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I have an idea to expand on yours. Dark samus would cause a small phazon explosion and move around like pikachu's volt tackle, only leaving pools of phazon as he/she/it goes, and as others touch the phazon, they get sent upwards, getting them ready to be rammed by dark samus.
I already knew all that. I said I played the games, but don't understand what's so great about her.
I know what she can do. Her moves are pretty unique, however, a unique moveset doesn't make for a good character. Characters must have a background, a purpose, and above all, a personality. Dark Samus has none of those qualities.
Clones are put into the game for two reasons:
Now you are rehashing what you said in the first paragraph. Like I said before, uniqueness isn't everything.
Prime didn't bring back Metroid from the dead, the Gameboy Advance did. Fusion picked up where Super Metroid left off and carried the Metroid torch. Prime basically bombed outside of North America, so Fusion released at the same time and was undoubtedly the more popular game worldwide. But the truth is, Metroid never really died. Metroid was still going strong in Japan, just not in games. The game's story and plot was even thickened due to manga and comics.
A franchise's size has nothing to do with the quality of their characters, and there is no such thing as that kind of franchise representation in Smash Bros. You have all misinterpreted what Sakurai said. He simply means that the Metroid series shouldn't be stuck with just Samus forever, because most of the other series from the original Smash Bros had more than one character in Melee, and will probably have even more in Brawl. And since Metroid is a deserving series with more characters than just Samus, another character should be included from the games.
And you didn't prove anything, so you've yet to convince me.
1.- Well let me try this again...1.- I already knew all that. I said I played the games, but don't understand what's so great about her.
2.- I know what she can do. Her moves are pretty unique, however, a unique moveset doesn't make for a good character. Characters must have a background, a purpose, and above all, a personality. Dark Samus has none of those qualities.
3.-Clones are put into the game for two reasons:
1) There was an important character that was supposed to be included into the game, but couldn't due to programming problems (Pit and his wings) or time constraints (Balloon Fighter). So, of those who weren't included, ones that shared a similar build to other characters were made into clones.
2) The game is in need of a few more characters to beef up the roster, so to fill it out quickly, minor characters that are similar to a character that has already been included are givin a near identical moveset and slapped onto the game before the deadline.
Reason #2 isn't applicable this time around because Sakurai doesn't really have a deadline this time around. Reason #1 does not work for Dark Samus because she isn't really that important of a character. She was a villain that was thrown into the already poor story of the Prime series in order to give the games a point. She has no backstory or feelings or even a logical reason to "collect phazon" other than to become more powerful, which she has no reason to do either.
4.- Now you are rehashing what you said in the first paragraph. Like I said before, uniqueness isn't everything.
5.- Prime didn't bring back Metroid from the dead, the Gameboy Advance did. Fusion picked up where Super Metroid left off and carried the Metroid torch. Prime basically bombed outside of North America, so Fusion released at the same time and was undoubtedly the more popular game worldwide. But the truth is, Metroid never really died. Metroid was still going strong in Japan, just not in games. The game's story and plot was even thickened due to manga and comics.
Sakurai is going with a Zero Mission look for the Metroid, I don't care what you say, or anyone else says, but I'd bet money that the Prime series will go almost unnoticed aside from maybe a trophy or an AT.
6.- A franchise's size has nothing to do with the quality of their characters, and there is no such thing as that kind of franchise representation in Smash Bros. You have all misinterpreted what Sakurai said. He simply means that the Metroid series shouldn't be stuck with just Samus forever, because most of the other series from the original Smash Bros had more than one character in Melee, and will probably have even more in Brawl. And since Metroid is a deserving series with more characters than just Samus, another character should be included from the games.
That all sounds sort of confusing, but basically what I'm saying is that the Smash Bros is a game for characters, not franchises, and the size of a series shouldn't determine the number of representatives from each game, but the quality and popularity of the characters. Metroid will have Samus (she is the main protagonist of every game in the series) and Ridley (he is the arch rival of Samus, has a history dating back to Samus' childhood, and is a major reoccuring boss in the series). Why just them? Because as far as important characters go, that's all Metroid has.
7.-And you didn't prove anything, so you've yet to convince me.
Care to try again?
my bad, I haven't played many metroid games but I loved them all. I just haven't being in a lot of ridley fights.
Also HAVE you played mp2? if not I dont see how u can call him a clone, since you dont know his abilities, dark samus AINT samus...
It's ecause they are looking at only the fact that they both have arm cannons. They don't pay attention to the fact that the cannons do different things.
WTF! Did you even read the first page of this thread?! If you think so, then tell everyone why you think so! Don't post if you don't have anything to say that is important for the conversation or won't get you burned! I know I'm flaming, but it's stupid to do things like sticking your hand in a crocodile's mouth, pointing a firework at your face when you fire, or POSTING ON A THREAD JUST TO GET BURNED!
I'll try to play some megaman games in the future
Yeah ok, why dont we make jiggly an alt. costume for kirby, just because they look similai...
Jiggs is from and entirely different series, and has nothing to do with Kirby, Kirby is a cannibal, Jiggs is a slave animal used to fight. Samus is a bounty hunter, DS is a clone/alien copy of Samus who "fights a little differently." I'm just saying it doesn't add as much vairaity as we could, Jiggs and Kirby aside.
Yep energy blade FTW.
DS gender is unknown in MP games is never mentioned.
What? DS is badass.
Fine, I have Mp Echoes but never finished it I'll go fight DS, but opinions aren't east to change. He?