Smash 4 Social Thread 3.0

[JamesDNaux]

So...for you guys who have experience, how do you come up with your OCs? Do you research what personalities they could have and whatnot?

First I think of what kind of gameplay I want to accomplish, then I think of what kind of gadgets/abilities they have. I work on a rough design, flesh out their personality, create a few supporting characters and a world for them to live in, and try to think of a set of events to give them a story. Then I never actually do anything with my ideas and remind myself that I'll probably never make video games. So now I've got a large assortment of characters and ideas floating around in my head.

Don't do it like I do it.

 

[Bedoop]

So...for you guys who have experience, how do you come up with your OCs? Do you research what personalities they could have and whatnot?

I was 7 when I first made my OC. Just a stick-figure with a Mario Hat and that's it.
Then it morphed into a Rayman-like Character (albeit it was based on Hoshi no Kaabii, I didn't know about Rayman at the time) around the age of 10.
At the age of 11 it morphed once more during my Flipnote Hatena days into a mix between my old OC and the stick figure, with a Shirt that looked exactly like Robotnik's shirt except white stripes instead of yellow.
I would continue this story, but I'm at school and I must continue working.

 

[praline]

Yes, I am.

Curious.

 

[Knuckles the Knuckles]

You can't know that, maybe if you have access to the NPD group numbers, which is an expensive subscription. I don't even know if they have weekly charts. VGChartz has a lot of guesswork and outright stealing from places like NeoGAF, and yet they dare to charge a subscription fee for their full guesswork.

Bottom line, we only have Japan's actual numbers, where it sold just over 100k.

There are PAL charts too but they don't give numbers.

You just need to know where to look.

 

[Digital Hazard]

Is anyone actually go be , when we have ?

I'm definetely going

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

Is anyone actually go be , when we have ?

I'll play Jr., Roy, and Larry the most.

@xLemmy_KoopaX

 

[Rockaphin]

Is anyone actually go be , when we have ?

Nope, not at all. I prefer the Koopalings and their diverse personalities(especially from the terrible show).

 

[mimgrim]

Every time I recruit a new class in Etrian Odyssey I am technically making an already designed OC.

 

[R0Y]

You just need to know where to look.

VGChartz is not where to look.

Media Create is a good place but that's just Japan

 

[Knuckles the Knuckles]

VGChartz is not where to look.

Media Create is a good place but that's just Japan

I agree.

 

[FalKoopa]

I don't have such fancy programs.
Nor do I have anything that adds an outline.
All I got is Paint.NET and terrible Computer Drawing Skills.

I think I made it sound needlessly complex. I just paused at the right moment in the video, took a screen and edited it in Photoshop (using a method @Shaya taught me)

Well if that counts, when I was like 14 I drew a pumpkin pokemon and his whole evolutionary tree, and then gave up.

In my case though, I actually went through the trouble of cataloging all the fakemon. I remember having 82 evolutionary lines, 11 nations, and some 200 fakemon in all.

 

[praline]

Well now that we know we can put this behind us.

 

[Kenith]

Anybody here familiar with rapping?
I want to make a rap song featuring all the Smash 4 newcomers.

I just did Robin. Going for Villager.

 

[Knuckles the Knuckles]

In my case though, I actually went through the trouble of cataloging all the fakemon. I remember having 82 evolutionary lines, 11 nations, and some 200 fakemon in all.

Thats some dedication. You prolly could make a fakemon game out of it like that one guy who made this IOS game thats just pokemon.

 

[Digital Hazard]

The closest I have to make an OC was once drawing a random angel/devil hybrid girl over boredom.

After that I thought of maybe writing some kind of fiction about a war coming to Earth starring her but dropped it due to school.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

Well now that we know we can put this behind us.

BRB gluing back blown pieces of my mind.

 

[RamOne]

Anybody here familiar with rapping?
I want to make a rap song featuring all the Smash 4 newcomers.

I just did Robin. Going for Villager.

I'm always in for listening some music.

 

[Digital Hazard]

Well now that we know we can put this behind us.

Foxes lifespan is 5 years...

 

[Rockaphin]

Anybody here familiar with rapping?
I want to make a rap song featuring all the Smash 4 newcomers.

I just did Robin. Going for Villager.

Well. . . I listen to the genre, but I can't actually rap lol

 

[Kenith]

Well now that we know we can put this behind us.

Where and when did you find this
I have to yeah this comment

 

[praline]

Where and when did you find this
I have to yeah this comment

Miiverse, when I checked it.

 

[JamesDNaux]

Foxes lifespan is 5 years...

Why do you think the new Fox sounds like he hasn't even hit puberty?

 

[Kenith]

Foxes lifespan is 5 years...

Why do you think he looks and sounds different in every game?

 

[Substitution]

I would make original characters. But most would consider them insane by concept standards.

 

[Curious Villager]

I am currently designing my own OC's too although admittedly the main one takes a few inspirations from another existing character, however I am still working on it though. I am working on some other OC's too and trying to create a world for them too along with it but I'm not very happy with those yet....

Yeah I'm hoping to do something with them one day..... one day....

 

[Digital Hazard]

Here we have Original the Character being 2edgy

 

[FalKoopa]

I would make original characters. But most would consider them insane by concept standards.

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Kenith]

When you guys say OCs, do you mean Sonic OC's, or just original characters?
I don't know, OC sounds so unprofessional, even for unprofessionals.

 

[R0Y]

I hope collecting CD's is back for the Wii U version like Brawl...and the ability to set the frequency of items again like the rest of the series.

 

[Kenith]

I hope collecting CD's is back for the Wii U version like Brawl.

I hope they are not.
That was one of the worst things about Brawl. Imagine CD's coming back without Stage Builder to farm them.
Dear god, what a nightmare....

 

[Kaye Cruiser]

I hope collecting CD's is back for the Wii U version like Brawl...and the ability to set the frequency of items again like the rest of the series.

Ugh. NO. Absolutely not.

That was a terrible addition and it needs to stay gone.

 

[Curious Villager]

When you guys say OCs, do you mean Sonic OC's, or just original characters?
I don't know, OC sounds so unprofessional, even for unprofessionals.

I'm just talking about my own characters, nothing with Sonic.

 

[Crescendo]

Here we have Original the Character being 2edgy

I didn't know Sega was still releasing games for the PS1.
No, seriously, could they at least pretend to care?

 

[RamOne]

I hope collecting CD's is back for the Wii U version like Brawl...and the ability to set the frequency of items again like the rest of the series.

No. Being able to buy them for coins in the CD Shop or something is fine by me, but not something that needs grinding to get them all.
Same goes for the stickers, I still haven't caught them all. But I hope stickers are gone altogether.

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

I liked CDs the only problem was how short time you had to get it.

 

[R0Y]

I hope they are not.
That was one of the worst things about Brawl. Imagine CD's coming back without Stage Builder to farm them.
Dear god, what a nightmare....

Oh my god, how could I forget?! We need stage builder back also as one of the Wii U exclusive modes goddamnit!

 

[Kaye Cruiser]

When you guys say OCs, do you mean Sonic OC's, or just original characters?
I don't know, OC sounds so unprofessional, even for unprofessionals.

Again, the Sonic ones are called Fan Characters, as are any based off of someone else's story made by someone who isn't part of it's creation team. Original Caracter are actually original and from original stories.

Now, you can still make an alterate version of an original character based off of something from existing story, but that's nothing more than an alt. They're still original as long as they have their original design and character from which the alt is based off of too.

 

[Kenith]

I'm just talking about my own characters, nothing with Sonic.

Oh...

I have a few original creations of my own, as well as a story to go with them. Was sort of hoping to make a game out of it one day, but I don't know if that will come to pass.

 

[Substitution]

That's not necessarily a bad thing.

Depends. One thing I've learned is that there is a line between strange and ridiculous. And depending on the context (such as genres), that line can range in distance.

 

[Curious Villager]

Oh...

I have a few original creations of my own, as well as a story to go with them. Was sort of hoping to make a game out of it one day, but I don't know if that will come to pass.

Yeah same, I am currently learning on designing games though, I managed to get a basic shooter done and I'm now working on making a basic platformer. But yeah....