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Late response but this statement is quite true. It also sounds just like the stuff the Dean of Academics of my old high school always said: "If you fail to complete your Christian service, you won't get your diploma. Don't. Be. That. Guy."
One doesn't get rid of the Bayo Booty. It and ZSS candy are just as good as shirtless Shulk and Falcon's clothes somehow getting tighter each game (like the dude's bulge is so noticeable lol). Next we'll get Shirtless Mario and Shirtless Link. Ganondorf will then be given tighter clothes. It's all so fun.
Yeah, as if there weren't enough death knells the best character they could add is a licensing nightmare. I'm under no illusions of thinking it'll ever happen at all, and I'm not even really supporting it. I was just throwing out wild ideas based on premise alone, probably shouldn't have said anything but I thought getting my stupid pipe dream out in the wild would be okay. I might post it in the unpopular opinions thread.
Oh HELL yes!
On top of what others have said, it's important to note that Geno's support was at its absolutely craziest height during Brawl speculation, and a lot of people who participated in that were people who grew up with the SNES. Geno has not had anywhere near the same popularity since as the Nintendo community is now primarily made up of people from the N64/Gamecube generations, but back then he really struck a nostalgic cord with a significant portion of the community.
As much as people just brush it off and don't want to talk about it, I actually think it's something that's worth discussing.
Maybe. I just don't see what's so especial about her. Sure she's cute and all of that, but I don't see the big deal on her. I guess I just feel indiferent towards her.
Birdo is not even a Yoshi's Island character. If it ever was considered to be playable, it would more than likely be categorized as a Super Mario Bros. character.
And this is why, as strange as it might sound, I don't want the ballot to be the sole inspiration for the newcomers. I'm fine with a few, but I don't want Sakurai to resort to basically going down a checklist and adding every single fanservice character he can think of. I like a little variety in the roster, and sometimes (not always) Sakurai can give us characters we never even knew we wanted.
Yeah, I'd be willing to bet Shrek and Spongebob both got more votes than Bayo too.
Concerning the ballot and Ridley, if Sakurai decides to go full ballot for inspiration (which I find very unlikely. I doubt he'll pull more than two characters from it) we don't have to worry about Ridley not being voted because Sakurai is already clear on his fan demand. It'll all boil down to his feasibility as a fighter.And this is why, as strange as it might sound, I don't want the ballot to be the sole inspiration for the newcomers. I'm fine with a few, but I don't want Sakurai to resort to basically going down a checklist and adding every single fanservice character he can think of. I like a little variety in the roster, and sometimes (not always) Sakurai can give us characters we never even knew we wanted.
Also, Ridley likely flopped in the ballot no thanks to Sakurai's comment. Another reason why I wouldn't want Sakurai to go off the ballot.
Right, and I agree there's a lot of myopia, but that doesn't preclude valid speculation over individual characters, because not ever roster choice is based around the "silent majority". Sakurai caters to multiple levels of the Smash audience, and, while there's an abundance of over or understating certain facets of some candidates, it's not like the vocal fanbase never gets anything right. Trying to accurately predict the entire roster is obviously futile, but I don't think anyone who creates a speculative roster ever believes they'll actually replicate the real one flawlessly.
None of the polls have ever been sole inspiration for the roster, and this one won't either. Sakurai clearly enjoys diverting fan expectations, and that can't happen if you're only going to choose the characters the fans always go on about.And this is why, as strange as it might sound, I don't want the ballot to be the sole inspiration for the newcomers. I'm fine with a few, but I don't want Sakurai to resort to basically going down a checklist and adding every single fanservice character he can think of. I like a little variety in the roster, and sometimes (not always) Sakurai can give us characters we never even knew we wanted.
Also, Ridley likely flopped in the ballot no thanks to Sakurai's comment. Another reason why I wouldn't want Sakurai to go off the ballot.
Well she was part of the silent majority concerning the ballot, because the vocal fanbase and all their unofficial polling only had her maybe on the outskirts of the Top 10. Now, the silent majority at large? Probably not so much, but the ballot didn't register with most of them anyway.
Honestly, just about any popular third-party character would appeal to the silent majority more than what's left from Nintendo. We've been requesting fan-favorites like Bandana Dee and K. Rool for years, but everyone else would probably look at those two and say, "Cool. Who are these guys and why should I care about them?" When you look at it from that angle, the weird characters that we continually dismiss, like Steve and Goku, might actually bring more hype than the guys we've rallied behind since the very beginning.
Yes and I don't like this terrirory. Smash 4 only highlighed it more with additions as Mega Man, Bayonetta and Cloud.
I don't think someone like Shrek did as overwhelmingly well as people suggest, places like 4chan and Reddit where the meme was strongest are still a minority, and in general I don't think a character who's being pushed solely as a joke will ever be able to compete with characters that people genuinely want as you can only spread a joke so far. I'd be surprised if he cracked the top 10.
I think it's that, and people getting older. The old guard is asking for the same characters they've been asking for years. Kids now a days probably have no clue who k rool or geno even are.
Only if the Trailer is Goku vs Falcon and Ryu
Honestly, if I was Sakurai and I'd have to choose one exception to the "no non-video game characters" rule, it'd definitely be Goku.
I think it's really hard to satisfy fans anymore. One side wants to see characters they've been supporting for years and one side wants to get characters from contemporary games they play.
Darth Vader is also bigger than Goku.
Ehhhhhh. There's something to be said about that not everyone has seen Star Wars either though. There's cases of people who prefer Star Trek and just refuse to touch it. People who don't really **** with science fiction in general, etc, etc.
You don't need to have seen the original trilogy in order to know Darth Vader, considering just how much cultural impact he has made.
I don't agree. You don't have to be a weeb or even watch anime to understand that goku is one of the most iconic characters of all time.
For what it's worth, Super Smash Bros. is a Japanese video game, and literally all cartoons created in Japan are anime.
There are definitely a lot of characters who are more well known and famous than Goku, but as far as wanted for Smash? I don't think even amongst the silent majority Mickey Mouse or Popeye are hot stuff, they're not characters who people think of for a fighting game, and although they're well known the masses very few would pick them amongst their favorite fictional characters. I think Goku's sheer popularity in relation to Smash would get him picked first, not to mention he'd be among the easiest to attain the rights for, after that any other non-video game character would probably have to go through the regular checks.
Who also didn't make it in because Sakurai noted how much of a licensing nightmare he would be. Besides, the Mii Fighters exists to fulfill requests like Goku.
