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Crash is always topical, though I wouldn’t remotely be surprised if he doesn’t end up being one of the last two characters.
Or AT promotions aren’t happening and it might be a waste of time but you do you man.
At the same time, FF9's the only FF game that Crash sold better than, with 7 and 8 both making the top 5 best selling ps1 games
No, it's just how the conversation ended up going. It happens all the the time; We're on one topic, someone says something, and a comment chain happens that gives rise to a new topic. There's nothing going on involving people trying to stomp out riskier concepts.
This line applies to literally any character imaginable.
So basically Squall is a lock. I'd be totally fine with this.
Yup, there is no shoo-in or anyone close to it, not even Ryu Hayabusa.
Y'know, this post made me think. Considering the big three Nintendo franchises you mentioned: if Crash is Sony's Mario and Final Fantasy is their Zelda, what was their Pokemon? Or, like, anyone's Pokemon?
Digimon and Yokai-watch are often seen as the direct competitors for Pokemon. There's also smaller stuff like Monster Rancher. I suppose you could also argue that Monster Hunter is somewhat similar to Pokemon, except instead of collecting the monsters you collect their corpses and fashion them into hats for your pet cat.
I mean
I don't think they have a Pokémon. In fact, I'm not even sure Nintendo has a Pokémon. Okay yes obviously Pokémon is only on Nintendo consoles and its inextricably linked to Nintendo. But like as a franchise, it's kinda bigger than Nintendo, almost like Pokémon is the one who has Nintendo in a sense. Hard to compare it to other companies' franchises. Especially when the gameplay itself is just a turn-based RPG, which other companies have plenty of.
Quick, commence the Jibanyan in Smash discussion!
But was Cloud the face/protaginist of those games?
Cadence*
Company rivals are a thing.
He stepped up to Nintendo's HQ to badmouth the plumber, just to name one. As others have said, Sony basically treated Crash as their answer to Mario.
Is that rivaling Mario?
Depends on what you consider the term rival to mean.
Yes it is. Stop being obtuse.
(discussion inside Sakurai's dev team)
That's all talk, though. Anyone can make fun of Mario in a commercial. Has Crash ever rivaled Mario in sales or critical acclaim?
Love me some historical injokes that aren't bad history.
I wanna say Gran Turismo. Again, the only PS1 game to outsell FF7, and GT1+2 managed to outsell the main Crash's PS1 games (edited). It dominated word of mouth in a way that only Pokemon or FIFA could surpass (at least here in EU IIRC) and it was a primary reason to get a PS1 period. It's still a major system seller for PlayStation whenever a new mainline entry releases.
The Playstation destroyed the N64 in terms of sales.
Someone mentioned Digimon. Now's the time to shill for Digimon.
I can't relate to wanting characters to represent companies or consoles. Did Crash himself come close to Mario in any way?
I don't know if I'd count Monster Hunter proper, but Monster Hunter Stories is 100% Pokemon.
Seriously, though, Rinoa and Angelo would be pretty great if FF8 was given a spot.
This is about the closest comparison I could make.
Yes, there's a limited number of spaces in the base roster. Probably some assist trophies were considered as playable, but were decided against. Yes, some of them were popular, and are still popular. But their actual status hasn't changed. None of them have had new games or gained further popularity since DLC announcement, with the minor exception of Waluigi who I already addressed. Despite what you think, existing in the game already is something holding them back, even if it's not the end all be all, because there has to be something to push them to make Nintendo reconsider their original decision instead of opting for something new.
Crash has about 6.8ish mil copies sold on the PS1, while SM64 has like, 11? 12?
Yes, and no. Each FF game is entirely standalone with separate settings and characters for the most part, but FF7 was by far the most popular and thus Cloud kind of became the defacto face of the series. He definitely could be considered a Playstation mascot.
Not my most wanted from Namco, but I'd be plenty happy to see him
I always forget about stories. And if anyone comes with Squall I'd like it to be Ultimecia, since there really aren't enough female villains in games.
It shows that AT status doesn’t matter.
Oh, really? Then how come Bomberman is a Mii Costume in the first place?
My point is they won't be promoted to a playable fighter and a Mii is at most where we'll get closest to it otherwise they may have well just actually made Bomberman an actual fighter promoted from assist to begin with.
He just didn't get chosen. There's six slots left, and not everyone's getting added.Oh, really? Then how come Bomberman is a Mii Costume in the first place?
It shows just an AT wasn’t considered good enough, at least after some time. It also shows they don’t care if you look identical to the AT.Oh, really? Then how come Bomberman is a Mii Costume in the first place?
They didn’t make him playable due to other factors, like deeming other characters more of a priority for DLC.
Because there are only a limited number of slots in the pass and he may have been unprioritized for other fighters.Oh, really? Then how come Bomberman is a Mii Costume in the first place?
