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#38476: Mar 20th 2014 at 10:34:15 PM

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-jaw- -drop-

I miss how he used to be pummel-able, and I like the idea of facing him as a boss rather than a regular gameplay mechanic.

Actually... they could just give Bowser his Clown Car and call it a day.

Giga Bowser for Adventure Mode Boss, 2014.

DrFurball Since: Jan, 2001
#38477: Mar 20th 2014 at 10:36:21 PM

I'd like to see Giga Bowser return in some form, since he's pretty much a Smash staple at this point (two games is enough to qualify him as a "staple", right?), but maybe not as a Final Smash. I think I'd rather him have something that comes from his home series, like maybe growing gigantic and throwing punches or maybe something with the clown car?

Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#38478: Mar 20th 2014 at 10:37:21 PM

Giga Bowser is one of my favorite additions to the game. He's really neat and shows off just how awesome a boss can be while being a clone. Final Smash or not, he's fun to play as and fight.

I prefer his boss status, though. If only because being able to KO him is great. He was always not fun to play as in Brawl, but hacks/codes showed he wasn't outright horrendous in Melee to play as. Arguably worse than Bowser, though.

[up] Considering they removed the Red Shell in Brawl, and the Metal theme as well, nah, two games is not enough. 3 seems to be the case instead.

edited 20th Mar '14 10:38:48 PM by Irene

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doctrainAUM White Hindu from New Jersey Since: Aug, 2010
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#38479: Mar 20th 2014 at 10:37:35 PM

Oh, this happens on Fighting game forums all the time.

Fighting game developer: "I feel that many of these game focus too much on an ever-shrinking audience of hardcore gamers. To survive, we should try to appeal to casual gamers, who've never played these types of games before."

Fighting game forumites: "What?! Why the hell are they trying to aim OUR games at noobs who want everything handed to them? Don't they know these casual gamers will abandon them at the first opportunity? How can WE enjoy these games once they've inevitably been dumbed down?!"

It is very difficult for casual and hardcore gamers from understanding each other. Such as how I portrayed the later in a way that's probably, in hindsight, a bit strawmany. I'm not sure where to go from here.

EDIT: Best thing about Giga Bowser? No health bar.

edited 20th Mar '14 10:38:20 PM by doctrainAUM

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#38480: Mar 20th 2014 at 11:15:37 PM

I'm surprised Giga Bowser didn't appear as a boss in SSE. Remember that scene when King Dedede and normal Bowser were finally going to settle their pending matters, right before unlocking the Great Maze level? Yes, then and there.

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#38481: Mar 20th 2014 at 11:19:19 PM

Dedede won, and then told Bowser to cut the crap and focus on the new objective.

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Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#38482: Mar 20th 2014 at 11:29:56 PM

No Final Smashes appeared in the SSE. I can't even remember if the Smash Ball was on during any battle...

Likewise, it would've been a pointless boss fight anyway. Giga's different in Brawl than in Melee and would be undefeatable if they didn't make him entirely different. Why make two versions of him anyway? One is enough.

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Randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#38483: Mar 20th 2014 at 11:42:09 PM

Pointless for 2 reasons:

The Dedede and Bowser fight is not nearly important enough to be anything close to a climactic battle.

Giga Bowser appearing there would've been a case of boss battle transformation from out of the blue.

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#38484: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:08:26 AM

So Phosphora is pic of the day... I'm assuming she's an assist trophy, in which case all those "only playable characters have separately modeled fingers" thing has just been blown out of the water. Actually she looks more lke a regular trophy on closer inspection?

edited 21st Mar '14 12:12:27 AM by Midna

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#38485: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:11:07 AM

For a Wii U pic Phossy is looking a little low-res. I hope we aren't just importing models from 3DS games and not touching them up, now.

Not sure what she is since no comment is up yet, but if she's an Assist Trophy that's cool. She was my top pick for a Kid Icarus assist trophy. If she's just a regular Trophy, then that disproves the "no cross-pollination between console and handheld" possibility that I've been fearing, which is also nice. Hoping for the former, though.

edited 21st Mar '14 12:13:41 AM by Anomalocaris20

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#38486: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:21:19 AM

Phosphora was cool. Confused her with Amazon Pandora for a second though.

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#38487: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:23:19 AM

New fighter? Would be weird to do it here though.

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#38488: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:24:25 AM

Oh, man, Miiverse is filled with whining about the lack of a character reveal.

Seems to be a regular Trophy, judging by the relatively plain background.

edited 21st Mar '14 12:24:58 AM by Anomalocaris20

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#38489: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:25:27 AM

[up] He hasn't posted anything yet, so we have no idea what she's supposed to be.

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#38490: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:25:33 AM

Nah, Phosphora would have a pic next to Diddy's if she was playable.

This is just her trophy in the U version's gallery.

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#38491: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:26:05 AM

The Miiverse nor site has updated beyond that picture, so who knows.

I'm calling Assist or regular Trophy, though.

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#38492: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:27:15 AM

Phosphora wasn't major enough to really be a fighter. She was in maybe two acts of Uprising.

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#38493: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:32:10 AM

She appeared in Chapter 14 as the main focus and boss of the chapter, and makes a few brief appearances at the beginning and end of Chapter 20, to help Pit out with the Lightning Chariot and to tell him off for yelling at goddesses.

So not as notable a role as, say, Viridi or Dark Pit, but more prominent than most of the one-shot characters like Arlon or Dyntos. Could easily be Assist Trophy material especially given her fighting role, but the pic seems to suggest just a regular trophy. Shame, since she'd have made a good assist.

edited 21st Mar '14 12:33:04 AM by Anomalocaris20

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CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#38494: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:33:25 AM

She would be a very odd choice for fighter.

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#38495: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:35:25 AM

Her being included as a trophy does not preclude her from being an Assist Trophy or a stage element, at least.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#38496: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:37:25 AM

That's a fair point. Still, if that were the case I think we'd see her in that role before seeing her as a regular trophy.

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#38497: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:38:10 AM

Wasn't today the release date of Uprising?

I'm going to be mad if the caption is something like "happy birthday KIU, here is a trophy instead of something interesting like Palutena".

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#38498: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:40:43 AM

Don't they generally just do things for milestone anniversaries?

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#38499: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:44:40 AM

Milestones get nods, sometimes, but the only real significant reveal coinciding with one was Peach's reveal on her "birthday".

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Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#38500: Mar 21st 2014 at 12:48:22 AM

Not entirely true. Luigi got in on the re-release of a game(which was a complete coincidence). But as noted, he really got in for Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.

Milestones don't always mean something.

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