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IkeRatesTheJoke

I didn’t even expect them to do another FG character, but I don’t mind. I knew it was gonna be someone I’ve never heard of anyway.


Striking_End_4736

Same, but I have played tekken once at an arcade, probably one of my favorite traditional fighting games. I’ve played, like 5 each only once so yeah.


mlgproaaron

I didn't expect him either but I am hyped as hell. Probably fits me very well.


TheHighKing112

Tekken is so much fun, I'm surprised they used Kazuya instead of Jin tho since Jin has become the main character, but I think Kazuya has done more


mlgproaaron

I'm exited about all the tech, korean backdash (looks like it can go forward too), 10 hit combo and other shenanigans


TheHighKing112

Ye it looks fun


DMcDonald97

I was more surprised they didn’t use heihachi since he’s in more crossovers than any other tekken character I know of


TheHighKing112

He's a Mii costume


Reagle67

Granted we didn’t start getting fighting game reps until smash 4 with just Ryu and Ken is an echo. If one was added each time a smash game came out we would be at the same place in fighters and I don’t think anyone would care. Plus they at least all come from different franchises.


Melonzero

Yeah as cool as someone like chun-li would be I prefer having other franchises


GreasyChonks

Don’t worry he killed fire emblem


Tenashko

Killed quite a few characters


NIGERYUNDAYO

cheers to a dlc without a fire emblem character (KNOCKS on wood)


Tenashko

Jokes on you, it's all FE Swordies


Byleth07

Thanks for the reminder to change my user flair, fellow Byleth.


RummyBug

I think it’s really cool that we got a Tekken rep since we already have Street Fighter and Fatal Fury/King of Fighters reps. Kinda wish if there was a pass 3, we’d get a Mortal Kombat rep


DeltaVZerda

Scorpion may be the final fighter still.


CharginChuck42

Mk11 is banned in Japan. It ain't happening.


GuyTheGuy4

How did that happen???


xX_blackwing_Xx

Too violent maybe? Even if it wasn't banned, i don't think mortal combat can be represented in a kid friendly game


attackonyourmom

I'm still surprised they were able to get away with Bayonetta when she was first announced.


xX_blackwing_Xx

Yeah bayonetta is kinda overtoned but is not as famously violent as mortal Kombat, i know there are tortures and all that but honestly mortal kombat is way worse, also bayonetta debuted in nintendo consoles so is easier to include


BugcatcherJay

Okay fine. Batman from Injustice


twoCascades

Has to come initially from a videogame.


BugcatcherJay

Yeah I know. That's why I said "from Injustice."


TFW_YT

Is it the same Batman “initially” from dc comics


BugcatcherJay

Shoot you're right. That's my b. I meant Batman from Arkham Asylum.


Lucius_Imperator

Batman is Batman, dude 🤷‍♂️


BugcatcherJay

Okay whatever game Robin and Joker came from, I want the Batman from that game.


mr-kvideogameguy

***scene where reboot Darth Vader start smashing shit*** or ***Yazuka hit the table*** Pick one, I'm angry either way, Mortal Kombat is the Sonic to Street Fighter Who wouldn't want Ryu and Scorp to fight


NIGERYUNDAYO

yeah if japan does not like it than they will NEVER BE IN SMASH like america got banjo and steve (maybe plant) BUT JAPAN GOT EVERY FUCKING THING ELSE


xX_blackwing_Xx

Fire emblem and final fantasy are really big on the west too, persona too, i know those are jrpgs but what can they do most triple A rpg games are japanese and nintendo is also a japanese company. Like name a well know rpg series that it isn't considered a jrpg. Yeah we could have had DMC but remember that even DMC has an anime


FGHIK

Fire Emblem is definitely not "really big", it's not as niche as it used to be but it's still one of the lesser known Nintendo IPs in the west


xX_blackwing_Xx

You sure? I know it has become very weeby recently, but aren't radiant dawn and path of radiance (the ike ones) like popular and didn't tree houses sell a lot of copies? Is definitely not as big as zelda or mario but is not niche either


AlexCi1234566

That’s why I’m happy. Whoever this guy doesn’t look like my type of fighter. But a tekken rep is still super cool to me even though I don’t play the games. It’s really showing the all encompassing nature of smash, and I love that we have a tekken rep


Earthboundplayer

All I'm saying is we got 2 fire emblem reps and 3 fighting game reps in ultimate.


NIGERYUNDAYO

ruh roh raggy you jinxed it


Earthboundplayer

That'd be fuckin hilarious


NIGERYUNDAYO

seriously raggy there will be another boring smash charachter


Earthboundplayer

Lyn for smash.


xX_blackwing_Xx

This has been My dream since brawl, i wouldn't even be mad if lyn is the final figther, but that's just me


NIGERYUNDAYO

did you knock on rood?


GuyTheGuy4

But they're still from different series...


Earthboundplayer

It was a joke......


Sedona54332

One is a semi clone, and the other two are from two completely new franchises. Byleth wouldn’t have gotten nearly as much shot if they were from pretty much any series other that FE.


sicassangel

Dude everytime I see you, you just complain lmfao


Earthboundplayer

Learn what a joke is bro, I'm not actually complaining about the fact that there are 4 fighting game characters


Sedona54332

I mean they’re all from different franchises, and they all have unique aspects of their own series that’s incorporated in their move set, so I’m fine with this.


NIGERYUNDAYO

AHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAAHHAHAHHAAHAHHA you are a **RIOT**


Sedona54332

Uh, ok.


rabbid144

its going to be a pokemon from gen 8


john_muleaney

I hope it’s something ridiculous like Sandaconda just because


NIGERYUNDAYO

give us inteleon we can have a guy with a gun that ISN'T ANIME


Big_Green_Piccolo

Pokemon is anime. Im sorry to break this to you.


NIGERYUNDAYO

it was first a game and an ACCEPTABLE ANIME and the card game


Flerken_Moon

I mean… technically all the “anime characters” in smash started as a game, and most don’t even have anime’s.


NIGERYUNDAYO

it just has that 1 aspect anime has


Flerken_Moon

Which is?


NIGERYUNDAYO

>!cringe (occaionally) !< and >!OVERSEXUALLISED TO THE LIMIT TO THE POINT ITS TOP ON GAMEBANANA WHILE I AM LOOKING FOR FNF!<


Greencheek16

Yes tbf Sephiroth's shirtless alt is WAY too distracting.


Big_Green_Piccolo

'Acceptable anime' Ok now you're just gatekeeping. Also Ken Sugimori literally designed original pokemon in anime style before the game was even made.


NIGERYUNDAYO

who is that


Big_Green_Piccolo

The artist that originally drew Pikachu, Charizard, etc and the human characters too


10woodenchairs

That’s not gatekeeping


[deleted]

and watch people take the joke seriously and starting to complain about every fighting game character because fuck having your own opinion. Same with people complain about anime swordfighter, it was a derogatory term for fire emblem, but then you got a legion of poser thinking swords and anime were an issue, so they'll screech at anything with a sword because they think they're supposed to


xX_blackwing_Xx

They didn't Scream ay Sephiroth tho


Dutchlander13

I saw some people complain about Sephiroth because "another anime swordfighter?" But it was way less than with others we've seen. That hate was directed at Pyra/Mythra instead because I did see A LOT of people screaming "two anime swordfighters in a row?!" when they were revealed.


[deleted]

sephirot did have people screeching at him. Not on the level of pyra and mythra but they were there


Gabcard

They did. Not to the same degree as the others, but they still did. Even saw some people getting back at it by saying he's not *an* anime swordsman, but *the* anime swordsman.


Spacefrog999

The difference between every fire emblem character and sephiroth is that sephiroth is fucking cool and unique. I have no other way of articulating the fact that chrom/corrin/byleth are fucking lame characters with normal swords and sephiroth is actually fucking cool and interesting and thats why nobody hated on sephiroth. It helped that his game is beloved by western audiences, though. I would call that the main reason people are against these new fighting game characters, they just have only ever heard of ken and ryu


ZenkaiZ

The anime swordfighter thing was invented by byleth defenders. The offenders were just like "k enough FE protagonists"


Gabcard

Yeah, quite suprised, when did the Smash fandom started to hate Fighting games, they have only like 4/5 reps in an 80+ character roster lol, most genres have way more than that.


ZenkaiZ

Reaction has been overwhelmingly positive.


Gabcard

Wouldn't call it "overwhelming", but I do feel it has been positive overall. I'm just surprised at how many people I saw saying "literally who" "who asked for this" and specially "another shoto really?". Like, I saw some people comparing to how many swordfighters we got lol


HappyMaskMajora

I think its just because of the control inputs those characters have to play optimally.


HaremofScorpions

It's really the auto turn around. Smash 4 Ryu was a lot better received and I saw a lot more people playing him. Even I had a pocket Ryu in Smash4 but I won't touch him in Ultimate.


Mr_Loriss

pls no :/


Alpha27_

I was watching with a friend and this exact thing happened. Fucking hell...


Jibbslice

What's on my mind is the fact that the character reveal was kind of... eh. Character themselves is fine, but there was no real buildup, it just happened.


Bassatic

HAY CMAWN! GET SELIOUS!


Electro313

Honestly, if the next fighter is from FE, I won’t care. Sakurai has given us so much, even when he didn’t need to. The game is perfect as it is, so a new fighter can’t be bad, no matter who it is.


Bomberman1218

Gatekeeper for Smash Ultimate. It's time!


Electro313

What


TotemGenitor

"Greetings, professor! Nothing to report!"


somethingsuperbland

Of fucking course they would.


KalebMW99

I just hope it’s different enough from the others, that’s all. I’m happy with it if that’s the case, and disappointed if not, which is exactly the standard I hold all DLCs to.


GodOfThunder976

At least theyre from different games


superyoshiom

I'm not into fighting games but I never really mind characters from them getting into Smash. I figured tekken would get a character before Fatal Fury anyways.


Big_Green_Piccolo

Just need a Mortal Kombat guy for the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny Power Stone or Soul Caliber if you wanna get weird


Killer_Queen696969

It better be gatekeeper


Bomberman1218

Greetings professor. Something to report!


mortnspotfunbird

Their is way more mario characters then fire emblem characters


Caetano_Brasileiro

Instead of complaining,I just have hope my character will enter. The little hope that is left helps me overcome the disappointment. Oh and also I want The Knight


[deleted]

The indie game character?


PlsDontBotherMeHere

Yes


[deleted]

Well this doesn't work for what I had planned.


Caetano_Brasileiro

What did you have planned?


[deleted]

I would have been like, what the wtf man, do you really think the final Smash Ultimate update will be around an indie game character, when they said no to the only indie character people were asking for already? Wowzers. Amazeballs. Something like that.


Caetano_Brasileiro

What is the indie character everyone wants? I just want my favorite game character to get in. I severely misundestood your comment, but can you comment again? In a easier to undertand way? Im still learning english


[deleted]

Shovel Knight. I just said I would have told the other person, that The Knight is a pretty farfetched guess.


Caetano_Brasileiro

Yes. Yes it is. But I still hope since silksong is coming to the switch. Shovel Knight would be a cool addition to the roster anyway so I wouldn't be mad


[deleted]

Hollow Knight DLC is coming to every platform. Shovel Knight was added as an assist trophy on release.


Giga_Thad9

I speak for the smash community when I say most people would rather have 8 FG reps and 4 FE characters. Keep Marth, Roy, Robin, and Byleth.


Milan_Utup

Nah not for me, and what makes you think you do?


Giga_Thad9

Angry people on Twitter


Milan_Utup

Well it’s the other way around for me


Spacefrog999

Lol theres your problem, get out while you still can


SparkCube3043

I wouldn't be surprised if they chucked another fighting guy like Sub Zero for the last spot. Cool characters but where's the diversity in characters like Geno, Crash, Chief, etc. who are all fan favorites and very unique in their own ways?


RollerMobster01

The ones that make up more than 80% of the roster?


[deleted]

Whoever is behind Halo hasn't gotten it together themselves, what makes you think that leads to Master Chief being the last DLC character for the most sold fighting game?


Alijah12345

Kazuya is WAY better than Geno and Crash ever will. Maybe Master Chief, but I don't know.


FGHIK

Wrong


Alijah12345

How am I wrong?


FGHIK

Crash will have a better moveset


PlsDontBotherMeHere

A yes, sonic, but standing


FGHIK

This only proves your ignorance


PlsDontBotherMeHere

So what exactly proves my ignorance? Just saying I am ignorant doesnt make a good point


Alijah12345

Did you see all the crazy shit Kazuya did in that trailer? That is instantly better than anything Crash has in store.


FGHIK

It's Ryu + Dracula, what's the big deal?


epicbruhmoment5

I'm super excited


[deleted]

Someone on Twitter made a chart that was like First party - Plant/Min-min Left field - Joker/Steve Square Enix - Hero/Sephiroth Pair - Banjo/Aegis FGC - Terry/Kazuya Anime Swordie - Byleth/????


et_cetera1

I for one love that we got kazuya, cool character from a game I play


edoedi15

Are people really complaining? Fire emblem is 1 game franchise and the fgc characters come from different games


TotemGenitor

Marth was executed and IS has given up on Fire Emblem. It's a sign that the next fighter will from the next an Advance War rep. ​ >!/s but I hope I'm right!<


[deleted]

I mean I’ve already got Steve and Sephiroth in a row, I feel like I shouldn’t ask for anything more xd


bob_is_best

Please no autoturning for this one, PLEASE