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The ironic thing about Porky is that the only reason he's wanted for smash is as a result of Smash itself. If Ness and Lucas had never been added, Earthbound would be dead, forgotten, and irrelevant. And, if it somehow had any support, it would be for one of the protagonists, not Porky. Objectively, he's about as needed as the fish from Baloon Fight. There's also the spirit thing: If they had just added a Proky spirit, there wouldn't be nearly as much demand for him.
Where were you when Inkling was one of the most requested characters for Smash 4 DLC and Pre Ultimate?
It still would've gotten amazing praise. No denying seeing Steve in the game in general would still have shocked lots of people.
Any/all polls are always a very tiny fraction of the player base. But you already knew that.Where were you when Inkling was one of the most requested characters for Smash 4 DLC and Pre Ultimate?
Yes, they blatantly were.
Inkling had comparable demand to Waluigi.
If you're gonna admit Waluigi is a popular request (which he is), then you'd have to accept Inkling is a popular request (which they are).
Just look at that Brawl split. Now that is beautiful. Way more old.Oh hey, the old vs new argument, I actually just updated my own math on the subject when Kazuya was announced.
It's a pretty even split, with almost every other game swapping direction besides Melee which had an even split.
Though Brawl and Ultimate being the best rounds of newcomers in the series and also leaning towards older characters is pretty telling.
K.Rool, Ridley, Simon, Chrom and Dark Samus being stated to be popular requests by Sakurai makes me think these polls are generally accurate.
Wow. Not a single Japanese vote went to Rayman if I'm reading this correctly.Where were you when Inkling was one of the most requested characters for Smash 4 DLC and Pre Ultimate?
Yes, they blatantly were.
Inkling had comparable demand to Waluigi.
If you're gonna admit Waluigi is a popular request (which he is), then you'd have to accept Inkling is a popular request (which they are).
Haha, if I only I had a good enough excuse for my views. I just see things how I want to see them. It doesn't help that most of my friends are my age and couldn't give 2 ****s about new franchises that started on Wii to present day. We just like the old school stuff.
I am really starting to wonder if he could potentially be the last character. We know now that Ubisoft getting the Altair and Rabbid costumes don't mean a Ubisoft deconfirmation, and it's odd that Shantae got a Mii costume along with other big requests after being a base game spirit and Rayman hasn't yet. I do think his lack of Japanese popularity is the big thing that'd hold him back, but considering he'd be the last one on the pass that would help in a sense since they've already frontloaded pass sales.
Preference is fine. I myself have a preference for the mid to late 2000s stuff. Part of why I'm such a Metroid fan. They were killing it during that era.
Sort of. I guess I could be a bit less blunt about all of this nonsensical stuff. Honestly surprised people get so worked up over someone else's opinion. That is my main confusion. I appreciate the civil feedback though. You are the first.
I'm kinda interested in Ezio specifically, too. I at least know that A: He has a ton of weaponry, and B: Altair could work seamlessly as an alt due to him basically inventing all of Ezio's gear (I think?). I also know AC has a backstab mechanic, and I'm pretty sure there's a similar thing for downed opponents, so I think we could see a potential gimmick like that as well. And that's about the extent of my knowledge. I wonder if there would be a sort of theme to his moves, like with Byleth and to a lesser extent Steve.
Boy do I have something to show ya.
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Which isn't too surprising, sadly.
Boutta travel back in time to the era of this poll and become the first Portuguese Sukapon voterWhere were you when Inkling was one of the most requested characters for Smash 4 DLC and Pre Ultimate?
Yes, they blatantly were.
Inkling had comparable demand to Waluigi.
If you're gonna admit Waluigi is a popular request (which he is), then you'd have to accept Inkling is a popular request (which they are).
Person who wanted Rayman the moment third parties were a thing in Brawl checking in.
You do recognize that not everything you say is inherently an "opinion" right? Like, the only way you're getting away with a desperate goal post move of this type for "it's just my opinion" is if you say "Waluigi would have been a bigger omission to me personally" because the second you start having general statements, we can actually start pulling in factual information like Splatoon's sales or its suddenly massive marketing presence that are incredibly important to making a well formed argument and case for a specific stance.
I don't know, I don't think we should focus too much on the Heihachi mii costume to playable Kazuya displacement. It's going into the "Eggman is likely because Villains" kind of deal over again and I doubt they would pick another character that has a similar mii costume displacement. Not saying it can't happen but it would be a little predictable for Nintendo to do that.
I couldn't find anything about Rayman Adventures in Japan. All I can find is those articles about Rayman Legends bombing there so if the game has released in Japan, it's probably not doing very well.
We actually know for a fact that Ubisoft has been trying to get Rayman, not Ezio or Rabbids or anyone else, into Smash since the last game.
Crazy that Rayman is the highest non-veteran on this list, even beat out Banjo. Even crazier that people think that's not enough demand to get him in.
I'm guessing it's because of Brazil, which apparently has more Portuguese speakers than Portugal itself does. Granted, I believe Nintendo's presence there has been rather shaky, but it's still a sizeable population to take into account.
I miss the days when Sukapon was a fairly common point of discussion in Smash speculation. Back from like, 2010-2013, before the first Smash 4 trailer, he was brought up a lot as a Game & Watch/R.O.B.-styled surprise retro character. A weird, quirky and whimsical Sakurai Pick, and notable as being from Nintendo's first attempt at a fighting game.
On top of that, this poll was taken before Splatoon was even released, (using the fact that Lucas is on the poll, it was probably taken between Mewtwo and Lucas's DLC reveals), so that says it even more, that Inkling had that much support at this time.Where were you when Inkling was one of the most requested characters for Smash 4 DLC and Pre Ultimate?
Yes, they blatantly were.
Inkling had comparable demand to Waluigi.
If you're gonna admit Waluigi is a popular request (which he is), then you'd have to accept Inkling is a popular request (which they are).
I...don't think you can fit something into a theory like this with hypotheticals as your only evidence.
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IMO the fact that our next villain after Sephiroth was Kazuya says a lot about whether or not you should expect more villains. Tekken HAD to get a villain as its first rep because all of its main trio has some villainous traits.
I always feel people overexaggerate Porky's importance. The reason he was added as a boss in Brawl was because he was the main antagonist of Mother 3, which was relevant at the time of Brawl's development and later release, just like Rayquaza.
But you didn't offer a different perspective. You only presented scenarios in which they'd fit if they were true.
I had always thought The Prince of Persia was a movie.
Hmm
Well, it DID get a movie based on the PS2 games.
and it was released by Disney Productions
Just went over this in the Rayman thread, but to add onto this:
I'll agree that Marx is bigger because Kirby as a whole is, but Sakurai bias isn't a valid reason as to why Marx is bigger than Porky.
No that's another hypothetical.
I could probably name about several dozen first parties off the top of my head alone that are more glaring omissions tbh.
See for example: All the other Nintendo franchises that are larger than Earthbound (or at very worst the same size), like Golden Sun, Rhythm Heaven, Advance Wars, Chibi Robo, etc, that couldn't even manage to get so much as one character. Earthbound is extraordinarily lucky to even have one character, let alone two in the game as is.
See also for example: the dozens of first party characters that have far larger resumes and had much louder demand prior to their AT or Mii Costumes being shown off, and then having their fanbases mostly go quiet.
Haha have no fear, that Mii example was a good example. But then again, I still believe that different hypotheticals are different perspectives. On a certain topic, some people can theorize one thing, and some people can theorize something else.
