*sigh* Finally got an account, and boy what a topic to put my debut post!! This'll be fun...
> Before Cloud came onto the scene,
was my least favorite character in all of Smash. Despite being only an ancillary presence in the Zelda series, she hogs up all the tournament attention in the Smash games while the other Zelda characters get left in the dust and/or stuck in mid-tier limbo. The only reason she was even
considered for inclusion in Melee is because Sakurai wanted to be cute with
's moveset, which ultimately ****ed Zelda up bigtime. Seriously, if it wasn't for Smash, Shiek would've been a mere footnote in Zelda history. She wouldn't even be featured in Hyrule Warriors (although considering Marin is in the game...)
>If 3rd party support is gonna continue, I have a very strict ground rule for who I want in: if a random schlub from the street who doesn't know much about video games can recognize the character, they can get in. If not, no. That ultimately means that
would get cut under this standard, even though I like her and don't
really want to see her go.
>Footstooling should be heavily nerfed if it comes back at all
>I kinda feel like we're not gonna get the next gen Pokemon rep or the new Fire Emblem Lord this time around. Too soon I guess
>Subspace Emissary was great
>
should always and forever more be the "beginner" character, even if that means he'll never go far in tournaments again (Smash 64 was weird tho...)
>Every "retro" inclusion (
) and every "wtf" inclusion (
) has been great so far and can't wait to see who they go for now (I don't count
as retro, at least not at the time)
>
's Final Smash in Brawl fits his character more than people will give it credit for, even if the Poltergust 5000 is objectively better in every degree
Now here's the section where I talk about
. Get used to it with me...
>Yoshi should be top tier this time around. Yeah I know, standard wish fulfillment stuff, but for some reason when it comes to Yoshi, people are bizarrely resistant to the idea. All the support would go to characters like
and
(even though I agree with the latter two needing to be top tier) but with Yoshi it's like "Oh, he's fine where he's at." No it's not fine where he's at. Yes, he got an absurd rework in between games, but it wasn't enough. I want that to change next Smash game, but I feel like nobody's on my side here...
>Everyone praises Brawl's character selection for it's organization, but what really grinds my gears is that Yoshi is the only one of the Original 8 NOT ON THE TOP ROW!!! I call bull****!!! Yes that actually, unironically irritates me. It makes it seem like of the original vets, the developers care about him the least. "But Zinith you scrub, it makes sense because Yoshi is meant to be represented by the Mario fra--" STOP RIGHT THERE!!! No he doesn't!!! He represents the Yoshi franchise, and since he's one of the 8, he should've been on the top row. Period.
>Implementing Poochy in any way shape or form to Yoshi's moveset is stupid, nor do I see him becoming a playable character.
>I don't know if people unironically said that Yoshi should be cut during Brawl and Smash 4's development and instead should become an item (and yes, I'm aware of the "Yoshi was cut" meme/joke. Not the same thing), but if that were the case, there's a special place in hell for them...
>I might be the only living creature in the entire multiverse who wishes for Boshi to get in, if only to see the salt and rage volcano erupt. It would be glorious. Boshi checks every box for a character no Smash player likes: obvious clone, zero relevancy, the textbook definition of underdeveloped, unoriginal moveset (although I might have some ideas hehehe), and most of all, a GENO FAN SALT MINE!!! Sakurai might actually care about that last point. No one would expect him, not even me. If I saw his reveal trailer, I would have a ****ing heart attack and die. I like Boshi for his potential to be the character he was always meant to be: the Wario equivalent to Yoshi (that's not me spitballing either. Boshi's Japanese name is Washi). Like I said earlier, he was CRIMINALLY underdeveloped in SMRPG, basically being a run-of-the-mill Yoshi but with a superiority complex. Yawn. But when you consider that
is basically the opposite of
in most ways, can you imagine what the same would be to
Yoshi? The prospect is frightening to be honest. Boshi would be the most unpleasant, uncute, perverse and nastiest creature in existence if I were to see things that way. And I would love it!!!
Anyways, that's it. I don't know if those were actually unpopular opinions or not or if I'm just a long-winded autist. I'll just have to see