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I don’t think western companies like Microsoft are legally allowed to buy Japanese companies like SEGA but I could be wrong. I do think it would be amusing if Nintendo bought them considering their rivalry in the early console wars.
Same here. I don’t think they will get bought out since it doesn’t seem to happen often with Japanese companies. I was just saying it would be kind of amusing to see after being such big rivals early on, not that I necessarily want it to happen.
I’m in the same boat. For me at least, it’s worth the money to play on a console. It’s really hard to play couch co-op on a PC and I never cared much about online gaming.
Honestly, at this point I think I'd only want Nintendo to buy up a company. I know that goes against a lot of their believes (they actually respect their affiliate's independance), but there are some companies that I think would only benefit Nintendo, if they at least considered it.
For me, my laptop can't download ANYTHING, so consoles are the only option I have...
Personally I have a Series S and I loved it. I only have a laptop at home (and not a gaming laptop, the thing can barely run Word and Power point), so building a pc from scratch would have cost me way more than the Series S. Also I think the console is more user friendly. The bigest downside is the small storage (Forza horizon 5 alone take like 1/5 of space) but you can expand it if you want. I never buy games on it, I only use it as a game pass consoles and it gets the job done.
Pretty much the same with me. I was only interested in Playstation because they were getting Final Fantasy (including ports of the SNES games) and other RPGs, a genre they continued to dominate for at least a couple more console generations. I did enjoy some Shadow of the Colossus and a few others, but for the most part, I wasn't near as invested in their first-party IPs. That said, it seems so easy for me to completely write them off now that they're just turning their backs on Japan (with even their aforementioned first-parties taking a major hit after the closure of their Japan Studio), and so many of the once-exclusive franchises are now finding their way back to Nintendo and other platforms. And don't even get me started on their personal politics (I'll just say that, as a rural Californian, I am NOT fond of the kind of BS imposed on us by SanFran and other big cities).
This gave me a flashback to something I said years ago, and now that the buyout happened they basically quadrupled their options lol. I'd definitely play it.
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I keep hearing this higher recognizability argument being thrown around, but they choose Banjo for a reason. That one being, he was majorly requested and thus most popular with the Smash fan base. Which shouldn't be a surprise, Smash 64 and Banjo where both some of the biggest games on N64.
That’s exactly what I’ve been saying. I think most people aren’t really considering history with Nintendo as a factor. In RARE’s case, I can’t really blame Smash fans. RARE has been with Microsoft longer than some posters have been alive so it’s not really fair to expect them to share my appreciation for the company. Still, I do think history is important and that’s why I feel like RARE shouldn’t be written off even if their characters don’t have the same mainstream appeal they once did.
I mean, Ultimate showed that ties to Nintendo and Smash fanbase aren't everything. We still get characters like Sephiroth, Kazuya, Joker, and Terry.
imo, just go for the Xbox. It's not looking like the PC gaming market is gonna become more accessible anytime soon.
Joker is the only one I truly cannot explain. Probably had to do with the success of his game. I always thought he was the worst choice for a DLC character. But the rest are fighting game characters, and Sephiroth well, he comes from the same game as Cloud. Cloud was massively requested, to many a dream come true.
Pretty solid roster, although I don't agree with everything here. The biggest thing for me is Paula as a third Mother rep. Unless Mother gets a huge revival at the end of the Switch era (let's be real it won't happen), I don't see why it would get a third characters. But even if it would get a third characters, I don't see why they would go with Paula instead of Ninten, Porky or Poo. I also don't see the point of Classic Link considering that we already have 3 Link and Botw Link already have a skin that looks fairly similar to Classic.
Weird you make Dixie Kong an Echo, but not Octolings....
I'd say that even the supposed "RPG bias" feels like a hyperbole excuse given that 20-23 of them hail from first party series that introduce new characters every instalment, and wether people like it or not, Smash will still pull content/fighters from newer games because Nintendo is a company that wants their products to be seen, and Sakurai is aware of that. While 3rd parties get.... Cloud, Sephiroth, Joker, Hero and Sora.
I mean, if they went and added Elmer Fudd and Mickey Mouse, then me and many others wouldn't like it even though the roster would still be dominated by video game characters. It's more arguing over the extent to which the Nintendo IPs dominate the roster since it is basically a given that they will at least make up a majority of it (barring a total u-turn which would basically amount to such a game not even being Smash anymore).
I object to Dixie being an Echo. A tweaked Up B isn't enough to convey her properly. Diddy barely fights with his tail but Dixie over relies on her hair for fighting and movement. She doesn't cartwheel around. X and Zero swapping is interesting; I don't mind it but Zero was always better than X in the series so I'd give him his own slot.
If we get a game that only has, like, 4 new characters, and 2 of those slots go to Takamaru and Ayumi, I will burn this world down.
But what if 2 Slots went to Andross and Excitebiker, the World would finally come in Peace.
Lol. I would personally be fine with a straight port that just started up the DLC again but I’d obviously prefer note. Everyone has their own taste but I agree that my list would look nothing like that.
With like 10 active players on steam?
A "failure" has more to do with how much money something has made, rather than how many are currently playing/watching it. Given how it's obviously got a low budget, it'd be easy for NASB to be a commercial success, seeing as how it wouldn't need to sell a million to break even.
There are a few normals and aerials I could picture Dixie take from Diddy, maybe even variations of Specials, but that would make her a semi clone. Echoes don't have unique grab mechanics.
It's a commercial success sure. The sales figures probably say as such.
I’ve always really liked Dixie Kong but if we get her, I want her moveset to be based on one of two things. Either a tag mechanic with Kiddy or Diddy Kong or her specials making use of animal buddies like Rambi, Sqwaks, and Enguarde. Both mechanics were a huge part of the identity of DKC and neither are represented with our current characters.
Yes. That means it is not a failure. Its player count is irrelevant to whether or not is a failure.
PSASBR sold over a million copies which, for all intents was a success considering the inexperienced team who put it together, but I don't think it's unfair to say that the game failed in many other areas.
If this next Smash is focussed on moveset revamps, I could see the Diddy and Dixie tag team mechanic being reworked. As Diddy was voted seemingly as the least popular Smash Ultimate character.
