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In the entire stable of Nintendo series, sure, it's comparative impact is minimal. Compared to the remaining unrepresented series with feasible characters, its impact is towards the top of the list, higher than Xenoblade.
I don't want to use the term "recentness," but this is what I mean... to me, the really successful Golden Sun titles were back in the early 2000s, and Dark Dawn didn't have nearly the same impact as the first two. Xeno"stuff", by comparison, is not as well established on Nintendo yet, but it looks like it's growing on Nintendo faster (with "X"), and right now (as opposed to Golden Sun games which are complete surprises when they are announced). I also have a lot more confidence in the Xeno series growing, since even before Xenoblade and X, Monolith Soft already had done Xenogears and the Xenosaga series, with consistent releases. Xenoblade had limited release internationally, and that could hinder it, but I think it's more viable than a Golden Sun representative. Regardless, I don't (usually) see a huge vocal demand for either.
Okay.
Typical Smash fan syndrome, really - people always big up the characters they want most, to the point of absolute hyperbole. The defining example for me is Takamaru, who is literally (for some reason) considered a shoe-in now when before Nintendo Land he was hardly spoken of as a character choice - despite the fact that the reason Murasame Castle was chosen as a minigame for Nintendo Land probably had way more to do with it being easy for EAD to use the property as opposed to, say, a second-party's IP. And yet, now he's allegedly being put 'back in the limelight' and people think Nintendo actually gives a crap about him.
I don't see what "role" that makes Isaac superflous, espessially when your roster contains toon zelda.
Personaly I think Palutena makes than Medusa, She is more reocurring, overall more important. And representing side hasn't really been something Smash has cared about.
Heh, I always found that funny. I had Takamaru on my roster LONG before Nintendo Land, simply because I thought he the best choice for retro character to follow-up Pit. Suddenly, when I start making videos again at the beginning of this summer, EVERYONE has Takamaru in their roster (well, at least...every roster I saw. Which is a lot. Cause of the "roster critique" thing).
Tetra is definitely excess, but I think any new Mario rep, Zelda rep, and Kid Icarus rep is as well.
Pretty much, yeah. I don't think Takamaru is an unfitting character by any means, but I do find it kind of questionable that he wasn't put in many rosters or in many suggestion threads at all until Nintendo Land, at which point he suddenly retroactively became the hands-down best choice for a retro character, and allegedly had been all along.
Fair enough, like I said, they're both good choices, but it seems that Sakurai doesn't include characters based on what the series could amount to in the future, but rather what it's already accomplished. Considering he won't be counting Xenogears or Xenosaga (as they aren't really part of the same series anyway - and not Nintendo), chances are he'll make his decision based on Xenoblade and Xenoblade alone (perhaps X, but not necessarily).
I've never pretended GS was one of Nintendo's A-List series, it's clearly C-List, or around there. I'm saying of the remaining feasible series, it's towards the top, which is the truth.
I always thought it was down to the few remaining Nintendo IPs that aren't repped thus far and have more than one title. Of those, Golden Sun stands out as one of the more obvious choices, I suppose.
Could argue when making comparisons to Golden Sun and Xenoblade Chronicles, does have some more perks then Golden Sun did in hindsight. The main one is the whole Operation Rainfall shenanigans, with Xenoblade Chronicles being one of three titles involved in the campaign and the title that gained the biggest cult. I guess it just feels more special in a sense, because it's an extremely rare case where Nintendo's usual sigma of denying localization for people outside of Japan is retaliated with an iron fist, and all because people wanted a title that got critical acclaim and came from well received developers.
Same here, but only for a little while.
Yeah, my roommate (Rune342, the dude I do co-op LPs with) pretty much says the same thing. He sees why I made the choice I did, but would prefer Isaac as a much more established character; plus, he's played the other games of the Xeno series and tells me not to expect that Shulk himself would become an iconic recurring character, even if the Xeno series continues on Nintendo (as compared to Isaac, who is ALREADY established as Golden Sun's main hero...well, there's also Matthew...). I could see it going either way, but yes. Sakurai will probably make his choice on what has already happened, not based on the future.
I've got work from 2:30-11. Don't have any homework due til Tuesday, and I don't have class on Monday until noon, so I'll save it for tomorrow morning.
Yes, and Rainfall is the only reason it's even in the league it is now, but as Nintendo refuses to admit the campaign actually affected Xenoblade, and the campaign didn't actually effect it in Japan, or at least not to any great extent, chances are while Rainfall was important to the fans, and did bolster Xenoblade to new levels, they aren't really levels that can match a series that has several times the audience size with clearly enduring popularity, at least among those that are vocal in their Smash desires.
Right, but games not in the same technical series and not made by Nintendo likely won't affect Sakurai's decision one way or another about Xenoblade itself, even if it does the fans and the press (though not enough to match the commercial reception of Xenogears or Xenosaga).
Dat Final Boss.His game is awesome, but it's easy
The only parts the were hard in Starfy was the final challenges in the last world and the true final boss. (KLAK-KIT-TY!!!)
Starfy is strange. He had a good start, and a lot of games afterward, but suddenly stopped. The games were released in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, and then the last one was in 2008.
Always nice to see Muddy Mole mentioned, haha. If you have time, feel free to stop by the Muddy thread /ShamelessPlug. But yeah, as far as surprises are concerned, Muddy's one of my favorite choices.Pizzadudemanguy said:
I actually have a decent moveset for Palutena. A lot of it is based off of her boss battle.
I like the part when he failed.
That Old Man Lobber you son of a *****. That boss fight actually threw me off when I faced him for the first time, because he's literally the only enemy that inflicts twice the damage and has an instant kill attack that is very tricky to dodge. It's one of those rare cases where you're almost guaranteed to die on your first time.
My Nikki thread is in, I just PMd him.
TOSE is a company that secretly collaborated with many projects uncredited. It's suggested the company has helped with many projects (suggested to be over a thousand), but has only been given credit for less then a hundred. Naturally, this suggests to me that due to a busy schedule there isn't really any spare time to develop a new game in The Legendary Starfy series.
Oh that's all I do. o-O
It's not like them having a busy schedule is anything new. Considering Starfy successfully expanded into a new, largely profitable market, seems they would at least attempt to prioritize that relatively highly.
Pretty sure I heard it somewhere in my child life in Japan.I wonder how many people here never even knew about Takamaru until Nintendo Land.
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