ShadeStrider

Litten. On the General Gaming forum, I have expressed my undying hatred of Incineroar. Truth is, Torracat isn’t that good either.

@Commander What do you think of Leon S. Kennedy and Chris Redfield's chances?

Isaac can’t be in Smash. He’s a Generic Anime Swordsman. Sephiroth can’t be in Smash, he’s a Generic Anime Swordsman. Grovyle can’t be in Smash, He’s a Generic Anime Swordsman. Thanos can’t be in Smash, He’s a Generic Anime Swordsman. I know people here won’t take me seriously after my last post, but let’s run this Joke into the ground.

Fair enough. You want to know something else? I actually don't mind the Piranha Plant. It's technically a good way to "subvert our expectations." But who cares. I'm just a random guy on the Internet who is acting like an Internet Troll because I'm pissed. Or was, anyway.

Just felt a need to finalize my stance on Incineroar's inclusion. I haven't made an entire thread about it until now. At least I'm not making a "Delay SSBU" or "F*ck Sakurai" thread. Whenever something that angers me happens, the anger lasts. Incineroar is lucky, my rage lasted little more than a week. Star Wars the Last Jedi turned out bad, my rage lasted for Months.

This will be my final salty Incineroar-got-in-Smash-but-Decidueye-did-not rant. Litten was this cat who is extremely Introverted, and a Pokemon who likes Solitude and who has trust issues. It kinda sounds like Therion from Octopath Traveler, now that I think about it. I don't mind Litten that much. I actually preferred Litten to Rowlet. And then they evolved. I feel ashamed to say that Litten evolved into a Generic Bipedal Should-Be-Fire/Fighting type. Rowlet got an evolution that made sense. It was this cool Ghost type Forest dweller that went from throwing quills in it's youth, to shooting Arrows in it's adulthood. It was awesome. Litten... didn't fare too well. It got this wrestler that was trying far too hard to look tough, but just ended up looking ugly and obnoxious. I think Luxray is an example of what Incineroar could have been, if his design worked. If Incineroar didn't look the way it did, then I would have been more than happy to accept it as a Smash Ultimate Newcomer. As it is, I understand why everyone is salty. There was an obviously fake uhh... "Leak" that showed that Litten would evolve into Shadow the Hedgehog, and honestly, It reminds me of how much I would have preferred Shadow in Smash Ultimate. Even if you wanted a wrestling Rep, then Hawlucha would have been a better choice. Hawlucha has a good design, it's able to represent Wrestling as a sport, and it looks cool and elegant while doing it. As for Grapplers.... Snake canonically is one. If we assume that he can do all that CQC stuff in MGSV. But even in Smash, I think he counts. I am more well versed in Metal Gear lore than most people here, so I think I know. To me, Incineroar still is the worst newcomer in Smash History, easily beating out Corrin. It's only role in my Smash Bros Experience will be either as a punching bag for Cloud Strife, Solid Snake, Greninja, Falco Lombardi, Roy, and Mewtwo, or an opponent in a tournament.

This guy gets it.

This game starts with you getting off of a train, meeting a few characters, and then blowing up a building that’s bad for the environment. Sound familiar?

So, how long has it been? 6 months since Caz’s Last update? I wonder how he’s doing these days. I seriously hope this game doesn’t become another Half life 3 situation.

I played it a few years ago, and reached the end of the version. I really liked the narrative of this one. Going to play it again. Why did the creator feel the need to overuse tracks from Final Fantasy XI? That and 14 are the only ones I haven't played, because I don't really get into MMORPGs. I would have spruced things up with putting music from All the Final Fantasy games, not just XI. Although It would probably end up with me putting multiple versions of J-E-N-O-V-A, just because I like J-E-N-O-V-A too much as a battle theme. Seriously, when I planned making my Pokemon fangame starring a character named... Mary sue, I considered making the evil team grunt theme the J-E-N-O-V-A remix from Friedrich Habetler Music (like Desolation) and making the admin theme the Advent Children version. Otherwise, I always start with Espeon. Best Special Attacking Eevee. I love it. I remember that as a punishment for breaking the rules, the rival (Aka the protagonist's brother) got an empty Pokeball instead of an Eevee from his dad. Because he broke the rules and needed to learn some responsibility? I think that was what it was. I ended up feeling extremely sorry for the rival. Also, Ghost types are banned in this region. I think the reason was because some evil organization used them primarily as their symbol, and now to eliminate any traces of them, they banned ghost types in the region. I think that measure was a bit too extreme. Edit: And I realized there are Ralts in the first Area. Sh*t. Oh well. If I had known, I would have gone for Jolteon rather than Espeon.

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Greninja: "So what if it looks hopeless? If it were me, I still wouldn't give up."Embrace your dreams, and whatever happens, protect your honor as a Smasher. Well... You never became a Smasher. But it's whats in here that counts." Decidueye: "Greninja...." Greninja: "Well, you need a hand with him?" (Decidueye shakes his head in a "No") Greninja: "You already beat him to Pokken, didn't you? This should be a Cinch." Decidueye: "Yeah..." Greninja: "Decidueye, you know what I told you..." Decidueye: "That's right. I am your living legacy." (Decidueye proceeds to stand up and beat the crap out of Incineroar.)

@G'doots You sure it isn’t just Hindsight Bias that the leak was fake? The evidence put up in its favor was pretty convincing. It wasn’t “obviously” fake.

Someone who finally gets what I mean.

At least Decidueye doesn’t look Generic.

I’ve gotten over my initial Rage, But Incineroar, a Good Choice? Really? They say he’s unique, but Grapplers aren’t actually new to Smash Bros. We already have Bowser. Do you even see his design? It’s a terribly designed Pokémon. It doesn’t look Badass, It looks Generic, like a Bipedal Fire/Fighting Starter. It isn’t Fire/Fighting, but it might as well be. Even if Decidueye would be another archer, at least he looks decent. Also, I don’t think we need another Dark type. Unless you are Darkrai. Then you are cool. If Sakurai gives us another DLC Pokémon and make’s sure that It has a good design (Thereby fixing the Pokemon representation in this game), I might forgive this. He could Add Decidueye, Tapu Koko, Azelf, Zoroark. So many options.

I’ve actually hated Incineroar since his release in Sun and Moon. His design was worse than Emboar and Delphox. I think he really is the only “Bad” newcomer on this Roster. I didn’t even mind Corrin or Bayonetta’s presence. I didn’t get mad that Bayonetta “took Snake’s spot”. And even I didn’t really believe the Grinch Leak. I gave it a 30% chance of being real. Highest chance I’ve ever given a leak. But still unlikely. I actually wouldn’t have minded if Ken was the last newcomer. Incineroar got hate even before the Grinch Leak, probably because a lot of people hated his design.

Incineroar alone set this Direct for Disappointment. He was my least wanted. Sakurai genuinely thought he was a better Rep then: Grovyle Sceptile Dusknoir Darkrai Decidueye Zoroark et cetera. Still buying the game, but the direct was the most disappointing thing since my son.

You don't think it was... Shigeru Miyamoto?

And then It turns out the darn leak is fake. After so many high hopes.

They gave us a F***ing plant and Incineroar, my absolutely most hated. I'm pissed too. Also, Online was f***ed. Now there is no way to play competitive matches consistently. But It must really hurt to be a Golden Sun fan right now. I pity them. Still buying the game. Snake is still playable, and I can make him fight Cloud and Vice Versa. And this game looks better than Smash 4 from a competitive standpoint. But this direct stands as a disappointment to many.

Oh how disappointing the direct was so far. I was hoping for newcomers that were on par with Sephiroth, Raiden, Dante and Leon Now, it seems, i'll wait an eon For DLC fighters, whoever they may be But Rex and Pyra? No show, I see World of light looks OK I guess More CG cutscenes, with a plot that's a mess But worst of all, the new characters Only two of them, and of the fighters Incineroar, my most hated of all made it in, and the grinch took the fall No Rex and Pyra, no Raiden, no fair Zack fair, i mean, or Hojo's Lair Golden sun fans, it must really hurt this direct made me want to eat my shirt. So, I hope you enjoyed this odd serenade Vergeben deniers, we were swayed By a leak in a poster, very well fake And the leak wasn't delayed because of no quake. This Song quite accurately represents my mood. Now, I'll go. I need some food.

Remember, Cloud Strife is still the Poster Boy of Final Fantasy. Even if Final Fantasy VII is over with, Cloud will remain the most popular character in the franchise, and will continue to be the poster boy. Final Fantasy is still a huge name in the gaming industry. Shantae's games are rather obscure. I don't share your hype.