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Swamp Sensei

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Hence the "Where am I" showing it's an original creation,
That's a bit of a stretch, isn't it?

It could mean that, but it could mean a lot of things. "Where am I?" isn't decisive in the slightest.
 

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Yes that is Muddy Mole. Your point?
Do I really have to spell it out for you? Muddy Mole is a character that hardly gets requested, yet when he gets proposed you argue about about how he wouldn't/shouldn't be added in a condescending way. Yet you get all defensive when people do the same thing with Tabuu. How is that not hypocritical?
 

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No matter what Sakurai says, he IS bias. It's really obvious with Kid Icarus, Kirby, Starfy, and retros.
Sakurai is biased, but not always in the franchise he loves' favor, like Kirby having to wait 'till Brawl until getting more characters, and Kirby sucking big-time in Melee too. I don't see any bias around Kid Icarus other than its name being in the trailer, and honestly, Yoshi's Island wouldn't work well as a franchise name in a trailer, it was between Kid Icarus or Fire Emblem as far as I see it. The Starfy thing is only a rumor spawned from an out of context quote from the Brawl Dojo, he does say that Starfy does have his own charm and all, so I'm fairly certain he doesn't hate him.

Nice new avatar btw, Drowzee is smug as hell.
 

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People like to accuse Sakurai of bias when it suits their purposes (justifying Starfy's role, advocating for more Kirby characters, supporting Saki, etc.), but tbh the amount of bias he's shown as far as selecting characters for different types of roles (playable, AT, boss, etc.) in Smash is pretty minuscule.

Now once those characters get in, giving them an overabundance of spotlight is a whole other thing. :rolleyes:
 

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People like to accuse Sakurai of bias when it suits their purposes (justifying Starfy's role, advocating for more Kirby characters, supporting Saki, etc.), but tbh the amount of bias he's shown as far as selecting characters for different types of roles (playable, AT, boss, etc.) in Smash is pretty minuscule.

Now once those characters get in, giving them an overabundance of spotlight is a whole other thing. :rolleyes:
You mean Rosalina's Kirby's reveal trailer?

Everyone is biased to an extent; however, as you stated, he doesn't necessarily make his inherent biases overt. Some of it just can't be helped. I mean, if I was developing the game, I would add who I wanted too. Meowth wouldn't be treated like a typical gutter-*****.
 

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So is the topic about that Muddy Mole guy? Also Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day I guess. I would also like to throw out that everyone has their bias, but it's safe to say it's obvious. Sakurai isn't too overt with any bias of his if you ask me.

And geez....It's late isn't it? Oh well.
 

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So is the topic about that Muddy Mole guy? Also Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day I guess. I would also like to throw out that everyone has their bias, but it's safe to say it's obvious. Sakurai isn't too overt with any bias of his if you ask me.

And geez....It's late isn't it? Oh well.
Are you seriously insinuating that Martin Luther King Jr. has a chance to be in Smash? Well... I have contemplated the plausibility of this notion quite a bit. I have come to the conclusion that it isn't going to happen though as he doesn't originate from a video-game. Sorry... best you hear it from a fellow MLK Jr. supporter.
 

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If Sakurai was really that biased we would have gotten Mach Rider by now seeing how that was his most wanted character since before Melee.
 

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Are you seriously insinuating that Martin Luther King Jr. has a chance to be in Smash? Well... I have contemplated the plausibility of this notion quite a bit. I have come to the conclusion that it isn't going to happen though as he doesn't originate from a video-game. Sorry... best you hear it from a fellow MLK Jr. supporter.
Not really. But if there was one historical figure I would add it'd Theodore Roosevelt. Or Morgan Freeman. :laugh: Though I guess he'd be the game's announcer.
 

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Or Morgan Freeman. :laugh: Though I guess he'd be the game's announcer.
"And then he picked Mario, I suppose one would like to pick a well rounded character, and he is the face of Nintendo after all. It reminds me of the first time I played Super Mario Brothers, which reminds me of how much I enjoy Nintendo games, which in turn is the reason I am the announcer for this game. Oh yes, the announcer for this game."

"I see that Link is who you've selected, a fine choice as always. Why I remember back in the day when I thought Link was Zelda, boy was I confused when I found the princess at the end of the game."

"Kirby, oh Kirby. Why does a happy pink ball like to eat things? We may someday find out the secrets of the universe, but we may never explain the mind of Masahiro Sakurai."

"Pikachu, Pika Pika, Pikachu, Pika Pi, Pikachu."
 

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Apparently people thought today's pic looked like a Rayman stage. All aboard the Rayman train. :shades: Make it happen Sakurai!
 

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Apparently people thought today's pic looked like a Rayman stage. All aboard the Rayman train. :shades: Make it happen Sakurai!
Hmmmm...... Interesting.

It looks like something from Rayman 2, which had a remake as a 3DS launch title. Maybe.... Just maybe....
 

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Kind of looks like a DK Country stage,and it WAS. shown in the trailer,so,is it taking them months just to make Rayman?
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Nah.
I think it does look more like Rayman.
The streams of light on the trees, the light in between the trees in the background, and the floating balls of yellow light make it look more like Rayman.
 

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For me is just a generic stage of adventure mode. Sakurai is just too picky to choose rayman for 3rd party char
 
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For me is just a generic stage of adventure mode. Sakurai is just too pick to choose rayman for 3rd party char
Sakurai is just too what?

And I never thought of that before, but it does look a lot like it would be an adventure stage!

If it isn't a Rayman stage, what would it be?
Donkey Kong Country.
That's what a lot of people are saying.
 

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For me is just a generic stage of adventure mode. Sakurai is just too picky to choose rayman for 3rd party char
I agree, and like I said I doubt we would ever get a non Japanese third party character.

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Anyway the picture seems to not take insparation from anything, heck for all we know it could just be a transition stage in all star mode, those have always been in a Forrest like setting right?
 

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The Miiverse caption of that photo says: "Where am I.....?? To be clear, the new Super Smash Bros. games do not feature a story mode like the Subspace Emissary" So, my guess is that it is in fact part of Smash 4's Adventure Mode.
 

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The Miiverse caption of that photo says: "Where am I.....?? To be clear, the new Super Smash Bros. games do not feature a story mode like the Subspace Emissary" So, my guess is that it is in fact part of Smash 4's Adventure Mode.
It could be part of the unknown stage in the E3 trailer where Mario jumps really high.

That stage in the trailer is most likely an adventure mode stage. I say this because of the unusual height Mario jumps. Maybe it could be a small sort of cutscene, because if it was a normal stage and Mario somehow got shot that high up and almost off the screen, the camera wouldn't follow him since he was being knocked out.
 

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The pic has absolutely nothing to do with Rayman.
 

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Andy (Advance Wars) on the next Smash: Yay or Nay?
 

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I really don't give a **** about Advance Wars. Like Fire Emblem much better.
 

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"And then he picked Mario, I suppose one would like to pick a well rounded character, and he is the face of Nintendo after all. It reminds me of the first time I played Super Mario Brothers, which reminds me of how much I enjoy Nintendo games, which in turn is the reason I am the announcer for this game. Oh yes, the announcer for this game."

"I see that Link is who you've selected, a fine choice as always. Why I remember back in the day when I thought Link was Zelda, boy was I confused when I found the princess at the end of the game."

"Kirby, oh Kirby. Why does a happy pink ball like to eat things? We may someday find out the secrets of the universe, but we may never explain the mind of Masahiro Sakurai."

"Pikachu, Pika Pika, Pikachu, Pika Pi, Pikachu."
After reading all that in Morgan Freeman's voice, I couldn't stop laughing.:rotfl:
 
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