| Simpleton said: It was a Nintendo themed roster but there was never any stigma against 3rd parties being the game. They tried to get 3rd parties the moment the roster expanded with Melee. The reason we didn't get 3rd party characters in 64 is most likely because they wanted to fill their bases with the Nintendo mainstays first. And we have 6 3rd party characters. That's more than before but still a considerably small fraction of the roster, especially when you consider how big the roster is in Smash 4 compared to previous entries. What I'm saying is even if there's more 3rd party characters than before, they've always been considered in a way non-video game characters have not. |
I honestly don't care that much. I'm mostly participating because I am amazed people can care so much. I'm usually all for all-out enthusiasm and excitement for video games of any kind, even if it means things get heated and debates start to unfold. But in this case, I just can't help but see the thread and question why people are still arguing? The only substantive arguments for Goku not being in Smash have been "it's a rule! it's a rule! he can't be in!", just like the only substantive arguments I see for him being in is "but he's in games! he's in games!" I guess you could say that I'm a hypocrite as I have contributed to the post count of the thread, but I've only done so because I see no reason why I should specifically rule out a character that, to someone who has no experience with Dragon Ball Z, seems to fit Smash pretty well. In cases like that, I usually defend the right for people to dream of a character being added, but I guess I am getting more disillusioned to it, since people would rather argue over it than list reasons why it would be cool. I just don't see the reason why Smash in particular needs to be fought about, in less than 6 months we will probably know all the characters in the game, and all of this will seem pointless. Granted, everything seems pointless in time, but this in particular is not up to us at all. It's up to the developers.
