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Looks like the statues at a Mcdonalds.
Sniff I miss those old statues. Cries in oldness
Dude, if I went by a McDonald's and they had Sonic set prop statues out front... I'd order some unplanned nugs on the spot!
I've not seen my boy Ronald in forever man!
I know this point is going to be superfluos, but:
As long as the flash isn't too bright (there'd be some - notably those sensitive to flashing lights - that would have a problem with the stage after that, akin to 4's Final Destination) I do think that it could be a interesting gimmick.
I really don't think that's a strong point when a lot of potential sword users are from the 80s (Takamaru, Hayabusa), 90s (Sakura, Saki) or the 2000s (Dante, Chief).
I gave my opinion. You more or less tossed it aside and just said "Anyways so-and-so is more iconic" without any evidence or counterpoints. I reserve the right to be miffed in my response.
. Though, I admittedly don't know that much about Rayman, so I can't say on how big he is, so I wouldn't be able to give many corrections on people arguing for or against him.
...So what is it then? I don’t think you thought this gotcha out very well since it equally labels you as a hypocrite for believing Rayman is perfectly valid despite being about as obscure as Reimu, just in the opposite region. You say “JUHPAN POPYULARETY” in big dumb quotes like that’s a ridiculous argument when you literally used the inverse against another character.
This was pointing out hypocrisy of dogging on one character for the iconic arguement but using it against another character, not a gotcha moment.
wait **** really? Do you have a link to any leaks or hints that insinuate that?
For what it's worth, I haven't been talking about Rayman much at all, and I don't know how many of the people here have either. The thread would seem hypocritical if it were a person, but it's not. It's multiple people, with different opinions and standards. You can't really point fingers at "the thread" when the thread itself doesn't make one singular decision.
SKX31
for clarification, since they're the resident expert on markets and how they're grouped and all that.They used to have a link, but then IT DIED like all things that get involved with Dark Souls
Yeah! I was promised a Family Guy crossover, dagnabbit!
You could just as well say that Rayman is just "well known" in the US and western Europe, while Touhou is a cultural phenomena in itself in Japan - the same country where they make Smash.
There's also all the fanworks bleeding over to the Western side of the internet, but if the divisiveness we've seen first-hand means anything, it's hard to measure. I suppose that's what makes a fanwork a fanwork; It's not officially catalogued or anything, it's just some people who really like a series putting their own spin on things. The problem is that we don't know how to gauge how big Touhou fan content is in the West, much less agree on how much the fanworks actually mean compared to the official games, which is why we keep circling back to these debates without much changing.
Well, that depends on your definition of mainline. The shooters require patches, even if they're easily accessible from Steam, but Antimony of Common Flowers - An officially-made fighting game, mind you - Is releasing on the Switch in a couple days. It's even translated for you!
Yeah, not that one. The bullet hell ones. Those are, to my knowledge, the mainline games.
I get what ya mean but strongly disagree with this part.
Well, the fighters do add in some bullet hell patterns in the Story Mode so technically speaking they are bullet hells
It's hard to make accurate claims about a series where so few actual metrics indicative of total audience size are available and by nature of its online fandom, most of what gets reported is by fans who carry their own biases.
Keep in mind that a spin-off being officially made is just standard practice for the rest of the industry, bar fangames on the internet that no one really takes seriously. So if a spin-off for Touhou is officially made that just elevates it to... normalcy.Well, the fighters do add in some bullet hell patterns in the Story Mode so technically speaking they are bullet hells
Speaking seriously, we all know the weird situation with fangames, so I thought it was best to mention that one for the sake of clarity. For anyone curious as to how these games are sorted, there's this:
So basically, normalcy involves "possession that takes over the body as well as the mind" and the Spider-Men Pointing meme if there was a third Spider-Man thrown into the mix. Good to know
I have no idea. I'm not familiar with Granblue, nor am I that interested in the series either. She has Water and Ice abilities though, and apparently she got a stand in Granblue Fantasy
I wouldn't be surprised if Touhou was being overrated in popularity. Being popular in Japan I can see, but it may not be the phenomenon that people make it out to be
People focus on this statement too much. He was saying that they won’t sell you something like Fire Mario (who’s an echo of Mario) as one of the FP characters. Echoes as separate DLC are still on the table until the game is done IMO.
The thing is, Sakurai's asserted time and again that FP2 is the end. Unless they squeeze in an Echo or two between now and CP11, there isn't much room for an Echo as separate DLC in the first place.
MrMcNuts
is coming from. Touhou's current status in Japan is very unique, and that's the main reason why it's so divisive even in the speculation scene here in Japan.
I'm not sure if it means anything, but in a Fortnite Live Event like a month ago you could pretty obviously see a silhouette praising the sun in the background, standing in a ray of light. I don't know why Epic would reference DS randomly if absolutely nothing is in the works.
Banjo-Kazooie may have been added more due to western demand but the game did well enough in Japan that's it's not the same as a character that's only ever existed on a very niche console over there. I mean Banjo used to be a Nintendo character. That's the peak of the series.Speaking of sales, I think bringing Japan factor against character like Master Chief is disingenuous. People bring up how Japan react to Banjo, but those reaction videos are cherry picked from hardcore Smash fans. General Japanese gamers were pretty much scratching their heads. And people bring Japanese ballot to justify Banjo, but ballot in general is still not end of all mean just like sales. We had characters that weren't even on any ballot whatsoever.
Looking at you, gatekeepers
As a Sheik Echo, I'd have to pick Age of Calamity. Cause kunai ninja.
If he became an echo I'd expect them to remove the GK alt the way they removed the Dark Samus alt from Samus.
If anything, Big Boss is TOO similar. The Snake in Smash really represents both Solid and Naked.
Probably, but I'd rather have a villain.
Yeah... but 400k (Banjo) isn't that much higher than 110k (Halo 3). I doubt Nintendo takes calculation that far. Banjo Tooie sold even less at 200k so even smaller gap, let alone Nuts and Bolts.
Yeah, I felt that way too. And then there's Shovel Knight where his Assist trophy just made me feel dejected...
No echo or clone should be from a different franchise than the one they're copying.
Exactly.
Implying there's any way to make headway in Smash speculation...
No ****. So is "popularity". Or "unique moveset potential". Or every other factor people discuss here.
