....ok I know this thread isn't much active, but as time passes, I get new ideas and thinking....so, might as well just share them to bring some topics to talk about
First, just saying that I added a new moveset in the OP by @
Is SG9000 a unicorn? (I hope it is like geez, it's in the username.....). This moveset mostly reflects his playstyle by the uses of cutoms....which I find sadly unlikely, but the overall set is him making silly stuff to his enemy as well as being versatile and mobile....which is actually
Btw, this was posted in his thread
here, you might want to check and/or request a set. It;s meaningless to say that I'm the one who requested it.....hope you;re not shocked
Also, well.....I can;t do much on reddit, sorry, but their rules forbid me to go support in it. I at least hope he stays popular there.....
As for tumblr....it's slowly progressing, it's still active however.....
Now, here's a thought I got that may explain why he doesn't neccessarilly have vocal support, but is seemingly quite populars in polls: in reality, if you don't talk about smash, Paper Mario actually doesn't exist!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
no, calm down, your support is still well justified, and it's not the first time this happened.
See, let's take G&W, anyone can agree, he never existed anywhere, but in smash. This is because if you would take his "series" (he doesn't have have one, it's just a subset abstracted), well, how the heck could you rep it? There;s not really a recurring character.....it's just generic like stickman or something.
The G&W character is just a neat way to compromise this. Sure, it does require more effort, but for such an addition, most would agree that it was worth it. The point is, he ONLY exists in smash as a separate entity in the roster.
You could do the same thing with rob, yes, he did appeared in soem games as cameo, but the ROBOT rob and his ability (aka, the actual rob) never existed in a video game, it's a character based on real toys and the Sakurai rule is fine because in the end, rob was made because of video games.
But it gets a bit more tricky when you consider toon link. let's be honest, Toon link doesn't exist int he xelda series, it's jsut link, nothign even refers to him as toon link. In smash however, he DOES exist as NOT link....which is where it gets confusing but consistent. The way both character works is not the same....smash actually views them as complete separate entity, I mean, it;s like toon link wasn't link and link wasn't toon link in smash. Even the trophies, there's distinction between characters that would have been the exact same character outside of smash, but are considered separate in smash. Which leads me to my point.....
Paper Mario is THE EXACT same thing. Nothing ever in his game refers him as ANOTHER mario, it's like he was mario in the first place. In smash however, the name "paper" differentiate him, but it's the same way that wedding bowser is. Essentially, the word "paper" or "wedding" in these are NOT part of the name, they are just adjective that adds to the name to tell that they are not the same entity even though outside of smash, they are the same.
Meaning that when you and me root for him to be playable, we actually root for something that doesn't exist.....until it does. It's weird, it's like he will never be "PAPER mario" until he's actually playable. We wish to have the hypothetical situation that he would be "characterized" in smash so that it could be considered as a separate entity of mario. Smash will view them as they are both not related because of the roster.
THIS, is why 2 things happens:
- This is why we are getting the another mario argument. It's not wrong, he IS another mario before him being in smash, the problemis this assumes IF HE WAS IN SMASH, which in turns implies that he's not really mario in smash anymore thus, invalidating the logic a bit. This is why that in the end, being mario dosn;t matter, that's mostly forgetting how much different he actually is in practice btw.
- The lack of vocal support. Think about it, how can he get vocal support if he roughly doesn't exist in his own series? I could get like KKR, and he already has its own entity in his series, there's no hypothetical situation required, it would just be him abstracted in smash, Paper Mario, you actually have to abstract the character.....then abstract that character, it is harder to spot naturally and therefore, can not be known by much.
This is why I see mostly scattered and silent support, I am willing to change it, but considering what i said above, it's far from easy. This is why guys that i don;t think quantity will matter THAT much for him in the ballot.....if you intend to vote for him, what I think will matter the msot is the reasons box, as @
PushDustIn said a bit ago, trying to inspire Sakurai helps more than anything so you might as well do that....and please don't double vote for him, I appreciate that you support, but just don';t make the job harder than it already is.....
With that in mind, I'm still looking forward to E3, I hope a new game announcement will bring more activity here, but guys, I'm more worried about his series than his role in smash....and I think you should be too.....