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I don't know if I love it, but it's certainly an option.
This one brought back horrible flashbacks.
It just doesn't feel special if it's a glorified Multi-Man Smash. And yeah, doing it this way makes it harder, but it's also just less fun.
I too don't like it in its current form, because I don't get why we beat up countless Miis now instead of making new opponents like the Fighting Polygon Team, Wireframes, and Alloys.
That made sense in at least 4, since they were the newest generic Team(and had a generic design to boot). Not giving us something new in Ultimate, though? Oof.
Eh, I didn't even really like the Miis as the Team in 4, it just felt weird. Like the Polygons, Wireframes, and Alloys were obviously derivative of their original characters, but it had a different vibe to it, like something made these but you don't know what or why they copied some of the cast to make them.
The Mii Fighters not being in Classic was always weird. It made sense for certain parts of online, at least. It's not really all that clear why, though them not having a unique default coloring does make sense. But there could be any number of reasons overall. Like, the option wasn't bad, just wasn't executed terribly well either way.
THIS. I miss the Wireframes and Alloys in particular. They along with the Polygons had a certain aesthetic and charm to them that made fighting them intriguing.
If they do that I want beating Multi-Man Smash challenges to unlock the sprites as skins.
And a Boss Rush that uses the same structure.
You know, I just thought about this and thought to myself "Well that depends on if we get a story for bosses to exist in" but I guess with the bosses getting implemented into Classic now that's not necessarily true, so when I realized that I was like "Huh, you know? I want that back too." lol
That's got me thinking: In Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, both have 10 bosses each (not counting tandem bosses like Master Hand & Crazy Hand or Galeem & Dharkon). Assuming the next game followed suit, which bosses would you pick?
Dont you dare give me hope.
Hard to say for me (though the bias in me wants me to pick something like a fight against Moebius or Z or just anything Xenoblade really), but something I did remember while thinking about it that I'd like to see back is honestly the Master Core stuff. I thought adding that stuff to Master Hand in 4 was awesome, and considering Ultimate used 4 as a base I'm surprised they didn't keep that stuff at least for Classic mode.
We can already fight all the bosses ( except Dharkon & Galeem ) separately because they all have spirits , which show up in the collection. I just wish there was a tab in the spirit collection so i could practice against each quicker
That's not what a Boss Rush is.
I’d like to see franchises that haven’t got bosses yet (or in a while) finally get them.
Actually, on a similar note; if Smash Ultimate had 6 more bosses, who would you pick and why? For me:
FYI, Brawl's was... not quite as random.
Impa
Light Realm:
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It didn't do that bad. Around 7 mln across both Switch and Wii U... In fact it did quite good lol.
I feel like they probably will make a sequel eventually, but Retro made the original in 2014, rereleased it in 2018, and that or probably even before that was done would be when Prime 4 restarted development since Nintendo announced it had restarted with Retro in early 2019, so they've kinda been on Prime for like 6 years next year between that and the first game's remaster on Switch.It didn't do that bad. Around 7 mln across both Switch and Wii U... In fact it did quite good lol.
Any other company would have made a sequel
But yeah it deserved even better. Definitely the best 2d platformer in recent-ish times imo
As far as adhering to the 10-bosses limit, here are my picks, split between “minor” bosses and “major” bosses.
After all this time, the next game would feel more like another reboot than a sequel imo.
Tbh, in a post-Smash Ultimate world, I'm still kinda hoping the next DKC game has like K. Rool being the one who sent the Tikis and the Snowmads, and that might explain why Lord Fredrik was so similar to an old-school K. Rool boss fight or something.After all this time, the next game would feel more like another reboot than a sequel imo.
But, looking back at the best selling Switch titles... Mario, Zelda, Pokémon, Smash, Animal Crossing and barely Kirby with Forgotten Land are the only Nintendo franchises to have outsold the Switch version of Tropical Freeze.
Like, Animal Crossing and Kirby are on the rise but the other are Nintendo's historical heavy hitters. DK is still very strong, what's weird is that you absolutely couldn't tell that from online discourse and Nintendo's own treatment of the series.
Sorty, everyone. Just my weekly rant about how bad Nintendo mistreats DK
I'd be very surprised if they didn't. K. Rool's popularity and demand shown them that there's a high level of demand for the character and the Kremlings as a whole, so it'd make a lot of sense that they'd capitalize on it with the next game and promote it with their grand return.
I mean Nintendo still has access to DK's entire cast (including the characters created by Rare), it just feels like they don't know what to even do with them. Hopefully K. Rool's demand for Smash will give them the hint to bring back the Kremling Krew in the next DK outing, whenever that ends up happening.
This just reminds me that Warioware is one of the series portals on the Japanese Nintendo website, and has been for a while.
Bear with my rambling thoughts - thinking about some of the "single rep" Nintendo series that theoretically have viable options to expand with. Every Smash game has gone through some effort to level the playing field and build up recurring series. And as I stated the other day, with the relative lack of fresh new Nintendo IPs to start plucking from, it seems likely the next roster will bulk up on some of its existing universes.
This one seems pretty clear cut to me, so it's kind of a rhetorical question. With no F-Zero or Punch-Out games in sight, and little demand for new characters, I suspect these two will remain lonely. ARMS is unlikely to expand without a second game, which we've got no murmurs of yet.
On the more positive front, Splatoon is practically guaranteed to get at least one new character in some capacity or another. Pikmin has seen impressive growth and Switch / Nintendo brand presence, likely enough to put it on the table, so there's a decent possibility here. WarioWare has also seen two Switch releases (of more dubious success?) and has a wealth of characters to choose from, with a fairly popular choice in Ashley. Probably less likely than the other two, but the series has been mobile and the support exists.
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I guess I'll use this to spring into a different question... are there any series that feel particularly "under-repped" nowadays? This used to be one of the biggest buzzwords tossed around back in the day, but I think we've leveled things out to at least a reasonable extent for most of the longstanding series like DK or Metroid. I think the most frequent complaints that come close would be Zelda's controversial state... which is maybe more along the lines of "misrepresentation" rather than a lack thereof. And Kirby, which feels like somewhat of a similar scenario that bleeds more into nonplayable content.
Relative to their current day presence - I'd say Animal Crossing, Splatoon and Pikmin are the standouts.
Granted, this is just more of an "on paper" judgement of which series feel like they occupy more space among the Nintendo brand than they do on the Smash roster. Theoretically these series can be represented pretty efficiently, with the core mechanics and game essence being projected nicely through their existing casts. If Tom Nook were playable and Octolings were represented in some playable fashion, I think you'd at least have the bare essentials. But some of these other important series have been able to breach the bare essentials into exploring fun options outside the realm of necessity. The roster is big enough for some wiggle room and these series have enough going on to take up some extra property. Although I don't think the discussion of "under-representation" arises for these series, because it's typically reserved for classic legacy IPs and not post-2000s Nintendo. The fans aren't stirring for this the way they did for K. Rool or Ridley, or the way they're hoping for Bandana Waddle Dee now.
It feels weird to me since Pikmin has been around since 2001, but I feel like Pikmin has been kind of getting a rough deal to the point that it's just now hitting its stride. All of the games were successful enough, but Pikmin 1 and 2 came out on the Gamecube (a console that flopped), and 3 came out on the Wii U (another console that flopped).
And now, Miyamoto can finally rest. And watch the sunrise on a grateful universe.
To an extent I wonder if the long as **** wait for Pikmin 4 kinda mythologised it to an extent and helped bring up some of the anticipation and marketing. Either way, Pikmin 4 didn't like blow the entire world away but it obviously did good, 3.5 mil is nothing to sneeze at, so it feels in a better position now.
