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Wasn't there a thing where Chroms voice actor said he didn't do voice work for smash, which was false but he also wasn't a character?
I'd be fine with it, but only if they got rid of the horrific stamina and type-weakness mechanics, especially the stamina mechanic, that thing was ridiculous, the stamina just got in the way of everyone who wanted to main/solo-main any of the Pokemon locked onto Pokemon Trainer and basically told them "no, you can't do that, no fun allowed".
That's true, but my point was that the balance team in Smash 4 didn't do the best of jobs, yes, it'd be harder to balance the game with more characters, but what I'm saying is that they were never going to balance it well in the first place, even if we cut down the roster to just 20 or so characters I have no faith that we'd end up getting a game that's balanced. It's definitely harder to make a balanced game with 58 characters than 12, but they're the professionals, and if they seriously created a greater gap between the strongest and weakest character than what existed in their own 19 year old game, then I don't think they really prioritized balance much or were blocked from doing their job properly because Sakurai or someone else wouldn't let them (Sakurai has a veto power over the balance team's decisions, and I have a stinging suspicion that that's a major source of the game's imbalances).
I don't think it's necessarily just because they weren't smash players (Although that really could be a major factor, I've actually never considered that before lol), I think a lot of it might have to do with Sakurai, he can veto any change they made and was one of the people in charge of the game's balance, and I doubt a Namco-led team would actually go out of their way to nerf Dedede and never try buffing him. I also find it highly suspicious that right after Sakurai left to take his break is when Sheik got her big 1.1.5 nerfs, it could be a coincidence but who knows. I probably should have made that more clear, now that I'm looking back at my post, it does look like I'm saying that everyone on the balance team is terrible lol. Also, yeah, I agree, the Mid-tier balance IS good, my problem's pretty much exclusively with how massive the gap between the Bottom-tiers and Top-tiers is. It's an improvement over Melee and Brawl but I want more lol.
Fair point.
Bayonetta is actually my favorite match-up to play against, viewing the game as unbalanced doesn't equate to me being a cry-baby or salty. The current state of the Top Tiers wasn't my main problem with the game's balance, I've been saying the balance sucked for a long time and it was before Cloud and Bayonetta were even released lol, I never thought the game was amazingly balanced, throughout the entirety of Smash 4's patches they never even TRIED buffing my main, why would I think that? Also, I get that it's natural that there must be a best and worst character, but that doesn't mean we can't strive to make the gap between those two smaller than it is.
It's one of those of "technically true". But yeah, I remember that one.
He was asked, but it should be noted that the article in question (or at least the one I found) was from July 2013, which to put into perspective was about a month after the game was first revealed at E3 that same year and over a year from the 3DS' release. By comparison, Skye Bennett is making her statement at least half a year out from the latest possible release date of the game (provided it's not delayed). So there's quite a gap between when Matthew Mercer made his statement and Skye Bennett made hers, and he could've easily been telling the truth at the time rather then being under NDA.
there is no actual rule yes. but there is little to no point in nintendo doing everything it takes (copyright, royalties, contracts, ect) if the character won't make a splash. i'm in law school right now there is no way Nintendo would go through an international legal process without expecting a significant return which is why every 3rd party added so far has been a well recognized character.
If they reused Pyra audio from XC2, would that count as the actress not recording anything for Smash specifically? With how much voice acting that game/Pyra has, I'm sure they can pull a few lines and make them fit if that's the case.
Though part of that is what Sakurai said for his general 3rd party selections "Must have a gaming history". Bayonetta aside, that applies to the rest of the 3rd parties. So it's still what he's looking for, with unique exceptions of course.
That's an incredibly flimsy argument. I see know reason why Gen couldn't be adapted to Smash just like Ryu was. I wouldn't advocate for adding him, since it'd be a waste of a slot, but if he was modded in or something, I think he'd actually be a pretty good addition.
This is very interesting. I guess this proves that Pokémon is back with 2 versions each as usual. (Tbh, it feels really weird to think about it a console game getting two different versions, but whatever.) Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate was revealed today for the Switch so it wasn’t much of a surprise. The five placeholder games could be for unconfirmed games for the switch. But other than that I have no clue about what those could be.
Reviving transformation characters is an awful idea. I could see it done in different ways, like maybe Toon Zelda being able to shed her Phantom Armor and become her spirit form or a tag team character like Donbe & Hikari.
You forgot Zero Suit. And yes despite the fact she was a transformation the marketing was of her as a new character.
I just wanna make sure you don't misunderstand, those were all guesses from the poster. All 15 are just place holders there's no info yet on what games they are.
One or two of them could very likely belong to whatever Retro is working on, though that doesn't really give much closer as to what the game(s) would actually be.
I don't think these are your predictions. I think this is purely wishful. Not trying to offend, but I think the difference should be established.It has been a while since I shared a roster, but I have a new prediction roster to share:
Tell me your thoughts.
A timestamp would be appreciative.
I think I'd rather just have a Group Smash type of thing, where you have 1 specific character per stock. I mean, Smash Wii U implemented it during Smash Tour, and it has technically existed during the first Smash, as they could control which specific character pops out for you to fight next vs many team battles. Though it's mostly random till Melee's Event Mode(plus Brawl and Smash 4's All-Star Mode).
I have explanations for almost every newcomer addition I added here:
Yeah, I mean the newcomers in Smash for 3DS were some of the most unique ones in the series. So I'm definitely excited to see what Sakurai comes up with now that there's nothing holding him back.
It wasn't really an argument to say why the character couldn't be in. It was moreso to identify that a transformation archetype in a 2D fighting game that, while it deals with similar lag issues (like on moves I mean) those don't deal with the platforming aspect that makes Smash, Smash.
Two months of research didn't do ya to well then...
That conclusion at the end there seems kind of obvious. Making incomplete characters like Zelda/Sheik is a terrible idea unless it's implemented in a much better way, but having it as a means of addressing different types of situations makes a lot of sense. For example, having a zoning mode and a rushdown mode. Or having a transformation that is much heavier to go to when you're at higher percent. Even a "this one damages, this one finishes" set-up is actually not that bad if they aren't cripplingly over-specialized like Zelda was, especially if the transforming can be done fluidly.
Mechanically there's no meaningful difference. You're going from X set of moves/properties to Y set.
Icons is still a game that exists, that's still doing a transforming character.
It's going to take more than a simple, vague statement to change my mind Crooner. :-p
I have no doubts that my predictions could be wrong, but I will do the best I can anyway to figure out Sakurai and his possible roster. I likely will not get everything right, but I can at least try to guess more newcomers right than wrong to get some form of bragging rights, haha! :9
No offense Blue, but RTC is an awful way to gauge the chances of any character.
That is the exact opposite of what condensing the roster would achieve.
The problem with transformations historically is that they are designed to both demand and strongly discourage transforming. If you look at most good stance changing/transforming characters, they can do so fluidly, even to the point of using attacks from both in the same combo.
Scoliosis Jones
If you want a character that's a good analogue for Zelda, there's Zeku in SFV. He has a zoning and rushdown form and he has moves that make him quickly transform after while also hitting his opponent.