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The Lycia Alliance: Roy Legacy Support Thread

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I would prefer the PM approach were they kept his Melee moveset and removed his major flaws.

Not only that but he would be the only character to retain the old Neutral B from Melee since Marth and Lucina use the neutral B that was introduced in Brawl.
 

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I would prefer the PM approach were they kept his Melee moveset and removed his major flaws.

Not only that but he would be the only character to retain the old Neutral B from Melee since Marth and Lucina use the neutral B that was introduced in Brawl.
Not going to lie, his Neutral B is literally my favourite thing in Melee.
Simply because it is so cool.

It is probably tasteless, but it's fun. Like, really really fun.
 

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Not going to lie, his Neutral B is literally my favourite thing in Melee.
Simply because it is so cool.

It is probably tasteless, but it's fun. Like, really really fun.
Using the fully charged neutral B against CPU's was my favorite thing to do in Melee as a kid. I felt so proud of myself after I landed it. :roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee:
 

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I remember in the facebook group we had monthly Miiverse postings events? Not sure if you guys stopped doing that because I've been off and on, but I think it would be nice to reach out to Miiverse again (at least once or twice a month?). Doesn't have to be an art contest too, just a day to get people posting a ton of Roy related posts, and perhaps mention the official ballot. Well, I thought doing something like that was always fun.
 

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I remember in the facebook group we had monthly Miiverse postings events? Not sure if you guys stopped doing that because I've been off and on, but I think it would be nice to reach out to Miiverse again (at least once or twice a month?). Doesn't have to be an art contest too, just a day to get people posting a ton of Roy related posts, and perhaps mention the official ballot. Well, I thought doing something like that was always fun.
That reminds me - Isn't it the second Saturday of the month that the Royvolution Campaign sends off e-mails or letters straight to Nintendo to show our support for Roy? This way, we've got the votes and personal lettered in our favour!
 

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Didn't know we had a monthly e-mail for this. Sounds like a good way to support our Boy in the ballot.
 

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I accidentally linked my own comment rather than the post itself on Miiverse. Self-centered natural mechanisms, go!

Fixed that... (https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYIHAAAEAAA5VHwqquZAvw)
Another Roy miiverse post:

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYIHAAAEAADaVHh1bHCNQg

The Japanese fanbase is just going full force with the Roy support.
All the Roy Support o.o
 

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I know, it really warms my heart.

If you know what I mean... :bee::bee::bee::bee::bee:
 
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I remember in the facebook group we had monthly Miiverse postings events? Not sure if you guys stopped doing that because I've been off and on, but I think it would be nice to reach out to Miiverse again (at least once or twice a month?). Doesn't have to be an art contest too, just a day to get people posting a ton of Roy related posts, and perhaps mention the official ballot. Well, I thought doing something like that was always fun.
I plan to hold a contest every month where I use a $20 budget to give gifts to Roy supporters.
I would basically offer some Roy-themed gifts to several categories. I could reward six people a month with Fire Emblem, Roy, or Smash Bros. merchandise on a $15-20 budget (best ballot vote, best miiverse drawing, best youtube content, best email to nintendo, best physical mail, best social media post). The categories are subjective, so I could have some judges help me run this. Thoughts?

Well in Japan, Roy is far more popular than Marth.
I was surprised to see how much Japan loves Eliwood and Roy a while back, while a lot of players here seem to only care for Hector and occasionally Lyndis. Please, Japan, trade Fire Emblem fanbases with me.
 

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The majority of Roy supporters come from Japan but there's still a huge following for him in North America. I'm not sure about other places like Europe and Australia though.
 
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The majority of Roy supporters come from Japan but there's still a huge following for him in North America. I'm not sure about other places like Europe and Australia though.
We actually have a few Australians and Europeans in the Facebook group from when I added them from my friendslist forever back.
 

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Nah, now that Lucas has been announced, Wolf is defiantly the most requested character to join in the Smash fanbase as a whole.

I do firmly believe, however that Roy is amongst the Top 5 most requested characters to join despite what some naysayers say. If we were to look at the fanbase as a whole (Miiverse, Smashboards, and general Smash fans from across the globe) I think their might be a possibility of Roy even being Top 3.
 

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Not going to lie, his Neutral B is literally my favourite thing in Melee.
Simply because it is so cool.

It is probably tasteless, but it's fun. Like, really really fun.
And it was such a kickass edgeguard if you could force opponents low, too!

I really hope that, if Nintendo brings our boy back, they'll let him keep Flare Blade or get something entirely new and not just some generic stab.

(Fire projectiles/AoE, anyone?)
 
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I plan to hold a contest every month where I use a $20 budget to give gifts to Roy supporters.
I would basically offer some Roy-themed gifts to several categories. I could reward six people a month with Fire Emblem, Roy, or Smash Bros. merchandise on a $15-20 budget (best ballot vote, best miiverse drawing, best youtube content, best email to nintendo, best physical mail, best social media post). The categories are subjective, so I could have some judges help me run this. Thoughts?
Aww man, that's really nice of you to offer prizes. I just think we could possibly make do without having you invest money in prizes... but like, that's a generous thing to do if you're alright with it. It's up to you.

I do think having the contest idea is great and could motivate people to participate in the different categories.
 

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You have been an amazing leader and person by showing your unrivaled support for our boy! I have already voted twice for Roy, so I guess you can add me as one of Roy's supporters. SPREAD THE GOSPIL, ROY FOR DLC!!
 

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I plan to hold a contest every month where I use a $20 budget to give gifts to Roy supporters.
I would basically offer some Roy-themed gifts to several categories. I could reward six people a month with Fire Emblem, Roy, or Smash Bros. merchandise on a $15-20 budget (best ballot vote, best miiverse drawing, best youtube content, best email to nintendo, best physical mail, best social media post). The categories are subjective, so I could have some judges help me run this. Thoughts?
I actually planned to do a livestream sometime soon (whenever university work allows) to try to garner support over on the Twitch viewer side of things. My channel's tiny, of course. I just wanted to have a little fun socializing with people and playing Roy's games. I was gonna continue my streamed FE6 run (maybe do FE7 after), do more Melee and PM netplay via Dolphin with viewer challengers, open up discussions on his mechanics and how they could be incorporated into the Sm4sh gameplay effectively, etc. provided people are actually there to join in.

In retrospect, it may be better to try to do something more collaborative with the people here, should there be anyone interested.
 
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And it was such a kickass edgeguard if you could force opponents low, too!

I really hope that, if Nintendo brings our boy back, they'll let him keep Flare Blade or get something entirely new and not just some generic stab.

(Fire projectiles/AoE, anyone?)
Roy has so many great edgeguarding tools. Countering Fox/Falco's recoveries never gets old lol.

I do think if Roy returns and they change his neutral special, the move will still have something to do with fire. His fire properties are one of the main things that makes him stick out as a clone. And it's probably a main reason Sakurai chose Roy over other FE characters in Melee.

In retrospect, it may be better to try to do something more collaborative with the people here, should there be anyone interested.
I like this idea.

Oh and if I forgot to add anyone to the supporters list, please tell me. Activity has been much more now, so I may have missed some people (will check back).
 
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Leif (main character of Fire Emblem 5) was originally supposed to rep Fire Emblem alongside Marth in Melee but Sakurai went out his way to ask for permission to use Roy instead of him. I don't know why people like to say Roy was only in the game to promote his game when their was a push by Sakurai himself and not the company to have him in Melee. Add in the fact that he was planned for Brawl along with Doc and Mewtwo and the whole "Roy only promoting his game" is a load of garbage.
 

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The majority of Roy supporters come from Japan but there's still a huge following for him in North America. I'm not sure about other places like Europe and Australia though.
Hey! Roy has his European fans! I'm one, sure his pal region fanbase maynot be as big as his Japanese and American one, but he's still out boy!
 

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Hey! Roy has his European fans! I'm one, sure his pal region fanbase maynot be as big as his Japanese and American one, but he's still out boy!
I wasn't saying he didn't lol. I was just saying Europeans and Aussies are not all that in to him compared to Japan and NA fans. I'm sure theirs a lot of ROYalists (see what I did there) in both of those regions that strongly support thou boy to become DLC.
 

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Leif (main character of Fire Emblem 5) was originally supposed to rep Fire Emblem alongside Marth in Melee but Sakurai went out his way to ask for permission to use Roy instead of him. I don't know why people like to say Roy was only in the game to promote his game when their was a push by Sakurai himself and not the company to have him in Melee. Add in the fact that he was planned for Brawl along with Doc and Mewtwo and the whole "Roy only promoting his game" is a load of garbage.
There are lots of misconceptions out there about Roy that are believed to be true sadly. I still see people to this day claim that Roy can't return because Ike replaced him or that "his game sucked and no one played it".
 

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It would be awesome to see a Roy stage. Like Ostia, and saving Lilina, who could be like Bird-Man in Magicant, or Ridley in Pyrosphere!
 
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Oh wow, I remember when just recently this thread wouldn't get a single post for days. Now I've been gone for half a day from sleeping and work and it feels like I missed so much! You guys in here are all so awesome!

Not going to lie, his Neutral B is literally my favourite thing in Melee.
Simply because it is so cool.

It is probably tasteless, but it's fun. Like, really really fun.
Using the fully charged neutral B against CPU's was my favorite thing to do in Melee as a kid. I felt so proud of myself after I landed it. :roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee::roymelee:
That neutral B, man! My favorite move in all of Smash Bros. Honestly my favorite use for it was in lieu of the bat in the homerun contest.
 

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It would be awesome to see a Roy stage. Like Ostia, and saving Lilina, who could be like Bird-Man in Magicant, or Ridley in Pyrosphere!
That's cool and all, but I feel Lilina should be an assist trophy instead, now you can all cry about Lyn is the only FE assist trophy, when all the games offer up great choices for assist trophies...
 

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Can you link to the Miiverse post?
 

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Gave a vote to our boy Roy.

Also, Archdan, maker of the "Lonely Roy" comic on Miiverse posted this:

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Aaaah!! Yes!!! I figured that Archdan would make something for Roy regarding the ballot, but this is better than I imagined. This completely makes my day.

We're likely to see this one receive a lot of attention, which is just what we need.
 

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There are lots of misconceptions out there about Roy that are believed to be true sadly. I still see people to this day claim that Roy can't return because Ike replaced him or that "his game sucked and no one played it".
I know. Ike is a stand alone character and he was never even intended to replace anyone. Roy being in the SSBB data is proof of that;
 

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On a related topic, it would be cool to see DLC music as well as the characters.
Specifically, a Shaman In the Dark remix would be awesome. Or even just the Shaman In the Dark from the OST disc for the game would be cool.

And the Miiverse drawings are all so cool!
 
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I actually planned to do a livestream sometime soon (whenever university work allows) to try to garner support over on the Twitch viewer side of things. My channel's tiny, of course. I just wanted to have a little fun socializing with people and playing Roy's games. I was gonna continue my streamed FE6 run (maybe do FE7 after), do more Melee and PM netplay via Dolphin with viewer challengers, open up discussions on his mechanics and how they could be incorporated into the Sm4sh gameplay effectively, etc. provided people are actually there to join in.

In retrospect, it may be better to try to do something more collaborative with the people here, should there be anyone interested.
I would love to tune in, and if you need advertising, I have a few decently-sized Facebook pages, my profile with a decent amount of friends, and The Royvolution group to advertise in, all where I already know a ton of streamgoers.

It would be awesome to see a Roy stage. Like Ostia, and saving Lilina, who could be like Bird-Man in Magicant, or Ridley in Pyrosphere!
I think the best stages for Roy might be:
-The battleground in Ch21 where he fights Murdock and toooooons of wyverns. There could be a few mountains to stand on, with wyverns flying by and fighting other fighting units who can all be used as platforms, and there's friendly fire between the peaks from warring archers and mages.
-You know that one chapter with the fire dragon on each throne? Also the chapter where the party fights the final boss? Maybe a dark underground shrine surrounded by magma based on those settings.
-There's also the legendary weapons caves.
-Western isles, we need a non-transforming water stage for once... even stagebuilder didn't give us that.
-Castle Ostia where Lilina is imprisoned and she casts spells from a distance for the player who breaks the wall to rescue her.
-Zephiel's castle where Zephiel is a stage boss that appears periodically from the middle gate. There would be one tower with a switch each on each side that opens the gate, assuming both are #TRIGGERED.
-A desert would be a good representative stage of the whole series, and it would finally be enjoyable to fight in a Fire Emblem desert.

Just some ideas. Hopefully we get one, and hopefully New Pork City returns.


Oh wow, I remember when just recently this thread wouldn't get a single post for days. Now I've been gone for half a day from sleeping and work and it feels like I missed so much! You guys in here are all so awesome!





That neutral B, man! My favorite move in all of Smash Bros. Honestly my favorite use for it was in lieu of the bat in the homerun contest.
I'm so glad the thread is more active now. If we can keep enough discussion going to keep this thread bumped to the top of Character Discussion, that's easily going to boost our winning chances.

HRC Flare Blade is crazy. I've seen superhuman HRC attempts on YouTube for the longest time, and I'm actually proud to beat Yoshi's distance for that one trophy with Roy later down the road just screwing around.

Gave a vote to our boy Roy.

Also, Archdan, maker of the "Lonely Roy" comic on Miiverse posted this:

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Archdan the beautiful man.

On a related topic, it would be cool to see DLC music as well as the characters.
Specifically, a Shaman In the Dark remix would be awesome. Or even just the Shaman In the Dark from the OST disc for the game would be cool.

And the Miiverse drawings are all so cool!

This is the song cut I'm most salty about. It's one of the few SSBB tracks I never replace when making PM/B- packs.

I want to see any of these on Wily's Castle badly. Originals or remixes, they'd be perfect.
 
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I was hoping Roy would at least get a trophy in Smash 4 seeing as most of the other cut characters got the same treatment. Still nice to see Marth with the Roy alt costume. Sakurai hasn't forgotten about out boy just yet.
 

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You've received my vote friends. I will likely make a video on my channel and try to get more aid for Roy's return.
 
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