Same, I guess Sakurai wanted to honor Etika's memory. Rest in peace, man.I just want to give a shoutout to Etika.
Min Min, Minecraft, and now Pyra and Mythra are in Smash. His reactions would have been legendary. Rest in peace.
I. . .well probably. . .just let me have this! 😭How do you perfect ACE+? I'm serious, I'm genuinely concerned about inferior remixes if they're not the ones doing the remixing.
The niche was xenoblade 2 representative and they filled it perfectly lol
That would be pretty sweet.I feel like the most iconic new Nintendo characters missing now are Pearl and Marina. With Pyra and Mythra being a new take on the Zelda/Sheik stance change, Pearl and Marina could be a new take on the Ice Climbers duo concept, perhaps with the twist of changing which character is at the front, which would alter how their teamup tactics play out.
Please ignore those misoginyst comments, they have never play the game and they think those characters are sexual dolls becouse of the looks. They are the worse kind of misginyst ppl like a white knight in disguise.
Yeah this is horrible.
I thought at the very least they'd make one of the avatar characters (squid kid or villager) could have easily been an easy default form... but it really doesn't help that Nintendo's lacking representation in this area in general.
I have no doubt Nintendo will...but it just won't feel fast enough.
Gotta say, this reads like you're using someone's personal offense as a springboard for your own petty crusade as a man against people who hate sexist outfit design. Not cool.Please ignore those misoginyst comments, they have never play the game and they think those characters are sexual dolls becouse of the looks. They are the worse kind of misginyst ppl like a white knight in disguise.
Sure, Nintendo and the gaming industry in general has a LOT of work to do when it comes to better representation in their games, and I do think that implying Sakurai is racist or has any malice on his part is a step too far when it comes to these discussions. If anything, he's just the product of Japanese society which is obviously much less diverse culturally and racially than places like the US, so at most he just doesn't care or isn't aware of the importance of those subjects. This point shouldn't even matter because this isn't the 90's anymore and Nintendo clearly positions itself as a global brand rather than something niche and Japan-focused, so this shouldn't be an excuse.
But there are viable choices, and the Smash community giving a bunch of excuses everytime the discussion comes up honestly rubs me in the wrong way. If you suggested Claude as the Three Houses character, in a minute someone would reply, "b-b-b-but Byleth better represents Three Houses as a game, since he's a playable avatar in all of the routes, while Claude only represents one!". Now tell me, in what world should that matter more than Claude being a PoC rep and representing Arabic people, that at best currently are being represented by a caricature of their culture that is literally The King of Evil? While Byleth is the eighth light-skinned Fire Emblem lord in the game.
And that is just one example, but you will find something similar with countless PoC characters. Twintelle shouldn't get in because she "poorly represents the core concept of ARMS, since her ARMS are actually her hair". Elma can't get in because her game sold poorly. Marina can't get in because she isn't more important than Pearl and it would make no sense to include one but not the other.
See where I'm coming from? It's like some people in the community are averse of the concept of dumb fan rules like "spirits can't be upgraded" or "no two characters from the same third party series", yet they create a bunch of their own reasons and "rules" on why PoC characters shouldn't be in Smash. Funny how that works, huh?
No one is asking to cut Mario and Link from the roster to add Unnamed Black NPC from random game, we're asking for some character choices (at least more than zero in the case of black characters) that happen because of some interest in the ideaof representation and diversity, not because it's the thing that make the most sense. Break the fucking mold, Sakurai is already doing it with Min-Min instead of Spring Man and Pyra/Mythra instead of Rex.
I think Octoling would be the next Splatoon rep, with dark skin by default. Inkling only really reps Splatoon 1 weapons and you could make a completely new character using Splatoon 2 weapons.I feel like the most iconic new Nintendo characters missing now are Pearl and Marina. With Pyra and Mythra being a new take on the Zelda/Sheik stance change, Pearl and Marina could be a new take on the Ice Climbers duo concept, perhaps with the twist of changing which character is at the front, which would alter how their teamup tactics play out.
Please ignore those misoginyst comments, they have never play the game and they think those characters are sexual dolls becouse of the looks. They are the worse kind of misginyst ppl like a white knight in disguise.
Sounds like you haven't had to deal with real misogynists before. People are well within their right to criticize the character designs themselves. The body shaming/boob comments can fuck right off though.Please ignore those misoginyst comments, they have never play the game and they think those characters are sexual dolls becouse of the looks. They are the worse kind of misginyst ppl like a white knight in disguise.
This is so ridiculous. People who have a problem with the designs aren't the "actual misogynists" or however you are trying to spin this.Please ignore those misoginyst comments, they have never play the game and they think those characters are sexual dolls becouse of the looks. They are the worse kind of misginyst ppl like a white knight in disguise.
Yea was gonna say something like this. Them using someone that was actually bodyshamed irl, to try to attack other people is not good.Gotta say, this reads like you're using someone's personal offense as a springboard for your own petty crusade as a man against people who hate sexist outfit design. Not cool.
Your thoughts, particularly the bolded, speak volumes to how you view representation, not others. *Most* people who want black characters aren't interested in just "checking a list". They want cool and positive representation of black people in games.
Black folks have wanted a black character in Smash bros for years. At least over a decade. Requests have been around since Brawl discussions and have only gotten louder in recent years. An when the opportunity of a popular and cool black character was missed, folks were met with "oh we already have a minority character."
And that feels like a fucking checklist. "The minority box was checked, so stop complaining, black people."
Look, I don't have any issue with Min Min, as a character or as minority representation, and if people feel they are represented through her, I think that's great. However, I have never seen such discussion of her ethnicity as representation until Twintelle appeared to be a viable choice as a fighter. People were suddenly talking about her Chinese background when others expressed any sort of disappointment about the most likely chance of having a black character in Smash being lost. The discussion felt like a cudgel to shut black people up. And that's not what representation in media is about. It's not about cancelling one minority group out with another. It ain't a minority checklist. It's about listening to groups when they speak up.
Black and brown Smash players have been speaking up for years. They haven't been heard.
Yep.First thing I thought when seeing the reveal was man people are gonna be salty. And salty they are. I'm finally glad we are getting Xenoblade 2 rep in smash, and I know Sakurai is too after his comments around the games release.
Please ignore those misoginyst comments, they have never play the game and they think those characters are sexual dolls becouse of the looks. They are the worse kind of misginyst ppl like a white knight in disguise.
Well if that isn't good old fashioned gaslightingPlease ignore those misoginyst comments, they have never play the game and they think those characters are sexual dolls becouse of the looks. They are the worse kind of misginyst ppl like a white knight in disguise.
The classic take an optional three minute comedy scene out of context and use it as a misrepresentation of a 100 hour game!
What does that have to do with their designs though?The classic take an optional three minute comedy scene out of context and use it as a misrepresentation of a 100 hour game!
The classic take an optional three minute comedy scene out of context and use it as a misrepresentation of a 100 hour game!
Im ready to fight you losers over their amiibo in the coming months omg
The trailer is incredible btw, just perfect.
Please, don't pretend cheesecakey fanservice isn't peppered throughout.
It's very embarrassing seeing these type of threads, especially the breast size comments. I used to have a similar size to Pyra's and these type of arguments on the internet about how ridiculous is to have them big and it's unrealistic and stuff like that made me get very uncomfortable with my body to the point I almost killed myself a few years ago
Hope things are going better for you. Some people here can be really judgmental over body shape, and these kind of threads seem to attract it. Small? "Child" Large? "Porn actress." It's pretty fucking gross.
This really isn't true. Japan isn't some backwater isolated from all outside media. And even if they were they have a fairly robust Nigerian migrant population. Shit, they had BLM protests over issues in their own country with how they tteat black folks. Stop acting like Japan is some island filled with ignorant Pollyannas.
Lmao
Gotta say, this reads like you're using someone's personal offense as a springboard for your own petty crusade as a man against people who hate sexist outfit design. Not cool.
Why are these XC2 threads always filled with people who don't like XC2? I will never understand the masochism.