Thank you. People are too busy looking at Palutena to notice Kirby's glorious flowing locks
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Palutena Confirmed for Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U
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Thank you. People are too busy looking at Palutena to notice Kirby's glorious flowing locks
Motor Bug2005
Neo Member
I agree that her voice sounds slightly different. It now sounds like it's Laura Bailey providing it; what almost convinces me of this is that Palutena's voice in the reveal trailer is virtually identical to Blaze the Cat's voice in Sonic Generations IMO (whom Laura currently voices along with Omochao).
Bumping this thread since we have confirmation about the voice actor. Seems like Ali Hillis wasn't available for Smash, so they used Brandy Kopp instead.
Yeah, it's really a shame. At least her replacement seems to have done a pretty good job still.OHNOShe was so good in KI:U
Thankfully smash 4 isn't as dialog heavy
Choppasmith
Member
OHNO
Thankfully smash 4 isn't as dialog heavy
Dang, I'm usually pretty good at identifying voice actors and was sure it was her. And here I was telling doubters not to worry
Yep that's incredible, I also thought it was Ali voicing Palutena in the trailer.
Seems like the two are close friends and apparently she did a lot of research and listening.
HypnoDarkrai
Member
I thought it was Laura Bailey in the trailer...
It's parody because it features a super sexualized female protagonist whose sexuality is played for laughs (opening where they soft focus and put pink borders around the screen while her nun costume is shredded for example) while inverting or outright lambasting tropes used in your classic hero tales.
The competent and capable good(ish) are either women or men who exist on the periphery of the story.
The damsel in distress is a dude.
The main villain is a male, but not a real threat. The real threat is a goddess.
Amazeballs
Member
Wow she had me fooled. Great job mimicking the original VA.
Jawmuncher
Member
If they can get such a good replacement for Palutena wonder if something like that would happen with Snake.
Holding out till the bitter end.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
How do you assign a VA to that which does not exist?
That thigh-high slit on the one side of her dress, coupled with the knee sock, was measured out in exacting fashion, presumably with an electron microscope. You can tell they put a lot of thought into it. They show so much while showing so little. And that's before you even get to the mystery of the pantsu. I can only imagine the greatest thinkers of the future will wrestle with this matter.
Jawmuncher
Member
Just use the phantom zone.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Being me is confusing. Because:
>_< You're making us sound positively ridiculous. You're an adult and fully capable of not making other adults of the opposite sex feel uncomfortable with words and actions. Seriously, the next time you decide to use "your penis" as a reason to explain your actions towards women...don't?
And it's not that I don't kinda understand what you mean, but...please find a better way to say it? Something that doesn't literally reduce us to our genitals?
And yet. That said....
It's two. Fucking. Seconds. Like, seriously. That's not even hyperbole. Two. Fucking. Seconds. The rest of the trailer made Palutena look so cool that she went from "character I've never heard of" to "OMG I WANT SMASH SO I CAN PLAY AS HER". It's a two minute trailer, but we're discarding 118 seconds because...I don't know why.
I hear you, men and women are just fundamentally different in this regard.
But have you considered the other side of the coin? About how hard it is to be a man and not be ruled by your penis? It's not that we want to look at women as sexual beings all the time, it's that we can't help not to.
Women should, and probably do, feel empowered by the fact that they can manipulate men to get exactly what they want, when they want it. Men can be seen as disposable entertainment, because our feelings are more primitive and not really 'feelings'. We should just hang our head in shame when our biology is telling us that a woman is hot. Right?
Just throwing that out there, have a nice day.
>_< You're making us sound positively ridiculous. You're an adult and fully capable of not making other adults of the opposite sex feel uncomfortable with words and actions. Seriously, the next time you decide to use "your penis" as a reason to explain your actions towards women...don't?
And it's not that I don't kinda understand what you mean, but...please find a better way to say it? Something that doesn't literally reduce us to our genitals?
And yet. That said....
It's two. Fucking. Seconds. Like, seriously. That's not even hyperbole. Two. Fucking. Seconds. The rest of the trailer made Palutena look so cool that she went from "character I've never heard of" to "OMG I WANT SMASH SO I CAN PLAY AS HER". It's a two minute trailer, but we're discarding 118 seconds because...I don't know why.
Woah. I really could have sworn that Ali was voicing Palutena in the trailer. Seems I was wrong!
Have high hopes for Brandy Kopp.
Yeah, and that's what pains me. Making a stink about two seconds of fully-clothed body parts just undermines the dialogue on much more severe depictions just about everywhere else in the industry. What they showed is equivalent to a muscular dude flexing his muscles.
The objectification of women in videogames is a very real issue, but people aren't going to take it seriously when this is the example. I mean, there are girls at private schools who look more provocative than anything in this trailer. I think the higher-priority topics are shit like Ivy Valentine in Soulcalibur, I.E. designs clearly meant to turn men on, hence design choices such as a metal thong wedged up her ass.
That said, if there are people who are concerned about Palutena's depiction, they have every right to say so, and I don't mean to discourage them. Just sharing my viewpoint.
Karsticles
Member
LOL @ the sexism argument getting revived with the bump.
It felt slightly off to me, too, but I wasn't certain. Kudos to the voice actress for making it seem to similar.
Because for two seconds, the audience are treated as pandered idiots. It's called fan service for a reason, homegirl.
That doesn't discount the rest of the 2 minutes. It just makes the 2 seconds stick out like a sore thumb and ripe for criticism.
Yep, Brandy did a nice job, but some people knew it wasn't Ali though.
Oh wow. I barely noticed the difference, but I thought I was just hearing things.
Tough loss, but at least the new girl is pretty spot on. I'm alright with this.