Re: Anime Swordfighters
Overhated by a prominent vocal minority of the fandom, likely by the casual crowd. RPGs are also just traditionally more niche than other genres.
I do think having a sword isn’t the drawback a lot of the Smash fandom seems to think it is. It’s a tool, one that can have a lot of different effects, be slow and heavy or quick and nimble, coupled with different movement options.
Swordfighters are so prominent in Smash mainly because of Fire Emblem using a different cast every game or so, rarely revisiting the main cast of different games.
Fire Emblem also shot itself in the foot when you have Chrom, a clone of a clone who already had a clone. And Corrin, who did not come at the right time. I think Corrin would have had better reception if we didn’t get Roy in Smash 4 DLC as well.
This hate snowballed into Smash Ultimate, where it morphed into disdain for the anime style, swordfighters, and even first-party characters in general.
But in general, I think swordfighters are overhated, and if people think they’re uncreative, I don’t know how they’d react to new characters from Animal Crossing, Pikmin, or even a decision to lazily copy-paste Sonic’s Moveset onto Shadow or Tails.
In short, give each character a chance. Just because you played one swordfighter doesn’t mean you’ve played all of them. They all play differently, even just slightly in cases of echo fighters.
Some people seem to dislike characters that are vaguely similar. But sometimes, it’s the little things that make things feel right.
