Perhaps it could be similar to resummoning Pikmin, but with a longer charge? I can't imagine it gimping the character for an entire stock; that'd be lunacy on par with tripping.
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Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U Thread 10: Against the Odds, We Choose to Hype!
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Perhaps it could be similar to resummoning Pikmin, but with a longer charge? I can't imagine it gimping the character for an entire stock; that'd be lunacy on par with tripping.
It'd certainly be fitting of a "tactician."
Uncle0wnage
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I'm so hyped, with the leak not being 100% correct, there's still some mystery in who is in the game! I can't wait to play as Robin, even though being a mage/sword character kind of ruins Isaac's chances.
Professor Beef
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Capt. Falcon? Pfft. Lemme guess, Geno is getting announced next? Bwahahaha
Oh Nintendo, y u so dumm
PadWarrior
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The most badass thing from any of the trailers. Falcon deflects a sword with his fucking arm.
Yeah I was hyped for Mega Man but the few seconds of Falcon was awesome.
Guessing everyone that had 3+ last time, plus Fire Emblem, plus possibly DK, Metroid, and Kid Icarus.
Not necessarily. Issac wouldn't have the limited weapon use, and his Psychic powers would be well-suited to a zoning-heavy character.
About Robin's Tome Specials...
I'm thinking the power progression might be linear. As in, you get a tome and want to use it's power. Let's say it's Neutral B.
You get the Lightning Tome. Great! Now, your next 4 Neutral B attack will be, in order, Thunder, Arcthunder, Elthunder, Thoron. Then, as the most powerful attack of that element is expanded, Robin throws away the tome.
The next Neutral B will have Robin fetching the next tome from god knows where. Will that be in a predictable sequence, or random? I don't know! But I don't see those as charge attacks, and it'd be a nifty twist (though I admit it'd make him more unreliable in tourneys ; but hey, he IS a tactician, so plan your tactics as well!)
I'm thinking the power progression might be linear. As in, you get a tome and want to use it's power. Let's say it's Neutral B.
You get the Lightning Tome. Great! Now, your next 4 Neutral B attack will be, in order, Thunder, Arcthunder, Elthunder, Thoron. Then, as the most powerful attack of that element is expanded, Robin throws away the tome.
The next Neutral B will have Robin fetching the next tome from god knows where. Will that be in a predictable sequence, or random? I don't know! But I don't see those as charge attacks, and it'd be a nifty twist (though I admit it'd make him more unreliable in tourneys ; but hey, he IS a tactician, so plan your tactics as well!)
Finale Fireworker
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This is possible, also likely, but even this doesn't answer all our questions about about how Miis work. Because:
We know multiple Miis can be on the field at once. Multiple Mii Brawlers, for example, can be on stage. So can one of each fighter class. So this means selecting a Mii, if it's like Pokémon Trainer, would require Mii Fighter > Specific Portrait > Which Mii > Cycle for costume color. Mii's cannot be pre-selected because otherwise everyone would have to play the same Mii, so we know you must choose which Mii you want to use on the character selection screen.
This method isn't impossible, but it also means a lot of actions to select your character.
If they are individual tiles, the amount of input required to play as your Mii is reduced. Again, this doesn't mean it will be this way, but from a design perspective individual tiles might be advantageous.
The idea of expandable "ammo" for specials, tied to each stock, is both exciting and scary. :-O
Though Robin's pets aren't as adorable. I mean, look at this. Chrom couldn't hope to be anywhere near as cute.
The most badass thing from any of the trailers. Falcon deflects a sword with his fucking arm.
You'll notice his legs (and maybe arms) have steel/iron pads.
aka. Captain Falcon prep time.
Also, Mega Man vs Toon Link rivalry.
EDIT: Nope, those are just gloves. Captain Falcon is a badass.
BassForever
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Gamexplain analysis was posted just now
theprodigy
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Reppin Lucina. She looks like she's out for blood in that trailer!
I saw that before the edit!
What a goddamn baller.
The most badass thing from any of the trailers. Falcon deflects a sword with his fucking arm.
I saw that before the edit!
Didn't want to get banned. =/ I probably worry too much about that. Anyways, she looks awesome here.
Spring-Loaded
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Now that magic users are confirmed, who else might get in?
or who might see a moveset change
or who might see a moveset change
BassForever
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Jigglypuff could get a fairy move added to her move set, maybe replace roll out with a projectile move
This is literally the game that would save the industry.
JStein0222
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Gamexplain's theories are interesting. Really looking forward to more info about Robin now
Lord_Byron28
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Well he also said that Mii, Pacman and Little Mac were gonna be revealed at E3 2013 and he got that wrong. So he has some of the right info but who knows to what extent how much things change behind the scenes. Maybe Sakurai was gonna reveal Shulk but since most expected him he decided to do a different reveal. Or maybe early in development Shulk was gonna be in the roster but Sakurai decided to replace him with Robin. Who knows.
theprodigy
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hey guys you want alts
Katarina as a Robin alt
Spring-Loaded
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Somebody here brought up having Jamie Christopherson do the next F-Zero OST. Lyrics would kick in during the final lap.
Letterbomb
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Bro, there's no way that Miis are getting color swaps. The Mii you choose will serve as their "color", so to speak.
Hmm, I assumed he would get different special attacks based on the tome being used, while all his regular attacks use the sword. After too many uses, the player is forced to switch tomes and use new special attacks. Perhaps I'm wrong. The wind attack certainly looks like a neutral jab combo.
Distresssss
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It will probably default be based off of your Mii's favorite color like in every other game with a Mii.
That theme has a long history in the Fire Emblem series, being around since Fire Emblem on the Famicom. That's why it was used in a remix along with the Fire Emblem theme for the Fire Emblem Meele music. Probably the most memorable theme aside from the main one, in part thanks to Melee.
It's been used in FE1, in two variations in FE3, in FE7 and FE11 and 12 (same as in 11). Also, of course, in Meele, with that version being reused for Brawl. Mostly, I've heard it being refered to as "Together We Ride", since that was the songs name in the music player of Fire Emblem (7) on the GBA, aka the first to make it west.
I wouldn't refer to it as Robin's theme, though. They have pretty much nothing to do with each other except it being used in the trailer as background music. But that's probably due to the song's popularity.
Does anyone else think that if Lucina is indeed a clone, part of the reason Sakurai added her was just to make it up to himself that he cut Roy?
He really seems to hate cutting characters, Roy was planned to be in Brawl, and he's one of the Melee clones still has a bit of a fanbase in Smash. At this point, Sakurai could've still wanted to bring him back, but also realized he was a bit obsolete. Lucina could be his way of making amends for that to himself and maybe even to Roy fans in a way.
He really seems to hate cutting characters, Roy was planned to be in Brawl, and he's one of the Melee clones still has a bit of a fanbase in Smash. At this point, Sakurai could've still wanted to bring him back, but also realized he was a bit obsolete. Lucina could be his way of making amends for that to himself and maybe even to Roy fans in a way.
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The reason the song is playing in Robin's trailer is the same reason it plays when you recruit Marth and Roy in Melee: Let Us Ride Together is an iconic song in the franchise for character recruitment. It usually plays when you meet a newcomer.
I know most are still discussing the reveals today, which were huge, but I just realized that we haven't really seen that many new stages lately.
We're currently sitting at 18 stages for Smash 4 (17 new, 1 old).
Smash 64 - 9
Melee - 29 (26 new, 3 old)
Brawl - 41 (31 new, 10 old)
Would it be safe to say that we have at least 36 new stages in Smash 4, with at least 10 returning stages?
We're currently sitting at 18 stages for Smash 4 (17 new, 1 old).
Smash 64 - 9
Melee - 29 (26 new, 3 old)
Brawl - 41 (31 new, 10 old)
Would it be safe to say that we have at least 36 new stages in Smash 4, with at least 10 returning stages?
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I'M FINISHED!
Um exCUSE me Sakurai but CLEARLY the best choice for Smash Bros would be my fav niche character HOWEVER you are clearly INCOMPETENT and
Based off what little we know, Lucina is doing everything that I didn't want to see happen, and it was the reason why I wasn't interested in her inclusion. She is visually uninteresting, there is no real need for a girl Marth, and she may end up making Marth a worse character ovrerall. Taking away some of Marth's speed to attempt and make Lucina's cloney moveset more unique isn't appealing to me.
That begs the question what mega ridley x would look like
Though the type weaknesses aren't worth it.
Finale Fireworker
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I'm actually really surprised I didn't think of that, because you're right. New question then, will multiple people be able to play as the same Mii, do you think?
Who would win here?
Oh my god. What did Sakurai start!?
Their conflict will continue until nothing is left. Two colossal titans, their battle raging on for all eternity...
Though the type weaknesses aren't worth it.
Steel(?)/dragon with levitate doesn't sound bad.
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