It's a crazy time to be alive, it truly is. Now I'm not here to talk about the various Smash games, you can play which ever one you like, multiple or all. However, the Smash 4 roster has to be the greatest crossover roster I've seen to date. It's literally unbelievable. For those of you living under a rock, Nintendo's latest direct just announced that Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7 will be added to the game's roster.
This game was already crazy. This is a game with all kinds of Nintendo games in it, from Super Mario to Donkey Kong to Metroid. Even Brawl surprised us with Snake. But you're telling me this is a game where I can pick PAC-MAN and fight against RYU!? Against CLOUD STRIFE!? This can't be real life. People are going to anti-hype this, call Cloud a semi Ike clone, still declare Melee the greatest Smash of all time but be real. This is hype. Sega, Capcom, Square Enix, Nintendo and Namco all in one game.
This game was already crazy. This is a game with all kinds of Nintendo games in it, from Super Mario to Donkey Kong to Metroid. Even Brawl surprised us with Snake. But you're telling me this is a game where I can pick PAC-MAN and fight against RYU!? Against CLOUD STRIFE!? This can't be real life. People are going to anti-hype this, call Cloud a semi Ike clone, still declare Melee the greatest Smash of all time but be real. This is hype. Sega, Capcom, Square Enix, Nintendo and Namco all in one game.
With this news, Daddy Sakurai has opened up a lot of doors. I don't expect this man to keep adding characters and stages (doesn't that man and his staff need rest) but we could get more "invaders". My personal prediction is that we'll get Snake and/or Wolf back at some point, whoever the Smash Ballot winner is and one more hidden character. Spike Chunsoft?Activision? Ubisoft? Sony couldn't even get some of these characters in Playstation Allstars yet we have them in Smash.
Now don't go crazy. We aren't getting Goku, or Naruto or like Deadpool in the game. Calm down. The one thing all these characters have in common is that they're intially video game characters before anything else. Sure they may have adaptations and representation in other mediums, but I don't expect to see anime or comic book characters in this Smash.
Now don't go crazy. We aren't getting Goku, or Naruto or like Deadpool in the game. Calm down. The one thing all these characters have in common is that they're intially video game characters before anything else. Sure they may have adaptations and representation in other mediums, but I don't expect to see anime or comic book characters in this Smash.
Nintendo has been pretty strategic with these character announcements, well for the newcomers at least. More or less. Shulk helps promote Xenoblade 3DS (and the new one), Robin/Lucina Fire Emblem: Awakening, Ryu Street Fighter 5 and Cloud helps advertise the new Final Fantasy 7 remake. So part of me is looking at any upcoming video games with iconic characters and wondering if they'll end up in Smash Bros.
To wrap things up here, Cloud looks pretty good from his trailer. Lots of references to his game and well known move-set. I wanna say he looks like he'll be high mid tier/low top tier. All I know is that I never not want to own this game because who knows when a roster this fantastic and unreal will ever appear again in gaming.
To wrap things up here, Cloud looks pretty good from his trailer. Lots of references to his game and well known move-set. I wanna say he looks like he'll be high mid tier/low top tier. All I know is that I never not want to own this game because who knows when a roster this fantastic and unreal will ever appear again in gaming.