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Can you tell me what Kludge does? I'm admittedly an ignorant heathen over epic gamer characters.
I mean...I like the character design (probably because blue) so I wouldn't hate it...
All MY wants fall into the “didn’t expect that” category as they’re not the super popular picks that are often brought up, so yeah I’d want that
He's a high speed, low acceleration character from Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast. He's Funky Kong's rival, and probably a part of the villainous team in that game. That's about it.
Legends tell of the holy gospel of Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast, where he is a playable racer. Within this hallmark tale, Kludge exudes unfathomable amounts of grace and majesty simply by existing within the roster, but when he is selected within the game's menu, the player is said to die from the sheer sanctity of being able to play as a character as flawless and divine as the Kludged One, hallowed be thy name.
If I'm being completely honest with myself, Hero was the only one that was predictable.
There were people expecting a "shill pick" but with that last Spirit Event, most people kinda assumed Fire Emblem: 3 Houses was next, thus making all first parties seem ineligible.
It was 2013.
I get where you're coming from, but I always thought anybody who denied the possibility of a 1st party, no less Three Houses, were kind of asking to be proven wrong. I get it, because Three Houses isn't as "hype" as a third party for a multitude of factors. But it just seemed like an appropriate use of Murphy's Law after all of the deconfirmations that were happening. I thought the lack of a deconfirmation from a Nintendo character meant something.
is a member of the "This character shouldn't be in Smash in a vacuum, but exceptional circumstances got them in once and it would be strange to remove them now" club with , , and .
It would have been cool to see the Gilded Sword in HD. I was thinking that if Young Link had a mirror shield, it would reflect projectiles back at opponents or maybe just fire based moves get reflected since it reflects sunlight.
Considering we have an ARMs rep coming, that does lead this pass to become quite random.
I do agree about Byleth. It wasn't that obvious overall. It had a decent amount of guesses.
A costume can't have a major gameplay difference like that, but you could have the effect look visually different. Like it shining or something to give the idea it's kind of like reflecting. That or just give the Mirror Shield to all.
I never believed it either, but this thread was an echo chamber of "Onlythird-parties!Onlythird-parties!Onlythird-parties!" for pretty much all of 2019. November through early January 2020 consisted of many discussions of whether or not Capcom or Namco would get the final spot. Characters frequently brought up included Crash, Geno, Doomguy, KOS-MOS, Dante, and...well, most of the characters we had been discussing since before DLC started.
I don't even get why someone's FP predictions would include Geno alongside a bunch of third-party icons. He isn't exactly the same as Dante or Crash when he's a Mario character, just one harder and more expensive to feature.
Ironically, people did make the connection from "brave" to "yusha" to "hero", but then tied it back to Erdrick, as he was sometimes referred to as simply, "the hero".
He's like Banjo & Kazooie: beloved, but not important. Will he be added? Only the devs and their associates know.
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
Which is funny, because it was never a code name. That's the literal character name to begin with.
True, but it feels like the demand for Banjo and Geno is being reduced to who owns them, even though their fanbases would prefer if they were filthy Nintendo characters.
Have we ever established why Geno ISN'T owned by Nintendo though? I've always been confused about that.
I believe the game was mostly developed by Squaresoft, or there was at least an agreement where the Mario IP belonged to Nintendo, but any character designs, music, and the like that were created by Squaresoft would belong to Squaresoft. The two companies later had a falling out, and that's why Paper Mario was Paper Mario and not Super Mario RPG 2.
The Giant's Knife is the same as the Biggoron's sword so that'd be kind of redundant. You could give him the Koholint Sword from Link's Awakening or the Fierce Deity Sword. Just make them as short as the Kokiri Sword and it should look fine.
I dunno about the first part, but the second part is mostly because Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts was an awful Banjo-Kazooie game, and SquareEnix does absolutely nothing with the Super Mario RPG assets they own.
I meant only OOT/MM swords. And the Goron's Knife is technically weaker, and can get broken, but yeah, same enough design. Fierce Deity Sword works, though. Besides, YL should have a Fierce Deity design either way. He is the original Mask user, heh. There's other swords from the games, too. Maybe one of those for an 8th sword. That or just a darker color of the Master Sword for his Dark Link costume?
I did a writeup on SMRPG's character designers here. Most of the SMRPG staff are or were Square affilitrated (one of them went on to do KH3), so thats where things tangle.
Popularity. If that's what brought Banjo & Kazooie back, then it could bring Geno back. The fact that Sakurai even went out of his way last game to get a mii costume shows that Sakurai at least acknowledges him.
Bottom-of-the-barrel picks especially Sylux with his only claim to fame is "He's gonna be relevant one day, you guys. Just you wait!" Seriously, I cannot think of a more overhyped pick than a random bounty hunter who wasn't even the ring leader leading the other hunters in his debut game. He did nothing in Prime 3 except stalk Samus in the ending (provided you 100% otherwise he no shows), and steal a metroid in the ending assuming you did a bonus objective from one of the missions from Federation Force. And yet, people hype him he up to be the main antagonist of a game that had to restart development. Could Sylux still appear in Prime 4? Maybe, but I'd rather wait until an official trailer or official info is released than delude myself to thinking his role is guaranteed.
He really isn’t.
Imagine Challenger Pack 10 & Challenger Pack 11: Double reveal of Geno and Waluigi.
I wouldn't call Porky a bottom of the barrel pick in relation to the Earthbound series. He's quite important to it. Does the Earthbound series warrant a 3rd rep? Well that's more debatable.
He really is. Perhaps a more niche version of the situation, but a similar situation nonetheless.
It would most certainly appeal to a wide part of the core fanbase.
, who can't be substituted by a Metroid character for obvious reasons).
Byleth seemed predictable.... for Fighters Pass 2. Everyone convinced themselves that the first pass would all be Third Party. I don't think many people seriously considered the fifth fighter to actually be a Nintendo character after many talked about third party picks were turned down. Astral Chain was also in a similar predicament with it not getting a Spirits event around its release until January. With Byleth's mixed reaction, I wouldn't be surprised if there were people secretly hoping for a Three Houses Spirits event so they can happily disconfirm everyone from Three Houses from ever getting a fighter to Smash
Terry is literally more complex than every other fighter in the fighters pass and he was fighter number four. I don't think the placement has to do with how hard they are to develop.
Completely unrelated but I really appreciate your avatar.
