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

Who was the most boring DLC newcomer to Smash Ultimate?

  • Hero

    Votes: 105 5.0%

  • Byleth

    Votes: 1,093 52.5%

  • Min Min

    Votes: 123 5.9%

  • Steve

    Votes: 225 10.8%

  • Pyra

    Votes: 151 7.3%

  • Kazuya

    Votes: 306 14.7%

  • Other (please specify)

    Votes: 79 3.8%
  • Total voters
    2,082
Crashman

Crashman

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Oct 27, 2017
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I guess I'm judging this on how boring they are to play for me, but that's Joker. I really like a lot of how the DLC characters play, notably Terry, Byleth, Sephiroth, Piranha Plant, and Pyra/Mythra. Hero's pretty fun, though I haven't given him much of a chance. Minmin didn't click for me quite right, but she's still rather unique. Steve's the one I play the least, but I wouldn't call him boring. Banjo and Joker are kind of standard, but I'd rank Banjo as less boring between the two.
 
Roliq

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Renna Hazel said:
They should check out that Jump Force game. I hear he's in it.
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Funnily enough Jump Force also has similar problem with overrepresentation since they keep adding characters from Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto and Bleach that have no reason to be in a crossover that is meant to be an anniversary game
 
Crayolan

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Sephiroth. We already had an FF character. And what's worse if they're going to add another FF character they could at least make it one from a different game, but nope more FF7 worship. Smash DLC in general has not been my sorta thing but that's the one I tuned out the fastest.
 
HououinKyouma

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They should have went all out and replaced the older Fire Emblem characters with Edelgard, Dimitri, and Claude.
 
Renna Hazel

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Roliq said:
Funnily enough Jump Force also has similar problem with overrepresentation since they keep adding characters from Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto and Bleach that have no reason to be in a crossover that is meant to be an anniversary game
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I'm totally ignorant on this topic but I thought those were the only IP in the game?
 

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Min Min, i guess, i don't enjoy her gameplay at all
Balfour said:
3 dlc fire emblem characters? I see

Man ya'll really hate Byleth. Can't wait for Byleth 2 to happen
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Byleth... 2!
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Baladium

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Neoxon said:
Tekken was one of the last big Japanese gaming IPs without a playable character (Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, & Dark Souls remain), with Kazuya being the series' most recurring (& original) protagonist. His inclusion makes complete sense.
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I'm not saying Kazuya's inclusion doesn't make sense but he's boring af. Klonoa would've been a much more interesting choice as a fighter but Bamco remains stubborn and refuses to give the IP another chance after so many other platformer mascots have seen successful revivals over the past several years.
The_Strokes said:
probably didn't even had a chance as an assist trophy. Maybe a mii costume.
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This is the consolation prize I'm hoping for now. Just give my boi any kind of representation in Smash. Please.
 
Scrappy-Fan92

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Renna Hazel said:
I'm totally ignorant on this topic but I thought those were the only IP in the game?
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Jump Force had about a dozen or more IPs represented in its launch roster of playable characters. Wikipedia says 40 characters spread out across 16 series at launch (though one of those series is Naruto's successor, so I guess we've got a Mario/Donkey Kong situation going on).
 
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Neoxon

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Baladium said:
I'm not saying Kazuya's inclusion doesn't make sense but he's boring af. Klonoa would've been a much more interesting choice as a fighter but Bamco remains stubborn and refuses to give the IP another chance after so many other platformer mascots have seen successful revivals over the past several years.
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But it's not really Smash's place to help foster such a revival. In fact, the "Smash Effect" that most speak of doesn't exist. Even with Smash, Fire Emblem was on the brink of death before Awakening. Likewise, Smash didn't help DQXIS's sales in the West much (if at all).
 
Weiss

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Baladium said:
I'm not saying Kazuya's inclusion doesn't make sense but he's boring af. Klonoa would've been a much more interesting choice as a fighter but Bamco remains stubborn and refuses to give the IP another chance after so many other platformer mascots have seen successful revivals over the past several years.

This is the consolation prize I'm hoping for now. Just give my boi any kind of representation in Smash. Please.
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I mean, regarding Klonoa's complete lack of success its entire life, it was given a remarkable amount of love from Bamco.

Multiple spinoffs, a full remake of the first game, a webcomic that only got cut short with the rest of ShiftyLook and a planned movie. There was some serious adoration for the series, and hell, Klonoa Encore's gonna happen eventually.
 

PinballRJ

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Hero doesn't even have a name, that's like adding pokemon trainer... Oh wait

Should have just added a slime, would have been more interesting gameplay wise
 
Neoxon

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PinballRJ said:
Hero doesn't even have a name, that's like adding pokemon trainer... Oh wait

Should have just added a slime, would have been more interesting gameplay wise
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If I recall correctly, Slime was actually Sakurai's Plan B if Square Enix said no to Hero. But even then, Hero is plenty unique mechanically.
 
Renna Hazel

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QuigleyMcShine said:
Honestly the game has more than enough characters for me but I would've appreciated some new stages, even from franchises that weren't represented with characters.

If I had to choose a character I'd think Phoenix Wright is the first that comes to mind. I also wanted Rayman for a while.
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Well each character comes with a stage. Are those not working out for you either?
 
CielTynave

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Hero by far, followed by Kazuya and Terry. For Hero it's because I find Dragon Quest to be so dull that even remembering it exists makes me bored, and for the latter 2 I just don't find adding a fighting game character to another fighting game very interesting.
 
GamerJM

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It's Byleth, and I love both FE characters in Smash and Three Houses. Byleth is just not very interesting in any way. They could have gone with Edelgard or Claude.

Hero is my favorite newcomer and maybe my favorite character in Ultimate outright in terms of playstyle. I didn't care much for Terry or Kazuya but I get it for those that do. I would have popped off if Nightmare or Sol Badguy made it in.
 
Dinjoralo

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Hero was hype as hell, for me.

My answer for worst is Byleth. I knew right away that was gonna be the winner by a mile in this poll. Like, we have enough Fire Emblem characters, and we have more than enough Fire Emblem protagonists.
 
Chumunga64

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I'm judging anyone who voted steven cause even if you don't like minecraft (like me) the way he plays is crazy and it incorporates minecraft gameplay like I never would have thought
 
BassForever

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It's plant, funny for a meme but neither a fun character to play as and a complete waste of development time.
 

TwoPikachus

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Weiss said:
I am resentful of the fact that Sony's IP farm is so dank ass it has to rely on nothingburgers like that.



I know this is going to be hard for you to cope with because it was hard for me, but "lmao you're young" isn't the go-to burn you're hoping it is when talking about a children's video game like Smash Bros.
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I'm not trying to burn anyone. It's legitimately surprising to me how important that character is to the younger generations such that they will double down on the ageist slurring. I don't care who you are, don't call people geriatric because they didn't grow up with the same things you did.
 

QuigleyMcShine

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Renna Hazel said:
Well each character comes with a stage. Are those not working out for you either?
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Don't know because I haven't been compelled to buy the second pass yet. The stages in the first fighter's pass were okay.

Just saying I run out of stages I want to play before I run out of characters I want to play in a session. Who are you hoping is the final dlc character?
 
Dremorak

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Byleth is my main source maybe I'm biased, but they are fun as all hell IMO.
I've had lots of different secondaries along the way, but ever since they came out I've been on that Byleth train
 
Zuko

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Objectively Byleth. Still a good addition but a character from a franchise that already has a lot of representation, the trailer was just strangely long, and the character in general just isn't very interesting.
 
Hailinel

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Zuko said:
Objectively Byleth. Still a good addition but a character from a franchise that already has a lot of representation, the trailer was just strangely long, and the character in general just isn't very interesting.
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Objectively does not mean what you think it means.
 
Vidiot

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Byleth by far. Honestly though I haven't found any of the picks in either pack to be very hype. There's some I kinda like but none that had that holy shit factor like Sonic or Megaman. I've been pretty meh on most of them.
 
Weiss

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TwoPikachus said:
I'm not trying to burn anyone. It's legitimately surprising to me how important that character is to the younger generations such that they will double down on the ageist slurring. I don't care who you are, don't call people geriatric because they didn't grow up with the same things you did.
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Geriatric Millennial is as much as a slur as zoomer is in that they are both tongue in cheek dismissals of an age group.

It's a funny way to say someone is pushing 40.
 
Renna Hazel

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QuigleyMcShine said:
Don't know because I haven't been compelled to buy the second pass yet. The stages in the first fighter's pass were okay.

Just saying I run out of stages I want to play before I run out of characters I want to play in a session. Who are you hoping is the final dlc character?
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I'm with you on the stages. Probably my biggest issue with Ultimate was the lack of new stages.

As for the final fighter, I'm personally hoping for Ryu Hayabusa, but there are a lot of characters I'd be cool with. I'd take Rayman, Crash, Dixie Kong, Master Chief, Scorpion (if he comes with the MK movie theme), and plenty of others. Like you said, there are so many characters to play that I'm pretty content there.

I would really like a few more large stages like Hyrule Temple. I hope whoever the last fighter is comes with a big stage that's fun for 4 player matches.
 
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