Mogisthelioma
Smash Master
I feel like Smash is becoming Soviet Russia. "Comrade! Have you met your quota this time?" Except the quota isn't steel and potatoes, it's Super Mario and Pokemon. With almost every game treating those two as if there absolutely has to be some sort of priority over other newcomers, even if they'er not as popular.
This quota has finally drained the Super Mario series of characters, clearly we've hit the bottom of the barrel. If they wanted to have characters for echo purposes, they would have done Young Link or Pichu as echoes. But it had to be a Mario character, and it feels like we're done. There really are no other reasonable character picks that I can imagine with such a tight roster.
Pokemon has also had some kind of quota. I like the idea of having a constantly rotating Pokemon roster to represent some of the most popular Pokemon from the latest gen, but at the same time they're proliferating the roster size. If it's not obvious enough, Pichu, Squirtle, and Ivysaur are only back because of "Everyone is Here." That makes nine Pokemon now. And now we see the result of so much Pokemon. There simply isn't enough room for a tenth one (let alone Nintendo would never prioritize a series over Mario).
I feel like Brawl's roster was the best one because it ignored these quotas. Instead of adding a Mario character they removed one. Pokemon got trimmed to four slots but we still had the Pokemon trainer. Zelda rotated Young Link for Toon Link to represent more games. No series was lacking behind in characters, and we even got some third party representation.
I just wish Sakurai would realize that yes, there are popular choices for both Mario and Pokemon, but you don't have to proliferate their number of reps just because they sell well.
This quota has finally drained the Super Mario series of characters, clearly we've hit the bottom of the barrel. If they wanted to have characters for echo purposes, they would have done Young Link or Pichu as echoes. But it had to be a Mario character, and it feels like we're done. There really are no other reasonable character picks that I can imagine with such a tight roster.
Pokemon has also had some kind of quota. I like the idea of having a constantly rotating Pokemon roster to represent some of the most popular Pokemon from the latest gen, but at the same time they're proliferating the roster size. If it's not obvious enough, Pichu, Squirtle, and Ivysaur are only back because of "Everyone is Here." That makes nine Pokemon now. And now we see the result of so much Pokemon. There simply isn't enough room for a tenth one (let alone Nintendo would never prioritize a series over Mario).
I feel like Brawl's roster was the best one because it ignored these quotas. Instead of adding a Mario character they removed one. Pokemon got trimmed to four slots but we still had the Pokemon trainer. Zelda rotated Young Link for Toon Link to represent more games. No series was lacking behind in characters, and we even got some third party representation.
I just wish Sakurai would realize that yes, there are popular choices for both Mario and Pokemon, but you don't have to proliferate their number of reps just because they sell well.
