The only thing the Miis are missing in that regard are Primid/Alloy/Polygon/Wireframe costumes. I know I've repeated it far too many times, but not including them has been a bizarre oversight, considering how well they'd lend themselves to the Mii archetypes, the ease of asset reuse and the sheer volume of Mii DLC costumes that have been produced so far. Would more people really buy that hideous flame T-shirt costume over fairly prominent original enemies from prior games?
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The only thing the Miis are missing in that regard are Primid/Alloy/Polygon/Wireframe costumes. I know I've repeated it far too many times, but not including them has been a bizarre oversight, considering how well they'd lend themselves to the Mii archetypes, the ease of asset reuse and the sheer volume of Mii DLC costumes that have been produced so far. Would more people really buy that hideous flame T-shirt costume over fairly prominent original enemies from prior games?
balladofwindfishes
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I wonder why we can't unlock the Fighting Mii team costumes.
They're right there... ready to use. Except we can't.
What could possibly be the reason?
Seems like it would have been an easy challenge to concept. "Beat All Star on Hard with Mii Brawler, Mii Gunner and Mii Sword Fighter" and there you go. You get all three costumes from one challenge.
They're right there... ready to use. Except we can't.
What could possibly be the reason?
Seems like it would have been an easy challenge to concept. "Beat All Star on Hard with Mii Brawler, Mii Gunner and Mii Sword Fighter" and there you go. You get all three costumes from one challenge.
C.Olimar788
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...Oh my god that would be amazing. And it's so obvious! Why haven't they done that? I would buy a Fighting Polygon/Wireframe Mii Costume set in a heartbeat, and that's coming from someone who hasn't bought any of the Mii costumes yet due to them being a tad pricey for characters that aren't even available in regular online.
Because for whatever reason the Mii Fighters presence in Smash 4 was halfassed in all sorts of ways. I'm still super bitter about them not being usable in random online for no reason and them not showing up in All-Star Mode.
i know, but I've wanted a Charade (Soul Calibur 2) type character in Smash for a while. Mii Fighter moves, while similar to other characters' moves, aren't exactly the same. They also only have the one Mii form, while FPT has all of the characters. Even if they only did it for the original 12, it'd be pretty cool.
stan423321
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There are several reasons for that, but mostly because Atari Jaguar was too weak to render his limbs.
balladofwindfishes
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You can also never random them and they never show up in Smash Tour.
On one hand they're treated 100% like unique fighters, and on the other, they're like some second class characters. It's stupid.
MrSaturn99
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In Smash Tour they're the actual characters roaming the mode's board. I see them being less 'second class' and more 'special circumstances'. They not showing up in All Stars makes sense to me because in this game they're not really representing the Mii games. They're acting out their roles, else them carrying the Smash logo. While everyone else is being celebrated because of their past achievements, in this game, the Mii came to work.
Dr. Buni
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I think you misread my post, but thanks for sharing the neat trivia.
There's a reason for that, it just doesn't make much sense...
Gonzo The Great
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Dixie Smashified
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPe1bSSyDMQ
We're not going to get any new DK content, are we? :/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPe1bSSyDMQ
We're not going to get any new DK content, are we? :/
stan423321
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Limbs were hard on hardware > Rayman has no limbs > Rayman is relatively easy to manipulate.
DK Jr. is coming!
I hope you punks are ready for the age of Pauline!
Green Mamba
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The anatomy here seems really off.
I really want Dixie Kong to finally be in this game.
...But that looks like Dixie Kong Jr.
Nocturnowl
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Well in any case it'll be interesting to see how her actual smash render turns out for comparison purposes....
WHERE IS SHE?!
YOUR TIME IS FINALLY COMING, MY QUEEN.
Oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so glad some people in this thread get it.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
he hasn't done a good one since the inkling one
Gonzo The Great
Banned
It looks like Diddy in drag. She even has the same pose! They're just just giving more ammunition to detractors who think that Dixie would be a Diddy clone.
I don't want to sound rude saying this, but Dixie's a "miss," in my eyes. Speaking of which, their eyes are pretty spot-on! But the pose seems off. It doesn't seem particularly "Dixie-ish." She looks like a waddling baby. Something about the hands and feet seem off, too, although I'm not sure what it is. Maybe they're too large, compared to Diddy & DK? I mean, they're one of the first things I noticed here; they're not usually a focal point for any of the Kongs. (For Dixie, I'd argue it's her hair).
Again, I still love these guys, but their art usually makes me wish that the character they did was in Smash. Like, it even had me wanting Travis from Mother 4 in the game, despite being a fan character. This picture didn't capture that this time around. Thankfully, I'd only say that the Banjo one that everyone reuses and Isaac are "misses" coming from them. I'm in love with how they redesigned Bomberman to be more congruent with Mega Man, in terms of highlighting that fact that he's a robot, and their art for K. Rool, Shantae, and Shovel Knight is all pretty on-point, and I think we all remember how good his Rayman one was. We even had to dust off the old Team hashtags! ... Man, now I want to vote for Bomberman again.
I thought the Inkling one was one of their worst... There was just something way off about the faces. The smiles were just...wrong.
balladofwindfishes
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A random bucket coming for Splatoon gets a Twitter post last week, and DLC for one of the biggest Wii U games gets no reminder or anything at all. Hey guys, DLC is coming, cool, right? Nope, no mention or reminder.
Nintendo PR is bonkers these days.
Nintendo PR is bonkers these days.
Green Mamba
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"Super Mario Maker is coming out for Smash Bros. tomorrow, we guess. Eh."
Most low key Smash DLC yet.
Most low key Smash DLC yet.
GiantBreadbug
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I mean, the most maddening part is how it has equal chances of being:
- Legitimately low key, just the SMM stage, no fanfare or PR posts
- A huge ruse to suprise us with more content
It's driving me crazzzzzzy
- Legitimately low key, just the SMM stage, no fanfare or PR posts
- A huge ruse to suprise us with more content
It's driving me crazzzzzzy
C.Olimar788
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At this point I'm beginning to wonder if the dlc wasn't delayed or something. This whole situation is weird, even for post-Iwata Nintendo news scramble standards.
stan423321
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Honest question. Imagine you (all of you reading this, I mean) are the head of Nintendo marketing. Sakurai wants you to direct a "ruse" (featuring, I dunno, one more stage, Wolf, and pack of hats). Do you announce a pretty cool stage so that everybody seriously into Smash sits on their GamePads and 3DSes awaiting the patch, or do you announce absolutely nothing in terms of content so that it hits suddenly? If the intention is surprising people, IMHO the latter is way better way to do that. Of course, there's the extra variable of the Mario promotion thing, but ignore that for that hypothetical question.
Yeah, this is how I feel, too. They're clearly very talented, and I applaud their efforts, but if they're making an art series with the intention to imitate how a character would appear as an official 3D render as if they were in Smash Bros., then I'm gonna hold them to that. =P To be fair, their first few (Klonoa, Rayman, and Shovel Knight) were fantastic, as were King K. Rool and Bomberman (and Banjo & Kazooie were pretty good, too, I guess). The others...they're still great works of art, but they're very off, at least in my opinion.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
You guys think the new update is gonna add a new character hahaha
They'd sooner remove someone from the roster
probably greninja
no way they can nerf him any further
They'd sooner remove someone from the roster
probably greninja
no way they can nerf him any further
GiantBreadbug
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I would announce a small bit of DLC to get people's attention and keep them watching. I'm not saying that's what they did, but it also wouldn't suprise me if that's what happened.
balladofwindfishes
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Yea, we thought the 64 stages were low key, jesus, this makes those stages look like a full scale PR campaign.
Dr. Buni
Member
Ok...
The Inkling one wasn't even that good. Their faces look really weird.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The only other explanation I have for them not announcing anything if what we are getting is indeed a huge update is to avoid the server overload that happens when everyone tries to update the game at the same time. Would explain the low-keyness.
Starphoenix
Member
I'm more anticipating/scared they'll touch Yoshi... Not my main, man. 
Well, to be fair, Splatoon's arguably as big as Smash, and the Slosher's a pretty popular weapon.
I'd recommend convincing yourself it's the former. It's looking far more likely, and it won't cause you to lose any sleep either way.
FAKE EDIT: The cycle continues.
WiiRevolution1
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Just remember everyone, if we get any character(s) tonight, then I'm the one who called it. I'm the one who never stopped believing. I am the only true believer.
I will remain victorious!
#TeamCharacterTonight
WTF am I even typing anymore. Its true tho. I always believed.
I will remain victorious!
#TeamCharacterTonight
Gonzo The Great
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The K. Rool thread on Smashboards randomly had 30 guests viewing it earlier. Possibly Nintendo employees awaiting the fireworks?
Fuck it.
#TeamCharacterTonight
GiantBreadbug
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I'm team #MindlessHypeBecauseWhyTheFuckNot
That's because you're under the impression Nintendo plans to release something other then a stage tomorrow.
DICKS AHOY
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it's already the 30th here and in Japan why are we being held back by you yanks
balladofwindfishes
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Even if that's all we're getting, they still are weird for not at least reminding the world that Smash DLC is coming.
For the last DLC, as relatively small as it was, they kept reminding us it was happening for days before it came.
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