So... Narratology, or Ludology? Which would you prefer to be the dominating force in smash? Usually Ludology would come first, but of course since nintendo is bringing heaps of nintendo chars together from strange far away lands, there's a lot of room for a good story in there. I'd say although Ludology would be a dominating force(i mean fighting games need a lot of thought put in to meta game), there should be a fair bit of credit to the story, as long as it's shaped well.
I dunno. What do you guys think?
That is, discarding narratology's media studies opinions and focusing on the narrative itself. That is to say, set aside that opinion, and look at their opinion of whether narrative should come first.
And for Ludology, strip away the defiance from narratology, i want us simply to look at rules, goals, etc etc rather than the opinion.