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Smash needs an indie representative. Who should it be?
- Thread starter GARlock Spiral
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I would say Quote, but there's that whole Nicalis bullshit.
Shovel Knight and Reimu have the next-best claims to the spot.
Shovel Knight and Reimu have the next-best claims to the spot.
Undertale is more popular than Hollow Knight. Undertale is also super popular in Japan.
Actually known or is that one of many rules Smash fans made up over the years
Half and half.
Sakurai has been on record to say that he will avoid region exclusive characters in recent years when he recognized he was TOO MUCH on japan in his mind.
That being said it still is 70+ japanese characters against 3 western characters (diddy, K Roll and Banjo) and just 1 western ip (Banjo)
Most of the "rules" that people complain about are logical observations based on past trends.
But to answer your question, yes, Sakurai has said in the past that he likes to highlight Japanese gaming through Smash. Plus, all of the third-parties in Smash are Japanese characters bar the one ex-Nintendo owned character, so it's pretty obvious how he feels.
While I think Shovel Knight and Hollow Knight would both be fantastic, only Minecraft Steve is really as iconic as is necessary to be the one to break through. I'm saying this as someone who doesn't even like Minecraft. And I also fully recognize he's not an indie character anymore.He's not indie anymore but he had indie origins:
But this is definitely my answer. And his move list would be really unique.
Goddamn I love Transistor so much. Absolutely no chance, but this would be my pick as well.
Reimu is the only one I'd really want that also deserves it. Steve would either be super boring as a character or his moveset would actually be legitimately awful to play against, especially if they went with a building mechanic or something.
Hollow knight is my first pick, but Steve is such an icon.He's not indie anymore but he had indie origins:
Shit yes, my dudeQuote from Cave Story.
Pretty much what I consider to be the first indie icon. His historical relevance combined with his awesome potential moveset make him a perfect fit.
SHIT YES, MY DUDE
Scratch Doomguy, I want Jacket
Japan has much more of a mascot culture. There aren't that many western gaming mascots beyond Tomb Raider and these 70+ consist overwhelmingly of Nintendo characters. Also lets not forget, this whole third party thing started with Sonic and Snake. Sega has ironically excellent business relationships with Nintendo and Kojima personally asked Sakurai.
Extrapolations based on interpreted patterns and not based on actuals are... not wise.
100% Minecraft Steve (should honestly already be in Smash).
Hollow Knight doesn't belong anywhere near the likes of Mario (yet).
Hollow Knight doesn't belong anywhere near the likes of Mario (yet).
Cuphead or Steve. Steve would work really well in the sense that he could have many, many skins that look differently.
The only real answers are Steve (but he is not indie anymore) and Shovel Knight (who is an assist trophy).
No one else comes close.
No one knows who Reimu is.
No one else comes close.
No one knows who Reimu is.
Drill Dozer is a Game Freak game, not indie.
Did people forget Jill was an Assist Trophy in Brawl? lol
Yeah this is the real point, no character needs to be in smash there's just characters people would like in smash
Joker is in the game. A character that has not appeared on Nintendo consoles. Why shouldn't someone like Hollow Knight not be eligible then?