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Then why is it that they always get in over the protagonist? I mean if Mortal Kombat is to get into Smash its obviously going to be Scorpion and not Liu Kang whose the main protagonist. Why if an Darkstalkers rep gets in it'll be Morrigan herself.
Darkstalkers is dead so I barely memorized **** and I saw Bold say 'clone move' so I assumed he meant that. Now I made an ass out of myself, proving I'm a chump and that everyone should shun me
Fighting games are weird because the mascot may legitimately not be the protagonist. Take Nightmare for instance. Dude ain't on the good spectrum in any DnD chart
That is quite a good point. It's not alm the time that protagonists are always the mascot.
Also, cool design.
Damn it Gwen. You were this close to convincing me you were a real gamer.
Oh yeah. **** Astral Vision.
You called Liu Kang the main protagonist yet you say Scorpion would be first despite not being the protag arghhhh you're SO close to realizing what my point is
Because he would. Again he's the poster boy and with fighting game franchises in terms of crossover appearances always goes with those.
To be fair, we live in the timeline where it took until Brawl before we got a physical Pokemon Trainer in Smash.
Except Pikachu's the actual mascot. Why else was he in since the first Smash?
I don't understand what you're arguing here
Yeah, besides, protganist first doesn't always mean "get to Smash first"
Argh, so close yet so far, you can do it!
Probably due to the nature of the game setting.
Exactly. They got in on their own merits instead of being the protagonist. Like Pikachu did. And like Alucard almost did
I'm not understanding this comparison at all...Pokemon Trainer IS the main protag....But Pikachu's the literal face of Pokemon itself...he's the literal game mascot.
Decent, but not as part of the Fighter's Pass. I still think an Octoling echo could happen.
Pretty likely. Ultimate only has seven Echo Fighters right now, and it would be a good way to get characters like Dixie Kong into the game with less effort. An eventual "Echo Fighters Pass" with just those characters would not be surprising to me.
But he doesn't represent the games, which is my point. I'd rather have the Trainer because they would bring the mainline Pokemon gameplay to Smash.
That's the point. The rule was always 'protag first!' And now it's shifting the goalpost by saying it doesn't count when the fanrule breaks. And it doesn't count when Sakurai heavily suggests he himself thinks it's bull
I see Dixie being more likely an semi-clone since I'd imagine her Up B being her Twirl and Final Smash being different. Otherwise I could see her having the Gumball Popgun and Monkey Flip being her Neutral B and Side B.
If Morrigan gets in, we need to have Chun-Li as well. I don't care about it being another Street Fighter character, it wouldn't feel right without her, like having Zelda without Peach. Sakurai clearly had no qualms overloading on Mario, Pokemon, and Fire Emblem, so just one more SF character wouldn't be the end of the world, especially when we're talking about the most popular female fighting game character of all time. She should have been the 2nd Street Fighter character anyway.
I was thinking of mentioning it but ultimately didn't because her only moment of focus in the main story (that I remember) is a simple darkest hour moment that was pretty quickly resolved. Honestly I think it may have developed Elma more than Lin.
To be fair the two moves are pretty much the same except one is actually interesting. Now that I think about it, Morrigan's Final Smash is destined to be boring. Astral Vision relies on being in a 1v1 (I suppose they could use the stage as the mirror point but even then it would be hard to justify the game turning power Final Smashes usually have when the user can just fight like normal) and Darkness Illusion is Omega Blitz and Final Edge levels of boring. She does have a missile launching super, but that one is likely to be a clone of either Zero Laser or Mario Finale or something.
Just going from a personal desire perspective, once more:
We still need a Konami rep that incorporates pachinko mechanics into their moveset. >_>
You're joking, but if you're wrong, I'm going to
Gentlepanda
you for no reason every time I make a post for the rest of the year. If you're right? Neat.I think they're likely later down the road.
I don't think Pyramid Head could be done justice as a playable character. It'd be one thing if this was a traditional fighting game where it could be slow but oppressive, but in smash you have to allow this lumbering creature to run and jump around (eliminating any chance of the character being unnerving whatsoever) and due to it's mechanics, slow = nonthreatening so the character wouldn't even be intimidating. A silent hill protagonist would likely be a better pick for a playable character, and Pyramid Head himself would do very well as an assist trophy that acted similarly to The Black Knight. You could even add in multiple protagonists Hero style and use the various mechanics from each game in order to fully represent Silent Hill's take on the survival horror genre.![]()
No.
Not likely or not happening at all.
None lately.
If I had to guess, he's probably not only checking with his own sources but checking with other leakers.
It's certainly taking him quite a while then.
Never forget it took him until February to back Erdrick.
He hasn't been that active on leaks since he put his hands on DQXI.
I'd say not to expect anything from him for a while. As it stands, it seems that no one has even an inkling of a guess on who it is and those that do have really only said who it's not (Hayabusa and Crash).
