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Pretty in pink or true in blue, Krystal for Sm4sh!

jahkzheng

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Lmao. I guess someone somewhere spread the poll saying to vote for Sora because Sora flew straight to number one in the poll. I guess this means we need Jordan to spread the poll on his twitter now.
Would be good if there was some security on the poll, because all it takes is a vote spammer to throw it off. I really hope that's not something one of us did for Krystal some, but I could see it happening. I'm really hoping that the Sora votes are legit basically. Like it got posted on his support Facebook page or something. The survey creator could probably get a good feel for if the votes are legit or not maybe.
 
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Sora sure as hell aint getting in Smash due to Disney licensing. Disney will want Nintendo to pay a huge fortune to use their characters in Smash as trophies or stickers, sure Sora ain't owned by Disney but Disney characters and worlds are a critcal part of Kingdom Hearts
 
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Sora is an intriguing choice, but not one I think is on the radar. Ian is right about the hurdles Nintendo would have to get past for him anyway, even if by some chance he did wind up as the most requested third party. These polls are encouraging and help us get a pulse on what different communities are thinking, yet I don't feel as if I can say that a K. Rool, an Isaac or a Krystal is a lock with so many unrecorded votes left to be seen and submitted on the official ballot. What if a million fans decide they want Toad, Daisy, or some other extremely popular mainstream character? Has Sakurai explicitly stated that Bowser Jr. would be the end of Mario? Anything can happen in a poll available to a large public audience like this.
 

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Let's not antagonize the other support bases, everyone. We want to take the high road here. Disagreeing with their taste in characters is fine, but all taking shots at them does is make us look bad.

And yeah, the problem with polls like these is how easy it is to skew them. None of these straw polls are safe from bias, which makes it so hard to gauge overall support beyond K. Rool and Isaac.
 

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And yeah, the problem with polls like these is how easy it is to skew them. None of these straw polls are safe from bias, which makes it so hard to gauge overall support beyond K. Rool and Isaac.
Totally agree with this. I never vote on straw polls like these because there is no point. Unless the character you voted for is K. Rool or Isaac, you'll never see them near the top.
 
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Lmao. I guess someone somewhere spread the poll saying to vote for Sora because Sora flew straight to number one in the poll. I guess this means we need Jordan to spread the poll on his twitter now.
Nah, he was just spammed by a single person (at a surprisingly fast rate...). I'd disregard the live results for now, and I'll make manual ones hopefully without multiple votes.
 

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Nah, he was just spammed by a single person (at a surprisingly fast rate...). I'd disregard the live results for now, and I'll make manual ones hopefully without multiple votes.
How can you tell it was the same person? Is it possible you can remake this poll by any chance?
 

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Totally agree with this. I never vote on straw polls like these because there is no point. Unless the character you voted for is K. Rool or Isaac, you'll never see them near the top.
Not quite what I meant. It's more the fact that each community is going to have their own biases, certain characters that they bandwagon for or others they dislike for reasons that might or might not be valid. With a poll that just pulls from one or two communities, the results are skewed towards their preferences. It ends up being more a sample of the characters they want than what the community as a whole wants.

Combine that with the fact that Krystal supporters tend to be quiet about it unless rallied, and...things get hard to figure out.
 
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Not quite what I meant. It's more the fact that each community is going to have their own biases, certain characters that they bandwagon for or others they dislike for reason that might or might not be valid. With a poll that just pulls from one or two communities, the results are skewed towards their preferences. It ends up being more a sample of the characters they want than what the community as a whole wants.

Combine that with the fact that Krystal supporters tend to be quiet about it unless rallied, and...things get hard to figure out.
So a community poll is created just for the sole purpose of voting for one character?
People take polls way to seriously these days. It's almost as if they think a miracle will occur if they keep skewing the votes.
Unless it is being hosted by a big cooperation, like the Smash Ballot, issues like these are the reason I don't bother with them.
 

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Not true at all, the males have the same amount, if not more stuff than her. This adds to the irony in that they fail or refuse to mention it, and in some cases they defend it when called out for it. As it was also said, every girl Nintendo has ever made has gone through this, even the guys there have suffered it.

She isnt controversial, only the stubborn minority really care.
Just before anyone wants to go hate on me just because I'm countering this point over and over, we can all agree Krystal isn't something "controversial" or stuff.

But let's be honest. Who would have the time and interest to research for the amount of male porn or female porn Star Fox has created anyway? All these data would just be vague, so when you say "they defend it" or whatever, neither side have a concrete proof anyway, so this point doesn't work.

So next time when you try to argue against this point, don't go like "other characters are furbaits as well, if not MORE of it", since you're basically saying "You Krystal haters are gay", which is basically 1. Flaming at them indirectly, worsening the argument (and impression somehow); and 2. Stating something without possible backup proof (neither do they, so what's the point)

just saying.
 

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So next time when you try to argue against this point, don't go like "other characters are furbaits as well, if not MORE of it", since you're basically saying "You Krystal haters are gay", which is basically 1. Flaming at them indirectly, worsening the argument (and impression somehow); and 2. Stating something without possible backup proof (neither do they, so what's the point)

just saying.
Uh...that's not where they're going with that. What they're pointing out is the hypocrisy behind some of Krystal's detractors. They try to bash her as a character and claim she isn't a viable DLC candidate because of all the erotic art out there of her...despite the fact that there's a lot of erotic art of several characters that are already in the game. Even the furbait card doesn't work when her entire source series is subject to the same things--including Wolf and including both Star Fox characters on the current roster.

All we're pointing out is how these detractors are picking and choosing which characters to apply facts to, and willfully ignoring the facts when it benefits them to do so.
 
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Honestly, I would take pretty much any Star Fox character over Krystal. Can't stand her for the life of me, for many different reasons... hell, I'd rather have Slippy in over her.

That being said, I will say that it's very nice to see fans of the character banding together to support them... and while I've met some absolutely hateful Krystal fans, many people in this thread seem nice enough... well, not EVERYONE, but still...

I guess all I can do is wish you Krystal fans the best of luck. I personally don't want her, though.
 
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Honestly, I would take pretty much any Star Fox character over Krystal. Can't stand her for the life of me, for many different reasons... hell, I'd rather have Slippy in over her.

That being said, I will say that it's very nice to see fans of the character banding together to support them... and while I've met some absolutely hateful Krystal fans, many people in this thread seem nice enough... well, not EVERYONE, but still...

I guess all I can do is wish you Krystal fans the best of luck. I personally don't want her, though.
You are fine to have your opinion. At least you aren't a complete jerk like most who are against Krystal.
 

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Uh...that's not where they're going with that. What they're pointing out is the hypocrisy behind some of Krystal's detractors. They try to bash her as a character and claim she isn't a viable DLC candidate because of all the erotic art out there of her...despite the fact that there's a lot of erotic art of several characters that are already in the game. Even the furbait card doesn't work when her entire source series is subject to the same things--including Wolf and including both Star Fox characters on the current roster.

All we're pointing out is how these detractors are picking and choosing which characters to apply facts to, and willfully ignoring the facts when it benefits them to do so.
The fact that the way you guys are countering, is basically by directly insulting other fanbases. If those detractors are hypocritical, you guys are replying in a more hypocritical way. That's my point.

Point 2, I don't think I've seen people calling Krystal "non-viable" by that reason, but rather "dislike" the character by that reason. Also she has more than that reason when it comes to "disliking" the character, such as the debut or other stuff (Also for those calling the hater "blaming the developers when they try new things", 1. You're now blaming the developers when they take a step back 2. When they try new things, it doesn't mean they're always good. Same reason can be applied to 1, but it all comes down to preferences, so bashing based on this is pointless)
 
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The fact that the way you guys are countering, is basically by directly insulting other fanbases. That's my point.
So are we not supposed to defend a character we advocate for? Some Krystal detractors give the reason for why Krystal shouldn't be in is because she is furrybait and she has tons of erotic art. This makes no sense because literally every character in Smash probably has a ton of erotic art *cough cough Zero Suit Samus* and most of the furry animals, especially from the Star Fox series, can be furrybait as well. The argument against Krystal for these reasons are not really true so that's why we counter them.
 

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The fact that the way you guys are countering, is basically by directly insulting other fanbases. That's my point.
But were not? We're simply stating that what people say are stopping Krystal from being playable, Rule 34, also applies to every other single character in Smash or that people want added to Smash. If you think we are insulting other fan-bases when that is the last thing we as Krystal supports want to do...Then it is simply only you that is looking out to get offended or insulted.
 

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So are we not supposed to defend a character we advocate for? Some Krystal detractors give the reason for why Krystal shouldn't be in is because she is furrybait and she has tons of erotic art. This makes no sense because literally every character in Smash probably has a ton of erotic art *cough cough Zero Suit Samus* and most of the furry animals, especially from the Star Fox series, can be furrybait as well. The argument against Krystal for these reasons are not really true so that's why we counter them.
But were not? We're simply stating that what people say are stopping Krystal from being playable, Rule 34, also applies to every other single character in Smash or that people want added to Smash. If you think we are insulting other fan-bases when that is the last thing we as Krystal supports want to do...Then it is simply only you that is looking out to get offended or insulted.
Not in a way that offends other character, at least. I understand the points that Krystal shouldn't be stopped from happening for such reason, and I understand about Zero Suit Samus issues and the furry issues, both being something people mostly aware of.
But you know, when a character basically falls into both of the issues, there's gonna be more hates
Also, the fact that there already exists such issue doesn't mean it's acceptable to have more, so arguing "so does others" doesn't seem like a valid point

Also, I'm not so sure if I've ever seen ROB, Villager, Duck hunt, Megaman porns yet, I can't say there's none, but probably less of an note-worthy issue when compared to most other, so yes Rule 34 may apply to them, but we won't be complaining because it's not like we see a lot of them.
 

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Not in a way that offends other character, at least. I understand the points that Krystal shouldn't be stopped from happening for such reason, and I understand about Zero Suit Samus issues and the furry issues, both being something people mostly aware of.
But you know, when a character basically falls into both of the issues, there's gonna be more hates
Also, the fact that there already exists such issue doesn't mean it's acceptable to have more, so arguing "so does others" doesn't seem like a valid point

Also, I'm not so sure if I've ever seen ROB, Villager, Duck hunt, Megaman porns yet, I can't say there's none, but probably less of an note-worthy issue when compared to most other, so yes Rule 34 may apply to them, but we won't be complaining because it's not like we see a lot of them.
Sadly I have seen it of those four. ROB least so then the others but there is still a lot for the other three...But that is going way off-topic and a road that I don't want to go down.
 

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I really dislike the overglorifying of Star Fox 64 by Nintendo. I mean yeah it was good at the time it came out, but Nintendo wants us to think it was the best game ever, it's not, it really hasn't aged well, the voice acting was cheesy, and the game is too short. I also dislike Nintendo trying to ignore every other game in the franchise, Okay while Star Fox 64 may be the best game in the series in terms of sales and reviews, it's that every other game is treated almost as if they never happened.
 

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So I noticed this out of random earlier, it isnt complete obviously but.
That's Krayon. Speaking of Krayon, I saw a goofy comment on his post. Some guy
named Kyle.

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAAADVHkPTjDkcQ

It's the usual.

But let's be honest. Who would have the time and interest to research for the amount of male porn or female porn Star Fox has created anyway? All these data would just be vague, so when you say "they defend it" or whatever, neither side have a concrete proof anyway, so this point doesn't work.
So next time when you try to argue against this point, don't go like "other characters are furbaits as well, if not MORE of it", since you're basically saying "You Krystal haters are gay", which is basically 1. Flaming at them indirectly, worsening the argument (and impression somehow); and 2. Stating something without possible backup proof (neither do they, so what's the point)

just saying.
The part about "Krystal haters are gay" is true, but I'm not saying all the haters are like that. Most haters use her as a scapegoat and/or come up with stupid reasons Some guy on Gamefaqs proves that gay furry stuff within the Star Fox fandom. He mentions Krystal, Miyu, Fay, and Katt. It's by this user named Cane.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/633202-super-smash-bros-for-wii-u/72098939?page=5
 

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I really dislike the overglorifying of Star Fox 64 by Nintendo. I mean yeah it was good at the time it came out, but Nintendo wants us to think it was the best game ever, it's not, it really hasn't aged well, the voice acting was cheesy, and the game is too short. I also dislike Nintendo trying to ignore every other game in the franchise, Okay while Star Fox 64 may be the best game in the series in terms of sales and reviews, it's that every other game is treated almost as if they never happened.
Let's go by steps:

1- 64 was the best selling title of the whole series, and one of the two games that everybody on the series' shattered fanbase agrees on a single opinion.

2- It did age well, the few problems that it had like inconsistent frame rate specially when using smart bombs, and the impossibility to save the game in the middle of the adventure were fixed on 64 3D, the game is still great even after all this time, however the original on SNES is almost unplayable nowadays, and basically you have no reason to play it since the far superior version is on the N64, and 3DS.

3- The voice acting was cheesy because the series never took itself seriously. It has its serious moments but once in a while it takes a break to make some jokes. What's bad about that? There is no problem for a whole series to not take itself too seriously, because it provides us with a lot of unexpected events that makes some moments a lot more awesome which other series that are consistently like that are unable of achieving, the Metal Gear series is full of awesome moments thanks to that.
I know that i talk about Command a lot, and it's not technically about voice acting, but i need to address that one of Command's greatest sins was the overall tone of the story, the poorly written plot was even worse thanks to all the drama and serious tone that made the experience even worse, it was the equivalent of a Mexican soap opera, but unlike that it's not funny bad, because all of the characters that we know and love looked completely alien thanks to that. Seriously, i can name countless awesome moments in every Star Fox game, but i can't think of a single for this one.

4- A game being short does not necessarily make it bad, replay value was the key to 64's success you would be doing yourself a huge disservice finishing this game only once, i probably have finished it over 300 times, because every time i start playing it i always challenge myself to get better scores. I can name dozens of games that are less than 5 hours that i absolutely love.

5- They always acknowledged the other games, if they didn't they would not have putted trophies of characters like Krystal and Panther, not to mention there was a promotional video for the Fox amiibo that showed all the game's of the series for the most part of the video you could see the titles post-64, and Star Fox Zero is clearly taking lessons from Assault since the flexible mission structure and the ally medals are back in this game, so they clearly know about the other games. not to mention that it can't be a coincidence that the walker was inspired by dinosaurs,

6- And most important, just because you like the other games more, this is not an excuse to make little of this game and disregard its accomplishments it's the same problem the Smash Community has with elitism from Melee players for example, Smash 4 is its on beast, playing it requires different skills from Melee, none of them are better than each other and i love both of them equally.
Every single title in the Star Fox series tried to do its on thing and this one was the most successful of all and nobody should disregard it's success, 64 is my favorite game of the whole series, but i also appreciate the other titles, Adventures is one of my favorite games on the Gamecube and is my second favorite, i love 64 and i play it even to this day, but I'm also waiting for what is to come, and i wish someday i can finally find a new game from the series that i can choose as my favorite.
 

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Let's go by steps:

1- 64 was the best selling title of the whole series, and one of the two games that everybody on the series' shattered fanbase agrees on a single opinion.

2- It did age well, the few problems that it had like inconsistent frame rate specially when using smart bombs, and the impossibility to save the game in the middle of the adventure were fixed on 64 3D, the game is still great even after all this time, however the original on SNES is almost unplayable nowadays, and basically you have no reason to play it since the far superior version is on the N64, and 3DS.

3- The voice acting was cheesy because the series never took itself seriously. It has its serious moments but once in a while it takes a break to make some jokes. What's bad about that? There is no problem for a whole series to not take itself too seriously, because it provides us with a lot of unexpected events that makes some moments a lot more awesome which other series that are consistently like that are unable of achieving, the Metal Gear series is full of awesome moments thanks to that.
I know that i talk about Command a lot, and it's not technically about voice acting, but i need to address that one of Command's greatest sins was the overall tone of the story, the poorly written plot was even worse thanks to all the drama and serious tone that made the experience even worse, it was the equivalent of a Mexican soap opera, but unlike that it's not funny bad, because all of the characters that we know and love looked completely alien thanks to that. Seriously, i can name countless awesome moments in every Star Fox game, but i can't think of a single for this one.

4- A game being short does not necessarily make it bad, replay value was the key to 64's success you would be doing yourself a huge disservice finishing this game only once, i probably have finished it over 300 times, because every time i start playing it i always challenge myself to get better scores. I can name dozens of games that are less than 5 hours that i absolutely love.

5- They always acknowledged the other games, if they didn't they would not have putted trophies of characters like Krystal and Panther, not to mention there was a promotional video for the Fox amiibo that showed all the game's of the series for the most part of the video you could see the titles post-64, and Star Fox Zero is clearly taking lessons from Assault since the flexible mission structure and the ally medals are back in this game, so they clearly know about the other games. not to mention that it can't be a coincidence that the walker was inspired by dinosaurs,

6- And most important, just because you like the other games more, this is not an excuse to make little of this game and disregard its accomplishments it's the same problem the Smash Community has with elitism from Melee players for example, Smash 4 is its on beast, playing it requires different skills from Melee, none of them are better than each other and i love both of them equally.
Every single title in the Star Fox series tried to do its on thing and this one was the most successful of all and nobody should disregard it's success, 64 is my favorite game of the whole series, but i also appreciate the other titles, Adventures is one of my favorite games on the Gamecube and is my second favorite, i love 64 and i play it even to this day, but I'm also waiting for what is to come, and i wish someday i can finally find a new game from the series that i can choose as my favorite.
The problem is that next to no one nowadays cares about the ironically bad concept, which some people defend. It's why many or at least what I witnessed is many saying Assault was better because it had more of a serious tone while still retaining the humor to it, what i'm saying is the ironically cheesy 80s concept no longer works because almost everyone now expects a game to be serious, not that i'm saying it cant have humor, but it's like how I say the puppet thing is irrelevant because no media ever does it except for one instance on Teen Titans Go, but that was parodying the concept as a whole. It's just something that doesnt really work now.

Another thing is, unless an achievement system is even involved with it or that you get something totally worth it, and I mean really worth it than the medals you get after many attempts of trial and error getting em, almost no one plays for the high scores anymore, nor do many games use such a thing.
 

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The problem is that next to no one nowadays cares about the ironically bad concept, which some people defend. It's why many or at least what I witnessed is many saying Assault was better because it had more of a serious tone while still retaining the humor to it, what i'm saying is the ironically cheesy 80s concept no longer works because almost everyone now expects a game to be serious, not that i'm saying it cant have humor, but it's like how I say the puppet thing is irrelevant because no media ever does it except for one instance on Teen Titans Go, but that was parodying the concept as a whole. It's just something that doesnt really work now.

Another thing is, unless an achievement system is even involved with it or that you get something totally worth it, and I mean really worth it than the medals you get after many attempts of trial and error getting em, almost no one plays for the high scores anymore, nor do many games use such a thing.
The whole gaming industry is, in fact, moving to more serious stuff, but that doesn't necessarily mean that titles like this don't sell and are unwanted, just remember that one of the most anticipated games of 2015 is the sequel to this:


I also liked the tone of Assault, the game moved to a more serious tone but keeping the style of the previous game and i appreciate it for this, the decision for the tone of Zero is totally justifiable, it's a new game, but it still needs to keep the essence of the original, in fact from what i heard the VAs from 64 are coming back for this game, and from what i listened so far it's surprisingly good, way better than 643D and Smash 4.

Here's the thing about Star Fox Zero the only thing that we know by now is a short trailer, Treehouse footage of some of the levels, and some minor details the most important so far are the confirmation of the game being non canon and the lack of online multiplayer (at least for now). We have absolutely no idea how the game is going to be structured, there are clearly some changes like medals appearing on stages,the ones that you would get from high scores and the ally medals, gold rings being harder to find and not giving you more life and a 1up, that were not addressed by Nintendo, who knows how many there are, and how different the final product will be of the original title? So far I rather not jump to conclusions and just wait, we don't exactly have a lot to work with and the only thing that i am sure is that we are definitely going to have more information in the next Nintendo Direct.
 

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The Barrel Roll meme was funny before it was overdone. Now it's so stale and overdone, it's not even funny. Oh and Fallout even had some goofy and cheesy moments
 
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It was never funny to begin with.
The point is Nintendo beat it even further in their E3 direct and pretty much proved that Peppy is nothing more than a meme to them. The worst part is, he's the only one out of everyone but Krystal that has a background, even if it was minor. Speaking of Krystals background, i'm surprised they never explored that, it would've been very interesting to know plus it would've helped with the relationship but also her character as well.
 
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The problem is that next to no one nowadays cares about the ironically bad concept, which some people defend. It's why many or at least what I witnessed is many saying Assault was better because it had more of a serious tone while still retaining the humor to it, what i'm saying is the ironically cheesy 80s concept no longer works because almost everyone now expects a game to be serious, not that i'm saying it cant have humor, but it's like how I say the puppet thing is irrelevant because no media ever does it except for one instance on Teen Titans Go, but that was parodying the concept as a whole. It's just something that doesnt really work now.

Another thing is, unless an achievement system is even involved with it or that you get something totally worth it, and I mean really worth it than the medals you get after many attempts of trial and error getting em, almost no one plays for the high scores anymore, nor do many games use such a thing.
Do you know what the reward was in SF 64 for getting a gold medal in every stage? A pair of sunglasses. Hopefully it'll be a little better than that this time, and I'm expecting it from a game that's as dialed in to the single player experience as Zero is. Platinum is usually very, very good with unlockables. The Bayonetta 2 costumes were distinctive and fun, and the Star Fox Easter egg was highly enjoyable. No reason why Zero can't provide something substantial. Give us a new arwing model, or take us to the past and give us a mission with James McCloud and the old Star Fox team. Something that actually impacts the gameplay experience and doesn't feel like a cheap coat of paint.
 

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Do you know what the reward was in SF 64 for getting a gold medal in every stage? A pair of sunglasses. Hopefully it'll be a little better than that this time, and I'm expecting it from a game that's as dialed in to the single player experience as Zero is. Platinum is usually very, very good with unlockables. The Bayonetta 2 costumes were distinctive and fun, and the Star Fox Easter egg was highly enjoyable. No reason why Zero can't provide something substantial. Give us a new arwing model, or take us to the past and give us a mission with James McCloud and the old Star Fox team. Something that actually impacts the gameplay experience and doesn't feel like a cheap coat of paint.
Star Fox Assault had a better reward for a perfect playthrough of the main campaign
 

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That's Krayon. Speaking of Krayon, I saw a goofy comment on his post. Some guy
named Kyle.

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAAADVHkPTjDkcQ

It's the usual.





The part about "Krystal haters are gay" is true, but I'm not saying all the haters are like that. Most haters use her as a scapegoat and/or come up with stupid reasons Some guy on Gamefaqs proves that gay furry stuff within the Star Fox fandom. He mentions Krystal, Miyu, Fay, and Katt. It's by this user named Cane.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/633202-super-smash-bros-for-wii-u/72098939?page=5
"Haters" come in all forms. Around here and most Smash-centric communities, I think we're mostly dealing with people that don't care about pairings, aren't necessarily "gay furries", and probably despise the notion of gay furry head-canon in their Star Fox as much as they do Krystal.

Yeah, there's a portion of the internet community that are Krystal haters like you describe, but take great care not to generalize all Krystal haters this way, because they aren't all that way and they'll use your generalizations and false labeling against you.

Logo doesn't like Krystal. I wouldn't say that he's a "hater" but he's clearly offended by the suggestion that him or anyone else that doesn't like Krystal might be gay because of their opinions. And it's not the label so much as it is the generalization. He could be gay for all we know and still be offended by the generalization. I know that's not what you or anyone else has been meaning to say, but that's just how it can sound. We have to be clear when discussing this aspect of the opposition we face as Krystal supporters, that only a small portion from a specific community of people are "gay furries" upset about broken head-canons. It doesn't describe a majority in the gaming community and it's not where most of the "haters" are coming from. As such, we should try using it as a "point" less often in here. Would be a different story if this was a furry board, but it's not.

I'll share a fun little "hater" theory in a spoiler below actually...

You know, I think we more often encounter Krystal haters that are straight males in these Smash communities. Partly this is an assumption just based on the demographic we can expect playing this game and frequenting it's communities. But it also makes sense when I think about all the times the "furry bait reason" is used. The people that use that against Krystal are most likely not part of the furry community and have no idea about the prevalence of the other Star Fox characters in that community. They probably hate the furry community in fact, since they use it's association as a reason to exclude Krystal. And they target Krystal specifically not because she ruined some pairing, they don't even care about that. They target her because she makes them uncomfortable. She has obvious human female qualities but she's not quite human, and the straight male brain can't help but notice her, get confused, and perhaps even disgusted. It's not that Krystal has art out there, all the characters have art out there, it's the thought of her that bothers them.

Of course, there's those that just parrot the "furry bait" one liner, even if they aren't bothered by that, because bandwagoning and because it's easier than coming up with reasons, heh. There's plenty of people out there with legit reasons for not liking Krystal, but when I'm talking about "haters", I'm defining them as those that hate without fair reason. And as a disclaimer... this was just a theory, not as accusation.

Still, I've even seen people disturbed by the thought of fully female video game characters. "Your not supposed to like them" is the thought I guess. Girl characters in a male saturated market get unfair treatment all the time basically. I feel like you're either supposed to love them or hate them, but mostly they're treated differently than their male character counterparts because they're female. I think part of the reason Krystal gets hated on a lot is because "you're not supposed to like her". Other female characters may be more acceptable to like, but then you get groups of dudes "loving" them too much, like in a weird way. Like I said, it's often a weird love or hate relationship with these characters in the male saturated gaming community.
 
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A lot of what Star Fox became boiled down to what they (those involved with working on the series) wanted the specific target audience to be. At least that's what it feels like. To me.

If (big if here) that's the case, the question should be: what should they do to expand the audience?

I mean, it's either that or they're just making games because they can make games--which is similarly shallow.

On a slightly different note: if these past few games in the series have been more about experimenting and less about growing, then what is there to realistically expand the audience with? That's perhaps my greatest qualm with Star Fox for a while now. It almost feels like they don't really know what to do with the series; trying all kinds of different formulas and stepping back on more older formulas when newer ones don't come to fruition as they could.

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A lot of what Star Fox became boiled down to what they (those involved with working on the series) wanted the specific target audience to be. At least that's what it feels like. To me.

If (big if here) that's the case, the question should be: what should they do to expand the audience?

I mean, it's either that or they're just making games because they can make games--which is similarly shallow.

On a slightly different note: if these past few games in the series have been more about experimenting and less about growing, then what is there to realistically expand the audience with? That's perhaps my greatest qualm with Star Fox for a while now. It almost feels like they don't really know what to do with the series; trying all kinds of different formulas and stepping back on more older formulas when newer ones don't come to fruition as they could.

:/
The novelty of 3D and controllers that rumble (SF 64 was the first game to have this feature) has worn off, so it's now much harder to make a rails shooter that appeals on a mass level. Gameplay, replayability, cringe-free dialogue, soundtrack (see Assault), multiplayer (see Assault), all these things need to be here to reel the lost fans in. Regain their trust by not doing anything wacky or off the wall for the heck of it, and take smart risks like what you did with 64 when you salvaged ideas from Star Fox 2 and introduced new vehicles. That would be my advice. The foundation is there, they just need to incrementally build on it with each new release without changing the genre. They shouldn't reach for the panic button either when the game cracks a million and fizzles out. Stay calm and stay the course if you know the game wasn't rushed and you had a great idea.

The marketing could be better, too. Le do le barrel roll only get's you so far. =P
 
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