Gimmicks

[SquashiniKun]

Do you think Smash Switch have a gimmick? if so, then what would the gimmick be?
For me, it'd be cool for Smash Switch to have a Tag Team battle gimmick, where you can switch out fighters.

 

[Murlough]

I can't speak on the gimmick bit but I will say I can't stand tag battle fighters. They take up so much of the screen with thier assists and they makes it hard to take the game seriously.

Smash could potentially make good use of a system like that but I can't say I really want to see a tag system become a thing in Smash.

 

[#HBC | Red Ryu]

What would you define as a gimmick in this case? I think smash in general has a gimmick with being a non traditional fighter but what would it be after that?

A mode or something else?

 

[Atem]

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What would you define as a gimmick in this case? I think smash in general has a gimmick with being a non traditional fighter but what would it be after that?

A mode or something else?

probably something (other than moves and weight) that differentiates fighters from each other. A good example is Lucario’s arua

 

[Atem]

I personally think that some tiny gimmicks are good like Bowser’s tough guy where he ignores some moves. But it becomes to much the best example in the entire series is Pokémon Trainer. He had a total of 3 gimmicks resistances and weakness to certain moves ( takes less knock back to a Falcon punch but takes double) , stamina, and the three characters that could have split up. Overall gimmicks could be great but it should not be the defining fact (except Lucario who without the arua would be completely useless and forgettable). In melee had super armor flutter jump but that is not all he is known for. The gimmicks should be only used sparingly.

 

[SquashiniKun]

The gimmick i'm talking about is stuff like 8 player smash

 

[Uffe]

After reading your first post, I was thinking that the tag team thing would probably be better suited for 8 player Smash. And since that's what you mean, I certainly wouldn't be against the idea. The problem with 8 player Smash is that for a time some tourneys were going the direction of doing a 3-way team battle instead of your typical team battle, but it doesn't look like many people cared. So if a tag team battle sort of thing became an option, some people might try it out, but it would probably be forgotten soon after, unfortunately.

 

[Tollhouse]

Crew battle mode anyone?

 

[jwillenn]

I can't speak on the gimmick bit but I will say I can't stand tag battle fighters. They take up so much of the screen with thier assists and they makes it hard to take the game seriously.

Smash could potentially make good use of a system like that but I can't say I really want to see a tag system become a thing in Smash.

My version of the idea (I call Swaps) works very much like Zeku in Street Fighter V switching from "Old" to "Young" on the fly, not like a Marvel vs Capcom or DBFZ type. You are asked to pick any two characters from the selection menu. Your duo could even be a character + an extension of that same character (Wii Fit Trainer + Wii Fit Trainer (Ext)) with a moveset designed to further intensify that character's greatest gimmick(s). There's a LOT to the grand idea, but here are the links to my battle concepts for those who may be interested.

https://i.imgur.com/xOyNW55.png
https://i.imgur.com/CzErY2H.png

And I do dream of this stuff as "main/default in game and at tournaments" combat, not side stuff. Players could use a gameplay customization mode to simplify things to their liking, but that's the side stuff in my imaginary world.

And now that I can see squashini has a form of tag in mind strictly for 8p Smash, I can see I'm on a different page here.

 

[ryuu seika]

I'm not a fan of tag teams in general. They seem strictly inferior to 2v2.
I will say, though, that they'd make a lot of sense to include in Smash now that transformations have been cut.