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I believe that is the problem, you could interpret the quote any of those ways. Me personally, I thought Sakurai was referencing the second notion. I think the tweet has to do with a character yet to be announced, not Cloud. But it could totally be Cloud.
Cloud seems like a steep request, so I guess I see the tweet as being related to him. For all we know right now, he is the only character we're getting soon. And Sakurai isn't the type to give teasers, especially through twitter.
Oh man, can't believe you guys predicted it hours before he got revealed!
Wut? Haha. None of us were even close to predicting it.
Yeah I'm pretty sure every comment about Cloud has been quickly met with sarcasm up until this point. lol
Of course. But at the same, to meet a comment with sarcasm, you need a comment. So for every sarcastic speculator (more like ten... okay, twenty) there was one legitimate Cloud supporter.
Even I made a post supporting the idea or 32bit era Final Fantasy character before as a stretch possibility, but quickly dismissed it as wishful thinking. I guess this goes to show Japanese publishers are starting to get a little less stubborn.
...no. Ninja Gaiden 1 has aged terribly. It has some really awful design, that hampers otherwise great game design. It ruins the entire gameplay. Ninja Gaiden II isn't much better, and Ninja Gaiden III was worse. Really it is a poorly aged series that isn't memorable for anything other than its' ludicrously artificially manufactured difficulty.
I forgot about the Nintendo Direct today and fell asleep, woke up to see Zero and GimR post a video about it and my first reaction was how crazy the forums must be right now! lol.
My bet: they'll hold off the newcomers for a later date. Wolf is for sure this time, Snake seems very possible, and Ice Climbers may happen as well.
I just hope they find a way to keep developing new additions. eventually the roster is going to get too crowded, but will they push for another Smash title? Or will they just release a retail bundle for people who haven't already purchased the game with the DLC included?
"Someone."
At least Squeenix got something, and the new Crystal Chronicles-esque game will surely have Black Mage in his natural habitat being awesome.
I'd honestly have preferred we got nothing from Squeenix and got, y'know, a long awaited Veteran and a highly requested first party character.
I got a Monster Hunter vibe from that Explorers game, unless you mean World of Final Fantasy.
Meet the fairly difficult request?I was sort of considering the stars/ space at the start of the direct to be intentionally getting us to think Wolf.
Also the brawl music at the end.
Also here's a tweet. translated by google. unrelated to the rest of this post.
Keep in mind we don't know the damage or knockback stats for any of these moves, even if it shows the opponent being killed. We shouldn't judge yet, I still remember back before the game came out people thought Palutena was an overpowered version of Zelda.
My favorite comment on Etika's reaction video was "wtf they added another fire emblem character". Obvious trolling, but the best troll comment I've seen so far on the subject, I'm hyped AF to see Cloud in.
They will; there's still plenty of ground left, namely for heavyweights, Brawl veterans, and characters from the 00's and 10's.
At this point, I'm not discounting Ridley or Banjo anymore to be quite honest.Meet the fairly difficult request?
Ridley confirmed.
That is a given with every character as they're shown in action. I thought the same about Palutena or Ryu, and I can deal with them just fine. It is just the first shock-look that makes it that way.
Maybe Sakurai was pressured by Nintendo to make the decision? Or it was difficult in a sense that Nintendo wasn't hesitant on bringing Cloud in based on his affiliation with Sony consoles and that FF7's remake is headed to the PS4?I was sort of considering the stars/ space at the start of the direct to be intentionally getting us to think Wolf.
Also the brawl music at the end.
Also here's a tweet. translated by google. unrelated to the rest of this post.
I believe we'll be getting Wolf in a very similar manner that Roy was revealed. Come to think of it, this news announcement reminds me a lot of the Smash mini-direct from June. Wolf will most likely be announced alongside another character that we probably weren't expecting.
Well to be fair, all the characters being brought in as DLC appeal to everyone across the world. Personally speaking, I haven't had any DLC character disappoint me yet.
Squirtle... :'(
Interesting indeed. I can see why people are so sure that Wolf is coming, but like someone else posted, most characters Smash fans (at least a portion of them) said were sure to either be included or deconfirmed ended up being false. Cloud was a huge shocker, showing that anything can and will happen (of course this was also shown when Roy returned as an example). Wolf makes sense to return, but I won't be surprised if he doesn't, just like I won't be surprised if he does. I won't tell you what mindset you should have, but for me, whatever happens, happens. I'm expecting anything but I ain't pessimistic. I'm pleased with any DLC character.
The 3rd party characters we've seen are legends. Snake, Rayman, and Simon Belmont are legends. Past those 3 (and I strongly doubt Simon Belmont) or Sakurai pulling a miracle with getting Banjo (which I'm not ruling out entirely anymore), I don't see much room for 3rd party characters being added in Smash for roughly a half decade.
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I think Lara Croft is a character who deserves to be in as much as Cloud and Ryu. PS home, iconic, groundbreaking for the genre...
I think there is a huge difference between Mugan/Mugen and Smash and it has a lot to do with polish/a central vision and the fact that the roster is "balanced" and the additions are curated- I think it's a sign that all of the guest characters thus far are huge iconic characters that are recognizable by non gamers and are the top video game characters in Japan. Hasn't Sakurai called smash a celebration of Japanese gaming before? I personally love the obscure and historical throwbacks to Nintendo's past, but there is no doubt that R.O.B. and Cloud carry different degrees of instantaneous excitement that is important for DLC and that some Smash Fans are drawn to the guest characters ( Seeing Mario, Kirby, Link, etc. all together lost it's magic in the early 2000's for people who grew alongside the SSB franchise I guess? Or maybe crossovers have been more and more common in Nintendo's works.)
Lara isn't as important as Ryu (not even close; I don't think people realize how iconic or important Ryu and the series he represents is to video games) but definitely is more than Cloud (by miles).
