11th August 2018, 6:38 AM
A Black Falcon Wrote:Yeah, it is interesting that they're doing so much for tournament players, after Sakurai has been so vocal for so long about not wanting to do anything of the sort... someone working there under him clearly must care a lot more about it, and convinced people to include all that stuff. I like the 'every stage has Battlefield and Final Destination versions' option though, it'll add a lot more visual variety when watching Smash tournaments. Having a meter for your super instead of the random item give people a super is probably also a positive, the advantage in reducing frustration outweighs any negative of the way someone getting one could turn around a match.
As for Stamina mode, has that existed in Smash games before? I don't remember it... I presume it's a health-bars system, more like a classic fighting game?
Yeah, they're both pretty good character additions, K.Rool particularly. It's good to see him again after so long. Simon's a good inclusion too, though I'm much less enthused by Richter. They needed someone very similar to Simon, though, so it's an understandable choice I guess.
I wonder who the last few characters will be...
I think Nintendo wants to be in a position where if the competitive scene complains the game doesn't do enough to cater to them, they can just refer back to their quotes about it not being a focus, and if it is accepted there, hey nice! Its win win for them.
Anyway, stamina was first introduced in melee, but it was in the "special modes", like with metal mode and speed mode. Even back then I was hoping the next one would "graduate" it to a full-fledged mode, and it looks like that finally happened.
Richter is an echo, that's all, and that's fine. Echoes take a lot less work to develop so I don't see it as all that bad. Chrom though, that one's more frustrating. The vast majority of Fire Emblem characters are all clones of Marth. Roy, Ike, Lucina, and now Chrom are all clones. Now here's the odd thing. Not all copies are echoes. Slightly different stats is a true "echo", but if one character has moves that another lacks, they are considered a distinct character. That's why, at this point, Ganondorf is definitly not an echo of Captain Falcon. He's differentiated the most of all the clones. I'm totally willing to accept Ganondorf as distinct, but the others, well, it's a bit of a stretch, and I for one would rather any future Fire Emblem characters be pulled from supporting cast. No more Lords.
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