Shulk Confirmed for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS
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Hot Coldman
Banned
How could I forget Kid Icarus? OK, after THAT there's nothing really (Star Fox is close but it's more taunt catchphrases than full on VO non-stop)
Choppasmith
Member
I'm curious about that too. Some of Dunban's and Riki's lines sound recycled, but it's really hard to say. I'm just glad either way that they got the original voices back, I was feeling unsure if Nintendo would go through the trouble add they're already juggling Seattle, L.A., and Japanese voice actors.
It would make sense for that to be new dialogue, especially if
they brought in the VA to record lines for a new boss fight.
it's uncompressed dialogue that is intended to play over the Wii Remote speaker during one of the boss fights in the original game,
Shulk is one of the characters that I hoped would make it in, though I also figured they might recast to make things easier for Smash (as well as the characters from Chronicles X
possibly coming from America
Dunban's lines are taken directly from Xenoblade. Riki's "Get 'em Shulk!" and "Riki did that one for Dundun!" are new to me, but it could be locked behind high affinity and I've just never heard it.
Mysterious
Banned
I forgot how updates work. Is there one Saturday 3AM or is it Monday 3AM?
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Monday if I'm understanding your timezone.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
God Dunban looks good in HD
Such a shame they didn't decide to make him an alt or clone instead...
Hours Left
Member
Or have him be the rep, since he outclasses Shulk in every way.
Main Characteritis strikes again. :/
Mechanical Rhythm was actually in the video for a second, which I'm amped for.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Hahaha a friend joked on why Ridley was speaking with british accent
Doesn't he know Ridley is British?
Mockingbird
Member
Here is a tweet from Yuichio Takeda (one of Xenoblade's main scenario writers) regarding Shulk's reveal for Smashbros.
Shulk being a playable character in Smash Bros. is like a dream. For a day such as this to come where a character that I've given a name to is able to appear together with the likes of a bunch of well-regarded characters as Mario, Link, Pikachu, Kirby, Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong, Mega Man, Sonic, and so on...!
Yuichiro Takeda said:
Shulk being a playable character in Smash Bros. is like a dream. For a day such as this to come where a character that I've given a name to is able to appear together with the likes of a bunch of well-regarded characters as Mario, Link, Pikachu, Kirby, Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong, Mega Man, Sonic, and so on...!
Riki's lines are likely new since he seems to be an AT as well.
Which makes Riki very happy!
It is super crazy! I've been hoping Shulk would be in Smash since it was announced, but I figured it wasn't going to happen.
The love that Xenoblade is getting from Nintendo makes me so damn happy!
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
I'm glad he is glad
Mysterious
Banned
So there's an image of Shulk on /v/ and um... Nintendo really shouldn't have released images of Shulk in boxers lol.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
That wouldnt have stopped that from happening lol, the internet can only be slowed down
I don't question why you have this, but why you share this -_-
Oh please, after the Totally Platonic Bromantic Broventures of Shulk and Reyn, I think Reyn would be thrilled to hear Shulk using his catchphrase.
Tiny Space Zorro x Fem Marth or GTFO
TT__TT It hurts to hear the truth...
Plz tell me you got the joke.
Random fact for you. Only 17% of the roster (providing the leaked roster is all we're getting) uses swords as their primary weapon. So basically there's no way there can be too many sword users in the game if less than 1/4 use them.
And don't bring up Pit, Dark Pit and Kirby.
You don't think:
Marth
Lucina
Ike
Robin
Link
Toon Link
Shulk
Mii Swordsman
Metaknight
Is a lot of sword users? Especially compared to the other weapons available:
Hammer (Dedede)
Arm Cannon (Samus, Megaman, Mii Gunner)
Bow/dual swords (Pit)
Wand (Palutena, Rosalina)
There are more sword users than all other weapons combined.
BassForever
Member
Not at all, even with pit and dark pit (assuming he's a straight up clone) is only 21% or 11 characters in a 51 roster game. You could easily go multiple battles without seeing a sword user. This whole "too many swordsman" complaint is dumb
Edit: and here are more fist fighters then there are any other weapon type lets complain about that instead
Besides outside of Fire Emblem what Nintendo propery has relevant characters who fight with a weapon besides a sword as their default?
Glass Rebel
Member
Do we know the specifics of his Final Smash? Is it naive to hope that the other two party members will be randomly chosen every time?
Not at all, even with pit and dark pit (assuming he's a straight up clone) is only 21% or 11 characters in a 51 roster game. You could easily go multiple battles without seeing a sword user. This whole "too many swordsman" complaint is dumb
Edit: and here are more fist fighters then there are any other weapon type lets complain about that instead
Besides outside of Fire Emblem what Nintendo propery has relevant characters who fight with a weapon besides a sword as their default?
Give Ganon his fucking trident.
The artwork for Shulk has me a bit worried since it only shows Dunban and Riki, but I think we'll end up seeing all of the characters. I'm curious
what form Fiora would take though.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
It would be amazing if 2 random party members would come, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
HolyBaikal
Banned
Wow, I didn't expect this. That's really neat. I'm happy to see Japanese RPG characters in Smash.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
You should check out Pokemon.
InfiniDragon
Member
Default white armor if I had to guess. They're probably past the point of pretending robo-Fiora isn't a thing.
Really wish they had made Monado Buster his Final Smash so I could possibly get Dunban as DLC.
Hours Left
Member
Glass Rebel
Member
Good point. Would be a shame if there was no Reyn time
Really wish they had made Monado Buster his Final Smash so I could possibly get Dunban as DLC.
That wasn't going to happen either way.
HolyBaikal
Banned
Smash is nothing like other fighting games. It's extremely approachable. Two buttons (normal attack and special attack), combined with a single direction on the control stick. Very easy to learn, and incredibly fun to play. You'll love it.
InfiniDragon
Member
I wouldn't have thought so either, but if a popularity poll was how Riki and Dunban were picked out in the first place for the FS, I guess enough folks liked him to warrant consideration at the least.
Also,
Duck Hunt Dog
Neon_Icarus
Member
Fun fact: Dunban is the only other party member that can use the Monado. Maybe there's still a chance...His character model does look pretty nice.
ieptbarakat
Member
Hopefully Reyn is an assist trophy.
Astral Dog
Member
He is just adorable
Cow Mengde
Banned
This is nice art
Is there a higher resolution of this?
Jawmuncher
Member
Hopefully Reyn is an assist trophy.
Agreed I need Reyn Time.
lwilliams3
Member
We may not have Shulk at all if it wasn't for things like Operation Rainfall. Xenoblade's success outside of Japan may have contribute to Nintendo acknowledging the series as an IP to maintain. I'm happy to see this.
Him not being in Shulk's final smash makes me pretty confident he is an assist trophy. They gotta have him in there in some capacity
Hot Coldman
Banned
actually it's Reyn and Sharla
when Reyn KO's someone he goes "SHARLA
SHARLA DID YOU SEE???"
and she just sighs
when Reyn KO's someone he goes "SHARLA
SHARLA DID YOU SEE???"
and she just sighs
Awesome! Happy for the dude. Hopefully this helps the Xenoblade franchise grow bigger worldwide.
Well, technically
he lost that ability after the war when the Monado over-usage killed his right arm.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
He never really lost it, he used it again a year later to protect colony 9 remember, it will just hurt him and thats only because he uses his right hand when he can just switch it up