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ClickyCal'

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Oct 25, 2017
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People thought the character makeup of Melee was going to be a lot different than it turned out to be. Lists were a lot more "A bunch of characters from games that are already in Super Smash Bros" than "A bunch of series that haven't been in yet" and they basically all included everyone's villains. It was just taken for granted that Ganondorf, Ridley , K. Rool, and Dedede would be in. That's the entire reason Ridley and K. Rool have both been so deeply ingrained in every single Smash roster conversation since then.
I mean ridley especially who was fighting samus in the e3 intro, and he was even a cameo in 64. It seemed like a given.
 
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IntelliHeath

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People thought the character makeup of Melee was going to be a lot different than it turned out to be. Lists were a lot more "A bunch of characters from games that are already in Super Smash Bros" than "A bunch of series that haven't been in yet" and they basically all included everyone's villains. It was just taken for granted that Ganondorf, Ridley , K. Rool, and Dedede would be in. That's the entire reason Ridley and K. Rool have both been so deeply ingrained in every single Smash roster conversation since then.

Interesting, because I do remember some people are expecting Ganondorf, Samurai Goroh Ridley, Wolf and Mewtwo as the secret characters because they were shown in the trailer. So I can see the connection with King K Rool and Dedede.
 

Alexhex

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Oct 27, 2017
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Canada
So anyone know why cloud's sword has that weird dark geen smear effect? Is that from ff7? They tend to match the colour of the blade or at least the character using them a lot better (i.e. white/blue or gold) but cloud's stands out to me.
 

Gartooth

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Oct 25, 2017
8,440
Aside from Ridley, much of the characters we talk about are more Brawl-era requests rather than Melee-era requests. I'm mostly basing this on that "if there were a Smash 2" poll, but like the biggest missing pieces from it are popular 3rd party characters from the 90s like Geno, Banjo, and Crash.

For instance, I don't think the hype trains for K. Rool and Dixie really started until Diddy got in Brawl.
 
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IntelliHeath

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So, how about the Canada thing?

I'm not even sure if it was discussed in this thread but it's plausible that it could be for the viewing party for certain event or something else but no one really knows. They said that they can't say anything until tomorrow, I think.

Some fans believe that it's a viewing party for some kind of announcements that could happens on Thursday so people are eager to see if it's Smash-related or not.
 

The Adder

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Oct 25, 2017
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Interesting, because I do remember some people are expecting Ganondorf, Samurai Goroh Ridley, Wolf and Mewtwo were secret characters because they were shown in the trailer. So I can see the connection with King K Rool and Dedede.
The only new series character I really remember people talking about getting into Melee was Pit, strangely enough.

Mind, I was 12 at the time. I won't claim my memory is perfect. But I had just gotten the internet at the end of 2000 and I was devouring it at the time. Especially Melee boards.
 
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IntelliHeath

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The only new series character I really remember people talking about getting into Melee was Pit, strangely enough.

Haha! Kid Icarus always have been popular in certain Nintendo fanbase and they kept asking for new game for long time so I'm glad they finally added Pit to Smash Bros and eventually lead us to a brand new game.

I think Sakurai added Pit to Brawl because he was popular requests in the West, right?
 

TheDinoman

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Oct 25, 2017
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Haha! Kid Icarus always have been popular in certain Nintendo fanbase and they kept asking for new game for long time so I'm glad they finally added Pit to Smash Bros and eventually lead us to a brand new game.

I think Sakurai added Pit to Brawl because he was popular requests in the West, right?

Yes he did

I was well aware that Pit was a popular character in both America and Japan. I tried as best I could to design this version of him in a way that reflected current tastes, so I'm happy to see him so well received.
 

louisacommie

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Oct 25, 2017
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New Jersey
So 5 melee clones equals a new comers

Wolf was 75 percent a newcomer

Echoes are half the work of a melee clones

So we have 4.7 new comers adding in echoes we have

5.1 newcomers I what we actually have

Mathmatically
 

Dark Cloud

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Oct 27, 2017
61,087
How would you feel if they brought back the exact ways you unlocked characters in the past games into this game? This would be an option. For example in Brawl one of the ways to unlock Sonic was playing 300 matches I believe. Just kind of a cool touch I would think if they did that for most of the characters.
 

KtotheRoc

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Oct 27, 2017
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I want to hear more of that Mega Man X track they teased. And I want to know if we have more music from the MM spin-off games.

(It just sucks that all MM music is attached to just that Wily Castle stage, lol.)
 

MondoMega

One Winged Slayer
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Jan 10, 2018
47,474
I just looked into the Canada thing (didn't really pay attention to it when it got brought up yesterday) so that's interesting. At least we'll know pretty soon if it actually turns out to be anything.
 

Demon Eyes

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Oct 29, 2017
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Anti-Rool sentiment was prevalent for three smash hype cycles, you don't see it now because actually seeing him in action has enlightened the non believers.
He's pretty lame even now imo, but that's fine. I don't hate him and it's certainly good for his fans that he's now in. But it ain't even just a Rool thing, a LOT of Smash characters I have little care for (neutral or apathetic towards). Sometimes it remains like that (like I'm probably never going to care much about Daisy or Zelda, but I've developed a liking for Marth, ZSS, and Corrin over time).

I think it's cool if people want to voice their dislike or hate or apathy for a character as long as it's done in an appropriate way. But it's also video games. They're not serious enough to be getting as worked up about them as humans do imo.
 

r_n

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Oct 25, 2017
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Alright look I was wrong last week, the week before, the week before that one, the week before the week before the week before that one and the week before that

but

this time?

Punch out
 

ShinobiBk

One Winged Slayer
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Dec 28, 2017
10,121
More Mega Man X music please
Storm Eagle and Sigma Stage 1 from MMX1
Someone else can post I'm at work

As far as the music for today, I vote Metroid or Zelda
 
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