15th July 2014, 11:02 PM
Yeah, that announcement was great! It's fantastic to FINALLY see a Fire Emblem character who isn't yet another hero swordfighter. Yeah, Robin does have a sword too, but also magic, and I've wanted a FE mage character in SSB ever since I started playing FE games. Also it's great to see a few more female characters (or options, for Robin); there was this rumor that the only characters remaining to be announced were Shulk, the Chorus Men, andf Chrom, but this reveal thoroughly debunks that -- it's Robin and Lucina, instead of Chrom. Well, he does appear in Lucina's final smash apparently, but that's it. Lucina's just a Marth clone of course, though, and I've never really played as Marth or Roy much so I doubt I'd like her either, but sure, she's nice to have... even if it really should have been Lyn. Lyn of course can't just be a clone though, so that'd require a lot more work... ah well.
Anyway, three nice inclusions in the cast. Yes, it's great to see Captain Falcon back again. I wonder if Nintendo will ever remember that he comes from a series of really good games, too? Probably not; they seem to have completely given up on all racing games that aren't kart racers. The SSB WiiU/3DS character roster's pretty good, and I wonder how many characters there will be total; they haven't announced Ganondorf yet, I hope he returns. As for third-party characters, apparently Rayman is in as a trophy. He'd have made a nice character, but after the Rayman Legends thing Nintendo probably wasn't exactly putting him on the list... we'll see if there are any more. Simon Belmont might be a nice choice too, but I don't know, Konami and Nintendo probably aren't as close as they once were, what with Konami making many fewer games than they used to and almost nothing for Nintendo recently apart from some 3DS stuff... and Simon would need a new design, too. I doubt it would happen (even though it'd be a fine choice, really), but hopefully they could come up with a good 3d model for him based on his classic designs...
On the note of racing games though, and yes I know this is another topic and probably should be its own thread (oh well...), Nintendo abandoning all non-kart racers, as they seem to have done in the past few years, is one of the saddest things about this generation. Ever since the SNES Nintendo has always published some of the best racing games around, but now, this gen... Mario Kart only. Last gen it was just Mario Kart and three Excite games (Truck, Bots, World Rally), along with the one Art Style line racing game on the Wii that wasn't that great, and as fun as those Excite games were, and they were a lot of fun, they weren't quite on the level of F-Zero GX, Wave Race Blue Storm, or 1080 Avalanche on the Gamecube (though I would put any of them above Kirby's Air Ride... but that game always has disappointed me of course). It would be very sad if Nintendo gave up on the racing game genre outside of Mario Kart and maybe a rumored Diddy Kong Racing revival; that's the same basic thing of course, still a kart racer. Yeah, kart racers are a lot of fun, but so were all the other kinds of racing games Nintendo made! I know Mario Kart is a huge seller now, but more variety is good, just because that game is huge doesn't mean you should abandon the rest of the genre. I hope this changes.
Anyway, three nice inclusions in the cast. Yes, it's great to see Captain Falcon back again. I wonder if Nintendo will ever remember that he comes from a series of really good games, too? Probably not; they seem to have completely given up on all racing games that aren't kart racers. The SSB WiiU/3DS character roster's pretty good, and I wonder how many characters there will be total; they haven't announced Ganondorf yet, I hope he returns. As for third-party characters, apparently Rayman is in as a trophy. He'd have made a nice character, but after the Rayman Legends thing Nintendo probably wasn't exactly putting him on the list... we'll see if there are any more. Simon Belmont might be a nice choice too, but I don't know, Konami and Nintendo probably aren't as close as they once were, what with Konami making many fewer games than they used to and almost nothing for Nintendo recently apart from some 3DS stuff... and Simon would need a new design, too. I doubt it would happen (even though it'd be a fine choice, really), but hopefully they could come up with a good 3d model for him based on his classic designs...
On the note of racing games though, and yes I know this is another topic and probably should be its own thread (oh well...), Nintendo abandoning all non-kart racers, as they seem to have done in the past few years, is one of the saddest things about this generation. Ever since the SNES Nintendo has always published some of the best racing games around, but now, this gen... Mario Kart only. Last gen it was just Mario Kart and three Excite games (Truck, Bots, World Rally), along with the one Art Style line racing game on the Wii that wasn't that great, and as fun as those Excite games were, and they were a lot of fun, they weren't quite on the level of F-Zero GX, Wave Race Blue Storm, or 1080 Avalanche on the Gamecube (though I would put any of them above Kirby's Air Ride... but that game always has disappointed me of course). It would be very sad if Nintendo gave up on the racing game genre outside of Mario Kart and maybe a rumored Diddy Kong Racing revival; that's the same basic thing of course, still a kart racer. Yeah, kart racers are a lot of fun, but so were all the other kinds of racing games Nintendo made! I know Mario Kart is a huge seller now, but more variety is good, just because that game is huge doesn't mean you should abandon the rest of the genre. I hope this changes.