Smashboards Mini-Recreates: The SSB Series Rosters

[Perkilator]

1. Aegis
2. Estelle
3. Byleth

 

[DragonRobotKing26]

1. Scorpion
2. Kyo
3. Estelle

 

[Qwerty UIOP]

1. Aegis
2. Byleth
3. Scorpion

 

[Louie G.]

1. Pyra & Mythra
2. Estelle Bright
3. Kyo Kusanagi

I have a feeling we're probably just gonna add Aegis this round, and for good reason. I like the decision to bump Xenoblade 2 content up a pass, in place of Three Houses which had not yet firmly cemented its popularity or legacy. I think they deserve to be here and the sooner the better.

Estelle is a nice dark horse pick. Similarly to Terry around this point in the pass, I could see them wanting to shoot for something a bit more lowkey that may introduce a wealth of players to something new. Kyo is the same way, and while I prefer Terry I'll give some credit where it's due here. Otherwise, to be frank, I have little interest in Scorpion or Byleth. I'm likely to endorse Three Houses content later but I simply don't care about Byleth very much compared to the House Leaders - a more streamlined moveset around a new weapon class is more compelling to me than a hodge podge.

 

[Northsouthmap]

1. Aegis
2. Scorpion
3. Byleth

If we got an SNK character, it would be Terry.

 

[Pupp135]

Here are the votes
Byleth 7
Estelle Bright 7
Scorpion 6
Mythra & Pyra (Aegis) 18
Kyu Kusanagi 4

Aegis is challenger pass 4.

Job 62: Submit a Challenger Pass 5 Character

I’ll nominate Terry here because of Fatal Fury’s influence for fighting games, and opening the fighter’s pass with a new third party company seems like a neat idea.

 

[Northsouthmap]

Crash Bandicoot
We need more cartoon like characters in DLC. He fits right with Mario and Sonic.

 

[darkvortex]

Reimu Hakurei
Was a pretty popular choice online during the Ultimate DLC speciation era, would rep bullet hell games and Japanese indies + give us another female character. I don't know a lot about the series but I think she would be neat.

 

[Pupp135]

Here are the nominations

Pupp135 Terry Bogard
Northsouthmap Crash Bandicoot
D darkvortex Reimu

Vote for your two most wanted, where yours is not first.

Crash
Terry

 

[Louie G.]

1. Terry
2. Reimu

Seeing how Terry was an unknown to a chunk of Smash’s playerbase, I wonder how he would have went over as a Fighter Pass closer? That sentiment goes double for Reimu, I would think. I like her enough, so she can get a nod. Although I really think we should just go ahead and add Terry now since he’s been nominated for just about every round.

 

[BritishGuy54]

1. Terry
2. Reimu

 

[darkvortex]

1. Terry
2. Reimu

 

[Northsouthmap]

1. Terry
2. Crash

 

[DragonRobotKing26]

1. Crash
2. Reimu

 

[Qwerty UIOP]

1. Crash
2. Reimu

 

[Pupp135]

Here are the votes

Terry 9
Crash 7
Reimu 5

Terry rounds out Fighters’ Pass 1.

Check-In: How does everyone like our DLC selection so far, and what do you hope to see? Also, should I change the format for the Fighters’ Pass 2 jobs?

Spoiler: DLC

Bonus: Guardian (Legend of Zelda)
Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
Hero (Dragon Quest)
Steve (Minecraft)
Mythra & Pyra (Xenoblade)
Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury)

My opinion so far:

I think Guardian is an interesting take on the mook fighter that Piranha Plant takes in the real timeline. For other fighters, I like the selection so far, and we were able to bring in some canon Fighters’ Pass 2 fighters sooner. In terms of what I want, it’s really just Byleth.

 

[Pupp135]

I’ll start Fighters’ Pass 2 now.

Job 63: Submit a Fighter for Challengers Pass 6

I’ll nominate Byleth as Three Houses was still a fresh game during Fighters’ Pass 2.

 

[darkvortex]

Dante
He was heavily roumored to be in both fighter passes at some point, which obviously ended up not happening but I think he would be really fun. We do already have Leon and they do step on slightly similar ground, but i don't think that would stop them from including him.

 

[Louie G.]

Job 63: Arle Nadja (Puyo Puyo)

Sega is one of Smash's most consistent players, so it's a bit unfortunate that it's regulated to only a single series right now. Puyo Puyo is one of Sega's most successful brands, a long-running series that has revolutionized its genre with overseas brand recognition that contests or even surpasses Sonic's own. Overseas is the key word here, but over the last decade better strides have been made to bring it overseas and see a fair amount of success via Puyo Puyo Tetris. Smash has a lack of true puzzle game representation, and I believe Arle is the perfect character to fill that void. Puyo itself is jokingly compared to fighting games on the front of being a hot blooded, high-execution player v player experience. Its competitive gameplay alongside its colorful cast of characters make it a natural it, and it would provide a bubbly, colorful series / character essence like none other so far.

 

[Northsouthmap]

Spring Man (ARMS)
ARMS got a rep at this point in the Fighter Pass, so what if instead of Min Min, we got Spring Man instead?

 

[DragonRobotKing26]

Job 63: Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)

Scorpion is could be added for get one more western character on the roster,and one more fighting game character

 

[Pupp135]

Here are the nominations:

Pupp135 Byleth
D darkvortex Dante
Louie G. Arle Nadja
Northsouthmap Spring Man
DragonRobotKing26 Scorpion

Vote for your three most wanted, where yours is not first.

1. Dante
2. Byleth
3. Arle

 

[DragonRobotKing26]

1. Arle
2. Scorpion
3. Spring Man

 

[darkvortex]

1. Arle
2. Byleth
3. Dante

 

[Northsouthmap]

1. Byleth
2. Spring Man
3. Dante

 

[Pupp135]

Here are the votes
Byleth 7
Dante 5
Arle 7
Spring Man 3
Scorpion 2

Please use this poll to choose between Byleth and Arle for Challenger Pass 6?

Who should challenger pass 6 be? | StrawPoll

What is your opinion? Vote now: Byleth, Arle

strawpoll.com

 

[Louie G.]

I'm obviously voting for Arle, but I was wishing we might want to toy around with one of the House Leaders or something instead of Byleth and continue to diversify our roster from the real one. With Three Houses representation being pushed back toward FP2 it gives the game more time to settle in and presumably audiences / Sakurai more time to familiarize with the whole cast. I'm personally more intrigued with focusing on a distinct weapon type like an axe or lance rather than arbitrarily strapping Byleth with each one. But that's just how I feel on the matter.

 

[Pupp135]

Arle is our CP6 Fighter.

Job 64: Submit a CP7 Character

I’ll nominate Lloyd from Tales as we don’t have a Namco DLC fighter yet, and I assume Lloyd would have been requested in this timeline.

 

[darkvortex]

Monster Hunter
A really iconic and popular series which is gives us an opportunity to do Byleth's weapon switching mechanic in a far less controversial character. Lots of interesting weapons and items you could adapt to their moveset and they have a ton of potential costumes.

 

[Northsouthmap]

Crash Bandicoot
We need more cartoon like characters in DLC. He fits right with Mario and Sonic.

Resubmitting Crash
He makes sense to takes Steve's original place

 

[BritishGuy54]

Job 64: Helix (ARMS)

Now might be a good time for a first-party character after Arle got in. I don’t have much issue with ARMS getting a character, and if you want something different, here’s Helix, I guess.

 

[Pupp135]

Here are the nominations:

Pupp135 Lloyd Irving
D darkvortex Monster Hunter
Northsouthmap Crash Bandicoot
BritishGuy54 Helix

Vote for your three most wanted, where yours is not first.

1. Monster Hunter
2. Lloyd
3. Crash

 

[darkvortex]

1. Crash
2. Lloyd
3. Monsrer Hunter

 

[Louie G.]

1. Helix
2. Monster Hunter
3. Lloyd Irving

 

[DragonRobotKing26]

1. Crash
2. Lloyd
3. Monster Hunter

 

[Northsouthmap]

1. Monster Hunter
2. Lloyd
3. Crash

 

[Qwerty UIOP]

1. Crash
2. Monster Hunter
3. Lloyd

 

[Pupp135]

Here are the votes:

Lloyd Irving 10
Monster Hunter 12
Crash Bandicoot 11
Helix 3

Monster Hunter is CP 7.

Nominate a Fighter for CP8.

I’ll nominate Byleth as Three Houses was still a fresh game around the time of the Fighters’s Pass 2.

 

[darkvortex]

Min-Min
I do think she's a really fun design, even I don't love how she ended up playing in Smash itself.

 

[BritishGuy54]

Delete this, wrong thread.