Hey, nice to see more positivity around here. aside from obligatory 'anime swordsman' rant
I generally try to be positive about things. Unless I have good reason to be pessimistic, I like to give things at least the benefit of the doubt. I was a little cynical with Smash 4, because I didn't agree with a lot of the statements and decisions that were made regarding characters and features (though I still played and enjoyed the game for countless hours), but Sakurai seems to have learned from that and has been on fire with Ultimate, despite the lack of some features, characters, or other content. The game isn't perfect, since no work of art can be totally perfect, but it's improving on a lot of the previous game's flaws.
And yeah, sorry. I just personally don't like anime stuff or see the appeal, but I know that a lot of people do love those characters, hence why I put "anime swordfighters" in quotes, because I don't disagree with the term (it's not incorrect), but I know that it's a little too dismissive of the characters or their merits. Just having an anime aesthetic and wielding a sword shouldn't disqualify a character, so long as they bring something unique to the table. And those characters are very popular and loved, so I can't begrudge their inclusion too much. People who go so far as to insult others or act snobby about it are just as annoying to me as they are to anyone else.
At the same time, one of the things I love about Smash is that it's able to incorporate so many diverse character designs, personalities, and playstyles. In Ultimate alone, we've gotten a purple space dragon, a fat crocodile that can shoot cannonballs, a dog secretary, a professional wrestler that's also a fire elemental, a vampire hunter with an variety of unique weapons, a squid kid with an arsenal of ink weapons, and a potted plant. So when more and more characters fall under the "heroic swordsman" archetype, often with an anime design, it gets a bit tiring. Especially when there's so many other games and media that have that as well (Fire Emblem even has its own Warriors game with characters that aren't playable in Smash), so oversaturing Smash with it seems unnecessary. Sakurai has felt the same way, too, hence why Robin and Corrin were added over Chrom and Lyn, who don't have as much going for them.
Not that I think there shouldn't ever be any more added to the game. Again, if the character is popular and loved, and can bring something unique to the table, that's fine. Just so long as it's in moderation. I don't know anything about the Black Knight character outside of his Assist Trophy, but I've said that if he could be made playable as a big, slow character, but with super armor, like Aganos from Killer Instinct or Abigail from Street Fighter V, I'd be all for it. He's also a villain, too, so his personality would be something new.
I admit, I freaked out a bit when Chrom was revealed, because I knew then that of the two Echo Fighters that were revealed, Dark Samus now had only one more chance to be shown (Echo Fighters stopped the idea that, say, Dark Pit took away Ridley's opportunity, but now they've created their own category of competition). But then I said to myself that a lot of people have been really wanting Chrom, and this is making a lot of people happy, so it's fine. I enjoy character announcements that make other people happy almost as much as I enjoy ones that make me happy. And then Dark Samus was shown right after, so the galaxy is at peace.
Tbh, most of the Project M alts look like butt.
They're at least more professional and consistent than most other mods. The Dark Samus and Ridley mods for Brawl look like and play like mega butt. Project M shows that different alt costumes like that can be done without interfering with gameplay, since they focus on the gameplay just as much as the designs.
The national anthem of the Soviet Union
Malo Mart from Twilight Princess
Unfortunately, none of the tracks in the game can be anything less than super energetic, so Malo Mart's probably a bit too tame. I'd lose my mind if that got in, though.
Malo should be an assist trophy that, I don't know, buys out enemy franchises and replaces them with Malo.