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Smash 4 leaks!
11 years ago
i don't generally discuss this sorta stuff here, but i'm going to this time because i'm EXCITED (warning, there will be SPOILERS below~)
so, for those who live under a rock and somehow haven't heard about this, almost the entirety of smash 4's roster was leaked like a week ago in the form of pictures (link: http://cdn.idigitaltimes.com/data/i.....8/21/21425.jpg ). people mostly shrugged it off, since the rumor didn't have much going for it in terms of validity at the time. however, yesterday, footage of bowser jr., shulk, and ganondorf fighting surfaced (which, i would link to, but nintendo pulled it all from youtube), and all of the above are characters that just so happened to be on that leaked character roster! the videos were incredibly convincing. the only real argument against them was that they were INSANELY well done brawl hacks, which is... an incredibly stupid theory for a number of reasons. and, at the same time, the leaker also posted a hoard of images showing off some other stuff like trophies, and menus, which you can see here http://nintendoeverything.com/super.....hies-and-more/
now, at that point, for me, i was convinced already. never before has there been a smash bros leak anywhere close to this scale, and it was pretty much impossible for it to be fake. and, go figure, today's smash bros Pic of the Day accidentally confirmed that the leaks were indeed 100% the real deal by showing us a menu we had never seen up until that point outside of the leaks:
one of the leaked pictures from yesterday: http://nintendoeverything.com/wp-co.....04-s8WYgs5.jpg
today's Pic of the Day: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts.....AABnUYoG78c2pg
SO I'M EXCITED WOOOOOOO *eXPLODES*
I'm actually most excited for the Duck Hunt dog because that's such a WEIRD addition and i'm super interested to see how him and his duck partner play ~u~ also jgksdjGDSJ DARK PIT HELL YEAHHHHHHH
so, for those who live under a rock and somehow haven't heard about this, almost the entirety of smash 4's roster was leaked like a week ago in the form of pictures (link: http://cdn.idigitaltimes.com/data/i.....8/21/21425.jpg ). people mostly shrugged it off, since the rumor didn't have much going for it in terms of validity at the time. however, yesterday, footage of bowser jr., shulk, and ganondorf fighting surfaced (which, i would link to, but nintendo pulled it all from youtube), and all of the above are characters that just so happened to be on that leaked character roster! the videos were incredibly convincing. the only real argument against them was that they were INSANELY well done brawl hacks, which is... an incredibly stupid theory for a number of reasons. and, at the same time, the leaker also posted a hoard of images showing off some other stuff like trophies, and menus, which you can see here http://nintendoeverything.com/super.....hies-and-more/
now, at that point, for me, i was convinced already. never before has there been a smash bros leak anywhere close to this scale, and it was pretty much impossible for it to be fake. and, go figure, today's smash bros Pic of the Day accidentally confirmed that the leaks were indeed 100% the real deal by showing us a menu we had never seen up until that point outside of the leaks:
one of the leaked pictures from yesterday: http://nintendoeverything.com/wp-co.....04-s8WYgs5.jpg
today's Pic of the Day: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts.....AABnUYoG78c2pg
SO I'M EXCITED WOOOOOOO *eXPLODES*
I'm actually most excited for the Duck Hunt dog because that's such a WEIRD addition and i'm super interested to see how him and his duck partner play ~u~ also jgksdjGDSJ DARK PIT HELL YEAHHHHHHH
Despite all this, I feel bad for Sakurai. He loves surprising people and this leak ruined a lot of surprises for everyone. >.<
Curious that the Nintendo employee specifically recorded footage of characters that haven't been announced yet... >w>
But then again we got Shulk, so I can't complain too much.
https://38.media.tumblr.com/2590c51.....59kpo1_500.jpg
You have to keep in mind, that smash bros isn't really a "serious" fighting game, so silly additions like duck hunt are to be expected. And, not to mention, both of those series are over 20 years old. I think they've more than earned a spot on the roster, especially in the case of Little Mac.
Now, between Melee and Brawl the characters cut were mainly the clones, Mewtwo got cut but Lucario essentially has an upgraded Mewtwo Moveset. Between Brawl and 4 though we are seeing characters getting cut with no equivalent appearing to be in the game (Unless Duck Hunt has an upgraded moveset of Ice Climbers, wouldn't that be a thing?) That I can understand people getting annoyed about, they learned how the character played and got really good at them in the past game, and come the sequel, their favourite character and play-style is just gone. I can understand people getting annoyed by that.