Official Smash Ultimate Discussion

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I’m sorry I keep bringing it up, but it’s just bananas. The video I uploaded a few days ago about Smash for Switch is up to 25,000 views now. How high could it possibly get!?

 

[Knight Dude]

After Mega Man I feel like Samus is really disappointing in how they function in Smash.

Most changes I'd make aren't huge moveset changes as much as just changing how existing moves work, for example:

Pressing B for Neutral Special should be a regular shot, you can spam it a few times like Mega Man's have to shoot multiple times or you can hold it to charge it up and move with it.

Really? Because I really like how Mega Man plays in Smash. I just think a couple moves could be buffed. So unless his Side-B is changed to something else, I don't want to replace the Metal Blades with the Mega Buster, since that works as is on his A moves.

I wouldn't mind giving him an "Air-Smash" where he can Charge Shot while Jumping.

Again, I'd rather buff up his slower moves to be faster, as he has the damage already, and most of his projectiles have a use. Though I wouldn't mind if Crash Bomb got replaced with a brand new move if it doesn't get buffed a good bit.

 

[P.Kat]

You'll get Electro Ball and you'll like it.
Rip Volt Tackle, replaced by this **** move in the anime

Spoiler: Anime Spoiler

Electro Ball has been changed to Electro Web

 

[kylexv]

I’m sorry I keep bringing it up, but it’s just bananas. The video I uploaded a few days ago about Smash for Switch is up to 25,000 views now. How high could it possibly get!?

It's the sheer amount of hype surrounding the game that's attracting views. I know I stumbled upon your video and watched it while just browsing Youtube.

 

[Imadethistoseealeak]

Oh I got the point, I just feel like Sakurai approached it the wrong way

Yea I don't see it as all as a micro game Moveset...it would be interesting if Sakurai wanted to follow through with that gimmick that he had a special (probably B) that would start a microgame for him that gave him bonuses similar to his stage. Like, don't move! Or grab an opponent! And then he'd get a damage boost or reduced knockback. But yea that would probably be wayyyyy to gimmicky and people would hate it lol

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Yea I don't see it as all as a micro game Moveset...it would be interesting if Sakurai wanted to follow through with that gimmick that he had a special (probably B) that would start a microgame for him that gave him bonuses similar to his stage. Like, don't move! Or grab an opponent! And then he'd get a damage boost or reduced knockback. But yea that would probably be wayyyyy to gimmicky and people would hate it lol

It's not that the moveset is microgame themed but rather Wario's zany and erratic moves kind of reflect that. Imma rewatch RelaxAlax's video on Wario nos lmao

 

[Zippo]

The big man in town.

 

[Pakky]

Any leaks? Come on someone, be a bad boy!

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The big man in town.

Gasp, our land's gatekeeper! Question is how hard are they gonna blow the other companies out this year?

Will I have even more of a reason not to buy a Ps4

Lowkey Animal Crossing is something I really need on the Switch, its summer and I wanna fish and catch bugs.

I love catching bugs!

 

[StrangeMann]

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The big man in town.

He's preparing for round 3 against hungrybox.

 

[Crap-Zapper]

Looks like the dude might just be enjoying a pint. How nice. He is just like us. Love the man, and he is just getting his body ready.

 

[Knight Dude]

He's preparing for round 3 against hungrybox.

What if he just does a German Suplex on HungryBox instead of playing Smash with him?

 

[MBRedboy31]

He's preparing for round 3 against hungrybox.

Really though, I wonder how much he’s practiced Smash 5 ahead of the tournament, assuming he’s going to participate again.

 

[Jetsurge]

King K. Rool is number one on SourceGaming's poll.

 

[Jetsurge]

Really though, I wonder how much he’s practiced Smash 5 ahead of the tournament, assuming he’s going to participate again.

He spends 16 hours a day running a company

 

[Slavic]

>Having more Fire Emblem characters than Pokemon
>Monita
>Tingle
>No Third Party Newcomer
>No Miis

Granted I would love this roster (outside Tingle and especially Monita), but this is definitely unconventional at best.

Ooh, I didn't expect responses, I kinda posted it here expecting/hoping this to be swallowed into the void, so thanks for that! I can address some of these for you if you like, though it's just my thrown together prediction so it likely doesn't hold much water anyways.

FE > Pokemon: Oops, this is blatantly not supposed to be the case, that's an oversight on my part and I think I accidentally included Lyn on the actual prediction. There is no excuse for this other than Sakurai.

Monita: She seems in line with characters like R.O.B., Game & Watch, and WFT, especially given the reception of the Wii U Nintendo may well treat it like a peripheral device. I'm not super attached to her or her game, but I think she is high up on the "hardware" line of newcomers. The only issue is she may not be that out there to be included, unlike the other three / four if you include Duck Hunt. We shall see.

Tingle: I always forget that people don't like Tingle lmao, but I will support him (though tbh he's been on a hard decline lately in the Zelda universe, maybe Beedle's a better choice)

3rd Party: Obviously we're going to get more third party characters, but after Snake's removal between Brawl and 4, I don't feel comfortable in taking any guesses at who we'll get as playable characters. Sonic, Mega Man, and PAC-MAN are the big ones and they're already in. I don't feel qualified to put any third parties on my roster with good conscience.

Miis: Looks like I forgot them but also Miis are sure in a weird spot right now. Wii and Wii U Miis were so important, they were center stage for both consoles and generally pushed so hard by Nintendo. Now on the Switch, I did have to look up how to make a Mii because iirc they're now listed as settings. It's feasible to have played Switch since its launch and not see a Mii. They are so much less pushed, less seen, and less used on the Switch. I do think we'll still see a Mii character, and since I took Lyn off above I would instead put the Mii back on. I'd prefer a general Mii character rather than the Mii Fighters personally, but since those movesets are already made I assume that would be what would come back.

I also didn't expect to get a response to my Dream roster, but I can address some that I saw I suppose. I have always thought Roy was a poor choice for a FE rep and his only relavance was getting in Smash. He represents the switch to mobile FE, sure, but his game sold less than half as many copies as FE7 and SS, and that's because the main importance of the GBA games was internationalization. 7 is the third best selling game after Fates and Awakening, and Lyn makes far more sense in that slot than Roy if Roy hadn't already been playable. As for Pokemon Ranger & Giovanni, they're very weird choices and I'm not attached to either of them personally but rather they represent the spectrum of humans in Pokemon. One end works with Pokemon as friends and partners to accomplish common goals, and the other exploits Pokemon as fundamentalist tools. I just happen to think that Giovanni and Ranger represent those concepts the strongest, and also work as fighters.

 

[StrangeMann]

King K. Rool is number one on SourceGaming's poll.
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Very high number of third parties. We've got our top 5 first party and top 5 third parties:
for First parties it's: K rool, Waluigi, Bandana Dee, Rex/pyra, and Ridley
For third parties it's Shovel knight, Crash, Banjo/Kazooie, Rayman, and Shantae
Really surprised rayman isn't higher than crash but it's not a shock, wasn't expecting shovel knight in first either.
Rdiley is a popular character and I can't wait to see if he gets in this time.

 

[DarkFalcon]

King K. Rool is number one on SourceGaming's poll.
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I wish they would have ran a poll excluding 3rd parties/Indie characters. That list would look quite a bit different if they did.

 

[MBRedboy31]

King K. Rool is number one on SourceGaming's poll.
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Hmm, interesting to see some polling data. What regions are the votes from, just wondering if it’s a good sample of a good number of regions?
... Also, they spelled Ridley wrong...

He spends 16 hours a day running a company

Of course, still curious, he’s probably played it at least a little bit, though.

 

[Jetsurge]

He's preparing for round 3 against hungrybox.

With the perfect music to match.

 

[Ridleyridster]

Very high number of third parties. We've got our top 5 first party and top 5 third parties:
for First parties it's: K rool, Waluigi, Bandana Dee, Rex/pyra, and Ridley
For third parties it's Shovel knight, Crash, Banjo/Kazooie, Rayman, and Shantae
Really surprised rayman isn't higher than crash but it's not a shock, wasn't expecting shovel knight in first either.
Rdiley is a popular character and I can't wait to see if he gets in this time.

Amazes me Ridley's still in the top 10 even after Sakurai basically basically saying he can't work as a fighter in Smash. Ridley's fans are a lot of things, but dang are we loyal (and stubborn).

 

[kylexv]

Gamexplain made a video about Ridley in Smash. Some food for thought as we wait for the direct.

 

[Zippo]

Hungrybox is not invited, for the record. He said "**** Nintendo" in a stream recently. He's not happy about them not funding more Melee tournaments or something.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

He's not invited. He said "**** Nintendo" in a stream recently. He's not happy about them not funding more Melee tournaments or something.

Hungrybox is just mad because Kotaku made an article about how proper hygiene is something the Smash community could benefit from.

 

[MBRedboy31]

He's not invited. He said "**** Nintendo" in a stream recently. He's not happy about them not funding more Melee tournaments or something.

I was talking about how much Reggie practiced, not Hungrybox (assuming you’re talking about Hungrybox, I haven’t paid much attention to him recently)

 

[Arcanir]

Hungrybox is not invited, for the record. He said "**** Nintendo" in a stream recently. He's not happy about them not funding more Melee tournaments or something.

He was invited a couple days ago actually:

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[Knight Dude]

King K. Rool is number one on SourceGaming's poll.
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Wasn't sure if I would expect these exact results. But for the most part, it is the usual suspects when talking about Smash fan polls. I am surprised that Bomberman isn't a little bit higher. And Ridley is still in top 10 despite Sakurai's comments on him(though I'm not surprised he's top 15).

I'm also interested in seeing a list with only 1st Party/2nd Party Nintendo characters. Maybe even one of just third party candidates.

 

[Zippo]

He was invited a couple days ago actually:

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They made up? Good to hear. I know he made some comments at some tourneys, but I guess they don't mind.

 

[Nekoo]

King K. Rool is number one on SourceGaming's poll.
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This is going to be condescending but I can't take any "most wanted poll" that include Shantae RIGHT before Ridley seriously, and Shovel Knight Third especially after she """""won"""""" the reddit poll all the way back in the ballot showing the power of the Smash speculation resonance box

 

[MopedOfJustice]

Hungrybox is not invited, for the record. He said "**** Nintendo" in a stream recently. He's not happy about them not funding more Melee tournaments or something.

He was invited a couple days ago actually:

There was a problem fetching the tweet

I used to like H-Box, but he's been such a child over the last few years. He uses his status to go on rants against Nintendo for not giving him whatever he wants like he's entitled to it and then does this when they condescend to throwing him a bone.

 

[osby]

This is going to be condescending but I can't take any "most wanted poll" that include Shantae RIGHT before Ridley seriously, and Shovel Knight Third especially after she """""won"""""" the reddit poll all the way back in the ballot.

Internet pools take info from a limited fanbase.

 

[Ridleyridster]

Hungrybox is just mad because Kotaku made an article about how proper hygiene is something the Smash community could benefit from.

I laughed too hard at this...ouch.

 

[Nekoo]

Internet pools take info from a limited fanbase.

So much this. This is why it's nice to see, but shouldn't be used, or taken into account for any speculation tbh

 

[FlareHabanero]

This is going to be condescending but I can't take any "most wanted poll" that include Shantae RIGHT before Ridley seriously, and Shovel Knight Third especially after she """""won"""""" the reddit poll all the way back in the ballot showing the power of the Smash speculation resonance box

Thing though is that a lot of these fan polls are deceptive, because they get their votes from a minority of people. While on paper several hundred people sounds impressive, it's absolutely dwarfed by the millions of people that have bought and played the Smash titles that likely didn't vote.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I think the fact I've never heard of this 'Rdiley' figure should say enough at how this poll shouldn't be trusted

 

[Pakky]

Could you imagine Springman fighting Little Mac?

Fun fact Springman is not his name its a title given to him by his gym for being their rep for the ARMS tournament.

Max Brass could have been the previous Springman (if anime rules apply here)

 

[Pokechu]

King K. Rool is number one on SourceGaming's poll.
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this is just something small i noticed as a toad fan but they didn't combine votes for captain toad and toad, CT got 151 votes and IDK how many Toad got they didn't say but Impa got 154 and Takamaru got 161 and I'm willing to bet that Toad got more than 11 votes. Captain Toad should really be on here. to say he's not in the top 20 most requested is wrong

 

[osby]

I think the fact I've never heard of this 'Rdiley' figure should say enough at how this poll shouldn't be trusted

I know this is ironic but I'm reminded of just how many people sees Ridley as "that Metroid dragon westerners want".

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I know this is ironic but I'm reminded of just how many people sees Ridley as "that Metroid dragon westerners want".

That reminds me, it's crazy how iconic Ridley is for being a stinky purple lizard with wings

 

[Garteam]

King K. Rool is number one on SourceGaming's poll.
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As yes, Rdiley, my favourite character from Nnitendo's Mterodi.

Honestly, these results kinda surprised me. In particular, I didn't expect Waluigi to place so high. I always he's popularity as mostly a result of memes, I guess his fandom is a little more sincere than I once thought.

 

[Pacack]

I'd ditch Spazer, at least. I think you have too many stages in there, and it would either take too long to reach the Charge shot, or the section for each stage would go by too fast, making it hard to choose a certain beam.

I considered that, but it going by each stage fast would be alright by me. Of course, that's just me.