Unpopular Smash Opinions (BE CIVIL)

[fogbadge]

We don't need a Smash Bros. Movie. Do people really want this?

I know I don’t

 

[UserKev]

I know I don’t

It's an accident waiting to happen.

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

I think a Smash movie would feel like a giant insult if it was the only ever fully-animated iteration of some characters, and that would apply even if it did go for a more whimsical tone. I already feel this way pretty strongly about trailers and story mode cutscenes, but Duck Hunt's fully-animated theatrical debut should be way more than just another of 60-something bootleg Avengers.

In other words: Make a Duck Hunt movie.

 

[Perkilator]

We don't need a Smash Bros. Movie. Do people really want this?

I can agree with you in that, I can tell you that much.

 

[GoldenYuiitusin]

I can't imagine one would be written well in general.

 

[LiveStudioAudience]

I don't want a Smash movie, but I wouldn't mind a general Nintendo crossover limited series. Basically, each episode would be about one first party series crossing over with another in their own unique story. You could probably keep it fairly conventional in the first season (Metroid with Star Fox, Zelda with Kid Icarus, Wario Land/Ware with DK, Kirby with Pikmin, Pokemon with Earthbound) and then get a little wackier in the season after.

 

[Lenidem]

We don't need a Smash Bros. Movie. Do people really want this?

I honestly don't get this kind of messages. We don't need a lot of stuff. Like, we didn't need a Mario Bros. movie. We don't even need, I don't know, video games. Yet when they do exist, if they are good, we are a little bit happier.

Do I want a Smash Bros. movie? No. Do I think a Smash Bros. movie would work? Probably not, at least, I don't see how. But it could. So I would like a good Smash Bros. movie, although it seems very unlikely, so I would never actively campaign for it.

 

[UserKev]

I honestly don't get this kind of messages. We don't need a lot of stuff. Like, we didn't need a Mario Bros. movie. We don't even need, I don't know, video games. Yet when they do exist, if they are good, we are a little bit happier.

Do I want a Smash Bros. movie? No. Do I think a Smash Bros. movie would work? Probably not, at least, I don't see how. But it could. So I would like a good Smash Bros. movie, although it seems very unlikely, so I would never actively campaign for it.

We do need video games. That's a moot take my friend. You could've made a point without mentioning that ridicule.

 

[LiveStudioAudience]

There are two problems with a Smash movie as a concept, at least to me.

For one, the heart of the series has always been non-story oriented matches, not narratives. The latter is a nice bonus when tried, and it can add to the overall experience, but realistically it's not the thing that sells the game the mass audience. Subspace Emissary was the biggest attempt at making an actual coherent story out of all these disparate franchises, yet a lot of the criticism towards was based around how unsatisfying the gameplay was outside actual matches and boss fights. SSB is one of the greatest crossovers of all time, but a lot of that is rooted in a gameplay emphasis and allowing players to apply that crossover element (stages, characters, items) in the way that they want, which is something you can't really do in a non-interactive media like film or television.

The second is that even if somehow there was a coherent story to be had from it, a movie can't really do justice to the notable characters involved, especially given the sheer quantity of them now in the series. You'd have to greatly pare down the cast to the relevant players (which would upset those that had their favorites minimized) or you have a potential film that would be a bit overwhelming to an audience because it having to keep its focus on so many different figures.

Its why I'm more in favor if just a Nintendo crossover series that sticks to a specific mixing of two franchises per episode to allow the characters to breathe and really take advantage of the stranger in a strange land potential on both sides.

 

[AlRex]

Some characters could do well with just a series of shorts, some could do well with series, a few could do well with full movies, and shoving them all in one movie would require a deft hand, at the very least. It’s not impossible, but it’d probably have to be just a bit irreverent, like the LEGO movies, or at least have the joke kind of be that you’re somehow taking a “Solid Snake VS Isabelle VS Ridley VS Wario” movie seriously. You’d have to create something itself that leans into the disparate nature, rather than trying to make any sort of coherent cinematic universe out of it.

 

[TheZizz]

I guess this is an unpopular opinion these days, but donkey Kong 64 is ultra mid. It has a stout heart, but that will not save it .. the versus multiplayer is highly underrated however, the mechanics just fall into place somehow

 

[Perkilator]

I've said this before in the Next Smash thread but IMO, it bears repeating: I think Crash has the best chance out of all the Microsoft reps due to how much more popular he is in Japan compared to the competition.

 

[Laniv]

I guess this is an unpopular opinion these days, but donkey Kong 64 is ultra mid. It has a stout heart, but that will not save it .. the versus multiplayer is highly underrated however, the mechanics just fall into place somehow

...Is this really an unpopular opinion?? Most people I talk to about DK64 says it's kinda blah

 

[Lenidem]

We do need video games. That's a moot take my friend. You could've made a point without mentioning that ridicule.

No, we don't. If you think you do, that's sad.

 

[UserKev]

No, we don't. If you think you do, that's sad.

We actually need video games. It's scientifically proven. The amount of time you spend playing them is up to the individual. Me? I only play old school games when I do play them.

 

[DragonRobotKing26]

i don't really like of people calling that Shadow deserve to be a echo fighter of Sonic, because that sounds like that Smash fans don't know Shadow's powers, Shadow have Chaos Control, have teleport, have Chaos Spear, have squid form, have Doom Wings, he is so different than Sonic, it makes sense anyone saying that Shadow deserve to have his own moveset than being a echo fighter, it's the same thing of anyone saying that Gooey have to be a Kirby's echo fighter than have an unique moveset