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

[PsychoIncarnate]

Woolly world was too easy, at least as far as I got

BTW

When something is too easy, I get bored fast.

Maybe why I get bored at work. Because it doesn't require brain power to do my job

 

[Naoshi]

A Smash Bros X _______ company series just sounds undermining the Smash Bros franchise itself. Imagine if they just make more regular Smash Bros games... it becomes less exciting because things like Smash Bros X Capcom/Sega/Whatever already exists.

We're better off with a Nintendo VS Capcom where it's separate from Smash Bros, even down to the name.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I kind of want Nintendo X Sega

Or, Mario X Sonic with select guests

 

[Kenith]

I'd like an actual Mario X Sonic platformer instead of boring Olympics games.
Make it like Generations with half the game as Mario and the other half as Modern, Adventure, or Lost World Sonic.

Not sure about the levels. Maybe make them wholly original with elements of both series or pull specific locales from both series.

 

[ミスティック Speed]

I'd like an actual Mario X Sonic platformer instead of boring Olympics games.
Make it like Generations with half the game as Mario and the other half as Modern, Adventure, or Lost World Sonic.

Not sure about the levels. Maybe make them wholly original with elements of both series or pull specific locales from both series.

Eggman and Bowser team up, please.
Mecha Goombas.
Mecha ******* Goombas.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Robotnick could discover that toads make better batteries for his badniks than flickies do

 

[Kenith]

Eggman and Bowser team up, please.
Mecha Goombas.
Mecha ******* Goombas.

Robot Mario enemies would actually be pretty great.
Especially if, as a throwback to SATAM, they have a machine where goombas wander into it in a single file line and get churned out as badniks.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Would anyone who's good with photoshop be willing to help the Charizard boards with something?

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

You know, I'd love to see the people's reaction if Urban Champion got in the game XD

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I have a giant mech in X

Life is literally complete

What Chapter do you get them? Only beat Chapter 3 and stopped due to requirments not being met and sleep being needed

 

[Starlight_Lily]

You know, I'd love to see the people's reaction if Urban Champion got in the game XD

My honest reaction would be why? He is literally one of the most boring characters you could add, since all he does is punch, and no you can't argue well all Little Mac does is punch, cause Little Mac, is a boxer, a form of Martial arts, while all Urban Champion does regular straight punches, and that's it, nothing else

 

[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

My honest reaction would be why? He is literally one of the most boring characters you could add, since all he does is punch, and no you can't argue well all Little Mac does is punch, cause Little Mac, is a boxer, a form of Martial arts, while all Urban Champion does regular straight punches, and that's it, nothing else

He'd make a great Assist Trophy. >_>

 

[Fenriraga]

What Chapter do you get them? Only beat Chapter 3 and stopped due to requirments not being met and sleep being needed

Not for a good while... I don't know exactly what chapter, but I'm on chapter 5 around level 20, and I noticed someone in my squad getting an achievement for something like "First time in a Skell", and he was level 30.

The game really wants you to adjust to everything else about how the game works before throwing a mech at you and letting you break half the foundations of the game :V

 

[Starlight_Lily]

He'd make a great Assist Trophy. >_>

Yeah, he probably would

 

[[Obnoxshush/Dasshizer]]

Would anyone who's good with photoshop be willing to help the Charizard boards with something?

What is it? I have some... decent photoshop skills.

 

[Kenith]

Anybody remember this masterpiece?

Even without scaling the manage to be around the same size.
My only regret is Mega Man's run animation being too fast, but it honestly just makes this extremely funny.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Anybody remember this masterpiece?

View attachment 86448

Even without scaling the manage to be around the same size.
My only regret is Mega Man's run animation being too fast, but it honestly just makes this extremely funny.

What is that sonic sprite from?

 

[Kenith]

What is that sonic sprite from?

Sonic Pocket Adventure for the Neo Geo Pocket Color.
Apparently it's pretty good (10/10 from IGN lol)

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Check out the consistent, quality work on These sprites!

I find the most interesting thing is they actually have sprites of all the main animal villains other than the ape man and yet this is the cheetahmen game with the least story

 

[Mikegamer0608]

Add Simon Belmont and this would be a Legendary Masterpiece.

 

[Naoshi]

Sonic Pocket Adventure for the Neo Geo Pocket Color.
Apparently it's pretty good (10/10 from IGN lol)

It was made by Dimps before Dimps was formed as is. And it was really good too! One of their great work on an otherwise terrible track record.

 

[Kenith]

Add Simon Belmont and this would be a Legendary Masterpiece.

Hm, good, but would be even better if you removed those pesty indie characters and replaced them with real third-parties like Master Chief and Jill Valentine.

Wait ****, I actually support Jill. Troll attempt fail.

Spoiler

JK though this is actually beautiful

 

[N3ON]

Add Simon Belmont and this would be a Legendary Masterpiece.

Gonna be honest, Shantae is one of my most wanted characters and I've nothing against Shovel Knight, but those two don't belong up there.

Also if you're gonna have Mega Man and Ryu, and Bomberman and Snake (and Simon), why not stick Link and Pikachu up there?

 

[Captain Shwampy]

I'm surprised nobody ever thought of Silent Hill

Its arguably the most iconic horror video game franchise

Put in cute lil Pyramid Head

Spoiler

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Gonna be honest, Shantae is one of my most wanted characters and I've nothing against Shovel Knight, but those two don't belong up there.

Admittedly yeah.

Maybe replace them with Simon and Nightmare?

 

[N3ON]

Admittedly yeah.

Maybe replace them with Simon and Nightmare?

Or Link and Pikachu.

He's already got two Capcom characters and two Konami characters on there.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Or Link and Pikachu.

He's already got two Capcom characters and two Konami characters on there.

Nightmare is Namco.

 

[Kenith]

Admittedly yeah.

Maybe replace them with Simon and Nightmare?

Or Link and Pikachu.

He's already got two Capcom characters and two Konami characters on there.

psst...shameless plug incoming...

Rule of twos.
...I spend a lot of time in Gimp...

 

[N3ON]

Nightmare is Namco.

I know. My point is it's weird only having one Nintendo character when they've certainly got more than a single gaming icon considering there are multiple ones from other companies up there.

 

[Captain Shwampy]

How popular is Metal Slug? I assume its SNK most popular franchise based off the fact that people I know who aren't into gaming that much have played it and had tons of fun.

I wouldn't mind Marco being in Smash

Spoiler

 

[Kenith]

Gonna be honest, Shantae is one of my most wanted characters and I've nothing against Shovel Knight, but those two don't belong up there.

Also if you're gonna have Mega Man and Ryu, and Bomberman and Snake (and Simon), why not stick Link and Pikachu up there?

I'm looking at it less as a collection of strictly gaming icons and more as a collection of different franchises and companies.
Granted, Shantae and Shovel Knight aren't nearly as prominent as the others no matter how you see it, but if you remove them, another character will end up the underdog.

Rayman and Banjo are small fry compared to the gaming icons we have in Smash. Remove the indies and they become the odd ones out.

Remove them and...well, we just have Mario, Sonic, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Ryu, Bomberman, Cloud, and Snake...but half of these characters don't match the notoriety of Mario, Pac-Man, and Sonic at all.

The point is, there's always going to be a character that is less known than others. The more that get added, the more complicated that gets. With 11 characters not owned by Nintendo I think it's acceptable to have a couple indies.

 

[Fenriraga]

psst...shameless plug incoming...

Rule of twos.
...I spend a lot of time in Gimp...

Ehhhhhhhh can't say I agree with Lara and Tails, even with Tails being a most wanted of my own.

Lara hasn't had much Nintendo significance, and before you yell Cloud, FF as a whole has been with Nintendo plenty of times... Plus, I honestly don't think she meshes well with the rest of the crowd. She's too... realistic. At least FF7 has plenty of more whimsical elements, and Metal Gear with how zany it can get.
Honestly, I'd put someone like Chrono/Neku in her place. Yeah, they aren't really as iconic, but both are highly regarded as some of the best RPGs on their respective systems.

And Tails, only because having Sonic on there as the only one with two reps from the same series does not feel right. Though it's also really hard to think of a SEGA character that can be considered 'Iconic'...

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

http://smashboards.com/threads/and-now-the-cheetahmen.324738/

This is what I'm talking about the difference in quality between my joke threads back in the day and the people that made joke threads in the later part of Smash speculation

I did some serious research on the Cheetahmen just to make a joke thread on them.

It was interestingly one of the first choices that popped up when searching Cheetahmen...images at least.

I kind of want some Indie dev out there to make their own take on the series

 

[Guybrush20X6]

What Nintendo characters are gaming icons?

Mario himself
Donkey Kong, but only the tie-less arcade one that Nintendo is all to happy to have appear in shows still stuck in the 80's
Link, if only his appearance and not that he's not the title character
Samus Aran, only to be forgotten every time a new game has a female protagonist and pretends like it's a big deal.
Pikachu, duh
Yoshi because everyone love dinosaurs
Luigi, Peach and Bowser

Wow, the only ones of the original 8 not on the list are Kirby and Fox.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Lara hasn't had much Nintendo significance

She's had several games on Nintendo consoles and handhelds if that's what you mean.

What Nintendo characters are gaming icons?

Mario himself
Donkey Kong, but only the tie-less arcade one that Nintendo is all to happy to have appear in shows still stuck in the 80's
Link, if only his appearance and not that he's not the title character
Samus Aran, only to be forgotten every time a new game has a female protagonist and pretends like it's a big deal.
Pikachu, duh
Yoshi because everyone love dinosaurs
Luigi, Peach and Bowser

Wow, the only ones of the original 8 not on the list are Kirby and Fox.

The Mario main cast. So Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Toad and Yoshi.
Donkey Kong
Link
Samus
Pikachu, Charizard, Mewtwo
Arguably Mii

Kirby just barely misses the mark in my opinion.

 

[OurBraveHero]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqfiDAYCO4
This just popped up. It's not Smash related, but it's a stream on Saturday that is related to Mario at least. Can anyone translate? I've only got the crappy Google Translate to go on haha.

Seems like it will be a Mario Maker stream of some sort. That "Vs 10,000" part scares me. hahaha

 

[Kenith]

Ehhhhhhhh can't say I agree with Lara and Tails, even with Tails being a most wanted of my own.
Lara hasn't had much Nintendo significance, and before you yell Cloud, FF as a whole has been with Nintendo plenty of times... Plus, I honestly don't think she meshes well with the rest of the crowd. She's too... realistic. At least FF7 has plenty of more whimsical elements, and Metal Gear with how zany it can get.

Lara Croft has appeared on Nintendo many times. She's also extremely iconic in her own right.
She's also not really that out of place sans her guns, her design is colorful and her physique is historically downright cartoony.

And Tails, only because having Sonic on there as the only one with two reps from the same series does not feel right. Though it's also really hard to think of a SEGA character that can be considered 'Iconic'...

And that's the problem. There's no SEGA IP that comes close to matching Sonic the Hedgehog, and Tails is an influential character so I think he warrants a spot a lot more than say, Alex Kidd.

Phantasy Star and Super Monkey Ball are probably the closest bets, but there's no noteworthy characters from the former, and a monkey in a hamster ball isn't feasible as a fighter.

 

[N3ON]

I'm looking at it less as a collection of strictly gaming icons and more as a collection of different franchises and companies.
Granted, Shantae and Shovel Knight aren't nearly as prominent as the others no matter how you see it, but if you remove them, another character will end up the underdog.

Rayman and Banjo are small fry compared to the gaming icons we have in Smash. Remove the indies and they become the odd ones out.

Remove them and...well, we just have Mario, Sonic, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Ryu, Bomberman, Cloud, and Snake...but half of these characters don't match the notoriety of Mario, Pac-Man, and Sonic at all.

The point is, there's always going to be a character that is less known than others. The more that get added, the more complicated that gets. With 11 characters not owned by Nintendo I think it's acceptable to have a couple indies.

Don't let their Smash popularity cloud over the fact that Shantae and Shovel Knight are several pegs below even Rayman and Banjo. It's not that they're the lowest of what's there, it's that they're so much lower you could add a dozen more third-parties in between them and still have room to spare, especially with boundaries as wide as those that would include Banjo and Snake and Cloud.

It's like taking a picture of part of a professional sports team with two fans on either side wearing jerseys with face paint. Even including the omitted lesser members of the team would be more fitting than those two, lol.

Also I've still heard no good reason as to why Link and Pikachu aren't there.

 

[Tree Gelbman]

Lara has more Nintendo appearances under her belt than Cloud I believe. Maybe even Snake. I love her to death and want her in. She's very iconic and worthy but unless Sakurai gets over his realistic guns rule? She's doomed.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

Ehhhhhhhh can't say I agree with Lara and Tails, even with Tails being a most wanted of my own.

Lara hasn't had much Nintendo significance, and before you yell Cloud, FF as a whole has been with Nintendo plenty of times... Plus, I honestly don't think she meshes well with the rest of the crowd. She's too... realistic. At least FF7 has plenty of more whimsical elements, and Metal Gear with how zany it can get.
Honestly, I'd put someone like Chrono/Neku in her place. Yeah, they aren't really as iconic, but both are highly regarded as some of the best RPGs on their respective systems.

And Tails, only because having Sonic on there as the only one with two reps from the same series does not feel right. Though it's also really hard to think of a SEGA character that can be considered 'Iconic'...

To be fair Lara's actually had main series games on Nintendo consoles. Remember when the previous timeline with two guns (and dual pistols) Lara went trough a bit of a reboot? All three games were on Nintendo consoles.

It was that brief period when it was no longer too expensive to go multiplatform but the console companies themselves hadn't gotten ti in their heads to bribe them into exclusivity. MICROSOFT!