Current Events > aww yea, Nickelodeon Smash Bros

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Prismsblade posted...

It's kind of interesting and more funny that nobody but millennials will know half the flipping roster in the trailer. Lmao.

But other then that looks like a pretty fun brawler overall.

I see people saying that a lot but to be honest Nick hasn't had a lot of really successful cartoons outside of the golden years of the 90s-early/mid 2000s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Nickelodeon#Animated_(%22Nicktoons%22)_3

Like look at that list and a majority of the cartoons after Avatar the Last Airbender were duds. Nick was mainly kept afloat by the live action shows during that time period and reruns, not necessarily the new cartoons

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KlRBEH posted...

I see people saying that a lot but to be honest Nick hasn't had a lot of really successful cartoons outside of the golden years of the 90s-early/mid 2000s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Nickelodeon#Animated_(%22Nicktoons%22)_3

Like look at that list and a majority of the cartoons after Avatar the Last Airbender were duds. Nick was mainly kept afloat by the live action shows during that time period and reruns, not necessarily the new cartoons

Yeah this

The Loud House has been a moderate success but other than that, Nick hasn't really put out any hits since Avatar

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Nick was the king of the 90's/2000's, but I think their over-reliance on Butch Hartman ended up hurting them. They were banking on him being the Stan Lee or Jack Kirby of cartoons.

FoP was pretty darn big while Danny Phantom was a moderate success, but he just wasn't able to continue the big hits.

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TheHoldSteady posted...

Yeah this

The Loud House has been a moderate success but other than that, Nick hasn't really put out any hits since Avatar

Yeah most of those cartoons barely made past 1 season without being relegated to Nicktoons (The backup channel).

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PiOverlord posted...

Nick was the king of the 90's/2000's, but I think their over-reliance on Butch Hartman ended up hurting them. They were banking on him being the Stan Lee or Jack Kirby of cartoons.

FoP was pretty darn big while Danny Phantom was a moderate success, but he just wasn't able to continue the big hits.

I think their mishandling of Avatar really sank Nick as well. It could've been their new flagship series but they never treated it that way. Then Korra didn't take off as well and they thought and the franchise was relegated to comic books from there on out.

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So I wonder if this will have voices or not. I know some of the actors are retired or have passed away, or that they want to save money by not getting actors in the studio to record new dialogue, but surely they could at least use archive dialogue.

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I feel like we would have heard some dialogue in the trailer if it was going to have any. But you're not wrong about being able to reuse archived recordings.
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rexcrk posted...

So I wonder if this will have voices or not. I know some of the actors are retired or have passed away, or that they want to save money by not getting actors in the studio to record new dialogue, but surely they could at least use archive dialogue.

That's what I'm thinking.

It's the least they can do. Otherwise, I'm not buying. The voices and interactions would be half the damn fun.
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It's a Smash clone, dude. Even if they got full voice acting, interactions seem highly unlikely.
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pokedude900 posted...

It's a Smash clone, dude. Even if they got full voice acting, interactions seem highly unlikely.

So was Playstation All-Stars.

LET ME DREAM GOD DAMNIT!
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iirc smash ultimate didn't have voices at e3 2018 either

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Interview with Ludosity:

https://kotaku.com/nickelodeon-fighting-game-devs-have-high-hopes-competi-1847310415

• Devs have experience making a popular platform fighting game that is both casual and highly competitive (Slap City). Will be taking cues from Slap and Super Smash Bros (Melee, in particular) while working on Nick All Star Brawl.
• They will be implementing rollback netcode where possible, at the absolute least for 1v1's.
• They were approached by Nickelodeon shortly after Slap City's success. The company laid out their plan to Ludosity for a Smash Bros-esque fighting game, and by early 2020, they were in full production.
• They are implementing familiar mechanics and features so that the game can be enjoyed both casually and competitively, while still feeling distinct. "If Slap City plays like Melee, Nick will play like Nick."
• Nickelodeon was 100% on board with the game being competitively viable from the very beginning and is in part why they specifically sought out Ludosity.
• Nickelodeon is also very hands-off with the project, as there are very few things the devs weren't allowed to do. While the studio has final say over roster choices and can reject ideas, Ludosity comes up with the movesets and playstyle of every character in the game, and can even suggest character ideas, some of which were accepted.
• "There is talk" concerning post-release content, such as DLC and patches. The overwhelmingly positive reception to the game's announcement is good motivation.
• Ludosity is taking the reception in stride, communicating frequently with the community on their Discord server, answering questions when possible and just generally being engaging.
• They have a very clear picture of what they hope to achieve with the project, and have full support from Nickelodeon.

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^ that makes me feel more optimistic about the game

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