Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1351

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I'm still not convinced that Geno's support base isn't a communal fever dream that started 15 years ago and never ended.

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CaptainOfCrush posted...

There's enough Resident Evil on Nintendo consoles that we really gotta get Leon or Jill in eventually.

(please not Chris)

It baffles me that Leon's not in Smash yet. I wonder if there's still bad blood over the Capcom Five or if the guns are "too realistic" or Capcom has too many other representatives or whatever.

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i don't think resident evil characters will ever get in smash. the main issue is probably the face models

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Team Rocket Elite posted...

That may be so but Fire Emblem would beat RPG games that are weaker than they are.

Precisely. Saying a stupid blanket statement like "Noone will vote an SRPG over and RPG makes zero sense when FE would beat most of the RPGs in this bracket, including the Fails game

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jeffjimbo posted...

i don't think resident evil characters will ever get in smash. the main issue is probably the face models

And move sets

I'd like Amaterasu though

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Oh it's definitely because Resident Evil doesn't fit in Smash that well. What would their movesets be? They don't punch and kick like Snake or have access to the ridiculous sci fi weapons he possesses (mostly).


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jeffjimbo posted...

i don't think resident evil characters will ever get in smash. the main issue is probably the face models

Uhhhhh, Snake?

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pjbasis posted...

Oh it's definitely because Resident Evil doesn't fit in Smash that well. What would their movesets be? They don't punch and kick like Snake or have access to the ridiculous sci fi weapons he possesses (mostly).

have you SEEN Chris Redfield?

pjbasis posted...

Oh it's definitely because Resident Evil doesn't fit in Smash that well. What would their movesets be? They don't punch and kick like Snake or have access to the ridiculous sci fi weapons he possesses (mostly).

Knife.

Other Knife.

Gun.

Ashley in a dumpster.

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WarThaNemesis2 posted...

Knife.

Other Knife.

Gun.

Ashley in a dumpster.

Don't you dare forget the Suplex.

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Xenoblade keeps going up, I love it.

Also, the #1 undeniable best choice for a Resident Evil character in Smash would be Wesker.

Yuri_LowelI posted...

I didn't say sword. I said weapons.

Yeah my bad. It still wouldn't rule various classes out though.

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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

Precisely. Saying a stupid blanket statement like "Noone will vote an SRPG over and RPG makes zero sense when FE would beat most of the RPGs in this bracket, including the Fails game

Where the hell did i say Noone will vote for an SRPG over an RPG?

I said SRPG"s have a ceiling. FE would beat most RPG"s in this bracket....but you know what? Put it up against a Xenoblade or Persona 5 and it would fold. When in reality FE has everything going for it. It has a shit ton of Smash Support it has huge Nintendo Marketing and a ton of Games in its series

Xenoblade has like 3 games...and the first 1 came out on wii.


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I always thought a monster like Nemesis would be best. (Pyramid Head is my secret most wanted)

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Sharinnegan posted...

have you SEEN Chris Redfield?

You mean have you seen Chris REdfield Post RE5.

But yeah you're right. He's stupidly overpowered. Literally Punches a Boulder.

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Gall posted...

Xenoblade keeps going up, I love it.

Also, the #1 undeniable best choice for a Resident Evil character in Smash would be Wesker.

I mean if you replace ZSS with Battle Suit Jill....how much really do you have to change? a few movesets.

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Jill , Wesker and Chris are already in marvel vs capcom 3 anyways

they could just copy their moveset from there (with some adaptations obviously)

Also...What the hell happened in that 2nd update after the Freeze? Xenoblade jumped like nearly 4%. Fucking Reyn Time right there. ITs like it was neck and neck for 10 mins and then Monado came and ended it. Love it.

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lordjers posted...

What's so bad about several Fire Emblem characters making it to Smash? Doesn't that game have like a million characters? I'm sure there's plenty of room. Plus FE has LOTS of characters, so it's not like it doesn't proportionately fit.

Every single Fire Emblem character is a sword user from a series with at least, what, 3 or 4 more weapon types off the top of my head (lance, pegasus, archer, axe)? 4 of them play basically the same (Marth, Roy, Lucina, Chrom), Corrin came in when we already had 6 other Fire Emblem reps and before his game even released so nobody knew who he was, and Byleth came after a million memes about too much fire emblem and we already had 7 other reps plus he was the last DLC in a pack that was exclusively third party and greatly hype inducing for most of the fans. Fire Emblem outreps Zelda (the most prominent example, there are certainly others you can use here instead) in Smash despite Zelda having a million more interesting characters and BotW nearly outselling the entire FE series on its own. Sakurai has even recently come out and said there's an excessive amount of Fire Emblem reps in the roster

I don't doubt the series itself is probably fine, but jesus fuck. There are way more prominent series' that could use more reps, or even just different weapons/characters from the FE series itself would be better over more (mostly) blue haired anime sword dorks.

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Leon has some close-range moves; guy practically invented the modern day QTE (for better or worse). Kicks, suplex, his knife. He'd work.

EDIT: If Nintendo wants to minimize the real life guns, he also has his normal, Flash, and Incendiary grenades that can function as his special moves. Heck, REMake Jill can also work by utilizing different rounds of her grenade launcher. RE helped keep the GameCube alive; that series really should have a presence in Smash.

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snake_5036 posted...

4 of them play basically the same (Marth, Roy, Lucina, Chrom)

Red Flag #1

snake_5036 posted...

I don't doubt the series itself is probably fine,

Red Flag #2

It's like I'm really on the Smash Ultimate board

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snake_5036 posted...

Every single Fire Emblem character is a sword user from a series with at least, what, 3 or 4 more weapon types off the top of my head (lance, pegasus, archer, axe)? 4 of them play basically the same (Marth, Roy, Lucina, Chrom), Corrin came in when we already had 6 other Fire Emblem reps and before his game even released so nobody knew who he was, and Byleth came after a million memes about too much fire emblem and we already had 7 other reps plus he was the last DLC in a pack that was exclusively third party and greatly hype inducing for most of the fans. Fire Emblem outreps Zelda (the most prominent example, there are certainly others you can use here instead) in Smash despite Zelda having a million more interesting characters and BotW nearly outselling the entire FE series on its own. Sakurai has even recently come out and said there's an excessive amount of Fire Emblem reps in the roster

I don't doubt the series itself is probably fine, but jesus fuck. There are way more prominent series' that could use more reps, or even just different weapons/characters from the FE series itself would be better over more (mostly) blue haired anime sword dorks.

Doesn't help that you have even more swordsmen if you add chars from

Zelda
FF7
Xenoblade

etc

I just really hate taking the pistols away from RE protags. Their most iconic stance is when they're holding those things!

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Remember when we thought Three Houses was the strongest FE game in the bracket? That was quaint.

(Though I agree with TRE that Xenoblade is just flat-out strong.)

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snake_5036 posted...

BotW nearly outselling the entire FE series on its own.

As of December 2019, the Fire Emblem franchise has sold 15.965 million copies worldwide. As of December 2019, BotW has sold 18million on Switch and Wii U.

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Yeah, they should remove all the sword-users in Smash to increase diversity. We need more people who primarily punch and kick - we only have 50 or so.

TheCodeisBosco posted...

Remember when we thought Three Houses was the strongest FE game in the bracket?

It still is!

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The only FE character i care about in Smash is Marth..and thats only because i don't see him as a FE Character...just my Main from Melee.

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KamikazePotato posted...

Yeah, they should remove all the sword-users in Smash to increase diversity. We need more people who primarily punch and kick - we only have 50 or so.

It still is!

Yeah I mean Awakening is getting beat Worse here. Much Worse.

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TheCodeisBosco posted...

Remember when we thought Three Houses was the strongest FE game in the bracket? That was quaint.

(Though I agree with TRE that Xenoblade is just flat-out strong.)

I think it still might be. At the very least I think it's competitive with Awakening. But this is Xenoblade's 3rd strong showing in a row and I feel like it deserves a bit more respect rather than people making excuses yet again.
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Team Rocket Elite posted...

I think it still might be. At the very least I think it's competitive with Awakening. But this is Xenoblade's 3rd strong showing in a row and I feel like it deserves a bit more respect rather than people making excuses yet again.

Persona 5 is the only JRPG to have higher Review average than Xenoblade in the last 10 years. ITs an hugely respected game. And if you this is strong. Post Switch release it will be even stronger.

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so...how much of a lead would you say is safe for Persona here?

I'm assuming Xenoblade will be the heavy board favorite in the division finals next round. It's earning some respect.

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I think Persona is safe as is since it will just rally to stay ahead.
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I'm not even going to pretend to try and understand how trends in this contest work anymore, but if you have Persona 4 you should feel good. Not great, but good.

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CaptainOfCrush posted...

I'm assuming Xenoblade will be the heavy board favorite in the division finals next round. It's earning some respect.

I wouldn't be surprised if Three Houses is still the #2 game in this division and Xenoblade just cruise controls to the Elite Eight.

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Nintendo should drop enough Xenoblade Definitive Edition trailer before the next match I should call up my friend Doug Bowser.

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I wonder how well Xenoblade can hold up against SMO or SSBU.
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I think Xeno has a bit of a rally boost. It just shot from 57%-58% in fifteen minutes with little dropoff in FE3H votes.

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are there rallies going on?

There are no current ongoing rallies.

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KamikazePotato posted...

I'm not even going to pretend to try and understand how trends in this contest work anymore, but if you have Persona 4 you should feel good. Not great, but good.

I mean, the two games are tied in the UK, and Persona is winning everywhere else. That was not the case for the Red Dead match.

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play xenoblade btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FixE_odCEKA

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Is the sales an argument LoZ should have more Smash reps? Wouldve been nice to see Midna, but I guess we need to have a 7-12th Link added to the game

snake_5036 posted...

play xenoblade btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FixE_odCEKA

When it comes out on Switch yeah

The Wii version is bad and the 3DS version is even worse.

WE will finally see a version of Xenoblade that does the game justice.

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Team Rocket Elite posted...

I wonder how well Xenoblade can hold up against SMO or SSBU.

Smash just barely hit 64% against Spiderman. Xeno is comfortably keeping it under 60. Mario is a toss up

But we need more Xenoblade Switch hype. Hopefully a Trailer...better yet a Demo.

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CaptainOfCrush posted...

I'm assuming Xenoblade will be the heavy board favorite in the division finals next round. It's earning some respect.

With 2nd chance brackets? Yeah its going to be the HUGE favourite.

Noone can tell me they seriously think PErsona4/GTA is going to do anything against Monado.

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https://youtu.be/Flx2kzMUGB8

before tournament started I thought P4 would beat Xenoblade just due to Jrpg hierarchy or something. kinda assumed most people would favor Persona in a match between those series

but now i think Xenoblade is definitely the favorite to win.

In other news I have to ask myself if I think New Vegas could, in theory, 60-40 Spider-Man.

I took the upset!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0W0VyaoZzY

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