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That is what I have been saying this entire time. Cuts are necessary evil. One truly needs to consider that we wont get Smash X until the Wii X comes out. That could be 5 years for the next game, do we truly want the same game we have already been playing for 5 years. I do not.
I disagree. There should never EVER be cuts in a game. It's one thing if Sakurai runs out of time and can't implement everyone. It's something else entirely to cut someone from the roster intentionally. Sure, cuts can be inevitable and even Sakurai acknowledged that he can't bring everyone back. But he recognizes that each character has a fanbase and is trying to make sure that we have as many characters as possible.
I wouldn't actually mind to be honest. I just want a fun, innovative, and interesting game. I would be willing to sacrifice all of my mains for the cause.@Morbid: And yet you cannot fathom Jigglypuff as a potential sacrifice.
That is a good point and precisely why cuts are so difficult for Sakurai. He knows that he must in order to introduce new and interesting play-styles while introducing new fans to the game. However, he doesn't want to disappoint anyone that is already a fan. I want cuts, because I don't want to be playing Smash: Call of Duty. You don't want cuts, because you enjoy the game as it is and most cuts are unwarranted. It is understandable. I just think that he should innovate a little.
That is a good point, characters aren't everything. They are a significant portion of the game though. The entire premise of the game is character based, most of the reveals that induce hype are character based. I would prefer an excellent net-code, decent balance (without impeding on the fun), and a plethora of adequate stages over new characters. It is really the surface that I am discussing. The new items seem interesting enough though, the Rocket and the Subgun. I just don't want to play the same characters over and over again.
Probably even more. Anyway sure, cut away, but only characters who deserve to be cut.
Only six newcomers (K. Rool, Bowser Jr. and Palutena are the others), Mewtwo and Roy are back, 6/7 stages from all previous installments, Xenoblade stage but Shulk as an AT, no cuts.
The fear of characters getting cut doesn't exist because of the 3DS, which as you say certainly isn't very limiting, but rather because of time constraints, which was the reason for the Brawl cuts.
I would totally main Banana Dee.
Sakurai also did claim he may delay the 3DS release. If he did, that would be amazing marketing and a better game.
That's where you're wrong, characters make Smash what it is.
WRONG, SIR! WRONG!!
I dont know about you but the character re a big reason I love this game, so to me it is the most imp thing
Body structure.
Hey, I'm not some guy! I was merely asking because I wanted to know his reasoning for a lack of a fourth third party. That was including Pac-Man, who is part of the "Little Pac-Mii" rumor and wasn't addressed. (In fact, neither Pac-Man or Mii were addressed, which was suspect as they are considered likely).
Oh, that was you? That's funny; at the time, I was basically passing over all other usernames except the "leaker's," so I must have missed it. But from what I remember, you worded the post strangely, as if it were out-of-character for Sakurai to not add third parties when he's explicitly claimed in multiple interviews how tough they are to manage and how we shouldn't expect many of them.
Well, to be fair, I did say it wasn't like Sakurai to not have a FOURTH third-party, which is true. If there were only three this time, he wouldn't have revealed Mega Man so early, he would have saved him for closer to release to generate more hype, much like Sonic. He added two third parties in Brawl, so it's reasonable to think that we'll get Mega Man and another third party in Smash 4. I also did ask him about Young Link being DLC and said he was mean to make Sakurai cut Dr. Mario (again).
...well, to be fair, then, I definitely disagree. Sakurai revealed Snake at E3 2006, fully intending that he'd be Brawl's only third party character, until Sonic was added a little over a year later, last-minute. This time, he also presumably has Snake as a somewhat surprising third party veteran to show off later, so expecting four third parties outright just seems to be begging for disappointment.
It is if Sakurai wants to sell a ****ing game. How stupid would he have to be to add 8 newcomers? Really. I think he'd drop the veteran count before he let 8 newcomers be the amount he adds.
What arbitrary number of newcomers does he need to reach for a ****ing game to sell? 9, 10, 11, 12...?
It's not that hard. People buy Smash because of the characters in it. It's a fighting game, so the game itself is completetly based around characters. When you stop adding what the people want, there's going to be problems. It isn't rocket science.
