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Yeah, that was it. It was a long time ago, but I didn't realize that purges were a thing.
I would rather be rating more specific historical character choices. A historical surprise newcomer getting in the game is going to happen IMO, the specific choices is where rating will be more interesting.Yeah, that was it. It was a long time ago, but I didn't realize that purges were a thing.
Are the votes gone for good now? I'm hoping to not have to start nominating from complete scratch again.
Is that one personality quirk really notable enough to build a gimmick and moveset around? Certainly the sillier fan representations would have you believe so, but Sakurai's always either represented a character how he saw them or how they were in their original series, not how the fandom pretended they were.
A clear theme is important in visualizing how a character will play, but you can't forget to take inspiration from the original series as well. If Tom Nook were playable and every other move was throwing money at people, would that really be a satisfactory way to communicate the feel of Animal Crossing?
As far as I know, Wii Fit Trainer's moveset in its entirety is derived from her series. Certainly her moves were given a creative spin to be made to work in the context of Smash, but it wasn't Sakurai just doing whatever he wanted with the character.
I'm not as convinced that being a merchant alone is a stellar prospect for creative moveset crafting, but perhaps Sakurai and certainly Anna fans would disagree.
Pac-Man's moves were still taken from his games, and Ryu was a mechanical marvel rather than an inspirational one.
Is there any evidence at all that Sakurai would care to explore Tom Nook in the first place? He's shown far more love to K.K. Slider, who as far as I can tell would be the first guitar-wielding, music-based fighter in Smash. The fact that he's carrying around an instrument gives off a much stronger impression of being a musician than Nook's sweater vest gives off an impression of being the master of all things financial.
Is a generic fitness instructor enough? He doesn't need to be an evil businessman, a representation of capitalism is enough. His character is being an ambitious shop keeper.
He can throw those leaves that turn into furniture or whatever other prop Sakurai wants. It makes more sense than a luck based uair/dair where he pulls out 1-3 turnips, or magically storing any projectile that is fired at him in his "pocket." He is more in-character to use props than Villager given he is the original owner of all the props, and there's plenty more props to be used. Not just "throwing bells at people."
I am pretty sure the Neutral Special is just a pose you do in Wii Fit. The WFT does not randomly generate a sun as powerful as Charge Shot while doing so, nor do they randomly heal from it.
And being a faceless citizen of Tom Nook's town is enough?
Pac man summons his mortal enemies, the ghosts, to use as props. How much more forced of a moveset can you get than that? What if Mario threw out Bowser as an attack? Aside from that, the Neutral Special is taken from games other than Pac Man's and just makes him a generic representative of his company. The Down Special hydrant is a random cliffnote prop in a Pac Man game that is way more obscure than what is being proposed for Tom Nook.
Wii Fit Trainer represents the role of generic fitness instructor perfectly, she was more than enough. aside from adding effects to her moves to make them work in a fight, Sakurai didn't have to stretch for attacks at all. Going from strictly greed to ambitious shopkeeper is an improvement, though he then risks becoming generic enough to overlap with other characters since that archetype would be difficult to represent. First thing that comes to mind is some sort of buying/selling mechanic, but that just screams counter.
Villager's moves are directly inspired by Animal Crossing, the random turnips perfectly represent the fluctuating turnip market and the pocket's ability to contain dangerous objects draws clear parallels to the ability to store attacking bees, tarantulas and scorpions. Tom Nook's hardly the only one with an affinity for furniture, seeing as how every villager has a strong connection to it and Cyrus goes so far as to be the only known crafter in the series, and once his nephews take over the business in New Leaf his paws are largely scrubbed clean of that business. Not to say that his moveset couldn't be filled with various props, but at that point he's no more unique than any random villager.
That's where the creative spin comes in. Sun Salutation doesn't have those effects in the original series, but all the yoga poses are 100% Wii Fit.
Technically it's Tom Nook who's a citizen of the Villager's town, but I digress. Being a player avatar, Villager is shown to be proficient in using by far the greatest amount of tools out of any Animal Crossing character. Being the first fighter chosen to represent the franchise, they had unfettered access to every one of those tools without fear of being seen as a clone.
The point isn't so much that Pac-Man's moveset flows together perfectly, but that Sakurai wasn't creating moves from scratch. An avid Pac-Fan would be able to pinpoint the origin of everything used, which is important in a game based heavily on history.
I'm most interested in seeing whether the boards recognize a historical charcter as something to include. I know my own position, but I want to see other users' opinions.
Now, hold on. To call Pac-man's moveset forced is extremely disingenuous. Allow me to quote myself.
Further, Pac-Man is no stranger to manipulating Ghosts - not only can it be argued that his first game revolves around AI manipulation, but he's also shown to be straight up friends with them for certain games (see: Pac-Man World 3, Ghostly Adventures)
Those fruit are literally in the original Pac-Man arcade game, dude. Namco's arcade games have referenced each other since they first started. It's taken from Pac-Man, which itself branched out to other series.
I don't deny that the games weren't received well critically, but I wanted to mention the fact that it happens sometimes regardless.
Well, as weird as it may come across to you, it's still more in character than Tom Nook suddenly getting the personality of Redd.
I suppose that it is fair that I clarify more on the the move-set matter. A huge, central part of Animal Crossing's gameplay is upgrading. With New Leaf specifically, you begin living in a tent for a home:
