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[Leafhopper]

nah

if anything the Lightning award goes to Rosalina and Greninja

How is Greninja one? Rosalina sure.

 

[DedValve]

I would actually like him as an assist trophy... that helps you and then

Spoiler

falls to his death.

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or not?

The End

Spoiler

?

 

[zruben]

I just played FF13 for about an hour and the dropped it forever. Can anyone (briefly) explain me the "Lightning" jokes?

 

[shiftplusone]

As a fan, please no.

If Ridley doesn't happen there will be riots. :lol

by riots do you mean 6 people on a message board will be upset?

 

[OceanBlue]

FUCK WAIT, NO SUGITA AS PLAYABLE CHARACTER


THIS IS BAD UPDATE

If you play the English version you probably aren't getting Sugita anyway.

 

[bon]

So is Villager and here we are.

And said "better" characters aren't the main/key characters.

Villager is a special case. Basically a joke character.

I still say Tiki would have been the best choice for a new Fire Emblem rep. A popular and important character from both Awakening and the original Fire Emblem, and she would have offered a unique play style.

 

[Buddha Beam]

Man that reveal video is making me want that mythical Captain Falcon brawler even more. Would be so perfect. Somebody make a thread so we can talk about how wonderful that would be!

 

[Mass Effect]

Okay, some ideas that aren't:
- Ridley
- Those soldiers from that awful Wii game
- Those bounty hunters from that awful DS game

Hey

Hunters was not an awful game. Still has the best online multiplayer in a Nintendo game to date!

Not going to lie, I would kinda sorta be totally be cool if Anthony made it in.

Despite him being the only decent character from Other M, I'd rather Nintendo not acknowledge that game's existence.

Who?

The black guy from Other M

 

[Rakzo]

I love this game already.

Holy crap, that's gorgeous.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Hey

Hunters was not an awful game. Still has the best online multiplayer in a Nintendo game to date!

Kid Icarus exists though

 

[Firemind]

by riots do you mean 6 people on a message board will be upset?

Haha, you're so witty!

I hate these franchise wars. I don't even want to smash anymore. Shut the whole thing down.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

It was the add-on that allowed the NES to exist and brought consoles back to the US.

The controller that alleviated fears of retailers and ended up with a short lifespan and 2 or so games that worked with it. I've called him Wall-E the whole time I played brawl because I couldn't care less about it.

It's not like I forgot a staple of the Nintendo brand lol and insulted millions of fans.

 

[fredrancour]

I'm so excited. A magic user for whom swords are a backup weapon is way more interesting than only swordsmen.

I'm kind of worried that Lucina won't have a good, unique niche. Link has his items, Marth is the elegant, stylish swordsman, Ike is the brute

I know 4 characters is a lot for a minor series, but it makes sense to me because it's a long-running series with an almost-constantly-changing central cast.

Makes me sad that the swordsman fatigue might guarantee that we never see shulk or issac though. I guess Issac could be made with a pure psynergy moveset.

 

[Dead]

Lucina?

Game of the century omg

 

[Axass]

How do you figure?

The "leak":

• Didn't predict Robin
• Didn't predict Lucina
• Didn't predict Rosalina
• Wrong about Chrom being playable

Wrong about Shulk being revealed today.

Still real IMO though, just partial and not updated.

 

[Mysterious]

I mean in a series based around isolation with a sole character, I would think not. What you like to play as then? The other bounty hunters from Hunters? Kraid? Zoomers?!

Anthony. Rundas. MB. Sylax. Space Pirate.

 

[Village]

I just played FF13 for about an hour and the dropped it forever. Can anyone (briefly) explain me the "Lightning" jokes?

Lightnig is a character a alot of people actually dislike , but the creator kept forcing on people because of his obvious obsession with the character.


People then started comparing lighting to characters, they didn't like rather than the criteria. Exposing themselves as minorities in whatever fan base they are in, and out of touch with the larger fan base.

" this popular character is lightinng "

" thats not how that works,"

Now people just call popular characters people hate on lighting in jest of that, rather than its original intent to make fun of toriyama's fantasies. Its a joke that became another joke to make fun of people who do not know where they stand.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Villager is a special case. Basically a joke character.

I still say Tiki would have been the best choice for a new Fire Emblem rep. A popular and important character from both Awakening and the original Fire Emblem, and she would have offered a unique play style.

Erm what? Villager plays by referencing AC activities. And yes I know the concept of joke characters, but that doesn't make them exempt or something.

Tiki isn't... important really. You could pretty much off her the moment you get her.

 

[Off-Kilter]

Lucina is gonna be my new main <3

 

[Toxi]

uh

i watched this on the nintendo stream video before checking gaf because i didn't want to be spoiled

my brain is full of fuck

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

So Robin can use nosferatu? Top tier/OP confirmed.

 

[sn00zer]

I Lucina a Marth costume? Also who is Robin and why is there a female version?

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Villager is a special case. Basically a joke character.

Wow. I mean, he isn't. At all.

 

[-Horizon-]

never really was much of a lucina fan. She was pretty much Lightning.

Wow.

Just wow.

 

[Shalashaska161]

Haven't played any of the Fire Emblems but new characters look great.

Where the fuck is Jigglypuff? I need to get my sunhat action on.

 

[Bulzeeb]

Wrong about Shulk being revealed today.

Still real IMO though, just partial and not updated.

we have a lot of sword users already, Heropon for smash

 

[Toxi]

I mean in a series based around isolation with a sole character, I would think not. What you like to play as then? The other bounty hunters from Hunters? Kraid? Zoomers?!

Metroid Prime

(But since she's already confirmed for assist trophy, I'm okay with no new Metroid characters)

 

[Crayolan]

Villager is a special case. Basically a joke character.

I still say Tiki would have been the best choice for a new Fire Emblem rep. A popular and important character from both Awakening and the original Fire Emblem, and she would have offered a unique play style.

The character representing one of Nintendo's biggest franchises is a joke character? What?

 

[Hot Coldman]

there's no way you can cancel a Falcon Punch like that

this trailer is bullshit

 

[zruben]

Lightnig is a character a alot of people actually dislike , but the creator kept forcing on people because of his obvious obsession with the character.


People then started comparing lighting to characters, they didn't like rather than the criteria. Exposing themselves as minorities in whatever fan base they are in, and out of touch with the larger fan base.

" this popular character is lightinng "

" thats not how that works,"

Now people just call popular characters people hate on lighting in jest of that, rather than its original intent to make fun of toriyama's fantasies. Its a joke that became another joke to make fun of people who do not know where they stand.

hahaha, ok, I get the Rosalina jokes then. =)

thanks.

 

[Satch]

finally cap is back

 

[Village]

there's no way you can cancel a Falcon Punch like that

this trailer is bullshit

What if you can do that now?

What if there are falcon cancels?

That sounds hype.

 

[OceanBlue]

I Lucina a Marth costume? Also who is Robin and why is there a female version?

Lucina has her own character slot on the website, so probably not IMO. Robin is the main character of Fire Emblem: Awakening, and the reason there are gendered versions is because you could choose Robin's gender.

 

[Sendou]

I Lucina a Marth costume? Also who is Robin and why is there a female version?

Lucina is a separate character from Marth although many have speculated she is a clone of Marth with similiar moveset.

Robin is the protagonist from Fire Emblem Awakening and in that game (s)he is supposed to be your avatar so you can choose the gender among customizing other things.

 

[Dead]

I'd rather they use No. 7 than Shulk for Xenoblade, but I'll take either at the end of the day :lol

 

[Mik317]

I do wish we can have a new fighting game character thread in which the "THIS CHARACTER IS A WASTE OF A SLOT" rage wasn't a thing. You can be let down that your character of choice isn't in but c'mon..no character is a waste if one person out there is hyped for them. Stop being selfish. Lucina will be the Roy to Marth's....Marth (or the other way around if Marth being slower is true) and that's okay.

If Ridley or whoever doesn't make it...I am sure they just wasn't going to make it and Lucina isn't the reason for that.

 

[Seik]

Three characters one shot, boom.

I expected Shulk though, now FE has 3 (4?) characters total, give some time to your other bigger JRPG Sakurai!

Though I never did Fire Emblem Awakening (I really should do it, though), I did like...the two or three first stages.

Isn't Marth -> Lucina? Cause I'm getting mixed up and hear Chrom sometimes, he does look like Marth too, but Lucina with short hairs looks like him, Chrom I mean.

AAAARGH! >_<

 

[NHarmonic.]

Chrom's a boring loser so I'm glad Lucina is getting more limelight over him.
Although having Anna instead of Lucina would have been cool with me as well. Or maybe Tiki for the manakete powers (even if I don't like her).

Also Paula or Kumatora for Mother/Earthbound series would also kick major butt.

Actively rooting for Kumatora, would be so badass (and a change from all the waifu material, tbh)

 

[BlackJace]

Anthony. Rundas. MB. Sylax. Space Pirate.

1. Generic sci-fi Federation soldier supporting character from a game everyone seems to hate.

2. Again, we can't just pluck supporting characters from one game in the series that have no lasting relevance to the series because we think they're cool. His theme is hype though, so I'm down for it showing up in My Music.

3. How the heck would that even work? She's not mobile (if we're talking about Metroid 1 MB). The fact that she's an AT shows that that's where she'd work best.

4. Mmm, a random pull from the ultimately generic cast from Hunters that kids will inevitably mistake as a Transformer or something.

5. Random fodder as a full-blown character?

 

[JaMarco]

Robins fighting style is pretty much exactly how I wanted Isaac's fighting style to be...

 

[Vire]

I do wish we can have a new fighting game character thread in which the "THIS CHARACTER IS A WASTE OF A SLOT" rage wasn't a thing. You can be let down that your character of choice isn't in but c'mon..no character is a waste if one person out there is hyped for them. Stop being selfish. Lucina will be the Roy to Marth's....Marth (or the other way around if Marth being slower is true) and that's okay.

If Ridley or whoever doesn't make it...I am sure they just wasn't going to make it and Lucina isn't the reason for that.

Look up the meaning of opportunity cost.

 

[Sadist]

So I'm guessing people aren't happy?

More Fire Emblem exposure is a good thing, Robin as a magic user making it is awesome. Could have settled with a lancer type FE character, but this will do.

Spoiler

For magic users, Tharja got robbed

. Don't know about Lucina, but I'll wait and see. Moar Fire Emblem. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO PLAY FIRE EMBLEM.

 

[Karsticles]

there's no way you can cancel a Falcon Punch like that

this trailer is bullshit

Maybe it's a hint. Canceling Falcon Punch (which has hyper armor) into shield into grab would make it competitively viable.

So I'm guessing people aren't happy?

More Fire Emblem exposure is a good thing, Robin as a magic user making it is awesome. Could have settled with a lancer type FE character, but this will do.

Spoiler

For magic users, Tharja got robbed

. Don't know about Lucina, but I'll wait and see. Moar Fire Emblem. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO PLAY FIRE EMBLEM.

Nah, folks are happy. Just a few wet blankets.

 

[XaosWolf]

Happy for some female swordfighters to be honest. And the Tome uses makes things a lot more interesting.
And Chrom is part of Robin's final smash then?

 

[Morokh]

Is robin supposed to be the main protagonist from FE:Awakening ? or is it another character you meet ?

(No spoilers please I still haven't played it)

 

[Toxi]

I'm just SO HAPPY that all the characters weren't spoiled and that the leak showed some cracks.

3. How the heck would that even work? She's not mobile (if we're talking about Metroid 1 MB). The fact that she's an AT shows that that's where she'd work best.

They could use the giant form from Super Metroid and make her a giant character.

Or they could make her float like the AU from Metroid Prime 3.

Mother Brain is actually a pretty cool choice.

 

[Razia]

Actively rooting for Kumatora, would be so badass (and a change from all the waifu material, tbh)

Implying a tomboy princess isn't waifu material.

 

[Trey]

finally cap is back

There was never any doubt.

 

[BetterWorldz]

Well, now I'm hyped. Wow.

 

[PensivePen]

EDIT: Woops, misread something. Anyhow, I'm glad to see more Fire Emblem reps, wish there were fewer sword users though.