DJAndyMD Asks: Why Does Super Smash Bros Roster Choices Drive People Crazy?
Hey there, its DJAndyMD! Anybody who sees my dashboard might have noticed I responded to a post depicting a question being asked about Lucina being put in for feminists purpose and whining about no Chrom. So, this made me wonder: why do the roster choices in Smash drive people crazy?
Super Smash Bros is a great game dedicated to acknowledging and celebrating the heroes, villains, and supporting cast of the franchises that make up Nintendo. Its basically a hall of fame. However, each roster pick comes at a price. What do I mean? Well, when one character gets confirmed.....I keep hearing and seeing the following:
These kinds of posts drive me nuts because I swear that Smash is the only fighting game where each roster choice is met with the dumbest opposition ever! I know most of these are done by trolls and dumb asses but how far is too far in acting like spoiled brats.
Well, I can easily say that when a new Smash is announced, there will always be new characters added and, like Brawl demonstrated, there may be characters that we have to say goodbye to. Same goes with which veteran characters will return who are not the original lineup.
Lets start with the veterans shall we?
Funny enough, the veterans get little to no opposition. I will agree that some veterans returning are questionable, like if in Brawl all clone characters were gone, why keep Falco when he had the same moveset, remove Mewtwo (a non-clone moveset character) and proceed to make clone final smashes or movesets for certain characters? I can see legitimate complaints on this but Smash Wii U/3DS has some questionable returnees. Probably the one that caused the most negative attention was Lucario and I already talked about why he is hated by people and tbh, he is running on fumes at this point.
This leads to the characters removed from Brawl. Mewtwo is the most popular character to be returning due to its recent popularity and many advertising in Pokemon X and Y. However, Mewtwo is also one of the more annoying complaints from fans. Whenever a character is confirmed, the same post comes up about Mewtwo. When Lucario, Charizard and Greninja was confirmed, why were they hated by some? They wanted Mewtwo back and now his chances are screwed. As a Mewtwo fan myself, I could care less now because, hey, I like Greninja.
Finally, there are the newcomers, oh boy, the newcomers. I probably have seen more idiotic postings when a newcomer is announced. When Rosalina was announced, I read so many sexist and dumb posts saying that she was not a good character, she sucks because she is a girl. I bet those posters never played Mario Galaxy or they are doing it on purpose. Little Mac had it worst, where people said he sucked without realizing Punch Out was one of the pioneers of the NES' run. Same thing with Pac-Man, people said no one wanted Pac Man without knowing he was the pioneer of videogames.
Either way, I think the main problem is that maybe people expect too much from Smash. For a second, before you post your next Ridley/Mewtwo/Ness/Shulk comment, think of this: If you were given a game where you had to choose the best of the best characters that would appeal to everyone, not just you, everyone....how difficult would choosing the characters be? There will be rejects and winners, but some characters cannot be in everygame. Like I said earlier, if a character is not popular, why subject them when there is nothing more to work with? This actually relates to Ridley because while he is popular in the US, he is not in Japan because Metroid is not a huge deal in Japan. But back to the conclusion, these roster choices must have been hard for Sakurai and Miyamoto as there are many choices but limited space and hardware, its like a play audition, not everybody who auditions will get a part, it sucks but there is always a next time, its not the end.
Look, I love being a Smash fan, but at times, it drives me crazy when people write sexist comments and make themselves look like entitled arrogant jerks. We need to stop being picky and actually have fun because like Nintendo said: Games are meant to be fun, not taken seriously. Plus, its hypocritical that the same people who complain about roster choices end up having fun with the game and end up playing with the characters they complained about. I should know....I was one of them before.
So, let me know. Have you been annoyed by fan posts like the ones I mentioned? Why do you think people act like this towards the Smash roster?
Also, be of note that this is all my opinion and would appreciate hearing yours with an open mind.
