No give that to Lucina. I get that people don't like the fact that she's a clone, but some of the reactions towards her borders on the illogical, stupid and bizarrely sexist (one commented that For was turning into a "waifu simulator" because of her and the high volume of females in the game in general. WTF?)
Either way, Vocal Minority Hate Dumb speaking there...
edited 2nd Aug '14 5:11:51 PM by nigelstack345
Vote. .#Bayonetta 4 SmashFunny thing about that: I don't have any sources ready right now, but there've been studies showing that men tend to consider women to be equally represented when they actually make up more like a third or fourth of a crowd. Or that women are dominating the conversation when they actually only talk a third or forth of the total conversation time.
Wish I didn't have to rely on hearsay for this, but I really have to go to bed and I think the timing for all the "Super Smash Sisters" jokes is pretty interesting considering these statistics. (For the record, I'd already heard of those studies way before Smash 4.)
In any case it's not hard to believe and pretty certainly doesn't just apply to gender relations. Just look at any old racist being fearful of any variety of foreigners taking over when there's like 5 in the neighborhood.
edited 2nd Aug '14 5:29:14 PM by Fawriel
I quite like that we have a lot more female fighters. I've actually found myself playing as female character a lot recently in games outside of MMOs. I almost always play as Rosalina in Mario Kart 8 and three of my planned four mains in Smash For are female (and the fourth can also be female if I wanted).
Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!We went from 4(...5...) to 7(...8...), its not even a big leap.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.I kinda dislike Lucina as a separate character from Marth because not only is she almost identical to Marth, but her only difference from him is something really obscure that 95% of players doesn't even know about. I certainly had no idea that Marth's sword did more damage at the edge than at the base until Sakurai mentioned it following Lucina's reveal, and I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of the playerbase doesn't know about it either. When they start playing the game they won't say "Oh, Lucina's attacks don't have the sweet and sour spots that Marth's do", they're gonna say "Wait, Lucina is 100% identical to Marth, why is she a separate character?"
My brother assumed that nearly half the characters in a game he used to play (League Of Legends) were female, when in fact the ratio is 40:79, female to male. Maybe people are just bad in general at seeing gender equality.
"What's out there? What's waiting for me?"Looks like Lucina is turning into what Wolf became after Brawl: Was a common request before the game came out, became the The Scrappy once people saw him as a clone and claimed he was a "waist of a slot", and then claim his head is first on the chopping block once the new game is announced.
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Well its not like people would care anyway, even some people who do know...don't really care. They dislike clones regardless of the minor differences.
edited 2nd Aug '14 6:10:28 PM by randomness4
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.-facepalm-
Lucina is an ascended alternate costume. She took almost no effort to develop, so she's a freebie. There is no reason to complain about the inclusion of an "Easy Mode Marth" when that character is not only a popular request, but a bonus who isn't stealing any slots.
edited 2nd Aug '14 6:31:29 PM by RavenKingSage
What is a fandom? A miserable little pile of flame wars! 3DS FC: 0387-9377-7408 PSN ID: Raven King SageOn the subject of space animals, I think both should return. They each have their merits. But if I had to choose one or the other, I'd definitely go with Wolf.
edited 2nd Aug '14 6:33:32 PM by RavenKingSage
What is a fandom? A miserable little pile of flame wars! 3DS FC: 0387-9377-7408 PSN ID: Raven King SageSo much wolf love...with this much love, he won't "...be the one to take you down."
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.

Looking at that one picture that is linked on the YMMV page, I feel really bad for Lucario. When people are going so far as to say "NOT BUYING WII U NO SUPPORTING NINTENDO FOREVER SAKURAI YOU SUCK BOO FURFAGS" in reaction to a reveal, you are the SSB series's #1 Woobie.
edited 2nd Aug '14 4:39:11 PM by RavenKingSage
What is a fandom? A miserable little pile of flame wars! 3DS FC: 0387-9377-7408 PSN ID: Raven King Sage