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Which was your favorite new Pokémon revealed from the Scarlet and Violet trailer?


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Noipoi

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But like.... what's the point of making a roster if it could never get made?
Unless you’re uncle works for Sony, it’s never gonna be made in the first place.

You can do it how you want to, but personally I don’t see the point in restricting yourself when there’s no need for such things. The only limit is your imagination.
 

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Unless you’re uncle works for Sony, it’s never gonna be made in the first place.

You can do it how you want to, but personally I don’t see the point in restricting yourself when there’s no need for such things. The only limit is your imagination.
Every time I make a roster it's usually both simultaneously an expression of my own creativity, a prediction for if it actually did happen, and a design doc for a potential future where I get to head such a project. But I do see your point.
 

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I haven't gotten spoiled on too much for the last episode of Falcon and the Winter Solider, but unfortunately, there's bits and pieces people already shared. It is what it is.

I heard mostly mixed feelings on Mortal Kombat though. I just hope Scorpion and Sub-Zero are badasses in it at least.
 

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My own contribution to the legend of "IT WAS ME BARRY!"


I haven't gotten spoiled on too much for the last episode of Falcon and the Winter Solider, but unfortunately, there's bits and pieces people already shared. It is what it is.

I heard mostly mixed feelings on Mortal Kombat though. I just hope Scorpion and Sub-Zero are badasses in it at least.
He’s so proud of himself


Every time I make a roster it's usually both simultaneously an expression of my own creativity, a prediction for if it actually did happen, and a design doc for a potential future where I get to head such a project. But I do see your point.
eh, fair enough.
 

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Too bad a fighting game roster with 104 characters and 6 Echo Fighters is still pretty unfeasible.... maybe if I moved more of them to the DLC collum it would be more realistically develop-able?
I'm remembering back when I asked if people would rather have Terry Bogard or Sol Badguy in Smash, and then people dug that up when Terry was announced and were like "looks like Sakurai chose Terry" and I'm not imagining a future where this quote gets pulled out because it's true of Smash Ultimate.
 

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I'm going crazy with redstone. I made a wheat farm with a hopper item filter that only adds wheat to a chest. The seeds are send to a dropper which I can activate with a clock to make them go up and item stream into a chest near my wheat field.
 
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I'm going crazy with redstone. I made a wheat farm with a hopper item filter that only adds wheat to a chest. The seeds are send to a dropper which I can activate with a clock to make them go up and item stream into a chest near my wheat field.
Heh, that's nothing my guy.
 
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do you ever wanna post something but then realize that people wont understand what a joke is?
if you mean "a bunch of jokes I know everyone will not appreciate me posting" then yes. :upsidedown:

no, I'm not refering to horny jokes
 

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For those of you who are interested, I just got done making my essay on Xenoblade 2, discussing its themes and what I enjoyed about the game. Let me know what you all think. I'm so happy the game exists.
 

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why am I getting ads in foreign languages all of the sudden lol
 

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Every time I make a roster it's usually both simultaneously an expression of my own creativity, a prediction for if it actually did happen, and a design doc for a potential future where I get to head such a project. But I do see your point.
Huh, I think the same way about mine and you put it better than I could’ve. Well said
 

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Assuming Crash and a Tales character are the last two fighters, who would you add to Ultimate to get it to 100 unique fighters? That's 18 characters to pick
1. Dixie Kong

2. Cranky Kong

3. Dr. Eggman

4. Chibi Robo

5. Miles Prower

6. Gruntilda Winkybunion

7. Captain Syrup

8. Captain Louie

9. Dark Shadow

10. Pac Ghosts

11. Zero (since Megaman seems lonely, and not because I know anything about Zero)

12. Alex Kidd

13. Waluigi

14. Bandana Waddle Dee (I forgot that Crash was assumed)

15. Master Chief (I hesitate on that one!)

16. Spyro

17. Dr. Neo Cortex

18. Kraid

I am sure I could think of better choices, but the list is close enough.
 
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Alright. Here we go. Just note the * symbol means the character is a Shadow Brawler (my equivalent to Echo Fighters) and because of Sony's current stance on Spider-Man I was not as strict on the "originally a game character" rule so please don't just automatically cut the few they are there for that reason. And also try not to cut any veterans. I mean, you can, but it would make Snake sad.
  • Kratos (God of War Classic, Deimos alt)
  • Kratos and Atreus (God of War PS4)
  • Zeus (God of War)
  • PaRappa the Rapper
  • UmJammer Lammy
  • Princess Plump (Fat Princess, Princess Muffintop alt)
  • Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal)
  • Calypso (Twisted Metal)
  • Colonel Radec (Killzone)
  • Sly Cooper
  • Nathan Drake (Uncharted)
  • Cole MacGrath (inFamous)
  • Evil Cole (inFamous)*
  • Delsin Rowe (inFamous)
  • Fetch (inFamous)
  • Ratchet and Clank
  • Dr. Nefarious (Ratchet and Clank)
  • Jak and Daxter
  • Keira and Tess (Jak and Daxter)*
  • Nariko (Heavenly Sword)
  • Sir Daniel Fortesque (MediEvil)
  • Zarok (MediEvil)
  • Spike (Ape Escape, Jimmy Alt)
  • Kei (Ape Escape, Yumi alt)*
  • Spectre (Ape Escape)
  • Sackboy (LittleBigPlanet)
  • Toro Inoue (Doku Demo Issyo)
  • Kat and Dusty (Gravity Rush)
  • Raven and Xii (Gravity Rush)*
  • Emmet Graves (Starhawk)
  • Zack Archer/Eucadian Soldier (Warhawk)
  • Aloy (Horizon Zero Dawn)
  • Lady Maria (Bloodborne)
  • Knack
  • Dart Feld (The Legend of Dragoon)
  • Ico and Yorda (Ico)
  • Wander (Shadow of the Colossus)
  • Joel and Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • Gabe Logan (Syphon Filter)
  • Daedalus w/Chimera Soldiers (Resistance)
  • Sofia de la Rente (WipeOut)
  • Arc Eda Ricolne (Arc the Lad)
  • Q*Bert
  • Astro Bot (customizable Mii Fighter style character)
  • Crash Bandicoot
  • Coco Bandicoot* (Crash)
  • Tawna Bandicoot (Crash)
  • Dr. Neo Cortex (Crash)
  • Dingodile (Crash)
  • Spyro the Dragon (Reignited)
  • Cynder (The Legend of Spyro)*
  • Hunter the Cheetah (Reignited)
  • Ripto (Spyro)
  • Kaos (Skylanders)
  • Dr. Edward Richtofen (Call of Duty Zombies)
  • Big Daddy (BioShock)
  • Dante (Devil May Cry 5)
  • Vergil (Devil May Cry 5)
  • Nemesis T-Type (Resident Evil)
  • Chun-Li (Street Fighter)
  • Zero (Mega Man X)
  • Heihachi Mishima (Tekken)
  • Klonoa
  • Knight Artorias (Dark Souls)
  • Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
  • Raiden (Metal Gear)
  • Alucard (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)
  • Maria Renard (Castlevania: Rondo of Blood)
  • Pyramidhead (Silent Hill)
  • Frogger
  • Isaac Clarke (Dead Space)
  • Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)
  • Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)
  • Tidus (Final Fantasy X)
  • Clive Rosfield (Final Fantasy XVI)
  • Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
  • Gex
  • Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
  • Rayman
  • Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed, Altair alt)
  • Joker (Persona 5)
  • Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza, Majima alt)
  • Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat)
  • Crypto (Destroy All Humans)
  • Sol Badguy (Guilty Gear)
  • Abe (Oddworld)
  • Croc
  • Circus Baby (Five Nights at Freddy's)
DLC
  • Spider-Man (PS4, Pre-Order Bonus)
  • Batman (Arkham series, Pre-Order Bonus)
  • Rudy Roughknight (Wild Arms)
  • John Marston (Red Dead Redemption, Arthur Morgan alt)
  • Robbit (Jumping Flash)
  • Captain Blasto (Blasto)
  • Tomba
  • Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
  • Kain (The Legacy of Kain)
  • Musashi (Brave Fencer Musashi)
  • Laharl (Disgaea)
  • Demi-Feind (Shin Megami Tensei)
  • Lilith (Borderlands, Maya and Amara alts)
  • Heavy (Team Fortress 2)
  • Rookie (Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Peter, Ray, Egon, and Winston alts)
  • Ignatius and Nadia (Nightmare Creatures)
  • Ellen Reid (Folklore)
  • Jade (Beyond Good and Evil)
  • Jin Sakai (Ghosts of Tsushima)
  • Rikimaru (Tenchu)
  • Sabre (Fate series, Mordred, Nero, and Alter alts)
  • Son Goku (DragonBall FighterZ)
Again, 10 cuts. Please.
I'm not familiar with every franchise involved here, but a few things you could do...

-cut the non-video game characters - I realize that Sony owns Ghostbusters, but it seems best to stick to a theme. That would get rid of Goku, Spider-Man, Batman, and the Ghostbusters, at the very least.

-put a hard limit on the third party characters; five Crash Bandicoot characters seems excessive. I realize that Crash is important to the PlayStation, but it took three Smash games after third parties were included (five in total) to get more than one third party character from the same series. You could trim it down to two third party characters per series, or three if one of them is a clone.

-ask yourself "do they need to be here?" I get that adding crazy/unexpected picks can help to make a roster more exciting, and that clones don't take much work, but I'm not sure if four inFamous characters are needed (though I'm not super familiar with the series; I'm only vaguely aware of who Delsin Rowe is, and I have no idea who Fetch is), and having both Gex and Croc seems a little redundant.

Smash Bros. didn't jump straight from 26 characters in Melee to nearly 90 in Ultimate in a single game - it took a lot of games, and a LOT of goodwill being built up with developers (both first party and third party), to get to that point. See what you can do with a line-up of 40 characters - that's a little more than Brawl's line-up. (and even 40 seems like a lot - in the thread that I made for having SmashBoards make a sequel to PlayStation All Stars, the limit is 36, not counting DLC)

Assuming that you're keeping all 24 veterans (though there might be appearance or moveset changes to reflect recent games), who are 16 characters that seem absolutely necessary? (either because they should have been in the original game, or because they rose to prominence in the past ten years or so) If you feel that 16 isn't enough, which veterans would you feel comfortable with cutting?

As an example...

1-24. all of the veterans (though some would have their appearance/moves updated)
25. Crash
26. Spyro
27. Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
28. Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
29. Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)
30. Knack
31. Joel and Ellie (The Last of Us)
32. Aloy (Horizon Zero Dawn)
33. Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima)
34. Wander (Shadow of the Colossus)
35. Dart Feld (Legend of Dragoon)
36. Nemesis (Resident Evil)
37. Abe (Oddworld)
38. Raven (Gravity Rush)
39. Dr. Nefarious (Ratchet and Clank)
40. Lady Maria (Bloodborne)

I stuck with the characters that you listed, so I'm not sure who some of them (like Lady Maria) are, but that's an example of how you could narrow it down. I feel like there are probably some veterans that you could cut, such as cutting Evil Cole for Delsin Rowe, but you seem hesitant to do that.
 
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Assuming Crash and a Tales character are the last two fighters, who would you add to Ultimate to get it to 100 unique fighters? That's 18 characters to pick
Master Chief
Rayman
Papyrus
Dante
Sora
Doomguy
Toxtricity
The Knight (Hollow Knight)
Garchomp
Heavy
Sol Badguy
Eggman
Decidueye
Ratchet & Clank
Chel
Reimu
Chun Li
Isaac (Binding of Isaac)
 

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For those of you who are interested, I just got done making my essay on Xenoblade 2, discussing its themes and what I enjoyed about the game. Let me know what you all think. I'm so happy the game exists.
As an avid fan of XC2 since I played it on release and who also ranks it among my absolute favorite games of all time, I couldn't agree more with a lot of your points, although I do have to mention one thing in regards to Rex's reaction towards Nia's confession. There's actually after battle dialogue where Rex brings it up again, suggesting that he was actually aware of her intention at that moment and was simply trying to let her down easy.

But yeah, words can't do justice to express how much I adore Xenoblade 2, and I'll never get over the joy of having it immortalized in Smash Bros now with two of my favorite characters ever.
 

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As an avid fan of XC2 since I played it on release and who also ranks it among my absolute favorite games of all time, I couldn't agree more with a lot of your points, although I do have to mention one thing in regards to Rex's reaction towards Nia's confession. There's actually after battle dialogue where Rex brings it up again, suggesting that he was actually aware of her intention at that moment and was simply trying to let her down easy.

But yeah, words can't do justice to express how much I adore Xenoblade 2, and I'll never get over the joy of having it immortalized in Smash Bros now with two of my favorite characters ever.
I feel you. I'm so grateful Xenoblade 2 has the amount of love in Smash that it has. This game made me feel things I rarely felt, especially toward a work of fiction. And yeah, that detail slipped my mind while I was making the essay.
 
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