Mr. Mumbles
Smash Ace
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- Jun 13, 2013
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I realize a lot of people here are actually behaving quite civil, and aren't the raving lunatics that people seem to picture when they imagine character debates and such. I've seen exceptions to this of course, but at the moment people pretty much seem to be getting along. That said, I think we all have the potential to be lunatics at times, and feel entitled to something we aren't, so I thought I'd share this thought to help with those times.
We all have characters we want to see in the next smash game (Ridley and Krystal FTW!); some care much more about there characters getting in then others, but I daresay we all have at least one whose inclusion (assuming it is done well) would make us happier.
One thing to bare in mind though, is not even Sakuria, the most important person in this games production, gets all the characters he wants. For example we know that a number of characters in Brawl were originally meant to be in Melee. And what about the forbidden seven. While we can't be sure it seems likely that at some point in the development process Sakurai wanted those characters in Brawl, but it didn't happen. Sure he decides which characters get priority, but I'm sure even he has to answer to someone. Sure said person probably doesn't question his every move, but if he prioritized his own interest above the overall quality of the game, I'm sure he'd have some explaining to do.
Sure he got Ice climbers into the series, which if memory serves that was one of his favorite games growing up, but his highest priority has always been making these good games, and if that means someone he wants to see gets cut, they get cut. This is his baby, and even he doesn't always get to see what he wants. How much less should we then be judgmental of this game, when we don't get what we want, considering this isn't our baby at all. If somehow this game were to completely suck (which it won't), what would we have lost? Nothing. We would not have gotten what we wanted, but unless we deemed to the game to be worth our money anyway (which would be our fault), we would have lost nothing. Whereas if the game sucks, Sakuria looses years worth of effort.
Now I'm not saying we shouldn't express our views on what characters should be in the game, and why we think they should be. I'm certainly not saying we shouldn't discuss who we think is likely to make an appearance either. That is part of the reason this place exists after all. I just wanted to share a thought one can remind themselves if ever they feel as if they are being just a bit to entitled. I know this thought helps me.
TL;DR: If Sakuria doesn't get everything he wants, neither will you.
We all have characters we want to see in the next smash game (Ridley and Krystal FTW!); some care much more about there characters getting in then others, but I daresay we all have at least one whose inclusion (assuming it is done well) would make us happier.
One thing to bare in mind though, is not even Sakuria, the most important person in this games production, gets all the characters he wants. For example we know that a number of characters in Brawl were originally meant to be in Melee. And what about the forbidden seven. While we can't be sure it seems likely that at some point in the development process Sakurai wanted those characters in Brawl, but it didn't happen. Sure he decides which characters get priority, but I'm sure even he has to answer to someone. Sure said person probably doesn't question his every move, but if he prioritized his own interest above the overall quality of the game, I'm sure he'd have some explaining to do.
Sure he got Ice climbers into the series, which if memory serves that was one of his favorite games growing up, but his highest priority has always been making these good games, and if that means someone he wants to see gets cut, they get cut. This is his baby, and even he doesn't always get to see what he wants. How much less should we then be judgmental of this game, when we don't get what we want, considering this isn't our baby at all. If somehow this game were to completely suck (which it won't), what would we have lost? Nothing. We would not have gotten what we wanted, but unless we deemed to the game to be worth our money anyway (which would be our fault), we would have lost nothing. Whereas if the game sucks, Sakuria looses years worth of effort.
Now I'm not saying we shouldn't express our views on what characters should be in the game, and why we think they should be. I'm certainly not saying we shouldn't discuss who we think is likely to make an appearance either. That is part of the reason this place exists after all. I just wanted to share a thought one can remind themselves if ever they feel as if they are being just a bit to entitled. I know this thought helps me.
TL;DR: If Sakuria doesn't get everything he wants, neither will you.
