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I believe they mean that each character is a "pack" - as in they each come with music, character, and a stage.
Ahh, good way of looking at it.
I dunno, their focus is mainly to bring cool characters from new series… not to bring a character from specific genres in gaming just for the sake of variety (I mean it could end being that way but there is no reason to believe that's their secondary focus just yet)
That and Heihachi is a sprite in Pac-Man's Namco Roulette taunt along with the Katamari character. Plus Japanese VA cultures treat a VA that died like the character also died as well.
Pretty appalled but happy too how things keep going on Lloyd's favor as they come over time.
Apparently Tales of Crestoria is getting an english version of the game. I'm still browsing to see if anything else has happened during that broadcast… The actual anniversary is happening next week tho so there could be a chance for an announcement then as well, altho i don't know if smash is possible, but at least a new game could be announced or something.
Yeah I’m thinking if symphonia gets a remaster or port to switch that might be a key sign to look for
Honestly I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet considering it's been ported to everywhere else. I'll be buying it day one if so.
Well I know the VA also voice's FE's Xander. Is he one of the shop keepers in the game?
I’m not too sure, are you referring to the shop keepers in World of Light? Haven’t had much time with WoL so I’m unfamiliar
Yeah, like Doc Louis and Funky Kong.
If in my playthrough I see xander I’ll make a note of it but as of now I’m not too sure.
Do you have a link for the stream? I’m willing to be potentially blown away.
Dont think it's happening for 2 more days
Anna is a Shopkeeper and Ryouma is a Dojo Master haven't seen anyone else yet
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) wrote a long post detailed potential points supporting Lloyd's inclusion. However, I'll be diving deeper into the argument of why Lloyd should be included more than "here's how cool of an inclusion he'd be."So, it's established that since Nintendo is working alongside Bandai Namco, it's a logical step to include their characters in Smash Bros. Despite this, within the same column Sakurai says this:
This may seem like a hard disconfirmation, but it's important to note the statement in the question "any other strong candidates." The interviewer is asking if compared to Pac-Man were there any other strong candidates. Any other IPs from Bandai Namco pale in comparison to the arcade legend that is Pac-Man. Sakurai even states this when he says that "Pac-Man is perhaps Namco’s most iconic character." He additionally says that there were other characters in consideration, such as Heihachi, showing that other characters were considered alongside Pac-Man, but ultimately Pac-Man was the one chosen. Now that Pac-Man is a character in Ultimate, the doors are open for other Namco DLC characters to be included. Now the question is:
So, does the Tales of series fit these criteria?
In 2014, Tales of Symphonia was further called the most successful title in the series for the 6th generation of consoles by product manager Dennis Lee, beating out Tales of Rebirth, Tales of Legendia, and Tales of the Abyss for that position. Both of these interviews occurred after the releases of Tales of Vesperia and Tales of Destiny, where the two most popular characters in the series originate from.
Everyone knows who Cloud is compared to other Final Fantasy protagonists. Lloyd doesn't have this problem compared to Yuri Lowell or Leon Magnus, and i is more well known in the West than the former two due to Symphonia's success, and is well known enough in Japan to make up for a lack of popularity; he is arguably the most "globally recognized" character in the series given Symphonia's worldwide popularity.
While Sakurai, vague as always, doesn't elaborate on why Lloyd was the only "appropriate choice," the two characters mentioned, Lloyd and Cress, are the two characters in the Tales of series with the most prominent ties to Nintendo. Regardless, Lloyd is apparently the only choice for a Tales of representative, and that is incredibly significant. It's very well that the answer to the question: "Why Lloyd Irving?" could simply be "Because Sakurai said so."
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's source this conclusion becomes more solid as the Ballot was taken into heavy consideration when deciding to include Simon and King K. Rool respectively. Tekken is a 3D fighting game, further than that, another essential aspect of the game is its controls: different buttons control different limbs instead of having different buttons for light, regular, and heavy attacks like other fighting games. These factors among make it difficult to faithfully represent Tekken within Smash Bros, and therefore it isn't worth butchering the series core mechanics to incorporate it into Smash Bros. Faithful representation is an essential aspect of a character's inclusion in Smash Bros., and if Sakurai and co. can't be true to Tekken's gameplay, they simply won't include him.
