Why do so many members here mention Elma as an example of person of color? When people say person of color they mean actual human beings, not some magical blue skinned purple eyed alien who thinks she's black on the inside like some sort of anime Rachel Dolezal.
It's like a worse Psylocke from X-Men. I know we want representation but honestly she doesn't come of as the best example because that part of her history will always tail her. If you want her that's fine but don't say it's to increase race diversity.
This, though I did also mention that her case was debatable within the context of XBX's story. But considering that (if my memory serves me correct) everyone has true forms like that, I'll take what I can get.
We continue to raise the concern. Even outside of Era, more people are starting to realize the lack of women in Smash, especially in Ultimate's DLC. You could argue that there aren't that many people of color to choose from, but that's definitely not the case regarding potential primarily-female characters.
You say that as though Nintendo's trying to bury Skyward Sword, which I'm not sure is the case.
Why do so many members here mention Elma as an example of person of color? When people say person of color they mean actual human beings, not some magical blue skinned purple eyed alien who thinks she's black on the inside like some sort of anime Rachel Dolezal.
It's like a worse Psylocke from X-Men. I know we want representation but honestly she doesn't come of as the best example because that part of her history will always tail her. If you want her that's fine but don't say it's to increase race diversity.
Wait, so does that mean that Allen Strange fro Nickolodeon's Journey of Allen Strange doesn't count as a black character?Why do so many members here mention Elma as an example of person of color? When people say person of color they mean actual human beings, not some magical blue skinned purple eyed alien who thinks she's black on the inside like some sort of anime Rachel Dolezal.
It's like a worse Psylocke from X-Men. I know we want representation but honestly she doesn't come of as the best example because that part of her history will always tail her. If you want her that's fine but don't say it's to increase race diversity.
She's actually whiter than white. She's blue there cuz of lighting. https://external-preview.redd.it/Wq...bp&s=f2a92d1b78963df1177fd57207674b84e98fc3d3Why do so many members here mention Elma as an example of person of color? When people say person of color they mean actual human beings, not some magical blue skinned purple eyed alien who thinks she's black on the inside like some sort of anime Rachel Dolezal.
It's like a worse Psylocke from X-Men. I know we want representation but honestly she doesn't come of as the best example because that part of her history will always tail her. If you want her that's fine but don't say it's to increase race diversity.
You can be anything you want in X, including unnatural skin colors
To be fair to Spring Man, he isn't that hated. But either way, Sakurai's poster child first mentality would probably have him prioritize Spring Man before Twintelle or anyone else, which is honestly part of problem & why the roster got to this point with regards to its lack of women & people of color (again, mostly the industry's fault, but Sakurai has been a bit too rigid about said logic). Good call on Octoling & Morrigan, though the latter would need a few design modifications to fit the E10+ rating (though it's nothing Sakurai couldn't pull off, as shown by Bayonetta & Female Corrin). As for Zelda, we did bring up Skyward Sword Impa & even Midna a few times in this thread.She's actually whiter than white. She's blue there cuz of lighting. https://external-preview.redd.it/Wq...bp&s=f2a92d1b78963df1177fd57207674b84e98fc3d3
I dunno, it feels weird when she's only pretending to be a human with darker skin.
Oddly enough, Monolith has another character that is the exact opposite: a woman of color who spends most of the game with white skin:
They could have KOS-MOS and T-elos share a character slot.
You can be anything you want in X, including unnatural skin colors
But it seems your avatar and Elma are the only ones that engage in this and everyone else choses bodies that match their real bodies. Everyone else is human. Elma does it to fit in and avoid panic, and there are theories thatyour avatar doesn't have a real body and was created by the force behind the planet to interact with the humans.
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I don't feel Urbosa is a good pick. The Champions are such disappointments compared to characters from previous games. Comparing them to Midna and Impa is a bit off because Midna is the deuteragonist of Twilight Princess and Impa is a recurring character similar to Link and Zelda, with far more importance in multiple games than the Champions, whereas the Champions barely appear in BotW and don't make much of an impact. Hell, Nabooru had more of a role in OoT, and Twinrova has also made multiple appearances. Impa would make the most sense as another Zelda pick; personally I'd prefer Impa replace Sheik since Sheik is locked to OoT and it's so weird having non-OoT Zeldas turn into Sheik.
Toon Zelda with a full Phantom moveset would be great.
Octoling would make a good Inkling echo, and the default should be dark skinned and female like default Agent 8.
If they added an ARMS character I'd imagine they'd pick Twintelle because nobody wants Spring Man.
It's a shame Code Name STEAM didn't take off because not only is it a great game, it also features a diverse cast with rare actually human people of color.
You got John Henry, Tiger Lily from Peter Pan, Quequeg from Moby Dick, female Zorro, and Queen Califia of California. Though it might be weird having characters from American literature in Smash. The most interesting for Smash would probably be Abraham Lincoln or Randolph Carter, though (who wouldn't want him summoning Cthulhu for a Final Smash?)
Speaking of Abraham Lincoln, imagine if The Conduit had been popular.
If they added anyone else from Punch Out they'd probably go with Doc Louis or Mr Sandman.
Morrigan from Darkstalkers would make a great pick.
A lot of Smash fans haven't played the source material of the characters they rep.Why do so many members here mention Elma as an example of person of color? When people say person of color they mean actual human beings, not some magical blue skinned purple eyed alien who thinks she's black on the inside like some sort of anime Rachel Dolezal.
It's like a worse Psylocke from X-Men. I know we want representation but honestly she doesn't come of as the best example because that part of her history will always tail her. If you want her that's fine but don't say it's to increase race diversity.
Even then, elma wouldn't be that as playable. Ganondorf in true form isn't a poc either technically, but no one counts that.
To be fair here, people lash out against the idea that Ganondorf is a PoC too.
I'm not sure why when gerudo are clearly heavily inspired as being middle eastern, even if it's a new in lore race.
Yea, but that's why at this point there won't be any more arms stuff added period.
I mean Sakurai has spoiled closer games to release in smash.
His true form in OoT is Ganon the beast, which is the reincarnation of demise. Ganondorf is the form to take control of hyrule.
He was still a human man born to the Gerudo. He only became Ganon after he acquired the Triforce of Power.
Why do so many members here mention Elma as an example of person of color? When people say person of color they mean actual human beings, not some magical blue skinned purple eyed alien who thinks she's black on the inside like some sort of anime Rachel Dolezal.
It's like a worse Psylocke from X-Men. I know we want representation but honestly she doesn't come of as the best example because that part of her history will always tail her. If you want her that's fine but don't say it's to increase race diversity.
The worse selling 3D zelda game is Majora's Mask tho
That was the most recent link at the time, not counting albw, but that wouldn't work in mk. Kind of like how other m samus was used in smash 4 and ultimate.
It's not really crazy. Having all mostly iconic 3rd party reps for dlc just makes more sense than adding dixie or waddle dee or whoever else. 3rd parties just bring way more hype.
Wow, I don't agree with any of this.
I feel pretty confident in saying a successful new Nintendo fighting game for a new console that hits more than 2mill copies sold (which is apparently more than Rex's game as well as Shulks) that also has some amount of rep in Smash already has grabbed their attention.
This is a strange conclusion to make considering at least three of the characters we've gotten so far (Hero, Joker and Terry) are from franchises and games that Sakurai have expressed adoration towards in the past and have been incredibly formative to Smash one way or another (P5's menus had a big influence on Ultimate's, a whole bunch of Smash's mechanics are taken from KoF and Fatal Fury, etc.)
I don't think it's strange at all.
No, I think you're confusing "arvg Smash fans" with "Smash fans who talk about this shit excessively online".
"Having a representative from Final Fantasy is an amazing feat! And the character that was the overwhelming favorite among the cast of Final Fantasy was Cloud. "
You don't think Ryu is a popular character that would rank high on a smash poll? IDK what your point is..
