The 0ne
Smash Journeyman
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The 0ne
here with a topic that's been bothering me for a long time.
Well, actually first of all, I'd like to commend everyone in the Smash community for doing their parts to get others into the community for the game we all love. I mean I've seen those pictures of Uncle Sam saying "I want you to start a Smash Scene," that article from a while ago about the tournament held outside in a park for a everyone to see, and that thing in VBGC's self-promotion reel about finding your local Smash Scene. This is all seriously fantastic. I want this game one day to be bigger than LoL.
But on to the matter at hand. I know a lot of people who would probably love to play Smash, even at a competitive level. The only problem is, they aren't Nintendo fans.
How can we get people interested in Smash when they don't even like the company it comes from? The whole point of Super Smash Bros is to bring together all of these "nostalgic" characters that we've "grown up with" and are "classics" that are all fighting each other. Who's going to play a game like that where the only characters they recognize, hell even RESPECT are Mario and the Gorilla Guy?
This isn't intended for people who were never really into video games to begin with. Don't search there; it's a lost cause. I'm talking about people who say they are "Gamers" and own an Xbox and only play FPSes. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S BAD, but before we even think about getting these guys into the Smash Community, we should get them interested in Nintendo, as well as their current gaming hobbies.
tl;dr: Discuss below about getting people into Nintendo, before Smash specifically, because they'll appreciate the game more, and won't be turned away by it as quickly.
Well, actually first of all, I'd like to commend everyone in the Smash community for doing their parts to get others into the community for the game we all love. I mean I've seen those pictures of Uncle Sam saying "I want you to start a Smash Scene," that article from a while ago about the tournament held outside in a park for a everyone to see, and that thing in VBGC's self-promotion reel about finding your local Smash Scene. This is all seriously fantastic. I want this game one day to be bigger than LoL.
But on to the matter at hand. I know a lot of people who would probably love to play Smash, even at a competitive level. The only problem is, they aren't Nintendo fans.
How can we get people interested in Smash when they don't even like the company it comes from? The whole point of Super Smash Bros is to bring together all of these "nostalgic" characters that we've "grown up with" and are "classics" that are all fighting each other. Who's going to play a game like that where the only characters they recognize, hell even RESPECT are Mario and the Gorilla Guy?
This isn't intended for people who were never really into video games to begin with. Don't search there; it's a lost cause. I'm talking about people who say they are "Gamers" and own an Xbox and only play FPSes. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S BAD, but before we even think about getting these guys into the Smash Community, we should get them interested in Nintendo, as well as their current gaming hobbies.
tl;dr: Discuss below about getting people into Nintendo, before Smash specifically, because they'll appreciate the game more, and won't be turned away by it as quickly.