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[BatDan]

I didn't bother watching and the front page is kind of a mess.

So who's in?
-Bayo
-Fire Emblem person
-Geno? (I can't tell whether people are being serious or not)

Geno's just a Mii costume.
Reconfirmation for Cloud, as well as Corrin (Fire Emblem Fates) and Bayonetta.

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Disappointing Direct, and a lane way to end Smash 4 support.

Three more anime characters. Absolutely disgusting. Cause we didn't already have enough Anime characters with swords, or enough characters with guns.

Could have been something unique, like Banjo-Kazooie, or Shovel Knight. Hell if you wanted more Anime, Goku was perfect.

But nope. More lame Anime characters.

 

[darkmagus]

lol by the time smash 6 comes half of the characters are going to be from Fire Emblem

 

[Hackworth]

Bayonetta in Smash. Game of the forever. So fucking crazy.

The new Fire Emblem guy/gal seems really fun, I'll almost certainly buy them too.

Kind of sorry for Inkling/Geno/Ashley/Takamaru fans, it must have been a bit of salt-in-the-wound moment seeing them in costume form. Hopefully next Smash will at least include Takamaru and Inkling.

They added Bayo so I can live with it.

 

[Crayolan]

I didn't bother watching and the front page is kind of a mess.

So who's in?
-Bayo
-Fire Emblem person
-Geno? (I can't tell whether people are being serious or not)

Corrin from Fire Emblem Fates

Bayonetta

Geno got a costume.

 

[EatinOlives]

Not sure if it'll be tourney legal, we'll have to see how it works. However, it is at least going to be a fun stage to fight on, because it doesn't have everything exploding and falling apart.

My favorite part about the stage.

I was cringing just waiting for Sakurai to say "AND THEN THEY COME IN BLOW SHIT UP WITH SPLOSIONS AND LASERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES A GOOD STAGE RIGHT???!?!", but was relieved when the presentation was over and none of that trash reared its head for this stage.

Was sorta hopeful for Midgar but too many of the summons were BS. If there's a Smash 5 I REALLY hope for stage hazards that aren't obnoxious to the point where you can't even realize what's going on.

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

RIP

 

[Golnei]

bwahahahahahaha
https://twitter.com/PG_kamiya/status/676896950751469568

I live for Kamiya's "to all x idiots, I love you" posts. We had one for Star Fox, now Smash - which is next?

 

[Hyperactivity]

Isaac noooo....

This is the worst game over (over not ever). Intelliheath, you can laugh at me now

Isaac's No.1 fan is done for

 

[khaaan]

Right, but Geno is a Mii Costume

Geno is a costume. Fire Emblem Fates protagonist and Bayonetta were the only newly announced characters.

Ah, thanks!

 

[Fewr]

Lin Lee Koo.
Inklings.
Wonder Pink.
Sora.
Roronoa Zoro.
Dry Bones.
Vivi.
Chie.
Skull Kid.
Syrenne.
Sheena Fujibayashi.
Motoko Kusanagi.

??? Quite a few of those are too niche.

Chibi Robo
Professor Layton
Sephiroth (Someone's got to fight cloud... and have the range of an entire stage)
Rhythm Paradise (anyone really)
Mallo from Pushmo
Wonder Red (Or any of them really)
Snake
Ice Climbers

Better

 

[Ekai]

so Cloud and Bayonetta are boring but the 4 FE sword clones + Robin are not and they can be played "entirely differently".

okay

No. My point was pretty obvious and that was to criticize the logic being used against FE characters. And Ike, Marth, Corrin, Robin, and somewhat Roy all play completely differently. The FE characters are not clones (outside of Lucina and partially Roy-even then there's other series with clones too, like Mario and Kid Icarus, so the clone argument against FE alone also makes no sense), no matter how much you repeat that outright demonstrable falsehood.

Bayo attacks with her feet/fists sometimes, therefore she's a boring addition as we already have loads of characters who do this. Cloud uses a sword, therefore he's a boring addition as well since there's loads of sword users. That's literally the logic you guys are using against FE here. It's ridiculous.

That said, I am excited for all of the upcoming dlc.

 

[Majukun]

I didn't bother watching and the front page is kind of a mess.

So who's in?
-Bayo
-Fire Emblem person
-Geno? (I can't tell whether people are being serious or not)

bayo,fire emblem guy and cloud are the last three

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

.

anime is life, dude

 

[udivision]

It doesn't. They have the same number of characters.

Oh, forgot Greninja.

Where's Ivysaur though.

 

[Neoxon]

That's one way to censor Bayonetta.

 

[Merc_]

I wish Gonzo was here just for the meltdown that I'm sure he's having right now.

 

[RK128]

That's what gets me about all the whining. They all pretty much play completely differently. It's only because they come from the same franchise that people throw a fit over them.

People are that annoyed with a lot of FE characters? I mean, I can understand being a big irked about Corren coming to Smash but he looks so different compared to everyone else. In a lot of ways, we got a more melee focused Robin, which is a sound comparison as both Robin and Corren are player main characters.

Lucina, Roy and Marth are the ones people sorta have a right to be annoyed over as all three share the same based but still; even they have enough differences (Roy has a lot of fire attack and is stronger, Marth is very fast). Lucina is a clone but at least she adds to the female roster representing FE.

It was also nice that we got two female DLC fighters with Corren and Bayonetta too .

I would be lying if I wasn't disappointed with no Wolf, Snake or Banjo & Kazooie but the DLC that is coming and is out is great, so I'm happy regardless .

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

 

[Majukun]

Disappointing Direct, and a lane way to end Smash 4 support.

Three more anime characters. Absolutely disgusting. Cause we didn't already have enough Anime characters with swords, or enough characters with guns.

Could have been something unique, like Banjo-Kazooie, or Shovel Knight. Hell if you wanted more Anime, Goku was perfect.

But nope. More lame Anime characters.

 

[hurricanes]

Ohh almost forgot I LOVE that Tetsuya Nomura smash art. Its going to be my new phone idle screen.

And Bayo's proportion look much better IMO. I guess I just don't get the exaggerated proportion outside of the high fashion world.

That's one way to censor Bayonetta.

Wait, who censor her?

 

[PK Gaming]

source

 

[TwEE-N-Toast]

They combined all things that are good. We all got what we wanted. An ancient Dragon disguised as a tight bodied anime child, wielding a sword and Fire Emblem gets a much deserved rep.

 

[udivision]

That's one way to censor Bayonetta.

It's the most obvious thing they could do... not much to really analyze.

 

[L Thammy]

I wish Gonzo was here just for the meltdown that I'm sure he's having right now.

I can just imagine it now. Chicken feathers flying everywhere. A cacophony of clucking.

 

[Crayolan]

I'm just now looking at the front page and I see like 6 different smash threads.

One for each fire emblem character.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

source

Yes! Please! Give us this!

 

[sora87]

??? Quite a few of those are too niche.


Better

Better? Get some taste son.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Within a few hours. The e-shop is already crashed with people refreshing it.



Exactly. Which further doesn't make sense to me since Pokemon has loads of Reps, as does the Mario series. It's not like a game series with a lot of reps isn't unheard of in Smash.

It's a mixture of the fact that they're all from the same series, and the fact that in a series with a bunch of different weapons they keep picking characters that use swords. It's boring when they have a bunch of other options and don't use them.

 

[Already Torn]

Bayonetta 2 is now upwards of $80 on Amazon lol

I didn't like the first one too much but I beat it, so I figured the second might be worth a try

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

Did anyone else groan and go "Another Kid Icarus character? This is the final character? A Kid Icarus character?"

Don't want to toot my own horn but as soon as Sakurai said climax I was convinced it was going to be Bayonetta. Seeing Pit just confirmed it for me.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I am flat out going to say Corrin was a wasted slot. Like come on man, you said DLC was fan service. No one was asking for that. Inkling, wolf, or whoever at least would have fit with that notion. I mean he doesn't look bad, but DLC for a character not even in a game in the west now feels odd. Even if roy was in a similar situation in melee.

 

[Brainfreeze]

Where are the couple of posters who were very hopeful for Female fighter DLC during the past week of smash hype? I wanna see how they feel about this.

 

[Red Devil]

Wolf is Dead
Banjo is Dead
Miku is Dead

Oh well....




BAYO!!!!!!!!!

Banjo was never real... I don't get where pople get those ideas from.

 

[Mit-]

Has anyone confirmed that 58 = actual amount of characters with the 3 new ones?

 

[Vital Tundra]

I can't tell right now, but did Bayo get redesigned with more normal proportions?

 

[Already Torn]

I can't tell right now, but did Bayo get redesigned with more normal proportions?

I think so. They de-sexified her. It's R Mika all over again.

 

[BGBW]

Dixie Kong so ignored that people in this thread aren't even celebrating her absence, I mean at least K.Rool got that much and a mii costume.

Dixie at least got a verse in the DK Rap. What about Lanky and Chunky Kong eh.

 

[udivision]

Has anyone confirmed that 58 = actual amount of characters with the 3 new ones?

If you include the Mii characters as 3 separate ones, Yes.

Too bad Sakurai effectively banned them from existence.

 

[Ekai]

It's a mixture of the fact that they're all from the same series, and the fact that in a series with a bunch of different weapons they keep picking characters that use swords. It's boring when they have a bunch of other options and don't use them.

I agree as far as the weapon thing goes. I would welcome say, Sigurd. Japan loves the guy afterall and he rides a horse and wields a spear.
That also said, the FE characters for the most part play different. Corrin barely seemed to even use their sword.

 

[Already Torn]

Dixie at least got a verse in the DK Rap. What about Lanky and Chunky Kong eh.

Dixie ain't in the DK Rap.

 

[Monocle]

Bayonetta? Can this be true?

This is a way bigger deal than Cloud for me. Amazing.

 

[Golnei]

Don't want to toot my own horn but as soon as Sakurai said climax I was convinced it was going to be Bayonetta. Seeing Pit just confirmed it for me.

I sort of thought about it for a second, but it seemed so impossible I dismissed it instantly. Even her first line I half-expected to be a recast Medusa.

 

[Lady Siara]

Cloud in Smash is the closest I'm getting to playing Ehrgeiz again, right?

 

[Nezzhil]

That poll change is salty. One

I hope that the Ice Climbers and Wolf returns in the next game, they were two of 5 most played characters of my my brother since Melee and Brawl

Spoiler

The Triple D. and the Pink Puff are his main characters.

 

[Kindekuma]

DOG CONFIRMED

 

[Hackworth]

Did anyone grab a screencap of Sakurai with the glasses? My connection is too bad for HD caps.

 

[L Thammy]

I think so. They de-sexified her. It's R Mika all over again.

If that happens, I think it may just be so that she looks right compared to the proportions of the other Smash characters.

 

[Spacejaws]

Bayo and Cloud are fine. Unique series additions. Corrin though...does not excite me.

Another FE character no matter how well made just seems uninspired

 

[IntelliHeath]

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