Social Swamp's Social Thread 3 - And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain...

[epicmartin7]

So... some of my family members are watching WWE right now. One of the teams "The New Day" apparently referenced EVO and Street Fighter on live television. That's freaking cool in my book.

EDIT: Why do I keep on spelling "members" wrong lol.

 

[Luigi The President]

But for real, can someone explain to me why people think we're getting more 3rd parties? I'd think we're getting no more by now; even Sakurai should know we need 1st party newcomers by now.

 

[finalark]

That's like saying games such as Street Fighter II, Super Mario Bros. or Zelda: Ocarina of Time are irrelevant. lol

Two of my favorite anime are Death Note and Code Geass, from around 2006 IIRC. And I started getting into anime and manga around two years ago. lol

Some people really are shortsighted.

I've been into manga since around 2005.

Anyone who thinks No Game No Life is original never read any gaming manga ever.

D. Gray-Man > Blue Exorcist (sorry, man)

Rosario + Vampire > High School DxD

Trust me, I've seen some ****.

 

[ChikoLad]

But for real, can someone explain to me why people think we're getting more 3rd parties? I'd think we're getting no more by now; even Sakurai should know we need 1st party newcomers by now.

I kinda feel like there is a chance we will see two more third parties, if only to make it possible to have an 8-Player Smash filled with Mario and seven iconic third parties.

When Smash 4 launched, we could fill it up with Mario and 3 third parties. Now it's 5 third parties. We just need two more.

That may be how other people see it.

 

[Shroob]

But for real, can someone explain to me why people think we're getting more 3rd parties? I'd think we're getting no more by now; even Sakurai should know we need 1st party newcomers by now.

Mostly because some people believe that only another 3rd party could live up to Cloud's reveal.

 

[JamesDNaux]

Characters I think have a decent shot at being DLC, particularly with the ballot in mind. Not in any particular order.

King K. Rool
Inklings
Wolf

Just off the top of my head.

I'd say we'd at least get two of them, leaning more towards Wolf and Snake myself. Banjo being the least likely...

Also JamesDNaux . . .I was not predicting that when I went on to your tumblr. . . not at all. . . (DONT VISIST IN PUBLIC)

I thought I was pretty clear what the Tumblr was for, that should be a given.

 

[Icedragonadam]

But for real, can someone explain to me why people think we're getting more 3rd parties? I'd think we're getting no more by now; even Sakurai should know we need 1st party newcomers by now.

Simply put they sell tons of money compared to a 1st party character.

 

[Con0rrrr]

I got a Mac and cannot figure out for crap how to edit photos on here.

On a PC I could at least use paint to put a Santa hat on my Protoman.

NOW I CANT EVEN PUT A SANTA HAT ON MY PROTOMAN

 

[Bananija]

Christmas avatar! Hope you like it, I spended time on it.

 

[ChikoLad]

I pretty much don't link to my tumblr here because I do reblog NSFW art and even photography on occasion. I also have done a piece of NSFW art before, at someone's request. The same guy might commission me to do more so it could become a regular thing.

I do link to individual posts though and simply warn people not to wander my blog if they are sensitive to that kind of thing.

It's far from the majority of my blog but it pops up sometimes.

 

[Chrono.]

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/indivisible-rpg-from-the-creators-of-skullgirls

It broke 1.3 mil

 

[Strofirko]

That time of the year again.

 

[Z25]

But for real, can someone explain to me why people think we're getting more 3rd parties? I'd think we're getting no more by now; even Sakurai should know we need 1st party newcomers by now.

Mostly because of the ballot ranking some third parties highly, and the fact that people expect someone as big or bigger then cloud.

 

[Shroob]

Also JamesDNaux . . .I was not predicting that when I went on to your tumblr. . . not at all. . .

Oh god. I genuinely cannot stop laughing now.

 

[Z25]

Pokemon Picross footage, if anyone cares lol.

 

[Deleted member]

Anime talk? Besides the standard stuff like Gurren Lagann or Madoka, my favorites would be Zatch Bell(Cryibg and Fighting), Arslan Senki(Frostwaith being a weeb and recommending me this) and One Punch Man(I only watched one episode but it touches you on a spiritual level)

As for Manga, I don't read many but I'm reading the BW Adventures manga and Bokura no Hentai right now
No, Bokura no Hentai is not a hentai(bu it's not SFW either), it's a crossdressing manga and a Genre Deconstructor at it
I stumbled at it by chance and decided to read it because, well, crossdressing, but I stayed for the characters and my unstable emotional state it caused

 

[Luigi The President]

So from what I'm getting is....3rd parties are expected because of...

-"Completion"
-To surprise us

Uh, not sure that's how it works. The only logical one I see here is "for money". I don't think that Sakurai is gonna put in a 3rd party character just for money.

Seriously, though, you guys DRASTICALLY overestimate how Sakurai just loves his hype. He's not gonna put in like Banjo-Kazooie to surprise us.

 

[A Distant Demon]

Oh god. I genuinely cannot stop laughing now.

I mean it's not like I was mortified or anything. I've seen 100 times worse. It's just a bit of a shock when a memebr you've seen so many times has such . . .interesting art. I may do a regular commission at some point because my Christmas list is so small

also proof of smol Ajna because saying "they hit 1.3 mil" was stolen -_-

 

[Swamp Sensei]

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/indivisible-rpg-from-the-creators-of-skullgirls

It broke 1.3 mil

It's a Christmas miracle!

LETS GO LETS GO!

 

[Khoru]

I mean it's not like I was mortified or anything. I've seen 100 times worse. It's just a bit of a shock when a memebr you've seen so many times has such . . .interesting art. I may do a regular commission at some point because my Christmas list is so small

also proof of smol Ajna because saying "they hit 1.3 mil" was stolen -_-

whoa jeez i didn't think red was that tall

There was a problem fetching the tweet

 

[Deleted member]

I mean it's not like I was mortified or anything. I've seen 100 times worse. It's just a bit of a shock when a memebr you've seen so many times has such . . .interesting art. I may do a regular commission at some point because my Christmas list is so small

also proof of smol Ajna because saying "they hit 1.3 mil" was stolen -_-

So, who are these characters and from what games do they come from? I only know the first 3 lol

 

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/indivisible-rpg-from-the-creators-of-skullgirls

It broke 1.3 mil

C'mon c'mon c'mon! Let's get to 1.5!

 

[A Distant Demon]

So, who are these characters and from what games do they come from? I only know the first 3 lol

Missing Red from Transistor

Left to right
Duh
Annie (Skullgrils)
Double duh
Drifter (Hyper light drifter)
Lea (Curses 'n' Chaos)
Juan (Guacamelee)
Zackasaurus (Super Time Force Ultra)
Calibretto (Battle Chasers)

 

[Frostwraith]

D. Gray-Man > Blue Exorcist (sorry, man)

Why must you hurt my feelings like that?

Kidding. I actually have been wanting to try out D.Gray-Man as it does seem it's something I will like. *Insert "why not both?" gif here*

In regards to Blue Exorcist, the anime does kind of suck since they pulled an anime original ending. The manga is much better and is still ongoing.

Anyway, there are plenty of anime and manga titles that clearly are influenced by older works, employing similar concepts in their stories. I don't think it's necessarily bad, but I think the mentality that anything recent is better than older stuff is simply wrong, as works should be judged on their own merits.

This goes for any kind of medium, not just anime or manga. After all, human creativity and imagination is limited to existing concepts and combinations of those... There's a reason why works are categorized into genres.

For people who have seen older anime and manga, there may be a lot of modern works that feel like rehashes of older stuff. Newer audiences won't find them like that, though they still should be aware that, more often than not, whatever they're reading/watching is something that may have been done before and acknowledge that.

In the same way I think newer fans should explore older works, older fans should also try out the newer works. Otherwise, they're in no position to criticize anything.

Drawing a parallel with video games, there are people who got introduced to platforming games with Super Mario Bros., others with Sonic, others with Rayman, others with DKC, others with Super Mario 64, Galaxy and so on. Yet, I don't feel that any of those games undermine the others.

Well, I did end up writing more than I imagined... I think I will be off for now given it's late night where I am.

 

[Khoru]

So, who are these characters and from what games do they come from? I only know the first 3 lol

drifter is from hyper light drifter, an upcoming action rpg that looks super cool and has super pretty pixel art
red is from transistor, an action rpg from last year by the same people that made bastion. it's pretty mechanically complex and has like, an art deco cyberpunk aesthetic
zackasaurus is from super time force, an action game that relies on the player's ability to rewind and have multiple instances of characters in the level at once
juan is from guacamelee, a mexican (and day of the dead)-themed beat-em-up metroidvania
and idfk who the other two are but one is too big for smash

 

[Zane13pyro]

I thought Geno was a pipe Dream in 2007 and I still think he's a pipe dream.

The official character discussion thread has been talking about geno for over 24 hours straight and before that it was all Mortal Kombat talk.

Speculation why do you suddenly suck so hard?


Also getting alerts here makes me keep assuming i died

well blame cloud he kinda opened the door way for Geno talk ...I voted for Geno lol i think he would be fun to play as ...

Holy ****, Danganronpa's soundtrack is damn good. I'm only at case 4 btw so no spoilars if anyone has played it pls.

have fun XD

Anime talk? Besides the standard stuff like Gurren Lagann or Madoka, my favorites would be Zatch Bell(Cryibg and Fighting), Arslan Senki(Frostwaith being a weeb and recommending me this) and One Punch Man(I only watched one episode but it touches you on a spiritual level)

As for Manga, I don't read many but I'm reading the BW Adventures manga and Bokura no Hentai right now
No, Bokura no Hentai is not a hentai(bu it's not SFW either), it's a crossdressing manga and a Genre Deconstructor at it
I stumbled at it by chance and decided to read it because, well, crossdressing, but I stayed for the characters and my unstable emotional state it caused

lol I see XD

 

[Deleted member]

lol I see XD

Uhm, what exactly do you see? I don't think I understand to what part of my post you're even replying to

 

[Shroob]

Oh christ. Don't remind me of Dangaronpa. I hate that series.

 

[Deleted member]

Oh christ. Don't remind me of Dangaronpa. I hate that series.

200% mad
Explain your reasoning or fall to the blade!

 

[Bedoop]

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/indivisible-rpg-from-the-creators-of-skullgirls

It broke 1.3 mil

They got 4 Days to make 200,000 Bucks
So an average 50k a day.
WE NEED A SMISSMAS MIRACLE FOR THIS ONE, FOLKS
LET'S SEE DREAMS COME TRUE
SO I CAN HOARD ALL THE SHANTAE SPRITES ONCE THEY GET RIPPED AND SQUEE AT 'EM FOREVER

 

[Shroob]

200% mad
Explain your reasoning or fall to the blade!

I don't like the premise. I enjoy stories with happy ends, mostly. Danga is the exact opposite of that.

 

[Zane13pyro]

Anime talk? Besides the standard stuff like Gurren Lagann or Madoka, my favorites would be Zatch Bell(Cryibg and Fighting), Arslan Senki(Frostwaith being a weeb and recommending me this) and One Punch Man(I only watched one episode but it touches you on a spiritual level)

this part^

Uhm, what exactly do you see? I don't think I understand to what part of my post you're even replying to

I have answered good sir

I don't like the premise. I enjoy stories with happy ends, mostly. Danga is the exact opposite of that.

but sometimes life isn't like that .w.

 

[epicmartin7]

While you guys are expecting certain types of content to be revealed in the upcoming Smash Presentation, I'm still expecting us to get blown the **** out. I think Sakurai still has some really mind-blowing surprises in store for us.

 

[LucarioDude]

Seeing how Snake was mentioned a bit earlier, and pardon me if this has already been posted but have you guys seen pictures of the Snake figma doing various Smash Bros amiibo poses? It's so great.

Spoiler

Full album here~

 

[Shroob]

this part^

I have answered good sir

but sometimes life isn't like that .w.

Yeah but, at least you're never going to...

Spoiler

Get trapped in a school with all your friends while the world basically comes to an end outside of it due to the work of a despair cult, and when you come too, all your memories are wiped and your friends start killing everyone for the promise of freedom.

Ya know, Flowey would love this game.

 

[Bananija]

While you guys are expecting certain types of content to be revealed in the upcoming Smash Presentation, I'm still expecting us to get blown the **** out. I think Sakurai still has some really mind-blowing surprises in store for us.

I hope there is a cool adventure-mode thingy. He did talk about new modes after all.

 

[JamesDNaux]

Oh god. I genuinely cannot stop laughing now.

Ouch...

I mean it's not like I was mortified or anything. I've seen 100 times worse. It's just a bit of a shock when a member you've seen so many times has such . . .interesting art. I may do a regular commission at some point because my Christmas list is so small

Well I wasn't hiding anything, just not showing it either, for obvious reasons. A commission, huh?
Going off my past avatars, I didn't think something like that would be a surprise...

 

[Luigi The President]

I mean it's not like I was mortified or anything. I've seen 100 times worse. It's just a bit of a shock when a memebr you've seen so many times has such . . .interesting art. I may do a regular commission at some point because my Christmas list is so small

also proof of smol Ajna because saying "they hit 1.3 mil" was stolen -_-

Juan's so large...and very handsome..

Shovel Knight looks really great as well.

 

[Shroob]

Ouch...

Well I wasn't hiding anything, just not showing it either, for obvious reasons. A commission, huh?
Going off my past avatars, I didn't think something like that would be a surprise...

Oi, I'm not laughing at you. I'm laughing at his reaction. No hard feelings, man.

 

[Deleted member]

I don't like the premise. I enjoy stories with happy ends, mostly. Danga is the exact opposite of that.

Sorry if you're such a crybaby
But I see where you are coming from, I don't like them that much either, because they're, well, sad, but sometimes it's needed, either for some social comment on how life sucks or to make the final conclusion with a happy ending even better