now that Hyper Light Drifter is coming to switch I feel confident in saying that they're definitely going to put the drifter in Smash
So who's higher tier between the Drifter and Shovel Knight
great question
gonna have to be the Drifter
higher speed on attack and dashing makes up for low walk speed and the fact that the immortal perfect cell tries to kill you every twenty seconds, and shovel knight's insane recovery and aerials aren't quite enough to compensate for their overall low damage and mediocre ground game
A character being on a Nintendo system is only ehogh to elevate them above "not actually impossible". There are more than a few steps beteeen that and "likely".
I think y'all underselling the mixup Shovel Knight has with the charge blade, the trench blade, and the fireball, and his Down-Aerial spiking is goign to be a problem for anybody given how strong his aerial game is. Get off the stage and he will end you
But we'll settle this when the time comes
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I just think Shovel Knight would be on the same tier as young/toon link and Drifter would probably be much more Fox like
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Shovel Knight will 100% be a playable character in Smash
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I also feel like Shovel Knight's chances are vastly overestimated.
Personally I think if they’d include an indie character it’d be someone with historical significance, like Quote, kicking off the Japanese indie scene as well as the pixelated platformer trend
I said it in the other thread but including shovel knight would be a huge snub to wayforward/shantae, who’s been putting their games on Nintendo platforms since the gbc
I also feel like Shovel Knight's chances are vastly overestimated.
Personally I think if they’d include an indie character it’d be someone with historical significance, like Quote, kicking off the Japanese indie scene as well as the pixelated platformer trend
I said it in the other thread but including shovel knight would be a huge snub to wayforward/shantae, who’s been putting their games on Nintendo platforms since the gbc
Thinking about it, last lead up to a smash game if you had asked wayforward about her in smash they’d respond and say to tell Nintendo, and they started a shantaeforsmash hashtag for the ballot
I don't particularly associate Shovel Knight with Nintendo, but then again, I didn't associate Snake or Cloud with Nintendo either.
I mean, it's a third party game, but given that its entire design impetus was "Modern NES game" it's kind of implicitly linked to Nintendo in a way few other third parties are.
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I associate shovel knight with nintendo because its a good 2D platformer
Nintendo just owns that entire category in my mind
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I want a grass starter for Smash, but Decidueye is the one I least want, but that's totally who we would get so I guess I don't want one.
The problem is that most grass pokemon aren't a body type that's easy to map fighting game moves onto.
Chesnaught??????
I said most!
Also I don't think anybody remembers Chesnaught. He's easily the least popular starter from that gen.
I mean, I love him! But I love almost all grass types so that don't count for much.
Ugh, I hate the other two though.
Greninja is ok. Delphox is bleh.
Unfortunately for ol' Chesnaught, Braxien is super popular because they decided to basically make it a magical girl what is also a fox, and Greninja is a ninja who also was basically a DBZ character in the show.
I wish Delphox got more play, though. The witch archetype is one that doesn't get nearly as much play as the magical girl I think. Especially not the not-a-crone-yet kinda design.
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So who's higher tier between the Drifter and Shovel Knight
It would have to be the Drifter right?
Shovel Knight would be lower tier based mobility alone, unless the Drifter has no ups I guess
great question
gonna have to be the Drifter
higher speed on attack and dashing makes up for low walk speed and the fact that the immortal perfect cell tries to kill you every twenty seconds, and shovel knight's insane recovery and aerials aren't quite enough to compensate for their overall low damage and mediocre ground game
But we'll settle this when the time comes
My prediction is that they will announce Crash Bandicoot in Smash at E3
This would cause me to actually take up Smash and practice.
Alternate outfit for him should be 8-bit Uncle Scrooge.
He got an amiibo, he did not get into Smash.
Definitely not the Drifter
Personally I think if they’d include an indie character it’d be someone with historical significance, like Quote, kicking off the Japanese indie scene as well as the pixelated platformer trend
I said it in the other thread but including shovel knight would be a huge snub to wayforward/shantae, who’s been putting their games on Nintendo platforms since the gbc
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Thinking about it, last lead up to a smash game if you had asked wayforward about her in smash they’d respond and say to tell Nintendo, and they started a shantaeforsmash hashtag for the ballot
This time they’re not saying anything
I mean, it's a third party game, but given that its entire design impetus was "Modern NES game" it's kind of implicitly linked to Nintendo in a way few other third parties are.
Nintendo just owns that entire category in my mind
I don't. The developers went out of their way to produce and distribute amiibo, and they obviously have an affection for Nintendo
The problem is that most grass pokemon aren't a body type that's easy to map fighting game moves onto.
Chesnaught??????
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I said most!
Also I don't think anybody remembers Chesnaught. He's easily the least popular starter from that gen.
I mean, I love him! But I love almost all grass types so that don't count for much.
Ugh, I hate the other two though.
Greninja is ok. Delphox is bleh.
Unfortunately for ol' Chesnaught, Braxien is super popular because they decided to basically make it a magical girl what is also a fox, and Greninja is a ninja who also was basically a DBZ character in the show.
I wish Delphox got more play, though. The witch archetype is one that doesn't get nearly as much play as the magical girl I think. Especially not the not-a-crone-yet kinda design.
They made pikachu work, though, and he’s just a discus with stubby legs and a tail.
Pikachu is an adorable lightning mouse!
put Miyamoto in Smash