Liz

Sakurai never said 50 was the limit. He said that it would be nice to have 50 characters, but that balancing so many would be a pain in the ass. and that Brawl already had the limit of characters that could reasonably be balanced and still have unique movesets. so you're looking at a roster of around 40, and that quite possibly they'll either be modifying some characters substantially so that they don't feel like copies of each other, or just plain remove and/or replace them. pick your poison.

you should support Owain and Inigo! quite possibly my favorite support conversations in the whole game!

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oh the tragedy~!

i've seen it flash by, but i always noticed it far too late to distinguish what it was haha

he's saying that he believes that the game has reached the limit of characters that can be possibly balanced, then he said that it's not more characters what the game needs, but a change in direction (whatever that may mean) unless you want him to spell it out, it can't really be much clearer. and honestly, i sincerely doubt that Ike will be staying. on a business standpoint, they would probably select someone from a more recent game in order to promote the franchise, since the game is essentially a glorified commercial (a very fun one, but a commercial nonetheless) the franchise needs a lord that would attract new fans, and honestly it's easier to do this if their introduction to the series is through the most recent and relevant game/character rather than on a past game, from a previous game system that has already lived its life. and since i highly doubt we'll be getting any sort of new fire emblem in the near future, Chrom is the best candidate for this. As far as Fire Emblem goes, the only one guaranteed a spot is Marth, and that's only because he has seniority.

AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!

surely you understand the intense fire that is ablaze within my beating heart, which illuminates the darkest recesses of my being and reveals the hidden courage stored within! dearest friend, let us bask in the warmth of our valor, so we may be better braced for the biting cold that permeates our dark and dreary world! let us spread the flames of courage to the kind people who need the heat and warmth! for that is our duty to this world, and our people!

i would remove the pair up mechanic completely, but i would leave the dual system because i like it. but that's just me, i'm probably in the minority

you MUST do the hand gesture, while yelling "DOWN, SWORD HAND!"

It seems I've finally found...my weakness. this is fact, Owain is awesome. Heed not the dark’s eerie call, friend! Summon forth the strength inside you!

Sylveon will be flying type. i fucking called it. why? Because Sylveon, its English and Italian name, sounds like it is derived from sylph, which are invisible beings of the air. Its Japanese and French name are Ninfia and Nymphali, derived from nymphs which are essentially nature spirits in Greek folklore. Watch GameFreak prove me right! granted, it's rather unorthodox for them to make a flying type without wings, but it wouldn't be the first time they've done it. and those streamers are awfully blowy to just be decoration. i call bullshit on these rumors. mostly because they're mostly about time, and i honestly don't see the connection between X and Y and time. and we already have Dialga so it would feel like a repeat

i think the major issue with the villains in this game is that they couldn't decide who was the most major villain. i mean, we have Gangrel in the spotlight for the first ten chapters or so, then we change to Walhart for the next 10ish chapters, then Validar for the remaining. If they would have just focused on developing one villain instead of having 3 separate ones, then maybe we would have a more compelling and interesting villain. yeah, i mean, Validar is supposed to be the big bad, but considering that his presence was minimal compared to the other baddies, we neither had a good understanding of him, his nefarious plot, or the background events surrounding Grima. shame, Validar was set up to be a really awesome bad guy.

drugs

Here's a link to the interview with Sakurai where he discusses limiting the character roster of the game

if you still have the warranty, i'm sure it wouldn't be expensive to send it to nintendo to fix

actually i lied, i voted for 8 ounces because my cups are always 8 ounces.

i think he meant the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, it would make sense like that

if it makes you feel better, i haven't voted and i won't either

about 8 ounces?

that's the thing. they're not just trying to make different characters, they're trying to make all the characters balanced, so that we won't have another Metaknight. they've already said that they're not going to increase the number of characters in the roster, and are probably going to cut a few in order to make balancing easier. they'll probably be cutting all the characters who don't have a distinctive enough moveset to stand out. my suggestion is merely a way to satisfy the people who want varied characters available. it's not ideal, but it's good enough for what Super Smash Bros is supposed to be, a party game celebrating Nintendo's franchises. and if they keep the same number of characters available, i would rather have two completely unique movesets than having essentially two clones of fox with minor differences filling up character spaces. and no, there is only a Peach costume that has the same color palette as Daisy. not the same thing. and i don't see why Chrom can't replace Ike with a similar moveset. I don't think there's enough of a difference between them to say it can't happen.