I agree that people can be real big bullies with that mentality. But, IMO. Smash looses so much of it's appeal, some of what they're even marketing it on with the whole "celebration of gaming history" angle, when it becomes just "whatever random thing Nintendo and Sakurai decide to do". It's one of the reasons people on both sides of the game (developers and fans alike) fight so hard to keep non-gaming characters out of it.
I don't know. I just feel like if you put me down at the very announcement and asked me to map out Smash's roster based on personal tastes, upcoming marketing tactics, and perception of the communities desires you'ed get a very different roster then what we got. Or at the very least a bigger one.
I still want them to try to get to 100 fighters. In fact, Pyra and Mythra having unique numbers actually gets them one step closer to that goal.
I don't get how you can think about it like that. To me, that just takes so much away from the game's identity. Even it's whole reason for existing.
I don't know. Again, we'll have to see who comes next and if they really are the last characters. But.... sighs. There really is no point to this. I can't change anyone's minds any more then you can change mine. What's even the point of anything anymore.
I don't know. Just being big names... it... sighs. I don't know. It just doesn't feel right. The first... okay, second newcomer revealed for this game was friggin Ridley. They rode that train until the infamous Kencineroar direct, breifly recaptured the magic for the first three DLC characters, and then fell off again until right about now with no sign that it will get better besides a potential orange marsupial. That just does not feel like the way to end this game.
And I have to ask, where am I supposed to go once this game is over? Like, I still want to hang around and talk with you guys but I can't imagine how much longer that's gonna stick when Smash is no longer getting new expansions. I remember how I used to go on the Killer Instinct forums every day and it was such a thriving community constantly talking about this game, and related other nerdy stuff. But then the game stopped getting new characters and the board has basically been a ghost town. What's gonna replace Smash? What other game is going to come along that can really hold the attention of practically the entire world like a good TV show or film series and have hundreds of people all gathered together talking about it for such a long stretch of time. Mortal Kombat aint gonna do that. Street Fighter aint gonna do that. And even then I can only imagine how much more detached I'll become from the gaming community (which I am already pretty damn detached from to the point of frustration) now that next gen has come and I can't get ahold of one of the new consoles. So everyone keeps on playing and talking about new releases and I'm just left behind again growing ever more lonley and.....
Aw whatever. You guys hate it when I enter one of these kinds of funks. So I guess I should stop. It's kind of telling that I don't have any really angry or emotional responses to this this time. Because i'm not riled up and ready to rant. I'm just disappointed, sad, and scared.
