Hey, I'm awake.
Hey, I watched the direct.
Lemme break down responses. No real order for these but impact.
- Fighters were mostly great. Simon and Richter seem like deceptively simple types and I think they'll get more interesting to me when I can take them for a spin; bet they'll be a lot of fun. Chrom was an excellent, excellent echo. Dark Samus was more of a meh-cho; just doesn't seem more interesting than a palette swap yet. KKR actually getting in kind of threw me for a loop, but alright, let him in I guess, why not. Simon and KKR's intro vids were both blisteringly awesome for different reasons - Simon's for the presentation, KKR's for Sakurai's fake-out Dededenial.
- Assist trophy deconfirms all kind of hurt this go-round. The trophies themselves looking so badass - looking at you Alucard, Knux, Krystal, and Zero, even Shovel Knight to a lesser degree - suggests to me that perhaps they had part of a moveset, but not a full moveset, or there was just some mechanical hurdle they couldn't overcome in time. Like they were this close to fighter status, but not quite, y'know? At least they certainly seem more interesting than other ATs we've had so far. Bright side, that could bode well for them going forward in the series.
- The Kapp'n AT is goddamn glorious though. He just casually scoops up folks like GET ON THE BUS ************, I love it. 12/10. Nice to see love for Nikki too. Klaptrap, Chef Kawasaki, Grey Fox all look neat. The Moon is ****ing OP but that's not news to anyone. Rathalos is a cool concept. Like a few others have said by now, hope they consider this treatment for some of the other bosses, now that we've got a proper pile of them.
- MAGICIANT MAGICIANT MAGICIANT MAGICIANT MAGICIANT MAGI
- Honestly though stage reveals didn't blow me away for the most part, not because I'm not happy to see or select them but because I've been through em all so it's just like oh, cool, that made it in, good to see you buddy. New Donk City was the single biggest exception; I don't give a damn if you're in Grand Finals, if you don't take the time out of your match to set up Jump Up, Super Star you have no ****ing right to the crown.
- New modes seem like fun if I can find some way to get the crew to play Smash with me. Stam getting respect is cool. Chargeable final smashes are more cool. Morphable stages seem like they're open for some kind of potential somehow; I'll need to consider good combos. Squad mode is gonna either be amazing or fall flat. Really hope it doesn't fall flat. Tourney seems like it's geared for 4P FFAs. That's gonna go over...poorly. Classic mode giving each fighter their own ladder is a nice touch. Smashdown seems like it'll be a fun party mode, which is why I currently expect to hear little to nothing of it. Training mode's new stage hurts my eyes, but I love everything else about it. Bunch of little quality-of-life things like the new ways Music Select is handled and rulesets can be saved now and longstanding tourney rules finally encoded in the game, all good stuff.
- New items seem cool. Very happy to see more EB love with the Rambling Shroom. Other things just look like cool picks. Not much to say bout em.
- New pokes make me happy as ****. Alolan Exeggutor is hilarious. I knew they had to do it, but dear god, he's just a big glorious *******. If they didn't give me one other new poke I'd still be tickled. But they did and I'm a fan of nearly all of em. Abra's a glorious little teehee you're in a bumper now troll, Pyukumuku is a stage hazard, Mimikyu is Mimikyu, and Marshadow looks slick as ****. The Vulpixes excite me less, but look nice. SM box reps look like big flashy beatsticks; nothing wrong with that but it gets me less giddy. And dear god Ditto. At long ****ing last. And he's awesome. Bit sad the Ditto'd fighter doesn't have the Ditto'd face but I forgive em, Ditto's great.
- Hidden mode intrigues me. I'm sure someone's already attempted de-censoring that. Maybe they've succeeded. Hope to hear more about it.
- So newly revealed fighters pop into open spaces on the banner image, eh? And they noted they have more to announce later, and they plan to reveal all the fighters before launch. Wonder who fits into the remaining banner space, then.
- Wow, I didn't expect to type this much. Aight. Well I'm gonna go fiddle with electronics now, y'all get at me if you need me.
