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Agreed to a degree, but I would argue critical success is also an important factor, so comparing metascores is not a bad idea (although it is in no way the most important factor.) A games legacy should also be taken into consideration; a game which may have had a niche release but went on to be an influential cult game to modern developers is in it's own way important.
I agree with this entirely. Revealing at least one character at the end of the tournament is way too good of an opportunity to pass up. There's going to be 3000 people with probably close to half of them cosplaying Nintendo characers at the event itself FFS. Nintendo's been advertising this for an entire month too so the view count is probably going to wind up being several hundred thousand at the very least. If Nintendo were to announce someone like Mewtwo or Ridley at this time, they wouldn't be able to handle all the hype. It would be the top news for gaming and social media sites for an entire week afterwards. It just makes too much sense from a marketing perspective.
I agree. I really liked the idea of someone (or many): revealing Mewtwo at the end of the tournament, and I think it fits: Mewtwo is one of the more requested and popular characters, he has been in one of the games and now could make a triumphant return. He's technically a newcomer, but also a veteran, and to showcase him during a tournament, where people know how Mewtwo plays but don't know what's changed this time, just works in my eyes. Why not even tie him into the tournament somehow, maybe have him as a final opponent for the winner. I don't know how the tournament will work out though but something like that would be cool, and some sort of a reveal seems quite likely to me.
I am just going to forget about class(es) on the 10th. It is not every day that you get significant Smash related news.Hopefully playing hooky on June 10th.
I'm extremely confident in Mewtwo now. Pikachu sticking out of his box seals the deal for me.
I doubt that is related, and it's more just to make some characters look better. But dammit, why won't Samus be outside her box?!Hopefully playing hooky on June 10th.
I'm extremely confident in Mewtwo now. Pikachu sticking out of his box seals the deal for me.
Agreed to some extent. But it's still a case of those niche/cult games still don't deserve as much representation as Nintendo's key franchises. The ones that pretty much everyone knows (and SF does indeed fit this category).
I think we could, not necessarily a newcomer. Maybe an important/changed returning vet like Mewtwo, Snake or Ganondorf.
Is there an objective reason to support that conclusion?
So basically it is your subjective opinion?
I just imagined Gary as the winner of the tournament, Giovanni as Sakurai, and the Mewtwo with a metal mask as M2K.
You do not know ANYONE on the list? I suppose you are not that into competitive Smash. I am sure that everyone will enjoy it, it is essentially two and a half hours of game-play. You do not even need to consider it a tournament if that does not appeal to you. Just observe it for the characters, see how the game runs! It will be great.
Nope, not a one. I figured you knew that I know next to nothing of competitive Smash?
No. It's maths.
But we know of X which is a spiritual successor to Xenoblade and Shulk can advertise it and promote sales. Just nitpicking.
Why do sales matter at all?
I'm not saying that the lesser characters don't deserve to be playable. It's just that there's a pecking order. The more popular series' are obviously going to appeal to a broader range of people.
Sales = popularity.
Don't get too excited or you'll get detention.
That doesn't take niche markets as compared to mass appeal into account. The people that would be attracted to Rosalina would already be interested in the game due to the various other Mario characters representing Galaxy and the Mario franchise. A character like Shulk would attract a very different audience which you may not other wise have.
Sales do not equal popularity. Sales correlate to popularity. It is different.
I suppose you would be correct if he was consistently trying to appeal to a more broad range of individuals (which is achieved just as effectively with characters from cult classic games). Is there any proof that this is Sakurai's intent for every single character on the roster? I would appreciate it very much if you could link the source that indicates such. I am going to assert that it is irrelevant. Why? Because we have Mario, we have Link, we have Pikachu, we have Kirby, we have Fox, we have Samus, and we have Donkey Kong. So Shulk is fairly negligible, after that Sakurai considers diversity. Sales are a contributing factor, but Shulk is just as appealing as Rosalina within most Smash circles. Why, you might ask? Perhaps it has to do with his raw move-set potential.
>not skipping class
I do not understand that either, it is not logical.
To some extent. Rosalina as a character has certainly increased in popularity recently though. There may be a lot of younger girls that buy the game just to play as their favorite princess. So it goes both ways. TBH neither character is likely to effect sales one way or another.
Once a character is in Smash, they become instantly appealing (or at least by the time the game launches). I for one still despise Mr. Game & Watch and R.O.B; however, they have their fan-bases. Most people could not possibly fathom Ice Climbers (irrelevant Nintendo characters outside of Smash) being omitted just because they have become accustomed to them. So regardless, characters like Shulk will appeal to almost everyone that buys the game.
E3 > Work. Remember that. I have an office job in marketing where people largely leave me alone, so I'm going to be streaming ALL day at work.
Neither Sonic or Kirby were sticking out during the Direct. So I'd assume that this hints at something, as it did last time.
I suppose you reap what you sow.
Fingers crossed that the leak is as fake as it appears.
