Heir to the Monado. Shulk General Discussion/Social Thread

[Cereal Bawks]

ゆっくりまりさ

Heron

さな

やのしん

あき

ゆがん

H2H

なっちゃん

Katz

ミズキ

こもれびtaki

How the crap do people draw so well on the gamepad/3DS

 

[zippy3214]

How the crap do people draw so well on the gamepad/3DS

That last one. It's so scary. If I knew more Japanese I would see what he said. Just, oh my.

 

[DrewSmith526]

Xenoblade Chronicles is one of my favorite games EVER. Super pumped to see Shulk in Smash!!!!

 

[Killswitch0078]

Anyone else REALLY want that rock version of Gaur Plains to play on the stage? Or at least be one of the extra songs you can choose for Smash Run, PLEASE!

 

[rogue_shade]

Can we all agree to call the Final Smash "Heropon and Sidekicks"?

 

[♦ Neosquid ♦]

NOW IT'S SHULK TIME

Can we all agree to call the Final Smash "Heropon and Sidekicks"?

but of course
so glad to see Riki in

 

[thecharizardf8]

if they port xenoblade onto the new 3ds I wanna see the idk if this is a spoiler or not but just to be safe but I hope they let you go to

Spoiler

The Bionis shoulder

 

[SkittleE]

Can we all agree to call the Final Smash "Heropon and Sidekicks"?

Sidekicks, try hard!

 

[Cutthemac]

Can we all agree to call the Final Smash "Heropon and Sidekicks"?

Yes. The final smash actually includes my team from the game. So excited ^_^

 

[BluePikmin11]

I personally think it's called Chain Attack.
Now I wish there were customisable Final Smashes so that Melia, Sharla, and Reyn could appear.

 

[Ingoro]

Guys, it's so nice to post here in the official 'Shulk' social thread and not the character support thread. Cheers! He looks awesome in the game.

 

[Robo-626]

The future is ours

 

[Jerm]

So we know all of Shulk's attacks except for: ftilt, uair, dash attack (dair we saw in the leak). I'm really enjoying his moveset and I'm already thinking of all of the endless possibilities of how to manipulate and capitalize off of the Monado arts. You could use jump to follow up off of throws at high percents, or to chase opponents that you sent up. Buster will be perfect right after you get a KO to rack up some crazy damage, and Smash could be used right after buster to clean up at lower percents. No sure how to efficiently utilize Shield or Speed quite yet, maybe Shield on your last stock to stick around longer, and use Speed when you have a lead to be harder to hit.

 

[Earthbound_PKMN_Trainer]

I'm gonna be playing as naked Shulk, showing up naked to tournaments. Yes

Will you be feeling like the man when you walk thru?

 

[Neo Zero]

So we know all of Shulk's attacks except for: ftilt, uair, dash attack (dair we saw in the leak). I'm really enjoying his moveset and I'm already thinking of all of the endless possibilities of how to manipulate and capitalize off of the Monado arts. You could use jump to follow up off of throws at high percents, or to chase opponents that you sent up. Buster will be perfect right after you get a KO to rack up some crazy damage, and Smash could be used right after buster to clean up at lower percents. No sure how to efficiently utilize Shield or Speed quite yet, maybe Shield on your last stock to stick around longer, and use Speed when you have a lead to be harder to hit.

Ftilt is also seen in the leak video, but it's hard to make out since it happens when Lucina hits her Fsmash (it's kind of a quick little swipe with the Monado's laser blade infront of him)

 

[Squishyfrog]

Congrats everyone! I'm sure there was no doubt in anyone's mind that Shulk would be in after the whole leak business, and while it did spoil the reveal a bit, I'm still hyped to see him in regardless, and that's coming from someone who has never played Xenoblade. Who knows, maybe his presence in Smash will get me to play it some day. =)

 

[zippy3214]

You know how we joked that Shulk would be the worst character against non-robots due to the Monado not harming homs? I just thought about that and...

Spoiler: Actual Spoilers

The Monado can't harm the people with Zanza's blood, and since none of the other characters are created by Zanza, the Monado can slice through them, like a hot knife through butter!

Pretty neat attention to detail.

 

[KaBlamJamDan]

Shulk's hard rock abs would look amazing

i dont have a crush on him or anything..

b-baka

Totally ****ing called it.

Oh man, sign me up as a supporter!

also, I wasted couple minutes of my life to make this:

Spoiler

and Sakurai stole the tagline from me #realfact

 

[Muster]

I personally think it's called Chain Attack.
Now I wish there were customisable Final Smashes so that Melia, Sharla, and Reyn could appear.

It could just be a random two party members every time. I kind of assumed this after the random addition of Dunban and Riki.

 

[rogue_shade]

Congrats everyone! I'm sure there was no doubt in anyone's mind that Shulk would be in after the whole leak business, and while it did spoil the reveal a bit, I'm still hyped to see him in regardless, and that's coming from someone who has never played Xenoblade. Who knows, maybe his presence in Smash will get me to play it some day. =)

The funny thing is that a lot of people think that the reveal trailers are completely ruined now that we (presumably) know the almost-final roster. In reality, a lot of people, including myself, seemed very hyped for it. We may know the characters, but we don't go into the trailer knowing who will be revealed, what will happen, what moves will be shown, etc.

 

[BluePikmin11]

Looking at the trailer multiple times, I love his moveset so much, the director managed to fit in the best parts about Shulk with the Monado modes and the vision into the game. I really don't care if the regular arts aren't there, this is quite possibly better than my moveset I made, Sakurai's is much more conservative!

 

[FlareHabanero]

The funny thing about Shulk is that he's actually a really straight forward character without the Arts involved. Straight forward in the sense that everything is self explanatory.

 

[ChibiIceClimberz]

I said before that Gaur Plains was going to look the same as it did in Xenoblade since some stages like Skyloft and Town & City look the same from their respective games. Looks like I'm wrong, and I'm glad I was! It looks so gorgeous. *o*

 

[skstylez]

So, I guess the swimsuit tournament on Tortimer island is a go?

 

[Jerm]

The funny thing about Shulk is that he's actually a really straight forward character without the Arts involved. Straight forward in the sense that everything is self explanatory.

but with the arts he becomes extremely complex and has somewhat of a learning curve which means he won't necessarily be top tier unless you master the arts-most likely. Its not like where you can go Meta knight and it becomes easy mode press b to win.

 

[Neo Zero]

but with the arts he becomes extremely complex and has somewhat of a learning curve which means he won't necessarily be top tier unless you master the arts-most likely. Its not like where you can go Meta knight and it becomes easy mode press b to win.

Well modes are something you have to devote to, and it's something you can't "spam" since once used, a mode goes on cooldown. You need to pick the mode for the situation, and properly capitalize on it before your mode goes on cooldown.

 

[BravadoMan_13]

Just dropping by and saying congrats Shulk fans. He looks really awesome to play as.

Also, that illustration is just plain GORGEOUS. One of my favs that's for sure!

 

[TheFearsomeRyan]

Every time I see this picture I think he has a milk mustache, rather than gritting his teeth.

 

[skstylez]

Finally, an avatar worthy of replacing Captain Falcon.

Every time I see this picture I think he has a milk mustache, rather than gritting his teeth.

I see him stabbing himself.. luckily we know the Monado can't do that anyway

 

[Jerm]

Well modes are something you have to devote to, and it's something you can't "spam" since once used, a mode goes on cooldown. You need to pick the mode for the situation, and properly capitalize on it before your mode goes on cooldown.

They should throw a cooldown on Meta's nado to also deter spamming

 

[wizardto1]

Has anyone see how Japan react to the reveal?

 

[Bebe Mignon]

Has anybody seen "Bionis' Left Shoulder", an unused area from Xenoblade Chronicles? It's a shame it never got into the final product because the area (like other areas) is so freaking beautiful.

Here's a video of the area that could've been in the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l86GCaqZuxY

 

[Mechonis]

Just had to share this Youtube comment since it got me to laugh.

flameheadshero
40 minutes ago




So Shulk takes out Bowser, Link and Marth and is feeling like he's on top of the world....

SUDDENLY TERRITORIAL ROTBART

 

[SpaceJell0]

I finally caved in and bought Xenoblade after today's announcement guys! Better late than never xD

 

[Hong]

I wonder if there will be any capacity for Xenoblade Chronicles items. Seems unlikely, but we'll see.

 

[relaxedexcorcist]

I wonder if there will be any capacity for Xenoblade Chronicles items. Seems unlikely, but we'll see.

Just pretend all the food is Xenoblade collectables.

On a serious note considering items are not really a thing Xenoblade is known for outside of the Monado, assist trophy's are probably the best type of item that could represent Xenoblade.

 

[rogue_shade]

I wonder if there will be any capacity for Xenoblade Chronicles items. Seems unlikely, but we'll see.

Juju's buggy as an item pls.

 

[Hong]

Just pretend all the food is Xenoblade collectables.

Pick up Fiora's sandwich -> fighter continuously heals forever and is thus granted immortality

 

[Solfiner]

Just had to share this Youtube comment since it got me to laugh.



So Shulk takes out Bowser, Link and Marth and is feeling like he's on top of the world....

SUDDENLY TERRITORIAL ROTBART

Xenoblade in a nutshell.

 

[Souless_shadow]

I really need to play Xenoblade. I'll try to buy it soon if I can find it at a store.