For Glory/ Online Character Prominence

[Jerm]

Who do you guys think we are going to see the most of when you go online for the first couple weeks/ months. I remember when Brawl dropped the random online was completely flooded with a bunch of FSmashing Ikes. I think this time around, since For Glory if FD only, we're going to see a ridiculous amount of Little Mac players. Who do you guys think will be the most prominent character?

 

[Space Stranger]

The Alt costumes:

 

[Scicky]

Yeah, Little Mac will be pretty prominent in For Glory for sure. I'm expecting to see a lot of the third parties as well, not necessarily in For Glory but just in general. I also get this suspicion that Greninja is going to show up a lot, pretty much due to 'cool factor' alone.

 

[Metarai]

I feel that the newcomers will be the most prominent in general, since people will be trying them out.

 

[KaZe_DaRKWIND]

I feel that the newcomers will be the most prominent in general, since people will be trying them out.

This.

 

[Hong]

@ Jerm
Moved your thread to the 3DS forum, as we'll get an idea of how this will operate well before the Wii U version ships.

 

[EarthBoundRules]

I predict to see a lot of Bowsers due to his revamped moveset and his prominence in the SDCC tournament.

 

[Dr. Dobis]

I'll probably be using greninja, but I'm sure the online will be flooded with the most op characters. Probably Little Mac, Palutena, Shulk. If there's enough balance its going to be a great online game

 

[TheZapp]

Little mac and greninja. Then the occasional hard to learn character main

 

[Raijinken]

Assuming it's 1v1, basically any newcomer. If it's FFA for some terrifying reason, Bowser and Mac.

 

[CosmicGlitch]

why do people assume little mac will rock FD? hes a ground fighter and sure FD has a ground, but so does every other stage, ya know what else FD has TONS of air if you get little mac up in the air he has to fall all the way down to start fighting again. he has no where to land at all. little mac is going to suck on FD. he will rock on tomodachi though (currently unsure if it will be tourney viable but it looks like it) if some one throws him into the air he has several other platforms to land on, fighters with weak air game are the reason platforms are important

 

[Jerm]

why do people assume little mac will rock FD? hes a ground fighter and sure FD has a ground, but so does every other stage, ya know what else FD has TONS of air if you get little mac up in the air he has to fall all the way down to start fighting again. he has no where to land at all. little mac is going to suck on FD. he will rock on tomodachi though (currently unsure if it will be tourney viable but it looks like it) if some one throws him into the air he has several other platforms to land on, fighters with weak air game are the reason platforms are important

Naw, 99% of Lil Macs approach game will be on the ground. FD is 100% ground with no platforms so on flat stages Lil Mac will be able to pressure you much more as opposed to stages that are uneven/ with platforms.

 

[Young Marth]

I have a feeling that there are gonna be TONS of third parties, Little Macs, and Robins. Also top tiers after the game has been out for a while of course.

 

[Ghoti]

Okay. Here's how I think it will play out:

Noobs will find an attack which has high damage and is easily spammable. This will be used constantly. Examples would include the following:

• Bowser's down special
• Ike's f-smash, u-smash, and side special
• Meta Knight's neutral special
• Falcon kick
• Pikachu's thunder cloud
• Fox/Falco side special
• Kirby's down special

Basically, a lot of noob things.

Oh, and I'm betting a lot of people are going to use Samus because Sakurai thinks she's top tier.

 

[Captain Norris]

The Alt costumes:

lol where did you get that image?

 

[Bedoop]

Little Mac.
Because no platforms = no mercy.
...Someone quote that.
"No Platforms, No Mercy." ~Little Mac, 2014

 

[ParanoidDrone]

lol where did you get that image?

The Smash Bros. Facebook page had it posted, and it spread from there. It's an official render AFAIK.

 

[IgnazS]

Everyone is expecting Little Mac´s, but i´m betting on people choosing his mains right off the bat.

 

[Renji64]

Pikachu down b spam here i come.

 

[LIQUID12A]

I imagine Meta Knight, Bowser, Shulk and third parties.

 

[AncientBaby]

Assuming it's 1v1, basically any newcomer. If it's FFA for some terrifying reason, Bowser and Mac.

In the Smash direct a few months ago, it confirmed that you will have the option of 4p free-for-alls or 1v1 matches.

As far as online characters go, I don't think that for glory 1v1s will have as many spammy characters as for fun free-for-alls will. I do agree with @ Metarai in saying that (especially in the beginning) newcomers will be incredibly common in every game mode.

 

[ミスティック Speed]

Meta Knight.

At least till people notice he's nerfed.

 

[shapular]

Greninja and Mega Man.

 

[Goten21]

The Alt costumes:

I don't like how they gave him a six-pack
It's unnecessary sexualization! His character was always all about the skills
Why would they do this to his design? What happened to his robe?!
And those shoes, like wtf... How is he even supposed to swing a sword in those!?

I feel like sakurai is making a game for pervs. I will feel very uncomfortable playing this



~aaaand, scene. Hope Zamus design haters will realize how ridiculous it sounds~

 

[Second Power]

I'm expecting plenty of Bowser based on SDCC tournament. Mario and Luigi will be common cause they're shoto's and those are everywhere. Other than it, I'm waiting to make more assumptions.

 

[The Revolutionary Cafe]

Hopefully all you Smash megs praise the dong and all use DK

 

[Zango]

Obviously everyone will be playing Shaq.

 

[LancerStaff]

Pit because of his new Sspecial, sadly. Hopefully FG 1v1s will raise awareness of shielding.

 

[Ryuutakeshi]

Probably Bowsers, Zamuses, and the good old Fox (because no one wants to give up on him).

 

[Saikyoshi]

Fox and Meta Knight, at least at first, because if there's one thing about in-name-only competitive players that's consistent, it's that they think they're unstoppable once they're a previously good character without actually knowing how tier lists work.

It's like you steal a nuclear tank, declare war on every major world government, and then find out you can't find the gas pedal.

 

[wingedarcher7]

Expecting lots of Little Mac and probably stuff like Marth and Ike because of their popularity from Brawl. Plenty of Mega Man too and the other newcomers for a while more than anything else, really.

 

[Reila]

I think Shulk will be everywhere. Robin too, probably. And Mega Man.

 

[FieryRebirth]

Characters that leave the impression they came from a Shonen Jump anime.

 

[JUr]

Ridley will be BIG in online modes... (obligatory joke complete!)

I think that Shulk, Robin and Little Mac will be used frequently o.o

 

[solitonmedic]

I'm half expecting the percentage to be entirely Little Mac.


...and I'm part of that percentage.

 

[Jones534]

I agree with seeing a lot of little macs. Might even see a lot of mega mans to be honest but overall just a flood of all the new characters.

 

[Khao]

why do people assume little mac will rock FD? hes a ground fighter and sure FD has a ground, but so does every other stage, ya know what else FD has TONS of air if you get little mac up in the air he has to fall all the way down to start fighting again. he has no where to land at all. little mac is going to suck on FD. he will rock on tomodachi though (currently unsure if it will be tourney viable but it looks like it) if some one throws him into the air he has several other platforms to land on, fighters with weak air game are the reason platforms are important

I played Little Mac on the Spirit Tracks train.

I got absolutely murdered because it was hard to get close to other characters on the floor, to move around anywhere you had to jump, which made you super vulnerable and useless.

That's not going to be a problem in Final Destination, something that makes Little Mac's ground play even stronger is how freakishly fast he runs on the ground. In Final Destination, you can approach your opponent pretty much instantly, no matter where they are (nobody can stay in the air forever, so even characters focused on aerial combat will have to come down eventually) Anywhere else? You have to start chasing them into the air to reach the higher platforms, and that's when you have to depend on your horrible aerial attacks.

So yeah, stages like Tomodachi Life may had more places to stand on, meaning more ground. But to reach those places you, you have to jump. In Final Destination, you can reach every single spot just by dashing.