Topic: Cloud in Smash Bros

[theplottwist]

Sakurai will resize Ridley, add blood to the game and give us fuckin' GOKU before he gives us Simon Belmont... 

I don't know their criteria for choosing characters, but I can't think of ONE SINGLE REASON - beyond money - for why Cloud, of all characters in the planet, deserves to be in this game more than Simon.

Yes, that's ALL that Smash needed - one more pretty boy with a cool anime sword.

Yeah I'm buttmad at this. What the heck, Sakurai?

Supposing Sakurai has already considered Simon to get in this, I'm starting to suspect that he didn't add him because of the religious symbolism - even though they are much more lax with this today.

[theANdROId]

I have split feelings about this...

...one is that I don't really care.  Smash is awesome, and has some fantastic characters in it already.  Cloud doesn't look so terrible anyway and may be fun to play as when he's released.  Not that I wouldn't girly-scream like a fanboy if they ever did include a Belmont, but they haven't yet, so...meh.

...the other is, "Ugh, you said it.  Why do we even need another sword fighter?  We already have, what, like 8 or 10?  Cloud doesn't even look like he really adds anything new!  If they really have to add another sword fighter, at least make him include something that really makes him stand out and be unique.  [mumble]I mean I guess he is at least from a series previously unused in smash...but still..."[/mumble]

[VladCT]

>has 6 nintendo main titles with plenty of characters to choose from
>picks the one from a sony title
lol k. :V

[TheTextGuy]

>picks the one from a sony title

That part confuses me; FFVII wasn't on a Nintendo console, yet they added Cloud anyways.  Perhaps they're planning on releasing the remake to whatever the NX is?

[Shiroi Koumori]

Money. Cloud sells. Period.

[PFG9000]

I can't think of ONE SINGLE REASON - beyond money - for why Cloud, of all characters in the planet, deserves to be in this game more than Simon.

Money. Cloud sells. Period.

This, exactly.  Of course there's no other reason.  Cloud will attract far more people to the game than Simon.

[zangetsu468]

Just saw the vid, Cloud is dope af, new main!!!
Sorry Simon, hope they still bring you in.

[Shiroi Koumori]

Just saw the vid, Cloud is dope af, new main!!!
Sorry Simon, hope they still bring you in.

SOLD! $$$

[theplottwist]

This, exactly.  Of course there's no other reason.  Cloud will attract far more people to the game than Simon.

Welp, this may be true, but I refuse to believe Cloud would bring more money than Crono.

They could pick a character by Square tailored for Nintendo who is also hugely popular, but no. Cloud it is.

Fucking Cloud.

[Sul_Yong]

Dunno, Ryu is in here. Street Fighter V would never have happened if Sony hadn't made an exclusive console deal with Capcom. And Square used to be exclusive to Nintendo back in the day. So I think it is this:
Sony makes deal with Nintendo just to blatantly advertise their console exclusives for the next year.
And rub in their face of "what could have been."
But no, Phillips happened instead.



Also, FUCK CLOUD. I would have preferred literally any other Final Fantasy character over that. If they made the Uselessly Spoony Edward from IV playable, I would have mained him just to rejoice that Cloud wasn't selected. But no, Pretty boy is Poster Boi, and Postaboi becomes new Smash Fukboi.

[zangetsu468]

@Sul_Yong Need a hug?

[VladCT]

On the bright side, it's very likely that For Glory will be filled with Cloud noobs when he comes out, and you can take out your frustration on these shmucks then, if you're at least moderately skilled. After all, that's one of the greatest things about fighting games: you can always go to town on the characters you hate.

Another bright side: At least it wasn't Lightning. :V

[Bloodreign]

I wouldn't touch the Smash series with a 10 foot pole to begin with (it's not a fighter I care for), but Clud? Of all characters they could add, Clud.


*goes vomit in a corner*

[Ratty]

That part confuses me; FFVII wasn't on a Nintendo console, yet they added Cloud anyways.  Perhaps they're planning on releasing the remake to whatever the NX is?

Yeah I'd agree that probably has something to do with it. Even if not though Cloud is still Square's most popular/profitable character, much as we may or may not care for him.

[TheTextGuy]

Welp, this may be true, but I refuse to believe Cloud would bring more money than Crono.

Would be nice to see an Akira Toriyama design in Smash, if only to tease the people who want Goku 

As for Simon not making it in due to religious references, I guess they could just not add crosses on his design and on his weaponry.