Official Newcomer/DLC Speculation Discussion

[Sysreq]

What an overly drastic measure to ensure politics isn't talked about. No real opinion beyond it being a kneejerk business decision they'll have to live with.

The irony is that it only brought more awareness and attention to the situation in Hong Kong lol

 

[GoodGrief741]

I generally judge a character or franchise by, well, the character or franchise itself, not whatever company just so happens to own it so honestly as someone who is a huge fan of Overwatch I'm still not really against Tracer being in Smash, as Tracer herself is cool.

I haven't exactly been following this Hong Kong/Blizzard situation as much as others though tbh. From what I gather, some competitive player for a Blizzard game spoke out against the Chinese government and Blizzard banned them, if I'm not mistaken here (by all means correct me if this very basic description is off). I dunno, it sounds like a ****ty decision on Blizzard's part, but maybe it was just a "we don't want players dipping into controversial stuff" thing and not a "we agree with China and hate freedom of speech" thing (again, if I'm off here and Blizzard actually does support what Chine is doing, by all means correct me). Not trying to defend or support Blizzard's decision or say it was good, but just curious about Blizzard's motivation or reason behind it, I guess.

The crux of the matter is if Blizzard deliberately avoiding taking a stance in such a delicate situation is akin to tacitly/passively supporting the position they're not censoring. And that's all I'll say on the matter because I don't know what rules are on this kind of matter, but I know where I stand.

 

[ZelDan]

What an overly drastic measure to ensure politics isn't talked about. No real opinion beyond it being a kneejerk business decision they'll have to live with.

That's basically what I'm getting from this. Blizzard was just wanting to avoid controversy and ended up going about it in a way that completely and utterly backfires.

 

[Wunderwaft]

The irony is that it only brought more awareness and attention to the situation in Hong Kong lol

That's the Streisand effect for ya.

 

[Deleted member]

The irony is that it only brought more awareness and attention to the situation in Hong Kong lol

In the famous words of whoever tried restoring that one Christ painting, "Oops."

 

[Cutie Gwen]

The irony is that it only brought more awareness and attention to the situation in Hong Kong lol

Not to mention people are using Mei Overwatch as a symbol for the protests to get her banned in China like Winnie the Pooh

 

[BZL8]

Blizzcon is in a few weeks. Suffice to say, how the whole Hong Kong mess affects the event should be really interesting.

 

[Blade of Evil's Bane]

Her fighting style involving zombies was very fun in MVC2, but I do truly believe bloody zombies would be an issue for ratings, so I discarded that idea.
Also, I only drew her normal combos and attack specials. I tried to keep it in a style like classic Resident Evil games where you need to choose carefully when to use your weapons and items, while still keeping some elements from newer games.

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Wow this is a really cool moveset concept and the illustrations are great btw.

I particularly like the idea of the inventory and the limited ammo, it's totally Resident Evil-esque.

There's a support thread for Jill in Smash, i'm sure the people there would be interested to see your take on her potential moveset. Here's a link to it: https://smashboards.com/threads/the-master-of-unlocking-jill-will-survive-in-smash.454842/page-6

( Rie Sonomura see how i nailed it this time... wait... *double checks if it's the right Jill*, yup nailed it )

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[Deleted member]

Blizzcon is in a few weeks. Suffice to say, how the whole Hong Kong mess affects the event should be really interesting.

It'll be like Area 51, but now the Chinese Government is going to storm Blizzcon.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I've been thinking btw. Never a good thing, but this thought I got is something I kind of want to see

If Spencer from Bionic Commando got in, would the chuds saying Banjo's sword counts as a female rep do the same for the Bionic Arm?

 

[BZL8]

It'll be like Area 51, but now the Chinese Government is going to storm Blizzcon.

Imagine a whole flock of attendees coming to Blizzcon dressed up as Winnie the Pooh.

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

Blizzcon is in a few weeks. Suffice to say, how the whole Hong Kong mess affects the event should be really interesting.

You thought "Is this an out of season April Fools joke?" was a great moment?

This'll easily take the cake.

 

[Deleted member]

If Spencer from Bionic Commando got in, would the chuds saying Banjo's sword counts as a female rep do the same for the Bionic Arm?

I mean, Kazooie's an actual living character while Spencer's arm is practically a dead carcass.

 

[Deleted member]

Blizzcon is in a few weeks. Suffice to say, how the whole Hong Kong mess affects the event should be really interesting.

"Raid Blizzcon wearing pro Hong Kong t-shirts and Winnie the Pooh cosplay, they can't throw us all out"

 

[BZL8]

You thought "Is this an out of season April Fools joke?" was a great moment?

This'll easily take the cake.

Thanks for reminding me that the whole “Do you guys not have phones” fiasco happened just one year ago.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I mean, Kazooie's an actual living character while Spencer's arm is practically a dead carcass.

Her personality in the games doesn't come across at all as she's either the biggest asshole on the planet or horny on main so I don't see it

 

[inksaver]

Wow this is a really cool moveset concept and the illustrations are great btw.

I particularly like the idea of the inventory and the limited ammo, it's totally Resident Evil-esque.

There's a support thread for Jill in Smash, i'm sure the people there would be interested to see your take on her potential moveset. Here's a link to it: https://smashboards.com/threads/the-master-of-unlocking-jill-will-survive-in-smash.454842/page-6

( Rie Sonomura see how i nailed it this time... wait... *double checks if it's the right Jill*, yup nailed it )


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awesome! I will share it in that thread, thanks for all the help

 

[Deleted member]

Her personality in the games doesn't come across at all as she's either the biggest ******* on the planet or horny on main so I don't see it

I just see that as Smash not trying too hard to make the character 1-for-1. Otherwise, we'd probably have a more expressive Cloud or a less sassy Lucina.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I just see that as Smash not trying too hard to make the character 1-for-1. Otherwise, we'd probably have a more expressive Cloud or a less sassy Lucina.

Eh. Just means I get to ***** about Smash failing to get the bare minimum on character interaction more

 

[Deleted member]

Eh. Just means I get to ***** about Smash failing to get the bare minimum on character interaction more

It's a fair thing to ***** about.

 

[Deleted member]

I just see that as Smash not trying too hard to make the character 1-for-1. Otherwise, we'd probably have a more expressive Cloud or a less sassy Lucina.

It took 10 years for Mario not to be perpetually ****ing pissed off all the time in Smash

 

[Deleted member]

It took 10 years for Mario not to be perpetually ****ing pissed

Remember in Brawl where Mario got so pissed he punched the ground hard enough for the Earth to shake?

 

[Cutie Gwen]

It took 10 years for Mario not to be perpetually ****ing pissed off all the time in Smash

It's funny cause while that's true, the Plant trailer has 1 thing that was always consistent: People noticing how pissed Mario looks when walking.


Also holy **** can we add Vergil in Smash? His Concentration mechanic in DMC4SE and 5 post patch sounds really fun to implement

 

[Will]

What would Snake even say if he had lines in World of Light? He would just be questioning everything.

We each need to take down about ten.
Ten?
Stow your fear, it's now or never!
Fear?
We'll win this. I know we will!
Psycho Mantis?

 

[Deleted member]

What would Snake even say if he had lines in World of Light? He would just be questioning everything.

We each need to take down about ten.
Ten?
Stow your fear, it's now or never!
Fear?
We'll win this. I know we will!
Psycho Mantis?

Colonel, why can't we just nuke Galeem?
Colonel: ...
Well?

 

[Will]

Colonel, why can't we just nuke Galeem?
Colonel: ...
Well?

Snake has a mental breakdown as Colonel keeps information from him for the nth time.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Colonel, why can't we just nuke Galeem?
Colonel: ...
Well?

This is bull**** Snake would NEVER support nukes

 

[Deleted member]

This is bull**** Snake would NEVER support nukes

You're absolutely right 100%.

 

[Will]

You're absolutely right 100%.

woah woah woah those are tactical MOABs.

nothing as heretic as the nukes metal gear uses

 

[Deleted member]

woah woah woah those are tactical MOABs.

nothing as heretic as the nukes metal gear uses

Oh pardon me, madam. Let me just "tactically MOAB" all of Outer Heaven then.

 

[Calamitas]

Oh pardon me, madam. Let me just "tactically MOAB" all of Outer Heaven then.

Hrrrrnggghh. . . tactical MOBAs, huh?

Misspelling intentional

 

[Will]

Oh pardon me, madam. Let me just "tactically MOAB" all of Outer Heaven then.

no no no no ysee liquid's nanomachines are too strong and therefore tactially bombing the place would do nothing but make his location even more of a mystery. far more entertaining to have a 1-hour fist fight as a final boss

 

[DarthEnderX]

Oh pardon me, madam. Let me just "tactically MOAB" all of Outer Heaven then.

It's actaully a significant difference as radiation isn't involved in MOABs.

And those aren't even MOABs anyway, they're basically Stinger missiles fired from the Pequod.

 

[GoodGrief741]

Blizzcon is in a few weeks. Suffice to say, how the whole Hong Kong mess affects the event should be really interesting.

I never expected anything to top last year's Blizzcon but oooh boy. This will be something.

I've been thinking btw. Never a good thing, but this thought I got is something I kind of want to see

If Spencer from Bionic Commando got in, would the chuds saying Banjo's sword counts as a female rep do the same for the Bionic Arm?

People generally try to forget that game existed. It's a very nice tradition and I'm saddened to see you disregard it so.

 

[Plank08]

I know people REALLY don’t want a Blizzard character because of the terrible stuff they as a company have done, and I’m not disagreeing on that, but I highly doubt adding them in the game will damage Nintendo’s pride when they already have:
Microsoft(Watch VideoGameDunkys video)
Konami
Sega
I’m Probably missing a company.

 

[Will]

funny how we went from "pfffft, tracer should totally be in smash! don't hate on blizzard!" to "ew, blizzard? not in my smash bros!" within a week's time

 

[Al-kīmiyā']

funny how we went from "pfffft, tracer should totally be in smash! don't hate on blizzard!" to "ew, blizzard? not in my smash bros!" within a week's time

"we" who?

 

[Will]

"we" who?

"we" the unspecified ubiquitous amount of supporters after the "leak" of Overwatch content totally meaning Tracer was in Smash before Terry showed up.

 

[Sysreq]

funny how we went from "pfffft, tracer should totally be in smash! don't hate on blizzard!" to "ew, blizzard? not in my smash bros!" within a week's time

Not me, I hate Tracer. Now D.Va I could get behind...

...Well, maybe a week ago.

 

[Al-kīmiyā']

"we" the unspecified ubiquitous amount of supporters after the "leak" of Overwatch content totally meaning Tracer was in Smash before Terry showed up.

Yeah, that wasn't a thing.