Chezzymann
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Id imagine its harder to get hyped for something by yourself than when a large group of people around you are excited.
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Is it just me or does there seem to be very little hype for Smash Bros. 4?
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Id imagine its harder to get hyped for something by yourself than when a large group of people around you are excited.
Three things.
1. The Brawl Dojo was seven years ago. We're a lot older now. There's still lots of excitement for the new Smash Bros., but jadedness has hampered our expectations.
2. Brawl "hype" didn't begin in earnest until the Dojo launched with daily updates about six months before the game came out. We don't know anything about the new game's modes, online features, cross-platform connectivity, or release date. I suspect we'll start hearing about that kind of stuff at this year's E3.
3. Wii U.
1. The Brawl Dojo was seven years ago. We're a lot older now. There's still lots of excitement for the new Smash Bros., but jadedness has hampered our expectations.
2. Brawl "hype" didn't begin in earnest until the Dojo launched with daily updates about six months before the game came out. We don't know anything about the new game's modes, online features, cross-platform connectivity, or release date. I suspect we'll start hearing about that kind of stuff at this year's E3.
3. Wii U.
I'm super hyped about it. Brawl exposed everything early and everyone got overhyped to god knows where. They are going slow with SSB4 to not overdue it I guess.
The Smash OT is still really, really active and we get hyped over the most benign things. So I think it's just you. Wait till they announce a release date.
The Smash OT is still really, really active and we get hyped over the most benign things. So I think it's just you. Wait till they announce a release date.
CambriaRising
Member
I'm not exited for it at all due to brawl.
The amount of people here saying that it is the lack of gameplay info is .... sad.
Specialy the person who said tripping, that was denied LONG ago.
Today's pic had gameplay info!
Lots of info on mechanics like edge guarding, directional smash atacks, character balance and things like that always appear.
Specialy the person who said tripping, that was denied LONG ago.
Today's pic had gameplay info!
Lots of info on mechanics like edge guarding, directional smash atacks, character balance and things like that always appear.
And for good reason.
So there's 5 threads since last June? Is that supposed to be impressive? Come on. Threads generally explode when a new character is revealed. The rest is taken care of by what I'm assuming are the same people who post in there usually, and who seem to do so more out of obligation than out of hype.
Not that there's anything wrong with that! But let's not call a spade a spade.
C.Olimar788
Member
The Smash 4 hype will skyrocket as soon as there's more full-on gameplay footage or a public demo. Brawl had a good handful of them, but Smash 4 is being kept more under wraps for whatever reason.
I think Nintendo/Sakurai is deliberately trying to keep hype low after the backlash that Brawl suffered, and I definitely think that's a right move. Wait until E3 or so and then start bringing the Smash 4 news and playable demos and awesome characters and such so they still have a bunch of hype for the Fall/Winter release and don't run the risk of burning everyone out like with Brawl.
I think Nintendo/Sakurai is deliberately trying to keep hype low after the backlash that Brawl suffered, and I definitely think that's a right move. Wait until E3 or so and then start bringing the Smash 4 news and playable demos and awesome characters and such so they still have a bunch of hype for the Fall/Winter release and don't run the risk of burning everyone out like with Brawl.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
My kids and I played the crap out of Melee back in the day. Brawl got some use, but not nearly as much. My youngest daughter is asking when this is coming to the U, but I'm honestly not excited at all. Been there, done that, and already know what to expect. The character reveals have been so ho-hum. I mean, do we really need "reveals" for the same characters that appear in the game over and over?
Napalm_Frank
Member
Not much hype for it for me. Compared to brawl that was like, top 3 most hyped games ever for me.
Reasons being for me personally:
1. It's on fuckin Wii U
2. Brawl had absolutely horrible online that killed the game for me
3. No hype characters. Snake reveal was ballin.
4. Seemingly no new features that would get any hype from me.
5. It's on 3DS too so it kinda loses some of the ''true exclusive appeal''. I probably will end up getting it on 3DS even tho it prolly is the lesser version just because I have the hardware but at the same time I'm not hyped at all to play it on 3DS really.
And I'm actually one of the people that think Brawl played just fine. Aside from stupid stuff like tripping.
Reasons being for me personally:
1. It's on fuckin Wii U
2. Brawl had absolutely horrible online that killed the game for me
3. No hype characters. Snake reveal was ballin.
4. Seemingly no new features that would get any hype from me.
5. It's on 3DS too so it kinda loses some of the ''true exclusive appeal''. I probably will end up getting it on 3DS even tho it prolly is the lesser version just because I have the hardware but at the same time I'm not hyped at all to play it on 3DS really.
And I'm actually one of the people that think Brawl played just fine. Aside from stupid stuff like tripping.
To speak more generally:
I think the hype of a given game is mostly based on the reception of the previous one.
If the community was disappointed in the last entry then you will have a much harder time hyping them for its successor.
This will be true even if said game fixes many of the issues with the one that came before.
I can't be sure if this is true, of course, but it would explain the lack of hype for both this game and the lukewarm reception GT6 got this holiday.
Both were large franchises with good, but perhaps disappointing prequels.
I think the hype of a given game is mostly based on the reception of the previous one.
If the community was disappointed in the last entry then you will have a much harder time hyping them for its successor.
This will be true even if said game fixes many of the issues with the one that came before.
I can't be sure if this is true, of course, but it would explain the lack of hype for both this game and the lukewarm reception GT6 got this holiday.
Both were large franchises with good, but perhaps disappointing prequels.
That seems pretty hyperbolic. I don't think Brawl was anywhere near as polarizing among casual players as it was among the more hardcore crowd.
You're killing me. Where did you want to play it? Smartphone? PC? PS4? Gameboy Color?
Goldenroad
Member
That might be because of the tiny install base on Wii U and, to me, this is not a game that I would buy on 3DS because I don't even have three friends with 3DS's to play with. It might be that people felt burned by Brawl as well and have tempered their expectations for SSB4.
Napalm_Frank
Member
I'd rather play it on Wii U but it's hard to justify buying the hardware for it when I have a 3DS that gets the game too. Thats what I mean.
Jawmuncher
Member
Not enough hype at least for me since the character reveals have been all over the place. Feels like to little info is coming out in general. I miss the dojo.........if they announce snake this month to coincide with ground zeroes though my hype will be through the roof until release though. You might say that sounds odd since GZ isn't coming to wii, but just remember how Brawl promoted MGS4 and had stickers from all the games and such.
This is one of the most anticipated Smash games for me.
Reasons being for me personally:
1. It's on Wii U and that's okay because I already have one
2. It may be a different company handling online this time, plus I may be okay just playing offline especially if people start hacking online
3. Hype characters, Wii Fit Trainer and Rosalina look awesome, and even Megaman and Villager look creative and neat.
4. I don't care about new features since I just want similar gameplay to before, with better graphics and some new characters.
5. I think exclusivity hurts consumers so I'm not one to cheer for it, though I might end up getting both. I hope not too much content requires having both versions for a full experience, however.
Overall, I think "hype" is a rather silly concept. It's a game I'm looking forward to, but only a bit of trophy or level information is typically revealed each day. Why should there be "hype" for that? It's a known, gradual quantity. More information continues to be released, and it continues to look cool, and I continue to anticipate the game.
I dont see any posts in the smash threads that feel like obligations. The hell does that even mean? People post because they like talking and speculating about the game
Byronic Hero
Member
1. Where else would it be?
2. Sure, but I assume Nintendo has learned from that mistake. Don't most of the Online Wii U games run okay?
3. Megaman, while expected, was a pretty good "hype character". Now if you mean "unexpected" then that's not a valid reason a all of the characters have yet to be revealed.
4. Lack of tripping, re-balanced characters, exclusive stages or each version, new items/characters. What else do you want?
5. I don't even understand why this would be a problem. It's like complaining that PSASBR is on Vita as well as PS3.
Vanillalite
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Put me the camp people are excited, but the hype train isn't gonna really roll till we get more concrete info and a release date. Quick trailers showing off a new character can only go so far.
Technically that is five catch all threads. For big news such as stages and characters new threads are made so the amount of Smash 4 threads actually exceeds five. Also considering most games are lucky to even fill one thread I find it odd you consider five a small number.
But this is wrong; I was there. Brawl hype exploded with the very first reveal trailer.
"Holy shit, five new characters, Wario's finally here, Jesus Christ that music, HOLY SHIT IS THAT SOLID SNAKE?"
And Smash 4's reveal should have provoked a similar response with three new characters including HOLY SHIT MEGAMAN, yet it didn't.
Napalm_Frank
Member
What I mean with ''It's on fuckin Wii U'' I'm not implying it should be anywhere else. Just that Wii U is IMO such a device I'm not looking foreward to buying too much. I'd much rather play it on Wii U than 3DS but I actually own the latter. Thus I will most likely get it on 3DS.
As for 5 it was totally different situation for me with PSASBR. I owned both PS3 and Vita and liked both versions and with cross buy it wasn't even a question of preference. I just don't like playing on 3DS too much (especially with a version on HD console available) but it's either that or get a Wii U. If it was true exclusive for Wii U it would make the deal much more appealing (tho then again... I would have to buy a WU).
2. I obviously can't say if the online is good or not but I'm certainly not getting the hype after what happened with Brawl. Online was what I was looking foreward the most, and the same would be with this one.
As for 4. I'm not saying there should be some crazy new things for the game to be good. Just that they don't have anything to catch my interest to get hyped for the game.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
Nintendo speculation threads are usually hugely inflated though. No offense to any regulars in those threads but they're more like community threads. A lot of the posts are just banter.
Some people in the thread definitely treat it like a community thread. I think that has been decreasing.
But there definitely is quite a bit of banter.
It didn't? It certainly did for me and for lots of other people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtwYIKjmSmQ
Also, we knew SSB4 would be shown at E3 months in advance. Brawl's reveal trailer was unannounced and caught everybody by surprise.
Makes sense then! WiiU might drop even more for the holiday season tho.
LegendofLex
Member
There also seems to be very little passion behind Smash Bros. 4.
Okay, I'll admit you got me there with that video. That was great.
NotoriousPUG
Member
I bought Brawl because of Melee. I will not be buying 4 without renting first because of Brawl. Just because it sold a lot doesn't mean if didn't to damage to the franchise.
Well, there's no light without darkness and all that...
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Too busy complaining if the picture of the day is on time and whether or not it's "satisfying"
Brawl was terrible. High metacritic score or not.
Probably that line of thinking stems from the competitive scene. It's true that Brawl isn't as tight as Melee, but it's still a fun wonderful game and also an enormous achievement if you consider all the stuff they managed to squeeze in.
Besides I'm a Smash 64 guy: superior version forever.
Diprosalic
Banned
no it wasn't.
theprodigy
Member
This is definitely true, it's the same subset of posters, who may not even necessarily be hyped for the game in the first place.
anecdotal source: myself
damage isn't measured by metascore of the game in question
It's different but it certainly isn't terrible.
"Terrible," "damaging" games don't sell 12 million copies and garner critical acclaim. Sorry. A few hundred competitive players complaining online about tripping and "floatiness" is inconsequential.