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THE HUMAN
While "The Human" of Undertale goes by two main canon names, they are spoilers, so I'll just refer to this character as "The Human" to avoid potential spoilers.
UNDERTALE?
As many are aware, Undertale is one of the more popular indie games to come out since smash 4's release back in 2014. While this doesn't mean much by itself, Undertale recently was announced for release onto the Switch along with the Game Maker 2 Switch update. Undertale also has received a Japanese release, and has gained quite a large fanbase there.
WHY THE HUMAN?
While this is the case, fans of Undertale in Smash would rather a different character, such as Sans, Papyrus or Toriel. I'm here to say that there is an argument why The Human should be picked instead. The main reason is that you play as the human. Other series in the past have had characters that people would want, only for the player avatars to win Sakurai's choice, the main example being animal crossing.
Another argument towards The Human not being playable is the fact most players consider one of the main "routes" of Undertale requires the player character to not kill anything, as many believe this to be the proper way to play Undertale. I say that none of this matters when designing a moveset and naturally, the moveset should include the elements of the "neutral route".
This route is the route taken when the player sometimes attacks enemies and sometimes spares them. This is most players first routes when they play the game completely blind. It will also give the character designers of smash 4 more to work with, as suddenly the mechanics of the weapons are available as moves as well as anything you do in the game to spare enemies.
While the character has some competition, it also would make some sense to include them over other characters somewhat. Either way, an Undertale character in general is probably really unlikely, so let's keep the discussion civil.
While "The Human" of Undertale goes by two main canon names, they are spoilers, so I'll just refer to this character as "The Human" to avoid potential spoilers.
UNDERTALE?
As many are aware, Undertale is one of the more popular indie games to come out since smash 4's release back in 2014. While this doesn't mean much by itself, Undertale recently was announced for release onto the Switch along with the Game Maker 2 Switch update. Undertale also has received a Japanese release, and has gained quite a large fanbase there.
WHY THE HUMAN?
While this is the case, fans of Undertale in Smash would rather a different character, such as Sans, Papyrus or Toriel. I'm here to say that there is an argument why The Human should be picked instead. The main reason is that you play as the human. Other series in the past have had characters that people would want, only for the player avatars to win Sakurai's choice, the main example being animal crossing.
Another argument towards The Human not being playable is the fact most players consider one of the main "routes" of Undertale requires the player character to not kill anything, as many believe this to be the proper way to play Undertale. I say that none of this matters when designing a moveset and naturally, the moveset should include the elements of the "neutral route".
This route is the route taken when the player sometimes attacks enemies and sometimes spares them. This is most players first routes when they play the game completely blind. It will also give the character designers of smash 4 more to work with, as suddenly the mechanics of the weapons are available as moves as well as anything you do in the game to spare enemies.
While the character has some competition, it also would make some sense to include them over other characters somewhat. Either way, an Undertale character in general is probably really unlikely, so let's keep the discussion civil.
