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    Fighter’s Pass Vol. 2: May our hearts be our guiding light

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    4 minutes ago, Raijin95 said:

    Then explain to me why half of Fire Emblem's roster is made of Marth clones, Zelda's nearly a quarter of Link clones, Joker being a Cloud and Shiek hybrid clone, Hero being a Link and Robin clone?

    All of these swordfighters are the same. There's nothing remotely interesting about them, and that goes for any other potential candidates not in Smash yet. There isn't a single thing that the likes of Ryu Hayabsua, Dante, Sora, Sir Farfetch'd, or 2B can do that Link, Pit, Cloud, Joker, and every Fire Emblem character hasn't done before in this game.

    They're all spiky haired big irised characters that do nothing but swing their sword around. Where's the variety? Where's the uniqueness?  Where is the life in these characters? 

    It's not a "gatekeeping tactic". It's a growing ire of having to put with the same exact thing over and over again for nearly six years. But apparently people like me are the "bad guys". Guess I'll have to blare Billie Ellise from now on.

    So five things.

    1. You do realize you're saying all of this in a Fire Emblem fourm, right?

    2. In what world are Joker and Hero a "Cloud and Shiek clone" and a "Link and Robin clone" respectively? That makes zero sense. Also, Joker wields a knife. Not a sword. Two completely different types of blades.

    3. Just because a total of, what, 6 (5 if you wanna debate Roy) out of the 18 sword characters in Smash Ultimate's 83 and counting character roster means that literally anyone and everyone that wields a sword is the exact same thing as one another? Even if they bring something like Shulk's Monado arts, Cloud's Limit Breaks, Hero's vast list of magic spells, and Byleth's use of 4 different weapon types all at once? Yeah, no. Those 5 characters you mentioned all can bring something with them. Ryu Hayabusa has Ninpo, martial arts, and multiple weapons. Dante has Styles, the Devil Trigger, and multiple weapons. Sora has Keyblade forms and whole arsenal of uniqe attacks he can do with the Keyblade alone (and I say this as someone who doesn't like Kingdom Hearts). Sir Farfetched had a whole potential moveset outlined for him earlier. 2B has the Pod and the various attack programs it can use and again multiple weapons to pull from. They all have plenty of material to work with. You just lack the creativity or the will to see it.

    4. A lot of the content in Smash Ultimate is "anime"? Gee, it's almost like Smash Ultimate is a Japanese crossover fighting game made in Japan by Japanese people that pulls almost all of it's source material from Japanese gaming series. What a shocker. This is like going into an Italian food joint and complaining that the place sucks because they don't server hot dogs there. What else were you expecting?

    5. I dunno man. All of what you just said sounds a lot like "I don't like this, therefore it and anything like it is bad." to me. 

    Fighter’s Pass Vol. 2: May our hearts be our guiding light

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    5 minutes ago, Raijin95 said:

    Gee, it's almost like there's a growing number of Smash fans that are getting increasingly tired of having the same exact goddamn thing shoved down your throat over and over again. What a revolutionary concept.

    *sigh* I’ve heard this argument way too many times than I’d like, so I’m just gonna cut to the chase.

    Not every single Swordfighter that is or could be in Smash Ultimate is the same character. It’s blatantly untrue, and honestly just a gatekeeping tactic. 
     

    Fighter’s Pass Vol. 2: May our hearts be our guiding light

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    4 hours ago, Perkilator said:

    I want Sirfetch'd as the Gen VIII rep purely out of its unique swordplay (or rather, LANCEplay). Here's a Smash artist's interpretation of what that kind of moveset could be like:

    And here's a more in-depth interpretation of mine:

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    Intro: Sirfetch’d appears out of a Luxury Ball and readies itself for combat.

    Stance/Idle 1: Sirfetch’d holds its leek and leaf shield as it marches in place.

    Idle 2: Sirfetch’d slightly swings its sword backwards.

    Idle 3: Sirfetch’d smirks and slightly turns its head.


    Notable Palette Swaps: Farfetch’d, Psyduck, Swanna, Cramorant, Honchcrow, Corviknight, Galarian Farfetch’d

    Walk: Sirfetch’d marches proudly.

    Dash: Sirfetch’d charges forward, sticking out its leek.

    Damage: Sirfetch’d turns its head, with the expression of writhing in agony.

    Jump: Sirfetch’d jumps simply, raising up its leek.

    Crouch: Sirfetch’d crouches and raises its lead shield.

    Weapon of Choice: Its leek, which has seen many a countless battle for years.

    A,A,A: A swing of its leek (10%, small knockback) and a shield bash (8%).

    Forward+A: Sirfetch’d thrusts its leek straight forward (12%, OK knockback)

    Down+A: Peck; Sirfetch’d jumps forward and pecks with its beak (9%, OK knockback)

    Up+A: Sirfetch’d swings its leek in an upwards arc (12%, OK knockback)


    Air+A: Sand Attack; Sirfetch’d lets out some sand from underneath its shield (6%, small knockback)

    Air Forward+A: Peck; Sirfetch’d slightly pecks the opponent with its leek (9%, small knockback)

    Air Back + A: Steel Wing; Sirfetch’d swings its leek behind itself and turns it to steel, along with its wing (14%, OK knockback)

    Air Up+A: Sirfetch’d thrusts its leaf shield upwards (12%, OK knockback)

    Air Down+A: Slam; Sirfetch’d descends quickly and slams its leek in the ground (16%, OK knockback)


    Dash Attack: Sirfetch’d rams into the foe with its shield (14%, OK knockback)

    Edge Attack: Sirfetch’d pecks with its beak (9%, small knockback)

    Smash Moves

    Forward+A: Rock Smash; Sirfetch’d slams its beak so hard that rocks fly out of the ground (21%, medium knockback)

    Up+A: Round; Sirfetch’d sings a note very loudly, briefly stunning opponents at full charge (18%, OK knockback)

    Down+A: Brutal Swing; Sirfetch’d swings both its leek and shield in a full circle, with a purple light spinning out of it (24%, medium knockback)


    Grab: Sirfetch’d grabs the opponent with its beak.

    Pummel: Sirfetch’d bops the opponent with its shield (9%)

    Forwards+Throw: Sirfetch’d tosses the opponent out and smacks them with its shield (14%, OK knockback)

    Down+Throw: Sirfetch’d stomps on the opponent, trapping them in the ground (16%)

    Back+Throw: Sirfetch’d tosses the opponent out and smacks them with its leek (17%, OK knockback)

    Up+Throw: Sirfetch’d tosses the opponent out and stabs them with its leek (19%, medium knockback)


    Special Moves

    B : Protect; Sirfetch’d raises its shield and nullifies all attacks; however, the strength of some hits will eventually cause the shield to wither. It will repair itself with each string of attacks until it becomes unusable, which is signaled by a snap. At that point, it will take much longer to repair itself.

    B + Forwards : Meteor Assault; Sirfetch’d’s most powerful attack. At full charge, it will charge a great distance with its leek and slice through opponents (42%, far knockback). However, it will suffer recoil damage (14%) and cools down for two seconds.

    B + Up : Brave Bird; Sirfetch’d thrusts upwards at a great height (26%, medium knockback). The height is extraordinary, but at the cost of extremely slow horizontal movement. In addition, Sirfetch’d will suffer minor recoil (8%).

    B + Down : Fury Cutter; Sirfetch’d prepares its leek, and cuts in a downward arrow shape (12% once, 19% the second time; medium knockback). If Sirfetch’d is hit while preparing its slash, it will instead move swiftly and cut in a diagonal line (18%, OK knockback)


    Final Smash: Final Gambit; A blue aura sparks around Sirfetch’d, and it rams the opponent with its shield (16%). The opponent is then trapped in a cutscene where Sirfetch’d closes its eyes and puts its leek to its head. It then slashes furiously at the opponent and launches them with one last slash (48%, far knockback). The recoil it suffers after is almost equal (43%), which will leave it in danger if it’s at high damage.


    Gimmick: Sirfetch’d’s shield will slowly wither as Protect is used. It will repair itself in a few seconds if it’s mildly withered. If completely withered, the repair time is about 13 seconds (which takes it to its mildly withered state, which means a 4-second repair). In this state, Protect is rendered useless until repairs are finished. The shield’s durability is represented by a HUD mock-up gauge of the leek; the shield will start to wither when the gauge is 75% depleted.

    Taunts

    1: Sirfetch’d wiggles its unibrow, its head turned to the camera.

    2: Sirfetch’d kneels in its direction.

    1+2: Sirfetch’d raises its leek up and lets out a war cry.


    Winposes

    1: Sirfetch’d makes a poses that mirrors a cutscene from the Subspace Emissary where Link pulls out the Master Sword.

    2: Sirfetch’d concludes its Meteor Assault, and raises its leek with a gallant explosion in the background.

    3: Sirfetch’d swings its leek diagonally down twice, and raises its leek as it lets out a hurrah.


    Icon: Poké Ball

    Boxing Ring Title: The Noble Wild Duck

    Victory Music: https://youtu.be/kGPHtS1kFZ8

    Kirby Hat: Sirfetch’d’s shield.

     

    "Another Generic Anime Swordfighter. 0/10 Too much weeb"-Some Smash fan out there probably.

    If I had to guess which Sword and Shield Pokemon would make it in, my money would be either on Rillaboom or a DLC Pokemon.

    Fighter’s Pass Vol. 2: May our hearts be our guiding light

    in Super Smash Bros.

    Posted

    9 hours ago, vanguard333 said:

    They were able to do it by using the character's default form: Robin is tactician with swords and tomes, Corrin is Nohr Prince(ss) with swords and dragon form, etc. Chosen Undead has no such default form. What would you say is their default class? Knight? Warrior? Priest? Sorcerer? Deprived? How about their weapons and abilities? What would you say is the default?

    It’d probably be the Knight since that’s the class that they’re depicted in the most. As far as weapons go, I’d imagine they’d utilize multiple weapons like great swords, axes, and spear and various magic abilities like pyrokenetic spells and thunder spells. 
     

     

    5 hours ago, King Marth 64 said:

     

    Actually, it was deconfirmed that Doomguy most likely not going to appear in Fighter Pass Vol. 2 from the interview with the director from the Doom games.

     

    So wait a minute. All of those talks with Nintendo and porting every single Doom title to the Switch, and they haven’t once brought up the possibility of bringing Doomguy to Smash Ultimate? 🤨

    Tell me something good that's happening in your life!

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    Posted · Edited by Roland

    To be bluntly honest? Smash Ultimate. I know it seems silly naming a video game as a good thing that happened in your life, but this game has been a huge help for me seeing as how these past 2 years have been rough both physically and mentally. 

    But if that doesn't count, then I'll say that we were finally able to move my grandmother closer to me and my family. Which is great, because now more than ever she'll need be close to us for our help.

    Talk about IT'S BYLETH, STOP MAKING THREADS in Smash here

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    Posted · Edited by Roland
    Added a sentence.

    I know this is personal, but I need to get this off my chest and I don't really have anywhere else to say. So here it is: If someone you believed was a friend turns around and treats you as if you just shot a man all for saying that you like a character that they don't and throws anything and everything that was between the two of you, then that "friend" was never your friend to begin with. Just a wolf in sheep's clothing, and nothing more. You shouldn't ever let people like that tie you down because they can't accept their opinion isn't the center of the world.

    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate News and Discussion: A Simple and Clean Finish

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    1 minute ago, Anacybele said:

    A friend. So I can't really confirm that it's the truth. I'm not saying she's lying though, she doesn't just lie me. She could just be mistaken, which I hope she is.

    Well neither I or any of my other Smash fans have heard about something like this, so I think she might be mistaken. 

    However, like I said I would not be surprised at all if this was true. Unfortunately, such a thing is not outside the realm of possibility for a community like Smash's. 

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    Posted · Edited by Roland

    49 minutes ago, Anacybele said:

    So, I'm hearing now that Sakurai is getting harrassed/threatened again, this time over Byleth. Please tell me this is not true. Because...just...what the fuck. If this is the case, what in the flying fuck is wrong with people?! Didn't anyone learn from the Waluigi fiasco?

    I hope I'm not starting anything bad here...

    Where'd you hear this from? This hasn't been something I've heard about, though I wouldn't be surprised if it is a thing. This is the same fanbase that will actively can friendships over stuff like this.

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    1 minute ago, Anacybele said:

    If we get a Sword/Shield Pokemon, my preference would be Cinderace because awesome fire bunny and it's a starter (and those typically get priority consideration), but since we have two Fire type starters in already, I doubt this'll be the case. Yet another reason we should've gotten Decidueye over Incineroar. 😕

    Anyway, I guess my new choice there would be Galarian Ponyta. It ended up being pretty much the most popular new Pokemon! And I absolutely LOVE it! And the only quadrupedal playable character right now is Ivysaur too, so Ponyta would be pretty unique.

    I'd rather not get a Gen 8 Pokemon at all, but since Byleth has now opened the door to that possibility, it could very well happen.

    Talk about IT'S BYLETH, STOP MAKING THREADS in Smash here

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    You wanna know what's hilarious? Out of all of the characters in this pass, the one that actually ended up having a personal connection to me is Byleth.

    I didn't care for Joker and Banjo and I didn't know much about Hero and Terry when they were first announced, but through Smash and playing some of their games (this moreso applies to Hero. I admittedly still need to play a KoF title), I became fans of the characters. But as I said, this was admittedly before Smash. Not saying I don't like Hero or Terry, hell Terry is actually my favorite character out of the whole pass, but without Smash I would not have know who they were.

    Point I'm trying to make here is, even though I think all characters are well made and definitely have their own fans, I was hoping the final fighter would be someone from a video game/series that I personally knew in good faith beforehand like the mentioned Doomguy and Ryu Hayabusa. A personal favorite of mine if you will.

    And in the most hilarious way possible, fate answered that with Byleth. I got what I wished for, at the cost of said character currently being the most controversial character in Smash Ultimate.

    Oh well. Nobody said being a Smash fan was easy.

    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate News and Discussion: A Simple and Clean Finish

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    4 minutes ago, Flere210 said:

    Both, or just the latter if you are fine whit everything we have right now.

    Well, I guess if I had to say who was "the worst", I'd probably say I never really cared for Bowser Jr. Guy just doesn't interest me.

    As far as potential newcomers go, I personally wouldn't want to see Tracer, any League of Legends character, or Jonesy.

    By the way, just for clarification when I said that Byelth wasn't "the absolute worst possible thing" to happen to Smash, I meant than in a general sense, not just strictly speaking characters.

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