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That's definitely a possibility. Though, would it be right to assume that the department of Nintendo that is in charge of being involved in EVO is naive about the scene? They should know about the tournament scene by now and how competitive it is.
Of course they know that Project M exists.
It is competitive just not in the sense of Melee. Melee is more of an offensive, techincal game like Blaze Blue while Smash 4 seems to be a defensive, spacing game like Street Fighter. The early Smash 4 build shown at the invitational looks like Brawl but faster, more combo potential, weakened projectiles, no tripping, and a more balanced roster that can be patched and updated so two great Smash games with cater to different playstyles.
Yeah, that's exactly what I hope it to be. If this is what it's going to be, I'll be so hype :D
Sakurai is a sociopath liar. The Brawl disc is obviously sharper, since that's what he tried to kill me with. But with all of this being said, I'm going to get slightly off-topic here and ask you guys for the FBI email. I want to tell them to send my regards to Tupac.
You DO realize that most of us liked what we played in the smash 4 demo right negative nancy
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I am a Roy main. I do the burning.You DO realize that most of us liked what we played in the smash 4 demo right negative nancy
He says what he means in the same damn article. He believes it to be the "sharpest" because of the game's "speed" and how it "asks a lot of your coordination skills". Melee is the sharpest in his eyes because it is fast, exciting and challenging. Brawl was made with the intent on appealing to incredible number of Wii owners, most of whom (according to Sakurai) were casual gamers. He altered the gameplay to fit the new audience and whilst he feels that the change was necessary, it doesn't mean that he has to see Brawl as the best entry in the series.
That had people co-sign and help make the game a thing.
Like I said, 'sharpest' could be referring to any single aspect of Melee. Newcomers, items, overall additions like trophies and special modes, etceteras. Yes, he said that Brawl was built for a different audience then what Melee attracted. But was he just trying to not step on Melee fans' toes?
That'd be disastrous for competitive play, since nobody would agree on one level. And it'd also make SSB4 being SSB4 redundant with those other modes around.
I really doubt that. A set speed can be part of tournament rules just as much as no items and Final Destination only. Also, it's an easy solution that pleases everyone. It doesn't even have to be 1-5, it could just be Brawl Speed, regular or Melee Speed.
What will we agree on? How will we come to that conclusion? PSASBR couldn't even agree on if stage hazards should be on or off, so how could we even pick one of three gameplay options?
Your really making it sound much more challenging that it would be. If choosing this were that tricky and technical we'd have no standard tournament rules. I'd be very simple, melee/pm people would play the closest to melee speed and with how open minded and easy going Brawl players are they'd probably agree just for unity sake. Or the community would split into what it was, Melee speed and Brawl speed players.
This game may have a Special Brawl mode that allows you to select multiple speeds; it's not that far-fetched.
If you mention Project M (even if you abbreviate it) on Miiverse, you get banned for discussing "illegal activity."
Giving us three versions of SSB4 to play will immediately split the SSB4 community three ways. It'd kill any chances of it appearing at tournaments because of how split the community will be. How could this not split the community?
Same if you mention modding an Xbox, or SMW rom hacks. You're not supposed to mention any kind of hacking at all, not just PM.
Really? Is that why competitive players prefer Melee and Project M instead of Brawl? The community is already split. Having those options will bring them together because all it takes is a flip of a switch to adjust the playstyle. Casual intermediate and expert. All games have this. SMH.
This isn't casual vs hardcore, it's offense vs defense. We would not come to any conclusion on which is better, and it'd just divide the tournament players since 4M players don't want to play 4B and vice versa. Nothing would be solved by this.
I understand what you're saying, but I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. The fact is, there's a reason why Melee is in EVO, and Project M is favored by the competitive scene.
So Sakurai should just throw out the work on making something unified and just make a Melee mode?
He would be making something unified and then some.
That's putting everybody in the same house in different rooms. Still separate. And it'd never happen anyway, since it'd be a nightmare to balance no matter how it's handled.
But that's how things are now, and how things will stay if the game favors the casual players. People would stick with Melee and Project M/M2, or worse, leave and SSB4 will go in the way of Brawl. Yes, it's purely hypothetical but it's a simple design choice (no, they wouldn't have to balance the game from the ground up when we're talking about speed and minor physics) that would solve those issues and possibly get SSB4 in tournaments (on the same level as Melee) as well as give it a longer life than Brawl. Not to mention keep players playing the game instead of moving on to a different, more competitive fighting game. Hardcore players prefer competition, casual players prefer fun. I'm all for a well balanced game that would unify the two groups but Sakurai favors the casual scene.
