And that's a completely fair point of view.
And yes , a lot of work and love has went into these fighters packs. I'm not denying this at all , the characters are very well done , the stages are super pretty , the music is a banger , and the spirit selection is pretty good. It's way more content than most DLCs from other fightings games. (For the same price in FighterZ , you get one character , and their chibi as an avatar , so I get that point.)
However , after Sm4sh I decided to become pretty selective when it come to Smash DLC.
I ended up loving Mewtwo , and the Lucas reveal is still one of the most "feelsgoodman" reveal to me. I also really liked the return of Roy... And while I enjoyed playing Ryu in the sense that "i'm playing so badly with him that it became a private joke with my friends" , I absolutely didn't liked the next 3 characters. Their playstyle didn't griped me , and Cloud and Bayonetta's overpowerness left me a sour taste. I just bought them , and left them to take the dust on the Character selection screen...
The thing is , we all enjoy DLCs for different reasons. Some people simply enjoy a fun moveset and fun stage , it's all that matters to them.
But personnaly , I don't like buying a character , and barely using them. I'm more selective when it come to characters I enjoy playing. Sm4sh taught me to simply wait for the characters reveal , and buy them if I like what is being showned. I may have to spend a tiny bit more money , but that way , I'm simply 100% sure I'm going to enjoy what I'm buying.
After looking back at FP1... I can tell that personnaly , buying the full pack would have been a waste for me. Those characters are super well made , but I ended up only liking one.
I made this post in the first place because I saw so many people having a sour opinion on FP1 , especially because they pre-bought it. Like , dang , the hate I saw wasn't small , it truly started after the Terry reveal.
Buying a mystery box is just a practice I don't encourage to support. It's better to wait for those characters to be revealed , and buying the ones you like. Heck , that way , you could maybe give even more money to Sakurai and his team. But of course , that's just my personnal opinion on the subject , especially since I'm more selective with that kind of stuff ; I don't want to spend 25 bucks/30 bucks on DLCs like that. It's half the price of a triple A game , and I could get several indie games with that ammount of money.
However , as I said before , if you're confident in Sakurai and his team , and simply want really well made content , then go ahead. It's normal to feel confident when the Smash team proved themselves with the previous DLC pass. As long as you're aware of what you're getting into , then it's completely okay to think that way. I just saw way too many people get disapointed or angry at the FP1 selection because they bought it without thinking twice about it.
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And dang , Mr. Jon Gamexplain TM gave us some spotlight , how kind of him.
More seriously , it was more of a fun theory to think about , the majority of us didn't saw it as "Yes , this is 100% a hint for Geno in Smash". More so "It's fun to think about that , and there is this small chance that it could actually mean something considering how Jon leaked content before."
And hey , for now , we don't have anyone coming into the thread trolling us or anything , so it's good. It's honestly not all that surprising to see the thread get screenshot'd like that , we always have like , 20-30 guests watching it.
A few of them will screenshot stuff to prove how much of an insane cult the Geno thread is , after all
(For real tho , we're here to have fun and speculate about a game and character we love in the end.)
