KneeOfJustice99

I think that Pyra and Mythra are actually a surprisingly good example of how "echoes" could be handled in future installments.

Unlike characters like Dark Pit, Lucina and Daisy, who are essentially carbon copies with different models and the occasional different animation, or even more popular echoes like Chrom and Dark Samus (EVEN THOUGH IT HAS ITS OWN PROBLEMS), the pair actually work pretty well because of how they're used.

Notably, I think that having them have the same basic toolkit works well - but an aspect I especially like is how they differ in damage output, lag, knockback and other such matters, whilst maintaining the same baseline animations. It's, to me at least, a clever way of handling the echo formula - and a great way to further differentiate the fighters without having to expend too many resources. Then, having different specials on top of that essentially differentiates them enough to the point where they feel different enough to be their "own characters," despite needing nowhere near as much work as other, more "unique" fighters.

For example, let's look at Lucina. As opposed to having her play essentially identically to Marth (aside from the tipper mechanic, of course,) what if her attacks were slightly slower, but dealt a bit more damage despite having similar knockback? It would at least make her a different beast - more equivalent perhaps to Roy, but with her own benefits and drawbacks. (For clarification, I haven't actually played Awakening, so this could genuinely be a bad suggestion in my part - it was just the idea that came to me given her playstyle and what I do know about her.)

Something really funny just occurred to me.

See, with NASB being, well, popular, a lot of people have suggested CN do the same (OR SEGA HINT HINT) but hear me out here - what if PBS Kids did it?

The idea of Elmo, Thomas the Tank Engine, Arthur, Cailiou, Barney the Dinosaur, Bob the Builder, Clifford the Big Red Dog and the Teletubbies being in a fighter like this seems too genius to pass up. Add Mr. Rogers as the announcer and you have a work of art.

The thing that concerns me about the recent Expansion Pack is something that I don't think a lot of people seem to have mentioned. Simply put - either way, we lose.

Sure, paying $50 a year for it is ridiculous - which I wouldn't deny in the slightest. It's completely logical that people are against it. However, I have an alternative theory - because I hear a lot of people saying like "Don't buy it! Don't give them money!" which, to be honest, I totally understand. I get that it's a logical response to bad business practices. However, I have reason to believe that Nintendo's history with this sort of thing will result in something simple.

If nobody buys the Expansion Pack, regardless of the reasoning, Nintendo will probably think, "Well, it looks like people aren't interested in the N64." That's concerning to me, and it feels at the moment like they're putting people in an awkward situation with this sort of thing.

I wish to stress, I'm not advocating for piracy here, but... is it any wonder that it's such a popular option to people, when the official options are, well... this?

I always find that Hyrule Warriors had some pretty weird omissions in characters, especially considering the characters added. For instance, Vaati not being added always seemed weird to me when we got Yuga... and I always found it even stranger that characters like Onox, the Happy Mask Salesman and Demise weren't even referenced.

Here's a cool question for y'all - if you could add an all new type to Pokemon, what would it be?

Personally, I would add Cosmic. Given there's already a lot of "cosmic" Pokemon already, it seems like a cool idea, plus there's a few cool things you could do stylewise - an Eeveelution with a style a little like various galaxies could be really cool!!

I feel like the sequel to Breath of the Wild could have so much potential in items. For instance the flail from Age of Calamity seen here looks like, with a couple of edits, it could work really well as a Clawshot... and just imagine using the Clawshot in caves and on floating islands!

Even if it's unlikely to happen... I think it would be hella cool.

So I've been listening to the Wii Fit soundtrack (don't ask me why, I got bored) and like, a part of me is... weirdly surprised they didn't pull more for Wii Fit Trainer's music tracks in the game? But then like... what's there also makes sense. It's a weird situation.

Okay, hot take here, but I honestly think that Inspector Gadget would be a hilarious, but brilliant, Mortal Kombat guest fighter.

The Sonic Riders series was always really cool to me, but I'll never understand why Beat from the Jet Set Radio series never made the cut into the games. I mean, the idea writes itself - similar to Shadow, Beat could have like, hover skates... though I am happy with who we did get.

Is it just me who secretly really, really likes the creepy as **** design they used for Mewtwo in the Detective Pikachu movie? In honesty - if they were ever to add Giegue from Mother 1 into Smash, I'd secretly hope they go for a similar look...

In like, 15 years... will a Smash Ultimate fanfic be the longest single piece of literature in human history?...


...or will it be a Nick All Stars fic?

Apparently Sora comes out today! I won't be able to play him to be honest (I've not had my Switch since around the release of Min Min given it was stolen) but I hope y'all have fun! :D

The release of Mario 64 on the Switch is actually proof of something incredible, purely because of the "L is Real 2401" texture, as well as the same texture being in Ocarina of Time, another launch title...

Clearly, it means that on the 24th of Janurary, 2022 - Gamecube games will be announced for the NSO service, with Luigi's Mansion as a launch title.

If you don't believe me I'll post it on 4chan and then there'll be like, 6 YouTube videos about it as long as I say something like "bruh I know an insider in Nintendo Europe" or something

Possible hot take here, but... I find it bizarre that Pac-Man's traditional death sound was literally only used in like, Smash Run. Given how well Mega Man's is recieved, I would think that at least the sound effect would be cool... I guess the devs don't agree?

A part of me actually really wants to make a Creation Thread, but the thing is, I haven't run one before. Might try to.

I know this probably seems a little weird to mention here, but it seems like for some reason, game hunting is weirdly difficult here in the UK. Apparently, it's not rare to find retro gaming stores in the US, or even places that do modern and classic stuff alike - but here in the UK, it seems like the only "gaming" stores you find are Game (which is basically our equivalent to Gamestop) and then places like CEX which aren't even technically that sort of thing anyways.

It's a weird one because it's always been something I've been into - though admittedly, being introduced to AliExpress is something I'm glad happened :D

For some reason, I'm beginning to realise that it could be theoretically possible to have Whispy Woods as a playable character, and to be completely honest, that's terrifying but also hilarious to me

...Something really bad but also slightly funny just occurred to me.

It's quite possible that Nintendo will eventually release GB/GBA titles on Switch (or maybe, if we cross our fingers, even a VB title or two)... but it's likely going to be under yet another "Expansion" of sorts.

Also, does anyone find it weird that they still call it the "Expansion Pack" when that, in theory, should only apply to the N64, and not the Genesis or... Animal Crossing DLC?

I always find it funny that Starman, an Assist Trophy, is actually older than the actual reps for his series, given Starman originated in Mother but Ness originated in Earthbound and Lucas from Mother 3. Not that I have a problem with it - I just find it humourous.

I think a good idea to sort of softly introduce IPs back into the limelight could potentially be by having more casual crossovers, in a way. I'm not talking like Smash Bros, but more like how F-Zero handled it in a sense.

A good example of this could be like I suggested in the Sukapon thread, where I sort of just projected how cool it would have been to see Sukapon with a slightly modernised design in ARMS. Then, you could use that to gauge support for the IP (in this case, Joy Mech Fight) and maybe consider bringing it back in some way!

Even if you don't bring back the IP, it's better than just... forgetting it ever existed and leaving it to rot, y'know?

Somehow, the biggest shock to me was the fact that Nintendo probably have icons for literally every semi-relevant character in the Nintendo canon, given the fact that they already seem to have a Foreman Spike icon.

Also, FOREMAN SPIKE. IN A MARIO MOVIE. I don't know how this makes me feel but it feels cool

I had this bizarre dream last night that Captain Falcon was downstairs and eating my cereal straight out of the box. It was very specifically Shreddies. I'm annoyed, not because he was doing that but more because I don't have any Shreddies.

Shocked that Employee from the hit Nintendo title Good Job! hasn't been in more discussion as the final character. Other possibilities are Snip and Clip from Snipperclips and Boxboy from the BoxBoy! series. Also can't forget the incredibly important need to represent Bayonetta 3, maybe just add Bayonetta again, she seemed pretty popular last time

So, I was thinking - are there any series you'd love to see represented in Smash as more than just Spirits, but you couldn't really add a fighter? For me, that's the Gran Turismo and Ridge Racer series. I'd love to see GT and RR music in the game, and lots of it - after all, they're incredibly neat soundtracks with a unique jazzy style - but like, the stage would just be a racetrack like Figure 8 Circuit, and the fighter would be like... either Reiko Nagase, the "poster girl" of Ridge Racer Type 4, or like a literal car.

(If they did a literal car, I would prefer to see the Hornet from Daytona USA, but in the style of its appearance in Fighter's Megamix, because that would be both hilarious and incredible.)

So this morning I woke up after the strangest dream. I dreamt that Charles Barkley was added to Smash and that every song in the entire game had been mashed up with Space Jam... I am very conflicted as to how I feel about this

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A Series of Unfortunate Events is one of the formulative book series of my childhood, and yet to this day the very few people I know who remember it remember it either from a film or a Netflix series. Agony.

Okay, random point - does anyone have a character that they are sort of in a weird state as to whether they want to see them in Smash, like "I mean it would be cool but like, there's so many better picks"?

My own is Scizor.

Okay, I have a random question for y'all - there's been a lot of sort of quotes and talk of the effect of the competitive scene on Smash Bros as a whole, so this is something that's kinda an interesting question.

Do you think that the existance of the competitive scene in the Super Smash Bros. scene, or even in just specific Smash titles, hamper your enjoyment of the games or the community surrounding them?

Something that always bothered me about the Mega Man Legacy Collection is that they didn't include Megaman and Bass. The SNES one was actually half-decent, lacking many of the screen-size problems of the GBA port, and a simple language patch from Japanese to English could have worked wonders in improving the general perception of it, in my opinion.

I get that it was difficult to really release them all, but a sort of "Mega Man Legacy Collection Definitive Edition" could be cool, if it includes some more obscure picks alongside the ones we already have - maybe throw in all of the Gameboy titles, or just V if you're short on space, toss in a language-patched Challenger From The Future, maybe add the CVS system titles as well, or even stuff like Battle and Chase! Am I just too Mega Man obsessed?... probably, yeah.

One thing I'd love to see in Smash is chiptune music, such as classic Mega Man tracks, but remixed with modern chiptune stuff such as VRC6 and the like. It's often the case that we either get classic tracks or orchestral remixes, but I love the idea of much more diversity - imagine, perhaps, similar to how Blaster Master Zero remixed tracks from the original Blaster Master for the NES.

The chaotic neutral within my soul wants to see certain SiivaGunner rips in a Smash game one day. Like, not mentioned in an announcement or anything. They just shadow-drop High Quality Rips and have them randomly play during matches. You're in like, idk, Pictochat listening to the Wii Shop Theme and then bam, it turns into Wii Shop Bling and everyone is just confused as hell, or like the Mario 3 theme devolving into ****ing Flintstones

I honestly cannot wait for the eventual reveal of Inspector Gadget for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Whilst it may deconfirm Sora to a Mii Fighter Costume (apparently Gadget is owned by Disney?) It will be the greatest reveal of all

He also has a unique mechanic against Steve where he commentates "brown bricks" every time Steve places a dirt block

guys the next fighter is chalk-wielding teacher from the yes milk commercials, i secretly work at nintendo in japan i just havent said anything until now, shh dont tell anyone

One thing it just occurred to me that I'd love to see is an EarthBound "remake" in a similar vein, and possibly style, to that of Link's Awakening. I feel the sort of clay/toy style works really well for EarthBound, especially given much of the original art was clay-made. Then again... I would like to see the original Mother get the same treatment.

I get that Mother 3 is popular to be localised, but my own personal take is that the localisation we have now is more accurate than any official one will be. Various "problematic" pieces of the source material would likely be cut, and a lot of the story of the game would be lost in my opinion. As much as I'd love to finally see a release, I'm beginning to think it would be a monkey's paw situation - you can bet your ass they'll probably charge $60 for effectively a patched GBA ROM as well...

With Lego going for all the Mario stuff recently, I'd love to see how they'd do those Minifigure collection series things (those ones in the blind bags) but with Smash Bros. as the focus. They usually do 20 for each one and then some sort of limited edition character... it would be hella interesting to see how it would work, even if second and third parties like Pokemon, Mother, Sonic, Mega Man etc couldn't be included...

Found a ton of New Wave vinyls in a garage sale recently and after stealing my uncle's record player I can now safely say that I have fallen in love with Devo

I got bored, and I made a moveset for Neil Cicierega/Lemon Demon. For all that I've joked about "The Tumblr Lexicon" in the past, I think I'm finally beginning to understand what they mean by "brainrot."

College starts back up for me tomorrow, w h o o p e e . Best try getting some sleep tonight.