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Yeah, its being pretty misused now that its become" Your old, shut up"
In part because of him somehow confusing V's voice actor for Dante's voice actor.
But the geno thread says that since its been so long and not touched, it has to be real. It had to be real s/
Then it wouldn't be like Chris Niosi at all, especially considering Niosi is also known to have abused women
You'd think that you and your magical fairyland sources would have caught that tidbit before going on to try and get clout
That's the beauty of Capcom, it's incredibly hard to go wrong with them. That being said Ruby Heart is a pirate and I am very ****ing gay for lady pirates
On the topic of obscure long shot Capcom characters... Power Stone.
The common theme of those three is that they're scrapped Capcom characters. Sonson, as you said, is a callback to an old game. She was supposed to be the protagonist of the sequel, but it never came to be. Ruby Heart was confirmed in a few interviews to be a scrapped Darkstalkers character. As for Amingo... there are rumors of him being the protagonist of a cancelled Capcom IP, but we don't know anything about it.
I think It'll either be Zacian or Cinderace from Sword and Shield, or an staple favorite in the Pokemon community: Garchomp. Extra points if Sakurai designs Cynthia in the background of the stages giving commands to Garchomp, as she tears through the competition.
I don't know, it depends in how they perform it. I don't think a playable Tabuu would cause worse reactions than a couple of characters already in the game did (especially if he lets you control Master Hand during the final smash).
I love Silent Hill 2 but if Resident Evil didn't get a playable character I incredibly doubt that Silent Hill will have that. At best I expect a spirit board or a mii costume, and that would be very nice if you ask me because I don't think James Sunderland has real chances to make it as playable.
While I see your point I don't know why they would stop reaching new audiences. In fact, I think it's more likely to see more of that for Pass 2 than Pass 1. You can argue that besides Terry and Joker they really didn't tried very hard in doing that. Dragon Quest fanbase has a strong presence among Nintendo users due to the history of the franchise with Nintendo, specially on Japan of course, and obviously I don't need to explain about Banjo and Byleth.
I'm expecting more cameos. I like that a lot. It would have been cool if Yggdrasil Altar had cameos from the DQXI characters. Dragon Quest XI has a very lovely cast.
I could honestly see Pyramid head as a mii sword fighter costume. As weird as that sounds, he is in Super bomberman R so I guess it's not impossible.
We had an LCD image and a peripheral as characters already so no reason they couldn't as the ultimate WTF character.
— 桜井 政博 / Masahiro Sakurai (@Sora_Sakurai) February 9, 2020
If it hasn’t been posted yet then it’s probably because everyone is too busy overanalysing it and trying to see what character it could hint towards and then come back with their findings
In a surprising but bold move, Sakurai has decided to settle on Buff Master Roshi as the Dragon Ball representative.
This setup never felt natural to me. It's like if Nintendo promoted Smash Bros as the clash of Nintendo stars like Mario, Donkey Kong, Link and King Dedede. It's not wrong, but one of these is clearly not like the other. you know, because mario, dk and link are the heroes of their series so it would make more sense to say kirby instead of dedede
Instead of talking about the franchise, like Sakurai usually does, we get a full rundown of how H.A.M.M.E.R (or whatever other game) was canceled and what it means for Sakurai to bring it back as a Smash OC.
Xiaoyu would be part of the spirit event. That just makes the most logical sense.
This is why I would prefer Sakurai to give us Yoshimitsu IF anyone at all from Tekken. He would rep both Tek and Soul Calibur. Plus who doesn't want to see him clapping his feet together for the opponent when he loses. Lol.. Not to mention how many ****ing badass skins Yosh could have!
Sakurai literally outright stated that Heihachi was the Tekken rep considered first and foremost for Smash 4.
The difference is that Heihachi seems to have quite the increased popularity among Tekken fans compared to other villains. Yeah, Heihachi is a villain and not necessarily the main protagonist, but he's become more of the "mascot" character of Tekken for a fair amount of Bandai-Namco's advertising and he's the one who appeared in Playstation All-Stars. Hell, when it came time to pick a Mii Costume from Tekken, Sakurai also went for Heihachi instead of other options and he also referenced Heihachi when considering a Tekken fighter prior to Pac-Man. He just seems to resonate with audiences to a significantly higher degree than other recurring villains. And Tekken has never been as consistent in who it put at the forefront of the games. So that's how Heihachi becomes a frontrunner for Tekken rep alongside the "main characters."
Yoshimitsu just seems like a poor way to implement two franchises at once. Fatal Fury has largely blended into King of Fighters over the years, so Terry worked as a representative of both, but Soulcalibur and Tekken are two wildly different entities. It would be a massive disservice to both of them to try to force them into one character, let alone one like Yoshimitsu who isn't the recognizable face compared to Nightmare and Heihachi respectively. I just don't see Sakurai not giving either series their due respect in Smash by trying to force both of them into one character pack.
andwelcoming him to Smash.
What the hell even chibi pyramid head is super creepy
I mean, knowing the context behind Pyramid Head and well, ANYTHING from Silent Hill 2, makes it unsettling regardless of removing the context
Counterpoint: Ryu was shown fighting Kyo in the CvS promo artwork, while Terry was fighting Ken. But Terry had the better, uh, "resume", so he was the one chosen for Smash.
andbeing the mascot of their fighting games just as Scorpion would being the face of Mortal Kombat as with Nightmare with Soulcalibur. Why is this even an argument?
It was less that Sakurai couldn't think of a moveset, and more he wasn't sure how to adapt Tekken's incredibly complex systems into Smash in a satisfying way. A moveset for Heihachi isn't the issue since you can make a pretty straightforward one with relative ease, the issue is representing Tekken as a whole since Sakurai loves to incorporate mechanics true to the original series when working with third parties. Not an insurmountable obstacle by any means of course, but that was more of the initial issue with Heihachi.
You're assuming a lot here and also downplaying the popularity of both Lloyd and Heihachi in the process. First off, we know that Dragon Quest in Smash was the idea that led to Hero and not specifically Hero. Sakurai was the one who went to Square Enix to specifically ask for Hero and pushed back on the idea of Slime, so it was Dragon Quest in Smash as a concept that Nintendo had picked and not the definitive character themselves which they seem to have left to Sakurai to figure out. It's very easy to envision a scenario in which this same thing happens with Tales and Tekken. Nintendo says, "Tekken is a really popular IP, let's cross over with that" and sends Sakurai to figure it out the exact details of that arrangement with Bandai-Namco. In which case, Sakurai's ideas do come into play. And this also presumes that Sakurai and Nintendo don't collaborate at all in regards to the DLC and that Nintendo only issues commands from up high. Nintendo picks the DLC, we know that for sure, but we don't have any evidence to show that Sakurai is completely absent from having any influence in that manner
