Who was the most boring DLC character added to Smash Ultimate?

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Please note that I did not include Piranha Plant since he was a pre-order bonus. Also, I didn't include Joker, Banjo, Terry, or Sephiroth since they seemed to get hyped reactions.

Also, I realize there's one more fighter to go. But that will be the cube from Intelligent Qube. 100% guaranteed. Take it to the bank.

My vote goes to Byleth. This was more or less my reaction:



What say you?

 

[Benzychenz]

Terry was lamer than all of your poll options other than Kazuya.

But anyway, Kazuya.

Anyone that votes for Hero gets massive side eye from me.

 

[Musubi]

Hero. I dunno I just don't like him.

 

[Belthazar90]

Byleth, definitely. It barely generated any reaction online, it was vastly ignored (which is very hard to happen for anything related to Smash).

Also, why is Hero in this poll? He's anything BUT boring, his playstyle even sparked major controversies on the competitive scene due to the randomness.

 

[NeonZ]

I like Fire Emblem, but Byleth's moveset was pretty uninspired. Obviously it was better than if Byleth was stuck with just sword strikes, but it was still pretty generic. Even the long range gimmick wasn't that much of an addition considering the Castlevania duo.

 

[ReasonableAdult]

Byleth

The concept would have been so much better with a Monster Hunter rep

 

[RockmanBN]

The one I like the least

 

[steviestar3]

Poor Byleth

 

[Uncle Sensei]

Byleth or hero for sure

 

[MinerArcaniner]

Byleth is the stock FE protagonist addition like Corrin, but Corrin is a water dragon with a chainsaw sword that can turn his/her limbs into spikes. Byleth is just...Byleth.

Everyone else on that poll was exciting whether I played the games they were in or not.

 

[Weebos]

Kazuya and Terry for me. There were already too many third parties and they're throwing in these boring ass punch boys.

 

[Peleo]

It has to be Byleth. As a character, they add very little to the game. Franchise is already well-represented, standard moveset, visually similar to the other members.

I don't see how there could be another valid answer here.

 

[Hailinel]

You're really not going to include Banjo in the poll?

Kazuya and Terry for me. There were already too many third parties and they're throwing in these boring ass punch boys.

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Kazuya isn't even released yet

 

[Shining Star]

Definitely one of the fighting game guys Terry or Kazuya.

 

[Quinton]

Banjo, Terry, Kazuya, Steve, and Min Min all do nothing for me. So I'm selfishly voting them.

 

[Fumpster]

In terms of their inclusion in the game, Byleth. In terms of how they play, probably Steve.

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

Hero does not even belong on the poll.
Hate him if you'd like but he's not boring.

I guess byleth.
Wanted to say pyra but byleth is too vanilla

 

[BK0X]

Pyra for me, I had no idea who that was.

 

[mistersensation]

Modern FE MCs are, as player ciphers, nothing characters. Byleth was the third such character, in a franchise that is already overrepresented in Smash.

Be honest OP, you knew what the result was gonna be before you posted

 

[hog]

Terry for sure. Total no one to me. Disappointed by Kazuya too but at least I know what Tekken is.

And I loved Three Houses, so Byleth was cool for me.

 

[McNum]

Banjo for me. The representative of the worst kind of platformer, the collectathon, shows up in a trailer that's basically the K. Rool trailer again.

The only fun thing about Banjo was the meme that Kazooie and Mythra would instantly hate each other on sight.

 

[Stairmaster_]

None of them, honestly. They've all been wonderful surprises and I could not be happier with how this DLC has turned out.

Byleth was maybe the most easily predicted, but they're a very fun character.

 

[MondoMega]

What a fun thread 🙄

 

[Incite]

The fighter guys and the Minecraft guy

 

[a Master Ninja]

Only very old people even knew who Terry was.

Steve LITERALLY broke Twitter. Your poll is flawed because you assume King of Fighters is more relevant than the most played game of all time.

 

[Spacejaws]

Steve or Min Min for me I think they both play really boring.

 

[Lady Bow]

Byleth was pretty bad. Somehow got a worse reveal trailer than Isabelle and a boring moveset.

 

[Launchpad]

Smash players are the worst. All DLC choices were good.

 

[Anth0ny]

easily byleth

 

[evilmonkey]

Byleth was the most boring character even in their own game.

 

[Belthazar90]

Only very old people even knew who Terry was.

Steve LITERALLY broke Twitter. Your poll is flawed because you assume King of Fighters is more relevant than the most played game of all time.

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The poll is asking for the most boring, not the less famous. Also, Terry is from Fatal Fury.

 

[Belthazar90]

Double post, sorry.

 

[Berordn]

terry might feel like an underwhelming pick, but he's at least got cool unique mechanics

byleth is just... byleth. i don't hate him or his inclusion but he's definitely the most boring addition.

 

[Skyebaron]

Pyra for me, I had no idea who that was.

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Pyra was for us Coomers and cringe enjoyers. At least shes not boring to play as.

 

[Scottoest]

The playstyle for Steve is too weird and interesting for it to be him.

 

[J_ToSaveTheDay]

It's Byleth for me as well -- not terribly interesting in their native game nor in Smash Bros.

 

[data west]

I voted Byleth, but their fighting game choices have been incredibly dull. You can't give us King or Gief?

 

[Weiss]

I mean yeah of course it's Byleth.

Fire Emblem is a tentpole Nintendo franchise and is gonna get a new character every game but it'd be nice if 5/8ths of them weren't boring blue haired sword bastards.

 

[Hu3]

Pyra, cringe as hell.

 

[mnk]

Terry and Kazuya are both equally the most boring.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

You're really not going to include Banjo in the poll?

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One of the most anticipated characters? No?

What a fun thread 🙄

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[Kinsei]

A tie between Byleth and Kazuya for me.

Byleth is pretty self explanatory and Kazuya has cemented my dislike for fighting game characters in Smash. Fighting game characters all have the same damn gimmick to the point that someone would be forgiven for thinking Ryu, Terry, and Kazuya all come from the same franchise.

 

[Unknownlight]

I've never heard of Terry before his Smash reveal, and he is by far my favorite DLC newcomer. He's so incredibly fun to play!

Byleth, easily. Boring character, boring appearance, boring moveset.

 

[Forkball]

Fire Emblem Three Houses was my GotY.

And the answer is still Byleth.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Smash players are the worst. All DLC choices were good.

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I'm actually a super casual Smash player.

 

[Neoxon]

Definitely Byleth, them being the third male-by-default FE avatar. They should've gone with Edelgard, Claude, or (bare minimum) make Female Byleth the default. The problem wasn't that Three Houses got a rep. The problem was that Sakurai chose the most boring option.

Banjo, Terry, Kazuya, Steve, and Min Min all do nothing for me. So I'm selfishly voting them.

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Min Min is at least Smash's first Chinese character, so she deserves credit there.

 

[Weiss]

A tie between Byleth and Kazuya for me.

Byleth is pretty self explanatory and Kazuya has cemented my dislike for fighting game characters in Smash. Fighting game characters all have the same damn gimmick to the point that someone would be forgiven for thinking Ryu, Terry, and Kazuya all come from the same franchise.

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I would absolutely not forgive anyone who thought Terry Bogard came from Street Fighter.

 

[HylianSeven]

I think it's a tie between Byleth and Pyra/Mythra in my book, as they're the most "boring" only because they aren't quite as exciting as the rest of the pass. I would also say a lot of people thought Terry was a boring addition, but I disagree with those.

I actually liked Byleth and Pyra/Mythra as choices, and I enjoy playing both of them. Sure, neither of them are something crazy like adding Doomguy or breaking the rule of "must have appeared on a Nintendo platform" and adding Master Chief (although I am still unclear on if the Fortnite thing is just a skin or not).

At this point, for both Kazuya's slot and the final slot, the game has so much "wtf insane?!" picks that, no matter what they add at this point it can't please everyone. Personally I think Shin Megami Tensei is the odd missing rep in the room, but I know not everyone would be excited if Demi-Fiend or Nahobino was added.

I guess Byleth is the answer by a small margin, just because Pyra/Mythra has the switching gimmick, which is neat, but I really don't think Byleth is boring to play and is very much a high risk, high reward character.

 

[Common Knowledge]

Byleth is definitely the most boring, even if I don't necessarily think they're the worst of the DLC characters.

Byleth is a double whammy of yet another FE character, and, of potential great Three Houses characters, is literally the most safe and boring to pick.

 

[Dark Ninja]

I would say Byleth but I like their gameplay it really should have been Edlegard I'm gonna assume Sakurai didn't actually get to play much of the final game when deciding. With that said it's Kazuya probably took no negotiating to get that character in, it's pretty boring in general and I play mostly fighting games. There's many other more interesting Tekken characters they could have chosen, well at least it wasn't Heihachi.