Agnes Oblige Chance:
10%
Agnes Oblige is one of the four main characters in Bravely Default. This franchise has gotten to be one of Square's most successful franchises on the 3DS, selling over 1 million copies with the sequel and original sales combined. This makes her one of the frontrunners if Square Enix got a character in Smash. Her main games have been released exclusively to Nintendo portables so far, with her games being published by Nintendo outside of Japan, giving the franchise and Nintendo a pretty ok relationship so far.
Agnes herself is a well-liked character and pretty popular (within her franchise) among the fans with a fully coated personality of being proper, polite and chaste. She also is well remembered for her trademark word "Unacceptable!" as people play Bravely Default's story, which became a meme in of itself when the game first released. She happens to be the mascot of the franchise too, as she is the most promoted character for the games, making her the first choice of recommendation for a Bravely character.
How did Bravely Default become a success? The majority of critics point out to the reinvented RPG gameplay mechanics, the Brave Default mechanic. One of the core aspects of gameplay is the option to both "Default", an option which allows the player to store battle points for later and to defend, and "Brave", in which the character selected unleashes multiple attacks in a single turn.
It's an RPG with a risk and reward system and offers many tactical possibilities. Pick the Brave option and you can take an extra go - up to four moves per turn – but doing so leaves you unable to move again for that number of turns. Pick Default instead, and you’ll simultaneously store up Brave Points while reducing the damage you take from enemy attacks – so if you wait three turns, you can launch multiple attacks and still be free to defend or heal yourself before your opponent launches their next offensive. It’s often better to mix and match, so you’ve always got at least one team member free per turn to protect others or heal; alternatively, you could use one team member to identify an enemy’s elemental weakness so that the ally moving next can imbue their sword with the appropriate magic. Enemies can do this "Brave Default" mechanic too, which gives each battle a different challenge. I recommend looking for videos of Bravely Default gameplay if you don't get what I'm saying here. It's a gameplay mechanic that can translate to Smash very well which can work as a distinct playstyle for Agnes, which is one of the selling factors for Agnes' inclusion.
The positives end there sadly. The most important thing she's lacking to be a ballot candidate is notable support, just like Black Mage. She is not among the top 3rd parties people vote in various ballot polls, and most of the time, she isn't in the polls at all.
Overall, the success of the franchise, her moveset potential, exclusivity with Nintendo, and personality are the main reasons why I gave her a chance score of 10%, but Agnes being one of the less voted in the ballot is a large wall against her inclusion.
Agnes Want:
90%
I want her pretty badly. I love the moveset potential she provides and her personality. And the music tracks she would provide would be amazing to have too. I really wish this character had more support, I've been pushing her inclusion pretty hard since the ballot and ok progress has been made so far. I highly recommend that you guys play Bravely Default, you are missing out on a great 3DS RPG! If it weren't the support thread, I probably would've never played this amazing game.
Nominations:
x5 Unpopular Newcomer
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