Roster Prediction Discussion Thread

[Starbound]

Lack of character development doesn't make you a Mary Sue. Being a Mary Sue means that the character is sort of like a self-insert in that the character is flawless by design.

Also, I'm pretty sure Micaiah had more character development than Ike in RD. His whole half the game can be summarized by "I fight for my friends".

 

[Fire Emblemier]

Lack of character development doesn't make you a Mary Sue. Being a Mary Sue means that the character is sort of like a self-insert in that the character is flawless by design.

Also, I'm pretty sure Micaiah had more character development than Ike in RD. His whole half the game can be summarized by "I fight for my friends".

I know what it means, but I still see people call both Ike and Macaiah Mary Sues/Gary Stu's even though they have personalities. Yet, she still lacked the character development needed, but Ike had both PoR and RD to show people what he's like and the latter truly showed, with him being the sole protagonist in the installment. So people didn't really find Ike that underdeveloped as Micaiah, as he had a lot more time for it, unlike her.

 

[Pacack]

I thought that Isaac was the one you guys were talking about.

Personally, I've always felt like Fire Emblem deserves the Magic part of the series to be represented, and that's the main reason I support Robin. That, and I've never seen Isaac as terribly likely, so I don't have a problem with Robin filling the archetype that he would have otherwise filled.

 

[Kenith]

I thought the pic of the day would com e by now...guess not.

 

[XStarWarriorX]

I thought the pic of the day would com e by now...guess not.

It'll show up in 5 mins at the minimum 15 at the max.

If it takes longer than sakurai is just doing his thing....

 

[Pacack]

I thought the pic of the day would com e by now...guess not.

Less than 15 minutes left, so just give it a bit.

 

[Fire Emblemier]

Imagine if Sakurai meant this would be the last day without a pic, meaning the pic isn't till the 7th. Hoping I'm not right, but I might be.

 

[SuperBrawler]

What time usually does he do it?

 

[Fire Emblemier]

What time usually does he do it?

Around now.

 

[Starcutter]

What time usually does he do it?

4EST I think

Around now.

really? I thought it was in 2 hours!

 

[Arcanir]

Micaiah gets called the Mary Sue because of her special abilities, status, the whole incident in Part 4 and is forgiven quickly for her previous actions, so people throw the Mary Sue term at her. Ironically, they ignore that the game beforehand criticized those actions, highlighted her mistakes and even her allies were quick to call her out so she wasn't treated as a perfect or idealized character. Hell, if it wasn't for Part 4 (or at least, if it was written better), she probably wouldn't be called a Mary Sue at all.

Ike does fall into the category of an "Idealized Character" a bit in RD as he has no flaws, no drawbacks, the game heaps praise on him, he steals the spotlight from Micaiah and so on, but again that does ignore all of the things he did to get there in the previous game as he grows there and starts to become a better leader so there wasn't much more for him to grow. They could've been better about balancing his story with Micaiah's, but he's still not really a Gary Stu when you take in everything the character has done.

 

[Pacack]

Imagine if Sakurai meant this would be the last day without a pic, meaning the pic isn't till the 7th. Hoping I'm not right, but I might be.

"I'll be back on Jan. 6"

 

[Knight Dude]

Well now we know that each version will have their own trophies too. Interesting to say the least. Much like the stages, Wii-U will get console trophies. And 3DS will get handheld trophies. What do you guys think of the update? I feel like it was better than the run of the mill update. Though I know more people were wanting some Zelda info. I did too, still not too bad of an update.

 

[UltimateWario]

Goddamn, that picture of Battlefield is from the 3DS? Sexy.

I still say the 3DS is hands-down the best video game machine to have right now.

Aw, everyone clear out, Saria deconfirmed. :C Time to head home, boys.

 

[Starcutter]

Well now we know that each version will have their own trophies too. Interesting to say the least. Much like the stages, Wii-U will get console trophies. And 3DS will get handheld trophies. What do you guys think of the update? I feel like it was better than the run of the mill update. Though I know more people were wanting some Zelda info. I did too, still not too bad of an update.

There was Zelda info! Saria confirmed as trophy!

Oh you meant princess Zelda. My bad

 

[Lasifer]

Trophies don't necessarily confirm or deconfirm a character, remember playable characters have 'em too.
Though, Saria's probably not getting in.

 

[AEMehr]

and now even more formal deconfirmations will begin to show up.

Joyous~

 

[Pacack]

Trophies don't necessarily confirm or deconfirm a character, remember playable characters have 'em too.
Though, Saria's probably not getting in.

This is true (but Saria never really had a chance anyways, so...)

 

[UltimateWario]

and now even more formal deconfirmations will begin to show up.

Joyous~

I sorely hope you weren't expecting Saria to playable.

 

[TheLastJinjo]

It is such a damn shame Michaiah doesn't nearly have the support of Chrom and Roy; otherwise, she would have been a spectacular choice.

Much better than Robin.

 

[AEMehr]

I sorely hope you weren't expecting Saria to playable.

No, but something is better than nothing.
That and I was referring to future trophies being shown.

 

[Inawordyes]

Okay, so they have to be pretty far in development and somewhat close to release if they're showing off trophies now, right?It seems like that'd be one of the last things since it's somewhat of a small detail compared to everything else.

 

[Baskerville]

If it we're a character that had an actual chance then people would be way more split.

 

[TheLastJinjo]

Trophies don't necessarily confirm or deconfirm a character, remember playable characters have 'em too.
Though, Saria's probably not getting in.

Because Sakurai would show a playable character's trophy before confirming the character. But, yeah she's PROBABLY not getting in.

I actually had to go to Miiverse to see what the hell you guys were talking about. It didn't show up on the site for me.

 

[Natz~]

Saria trophy! yay!

 

[TheLastJinjo]

Would have preferred Sakurai deconfirm a character we thought might be playable so we can stop speculating it blindly. Like Tingle, Vaati, or I don't know maybe ****ING IMPA!

 

[Natz~]

Would have preferred Sakurai deconfirm a character we thought might be playable. But, yay.

 

[FinalStarmen]

Much better than Robin.

I don't know so much about besting the Avatar (I would consider them nearly equal to each other), but Michaiah is certainly a far superior alternative to Chrom, Lucina, and Roy.

 

[Baskerville]

A lot of Fire Emblem characters are.

 

[YoshiandToad]

A lot of Fire Emblem characters are.

How many of those have an actual chance though?

 

[Deleted member]

As for trophies, I hope some series like Wario and Kid Icarus won't be under-represented this time.

And will be done more right for others like Zelda and Donkey Kong.

 

[Protom]

Now if that was a Ridley trophy...

 

[Baskerville]

How many of those have an actual chance though?

About as much of a chance as Toad getting out of Peach's dress, the perv.
But **** man, can I just have a FE character that uses something other than a sword? Like Ceada? plz?

 

[YoshiandToad]

About as much of a chance as Toad getting out of Peach's dress, the perv.

So absolutely none at all as long as Sakurai's in charge?

Well okay I guess you got Robin with half a shot. Maybe Caeda will get a trophy at least. She's sort of important as Marth's canon wife(Is this correct?).

 

[Baskerville]

Yes she is Marth's wife.
EDIT: Well they do have a chance, but compared to Chrom, Roy and Lucina its rather minor.

 

[BlindFox]

I like Saria pretty much, but I was expecting something "bigger" considering the time we've been without having a pic...

 

[Diddy Kong]

No revealing of the fact that it's a Special mystery that is the Phantom is kind of a dissapointment indeed.

 

[AEMehr]

No revealing of the fact that it's a Special mystery that is the Phantom is kind of a dissapointment indeed.

It's fine really. I mean we have until he reveals Sheik the game launches in later this year so there is no real need to rush that out quickly.

Doesn't mean I don't want to see it be an AT any sooner though.

 

[Diddy Kong]

It's no AT. It'll function like one most likely yes, but it's not an AT by itself.

 

[Depressed Gengar]

Well now we know that each version will have their own trophies too. Interesting to say the least. Much like the stages, Wii-U will get console trophies. And 3DS will get handheld trophies. What do you guys think of the update? I feel like it was better than the run of the mill update. Though I know more people were wanting some Zelda info. I did too, still not too bad of an update.

He said the models will be different, not the trophies in general.
Either way, Saria deconfirmed.