You Will Know Our Names
Chance:
-Main Game:
81%
-Via DLC:
Abstain
I'm one of the poor saps who only got to see Xenoblade Chronicles in action once Chuggaaconroy started his LP. To be fair, it's because I've been broke ever since the game got released in the States. >_>
I do understand the significance of it, though, and from the first 20% or so the LP has covered so far, I get the appeal. I've been hoping Shulk would get in SSB4. Anyone who's seen me on other threads knows I think we have reasons to be skeptical about the Gematsu leak, specifically the nature of the Rhythm Heaven and Fire Emblem Awakening reps and the chance of there being newcomers not mentioned on the leak, but I really doubt Shulk would've been cut from the roster.
If Shulk
is in, I'd be surprised if there wasn't a Xenoblade stage to go along with him. If there
is a Xenoblade stage, then You Will Know Our Names--essentially a miniboss theme--is a shoo in. Even if there isn't a stage, I wouldn't be surprised if it gets in somehow. If it doesn't...well, I have no clue how they'd handle music DLC, if they made music DLC at all.
So I figure a 90% chance of Shulk being on the roster, and if he's in then YWNON has a 90% chance of being in at least the Wii U version.
Want:
75%
I'm actually a pretty talented musician (Alto Sax, classically trained), and I'm really interested in video game music for how thematic it usually is. And I think this is...a pretty damn good theme. The only reason I didn't give it a higher % is personal preference: parts of the song feel like they're...too dense? Too strong-sounding? I dunno, it's hard to describe. *shrug*
In the Final
Chance:
-Main Game:
20%
-Via DLC:
Abstain
After four games, the Mario & Luigi series is getting famous for having
amazing final boss themes. Bowser's Inside Story ends with one hell of a fight that asks the player to call on everything they've learned so far as the Bros.
and as the Koopa King. The mood set by In the Final fits the battle perfectly: ominous and a little somber sounding, but still moving forward and still urging the player to fight back.
Unfortunately...the Mario RPGs haven't had much music in Smash so far. All we got was one arrangement of one theme from one game...and it wasn't even a well known or particularly well liked theme. For In the Final to make it, the Mario RPGs would have to see more musical representation
and have more well known themes picked
and In the Final would have to beat out themes from more recent games like the more recent but thematically different Adventure's End.
Could it happen? Maybe. But I don't like the odds.
Want:
80%
If it did get in, though? Hell yeah, I'd be for it. I wonder if any tourney organizers have let people make music requests in the Grand Finals before? I'd use one here (if the stage was legal), one for Id (Purpose) if Arena Ferox got picked...
Predictions
Commander Shepard:
0.24%
You're kidding, right? After all the middle fingers EA has raised in Nintendo's general direction?
Unlockable Unrevealed Veteran:
99.8%
I dunno if I'm reading the wording of this right. If it means any veteran we haven't seen yet, there's no way there
won't be at least one left as an unlockable "secret" character. Did the nominator mean a veteran that wasn't in Brawl? If I misunderstood, I'll change my prediction as needed.
Nominations
Stage Music of Major Franchises No Longer Limited to Stages of That Franchise x5
Renaming is...a work in progress. >_>