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Well, just like what someone on this thread said:
He's one of the big bads from Warcraft and a very important character to the Warcraft universe. The original Lich King was a Orc Shaman under the control of the Burning Legion and used to control the Undead Scourge. But the Lich King found a way to break the Undead free from their overlords by corrupting and leading the Paladin-turned-Deathknight Arthas to him, and by Arthas merging with him, they were able to break the Undead Scourge free from the Burning Legion's control. And eventually became the big bad in World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King.
Or her attacks do, like, .1% damage and cause zero knockback and standing in front of her is more like getting DoT'd than hit with an actual attack.
I think even that is overstating things though. Touhou is not a "big thing" in Japan. It's not Dragon Quest or Monster Hunter or Dynasty Warriors. It's popular...for an indie franchise, in Japan.
Sorry, but Touhou IS obscure in the west. To a much greater degree than any of the other examples you listed.
Illidan would have a much better moveset...If we get a Blizzard character it had better be the Lich King.
Take a gander at this ****ing bad ass.
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Time to put my two brain cells to good use.
Quoting from Lara Croft support thread. So Halo isn't that much obscure in Japan. It looks like Sakurai is fond of Halo at least. The only missing piece is presence on Nintendo system, but we will see about that.
Hasn't Blizzard stated that they'd love to put Diablo (The character) in Smash?
The fact that he's popular in the smash bubble is pretty much why I don't expect him, at the very least as part of the Fighter's pass. I don't particularly think that what the Smash fanbase wants matters for the Fighter's pass. I'm 100% on board with Banjo being the only bone the Smash fanbase gets on the fighters Pass, otherwise it has been pretty well tuned to get people from outside the Smash fanbase to look at Smash. Any character chosen for the pass is going to want to draw in the fanbase it relates too and from a business perspective, Yuri does that for Tales fans far more than Lloyd would.
The developers of Diablo 3 for Switch mentioned that IIRC. Just like Jeff Kaplan mentioned he would like Tracer in Smash. So it wasn't Blizzard as a whole that wanted Diablo in Smash.
I don't think Blizzard's opinion on the matter means jack (not that we've ever had a third-party decided by the third-party itself, in any case). They can't decide who Nintendo wants, and they can't argue that Warcraft's had the biggest cultural impact of any of their IPs. I can very much see it as a "Warcraft or nothing" scenario in this case.
Oh no, I completely agree that Lloyd is ridiculously likely for Smash; but I'm just stating Lloyd isn't the face of Tales.
I keep saying if they want to end Season 1 with a bang, Crash Bandicoot or Master Chief is the way to go. Those are the real bombshell characters, not more JRPG stuff. Platform-exclusive characters the ones that really break the barriers (although Crash hasn't been that for a while now, he still has the perception of being a Sony mascot).
Yea. Smash hasn't had MMORPG's represented yet.
false.Smash character reveals never ended in a bang.
what is niche to you? The games have a very small fan base. I don’t think sakurai is going to be making a character in smash based on how many people make up a new manga based on the character that’s kind of nothing to do with the game. I’m still waiting for you to link me where he said he loves bullet hell games. I didn’t see any other links from anyone. Again I laid out the argument it has to be one of three option. You are relying on Reimu/touhou in particular to be important to sakurai. I’m asking you what evidence you have for that. More than saying he’s played a bullet hell game before. That doesn’t seem solid at all.
And people who get pissed at the roster for who's included are stupid. I'm not going to mince words with that statement.
I didn’t really ask your opinion, you guys were just acting like casuals don’t care. Hell yeah they do
First of all, I beg to differ, Bayonetta was an explosive reveal because they never thought a character from an M-rated action game would get in.Smash character reveals never ended in a bang.
Literally 3/4 of DLC weren’t heavily requested so what are you talking about
And I'm not gonna mince words with mine. They're rightfully upset. A handful of these characters are garbage and should've never gotten in or returned.
Unlikely according to who? Also, him being a minority shouldn't matter. Sakurai said in the Terry overview direct that a character being fun to play matters more than them being recognizable or current.
They really don't Casuals have all they'll ever need with Mario, Link and Pikachu. The only ones who I see truly upset are those that take roster speculation too far.
lol
Did you even read my post man? God damn I said in plain english one way a character is chosen is from sakurai liking a character personally. I wrote 3 options and you ignored 2 of them.
I mean there’s different levels of casuals. There super casual gamers where they hardly touch a game. They’re not who we’re talking about. Most of those people who got pissed over DQ are pretty casual lukewarm smashers, probably aren’t great at the game, don’t know the importance or chance of certain characters etc. That’s why they don’t know or care about DQ.
Yeah I saw the other 2, but I chose to talk about one, I thought you meant that all 3 of them need to apply to get a character in smash dlc, which is false
It's for that reason I could see a reveal at the upcoming Chinese presentation. Yes, the chances are slim partly since we just got Terry. However, they have not shown off Smash there, at all. If they've shown off Odyssey, BOTW and Lets Go there it feels a little weird that they've been mum on Smash. They've not stated when the presentation will take place either, whether in November, December or even January. Terry's presentation just got a version with Chinese subtitles FTR.
You say it sarcastically, but I legitimately want Koopa Troopa to be a playable character
To add to this:Yall give Banjo-Kazooie no credit. Ppl gotta understand: BK are NINTENDO CHARACTERS. BK's worlds are tied to DK's, Nintendo promo'd them like any other 1st party icon, they were designed to fit in w/ Mario and the crew. I dont think theres any 3rd/4th party characters *not in smash yet* that is/are as intertwined with Nintendo as BK.
On the official site for Banjo Kazooie, check out this page on the BK themed train in Japan! @WinkySteve @grantkirkhope https://t.co/uN9s5Vhc1r pic.twitter.com/yaCjJFE80j
— Andrew (Beta64) (@Beta64Official) February 7, 2018
It's not meant to be a "trick", it's what everyone's expecting. They could just pull a Capcom and blueball us, but given that every game company takes the opportunity to advertise their upcoming games at the event it's unlikely there won't be anything.
When's the Chinese presentation?
Why is revealing a character at the biggest game awards show of the year where every studio in gaming is vying for attention with not only the most awards but the best announcements so they can get a head start on the new year a trick? Pretty sure that's just common sense. You want people to buy your DLC? You want people to buy your next DLC? You want people to spend their money on your product? Then you want the most amount of people as possible to see your hand. And there's no better place to do this than the Game Awards. More so than even E3 at this point.
Bayonetta's reveal was definitely a bang. Her games haven't been that huge, but she's a huge character. She's probably top 10 all-time iconic female video game characters. Plus she was the "ballot winner".Smash character reveals never ended in a bang.
I see then. I'm kind of paranoid that at one point, the Game Awards will be nothing more than a second E3 without the Award Show essence. Sorry for the hot take.
