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The main problem with Ryu is that, due to the nature of Street Fighter, he has no character arc. It's a little silly that he's been doing nothing but "walk around looking for stronger opponents" for over two decades. His backstory regarding the Satsui no Hadou is sort of at a permanent standstill. Other characters have jobs and families and more concrete objectives (however silly they may be), but not Ryu.
He goes through the same story every game with fighting with the dark side of himself and all. I mean it's okay because Street Fighter has never necessarily been super bent on the story driving it. But at least let the dude canonically grow a beard
So Sora got deconfirmed right after his Rate His Chances, and there was a massive argument there about whether Sora would be allowed from Disney and Nintendo due to the "No video-game characters" rule. Guess we found the answer.
No offense to the fans of Kingdom Hearts, but Sora was definitely a character I didn't want in... So at least some people will be happy about this. Sad to the overwhelming majority that won't get him, assuming we take Disney Japan's word as fact here
Yes. Byleth was chosen before his game released. So what? His game is also the latest in a franchise with proven hits, and the fact that they picked a character to develop before he even came out is a sign that they expected that Three Houses would do well. And they weren't exactly wrong, considering Three Houses adds another hit to the pile of Fire Emblem games.
That's what Nintendo gets for building their park in Universal studios.
I don't think Disney JP is opposed at all to Sora in Smash. I think it is more Disney's licensing shenanigans that might have caused talks to fall through.
I don't think Universal has anything to do with this. Again, I feel it is licensing problems that caused trouble.
If anything this is a strength for Geno, less competition.
Square was really difficult with Cloud but willing to play ball with Hero. If I had to guess I would say Geno would be no problem. It would be a matter of Nintendo asking.
So Nintendo did approach Microsoft for Master chief, I wonder if he will be playable or the conversation leads to nothing.
I think it is more licensing shenanigans regarding Sora that caused trouble. I am really confident that Disney JP and Square-Enix are open to the idea.
You can be open to something, but stuff can still fall through in talks when it comes to specifics.
"Licensing shenanigans"... I'm guessing that means Disney content and characters got in the way?
This is ultimately what I've always felt. Unless that cog is Bob Iger himself, one person's approval, however important, is ultimately meaningless.
I kinda see it that way as well, just it also feels like they may just decide on another “more-important” SE character.
You're talking about the same company that only allowed Square-Enix to let people download Sora in World of Final Fantasy for a limited time. I don't think it is Disney's own content that is getting in the way.
... I didn't know that was how Sora as World of Final Fantasy DLC was handled.
Sakura from Sakura Wars has a good chance.
Wow... Just.... Whoa, can't lie this makes me sad. I kept my hype in check, but this still hurts a little... So this basically means that Sora is out of the race... This sucks.
Seems I've been missing out on something recent.
Given how...rushed a lot of his content seems to be, I wonder what warranted the delay.
I knew it! He was intended to be revealed/released earlier, that's why his trailer is designed like a bait-and-switch trailer! Now I just wonder why the delay.
Ironic. Joker was never meant for December 2018 planned for supposedly January 2019 whereas Byleth was for December 2019 but revealed in January 2020. Who would had known?
Who is this guy?
Ex-Game Informer member. Considering he says this as if their facts on ResetEra, I'll say he's credible.
Imran Khan, he was Game Informer's former editor-in-chief before he got laid off due to financial difficulties of GameStop (G.I.'s parent company). He is a highly reputable figure in the industry.
I still remember the one about how Byleth was meant to be the first character of pass 2, but got swapped with the intended FP5.
I'd like to see more of an explanation on why he thinks stuff got pushed around and such, some juicy tidbits that may or may not get him in trouble
Doubly so given that the nature of Byleth's inclusion mean that he absolutely couldn't have.
Oh no no no, he's a last second replacement for Kraid after the computer hosting his files fell through to the core of the planet on January 15 because Kraid was too heavy, so Sakurai had to spend three hours ripping assets from FE3H to quickly create a new fighter and a trailer to go with it. This theory is almost certainly what happened because I believe it with my heart.
I'm not arguing on the hypothetical that Three Houses could've flopped, I'm saying basing your newcomer on a character that's still in development is a bad idea in general. It's a bad practice because it's solely adding a character just to market the game. This is DLC, we're being charged to promote a character so the game can sell better. It seem more like putting your business practice ahead of the consumer you're selling your product to. It's gonna rub people the wrong way and the more we're defending say "At least Three Houses was a great game so it deserves it despite being decided way in advance" just means that we'll continue to get crap like that. You think it'll be exciting to see a brand new game that never been revealed and announce that that character will be in Smash Bros immediately on the same day as the reveal? Oh what am I say, majority of Smash fans will bend over backwards once a character gets added in.
