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[praline]

Already what? :V

I accidentally hit send. You should have just waited the minute it took to edit my post!!

 

[Deleted member]

I thought about BOTW and I remembered this:

What makes it even better is that it looks like Link is... "interested in it".

 

[AmericanDJ]

What time will the direct be at again? I think I might have forgotten.

 

[Deleted member]

What time will the direct be at again? I think I might have forgotten.

August 8th at 10:00 AM ( ET I think ).

 

[praline]

I thought about BOTW and I remembered this:
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What makes it even better is that it looks like Link is... "interested in it".

It? She has a name!

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

It? She has a name!

I think he was referring to the badonkadonk

 

[Deleted member]

It? She has a name!

The it is not referring to Zelda as a whole.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

What time will the direct be at again? I think I might have forgotten.

10 AM ET

 

[praline]

I think he was referring to the badonkadonk

I know but I didn’t want to acknowledge that.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I cant wait to have low expectations and still be horrible dissapointed tomorrow, its gonna be great

 

[praline]

I cant wait to have low expectations and still be horrible dissapointed tomorrow, its gonna be great

What’s happening tomorrow?

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I don't think I'm going to be awake in time for the direct. It's WAYYYY too early for me.

I'll just find out what happens hours later while the rest of the world already knows

 

[Deleted member]

10 AM ET

I beat it to you.
NOT SO "ROCKET" RACCOON HUH?

 

[ChikoLad]

Why would it not be Rex w/ Pyra though?

It's going to be.

But here's the thing.

Rex is by far the least popular of the playable Drivers. I haven't seen a single person say that Rex is their favourite Driver outside of a gameplay context.

Yet people root for him because "he's the only one that has a chance".

...Except he isn't because as we have seen numerous times before, characters that are "less significant" or have less of a legacy get in over the expected choice because they are simply more popular and beloved. People rooted for Bowser. Jr, Toad, Waluigi, Daisy, etc, specifically for Smash. We got Rosalina instead, and she was planned from day one, because outside of Smash, she's more popular, especially in Japan. Bowser. Jr made it in too but only BARELY, Sakurai admitted in a Nintendo Dream article that he almost cut Bowser. Jr at the last minute as he was only finished up at the end of the dev cycle and wasn't high priority.

However now people are creating a false sense of popularity for Rex because the Xenoblade community has just sort of agreed to root for one character and they chose Rex. Instead of people rooting for their favourite, they're arbitrarily deciding to root for one they are sorta OK with.

And it's those kind of pointless Smash politics that have completely ruined the speculation and hype cycle for me. Nobody backs the characters they genuinely want anymore (exaggeration I know, but you get the idea). They just make up arbitrary reasons why characters are "more fitting" over other characters and try to get the whole community to back them, creating arbitrary popularity. It's soulless.

 

[Mythra]

I think he was referring to the badonkadonk

I call it the Moon of Termina.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

I beat it to you.
NOT SO "ROCKET" RACCOON HUH?

I saw, I just needed an excuse to post.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I call it the Moon of Termina.

First time Termina crashes into the moon

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

What’s happening tomorrow?

that direct. Im sayin im goin in with very verynlow expectations but I know Imma still walk away dissapointed

 

[praline]

It's going to be.

But here's the thing.

Rex is by far the least popular of the playable Drivers. I haven't seen a single person say that Rex is their favourite Driver outside of a gameplay context.

Yet people root for him because "he's the only one that has a chance".

...Except he isn't because as we have seen numerous times before, characters that are "less significant" or have less of a legacy get in over the expected choice because they are simply more popular and beloved. People rooted for Bowser. Jr, Toad, Waluigi, Daisy, etc, specifically for Smash. We got Rosalina instead, and she was planned from day one, because outside of Smash, she's more popular, especially in Japan. Bowser. Jr made it in too but only BARELY, Sakurai admitted in a Nintendo Dream article that he almost cut Bowser. Jr at the last minute as he was only finished up at the end of the dev cycle and wasn't high priority.

However now people are creating a false sense of popularity for Rex because the Xenoblade community has just sort of agreed to root for one character and they chose Rex. Instead of people rooting for their favourite, they're arbitrarily deciding to root for one they are sorta OK with.

And it's those kind of pointless Smash politics that have completely ruined the speculation and hype cycle for me. Nobody backs the characters they genuinely want anymore (exaggeration I know, but you get the idea). They just make up arbitrary reasons why characters are "more fitting" over other characters and try to get the whole community to back them, creating arbitrary popularity. It's soulless.

I mean I’d prefer Nia cause she and Dromarch are much better characters and much better designs.

Hell Morag and Brighid would be interesting too.

that direct. Im sayin im goin in with very verynlow expectations but I know Imma still walk away dissapointed

The direct is on the 8th, my dear. That’s Wednesday.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

...Except he isn't because as we have seen numerous times before, characters that are "less significant" or have less of a legacy get in over the expected choice because they are simply more popular and beloved. People rooted for Bowser. Jr, Toad, Waluigi, Daisy, etc, specifically for Smash. We got Rosalina instead, and she was planned from day one, because outside of Smash, she's more popular, especially in Japan. Bowser. Jr made it in too but only BARELY, Sakurai admitted in a Nintendo Dream article that he almost cut Bowser. Jr at the last minute as he was only finished up at the end of the dev cycle and wasn't high priority.

The different between Rosalina and Rex though is that Rex is essentially the main protagonist of the game.

Asking for Nia over Rex as the first Xenoblade 2 rep would be like getting Fiora instead of Shulk in Smash 4.

Or Jeanne instead of Bayonetta.

Or Tifa instead of Cloud.

You get the idea.

 

[Mythra]

First time Termina crashes into the moon

Soviet Termina

 

[praline]

The different between Rosalina and Rex though is that Rex is essentially the main protagonist of the game.

Asking for Nia over Rex as the first Xenoblade 2 rep would've been like getting Fiora instead of Shulk.

Well we did get Robin instead ofChrom and Chrom was the main lord

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

It's going to be.

But here's the thing.

Rex is by far the least popular of the playable Drivers. I haven't seen a single person say that Rex is their favourite Driver outside of a gameplay context.

Yet people root for him because "he's the only one that has a chance".

...Except he isn't because as we have seen numerous times before, characters that are "less significant" or have less of a legacy get in over the expected choice because they are simply more popular and beloved. People rooted for Bowser. Jr, Toad, Waluigi, Daisy, etc, specifically for Smash. We got Rosalina instead, and she was planned from day one, because outside of Smash, she's more popular, especially in Japan. Bowser. Jr made it in too but only BARELY, Sakurai admitted in a Nintendo Dream article that he almost cut Bowser. Jr at the last minute as he was only finished up at the end of the dev cycle and wasn't high priority.

However now people are creating a false sense of popularity for Rex because the Xenoblade community has just sort of agreed to root for one character and they chose Rex. Instead of people rooting for their favourite, they're arbitrarily deciding to root for one they are sorta OK with.

And it's those kind of pointless Smash politics that have completely ruined the speculation and hype cycle for me. Nobody backs the characters they genuinely want anymore (exaggeration I know, but you get the idea). They just make up arbitrary reasons why characters are "more fitting" over other characters and try to get the whole community to back them, creating arbitrary popularity. It's soulless.

People back whos popular and been a bunch of leaks, The dog, The vampire hunter, and some want a character soley for remeberence, Balloon fighter.

i would think Iwata would want you to want a character not because "Its for him" but because you want it.

 

[Chrono.]

Well, it does make sense. Meta knight is much faster and has a lot more action when watching.
His freaking up air. Frame 2.

This is a legendary set.

Yeah, basically.

I know MK was much more harmful to the game overall, but at least he could be fun to watch. Even previous top tiers in 4 were more fun to watch.

Well we did get Robin instead ofChrom and Chrom was the main lord

Robin was the player and POV character.

They pretty much share main character status with Chrom (and are arguably more important than him in the game but that's another story.)

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Well we did get Robin instead ofChrom and Chrom was the main lord

Robin is still a very important character to Awakening's story AND the player's customizable avatar.

So his addition isn't too far off.

 

[Tree Gelbman]

Tree Gelbman
Why do you have Cuca as your icon?

Because why not?

 

[Z25]

New seasonal tease.

It’s time bois for:

 

[ChikoLad]

The different between Rosalina and Rex though is that Rex is essentially the main protagonist of the game.

Asking for Nia over Rex as the first Xenoblade 2 rep would be like getting Fiora instead of Shulk in Smash 4.

Nia is literally the female protagonist of XC2. She's Rex's equal, arguably more.

Both are made playable in the first chapter.

Both are the most prominent characters and have the most dialogue, especially in Blade quests.

Both are given a special mechanic that only they can use in the late game, and Nia's is much more in-depth and also required her to have a ton of extra voice lines.

Nia actually goes through far more character development than Rex too, she basically changes and develops in every other chapter while Rex's characterisation is pretty stagnant and had less effort put into it.

And above all - Nia wins all of the popularity polls, in more than one context (spoilers but you probably know what I mean if you played the game fully), while Rex usually ranks pretty low.

I think it's unfounded that people ever had the idea that Rex is the only "viable" choice, and that's before even getting into the debacle of how to handle his moveset (if he just gets Pyra/Mythra as his Blades, which is what people are shooting for, he's gonna be the blandest newcomer we get. Might as well make him a Shulk echo at that point).

 

[Deleted member]

Because why not?

I dunno, I'm just wondering how did you stumble upon her. Not that it doesn't fit because "crocodile with a wig" is very close to Roger's aesthetic

 

[Ivander]

New seasonal tease.

It’s time bois for:

It really does look like Ryoma and Xander, doesn't it? I mean, there's no guarantee. But both of the hair of the characters definitely look similar to Ryoma and Xander.

 

[Mythra]

New seasonal tease.

It’s time bois for:

Summer Festival Ryoma and a dude dabbing.

 

[Tree Gelbman]

I dunno, I'm just wondering how did you stumble upon her. Not that it doesn't fit because "crocodile with a wig" is very close to Roger's aesthetic

She was a huge internet meme a few years back, but I also like the whole folklore behind her as well.

I'm super into other countries folklore. I find folklore in general fascinating.

 

[praline]

New seasonal tease.

It’s time bois for:

Neither are Charlotte so I don’t care.

 

[ChikoLad]

New seasonal tease.

It’s time bois for:

Looks like Nigerian Ryoma and Hoshidan Xander.

EDIT: You know what, I'll take that autocorrect typo.

 

[Z25]

Summer Festival Ryoma and a dude dabbing.

It’s likely performing arts based on the looks and the ingame description mentions them being elelegant

 

[Ivander]

It really does look like Ryoma and Xander, doesn't it? I mean, there's no guarantee. But both of the hair of the characters definitely look similar to Ryoma and Xander.

While the two above are likely, someone did point out the similarity between the one on the right and Minerva's Cipher seasonal.

 

[Chrono.]

I mean I honestly liked Rex a lot as a character. I would honestly say he's my favorite with Nia and Poppi.

Like, as cool as Morag's design is, she really doesn't do much for herself after her initial recruitment (and a certain moment later,) Tora is also done as a character after chapter 4 without really doing much and Poppi is the one that gets all the development and spotlight. Dromarch is there.

Zeke and Pandy got more to do than them. Brighid was also cool and her connection to Torna was explored well imo.

Though in reality: The Torna group > most of the main party anyway.

 

[Mythra]

Summer Festival Palla plz, her regular art is a good ol cuboon botch.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

New seasonal tease.

Hades from Kid Icarus and the OC guy from FE:W

 

[praline]

I wouldn’t be against the FEW OCs being in FEH except that their banner would be 3 red units.