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As an outsider, I'd personally rep Portal with the Portal Gun as an item. It's easily the most iconic thing in the series (Though I hear the Companion Cube comes close), and would allow for some really screwy stuff.
If anything, I think she'll be like Roy; Not the most relevant in terms of franchise impact, but her spot in Smash insures that she'll top the popularity polls for years to come.
I'm sure if given the opportunity Sakurai and co can come up with something creative for Lara Croft to make her an interesting addition. But as far as I can tell she'd need something that isn't just thrown in to make her more unique. I personally want her in the game off of her legacy alone, not necessarily for her ability and I feel like a lot of people that may request her addition eel the same way. Not all obviously but most people familiar with Tomb Raider.
I definitely agree that mascots frequently can and do change, I just don't think that's happening with ARMS. Usually, when a mascot change happens, there's multiple pieces of media that signify this change is occuring. Using your previous examples, Pikachu was the face of a full anime series, virtually every spin-off put out, and an updated rerelease of the original game around the time he solidified himself as the mascot. Isabelle, likewise, received a big merchandise push, became the face of every AC spinoff, and appeared in a ton of crossovers when she was becoming the face of that franchise. Immediately, I don't know a ton of Mortal Kombat so I can't comment on Scorpion, but I think the general point still stands. Mascot changes generally involve the floodgates opening on material with the character.
Okay, I never understood people's beef with the N. Sane Trilogy design. I mean, I like the Crash 4 design just fine, but N. Sane Crash is my favorite one.
I got nothing against the N.Sane trilogy design
Agreed. When I saw the Crash 4 leaks, I was worried with flashbacks of Sonic 4, just trying to get a cash grab from nostalgia without adding anything new.
It's the weird lip fur that ruins it for me, otherwise I say he looks good.
Fixed.
These things happen. I just don't think Spring Man ever really gelled with the general audience, which you would want from a Mascot/MC, so instead they decided to go with Min Min. She will definitely be one of the mascot characters from here on out, I'm sure, we already knew she was the most popular character but now she'll get even more popularity from being in Smash.Well... my fears came to be. People saying that Min Min is the new mascot. But now I fear people are going to be saying Spring Man wasn't even the mascot to begin with.
You can replace the fighters in the Squid Sisters battle with their Mii Costumes too
I actually like the N. Sanity Trilogy design more tbh. I didn't think anyone had anything against it.
Well, duh, forgot about them.
I like both designs, but I do remember originally seeing the N. Sane Design and thinking the fur was too "realistic".
Yeah, that's a great comparison
If she's anything like Byleth and Joker, probably sometime in the evening
To be fair, I don't think Heihachi is deconfirmed because he's a Mii Costume. I think he is deconfirmed for the remainder of Fighter's Pass Volume 2 because he was released after the lineup for Volume 2 was confirmed to be set.
It's the same logic behind Spirits deconfirming. People feel that if a character gets into Smash at all, whatever role they're placed into is the role they'll be stuck in for that game. If you're in Smash, you're either playable, or you're non-playable. There's no grey area.
Agree with this. I think people take the deconfirmed stuff as too solid of a notion. Nobody ever said spirits, ATs, or Mii Costumes ruled out characters forever, it was just for pass 1. People still get mad and are fighting about it though.
My belief, whether it be for Heihachi, or the Ubisoft costumes, or now the Bethesda one, is if we were to receive an actual character from that company (or, in Heihachi's case, were he yet to be revealed), the fact that they didn't release concurrently is a huge red flag. It's not like Capcom, where the quantity necessitates a release over multiple waves.
I mean, Sakurai didn't mention him being an AT as a reason for his exclusion.
It makes little sense to release Heihachi as a Mii Costume right now and release Heihachi later, as it has been confirmed that Volume 2's lineup has already been locked.
Please
I could take this forever..and I just turned 32 a month and 2 days ago lol
Not gonna lie, as much as I love Tekken, I wouldn't be excited for a Smash rep because I really don't like the Mishima bloodline characters..my favs are Lili, Asuka, and Alisa..none of whom they would choose over one of the Mishima Clan..Maybe, just maybe, our Tekken rep will be someone else.
I mean, it's not like these are the main protagonist and main villain for now on...
Fwiw I think we're done after this pass. But Sakurai's statement about "at least five more characters" has given people something new to read too much into.
