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At least they aren’t a silent protagonist like Byleth but their design is weird.What are your thoughts on Alear?
Although those two were special exceptions. Kosuke Yabuki (the producer of ARMS) specifically wanted Min Min to be the ARMS rep, while we got Pyra/Mythra because Sakurai's original plans involving Rex couldn't happen due to system limitations.
Also ARMS doesn't have a traditional story and Pyra/Mythra are absolutely protagonists.
They probably won’t. Yeah there was some backlash but people accept Byleth just fine these days.
Engage is not a bad game but Alear definitely falls into character with the least interesting personality in the game
I think part of it was that people had the expectation that the pass was all going to be third party. Byleth broke that but also gave us yet another avatar character without a ton of personality. For me, I stupidly got my hopes up with Sakurai’s hand gesture and thought there was a chance I was getting my most wanted character. Instead of getting upset, I kind of just laughed at the whole situation and at myself for letting myself get deluded like that. Had it been Edelgarde instead of Byleth, I’d be a lot more excited even if I still wasn’t getting what I was hoping for.
They responded to Corrin's backlash by adding Chrom and Byleth.
(Straps on sword proof vest) Best possible timeline.
I'd say Alear's heavily carried by how much you like the last couple of chapters because that's where the game hides like, all of Alear's sauce.
ARMS in general doesn’t have a protagonist since the story isn’t the focus. Spring Man is just front and center and probably would have been more one dimensional if he was chosen.
Implying Pyra isn't a major protagonist is certainly a take given the entire game wouldn't happen without her.
Then they can keep suffering the backlash.
That's not what a protagonist is.
It won't do anything because there are still clearly fans of Fire Emblem in regards to Smash Bros. The reason we got Roy back and Chrom was because people wanted Roy back and Chrom was voted notably on the Ballot to make the decision to make him an Echo. Just because some people are alot more open in their negativity to Fire Emblem doesn't mean they will stop doing Fire Emblem.
Okaaaaay.
They got lucky that people generally loved three houses.
well the fact that he feels very similar to a number of the past protagonists in the game would prove this
And I would take that over what little we've seen of their past any day of the week.
That's the idea. I'd prefer to be shot.It won't do anything because there are still clearly fans of Fire Emblem in regards to Smash Bros. The reason we got Roy back and Chrom was because people wanted Roy back and Chrom was voted notably on the Ballot to make the decision to make him an Echo. Just because some people are alot more open in their negativity to Fire Emblem doesn't mean they will stop doing Fire Emblem.
And let's be honest, Capcom did not do Nintendo any favors for Byleth when they were promoting the special edition of Devil May Cry 3. That definitely played a role.
Okaaaaay.
I thought we learned from Indiana Jones that you never bring a sword proof vest to a firing squad with machine guns and rockets.
it plays a bit but not it's not the only thing. in my case I tend not to like characters who's personalities I can't stand. but I can tolerate blanks be they like corrin or byleth
Even if it was from a Mech?That's the idea. I'd prefer to be shot.
To me, niche would be something that, while mostly unknown by the masses, has made its place within certain circles.
It’s hard to say where the line is. A lot of my most wanted are relatively popular in gaming in general but are really niche in terms of Smash discussions. I think the most niche character I’d love to see is Zegram Ghart from Rogue Galaxy. That game was never really big to begin with but it’s been decades since it released. Other favorites like the Battletoads, Fulgore, and Bill Rizer were big at one point but are fairly niche now.
I feel like a niche option is either a character that is unknown by general audiences but very popular by requests or the opposite where it’s popular by general audiences but it’s not that requested.
And even then, I'm pretty sure the extremely popular and marketable part is mostly due to Rowlet being an adorable little birb than it is Decidueye.
Still, Decidueye got into Pokken Tournament DX (and was used heavily in promotion) as well as Unite, where it's the only playable Gen 7 starter at the current moment. Also thanks to its Hisuian form it is currently the latest debuting Pokémon to receive a regional variant.
She was a shopkeeper in world of light so I guess that was enough.
Anna is meant to have a large role as Commander of the the Order of Heroes in, well, Heroes (in fact, it's because of her Kiran is there at all) but any one in the good guys' side not named Alfonse tends to get the short stick in terms of plot impact and relevance... if they even get a stick at all.
I mean in Fates she was a minor playable character via DLC, I think Three Houses did the same thing, and then Engage had an actual Anna playable WITHOUT DLC with the little child Anna, but she's an optional unit alongside Jean, placed into little side maps. If you recruit her, she also runs a little side shop in the Somniel that sells support-boosting gift items, but I think even if you don't, I wanna say Timerra runs it? I'm pretty sure someone does if Anna's not there, but I don't know who since I've always recruited Anna lol
