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"I was wrong" thread

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I definitely doubted her before E3 and didn't think she could have a unique moveset. Turns out she's a semi-clone. :)
 

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Well I knew she was unique and not an Echo, but wasn't sure if she was a semi-clone; there's already another thread just like this and someone had the salient point that she's to Villager what Luigi is to Mario.
 

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I didn’t doubt her one bit, but I wasn’t expecting her to be today’s reveal
 

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I'm very happy I was wrong about her echo-ness! She's bringing back semi-clones which means more cool characters with slightly less dev time :3
 

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GG Well played. Thought the Echo introduction meant the end of semi-clones. At least she seems to be rather unique enough.
 

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The thread should be called “I was wrong about Isabelle’s pacifism and/or her being an echo." IMO.

The latter issue has been a one-sided deal that never got much thought for Smashboards speculators beyond the thought of echoes. :L
 

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The only thing I was wrong about is not minding Isabelle.

She is the first smash character I hate that she is included.
 

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I thought that the devs would find it distasteful that things like Ridley and K. Rool's final smashes can happen to her, or Wario can fart on her despite not deserving it at all, and she would remain an unharmable Assist Trophy. Every other character did something bad and has the resilience to take it (assuming they have a defined personality), but not Isabelle (as far as I can see).
 

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The only thing i as wrong about is echo

I knew she was in after the smash direct dodging the bullets two times in a row
 
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I was wrong about Isabelle being a viable Smash character because I thought her inclusion would be a disservice to her pacifist character, but I'm alright with this. This is absolutely alright. I'm happy for the fans and I'm happy with how the character turned out. With how Isabelle's been a face of the series, she had become a Nintendo all-star worthy of inclusion, and it had been dumb of me to think otherwise.

On another related note, the announcement of a new Animal Crossing makes me extremely happy.

:131:
 
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I was wrong in a good way. With all the leaks and the very obvious hints to her inclusion (missing assist trophy) i never thought she would be a unique fighter. I was proven wrong

TIME FOR THE CELEBRATIONS
 

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I had a feeling she would be in.

I was wrong about her being a straight echo though.

Should I main?
 

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I believe I tried blinding myself to Isabelle as a potential character. Isabelle's franchise is one I've never had a taste for as I always thought I would rather do what the game entailed in real life (I feel the same towards sports games). But, even then the evidence slowly seeped in and I slowly had to think of her potential and realize she had a shot.
If she brings something worth wild I understand and accept her inclusion. even if I don't like her or her franchise I understand that she has and had a following within and without smash so I won't let my spite diminish my character or reflect badly on those I align with.

Here's to hoping she's a great character.
 

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I just have never personally cared for the character. Off the speculated echoes, I expected her the least and I certainly never remotely thought she would be a unique. GG, she actually looks kinda interesting and I may try her out on release.
 

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I was wrong in the fact that she would be an echo. But I always knew she was gonna get in one way or the other. It just made too much sense for her to be here. While I never visited the speculation thread. I always did want her in the game she will be a secondary of mine for sure.
 

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Alright I admit it.

I didnt want or expected her.

I didn’t want a second AC character.

I didn’t want a Villager Echo. (Which means I technically got that wish)

I expected her to remain an Assist.

I thought it would be OOC of her to fight or kill others.

But you know what? I’m happy she’s in.
 
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I'm very happy I was wrong about her echo-ness! She's bringing back semi-clones which means more cool characters with slightly less dev time :3
that's what im thinking. she probably didn't need that much time to make.


they had her model already (just fix up the texture and make more bodygroups for the eyes and mouth ect...
semi-cloney-ness makes a moveset for her super easy to create.
a few taunts and victory animations.
no voice actress needed for her either.

makes sense that we'd get a casual character from a casual Nintendo direct. i guess they were just.... TossINg uS a BonE~

im not exactly ENTHRALLED that we got isabelle… but, so long as she didn't take a ton of resources and time to create, im fine with it.
 

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I entertained the thought of her being unique but I didn’t see it happening.
I was also hesitant on them actually including Isabelle due to it making her not true to character.

Boy how big of a fool I was.
 

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I definitely don't think she'd be anything other than an echo. But she looks interesting, and I'll enjoy trying her out.
 

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Was wrong about her being an Echo Fighter. I mean she's a big deal with how she's promoted but I never pay attention to that stuff I guess.
 

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I fully expected her and looked forward to her inevitable inclusion. But I thought she'd be a Chrom-tier Echo Fighter. I was pleasantly surprised to find Sakurai saw more potential in her than I did.
 

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Could say I was partially wrong on her getting to fully unique per say, especially due her pacifist nature - just felt it was a ton for her credit to be put that much work on as a newcomer when she could have been an Echo and still made ton of people happy.

Seems like a medium of sorts was struck, where she's unique enough, but also based on Villager all same. Neat.:4pacman:
 

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I think everyone thought she'd be playable in some capacity, I thought she'd just be an echo like many others.

I'm still underwhelmed by her trailer and really wish we got something more exciting (something I found more exciting personally ofc).

That said, I hate that she's starting to grow on me, damnit.
 
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Could say I was partially wrong on her getting to fully unique per say, especially due her pacifist nature - just felt it was a ton for her credit to be put that much work on as a newcomer when she could have been an Echo and still made ton of people happy.

Seems like a medium of sorts was struck, where she's unique enough, but also based on Villager all same. Neat.:4pacman:
To be honest, the "pacifist" argument was WAY out of proportion, just by that one quote were she says she dislikes confrontations, of course the nature of Animal Crossing as a series is really laid back and most characters have an easy going nature, positive disposition where conflict is really trivial and cartoony. Isabelle was willing to put any "troublesome" villagers in their place if you actually had a "problem" with them.

I really hope people don't use those kind of arguments in the future to discard a character, greetings
 
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To be honest, the "pacifist" argument was WAY out of proportion, just by that one quote were she says she dislikes confrontations, of course the nature of Animal Crossing as a series is really laid back and most characters have an easy going nature, positive disposition where conflict is really trivial and cartoony. Isabelle was willing to put any "troublesome" villagers in their place if you actually had a "problem" with them.

I really hope people don't use those kind of arguments in the future to discard a character, greetings
So, you're saying that technically we don't know for certain that Isabelle doesn't kneecap problematic Villagers at the Mayor's request? Do we run a dictatorship in New Leaf?
 

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That said, I hate that she's starting to grow on me, damnit.
I figured that would happen with a lot of people. Certainly did with me. As soon as I got over the initial shock she just started to feel normal. Plus I really want to fish people into a Lloid rocket.
 
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Dan

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I hated the fact Corrin was revealed in the final Direct, yet he was the only DLC character I ended up buying.
 

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I never thought she would have been more than an echo. But that's actually better because I hate the Villager's moveset, so she is now way more interesting for me.
 
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Just out of curiosity, why do you hate Villager's moveset?
Mostly because it doesn't resonate well with me. I can't use most of his moves effectively, like the tree or the slingshot, so I overall suck at using him. When I did the "Complete All-Star mode with every character on hard" challange, I managed to do it without much problem with every character except Villager. I think it took me a dozen attempts before I succeed.

So it's basically that I suck with him, that's all really lol.
 

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Only things I was wrong about was all the moves being unique, and more than one would have emphasized a clumsy side. I was mostly confident that Isabelle would get a more extensive treatment than being an Echo, and I'm glad to see that I was actually right about that.

So thank you once again, Sakurai.
 

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Mostly because it doesn't resonate well with me. I can't use most of his moves effectively, like the tree or the slingshot, so I overall suck at using him. When I did the "Complete All-Star mode with every character on hard" challange, I managed to do it without much problem with every character except Villager. I think it took me a dozen attempts before I succeed.

So it's basically that I suck with him, that's all really lol.
Fair enough. Can't say I relate since I personally like playing Villager, but hey that's how it goes. There's probably characters I suck with that you're pretty okay with.
 
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