LovinMitts
Smash Journeyman
See, I'm asking this because (to me) they're trying to act like they're appealing to a niche that doesn't have any representation. They're basically saying that Smash isn't an eSport, but their new, modern take on the series is gonna push it into the mainstream, which is why you should be interested/why you should buy it. But it's such a false assumption they're making and it really pains me that members of our own community are out to make money off of our insecurity over our status as an eSport.
Melee has been at it for about fifteen years now, and after all of the hard work on the part of the players and content creators, these people (who are from the community in the first place, so they should know what's up) have the nerve to say that Smash isn't an eSport. Smash is bigger than it has ever been. All this game will do is make the community more fragmented than it already is.
I'm not saying a more eSports-styled Smash game is a bad idea, but now isn't the time. The community is good as is and it doesn't need a game that is more or less Melee, but with graphics that make it look more "mature." That isn't what gets you taken seriously as a game. (Seriously though, the only character they've revealed looks extremely generic, like something out of League of Legends or Overwatch or some other eSport they're trying to mimic.) Maybe in 5-10 years, if Melee's growth slows or the community dies out, then it'll be time for a new release.
(I'm also bitter on a somewhat unrelated note over this whole thing because a lot of the team working on this project are formerly members of the PM Dev Team. They moved from a passion project to a cash grab that'll inevitably harm the community. Not only that but they try to say that the people who initally left and started Wavedash games didn't leave for that sole purpose even though that's obviously what was up. The whole situation is fishy as hell. But I'm mostly just a salty PM player.)
Melee has been at it for about fifteen years now, and after all of the hard work on the part of the players and content creators, these people (who are from the community in the first place, so they should know what's up) have the nerve to say that Smash isn't an eSport. Smash is bigger than it has ever been. All this game will do is make the community more fragmented than it already is.
I'm not saying a more eSports-styled Smash game is a bad idea, but now isn't the time. The community is good as is and it doesn't need a game that is more or less Melee, but with graphics that make it look more "mature." That isn't what gets you taken seriously as a game. (Seriously though, the only character they've revealed looks extremely generic, like something out of League of Legends or Overwatch or some other eSport they're trying to mimic.) Maybe in 5-10 years, if Melee's growth slows or the community dies out, then it'll be time for a new release.
(I'm also bitter on a somewhat unrelated note over this whole thing because a lot of the team working on this project are formerly members of the PM Dev Team. They moved from a passion project to a cash grab that'll inevitably harm the community. Not only that but they try to say that the people who initally left and started Wavedash games didn't leave for that sole purpose even though that's obviously what was up. The whole situation is fishy as hell. But I'm mostly just a salty PM player.)
