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Smash Cadet
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- May 24, 2021
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oh man did i miss waluigi discourse? i love talking him haha
i'll be honest as someone who really loves waluigi i often see a lot of "oh he's just a meme pick character" type arguments and to an extent i get it, he's popular in meme culture and such, but im also always very surprised the sheer amount of discourse surrounding the dude, maybe i just take getting into smash a lot less seriously than most people, because my main argument for waluigi is usually just it'd be fun if he got in, he's a funny dude with a big personality, anytime games let waluigi show off he really shows off and i think it'd be fun to see how the smash team would handle his...waluiginess
https://youtu.be/Gy_k-DjHiig
I tend not to be the biggest fan of "meme character" type arguments i tend to see because i think it's often just used as a silly way to knock characters down, you could consider sora a meme character at this point for how he's treated in smash speculation culture or even like dante now, but i think it's just a bit silly
i will never try to debate waluigi is a gaming all star but i do occasionally think people downplay how well known the dude is, whenever nintendo makes general merch lines he's shockingly high priority and the truth of the matter is if you talked to anyone on the street (west side of the world in this case) there's a good chance they will know waluigi before most other smash characters, my mom knows who waluigi is, i had classmates who were non-gamers in highschool make jokes about the dude once or twice, obviously all starness is a silly reason to get into smash so i don't think this matters but i do think there would be buzz if he got in
I guess on a deeper level i do have an earnest appreciation for waluigi as a character, i think he's a bit cursed for being a bit of well defined character who never gets put in places to show it off, very few mario characters hit that sweet spot like Bowser and Luigi. Rosalina has a good backstory but in a lot of recent games feels very "just there" in terms of character, Daisy is very spunky and fun but is in no places to really show it off either. I like waluigi's character, he's often defined, including by Charles himself, as someone who both thinks incredibly highly of himself but also wallows in self pity, he's often seen now kinda portraying himself as a huge romantic full with the rose and everything but is very quick to wallow and throw temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way, it's a bit of endeering bit of personality for a dude who mostly appears in spinoffs (they don't even give this dude wario ware apperences)
i'm posting this late and it'll get swallowed by morning posts but i like waluigi! i understand the kinda backflash towards him smash wise, i can kinda get when you see a character so much you get a little sick of them (sora is a decent example here i get so tired of the same 3 sora gifs in smash tweet replies haha) but i have an appreciation of him, i won't lose sleep if he misses out on smash but i think he'd be a fun inclusion and honestly, in terms of the world of smash a really fun book end to the roster considering how much it's joked about him missing out
he is a man who needs no pity but yet has mine, truly, it's that irrestiable face
i'll be honest as someone who really loves waluigi i often see a lot of "oh he's just a meme pick character" type arguments and to an extent i get it, he's popular in meme culture and such, but im also always very surprised the sheer amount of discourse surrounding the dude, maybe i just take getting into smash a lot less seriously than most people, because my main argument for waluigi is usually just it'd be fun if he got in, he's a funny dude with a big personality, anytime games let waluigi show off he really shows off and i think it'd be fun to see how the smash team would handle his...waluiginess
https://youtu.be/Gy_k-DjHiig
I tend not to be the biggest fan of "meme character" type arguments i tend to see because i think it's often just used as a silly way to knock characters down, you could consider sora a meme character at this point for how he's treated in smash speculation culture or even like dante now, but i think it's just a bit silly
i will never try to debate waluigi is a gaming all star but i do occasionally think people downplay how well known the dude is, whenever nintendo makes general merch lines he's shockingly high priority and the truth of the matter is if you talked to anyone on the street (west side of the world in this case) there's a good chance they will know waluigi before most other smash characters, my mom knows who waluigi is, i had classmates who were non-gamers in highschool make jokes about the dude once or twice, obviously all starness is a silly reason to get into smash so i don't think this matters but i do think there would be buzz if he got in
I guess on a deeper level i do have an earnest appreciation for waluigi as a character, i think he's a bit cursed for being a bit of well defined character who never gets put in places to show it off, very few mario characters hit that sweet spot like Bowser and Luigi. Rosalina has a good backstory but in a lot of recent games feels very "just there" in terms of character, Daisy is very spunky and fun but is in no places to really show it off either. I like waluigi's character, he's often defined, including by Charles himself, as someone who both thinks incredibly highly of himself but also wallows in self pity, he's often seen now kinda portraying himself as a huge romantic full with the rose and everything but is very quick to wallow and throw temper tantrums when he doesn't get his way, it's a bit of endeering bit of personality for a dude who mostly appears in spinoffs (they don't even give this dude wario ware apperences)
i'm posting this late and it'll get swallowed by morning posts but i like waluigi! i understand the kinda backflash towards him smash wise, i can kinda get when you see a character so much you get a little sick of them (sora is a decent example here i get so tired of the same 3 sora gifs in smash tweet replies haha) but i have an appreciation of him, i won't lose sleep if he misses out on smash but i think he'd be a fun inclusion and honestly, in terms of the world of smash a really fun book end to the roster considering how much it's joked about him missing out
he is a man who needs no pity but yet has mine, truly, it's that irrestiable face