Is Smash Wii U the "Final Fantasy VII" of the Smash series?

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Wyrdness said:

midrange said:

Smash 4 is only big because Nintendo is trying to push it in tournaments. There is no gaurantee that the game will be big in the competitive scene once Nintendo decides to stop supporting smash 4.

Right now, melee has proven to be a timeless classic, smash 4 has not. To anticipate smash 4 to remain big in the future is wishful thinking. It may be possible, but I wouldn't be too sure

 

Not only is Nintendo pushing Smash 4 I'll add that the are two things that will help S4's community grow that Melee sturggles to crack, Europe and Japan, S4's balancing means everyone is playing the same version unlike Melee where the PAL version has balance changes not in the NA version and the latter is what's played at most Melee tournaments and the online also removes the problem in Europe of finding a community to play people, hence Europe has a healthy S4 scene that is growing.

Japan also prefer S4 so they have a bigger S4 scene by a significant margin over Melee and to try and dismiss S4 when it's only a year in is beyond jumping the gun. The are advantages S4 has that the previous games didn't have.

Online tournaments and stage building are also things that will help Sm4sh remain popular, so all these comments about reused stages are kind of null and void.