what are SSE's comparisons to WWII?

[Kai Zami]

So.. I need help with some paper that I have. the assignment is: Compare Themes of video games to World War II. I already have the Hitler looking M. Bison and realm invading Shao Kahn, but I'm struggling to find one more theme. I never finished adventure mode in brawl, but if there are any elaborating things on the Subspace Emissary, then I could use that and finish the assingment.

Please help a smasher out!

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

I've got no idea, but I think using the Pigmask Army from Mother 3 is a better idea.

 

[Wintropy]

Porky is Adolf Hitler:

- Tyrannical, megalomaniacal dictator that rules his troops with an iron fist and has belligerent ambitions to expand his territory by force if necessary
- Pig Mask Troopers wear SS-style trenchcoats and their battle pose resembles a Nazi salute
- Wants to exterminate the Magypsie people and their culture for not conforming to his xenophobic ideology
- Chimera program is analogous to the Nazis' nuclear weapons program
- Indoctrinates a young boy with a German name, whose brother is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed child prodigy
- Hides in a bunker when defeated and meets his demise within its terminal confines

Of course, this is because the Pig Mask Army is a homage to the Empire in Star Wars, who are themselves Nazis in space.

 

[Spak]

I already have the Hitler looking M. Bison and realm invading Shao Kahn, but I'm struggling to find one more theme.

Hitler looking like M. Bison? You mean the one with the Soviet cap? I would personally draw a connection between M. Bison and Stalin.

Anyways, you could also do the mass blaming of and genocide of the Herons in FE9. That could relate to how the Jews were treated by Nazis.

 

[Wintropy]

It's disturbing how close some of these parallels actually are, intentional or otherwise. I feel as though it's our duty as human beings to keep the memory alive, though, and express ourselves as we deem appropriate:

Remind them, lest they forget.

 

[FirestormNeos]

Comparing Subspace Emissary to WW2 is a bit of a stretch. Gen VI of Pokemon or the aforementioned Porky works better, tbh.

 

[Zink Imp]

The only thing I can think of is comparing the Subspace Bombs to the atomic bomb. Even then, it's a BIG stretch. I suggest looking elsewhere. SSE isn't chock full of story. Just cutscenes of characters doing things.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

The only thing I can think of is comparing the Subspace Bombs to the atomic bomb. Even then, it's a BIG stretch. I suggest looking elsewhere. SSE isn't chock full of story. Just cutscenes of characters doing things.

The Subspace Bomb could simply signify that the territory belongs to the Subspace Emissary, but that's not exclusive to WW2 now, is it?

 

[Zink Imp]

The Subspace Bomb could simply signify that the territory belongs to the Subspace Emissary, but that's not exclusive to WW2 now, is it?

Eh. First thing that came to mind when thinking about the SEE was the big ol bombs. WWII had some big ol bombs.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Eh. First thing that came to mind when thinking about the SEE was the big ol bombs. WWII had some big ol bombs.

Yeah, but the big ol' bombs weren't used to clain things as your own. They were used to end the war with destruction.

 

[Twewy]

SSE doesn't have many themes in its plot, and really can't be compared to WW2 because its plot rapidly differs from the way the war went. The most you could do is compare the opening with Mario and Kirby at the stadium to Pearl Harbor due to pulling a faction into a war. Of course, you should really only do that if you're desperate for a comparison between Smash and World War 2, there are better games to compare to a war that killed millions.

I didn't like the game myself, but Valkyria Chronicles does a better job of being compared to a devastating war like WW2. The game explores the discrimination of a race much like how Jews were discriminated against in Nazi Germany.