You know, all of the newcomer threads are closing down, and that gives me time to relfect on how Smash has been going.
For as much hype Smash Ultimate has been, it has been soul-crushing to me to see once a Nintendo-centric franchise become centered in characters that aren't relevant to the Nintendosphere slowly but surely, with Joker beign the straw the broke the camel's back.
Now that i played WWGIT, i really really wish Mona had been the true Star of Warioware. Sometimes people ask "Why do we need to redesign Wario to fit more into Wario Land when you can have Captain Syrup instead? Wario is """"""""fun""""""" as he is!"
I tell you why, Captain Syrup is boring as hell and her character design is the only thing memorable. I play WarioLand for WARIO, his moves and personality and abilites in those games are what drove me into those games, not a character who only was a main antagonist on 2 out of 5 (and beign a shopkeeper in the last one) to use her as the way of represent Wario Land in Smash would be like using Sephiroth as an excuse to give FF the content that should have been in the base game, which i loathed just as equally. Warioware IS the game with the more interesting cast (not counting Wario himself as i don't really like him in those games, GiT is sort of an exception because he puts his Shoulder Bash to good use, unlike Smash 4)
I would give all the Wario Land Stuff to Wario and have Mona be the "Mona"ware stuff instead, especially now that Get It Together gives us an idea of what she can do when playable. But i know that's not gonna happen. Not only is WarioLand dead, but Smash in general doesn't really care about Nintendo characters that much, at least if Ultimate's DLC is anything to go by. You need to be either a real, real vocal fanbase pick to be noticed, or be the hottest trendiest character that represents the newest game, a flavor of the month if you will.
I could say "i hope Mona gets into the next game", but....................im no longer interested into the next Smash at this point. I don't like the increasing focus on Guests and while thankfully at least half of them are characters i enjoy, i think it was TOO much TOO quickly, we got literally TWICE the amount of Guest characters in Smash 4, which in of itself was more than half of Brawl's. I feel that if the next game keeps adding more third parties than this game and doesn't cool it down, i may not even buy it (especially if the choices are anything like Kazuya, Sephiroth, and Joker) since i must put my money where my mouth is and not support stuff that i dislike, unlike those morons who keep talking and watch shows they hate.
So its kinda sad that even with the amazing finale of Sora's reveal, Smash still ended with a bittersweet note in a way for me, reminding me that Smash is not about Nintendo anymore and that makes me sad.
Smash Ultimate ended beign a reminder of what i loved about this franchise, and also a red flag of what things are to come for this series. And i think it's better i jump ship. Who knows what lies ahead, maybe i buy the next game like a obedient consumer and CONSOOM
TM, But either way
smashkirby
, all Mona fans, it was a pleasure to interact with you, even if it was very short due to me not going into this very thread very often.
movie will be the judge of that.
