Goku for Smash 5? I say YES!

[Azuren]

GorillaQc said:

Azuren said:

No, Goku can be considered a video game character because, unlike Eric Cartman, Goku has more spent more time in video games than cartoons/anime.

 

And no. It's a ratio. Link has 20+ games against one cartoon. Mario has 200+ game appearances against a movie and 2(?) cartoons. Mario does have a better ratio, but they're both clearly game characters.

 

And no, no it isn't. And you do also have a third choice:

 

C. Goku gets in Smash at the same time as a Dragon Ball FighterZ Switch announcement.

At this point it's just you being an hypocrite and creating reasons why Goku should be in and others not...

Goku is a manga/anime character over a video game character for a good combination of reasons

1. He started off as a manga character

2. Manga and Anime of Dragon Ball are much more well known AND much more popular than the video games

3. Being in more of something doesn't mean shit. For exemple, do you think of Frodo or whatever other Lord of The Rings characters as a video game character ? No right ? Well they have been in more video games than books (Only 1 or arguably 3) or movies (3 and arguably more if you count the Hobbit). Doesn't change the fact that Lord of the Rings characters are book characters.

Oh and also, you're not the one that gets to choose what kind of character Goku is, only 1 person has that right, his creator. Just go ask him if Goku is a video game character first or a manga character, good luck.

No, the point seems to be you making up excuses to attack people for differing opinions.

 

So he can be anime and manga, but he can't be all three? The anime didn't have a simultaneous release with the manga, so to say he can be anime but not video game in spite of the first game releasing less than a year after the anime and having MORE appearances in video games than in anime seems a bit stubbornly backwards.

 

1. See my previous point. Starting in one medium doesn't disqualify recognition in another. That's something you've already agreed to by classifying Goku as anime and manga.

 

2. There's literally an entire generation of westerners whose first experience with Goku was largely in video games. Not only that, but the video games kept the franchise aloft for quite a long time.

 

3. Frodo's not a very good example. The character was introduced decades before TVs even existed, whereas Goku's debut was practically simulataneous across the three mediums. And he just simply hasn't had the same presence in gaming that Goku has. 

 

Oh, and also, that would include you and your opinion as well. I don't suppose you thought that through, though. Hmm. HMMM.