. There's also the Instant Kills, but those are best as Final Smashes. I think it would be simpler to just use the Roman Cancel as the neutral special and add different attacks for each direction.
I remember seeing a lot of posts here and at other place that Banjo is way more popular than Hero in the West, but as someone who started video game at the Gamecube/ps2 era, I never really knew who Banjo was until Smash 4 when I start really getting into Smash speculation. Like you said, different characters will be more popular through different ages. I think people need to understand that not every characters need to appeal to everyone. Some appeal more to modern Nintendo gamers (like Min min and Pyra), others like Banjo appeal more to people who have nostalgia for the N64 era (or to the kids who got Nuts and bolts one Christmas). No character will really be universally popular (unless you're Pikachu or Mario).
Fair, but considering we're talking about the prospect of two characters in one presentation that's already not really the norm. Not a whole lot of reason to fasttrack an extra reveal for E3 when they aren't ready when they can just reveal one and satisfy people as is - E3 or not.