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Cloud Reveal in Smash Bros Reactions
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Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Came for the reactions.. stayed for the salt
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
I have seen tons people act like that when watching those Star Wars trailers. Along with sports fans, who act even crazier. So are all of them fake as will?
Even if they were fake why do you care?
Exactly. In all his videos. I'm not saying he's not excited. You gotta be a little excited to act like that. But YouTubers and streamers take on personas and play them up for the audience. Streamers and the like start out fairly "normalized", but once something catches they don't let it go. Sodapoppin being a dick, imaqtpie being a stoner dude, etc etc. I remember watching those two early in their streaming careers and Soda wasn't always that way and qtpie was always laid back, but now he's all "ayyy".
He could totally be legit and that's how he is in his private life, but I simply don't buy it. It doesn't make me mad, or salty. Hate when people say that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8XhBvsd7p8
"Humans don't behave this way."
You can go nuts sometimes, it's fun.
"Humans don't behave this way."
You can go nuts sometimes, it's fun.
Yep. Reaction videos are fun.
Spieler Eins
Member
Mine was basically this
I think Smash Bros. might have one of the worst fanbases for the sole fact that it made Nintendo believe that it's good to end events on something as low tier as character announcements and character DLC...
Dangansona
Member
I'm not going to pursue this because I'd hate to give the impression I'm not fun at parties, but you have to admit that "he is like this in all his videos" != "this is just who he is"
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
I think this post proves why this was the best idea.
Maybe because Smash Bros. DLC conjures a different reaction among fans? People don't usually celebrate DLC, so passing it off as "character DLC" isn't really being fair when people are actually excited for Smash DLC.
Immediately, my mind went to being able to get Cloud, Mario, Ryu, Pac-Man, Mega Man, Sonic, and Pikachu all in one stage. That's just ridiculous and the DLC comes across more as a celebration upon the initial reaction.
Yep. FF7 was that game that made me give a shit about rpg games of all types, period. I never really played any rpgs until my friend had a copy of this at his house and he let me play for a bit. Was addicted from the second I won my first fight and heard the results screen music.
Sir Alemeth
Member
LOL that was amazing.
The reaction is totally fake anyway. Dude didn't even recognize the FF7 intro music, yet Cloud is his boy? Uh huh.
He's posing more than anything. GT's and Maximillian's reactions were genuine through and through.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
When Final Fantasy Explorers popped up I was thinking to myself, "you know, it's funny hearing Nintendo talk about all the post-SNES FF characters like Lightning", and then this happens.
LeMaximilian
Alligator F*ck House
I'm the Nic Cage looking guy in one of the vids everyone is discussing. With a brief insight on this whole 'Reaction Video' thing and why it gets a lot of flak.
Generally, I'd prefer not to 'REACT' to everything. If there's something out there that I have a personal investment in, then I'll wait too watch the trailer and record it live. People respond very well to 'Reaction' videos and a small minority find them very abrasive/exhausting. I constantly get questions of 'will you react to this/that?' and 90% the time, my answer is 'No', as I don't have a care for what they're asking. Other times, reactions aren't the usual 'WOAH WOAH HOLY FK' thing you'd expect, and are fairly normal or at other times appalling at what's being shown. I try to edit the process down, audio balance as much as possible, and make something special out of it if it's for something I really like.
I could literally put out 3 Reaction videos a week and they would get awesome viewership, but refuse too as they wouldn't be special at all and I personally wouldn't give a shit about what I was watching.
TLDR: People love Reaction videos. They're fun because people like sharing excitement with others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoV27HhwuR4
Generally, I'd prefer not to 'REACT' to everything. If there's something out there that I have a personal investment in, then I'll wait too watch the trailer and record it live. People respond very well to 'Reaction' videos and a small minority find them very abrasive/exhausting. I constantly get questions of 'will you react to this/that?' and 90% the time, my answer is 'No', as I don't have a care for what they're asking. Other times, reactions aren't the usual 'WOAH WOAH HOLY FK' thing you'd expect, and are fairly normal or at other times appalling at what's being shown. I try to edit the process down, audio balance as much as possible, and make something special out of it if it's for something I really like.
I could literally put out 3 Reaction videos a week and they would get awesome viewership, but refuse too as they wouldn't be special at all and I personally wouldn't give a shit about what I was watching.
TLDR: People love Reaction videos. They're fun because people like sharing excitement with others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoV27HhwuR4
Spieler Eins
Member
Cloud is kinda iconic and he's coming to the console the dude's clearly fanboying (judging by his other videos). I guess Smash characters are the next best thing to 3rd party support if you're only on Wii U, so... excitement? lol
timetokill
Banned
Max's video was fantastic. Him prefacing it by saying "They'll never have Cloud because he's his own thing" for Final Fantasy Explorers was hilarious, considering the SMASH BROS reveal minutes later. Totally genuine reaction too.
Watching the other reaction videos mostly made me feel old, though. I instantly recognized the FF7 music and the starfield, but it took a lot of these reacters until the "x FINAL FANTASY" bit to recognize it. Then I remembered the game came out 18 years ago, when a lot of these YouTubers weren't even born yet, or if they were, they were like 3.
Anyway, fucking awesome reveal and I'm stoked that Cloud is in Smash Bros!!
Watching the other reaction videos mostly made me feel old, though. I instantly recognized the FF7 music and the starfield, but it took a lot of these reacters until the "x FINAL FANTASY" bit to recognize it. Then I remembered the game came out 18 years ago, when a lot of these YouTubers weren't even born yet, or if they were, they were like 3.
Anyway, fucking awesome reveal and I'm stoked that Cloud is in Smash Bros!!
balladofwindfishes
Member
I had the same thought.
"Wow, weird to hear Bill talk about Cloud like it's no big deal"
And then twenty minutes later it all came together.
LiquidSolid
Member
I was the same and I voted for Cloud back in April to be added to the roster.
He must have been a popular choice.
People should not look too much into NX for the FFVII remake. You will just end up disappointed. It's like the lofty expectations the Wii U had either this gif
Don't expect all the third party's to jump back very quickly.
Any reason why the NX *won't* dominate Japan?
And that's why we love you max xD
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Max's reaction is basically all you'll need. If you need to show someone what video games can do to a person and put a grin on their face, show 'em that.
There are human beings going crazy over the Xbox 1 winning a single month in a single territory over in the NPD thread.
Don't act like people being excited about a game surprises you considering that. lol. People can easily be excited to have a new playable character in their favorite game.
Explain being excited about sales numbers that don't impact you at all.
inked_illusion
Member
"I NEED A RELEASE DATE NOW!"
- Maximillian 2015
- Maximillian 2015
Enigmatic Rainbow
Member
Liked Max's video, and already knew how much he loves FF7. He also recognized immediately it was FF7 right when it changed scenes.
IceBringer
Banned
Which Kingdom Hearts was this Clouds guy in?
Majukun
Member
any link to gt 's reaction?
1, Chain of Memories, 2, and Coded.
KH, KHII, CoM, and coded I think?
Vincent Alexander
Member
Not a fan of the one posted by OP at all...just shrill and annoying. But Max is pretty damn good. It seemed genuine and not as staged and over-the-top as others. Thanks for sharing.
As far as I know he was in 1, Chains of Memories, and 2 at least. Hell, he might be in all of them, but I'm pretty ignorant past the first few.
RPGCrazied
Member
I thought it was funny. Specially when you said it was fake, and see you later I need to go find the release date.
Zombegoast
Member
Old Snake Yells at Cloud.
Seven Force
Banned
You know, in a post Shenmue III/FFVIIR world, I thought it would be impossible to ever be surprised by announcements like this. Guess not, haha.
For real though, 2015 has been a fucking insane year for game announcements.
KH1, KH2, Chain of Memories and Coded.
Of those, Chain of Memories and Coded were on Nintendo systems (GBA and DS, respectively)
For real though, 2015 has been a fucking insane year for game announcements.
KH1, KH2, Chain of Memories and Coded.
Of those, Chain of Memories and Coded were on Nintendo systems (GBA and DS, respectively)
RevolverRoden
Member
Anyone who didnt recognize it was cloud by the music should be ashamed of himself and has no right to be excited.
:^)
:^)
I usually hate reaction videos because people seem to just play stuff up, but this was amazing
Why would anyone's mind jump to Cloud watching a Smash Bros trailer?
RevolverRoden
Member
cuz LE MUSIC
Seven Force
Banned
Fair enough, but the intro music was kind of a tipoff. You can really tell who played FFVII and who didn't by the first few seconds of people's reactions. (Which again, is kinda fair, given FFVII's non existent relation to Nintendo.)
I put two and two together the moment the Smash logo came on screen with the music.
I've beaten FFVII twice and didn't recognize it, but then again I saw stars and immediately went into Wolf mode.
Enigmatic Rainbow
Member
Nvm.
lots of people did, I thought it was wolf too
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Lightning Mii Costume in-coming?
Square's Lightning vs. Nintendo's Lightning vs. Game Freak's Lightning vs. Fire Emblem's Lightning all in one game. I'm in.
Square's Lightning vs. Nintendo's Lightning vs. Game Freak's Lightning vs. Fire Emblem's Lightning all in one game. I'm in.
MassiveNights
Banned
You know these streamers/YouTubers aren't actually that excited right?
balladofwindfishes
Member
Yep. I was in chat with someone spamming "OH YEA, WOLF TIME"
I've never played FFVII, so I assumed it was Star Fox Zero music lol or from Command or something, as I didn't play that game much.