Absolutely. It can do more than just grow, as there are several Monado skills from Xenoblade. Such as:
Monado Shield
Monado Speed
Monado Enchant
Monado Purge
(I couldn't find an image, but it's essentially a projectile attack)
Monado Cyclone
All of that, plus the ability to the see the future (which could potentially work as a counter move of sorts), his natural skillset (EG: Stream Edge) and some Monado skills I didn't bother listing (like Monado Armor, Eater) are more than enough to give him a Smash moveset. You can't justify comparing him to Chrom (who lacked any unique skills in FE:A)
Deserves to be requoted. The Monado barely resembles a normal sword other than the fact that you hold it and it cuts things. There are tons of hype things the Monado is capable of and that's already ignoring spoilers. Saying that Shulk wouldn't be unique is like saying that Captain Falcon isn't unique because he doesn't punch things differently enough from Sheik.The Monado is a tool for altering reality. It starts off as a weapon that can only cut things, but later on allows Shulk to see the future by predicting how matter reacts to given situations. Changing aspects of time and space lets Shulk make him/his friends stronger and faster. It's basically the Infinity Gauntlet except stronger
Seriously
Can we start talking about Banjo-Kazooie now?
Or is it too early?
Actually, you're right, I just went to the Dojo to count--at approximately a month and a half to release, we had 20 stages revealed for Brawl, and we currently have 21 stages revealed for the 3DS version (taking into account retro stages for both).Well, with Brawl we had 24 stages revealed by release, not including retro stages. With 19 new stages revealed for the 3DS version and 18 for the Wii U, I'd say we can probably at least expect the same amount of stages as Brawl had for each version. If you consider the fact that we're still missing stages from quite a few franchises and that Sakurai has been less revealing about content with his Miiverse posts, I'd say there's not much to worry about.
Little bit of both!
Can we start talking about Banjo-Kazooie now?
Or is it too early?
For Balloon Fight we know it has more than one layout, and I can't imagine any other method of transforming (thanks to the screen looping) other than it being different when it's loaded, like Tortimer Island. That's what I meant there, not necessarily true randomization.You beat me to the punch, but two small things. Balloon Fight doesn't seem to be random, since we've seen different shots with the same layouts. We've actually only seen two so far.
By transforming I mean that instead of being focused on one area/platform layout, stuff keeps on changing. At some point in the match, the game shifts focus from keeping the opponents off the platform to keeping yourself on. Some people might call these stages gimmicky.
By my quick and loose count that's 22/40 non-static stages across both versions, or 55%.
For comparison's sake:
64: 0/9, or 0%
Melee: 7/29, or 24%
Brawl: 17/41, or 41%
Eep.
Can we start talking about Banjo-Kazooie now?
Or is it too early?
Little bit of both!
Oh yeah, good point. I forgot being surprised to see Port Town once the game was released in Japan, which happen to release on my birthday. All those leaks...best birthday ever.Actually, you're right, I just went to the Dojo to count--at approximately a month and a half to release, we had 20 stages revealed for Brawl, and we currently have 21 stages revealed for the 3DS version (taking into account retro stages for both).
We actually only had 21 non-retro stages revealed for Brawl before its Japanese release though--though Final Destination and Port Town weren't unlockable, they weren't actually shown on the Dojo until after the Japanese release. Which is pretty funny.
That Conker bullshit still pisses me off. I want you to be good again Rare, even if I don't own an Xbox One!Yeah
I wonder when they'll be confirmed for Project Spark
How big is he?
I honestly don't think it has anything to do with listening to feedback, NoA might try and look like they're taking on notes, but I highly doubt any of that reaches Sakurai and if it does, I doubt he'd care.
The reason they haven't used a new version for the Demo is because making a demo isn't as simple as just taking the current version you have and only letting people play in vs., there's a lot of work that goes into polishing a demo that could be better spent working on the game, especially when the E3 demo is good enough for the majority of the gaming community.
I can't speak for console publishers but dedicated and passionate modders look really good to companies. I saw an interview with Todd Howard (if I got his name right...) from Bethesda and pretty much said if your passionate about it and can show your work to prove it, you got a chance with us. However, since Nintendo is Japanese, this is quite a culture thing so it probably wouldn't happen. Is Retro the only American third party Nintendo has in the States?
Okay, cool. Just wondering.Pretty big. They say not even the length of the Empire Porky Building could match him.
Perhaps RomanceDawn could help us out.
Pretty big. They say not even the length of the Empire Porky Building could match him.
Perhaps RomanceDawn could help us out.
Can we start talking about Banjo-Kazooie now?
Or is it too early?
Bethesda doesn't make consoles (so they don't care about hackers) however and I don't equate PC modding to Console modding since the later is opening up a closed system and often a gateway for piracy. Notice that while Nintendo is aware of Project M and has never made a move to interfere with it, they didn't acknowledge the game in "Player Achievements" in that one woman's profile who was at the invitational? Hiring Project M team members would be a tacit approval of their activities and as a console manufacturer, they can't do that.
I really hope you aren't trying to construct a narrative where either NoA is only pretending to take feedback and/or if every change you want isn't implemented then Sakurai must not care about your (as a group) opinions/feedback :/
Look I know we like to have fun around here but joking about Ridley being too big should be serious offense around here. I mean I like to play sure but you guys just take it too far.
By transforming I mean that instead of being focused on one area/platform layout, stuff keeps on changing. At some point in the match, the game shifts focus from keeping the opponents off the platform to keeping yourself on. Some people might call these stages gimmicky.
By my quick and loose count that's 22/40 non-static stages across both versions, or 55%.
For comparison's sake:
64: 0/9, or 0%
Melee: 7/29, or 24%
Brawl: 17/41, or 41%
Eep.
When I saw the Amiibos in real life I thought they looked nifty enough. But then againI was happy with McDonald's free Mario toys so I'm not exactly a stickler for quality.
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "transforming." Is it stage whose layout changes in any way? In Brawl, for example, Pokemon Stadium, Port Town, Flat Zone, Pictochat, and Castle Siege all changed layout, but they were all different types of changes, and they occurred in different ways. Were they all "transforming" stages?
Anyone read the newest leaks from Smashboards?
>Dixie
>Shulk
>Chorus Men
>Ridley
>Bowser Jr (riding in the mini clown car, 7 koopa kid alts)
>Mewtwo
>Duck Hunt Dog
Mentions of Ice Climbers, Snake, Wolf and Lucas being cut. Maybe saved for DLC?
Sadly Dixie and Ridley are the only ones who have only been speculated on for what ever reason. Also aside from foul mouth guy, the others are reputable as far as I know. Oh and no one knows if these are all the rest of the newcomers.
It's worth a look that's for sure and I mean we are getting extremely close to launch, someone is bound to leak something. Still even the guys who leaked this stuff are saying take everything with a grain of salt since they didn't see everything for themselves.
EDIT: Wait can I even post the link? I forget how things work around here sometimes.
Anyone read the newest leaks from Smashboards?
>Dixie
>Shulk
>Chorus Men
>Ridley
>Bowser Jr (riding in the mini clown car, 7 koopa kid alts)
>Mewtwo
>Duck Hunt Dog
Mentions of Ice Climbers, Snake, Wolf and Lucas being cut. Maybe saved for DLC?
Sadly Dixie and Ridley are the only ones who have only been speculated on for what ever reason. Also aside from foul mouth guy, the others are reputable as far as I know. Oh and no one knows if these are all the rest of the newcomers.
It's worth a look that's for sure and I mean we are getting extremely close to launch, someone is bound to leak something. Still even the guys who leaked this stuff are saying take everything with a grain of salt since they didn't see everything for themselves.
EDIT: Wait can I even post the link? I forget how things work around here sometimes.
Yeah, bullshit. The Koopa Kids are nothing like each other (in terms of physical size and personality), and they certainly aren't anything like Bowser Jr.>Bowser Jr (riding in the mini clown car, 7 koopa kid alts)
Anyone read the newest leaks from Smashboards?
>Dixie
>Shulk
>Chorus Men
>Ridley
>Bowser Jr (riding in the mini clown car, 7 koopa kid alts)
>Mewtwo
>Duck Hunt Dog
Mentions of Ice Climbers, Snake, Wolf and Lucas being cut. Maybe saved for DLC?
Sadly Dixie and Ridley are the only ones who have only been speculated on for what ever reason. Also aside from foul mouth guy, the others are reputable as far as I know. Oh and no one knows if these are all the rest of the newcomers.
It's worth a look that's for sure and I mean we are getting extremely close to launch, someone is bound to leak something. Still even the guys who leaked this stuff are saying take everything with a grain of salt since they didn't see everything for themselves.
EDIT: Wait can I even post the link? I forget how things work around here sometimes.
Anyone read the newest leaks from Smashboards?
>Dixie
>Shulk
>Chorus Men
>Ridley
>Bowser Jr (riding in the mini clown car, 7 koopa kid alts)
>Mewtwo
>Duck Hunt Dog
Mentions of Ice Climbers, Snake, Wolf and Lucas being cut. Maybe saved for DLC?
Sadly Dixie and Ridley are the only ones who have only been speculated on for what ever reason. Also aside from foul mouth guy, the others are reputable as far as I know. Oh and no one knows if these are all the rest of the newcomers.
It's worth a look that's for sure and I mean we are getting extremely close to launch, someone is bound to leak something. Still even the guys who leaked this stuff are saying take everything with a grain of salt since they didn't see everything for themselves.
EDIT: Wait can I even post the link? I forget how things work around here sometimes.
>Bowser Jr (riding in the mini clown car, 7 koopa kid alts)
Anyone read the newest leaks from Smashboards?
>Dixie
>Shulk
>Chorus Men
>Ridley
>Bowser Jr (riding in the mini clown car, 7 koopa kid alts)
>Mewtwo
>Duck Hunt Dog
Mentions of Ice Climbers, Snake, Wolf and Lucas being cut. Maybe saved for DLC?
Sadly Dixie and Ridley are the only ones who have only been speculated on for what ever reason. Also aside from foul mouth guy, the others are reputable as far as I know. Oh and no one knows if these are all the rest of the newcomers.
It's worth a look that's for sure and I mean we are getting extremely close to launch, someone is bound to leak something. Still even the guys who leaked this stuff are saying take everything with a grain of salt since they didn't see everything for themselves.
EDIT: Wait can I even post the link? I forget how things work around here sometimes.
I do not believe it because Polar Bear is a Smash Run enemy, which means Ice Climbers are probably not cut. I can believe the other three though.Anyone read the newest leaks from Smashboards?
>Dixie
>Shulk
>Chorus Men
>Ridley
>Bowser Jr (riding in the mini clown car, 7 koopa kid alts)
>Mewtwo
>Duck Hunt Dog
Mentions of Ice Climbers, Snake, Wolf and Lucas being cut. Maybe saved for DLC?
I think K. Rool, Mewtwo, and Ridley are going to be playable bosses. Just a guess...First of all that's wrong.
And the main reason is people seeing the Kremlings being acknowledged in Smash Run, K. Rool is going to be in the game in some form higher than a trophy or sticker, be it boss, assist or playable.
Why do people think K. Rool will be in? I haven't beaten Tropical Freeze yet, but I'm pretty sure he's not in that, which means he hasn't been in a mainline DK game since DKC3.
I would do very dirty things for K. Rool to be in a smash game. Ridley too, hell throw in Ganon too! We need one more villain, any bright ideas?
First of all that's wrong.
DK64 is technically a mainline Donkey Kong game, it's just as often referenced in Smash as any Donkey Kong Country.Why do people think K. Rool will be in? I haven't beaten Tropical Freeze yet, but I'm pretty sure he's not in that, which means he hasn't been in a mainline DK game since DKC3.
Why do people think K. Rool will be in? I haven't beaten Tropical Freeze yet, but I'm pretty sure he's not in that, which means he hasn't been in a mainline DK game since DKC3.
There's a vague allusion to him with a rock pattern that kind of looks like his head if you squint and some bananas that look like a crown.
He's basically a main character.
Yeah, bullshit. The Koopa Kids are nothing like each other (in terms of physical size and personality), and they certainly aren't anything like Bowser Jr.
I'm convinced Ridley is in at this point, we have more evidence that he's playable than that he's a boss.