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You know, I did not really see Shantae as that dark skinned out side the images of her in her first game. Now with that, what I thought before that I just said is kind of weird now, even to me. Strange I did not get that about her in her later games.
The main problem I have with it is, even though according to you they're not fixated on their race, they act like the roster not having a black character is some kind of flaw in the roster and it's not. Like I said, I have no problem with people liking a character for all those reasons you just mentioned but we know what Smash Bros is about and that race has nothing to do with that. So if a black character doesn't get in, well it's unfortunate but when you go "they have no excuse, they could have done better", that's when you're taking things a little too seriously.
I don’t think anyone’s saying they need to sit down and specifically select characters on the basis of them being black. But representation matters to a lot of people dude.
I know. I was just saying.
You can say black dawg, it's not offensive
Well she's meant to be middle eastern so it counts.
She is a gem that many didn't know during a time, so the majority didn't see the shift until Half Genie Hero's kickstarter to official release. I didn't know her until Pirate's Curse during the 3DS's life.
Well, that makes sense. I would say something about the color of Middle Easterners, but at the risk of saying something even slightly offensive to them, even if it is not offensive at all and just about their color, I'd rather not say it if that is okay.
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I feel like people will look at the choice with hindsight bias and conclude that they were the only logical picks from their respective series, like the community has done with 90% of “out-of-left-field” picks.
Undertale itself went on become one of the most popular indie games too. So yeah, that is indeed importance.
Over a decade later? By this point, Fire Emblem already had a solid legacy in the RPG genre. It doesn't matter what state the franchise was in.
That's all you had to say; she's a unique fighter that can bring in Engage's mechanics and that alone would be enough without race being needed. Roy had his own reasons, so you don't need to worry about him. You also don't need to keep questioning why other characters got in already, as some got in much later than others. For example, why did Byleth get in after Chrom? Why did they have go through those "extra hoops"? It's the same thing.
Unfortunately though, the vicious cycle here goes like:
I know that, though the acronym feels poorly thought out and without the word character after it, it feels very wrong referring to a character as "a PoC". And trying "Character of Color" instead only makes the acronym worse.
That is entirely up to you but there is no definitive answer as the label is not something most recognize or chose to actively categorize.
I've been plugging Marina, probably to an annoying degree now, but I really want to see them capitalize on the popularity of Splatoon's idols to create a fun spin on a team based character. Unlike Ice Climbers you would be able to switch the leader, and unlike Pyra and Mythra both would stay on stage to assist one another. Pearl and Marina both have favorite weapons that could be implemented into their kits (in Marina's case, I'd love to see them go all in with the Splatbrella), they could utilize music equipment and sound to create a much needed music centric moveset, and the two of them are bursting with personality to convey through characteristic means of attack and some fun animations.
This is where we bring in Calvin's Dad to explain the difference between Marios and Warios. Sonic the Hedgehog, a Mario. Mega Man, a Wario. Donkey Kong, a Mario. Castlevania, a Wario.
If I took a shot for every time you used that term I’d be a dead man twice over.
Personally, I don't think race should be discussed in the context of a series like Smash (which is suppose to be about video game history) but I certainly don't mind people wanting a character because of their race. But when people get too caught up into what they want that they think the game not having it is a legit flaw or act like there's no excuses for why, that's when they're going too far. The series also lacking a traditional ninja character (not like Shiek or Greninja but like Ryu Hayabusa). That itself, however, is not a flaw. It's a glaring omission, Heck, the lack of a Koei Tecmo character in the roster at all is a glaring omission but it's not a flaw. It's something I really wanted, expected, but never got and still to this day, don't know why. But I'm not going to say "we're 89 characters in, still no ninja characters in it, Nintendo could do better". I'll just think about what could have been and hope for the next time.
Any mention of Off the Hook as the next Splatoon character is necessary and morally correct.
I like this idea for Marina, but could also see them going solo Marina with like Pearl drone as a recovery if the programming isn't up for it. Now of course that's not a slight against Pearl, but this is basically what I imagine with the old Diddy/Dixie tag team and the Rex idea that Sakurai canned in favor of Pyra/Mythra "due to technical issues with the implementation of the idea, like getting both characters to move at the same time which was impossible to do, Sakurai also stated that Rex as the main fighter with Pyra/Mythra behind him was also too difficult".
I'll see what happens. I think he's possible, though whether he gets in or another Microsoft character like Master Chief, Doom Guy or whatnot does, is another story.
I can say that he has a decent chance. Though, he relies on if Toys for Bob are ok with it.
I think this as well, but as time moves on I feel like we’ll eventually find a fix for it. Honestly, if they wanted to do Diddy and Dixie nowadays I think they could. I’m assuming the Xenoblade characters were probably extra difficult because of their high polygon count.
I’d like to think that Nintendo would look past Crash being owned by Microsoft and try to get him in on his own merits.
I think he's definitely possible but it depends on where Microsoft's priorities are, which feel very non-Crash right now considering Crash 5 was cancelled (I know this was because of Activision and happened pre-buyout, but it still leaves his future uncertain and Microsoft seemingly didn't revive the project either).
How much more technically demanding was the Diddy/Dixie idea compared to Ice Climbers or how PT has Red/Leaf always stand in the background anyway? Pyra alone has more polygons than Popo and Nana together, but I really, really doubt that was the case for Dixie, and if we're talking having them play like in DKC2...whoever's not actively being controlled should have a simpler AI than Nana always trying to imitate Popo.
His chances aren’t half bad, but too many people not in the know overestimate his chances.
I'd say he's 50/50, but I feel like Microsoft might be a bit of a hurdle for him.
I really don't see this scenario happening because Banjo is the second most requested character on the Ballot behind Sora, was very easy to license according to Sakurai, and Microsoft has also been putting Rare games on NSO which presumably come with no greater benefit beyond the licensing costs, since it's not like they get paid per play of an NSO game. They could've just made a Banjo port for Switch or something (like putting the XBLA/Rare Replay version on a cartridge) and sold it to make more money, but they put it on NSO instead.
I dunno, I think it's the opposite actually, it really seemed to me that Activision could have been a big hurdle for Crash. He's owend by Microsoft now, who also owns Banjo-Kazooie and yet they are in Smash.
I remember actually reading an interesting analysis about ethnicity in XBX, that argued Elma was likely supposed to be Japanese, gave an interesting perspective. She would have been awesome either way though, and she's still dark-skinned in any case.
I don't think Microsoft would be an issue beyond the obvious language gap, Microsoft has shown continuous support for the Switch even post-Activision deal. I feel like it's just a matter of requests, if he's requested enough then he has a decent shot I would say.
On the subject of Rex, I still stand by the idea that Smash could reuse the "Rex w/ Pyra and Mythra" concept, but with Rex and Pneuma instead.
That makes sense, but the alternitive implies that you're adding real people, so it's probably just a jank language interaction regardless.
From what I've been able to gather, Tumbler just uses it as a term of endearment to characters they like, generally the more wholesome ones. In that case, if you like him, then he is.
I don't have a source, but Pyra has been said to have the highest polygon count in the entire game.
