Witnessing the internet today in retrospect was an amusing afair.
There wasn't a much salt or praise as I expected, but just complete bewilderment and shock.
For years Cloud was mocked as just a pipe-dream even as far as wishlists go, so considering how much this took people by surprise I fully consider Cloud to 100% to be a curveball "WTF" character. In hindsight, the most popular RPG protagonist from the most popular RPG game is obviously an icon, but I still find his inclusion to be one that many didn't see coming so I still think he classifies as a "surprise" character. I mean, I don't remember any recent leak that anyone took seriously to even have Cloud on there.
As for my thoughts, I'm kind of burnt out on third party characters, so I have no real attachment to his inclusion one way or another. As usual though, happy to his fans that they got such a widely considered unlikely character in the game. Midgardfield stage is cool aesthetically.
Overall, I thought the entire direct to be a little disappointing though, since most of the info we all knew. Even though I wasn't expecting much, it still just seems to drive home that Nintendo has very little to offer this holiday season.
But other than that, for me this was a good day. After all the leaks I guess it's nice to be surprised once in a while, even for a character I don't care about.
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Thoughts on the previous rumors? Do you think this shoots them dead? Do you think the sources were fed false info to drive them out? Do you think despite missing deadlines they can still happen?
I think the characters that are Shovel Knight and Inkling still have a chance to make it into the game and think they are likely, but I think the rumors themselves may have just been nothing more then false info and rumour-mongering.
As for Wolf, they seem determined to never let him shine. I've completely accepted the fate that he may miss out on the action for whatever reason.
Oh ****.
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/201...details-for-Christmas-and-beyond-1068261.html
The December Direct will be the
FINAL SMASH 4 ANNOUCNMENT.
We've come a LONG way.
So December really will be the Grand Finale.
That month is going to be a long one.