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Zen Hero

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I'm playing Rondo of Blood to help pass the time and good lord I'm bad at classic style Castlevania but Richter is still bae.
My recommendation is to play patiently. Castlevania is a slow, deliberate kind of platformer. Because of the lack of air control, you can't just rush into situations and jump around willy nilly. Learn your enemies' patterns, then wait for safe situations to attack.
 

Prophet Five

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My recommendation is to play patiently. Castlevania is a slow, deliberate kind of platformer. Because of the lack of air control, you can't just rush into situations and jump around willy nilly. Learn your enemies' patterns, then wait for safe situations to attack.
You could do what I do and play as Maria, lol.

I don't mind being terrible at it. I'm having fun. And Maria is for the second playthrough!
 

MondoMega

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Oh hey, they pushed the day one patch early? I was hoping they would do that, so I can jump in straight away at midnight.
 

jrDev

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Beautiful! Man, the content in this game is MASSIVE!

Also, over/under chance of new DLC character revealed at the game awards?
 

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Amazon continues to say it'll be delivered on Friday, not like how they delivered my Switch with Zelda by 8 the day before launch day... So I switched to digital, I'll give the physical preorder to my sibling for Christmas. 49ish hours remain...
 

Neoxon

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Beautiful! Man, the content in this game is MASSIVE!

Also, over/under chance of new DLC character revealed at the game awards?
Definitely under. Not only were the Fighters Pass characters finalized only weeks ago, but we don't even have a finalized release date for Piranha Plant. If we get anything Smash-related at The Game Awards, it'll likely be said PP release date, & I'm honestly not expecting that until the January Direct.

Basically, I feel like we shouldn't be surprised if we don't hear anything else about the Fighters Pass until the Spring 2019 Direct. Sakurai & Co. are likely gonna want to space things out, with Piranha Plant tiding us over until the Fighters Pass characters start rolling out over the course of the next year or so.
 

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To be fair, Mewtwo was announced with only a model, and one can comfortably make a model in about 2 weeks time, supposing a 5 day a week, 8 hours a day work schedule. They could do a special launch trailer with an "X character is on the way" tease at the end.
 

Neoxon

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To be fair, Mewtwo was announced with only a model, and one can comfortably make a model in about 2 weeks time, supposing a 5 day a week, 8 hours a day work schedule. They could do a special launch trailer with an "X character is on the way" tease at the end.
It just seems to be too soon, especially when we don't have a release date for Piranha Plant.
 

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It just seems to be too soon, especially when we don't have a release date for Piranha Plant.
Yeah that's fair. I'm just spitballin' really. It seems weird to be like "oh hey guys we got something cool for you relating to Smash" and it's something we'll be finding out about in 4 hours' time supposing it's an in-game reveal. I dunno!
 

Metto

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Found that pre-Melee thing I mentioned earlier. Roy was the character I was thinking of that was a big question mark.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/633202-super-smash-bros-for-wii-u/64873159
Man it's crazy how much this lines up with the hype cycles for other games especially Ultimate.

The whole part with the nightmare roster just rings so many shades of Box Theory. Then people being down when we see the roster but then being excited for other features. Crazy the similarities between Melee and Ultimate near the end there
 

Zippo

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Has anyone's Amazon copies shipped yet?

Mine is supposed to ship tommorrow, apparently.
 

Balbanes

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Although I've been playing this series since the 64, I'd like to finally learn how to play it properly. I'm looking at picking Lucas as my main character. Any advice about approaching learning the fundamentals? Maybe some videos, or particular mechanics or modes I should focus on first?
 
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Also I appreciate y'all kind words about Official Thread! I wouldn't have done it without the team! (Yes, I finally caught up with the thread! >.>)
 

Strat

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Is this game not worth it if I don't have any local friends to play with?
For what it's worth, I've probably spent 90% of my Smash time over the decades playing alone. So, no. I haven't had local friends who play Smash since high school playing Melee and I still spend hundreds of hours with each game. Smash is fun no matter how you play it.
Also I appreciate y'all kind words about Official Thread! I wouldn't have done it without the team! (Yes, I finally caught up with the thread! >.>)
We can always rely on Heath! Great work, man.
 

RockmanBN

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Man been on WoL all day. It's becoming a grind. Cheesed a lot of stuff using a spirit which has super armor until higher percent for over 90% of the battles. No cutscenes yet.
 

DarkSora

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Anybody have any updates from their best buy order? Mine still hasn't shipped out. :(
 

r_n

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Yeah that's fair. I'm just spitballin' really. It seems weird to be like "oh hey guys we got something cool for you relating to Smash" and it's something we'll be finding out about in 4 hours' time supposing it's an in-game reveal. I dunno!
did they actuall say it would be related to smash because if the clip of Reggie & Geoff is what's being considered I am pretyt sure all Reggie hinted at was showing something to "make up" for releasing Smash Bros on the 7th

Which, like

Could be anything? Metroid Prime 4? Metroid Prime Trilogy? Donkey Kong: Cranky's Revenge? Anything else?
 

RockmanBN

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Like I get they're modeling them after a character's likeness, but after doing over 200 it starts feeling the same imo. It sucks that there are no descriptions for characters other than name and game series. So many niche characters I don't know what they are other than how the spirit battle is designed. Better off googling their names.
 

MondoMega

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So, since they released one of the two lost Kid Icarus Uprising AR Cards as part of the countdown today...

are they going to release the final card, Medusa (Rare), when Medusa is revealed as DLC?

Also, since I don't think this was posted here yet, here's the English version of the card.
 
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r_n

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Hey out of curiosity

Who owns the smash original characters. Like the ones Brawl-onwards. Are they all joint HAL/Nintendo characters? Pure HAL? Could they suddenly pull on Tabuu and put him in a Kirby. Box Boy 4: This Time There's Primids. UFO Catcher 2 featuring Galeem
 

Berordn

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Hey out of curiosity

Who owns the smash original characters. Like the ones Brawl-onwards. Are they all joint HAL/Nintendo characters? Pure HAL? Could they suddenly pull on Tabuu and put him in a Kirby. Box Boy 4: This Time There's Primids. UFO Catcher 2 featuring Galeem
Joint Nintendo/HAL if I recall correctly. Similar situation to Kirby, who already had Master and Crazy hand pop up in his own games.
 

Neoxon

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So the only playable franchises left with Twitter accounts are Splatoon, Mega Man, & Street Fighter. I wonder if Capcom will kill 2 birds with one stone.
 

r_n

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So the only playable franchises left with Twitter accounts are Splatoon, Mega Man, & Street Fighter. I wonder if Capcom will kill 2 birds with one stone.
I'm surprised the Pocket Camp twitter didn't have its own tweet (it just retweeted the main account's tweet) and maybe even a promotion. Likewise I'm surprised Heroes didn't have Smash Banners lined up even if they'd be pretty red.
 

Neiteio

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So for us superior digital download folks, does this unlock at midnight (Thursday going on Friday)?
 

Brawlz

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So, since they released one of the two lost Kid Icarus Uprising AR Cards as part of the countdown today...

are they going to release the final card, Medusa (Rare), when Medusa is revealed as DLC?

Also, since I don't think this was posted here yet, here's the English version of the card.

I know your theory is stretching, but, I could literally not be happier if that came to fruition.
 

MondoMega

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So for us superior digital download folks, does this unlock at midnight (Thursday going on Friday)?
Yeah, the game will be available at 12:00 am ET for US folks.

Though, the superior Oceania and Japanese clans will already have the game at around 6:00 pm Thursday in your timezone. MUHAHAHAHA
 
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