New Smash Bros for WiiU

[Diddy Kong]

I have a video tape of it, or used to... It got destroyed by the recorder.

 

[Hoots]

All I'm saying is that its based on interpretation, granted the show's VA was about as bad as the Ocean Dub. Plotlines not much better.

I digress, its about textual perception. I mean there was no given way to know the names simply based on in game text.


I think this is the best example of what that means.


(Dunno why, but the younger brother in that video is what I think Shortiecanbrawl might sound like)

As I said before, something like pronouncing an INITIAL correctly has NOTHING to do with perception. You are either right or making up your own grammatical rules. And as for those kids pronouncing it Ramb-eye, it's not like they had any grounds to ever be correct. The name Rambi is OBVIOUSLY pronounced "Ramb-ee." Just because a lot of kids are terrible at pronunciation doesn't mean that it's open to interpretation. I have a friend who LOVES Metroid and always pronounced Ridley as "Ride-lee." That is simply wrong. It has nothing to do with one's interpretation or perspective.

Also, Asage, Donkey Kong Country is an ENGLISH game. From ENGLAND. Where they speak ENGLISH.

 

[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

Who the hell cares how you say their names? Seriously. Why do we bother with something that people'll say their own way anyway? Other languages pronounce it differently because of how their language works. It's not that big of a deal.

The DKC show was awesome. Wayyyyy better than any of the Mario ones(but that's because the plot wasn't heavily recycled, and the characters were far more interesting.)

 

[Diddy Kong]

The guys playing in the DKCR vid N posted play too horribad to watch... Sorry.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

Best thing about K.Rool is that he doesn't give a ****. Like a maniac, with a history of some serious issues. If Rare was still allowed to use him, I would like to have known if they would've gaven him a sort of dark twisted past. I mean, who the **** is able to just go from king to captain to evil scientist? And seeing what Rare did to Conker, it couldve been some serious ****ed up ****

It's a good thing that Rare gave Nintendo the rights to all the Donkey Kong characters when it did. If K. Rool ended up like Conker, let's just say it won't be very good for Super Smash Bros..

 

[Aurane]

When a name is initialized, you say the letter. For instance, William H. Macy is NOT pronounced William HUH Macy. M. Night Shyamalan is NOT pronounced MMMMMM Night Shyamalan. JRR Tolkien is NOT pronounced JURR Tolkien. You say the SOUND of the letter when there is an apostrophe, such as C'thulhu. Trust me. I'm an English major.

Anyways, I'm failing to see your argument. Are you legitimately suggesting that Nintendo could retcon his name to be K'Rool instead of K. Rool simply because kids who watched a cartoon show years ago began to pronounce it like that because the studio ****ed it up? Is that the argument?

What are you complaining about? There was no arguement. Wtf r you trying to even spout? Lol

 

[nLiM8d]

I don't understand, its not like these names are totally relative to the english language.

I have a friend who LOVES Metroid and always pronounced Ridley as "Ride-lee." That is simply wrong. It has nothing to do with one's interpretation or perspective.

Lol Fail, and there's a certain sense of pity I have over why you feel so strongly about this.

Your point is certainly not what I was trying to get at. I was saying that the proper usage of a name (Mind you not all names are english by the way) or made up terminology like "Metroid" has certain comprehension to which people in certain circles of influence can relate.

The way people interpret is different from the standard of linguistics. I once spoke with a person and noticed that she had a strange way of pronouncing words like "Flag". Turns out she grew up in Boston where the word is appropriately pronounced "Fleaag". She even taught grammar classes.

Anyways, what I'm trying to say is that there is no universally distinct way to interpret text to the phonetic form of the term. Unless your some sort of snobbish purist who bows to mother england every night before you retire to your quarters, you'll understand that different cultures have different distinctions or patterns of speech.

Why do we bother with something that people'll say their own way anyway? Other languages pronounce it differently because of how their language works. It's not that big of a deal.

Pretty Much

Yeah, how did westerners pronounce Ryu back when Street Fighter II was released. I can bet you that folks today still wouldn't have the slightest on Ryu Hayabusa. Which reminds me, let me know when they find an accurate pronunciation for Ghirahim.

Donkey Kong Country is an ENGLISH game. From ENGLAND. Where they speak ENGLISH.

I think more accurate to that is Australian developers where they speak a specific dialect of English

 

[Aurane]

Who ****ing cares? Jesus, it's like I stepped on a land mine or something. Hoots goes off into Fairy Land, thinking there's an arguement, than everyone follows suit??? I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
Who heard of it>Voice Acting>How to say K
WTF?! Progression level: ZERO.
(Not directed to u, N)

*rage quits*

My Halo match is finally here. GOOD BYE, ENGLISH TEACHERZ

 

[Kantrip]

Asage, I thought you left. Stop patronizing people when you have no idea what you're talking about and then joking it off later. You come across as a spoiled kid when you do that.

Hoots is both correct and in the right, and your patronizing made that so.

It is KAY ROOL.

K. Lumsy is KAY LUMSY.

You pronounce initialized letters AS A LETTER, NOT a word.

 

[Big-Cat]

Which reminds me, let me know when they find an accurate pronunciation for Ghirahim.

The Japanese approximation is Girahimu. When all else fails, use the Japanese approximation for things like this.

 

[Thino]

its just like in Crash Bandicoot

you N.Cortex for Neo Cortex

but you say N.Gin for engine

and N.Tropy for entropy

 

[Hoots]

I don't understand, its not like these names are totally relative to the english language.



Lol Fail, and there's a certain sense of pity I have over why you feel so strongly about this.

Your point is certainly not what I was trying to get at. I was saying that the proper usage of a name (Mind you not all names are english by the way) or made up terminology like "Metroid" has certain comprehension to which people in certain circles of influence can relate.

The way people interpret is different from the standard of linguistics. I once spoke with a person and noticed that she had a strange way of pronouncing words like "Flag". Turns out she grew up in Boston where the word is appropriately pronounced "Fleaag". She even taught grammar classes.

Anyways, what I'm trying to say is that there is no universally distinct way to interpret text to the phonetic form of the term. Unless your some sort of snobbish purist who bows to mother england every night before you retire to your quarters, you'll understand that different cultures have different distinctions or patterns of speech.



Pretty Much

Yeah, how did westerners pronounce Ryu back when Street Fighter II was released. I can bet you that folks today still wouldn't have the slightest on Ryu Hayabusa. Which reminds me, let me know when they find an accurate pronunciation for Ghirahim.



I think more accurate to that is Australian developers where they speak a specific dialect of English

My point was that K. Rool being pronounced "Kuh Rool" has nothing to do with dialects whatsoever. It is simply accurate to say the letter when there is an initial, which is the case with K. Rool. Flag and Flaeg are still the same inherent pronunciation, just utilizing different dialects. That person is TRYING to say "Flag" the correct way. A more accurate comparison to calling Ridley "Ride-Lee" and Rambi "Ramb-eye" would be like calling a flag a "flog", simply because an A can be pronounced as an "AW" sound. An acknowledgment of such has nothing to do with worshiping England (which is the home of Rare, btw).

Also, I didn't intend for this to turn into an argument, but if someone tells me that "Kuh Rool" is an appropriate and acceptable pronunciation of "K. Rool," I am going to correct the mistake. I didn't think Asage would be so defensive.

 

[Starphoenix]

I see there is more fake concept art floating around now. The King Hippo artwork looks ugly regardless of who designed it.

Playing around in Mario Sports Mix and seeing the fraudulent concept art for Slime is igniting my inner Dragon Quest fanboy again. Hey if the thing can throw balls and hang onto basketball rims while doing a slam dunk then he can perform the essential functions any basic character should. The rest is just a matter of taking liberty with his flexibility. Between that and his magic he should be good to go. Also, I can support Bowser Jr in the next Smash Bros game if he comes with that wonderful stage of his from Mario Sports Mix. Seriously, Bowser Jr. Boulevard would be epic as a stage. There are so many ideas pumping through my head right now it is insane! Perhaps I need an outlet? Hmmm...

 

[Hoots]

I see there is more fake concept art floating around now. The King Hippo artwork looks ugly regardless of who designed it.

Playing around in Mario Sports Mix and seeing the fraudulent concept art for Slime is igniting my inner Dragon Quest fanboy again. Hey if the thing can throw balls and hang onto basketball rims while doing a slam dunk then he can perform the essential functions any basic character should. The rest is just a matter of taking liberty with his flexibility. Between that and his magic he should be good to go. Also, I can support Bowser Jr in the next Smash Bros game if he comes with that wonderful stage of his from Mario Sports Mix. Seriously, Bowser Jr. Boulevard would be epic as a stage. There are so many ideas pumping through my head right now it is insane! Perhaps I need an outlet? Hmmm...

Yeah the King Hippo art is pretty damn meh. I still want to see this troll's rendition of a Smashified K. Rool and Layton! Has anyone ever drawn that before? At least it's cool fan art, emirite?! I, for one, appreciate the effort that this guy is putting into such an elaborate hoax. At least it's fun to see the stuff he puts out and speculate on it, even though we know it's full of ****.

 

[Starphoenix]

Yeah the King Hippo art is pretty damn meh. I still want to see this troll's rendition of a Smashified K. Rool and Layton! Has anyone ever drawn that before? At least it's cool fan art, emirite?! I, for one, appreciate the effort that this guy is putting into such an elaborate hoax. At least it's fun to see the stuff he puts out and speculate on it, even though we know it's full of ****.

True, if nothing else we get some pictures out of it. One interesting note about those pictures. According to someone able to view the time the pictures were uploaded found a discrepancy between the upload dates, in particular the Slime picture. The Slime picture was registered as being uploaded in September while the others were only a few days ago. Not that there needs to be any more proof that these are fake, but this is more reason to discard these rumors.

 

[---]

I'm pretty sure everyone here knew it was a hoax to begin with the second it came up.

The art is pretty good though, I would like to see more and compare it to the trophy fanart I found.

The thread was getting boring anyway, so I welcome something to laugh at.

 

[nLiM8d]

Also, I didn't intend for this to turn into an argument, but if someone tells me that "Kuh Rool" is an appropriate and acceptable pronunciation of "K. Rool," I am going to correct the mistake.

No I understand what you're saying, overall I was stressing the perception of "tradition" being that your initial understanding of a term is usually what you remember.

You know that firby lookin pokemon "Victini"? For the longest I saw it as Vi-sin-tee. Even though I understand the proper form of the name, I'll most likely continue to see it the other way because that's what remember reading it as initially. It won't be very often that such an obscure name will come about in my daily conversation so I don't see a reason to change it up.

To re-emphasize an example myself, it would be someone's initial understanding of how to pronounce Ryu. Something that take a hard time getting used to if corrected, being that you've recognized your way for so long.

Try to see it this way. You perceive the correct way of pronouncing K.Rool's name based on structures of pronunciation that you recognize and have chosen to uphold. Also you believe that the connection between the K and its proper usage in the name is upheld by your knowledge of Rare as an English subsidiary (formerly known to Nintendo). It helps, but its still your comprehension, really doesn't matter if you're right or wrong overall. Life is much too short to bother

Spoiler

unless of course, you're being paid for it

Tl;DR

I'm not going to punish myself over a name like K.Rool if I say it too fast and make a "kuh" sound; especially given that the distinction of the name itself was based on a series of intentional puns anyhow. Take your pick, Thino seems to know what I mean.

 

[SmashChu]

Some thoughts....

Thinking that the SSB4 E3 showing will be just a teaser for the most part. Kind of like the SSBB trailer with less. I expect they will take more input from polls after E3.
On Mii: during the Brawl days, some people thought ROB was going to be in Smash as a kind of funky character. They thought ROB was an obvious next step and would be in. Many people, including myself, thought that he wasn't going to be in. Turns out, these people were right. We bash Mii now like we did to ROB way back when.

King Hippo looks awful BTW.

 

[nLiM8d]

502!

Hey Tri-Hy can I get your thoughts here?

[COLLAPSE="E3 2012"]White backdrop (reminiscent of Nintendo's recent marketing set ups)

The notorious sound effect of a 1-up mushroom ques the start of the clip.

As the mushroom pans into the screen, a distorted purple figure swoops in from the depth of the screen. All you see is a big purple claw attempting to snatch up the mushroom.

Startled, Toad (the mushroom) runs for cover while being chased towards the screen. The focus is white again.

A somewhat invisible figure comes into view at the center, meanwhile blurred in the distant background two more figures enter from the left battling from right to left. The first one to enter summons up great stones from ground and hurls them at the other figure levitating above him.

Center stage becomes the focus again as Paper Mario twists his figure in sideways like he is checking for something. He's not safe as three blue bursts of energy wiz past! He reverts to his translucent state before hopping out to the left. All the while the two figures are still battling in the background.

You can visibly see the first figure tug and roll leftward, the levitating figure emits a sphere of purple energy for defense. On one knee, the first figure raises his shield to deflect the second figure's rapid fire. Both exit to the left.

Center left , a negative lighted star twinkles in the distance (white backdrop mind you) running in at a curve towards the screen to the right, Link reaches top speed and raises his sword to strike. As he strikes, the camera focuses on him turning so you see the upper half of his right side. His sword clashes with a ray-gun.

The clash sound effect (from Smash 64 intro) marks the flood of colors to the backdrop as the first stage is unveiled. Panning out to resemble the standard Smash fight sequences, link knocks Fox's Ray gun out of his hand and fox resorts to hand to hand combat. The pan out seamlessly transitions from CGI to the first developments of the new SSB4 fighting engine (pikachu and kirby are present during the fight).

The overall battle adds more and more complexity to the stage (explosions and noises) the screen begins to darken (cue distortion) and blacks out in an instant.

The name of the next Smash is Finally revealed and details follow.

Mario has his back turned towards the camera in the shadows. Turns his head over his shoulder , Smirks, then disappears into the shadows.

Trailer ends with "Let's a go!" Wii U 2014[/COLLAPSE]

 

[Conviction]

Silence!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xnyqSVcr0o&feature=player_embedded

listen or I kill you.

 

[---]

502!

Hey Tri-Hy can I get your thoughts here?

[COLLAPSE="E3 2012"]White backdrop (reminiscent of Nintendo's recent marketing set ups)

The notorious sound effect of a 1-up mushroom ques the start of the clip.

As the mushroom pans into the screen, a distorted purple figure swoops in from the depth of the screen. All you see is a big purple claw attempting to snatch up the mushroom.

Startled, Toad (the mushroom) runs for cover while being chased towards the screen. The focus is white again.

A somewhat invisible figure comes into view at the center, meanwhile blurred in the distant background two more figures enter from the left battling from right to left. The first one to enter summons up great stones from ground and hurls them at the other figure levitating above him.

Center stage becomes the focus again as Paper Mario twists his figure in sideways like he is checking for something. He's not safe as three blue bursts of energy wiz past! He reverts to his translucent state before hopping out to the left. All the while the two figures are still battling in the background.

You can visibly see the first figure tug and roll leftward, the levitating figure emits a sphere of purple energy for defense. On one knee, the first figure raises his shield to deflect the second figure's rapid fire. Both exit to the left.

Center left , a negative lighted star twinkles in the distance (white backdrop mind you) running in at a curve towards the screen to the right, Link reaches top speed and raises his sword to strike. As he strikes, the camera focuses on him turning so you see the upper half of his right side. His sword clashes with a ray-gun.

The clash sound effect (from Smash 64 intro) marks the flood of colors to the backdrop as the first stage is unveiled. Panning out to resemble the standard Smash fight sequences, link knocks Fox's Ray gun out of his hand and fox resorts to hand to hand combat. The pan out seamlessly transitions from CGI to the first developments of the new SSB4 fighting engine (pikachu and kirby are present during the fight).

The overall battle adds more and more complexity to the stage (explosions and noises) the screen begins to darken (cue distortion) and blacks out in an instant.

The name of the next Smash is Finally revealed and details follow.

Mario has his back turned towards the camera in the shadows. Turns his head over his shoulder , Smirks, then disappears into the shadows.

Trailer ends with "Let's a go!" Wii U 2014[/COLLAPSE]

Okay here are my thoughts.

Spoiler

I like the angle you went for with your trailer idea, it reminds me of how Capcom handled the MvC3 (vanilla) trailers. Overall I'd be fine with it as a trailer.

If it helps though, these are the characters I was able to best guess based on your trailer:

Mario, Link, Kirby, Pikachu, Fox, Toad, Ridley, P. Mario, Mewtwo, Sonic?,

I don't know if that's all of them or if it's even correct, so you may want to make a few corrections or not based on what you want people, such as myself, to get out of your trailer as a whole.

My only other suggestions would be to add more detail about the other blurred character in the behind Paper Mario who doesn't sound like Mewtwo, as I didn't see any hints given to signal who that character could be. That and to try and relate back to the 3DS somehow.


BTW, it sounds like you have your own roster in mind when you made this, you should show me sometime.

 

[nLiM8d]

Thanks yo! I totally forgot about giving the 3DS some facetime.

Funny since 3DS smash has been on my mind.

 

[Oasis_S]

I pronounce it King KEY Rool. Kinky rules!

I bet Hoots would hate to see me pronounce Pokemon names. I don't even try to get them right. Su-eh-SOON. Ark-SOOS. Zo-RORRGHKJGHKDJFk.

 

[TheFirstPoppyBro]

I've heard Suicune prounounced Swee-cune, Soo-ee-kin, and Swy-cune. I really just don't care anymore.

I used to pronounce Rattata as Rat-a-tat-a. Psychic was Fy-sic to me. And Gyarados was Gyar-a-das. So I failed as a kid.

 

[Johnknight1]

But you might be right bit there. But still, we might never know. Sakurai might suprise us. I remember that he actually said Panel De Pon was a masterpiece, which IMO is quite a plus. So far we've had also Lip's Stick, one song, and few stickers. I dunno what's next, but I think SSB-series will gradually get to have Lip as playable.

Thanks a lot tho!

Again, I just got a gut feeling this time is not Lip's time. My gut feeling and instincts are nearly always right. I definitely do see Lip playable in a smash game, just not these two.

I wonder though. If development begins in early February, then that would mean Sakurai's team would only have four months to get something ready for E3 2012. That is definitely not enough time to make the engine, especially for the Wii U. Our only chance of seeing "something" is if he decides simply to make a CGI trailer.

I think we will get pictures, like we did with Skyward Sword back in 2009.

Which is similar to K. Rool's case. Became a very popular request once Diddy Kong was revealed and now is among the most wanted newcomers for SSB4.

If either Dixie or K. Rool is revealed, the people who supported the confirmed character will joined the other, and they will be overwhelmingly popular.

On a random side note, Mr. S@tuRN needs to be a font style for smashboards. SERIOUSLY!!!

 

[ManicRaider]

If either Dixie or K. Rool is revealed, the people who supported the confirmed character will joined the other, and they will be overwhelmingly popular.

I'm hoping for K.Rool. It'll be more balanced to have a DK villain than another ally.

 

[~ Valkyrie ~]

Again, I just got a gut feeling this time is not Lip's time. My gut feeling and instincts are nearly always right. I definitely do see Lip playable in a smash game, just not these two.

I see. On the more positive side, I'm sure they'll keep improving on the presentation of Puzzle League. And I'm still keeping on supporting her despite the odds.

 

[Luco]

LOL Luco why send me a friend request? We've barely interacted with each others, but thanks anyways

Sorry if it seemed weird, just i've mainly been on this thread since i've come on the boards so have come to know you guys over the year and thought it'd be good to send friend requests out to you guys. Plus i have barely any friends registered on the page and think it's time to branch out in any case. ^^

And you'd be surprised, i see you more often on this thread than you think i do :-P

 

[Metal Overlord]

Sorry if it seemed weird, just i've mainly been on this thread since i've come on the boards so have come to know you guys over the year and thought it'd be good to send friend requests out to you guys. Plus i have barely any friends registered on the page and think it's time to branch out in any case. ^^

And you'd be surprised, i see you more often on this thread than you think i do :-P

Nah, it wasn't weird at all, just a little unexpected, is all

All I'm saying is that its based on interpretation, granted the show's VA was about as bad as the Ocean Dub.

Ocean Dub has its ups and downs

Also, I didn't intend for this to turn into an argument, but if someone tells me that "Kuh Rool" is an appropriate and acceptable pronunciation of "K. Rool," I am going to correct the mistake. I didn't think Asage would be so defensive.

Why so up in arms about it, though? People all the time refer to the entire Dragon Ball series as simply "the DBZ series" yet as a huge fan of Dragon Ball, I don't get as angry about it as you seem to be...

The thread was getting boring anyway, so I welcome something to laugh at.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL "getting" boring

This thread's been stagnant for a while, Tri-Hy.

Hey, does anyone here know that DK had a cartoon years ago? If you didn't, than you're either young or deprived.

Yep. Rented dat **** from Blockbuster, although personally I think the DiC Sonic and Mario cartoons are better.

I think we will get pictures, like we did with Skyward Sword back in 2009.

10 bucks says the pics'll show Mario, Kirby, Link and Pikachu again on Battlefield

 

[~ Valkyrie ~]

I think then that next E3's SSB4-presentation will either:

1. Will not be done.
2.Pics will be shown which will either make, or break presentation.
3.CG Trailer will be shown.

 

[AetherEch0s]

I expect something along the lines of what we got with Brawl, but with much less content. More along the lines of a teaser than an actual trailer. They'll probably just show off a new graphic style and a few newcomers. Of course we will also get a working title, although it might change by the next E3.

 

[Hoots]

I pronounce it King KEY Rool. Kinky rules!

I bet Hoots would hate to see me pronounce Pokemon names. I don't even try to get them right. Su-eh-SOON. Ark-SOOS. Zo-RORRGHKJGHKDJFk.

Hahaha. Pokemon names are so ridiculous anyways, especially the newer generations, that it's really hard to pronounce that **** correctly anyways.

To Metal, i'm "up in arms" over K. Rool because obviously I believe pronunciation is important, and I have always thought it was ridiculous when people say "well I like my pronunciation better!" simply out of stubbornness. I will gladly change my pronunciation if I learn the correct way to do it. But that's all irrelevant for names like Suicune and Gyarados.

K. Rool can NEVER be pronounced "kuh rool" no matter how bad you are at pronunciation. It's simply false. If people tell me that "kuh rool" makes sense and is plausible, I will tell them they are wrong. Every Damn time. Si that explains that.

Also, Ocean Group did an awesome job on Gundam Wing so don't hate! Lol!

 

[Diddy Kong]

I always said Gerra Dows for Gyarados.

English isn't my first language btw

 

[Metal Overlord]

Well okay I guess I where you're coming from, Hoots

I expect the reveal trailer to be about 30-60 seconds in length if we get one at E3

 

[Diddy Kong]

I expect less than we initially got from Brawl. But I expect we'll get more trailers later in development.

 

[Metal Overlord]

One thing I don't think people have thought about at all: even if we don't get an official reveal trailer at E3, is it possible that we may get a trailer for it at next year's Spike Video Game Awards?

 

[Opelucid]

I'm expecting the trailer to be at least two minutes like the first Brawl trailer it will probably be all CG with a little bit of gameplay or maybe revealing some of the newcomers special moves.

Mario
Pikachu
Kirby
Link
Issac*
Little Mac*
Medusa*
K.Rool*

* Mario, Link, Kirby, and Pikachu dash at each other they change to their SSB4 appearances.
- Short gameplay montage of them fighting on maybe Battlefield or something.
* Dark Clouds appear over the sky and Medusa appears "Newcomer Medusa" and they begin to fight.
- Short gameplay montage of Medusa reveals one of her special moves like Meta Knight's Dimensional Cape in Brawl.
* One of Medusa's attacks are deflected by an unknown attack, Issac appears "Newcomer Issac"
- Short gameplay montage of Issac fighting reveals one of Issac's special moves probably Move.
* As they all continue fighting a figure jumps out of no where and comically pushes Mario out of the way Little Mac appears "Newcomer Little Mac"
- Short gameplay montage of Little Mac fighting shows him beating somewhat up and one of his special moves.
* As the combatants continue fighting they notice a figure falling from the sky and they all move out of the way before they get crushed. The figure brushes himself off and the figure reveals himself as King K. Rool newcomer "Newcomer King K. Rool"
- Short gameplay montage of King K. Rool fighting reveals that one of his special moves is his Blunderbuss it shows him shooting at Issac and Little Mac.
- In the end they all clash resulting in a huge explosion and the screen reads Super Smash Bros Clash or Ultra.
- At the end it shows Slime wandering around in the background he looks around curiously and then looks at the screen "Newcomer Slime."
*The Trailer ends.

One thing I don't think people have thought about at all: even if we don't get an official reveal trailer at E3, is it possible that we may get a trailer for it at next year's Spike Video Game Awards?

That's a possibility I'm expecting a trailer at E3 though.

 

[Oasis_S]

SO, my project for the day is done:

Ghirahim is surprisingly tall. Assuming Link were 5'7" (1.7m), Ghirahim would be about 6'10" (2.1m). I was curious where this would put him compared to the other characters in Smash if they kept his proportions, which they wouldn't, BUT HERE IT IS ANYWAY.

 

[Aurane]

@Oasis If Link wasn't crouching, he'd be almost as tall as Ghirahim.

 

[AetherEch0s]

Hahaha. Pokemon names are so ridiculous anyways, especially the newer generations, that it's really hard to pronounce that **** correctly anyways.

To Metal, i'm "up in arms" over K. Rool because obviously I believe pronunciation is important, and I have always thought it was ridiculous when people say "well I like my pronunciation better!" simply out of stubbornness. I will gladly change my pronunciation if I learn the correct way to do it. But that's all irrelevant for names like Suicune and Gyarados.

K. Rool can NEVER be pronounced "kuh rool" no matter how bad you are at pronunciation. It's simply false. If people tell me that "kuh rool" makes sense and is plausible, I will tell them they are wrong. Every Damn time. Si that explains that.

Also, Ocean Group did an awesome job on Gundam Wing so don't hate! Lol!

When i pronounce Pokemon names wrong i at least try to justify them. Like Suicune, i pronounce Soo-cane, like Tsunami and Hurricane. Its not like the anime, our only source of "official" pronunciations is canon to begin with.