Social "Time to Tip the Scales!" - Robin Social Thread

[Kenith]

Let's tip the scales... LETS?!?!? HOW CAN YOU MESS UP YOUR OWN LINE!!!?!
Jumping ship to FemRobin now.

Yes...join us. Lend the Female Robin army your power.

 

[Hong]

: Mm, yes, yes. My power grows.

 

[Kenith]

I know it's been up all day but Castle Siege looks freaking amazing.
Hopeful all the music from Brawl returns with some Awakening tracks.

The best part is I can use Omega form and not much will change.

 

[Drakonis]

What, people still upset over "Let's tip the scales"? Be happy he hasn't some semirandom french/spanish name!

 

[shrooby]

I'm probably just going to switch between using both genders. I like and dislike different things about them, but I overall don't really prefer one over the other to the extent I would decide to exclusively stick to one.
Whatever suites my mood, I suppose.
That's what I do when I play Jigglypuff in any Smash. I like all of Jigglypuff's alts, so I just randomly switch between them.
I'll probably do that with Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings as well since I like all eight of them. If I end up liking how they play, that is.

 

[Kenith]

I can't get over how strong the colors on Robin's alts are.
Some of the them look fine. Others, not so much.

I really like the pink one, though.

 

[Jae]

Yeah, I think the Pink alt is one of the nicer ones. It reminds me a lot of Olivia, so I refer to it as such.

 

[Hong]

I must be weird for loathing that palette.

The bright side is it means I am all the more likely to get my precious default Robin in a .

 

[Kenith]

I must be weird for loathing that palette.
The bright side is it means I am all the more likely to get my precious default Robin in a .

Why would Ditto eat Robin?

 

[Fire Tactician]

Let's tip the scales... LETS?!?!? HOW CAN YOU MESS UP YOUR OWN LINE!!!?!
Jumping ship to FemRobin now.

I've got to stand by my Male!Robin, but that's actually really grating...

I am aiming to play 6-8 characters at a high level. I do find this possible, perhaps I will not be the best with any of them, but I do enjoy having options available and I do not want to grow tired of any given character. Choosing mains is not as big of a problem as I typically play at a casual level; however, I am interested in taking this game a little bit more seriously than past Smash games. So I have to find that balance.

Tl;dr-

That's kinda how I feel. While I'm not serious enough to be entering tournaments, I play Smash a with friends and family members. I like almost everyone in the roster, but I do want to focus on roughly 6-8 different movesets...

1. Robin
2. Pit and Dark Pit (I'm cheating)
3. Lucina and Marth (Still cheating)
4. Palutena
5. Charizard
6. Shulk
7. Lucario
8. Ness/Mario/Dr. Mario/Lemmy/Duck Hunt

I just squeezed a lot of characters in there, but the clones give me more options while not needing to perfect completely different movesets. Yeah, they're clones, but they're some of my favorites in the series (I do miss Roy, but Lucina plays like him with customizations to make her slower and stronger).

 

[shrooby]

I must be weird for loathing that palette.

The bright side is it means I am all the more likely to get my precious default Robin in a .

You are not alone. The default for both genders is my preferred palette.
I just prefer the black robes, really.

 

[Hong]

What, people still upset over "Let's tip the scales"? Be happy he hasn't some semirandom french/spanish name!

Besides, if you really want to be obnoxious, the taunt where he twirls the tome and sword around and says "You're not ready yet!" is clearly the best choice. Any character that has a charge move is usually busy while their enemy is dead, Robin included, so not like taunting will be all too relevant.

 

[Morbi]

Besides, if you really want to be obnoxious, the taunt where he twirls the tome and sword around and says "You're not ready yet!" is clearly the best choice. Any character that has a charge move is usually busy while their enemy is dead, Robin included, so not like taunting will be all too relevant.

What if you already have Thunder charged to where you want it to be? What will you do then? What is there to do? Just deal with "Let's tip the scales"? I refuse, I refuse.

The "You're not ready yet!" taunt reminds me of Pit from Brawl.

 

[.Shìkì]

What, people still upset over "Let's tip the scales"? Be happy he hasn't some semirandom french/spanish name!

'xactly. The messed up line is another point for my "Why i want to be able to choose the japanese VO" though. I'll stick to M!Robin no matter what still, I'm the type of person that isn't really fond of playing female characters when a male version exists - barring very few exceptions like playing Angela over that shota kid in Rusty Hearts. I just find it weird to deliberatly choose a femlae character over my own gender if avaiable... barring when I have enough of staring at a guys ass. Ahem. Sorry for that one.

Anyway, my list of mains/reserves (aka secondaries), from my signature:

Mains:
Reserve:
Still thinking about:

 

[Morbi]

'xactly. The messed up line is another point for my "Why i want to be able to choose the japanese VO" though. I'll stick to M!Robin no matter what still, I'm the type of person that isn't really fond of playing female characters when a male version exists - barring very few exceptions like playing Angela over that shota kid in Rusty Hearts. I just find it weird to deliberatly choose a femlae character over my own gender if avaiable... barring when I have enough of staring at a guys ***. Ahem. Sorry for that one.

Anyway, my list of mains/reserves (aka secondaries), from my signature:

Mains:
Reserve:
Still thinking about:

If a male version of the character exists, they are automatically superior? Is that what you are implying?! Did you even read Emma Watson's speech? She was in Harry Potter, man. The kids, they like Harry Potter.

 

[.Shìkì]

If a male version of the character exists, they are automatically superior? Is that what you are implying?! Did you even read Emma Watson's speech? She was in Harry Potter, man. The kids, they like Harry Potter.

I really hope this was a joke. What I was saying was simply, since I am male, I like to play male characters, especially in online-RPG's or other online-games where people might judge your gender on your characters gender. Like, I wouldn't play a female Blood Elf in WoW (not that i play WoW in the first place...or would play Bloodelves if i did) just because they have a huge butt and boobs. Or a female in Guild Wars 2. In Dragon Nest i have no choice as the classes are (or at least were when i played it) gender-locked, and i love to play Mage and Assasin-classes (if there are no Necromancers... which there sadly usually aren't), which both happen to be female only in DN. And in League of Legends and Smash Bros., since those only have unique characters, i have no problem with playing a female character...but when given the choice, like with Robin, I'll play the male version, especially since i only played M!Robin in Awakening too...because, I mean usually an Avatar is supposed to represent YOU, and why would i have myself represented as a girl when I clearly aren't female? X)

 

[Kenith]

'xactly. The messed up line is another point for my "Why i want to be able to choose the japanese VO" though. I'll stick to M!Robin no matter what still, I'm the type of person that isn't really fond of playing female characters when a male version exists - barring very few exceptions like playing Angela over that shota kid in Rusty Hearts. I just find it weird to deliberatly choose a femlae character over my own gender if avaiable... barring when I have enough of staring at a guys ***. Ahem. Sorry for that one.

The opposite is true for me.
I don't remember the first game I did it, maybe it was Demon's Souls, but I got sick of playing the same male character in every game, to the point where I was just like, '**** it', I'm a girl.

And it's been that way ever since. Saints Row, Fire Emblem, Pokemon (<3) you name it.

 

[Unicorn]

I usually prefer to play as male also, but sometimes you just gotta embrace your inner girl power. Like, if there were a female version of Captain Falcon somehow... that would be awesome/hilarious.

 

[Kenith]

I usually prefer to play as male also, but sometimes you just gotta embrace your inner girl power. Like, if there were a female version of Captain Falcon somehow... that would be awesome/hilarious.

Indeed.
Although considering the kind of Captain Falconess would likely have, I'd rather not.

 

[Archimedes]

I usually prefer to play as male also, but sometimes you just gotta embrace your inner girl power. Like, if there were a female version of Captain Falcon somehow... that would be awesome/hilarious.

Like im all for characters that can be either male or female, but I for one have a problem with taking existing serious characters and changing their gender "just because".

Maybe if it has some sort of plot around it but when a game like Metroid for example is telling the story of a character, switching genders just because fan service bothers me a bit.

That all said this is just how I feel. If others get enjoyment out of it then I suppose I should be quiet :x

 

[LIQUID12A]

I mean usually an Avatar is supposed to represent YOU, and why would i have myself represented as a girl when I clearly aren't female? X)

Perhaps one likes to enter the opposing gender's shoes for a change, see what it's like

I personally take no sides when discussing Male or Female Robin, but here, since I'm following a theme of maining females for once, it was only fair to make the Robin I use female. It's more an aesthetic choice this time around, since I usually go male.

Yay for variety.

 

[Kenith]

I mean usually an Avatar is supposed to represent YOU, and why would i have myself represented as a girl when I clearly aren't female? X)

So you can let out your inner woman.

 

[Unicorn]

Like im all for characters that can be either male or female, but I for one have a problem with taking existing serious characters and changing their gender "just because".

Maybe if it has some sort of plot around it but when a game like Metroid for example is telling the story of a character, switching genders just because fan service bothers me a bit.

That all said this is just how I feel. If others get enjoyment out of it then I suppose I should be quiet :x

Don't even try to tell me that this is not beautiful.

Spoiler

 

[Kenith]

Close enough?

 

[.Shìkì]

Close enough?

...Call me a massive hypocrite but I'd play that over male . Might be because men in spandex or other skin-tight clothes aren't my thing X)

 

[LIQUID12A]

...Call me a massive hypocrite but I'd play that over male . Might be because men in spandex or other skin-tight clothes aren't my thing X)

Spandex is always more sensual on women mate

 

[Kenith]

...Call me a massive hypocrite but I'd play that over male . Might be because men in spandex or other skin-tight clothes aren't my thing X)

You are a massive hypocrite.
Batman and Spiderman are now sad.

 

[Fire Tactician]

In Pokémon I always alternate between the male and female options depending on what I think of the character design. I played solely guys until Emerald (as young boys do) when I decided that I didn't like Brenden's white hair (I now know that I was wrong)...

Emerald- Female
Pearl- Female (Lucas looked derpy)
Platinum- Male (I liked Lucas' new blue)
Soul Silver- Male (Lyra looked like Mario)
White- Male (My favorite design since Red)
Black- Female (For a different perspective)
Black 2- Male (Why are there cinnamon buns on Rosa's head?)
X- Male (To finally make it look like me)
Y- Female (I did like natural Serena more than Calem, since I didn't like his haircut)
Alpha Sapphire- Male (To pay homage to my guy back in Sapphire)

 

[LIQUID12A]

In Pokémon I always alternate between the male and female options depending on what I think of the character design. I played solely guys until Emerald (as young boys do) when I decided that I didn't like Brenden's white hair (I now know that I was wrong)...

Pearl- Female (Lucas looked derpy)
Platinum- Male (I liked Lucas' new blue)
Soul Silver- Male (Lyra looked like Mario)
White- Male (My favorite design since Red)
Black- Female (For a different perspective)
Black 2- Male (Why are there cinnamon buns on Rosa's head?)
X- Male (To finally make it look like me)
Y- Female (I did like natural Serena more than Calem, since I didn't like his haircut)
Alpha Sapphire- Male (To pay homage to my guy back in Sapphire)

Only time I went female in Pokemon was in White since her design was fetching.

Every other time I've gone male :|

 

[Fire Tactician]

Only time I went female in Pokemon was in White since her design was fetching.

Every other time I've gone male :|

I misread that as "Fletchling" and was very confused...

Spoiler

 

[Banjodorf]

What, people still upset over "Let's tip the scales"? Be happy he hasn't some semirandom french/spanish name!

Also, he said "It's time to tip the scales!" in the trailer. They obviously know what the ****ing line is, but in the interest of time probably told him to say "Let's tip the scales!" to shorten it, because I dunno, they didn't want his taunt to take so long? Even if that's not it, it's clearly them choosing that over "It's time to tip the scales" not because they didn't know what it actually was, but because they had a reason/need to.

People will get upset about anything.

On the current topic: I like all of Robin's designs, but prefer FemRobin.

I usually pick a female avatar for games like this, anyway. I've picked a female for Pokemon ever since I had the option. That, and the males usually look really bizarre. My one exception is Gold, who I thought was amazing.

 

[AustarusIV]

I prefer F!Robin over M!Robin in character design, voices, and overall potential impact in the storyline. I certainly don't think M!Robin is bad in any way, but when I compared the two gendered options during Awakening's speculation, I found myself gravitating more to F!Robin because of how interesting her default design looked. It also gave me the opportunity to finally play as a female main character in Fire Emblem that wasn't just a glorified side character (i.e. Lyn in Eliwood's and Hector's stories, which were the true story of FE7, and Micaiah in RD), or was sharing it with the arguably more important male main character (Celica in Fire Emblem Gaiden, Eirika in Sacred Stones). Even though I knew that Chrom would be seen as the face of Fire Emblem Awakening, I felt that Robin would be the character most crucial to the storyline and to the player, and it shows.

I find it interesting, because I usually preferred playing as the male gender when given the option to customize. It was something that I developed from playing RPGs at a young age, back when I never even thought of role playing into original characters, so I never really considered trying it out until recently. Now, I tend to alternate between genders when I feel that 1. That particular gender could potentially better resonate with me in the storyline, and 2. When I feel as though that particular gender is criminally underused in the setting or the series (this almost always applies to females). For example, in Fallout 3, I played as the girl because I thought the Lone Wanderer worked well as a sheltered, hesitant woman thrusted into the dangerous landscape, forced to search for her father, while gradually growing into a capable and dynamic warrior who's able to defeat hordes of raiders and ghouls alike because she's just that good. In Fallout: New Vegas, I opted to play as the male because from the start, I imagined him as a gruff, grizzled cowboy mercenary who doesn't like nonsense of any sort, and yet is disturbed by some of the customs of the locals, like slavery in Cesar's Legion.

So nowadays, I usually go one way or the other.

 

[Robertman2]

I normally choose male when it aesthetic. When it affects gameplay, I normally do a run-through with both genders, male first.

 

[mimgrim]

M!Robin allows an extra child to get Galeforce. Therefore M!Robin wins by default.

 

[shrooby]

I'm playing on Lunatic and I still end up not using Nah, Kjelle, and Noire. I have Kjelle if I'm able to use an above average amount of units in a chapter and always use Nah, but Noire just sits in back.
Noire even has Galeforce, Vantage, and Vengeance and I still don't use her. I don't even know why. So, in my case, all three having Galeforce would be a waste of mRobin's assets as a father since I never use all three regularly anyway.
For me, mRobin' is not automatically superior for that reason. In fact, since I always use Robin, fRobin could arguably be better for me since she can have Galeforce herself.

mRobin can, however, marry Anna, so that's why he wins by default for me.

 

[mimgrim]

I'm playing on Lunatic and I still end up not using Nah, Kjelle, and Noire. I have Kjelle if I'm able to use an above average amount of units in a chapter and always use Nah, but Noire just sits in back.
Noire even has Galeforce, Vantage, and Vengeance and I still don't use her. I don't even know why. So, in my case, all three having Galeforce would be a waste of mRobin's assets as a father since I never use all three regularly anyway.
For me, mRobin' is not automatically superior for that reason. In fact, since I always use Robin, fRobin could arguably be better for me since she can have Galeforce herself.

mRobin can, however, marry Anna, so that's why he wins by default for me.

Translation: shrooby is bad at Fire Emblem Awakening.

 

[shrooby]

Translation: shrooby is bad at Fire Emblem Awakening.

I prefer to think of it as purposefully setting a handicap to make the game challenging.

 

[Hong]

I agree with @ shrooby . Even for the post game there is no way I ever want to use all the children, anyway.

Edit - And it's not even to make the game more challenging. It's just redundant to have all those units to command.

 

[shrooby]

Edit - And it's not even to make the game more challenging. It's just redundant to have all those units to command.

I was not actually being serious.
If I wanted to be serious, I would paste Ike everywhere.
This is my serious face.
Seriously, I'm super serious right now.

 

[Hong]

For most Fire Emblem games, I focus on a unit of 6-8 units. It's a kind of game where, prior to Awakening, for all the large maps you can find, units would be tripping over each other a lot. Congested areas, like narrow passages, long stair cases bridges, etc., have limited space.

Usually have

Lord
Tank (Knight, Soldier, or Mercenary)
Mage (Tactician works)
Cleric
Pegasus Knight
Wyvern Knight

Then there is a variable pool for thieves, dancers, and archers, depending on the game or the chapter I'm on.

Awakening changes this with the pair up system, so I end up with around 10~ or so units for the post game.