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Thing is, action games tend to be the most popular games, so if you're choosing popular characters or characters from popular franchises you're bound to end up with tons of those. And this is coming from someone who's most wanted third-party is Phoenix Wright.
My counter argument wasn't really directed at you. I think a female character would be a good idea, but there's not really much point in stressing about it because whether or not we do get one (or any specific character really) is pretty much a coin flip.
Don't worry. Terry debunked it.
Maybe. Though that post-Pass DLC fighter will likely have 0 gameplay in it's trailer.
Well, it's other people's wish lists to begin with so no one can say their choices are wrong and whatnot, everyone has their own preferences. There's a reason these characters are so common in these types of lists, it's because they're very popular.
Smash 4 was on the right track, but then they took a step back.
In your opinikn, what is the probability we do get one? Mine is probably 40-60 at worst.
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showed. Most video game girls aren't protagonists. Jill Valentine could easily be a alt for Leon along with Chris and Claire similar to the Dragon Quest Heroes, Lara Croft doesn't have much of a moveset potential compared to the Resident Evil characters from what is showed in her games and for 2B or Arle Nadja, I had no reason not to add them, I'm just not familiar with their series.
Kassandra would be her own character entirely with her brother as an alt.
The only thing is you'd think he/she would had been revealed alongside Rathalos. Its obvious Rathalos is the face of the series and represents the series enough as far as it goes.
Plus it's awkward to say a person's first and last names every time you mentioned them. I'm probably the only one here who mentions every character by their full name as represented in Smash (though even I commonly refer to Terry Bogard as just Terry.)
Incalculable. (I said coin-flip earlier which implies 50-50 but I really just meant random.)
I'm sure it doesn't matter too much considering she would likely be added in this "season 2" we're about to have.
I mean, nobody's denying that it's more concise, but it's weird how people use her as some kind of "gotcha" for people criticizing the lack of female characters when most people omit her when referring to Banjo. I like Kazooie, but 1/2 of a character who most people leave out of the full character's name is not substantial female representation.
sigh...in that case, how do you think people will say about the lack of true female characters? Do you think people would be mad about it, like me for instance? It's probably due to my experiences with a lot of FGC, but it would be a shame for Smash to be the only fighting game in the modern FGC to only have male DLC, compared to other fighting games I showed.One thing that has been pretty consistent with newcomers is that Sakurai always introduces new series into Smash with the protagonist first, whether it would be of the latest game like Joker and Eleven (Luminary) or a classic character like Marth and Simon Belmont. Some characters could be debated like Pikachu but then you can argue back that he was the protagonist of Pokemon Yellow.
It's mainly the reason why I didn't include any female characters in my fighters pass mock up that
My Fighters Pass was solely focused on adding iconic video game protagonists from critically acclaimed video game series from over the years, although Heihachi, Rayman and Spyro weren't my choices.
There's nothing stopping Monster Hunter from getting a playable character in post fighters pass DLC. Even if Rathalos is already in as a boss, who's to say they decide to go all in and make a playable character?
You also ignore though too that Monster Hunter has other Capcom reps to contend with.
The fact that you can name all of these and still miss characters like Arle Nadja, Cooking Mama, Sakura Shinguji, Reimu Hakurei, or Velvet Crowe is wild. It just goes to show that it's not as shallow as people think. Plus from there you can spin into series' that have heavy female fanbases such as Story of Seasons, Ace Attorney, Professor Layton, even double dipping in Final Fantasy 7 with Tifa or Sephiroth... There are options, people! And encouraging that those options be explored, especially in a pass that is already varied in audience and vibe, is a good thing.
*cough* Morrigan Aensland *cough*
She's from an currently inactive series though.
would you want the female by herself or as an alt?
How is 2B not iconic enough to get in Smash but Joker is? Her game actually outsold his by over a million.
Of course it has competition, every other third party has competition. I just don't subscribe to the idea that Monster Hunter has no chance of getting a playable character as DLC just because of Rathalos.
The base roster was large enough as is; a 3rd party avatar character (especially one as popular as Monster Hunter) that uses like a dozen different weapons seems like something that'd be regulated to DLC.
Herself. If it's an alt, I could say so.
I can almost guaruntee we'll make it out of this DLC cycle with at least one female representative. And I would put money on more. Sakurai is no doubt aware of the demand for female fighters, especially considering their absence from the Fighter Pass thus far.
A part of me feels actually Doom Slayer is next.
*chuckles* That was the same thing I've received when I told others about her being in Smash. But she's been with Capcom crossovers since day one so at least that would be a pipe dream that is actually still a dream.
i just wanted to know where you were coming from at the very least because i don't know a lot of iconic video game females only stuff from Capcom and Lara Croft but i don't even know what she would do
That's a fair point. I can't argue with that. I'd be honestly down for her anyways she'd bring in a unique moveset.
True but said crossovers also allowed a naked cat lady in the game so...
Even then in terms of another Capcom rep I'd feel an Resident Evil rep has the best shot getting in.
You can have your Doom Slayer by Season 2 DLC. Sakurai was probably testing the waters with a Western rep in Banjo. I don't feel like they should add 2 Western reps in one pass.
I feel you, but I think you should understand that we don't speculate out of sexism. It's just simply that there aren't many female third party characters to choose from. I'll happily take Lara Croft over some characters on my roster. But beyond that, you almost have to actively force a female pick.
I don't deny that I might be wrong because I could be just saying due to what I said its worth keeping check on. I probably am wrong anyways knowing Sakurai he's probably gonna surprise us again with a pick we don't expect.
In that case...*crosses fingers*Jill Valentine. Please be Jill Valentine. You gave her a moveset in Marvel VS Capcom. Let's make it such that she'll powercreep Snake in terms of camping ability.
I support Doom simply because Smash Ultimate is at this point the most expansive celebration of video gaming to date. I think an FPS representative would be sick just because it's an unexplored genre thus far in Smash. (Other than the Breegul Blaster... Funny that Kazooie is a cross argument to both lacking female and FPS representation.)
This female character debate is never going to end huh, I'd rather go back to people complaining about Terry not being iconic