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Just Rex. He’s the costume. Pyra’s a Spirit. And what about Spring Man? I recall some sort of apology when he was revealed as an Assist Trophy
Why would they not be together as a fighter?
Rex’s costume has Pyra’s sword if anything
Not really. Pyra and Mythra give Rex the same weapon type, so the only thing that would change when swapping them would be Rex's attributes, and probably his Final Smash. You could give him Roc and Wulfric (or perhaps Dromarch and Poppi to play around with spoilery abilities) to vary up his playstyle with different movesets, but I think that's ultimately unnecessary. It'd also be weird to see #76-79: Rex (& Pyra/Mythra | & Roc | & Wulfric) on the official site nor do I think the character is big enough to take up three character slots development wise.
I guess Sakurai could slightly alter this? I'll admit, I've not played XC2, but look at how Arsene (Joker) is shown. It's not exactly how he was in his source material, but works pretty well in a different, effectively altered way. Speaking of Pokémon Trainer, even that famous down-B is an example of altering the source material slightly - to make it work better in Smash (as it ditches the UI and such.) I guess this could possibly be the same case?
It was the application of ink to fighters that was difficult however, as a ton of models have mask textures that help the game know how ink should be applied.
And it was too much for the 3DS, and if it’s a no go on 3DS it would be a no go on Wii U, hence why Inkling wasn’t a DLC Fighter in 4 (Mii Costume and Trophy)
The closest to a response was him blocking people on Twitter, right?
What would be so complex about it? Rex would function as a normal fighter and Pyra would be in the background like the Pokemon Trainer and make Rex's attacks more effective as long as he's in her range. He doesn't need other blades, but if he did have more, I doubt they'd limit how often he can switch, they'd just have it function as Pokemon Trainer's switch.
Blocking the people that were rude, and justifiably so
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One counter variant that I thought would be interesting would be a move-binding one, where if you land it against a move the opponent can't use that move for a brief period of time (limit to 1 bound move per player at any given point). I have no idea how it would work in terms of game balance though, and not everything you can counter is a bindable move, but it's a kinda neat idea. In terms of characters to use it, I thought maybe Phoenix could hold out his Magatama and if he lands the counter, the opponent gets a Psyche-Lock that binds that move briefly. It's the opposite of how the Magatama works in the games, though -- it removes Psyche-Locks instead of adding them. Idk who would be a better fit for that though
Yeah that's right, I briefly forgot about that, I don't think he responded though, just silently blocking the two users that where sending offensive messages towards him over it.
The weapon can be passed back to the Blade for special attacks, and that also raises the question of what if Rex or the Blade were KO’d, who would be left standing or would they both go
Michael the Spikester
mark your spoilers please
The blade shouldn't be able to be damaged, whether they're in the background or the foreground. That's how they function in game and how they should function in Smash (Yes, Rex and Pyra do have that connection of "If I get killed, you get killed," but I think they'd take liberties there). If the Blade specials were in the moveset and Rex tried to use them far away from his blade, it would just be what happens when an Ice Climber tries to recover without the other, miserable failure. As long as Rex is in range of his blade, he would be able to use the Blade special.The weapon can be passed back to the Blade for special attacks, and that also raises the question of what if Rex or the Blade were KO’d, who would be left standing or would they both go
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I think each Blade's special attacks should be Rex's Final Smashes. That way you wouldn't have to deal with the logistics of tossing weapons around. Pyra would give Rex Burning Sword, and Mythra would give Sacred Arrow (you could also make it Lightning Buster or something instead for indoor, or otherwise rickety locations, though that would likely be too confusing). Each blade weapon gives you four Arts, so you wouldn't have to worry about not having enough for the base moveset, especially if one is devoted to switching blades.The weapon can be passed back to the Blade for special attacks, and that also raises the question of what if Rex or the Blade were KO’d, who would be left standing or would they both go
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That reminds me
That begs a new issue, Pokemon Trainer doesn't do anything in the background gameplay wise, so having Pyra or Mythra in the background alongside a gameplay mechanic means you need to answer yourself the following questions. Where do they spawn? Do they walk freely? Do you have to command them to move? What happens on autoscrolling stages? If they can move, how do they move, by walking or flying? How fast do they move? Do you decide to keep them in the Z axis or on the same plane as the other fighters manipulate them in any way? How can you make sure 8 Rex players don't lose track of their Blades? Making them move fast makes the gimmick of them in the background meaningless, but making them slow begs the question on how they work on larger stages. What would the effective range be? I understand my bias can cloud things, but these are just some of the questions Sakurai needs to ask himself when considering something like this
I dunno. He could have just been making threats because he was angry, but he also could have been dead serious.
Uh... what?
1: That wasn't for any charactsr specifically but to shut down spammers as a whole
I think he was calling out "For Smash" accounts at random. I guess one of them was Heihachi for Smash?
I don't remember him doing anything like that.
Answering in order asked:
I don't believe he said he'd tried not to get Heihachi in Smash, he was just pissed because he was being spammed on Twitter by a bunch of "X for Smash" accounts.
This is why I say this is an awful potential mechanic, Sakurai's shown we can get more new mechanics but every gimmick Smash's implemented for it's newcomers has been significantly more straightforward and easier to understand
Alongside the Adventure Mode expansion reveal I dreamt, some details I left out in my last post (because I KNOW you all would start to wonder how a Direct drought could affect someone this much) were that:
Well... I don't know if it'll go THAT far. But I did hear once that, way back in the day, Microsoft actually wanted to buy Nintendo outright. Clearly, that didn't pan out, but it is interesting to see how their relationship has improved.
This is the same mentality that bit Nintendo in the ass hard with the Wii U. Wii had 100+ million in sales so that means most will come back, right? Well, the Wii U numbers spoke for themselves. If Sony continues to be this cocky with the PS5, they might have another PS3 situation and it likely won't have the comeback factor the PS3 ultimately had. None of us wants a Sony console to fail, but arrogance bites them hard when it gets to their head so much (look at PS3 which took an entire generation for it to make a comeback).
eeehh I wouldn't say it's 99.99% to 1% respectful/disrespectful -- more like 50/50
It really isn't that complicated, though? The blade follows you around and you're stronger when you're close to it. The specifics may make it sound complicated but visually, it's pretty straightforward.
It would probably be decently easy to understand from the player's perspective (don't run around like a crazy person), there are a ton of minute details that go into making it function. Assuming it did function, I see it having some positives and negatives:
Wait. Galeem and Dharkon can only make clones of fighters...
Compare this suggested mechanic to every othee gimmick, there's so much extra work needed to make sure Pyra and Mythra can traverse through every stage at a reasonable pace for balance with a specific range, there's just too many ways you can **** it up as this is an idea that NEEDS to work for every stage, you can't have the Blades get stuck on things, they'd be near useless on some of the game's larger stages and you as they'd obviously have to move slower than Rex, they'd get left behind so much easier than say, Nana or the Luma, there are FAR too many variables which no other character had to take into consideration, meaning that's too much effort in trying to make someone work, the only more atrotious mechanic someone's suggested is timed hits based on the music playing in game
Oh wait I remember now
And thus, the mistake of one resulted in the suffering of all...
I think having Pyra follow you around at a slower pace and warping when it's absolutely impossible for her to get to you should work in every stage without complicating things. Have whatever button/command that activates the Blade special act as a recall whenever they aren't in range if that isn't enough. It'd leave you open for a big attack so that it doesn't make waiting for the blade redundant.