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Like I said, it's Sakurai not having a clear defintion himself on "international" appeal.
This is a good point and I agree with all of it.
I liked that game because it introduced me to many underrated Tatsunoko gems. It really helped expose obscure stuff to the West and I hoped more developers took notice and tried something similar.
Yeah, being biased is simply natural, I admit I'd be biased regarding forgotten retro characters. I still think it's a crime that Sukapon, Nintendo's OG fighter is simply an Assist Trophy. Though it's not even being biased that bothers me, that's simply human nature, it's that he makes up rules which he doesn't follow himself. Comes across as somewhat hypocritical. But to be honest, I can't even be mad, Ultimate looks so good. So much more aggressive and fast paced. Also every character is back and we got some big, heavily requested newcomers with K.Rool and Ridley.Like I said, it's Sakurai not having a clear defintion himself on "international" appeal.
For all we know he could simply be biased. If I was the Smash director I certainly would be biased for certain series and characters (Not as much as Sakurai I can promise though)
He had no problem during melee in explaining how two Eskimos are fighters in smash and dealing with reactions to them getting in over some definitely more desired characters(Diddy and Wario).
Oh nice, I will look forward to seeing it.
And good point. Smash is no stranger to adding weird fighters and I doubt people would have questions about a schoolgirl in the roster back then.
If you're worried about this kind of thing or if you aren't prepared for fan backlash, you don't deserve to develop video games.
Speaking of Diddy in Melee, he wasn't in Melee. K. Rool and Dixie had trophies in Melee, but for some weird reason Diddy didn't.
The problem was the rare buyout at the time. Which got in the way of them.
Nope. Because it's a big and relevant example.
Yeah I think Diddy was planned to be in the roster back then in Melee. But of course, Nintendo and Rare's relationship was shifting away and the buyout from Microsoft prevented that from happening at the time.
Let’s not go to that extreme either. Fan backlash and harassment is an unavoidable part of game development and you should be prepared for it, but it’s not like you don’t deserve the job for not wanting to put up with it. Developers are people too. Pressure gets to people, it’s only natural. After enough death threats I think any one of us would just cave in and start doing what the crowd demands.
Good point. Sorry for the extreme.
Perhaps.
I think the Smash Ballot is being used to choose almost if not all of Ultimate's newcomers, so it would seem a retro character is very unlikely this time. But if there are a couple of characters that are not being taken from the Smash Ballot, than a retro character is all but guaranteed. I would say Mach Rider or Ayumi Tachibana would have the best shot of being that retro character.
So far, there are a couple of characters who aren't big fan favorites. Inklings, Daisy, Simon, and Richter are examples,
The Inklings and Daisy were indeed fan favorites that probably did well in the Smash Ballot. But Simon he didn't need the Smash Ballot, he is a legacy character like:
,,,,,, and so he didn't need it at all. Richter though had some popularity in Japan, so he must have done good over there for Sakurai to have made the decision to put him in.
Inklings got on because they were a hot new IP, and Daisy was just an easy Echo to implement.The Inklings and Daisy were indeed fan favorites that probably did well in the Smash Ballot. But Simon he didn't need the Smash Ballot, he is a legacy character like:
That's kind of true, but if the Smash Ballot was never a thing, Daisy wouldn't be in this game as a Echo in the first place because if normally, it would have happened a long time ago.
To be fair. Cloud was the most voted for, when it came to Final Fantasy reps in the ballot.The Inklings and Daisy were indeed fan favorites that probably did well in the Smash Ballot. But Simon he didn't need the Smash Ballot, he is a legacy character like:
I didn't say anything about the Smash Ballot being the reason Cloud got in or not, I already know that.
I disagree, the Inklings were the only shoe in as far back as Smash 4 that people were sure were going to get in Smash 5/Ultimate.
I feel like the next Smash Bros will just be a port with 10 more characters for Nintendo's next console. Maybe they can slip a retro in that lineup depending who makes the final roster for Ultimate?
While it's hard to say what direction the next game will take and if Sakurai is still on board as Director he might not be able to do as much due to him being in his late 50's by that point.
People where saying Inklings where a lock for DLC when it came to Smash Four and Splatoon was a quick runaway hit on the Wii U of all things. We know there was those hardcore Daisy fans like meme man and Daisy was the only new character Nintendo added into Super Mario Run. As for Simon and Richter they come from the Castlevania series that's been around since the NES and while Simon might have dropped off the map a bit when it came to Smash For it was mostly due to the whole Konami only cares about mobile fan movement and he was a popular request during the Brawl days.
I wouldn't mind this direction at all.
I'd buy it, anyway.
I know I would too.I'd buy it, anyway.
I feels horrible, knowing the fact that not many people would care for her as DLC. Poor, poor Ayumi.
I was tying to avoid said leak, but Twitter's memes ruined it all.
Same here.
Same here and I am relieved that he haven't completed forgotten to have one at all.
God I hope so.