Current Events > Super Smash Bros Switch doesn't have character trophy bios?

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Back in the gamecube era, super smash bros melee had these character trophies you unlock with these long bio descriptions about each character, the game they're from, neat little tidbits... I was too young to appreciate them back then or even want to actually read when playing a video game, but now I definitely want to and was all set to read them in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

But I was searching and searching and couldn't find them, and later I found out the devs didn't put them in the game at all. Not even a copy-paste attempt of the melee version of the description since I missed out on read it the first time around.

What the heck so there's no reading material in the game at all?

Smash Ultimate doesn't even have Trophies. Instead, it has Spirits, which are just JPGs taken from their original games.

It was done that way because Sakurai has said that making Trophies takes tremendous work (modeling and/or posing the characters along with writing and translating descriptions for them), and on top of the heavy workload that Ultimate already required, they were unfeasible this time around (the same reason why Ultimate's Adventure mode doesn't have side-scrolling levels). So, they went with Spirits, and also gave them various effects that can affect gameplay when equipped.

However, there is some reading material in the form of short Info tips that pop up on loading screens which can also be read in one of the side modes that tell you about the Fighters.

I totally understand why trophies were dropped and the trade off with having so many spirits almost makes it worth it but losing the bios was a huge loss. More than a few times I've unlocked a new spirit that I didn't recognize and wish I could read a blurb about its history.

Not the end of the world by any means but I did used to read all of the trophies in previous games.

Yeah I totally get why trophies werent included, but some sort of bio wouldve been nice. There are definitely times where I have absolutely no idea what a Spirit is from

Yeah maybe the majority liked all the quantity that smash switch had, but all that quantity doesn't really mean anything to me without some kinda attachment. Guess I just missed the boat on the bios.

Bringit posted...

I totally understand why trophies were dropped

rexcrk posted...

Yeah I totally get why trophies werent included

Explain it to me >:[

I prefer the fighter quantity even after reading trophy bios. Reading up on a character doesn't really lead to understanding after all. So it's the same thing to me, I have no attachment to fighters I don't know or trophies of characters I don't recognize. But having more fighters means more options at least.

To me a bio about some rando essentially reads like "This is Guy McDudebro. He slayed the Evil McVillainface and totally banged 1000 women cause he's so awesome. Also he has a gun on his dick."

BurmesePenguin posted...

Explain it to me >:[

Too much work for Sakurai Daddy

BloodMoon7 posted...

Too much work for Sakurai Daddy

Every single spirit would have needed a 3D model, and a bio translated into a dozen different languages.

That's A LOT of fucking work.

BurmesePenguin posted...

Explain it to me >:[

Basically designing hundreds of models plus writing the script bio for each one (in multiple languages) took more and more time from development with each game, and Smash 4 had an insane amount of time dedicated to its trophies. Sakurai wanted to implement tons of different character appearances in an easier way and basically brought back the stickers concept from Brawl.

That makes sense.

I hate it.

BurmesePenguin posted...

That makes sense.

I hate it.

I do too, man.

I do, too.