@Toise: The entirety of this site is hardly ********. It's pretty hard to find forums that don't have their fair share of idiots. >_>
This site is no different than most of the internet, so yeah, mostly ********. Shouldn't bother you if you feel you're in good company, regardless of whether it's enlightening or entertaining. I wouldn't post here if I hated it though.
Anyway, Sakurai Blog Time:
Posts 41-50
41. Think he's asking for more Smash original songs, probably means completely original songs rather than only rearrangements
42. Asks for Dragon Chan, talks a lot about the fight with him in SPO
43. Asks for Ouendan, "I'm the happiest man in Japan," something about being cheered up by the game
44. Reads like a poem, but it's mostly about how they're excited for the game
45. Asking for the Frozen Hillside song
46. More excitement, talks about preparing for college admission (a few of these mention moving up to college actually)
47. Really long love letter to Peach, reads like a poem
48. Asks for G Red from Gotcha Force (some cult classic game made by Capcom)
49. Again with the excitement, talks about how Smash is a great game that anyone can enjoy
50. Asks for the Super Mario World ending theme, sounds like they made a home video of when they beat the game the first time and they tear up when they watch it now and then, also his SNES AC adapter broke; SamuraiPanda's translation said Sakurai was talking about the Brawl theme but it seems like he was talking about this song instead
Posts 51-60
51. Talks about how awesome Hammer Bros. are compared to everyone else in the Mario series (particularly the enemies), asks for them to appear
52. Hopes Marth returns, think he's asking for Ogma (or any Merc/Hero unit), mentions Kirby Zelda and Ganon, the latter two in regards to the new (TP) Link design
53. Asks for a song from Nazo no Murasamejo, not sure if he's referring to multiple songs or what (I haven't played the game)
54. More excitement, hopes Sakurai and co. work extra hard
55. Mostly the same as the above, I swear
56. I have no clue, but the header says it's character-related (anyone reading this should take a look, I give up)
57. More excitement/love for Smash, mentions they're learning to be a game designer
58. Even more "hope it's good" letters
59. More interest for the game, mentions something about Sonic but it doesn't seem like an outright request
60. Says the Brawl theme reminds him of the Olympics and that Smash should show up there; Sakurai's response is some joke about Smash Olympics that flies over my head
link to the SamuraiPanda thread
Some things I've noticed so far:
- A lot of the songs people requested here made it into the game; if there's a SSB4 blog (probably will be), sending music requests might not be a bad idea! Of course you'll need to be able to properly translate it or hope they take letters in English next time. Then again, these letters were handpicked, so there's no telling how many music letters didn't appear here.
- Many of these letters really are just talking about how much they love Smash, how they play it with friends all the time, how they're excited for the new game, how the trailer was awesome, how Sakurai's team should put in 200.6%, personal stuff blah blah. Frankly that stuff bores me and it's kinda vague when translated, so expect those types of posts to be skimmed over. I'm looking for content requests (especially characters), not feelings every other fan has.
- Today's posts had fewer character requests than last time. I went into these thinking it'd be 90% characters, 10% stages and music, when it seems like only half of them are about characters. Oh well.