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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#101: Jun 20th 2020 at 4:26:32 PM

A modern Shaman King fighting game, inspired by the announcement of the new anime series:

3-v-3 team-based 2-D fighting game.

Furyoku is the meter system. Each character on a team has an individual Furyoku meter. Some characters have more maximum bars than other characters due to having higher Furyoku. All characters start the battle with maximum Furyoku, except for the point character, who starts the battle missing half a bar of Furyoku. Characters on the bench build Furyoku over time, unless they come in for an assist. Calling an assist or switching a character in costs half a bar of that character's Furyoku.

There is a guard break meter. Stronger Oversouls have a larger guard break meter, and some characters naturally have a larger guard break meter than others. If your guard is broken, your Oversoul breaks, you're left vulnerable for a few seconds, and you take increased damage. It costs half a bar of Furyoku to re-create your default Oversoul after a guard break, which happens automatically. If your guard is broken when you have a transformation-type Oversoul, it breaks and when you get your Oversoul back, it will be the original form, not the transformation.

The current roster is 13 characters: Yoh, Ren, Horohoro, Lyserg, Chocolove, Faust, Ryu, Anna, Jeanne, Marco, Silva, the Golem, and Hau.

The 7 main characters, Yoh, Ren, Horohoro, Lyserg, Chocolove, Faust, and Ryu all use their early-series Oversoul by default, their mid-series Oversoul for special moves, and their Armor Oversoul as a transformation. Certain team compositions have special names. Yoh, Ryu, and Faust is "Funbari Hot Springs". Ren, Horohoro, and Chocolove is "The Ren". Jeanne, Marco, and Lyserg is "X-I".

Nexus Since: Jan, 2001
#102: Jun 28th 2020 at 9:48:35 PM

For a really long time, I've been on-and-off thinking up of a Scholastic Books Platform Fighter. I feel like it's at the point where the idea is presentable, so you can find more info on it here.

Nexus Since: Jan, 2001
#103: Nov 20th 2021 at 4:05:04 PM

Y'know what? In light of all of the recent crossover Platform Fighter games being announced, I'm just gonna post my idea here:

Scholastic Books: Spellbinding Battles is a Nintendo Switch video game that only exists in Nexus' head. It's a Massive Multiplayer Crossover Tag Team Platform Fighter using characters from various children's and YA books published by Scholastic.note 

Plays similarly to Super Smash Bros. in the sense that up to four players fight on multi-tiered battlefields on a 2-D plane, with the goal of knocking the other combatants off the stage.note  The game also has items that periodically drop during a match and stage hazards to watch out for. Unlike Smash Bros, however, this game will have a 3v3 tag team system in which players can choose up to three fighters and then switch between them on the fly during battle, similar to Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid. This means that any given match can have up to 12 fighters in it, three each for four players.

When fighters get attacked, a meter fills up and, when full, will allow the character to perform their ultimate attack called a Spellbinding Climax.

In addition to three fighters, players can also have an Assist Character that can be used during a battle. During gameplay, your assist is always displayed somewhere on the screen. When activated, your assist will momentarily appear in front of your character and (depending on the assist) will either do an attack, heal you, or help you out in some other way, before disappearing. When an assist is used, it can't be used again until its "cool-down period" ends, which is indicated by the "Wait Bars" on display below the Assist on the screen. Using Assists can be risky, though. If your Assist is hit by an attack while it is out, you will be "Assist Blocked" and you won't be able to use it for awhile. Just like in Dissidia Duodecim, if you use an assist while you are getting comboed, you will temporarily sacrifice your assist as it is instantly Assist Blocked, in exchange of you dropping out of the combo.

There are also Character Cards you can collect, each featuring a character from throughout Scholastic's publications. You can assign them to your fighters, granting them some type of passive power-up, skill, or resistance, similar to Spirits in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate or how Help Komas worked in Jump Ultimate Stars. Also like in Smash Ultimate, you collect these cards by defeating them in battles similar to Spirit Battles, with the playable fighters as stand-ins for the characters and rulesets invoking references to the character's origins. Character Card Battles are fought in the game's Story Mode, which is similar to one present in Dissidia Duodecim in the sense that you play through a story, with each chapter focusing on a different group of characters traveling through a world map and "dungeons", except the Manikin battles are replaced with Character Card Battles.

Game modes include Versus Mode (both local and online), Arcade Mode, Story Mode, Practice Mode, Options Menu, and Chronicles (similar to SSB's Masterpieces, this will let you read sample chapters of the books the characters originated from.)

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     Proposed Playable Character Roster 

At least until the next time I change my mind about the roster.

     Proposed Stages 

     Proposed Items 

     Proposed Assist Characters 

Note: This list excludes all the Playable Characters, who all have assists. So yes, any of these characters could potentially be Promoted to Playable via DLC.

     Proposed Bosses 

Note: All bosses are fought somewhere during the Story Mode.

     Proposed Character Cards 

Note: This list is excluding all of the Playable Characters, Assists, and Bosses, who will all also have Character Cards, but includes any items that are also cards, since there's only a few of those.

()= Three or more characters represented in a single card.

  • The 39 Clues: Yakuza Ninjas, Isabel Kabra, Hamilton Holt, Madison & Reagan Holt, Alistair Oh, Sinead Starling, Jonah Wizard, Irina Spasky, Evan Tolliver, Saladin, Fiske Cahill, Gideon Cahill, Luke Cahill, Katherine Cahill, Thomas Cahill, Jane Cahill, Madeleine Cahill, Grace Cahill, Arthur Trent & Hope Cahill
    • Cahills vs. Vespers: Jake Rosenbloom, Casper & Cheyenne Wyoming, Damien Vesper III, Sandy “The Breeze” Bancroft, Luna Amato, Milos Vanek
    • Unstoppable: Cara Pierce, Sammy Mourad, James Rutherford Pierce
    • Doublecross: Nathaniel Hartford, Aleksander Spasky
    • Superspecial: Agents Pratt & Gimler, Dr. Miller
  • Animorphs: Hork-Bajir, Taxxons, Elfangor, Yeerks, The Ellimist, Crayak, The Drode, Garatron, Gedds, Helmacrons, The Venber, Howlers, Leerans, The Nartec, The Orff, Visser One, Principal Chapman, Melissa Chapman, Tom, Taylor, Auxiliary Animorphs, Dog (Homer) Morph, Rhino Morph, Jaguar Morph, Siberian Tiger Morph, Cat (Fluffy McKitty) Morph, Giant Squid Morph, Crocodile Morph, Grizzly Bear Morph, African Elephant Morph, Great Horned Owl Morph, Dolphin (Nanook) Morph, Kangaroo Morph, Wolf Morph, Giant Anteater Morph, Butterfly Morph, Mallard Morph, Hammerhead Shark Morph, King Cobra (Spawn) Morph, Big Jim Morph
    • Megamorphs: The Valeek, The Mercora, The Nesk
    • Chronicles: Loren, Skrit Na, Mortron, Toby Hamee, Aldrea-Iskillion-Falan, Dak Hamee, Living Asteroid, Inner Worlders, Jallians, Father
    • Alternamorphs: You (Alternamorphs #2)
  • Ascendance Trilogy: Avenian Pirates, Tobias, Mott, Imogen, Princess Amarinda, Rulon Harlowe, Fink, Bevin Conner, Devlin, King Vargan, Jane Strick, Darius Hardranius Eckbert, Wilta, Teagut, Trea
  • The Babysitters Club: Mallory Pike, Jessi Ramsey, Abby Stevenson, Logan Bruno, Shannon Kilbourne, Bart Taylor, Charlie Thomas, Sam Thomas, Janine Kishi, Karen Brewer, Andrew Brewer, David Michael Thomas, Emily Michelle Brewer, Hannah Papadakis, Nancy Dawes, Charlotte Johanssen, Pike Siblings, Jeff Schafer, Rebecca “Becca” Ramsey, Jamie Newton, Perkins Sisters, Jackie Rodowsky, Tabitha Porter, Cokie Mason, Grace Blume, Alan Gray, Pete Black, Laine Cummings, Maggie Blume, Sunny Winslow
    • Babysitter's Little Sister: Ms. Colman
    • California Diaries: Ducky McCrae, Amalia Vargas
  • Bone: Smiley Bone, Thorn Harvestar, Rose “Gran'ma” Ben, The Great Red Dragon, The Hooded One, Kingdok, Rat Creatures, Stinky & Smelly, Bartleby, Lucius Down, Jonathan Oaks, (Wendell, Euclid, & Rory), Ted, Miss Possum & Possum Kids, Roderick & The Orphans, Roque Ja, The Vedu, Tarsil, Mim
    • Bone: Tall Tales: (Ringo, Bingo, and Todd), Big Johnson Bone
    • Quest for the Spark: Tom Elm, (Percival, Barclay, & Abbey), Randolf Clearmeadow, The Nacht
  • Captain Underpants: Talking Toilets, Lunchroom Zombie Nerds, Sulu, Crackers, Doctor Diaper, Turbo Toilet 2000, (Zorx, Klax, & Jennifer), Dandelion of Doom, Robo George & The Harold 2000, Captain Blunderpants, Kipper Krupp, Mr. Meaner, Miss Edith Anthrope, Mr. Morty Fyde, Miss Singerbrains, Wedgie Woman
    • Captain Underpants Activity Books: Hairy Potty
    • Super Diaper Baby: Super Diaper Baby, Diaper Dog
    • Dog Man: Petey's Grampa, Sarah Hatoff & Zuzu, Chief, 80-HD, Flippy, Molly
  • Clifford the Big Red Dog: Emily Elizabeth, Puppy Clifford, Clifford the Big Red Dog
  • Charlie Bone: Blancavamps, Squirras, Benjamin Brown, Olivia Vertigo, Gabriel Silk, Lysander Sage, Billy Raven, Dagbert Endless, Fidelio Gunn, Manford Bloor, Zelda Dobinski, Dorcas Loom, Idith and Inez Branko, Joshua Tilpin, Asa Pike, Lyell Bone, Paton Yewbeam, Arthur Saltwater, Cook, Senor Alvaro, Amy Bone, Mr. Onimous & The Flames, Henry Yewbeam, Lord Grimwald, Ezekiel Bloor, Dr. Harold Bloor, Yolanda Yewbeam, Skarpo, Count Harken Badlock, Ashkelan Kapaldi
    • Chronicles of the Red King: King Timoken, Queen Berenice, Princess Zobayda, Mathowy, Good Endowed Children (Amadis, Guanhamara, Petrello, Tolemeo, Amoret), Evil Endowed Children (Borlath, Lilith, Olga, Wyborn, Carfal)
  • Circleverse:
  • Dear America: Emma Simpson, Clotee, Hattie Campbell, Mary Driscoll, Zipporah Feldman, Catharine Carey Logan, Margaret Ann Brady, Lucinda Lawrence, Nellie Lee Love, Grace Edwards, Deliverance Trembley, Angela Denoto, Piper Davis, Dawnie Rae Johnson, Minnie Bonner, Pringle Rose
    • My Name Is America: William Thomas Emerson, James Pease, Joshua Loper, Scott Collins, Jesse Smoke
    • My America: Elizabeth Mary Barker
    • The Royal Diaries: Elizabeth I, Cleopatra VII, Isabel
  • Deltora Quest: Grey Guards, Wenn, Endon, Jarred, Sharn, Josef, Ranesh, Marilen, Lindal, Glock, The Shadow Lord, Sorcceress Thaegan, Ichabod, Gorl, Soldeen, The Hive, Gellick, The Glus, Fardeep, The Fear, Rolf the Capricorn, Kirsten of Shadowgate, Doran the Dragonlover, Paff, Grey Tide
    • Tales of Deltora: Adin
    • The Three Doors: Rye, Sonia, Sholto, Dirk, Olt,Skimmers
    • Star of Deltora: Britta, Jewel, Sky, Vashti, Mab
  • The Gatekeepers: Scott & Jamie Tyler, Scarlett Adams, Richard Cole, Lohan Shan-tung, Holly, Han Shan-tung, Professor Joanna Chambers, Fly-Soldiers, Knights, Shape-changers, Fire Rider, Giant Animals (Spider, Condor, Hummingbird, Monkey), Jayne Deverill, Sir Michael Marsh, Diego Salamanda, The Chairman, Father Gregory, Jonas Mortlake, Susan Mortlake, Colton Banes & Kyle Hovey, Audrey Cheng, The Librarian, The Traveller, President Charles Baker, Fabian, Susan Ashwood, Nathalie Johnson
  • Geronimo Stilton: Thea Stilton, Trap Stilton, Benjamin Stilton, Bugsy Wugsy, Petunia Pretty Paws, Sally Ratmousen, Thea Sisters, Pinky Pick, Creepella Von Cacklefu
  • Goosebumps: Dark Falls Residents, Evan Ross & Andy, Evil Camera, Mummy's Hand, Mr. Wood, Mr. Mortman, Sabre, The Unloved Ones, Clarissa, Mud Monsters, Lizzy & Luke Morris, Horrors, Cuddles the Hamster, Billy & Sheena Deep, Sea Monster, Scarecrows, Beach Ghost, Prince Khor-Ru, The Masked Mutant, The Executioner, The Cuckoo Clock of Doom, Grool, Lanx, Ghost Dogs, King Jellyjam, Lawn Gnomes, Old Man Mask, Abominable Snowman, Shrunken Head, Amaz-O, Egg Monsters from Mars, Beasts, Swamp Monster, Lost Legend, Pumpkin Heads, Count Nightwing, Creeps, The Blob That Ate Everyone, The Invisible Boy, Blue Monster Blood
    • Tales to Give You Goosebumps: Magical Bat, Verona XG-20 Universal Remote, Curly the Skeleton
    • Give Yourself Goosebumps: Fifi the Vampire Poodle, Sybil Wicked
    • Goosebumps 2000: Rip, Mary-Ellen, Mrs. Maaargh, Body Squeezers, Haunted Car
    • Goosebumps HorrorLand: Captain Long Ben One-Leg, Dr. Maniac, Tuttan-Rha, Mrs. Hardesty, Dr. Crawler, Inspector Cranium, The Menace, Jonathan Chiller
    • Goosebumps Most Wanted: The Grave-Master, Murder the Clown
    • Goosebumps SlappyWorld: Snappy the Dummy, Slappy's Ghost, Francine
  • Guardians of Ga'Hoole: Pure Ones, Twilight, Digger, Nyra, Kludd, Eglantine, Otulissa, Coryn, Hoole, Fengo
    • Wolves of the Beyond: Faolan, Gwynneth, Edme, Thunderheart
    • Horses of the Dawn: Estrella
    • Bears of the Ice: Stellan, Jytte
  • Harry Potter: Death Eaters, Dementors, Acromantula, Vernon Dursley, Petunia Dursley, Lily Potter, James Potter, Dudley Dursley, Rubeus Hagrid, Hedwig, Nearly Headless Nick, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Percy Weasley, Crabbe & Goyle, Minerva McGonagall, Filius Flitwick, Pomona Sprout, Poppy Pomfrey, Firenze, Quirinus Quirrell, Dobby, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Lucius Malfoy, Gilderoy Lockhart, Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, Whomping Willow, Moaning Myrtle, Fawkes, Aragog, Tom Riddle's Diary, Sirius Black, Buckbeak, Peter Pettigrew, Sybil Trelawney, Remus Lupin, Boggart Cabinet, Cho Chang, Nagini, Mad Eye Moody, Barty Crouch Jr., Cedric Diggory, Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, Rita Skeeter, Hungarian Horntail, The Weird Sisters, Niffler, Dolores Umbridge, Kreacher, Nymphadora Tonks, Horace Slughorn, Inferi, Peverell Brothers, Gellart Grindelwald, Albus Severus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy
  • Heartland: Samantha Louise "Lou" Fleming-Trewin, Ty Baldwin, Scott Trewin, Ashley Grant, Valerie "Val" Grant, Jack Bartlett, Timothy "Tim" Fleming, Marion Barlett-Fleming
    • Chestnut Hill: Dylan Walsh, Malory O'Neil, Lani Hernandez, Felicity "Honey" Harper, Razina Jackson
  • The Hunger Games: Wolf Mutts, Lizard Mutts, Peacekeepers, Buttercup, Effie Trinket, Cinna, (Octavia, Venia, & Flavius), Madge Undersee, Caesar Flickerman, Seneca Crane, Marvel, Glimmer, Clove, Foxface, Thresh, Plutarch Heavensbee, Romulus Thread, Gloss & Cashmere, Brutus, Enobaria, Beetee Latier, Wiress, Finnick Odair, Mags, Johanna Mason, Maysilee Donner, Monkey Mutts, Jabberjays, President Alma Coin, Boggs, Dr. Aurelius, Cressida, Castor & Pollux, Messalla, Commander Paylor, Jackson, Homes, Leeg 1 & Leeg 2, Mitchell, Tigris
    • The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Casca Highbottom, Sejanus Plinth, Clemensia Dovecote, (Lepidus Malmsey, Lucky Flickerman, & Jubilee), Mayfair Lipp, Jessup, Reaper Ash, Brandy, (Mizzen, Coral, & Tanner), Bobbin, Lamina, Treech, Teslee, Volumnia Gaul, Dr. Kay, The Covey, Billy Taupe
  • The Inkworld Trilogy: Fire Elves, Water Nymphs, Dustfinger, Farid, Elinor Loredan, Darius, Fengolio, Orpheus, Teresa “Resa” Folchart, Capricorn, Basta, Mortola the Magpie, The Shadow, Adderhead, Roxane, The Black Prince, Doria, Violante, Jacopo, Cosimo, Brianna, Firefox, Death, The White Women, The Piper
  • Keys to the Kingdom: Fetchers, Bibliophages, Suzy Turquoise Blue, Dr. Scamandros, Dame Primus, (Dawn, Noon, and Dusk), The Mariner, The Piper, Pravuil, Mister Monday, Grim Tuesday, Drowned Wednesday, Sir Thursday, Lady Friday, Superior Saturday, Lord Sunday, The Architect, The Old One, Lieutenant Keeper, Sneezer, Raised Rats, Fred Initial Numbers Gold, Bathroom Attendants, New Nithlings, Scourchers, Skinless Boy, Captain Elishar Feverfew
  • The Magic School Bus: The Bus, Arnold Perlstein, Carlos Ramon, Dorothy Ann Rourke, Keesha Franklin, Phoebe Terese, Ralphie Tenneli, Timothy Jamal, Wanda Li, Janet Perlstein, Dottie Frizzle
  • The Magisterium: Alastair Hunt, William Rufus, Constantine Madden, Jasper deWinter, Alexander Strike, Celia, Verity Torres, Master Joseph, Havoc, Marcus, Warren, Automotones, Drew Wallace, Elementals, Anastasia Tarquin, Ravan Rajavi, Assemblyman Graves
  • The Raven Cycle: Maura Sargent, Richard Campbell Gansey III, Adam Parrish, Noah Czerny, Declan Lynch, Matthew Lynch, Colin Greenmantle, The Gray Man, Owen Glendower, Artemus, Persephone, Calla Lily Johnson, Jimi, Neeve Mullen, Orla, Gwenllian, Henry Cheng, Joseph Kavinsky, Jesse Dittley, Piper Greenmantle, Professor Malory, Opal, Barrington Whelk, The Third Sleeper, Laumonier, Seondeok
    • Dreamer Trilogy: Jordan Hennessy, Carmen Farooq-Lane, Parsifal Bauer
  • Spirit Animals: Conor & Briggan, Abeke & Uraza, Ninani, Tarik & Lumeo, Shane & Grahv, Olvan & Moose, Lenori & Myriam, Zerif & Jackal, Worthy & Elda, Kovo, Gerathon, General Gar & Renneg, Drina & Iskos
    • Fall of the Beasts: The Wyrm
  • The Thief Lord: Prosper Hartlieb, Boniface Hartlieb, Riccio, Mosca, Victor Getz, Ida Spavento, Dottor Massimo, Conte, Morosina, Ernesto Barbarossa
  • The Underland Chronicles: Gnawers, Boots, Ares, Pearlpelt, Vikus, Solovet, Ripred, Henry, Bartholomew of Sandwitch, Gregor's Dad, Temp & Tick, Gox & Treflex, Photos Glow-Glow & Zap, Howard & Pandora, Mareth & Andromeda, Frill, Hamnet, Cartesian, Lizzie, Grace, Mrs. Cormaci, Nerissa, Perdita, Hazard & Thalia, Twitchtip, Mange & Lapblood, Nike
  • Upside-Down Magic: Elliott Cohen, Marigold Ramos, Bax Kapoor, Sebastian Bondoggle, Pepper Phan, Willa Ingeborg, Ms. Starr & Carrot, Lacie Clench, Rune, Zinnia, Coach Vitomin, Feliciano Gonzalez, Dr. Stone Horace, Roarie, Dreggs, Mitali
  • Wings of Fire: Clay, Tsunami, Glory, Starflight, Sunny, Moonwatcher, Winter, Peril, Turtle, Qibil, Blue, Cricket, Sundew, Swordtail, Bumblebee
    • Legends: DarkStalker, Scavengers (Ivy, Leaf, & Wren)
    • Winglets: Fierceteeth
  • The Witch Boy: Charlie, Aster's Grandmother, Mikasi, Holly, Sedge, Juniper, Vervain, Tohor, Linden, Iris, Tupelo and Aquila, Charlie’s Fathers, Isabel Torres, Flint, Mica
  • WordGirl: Miss Power, Dr. Two-Brains, Tobey, WordBot, Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy, The Butcher, Granny May, Mr. Big, Lady Redundant Woman, Violet Heaslip, Tim Botsford, Sally Botsford, TJ Botsford, Todd “Scoops” Ming, Victoria Best, Rhyme and Reason
  • Dynamite Magazine: Ghosts, Mummies, Witches, Bats, Snakes, Spiders, Fatal Flowers, Magic Wanda, Foxy Fiddler, Horribella, Bummer, Hot Stuff (And they all only appear in the Final Level.)
  • Miscellaneous Books:
    • Allie Finkle's Rules For Girls: Allie Finkle
    • All the Crooked Saints: Soria Cousins (Beatriz, Daniel, Joaquin)
    • Amulet: Emily Hayes, Navin Hayes, Trellius, Miskit, The Voice
    • The Apprentice Witch: Arianwyn
    • The Bad Guys: Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Shark
    • Bayou Bridge: Livie Moulaison, Shelby Jane, Tara Doucet, Larissa Renaud
    • Catwad: Catwad & Blurmp
    • Children of the Lamp: John & Philippa Gaunt, Uncle Nimrod
    • Dactyl Hill Squad: Magdalys Roca & Squad
    • Daughters of the Sea: Mermaids (Hannah, May, & Lucy)
    • The Deadlies: Felix
    • Dear Dumb Diary: Isabella Vinchella, Angeline
    • Dive: Star Ling
    • Divided We Fall: Danny Wright
    • Dragon Rider: Firedrake, Sorrel, Ben
    • Drama: Callie
    • Enchanted Runner: Kendall
    • Everest: Dominic Alexis
    • Everworld: David Levin, Christopher Hitchcock, April O’Brien, Jalil Sherman, Senna Wales
    • The Fire Pony: Lady Luck
    • Fox Craft: Siffrin, Keeveny, Pirie, Karka
    • Freak the Mighty: Maxwell Kane & Kevin Avery, Worm
    • Gamer Army: Rogan Webber
    • Ghosthunters Series: Tom
    • Ghosts: Catrina & Maya
    • Grey Griffins: Max Sumner, Ernie Tweeny, Natalia Romanov, Harley Davidson Eisenstein, Morgan La Faye
    • Horizon: Horizon Survivors (Molly, Javi, Anna, Oliver, Yoshi, Kira, Akiko, Caleb)
    • The Hypnotists: Jax Opus
    • The Ickabog: The Ickabog
    • Igraine the Brave: Igraine
    • Infinity Ring: Dak Smyth, Sera Froste, Riq Jones
    • I Spy: Magnifying Glass
    • The Invention of Hugo Cabret: Hugo Cabret, Isabelle, Automaton
    • Island: Luke Haggerty
    • I Survived: John Hale, Oscar Starling, Leo, Melody Vega
    • Josh Baxter Levels Up: Josh Baxter
    • Key Hunters: Cleo & Evan
    • Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond: Kiranmala
    • The Land of Elyon: Alexa Daley, Roland Warvold, Yipes, Thomas Warvold
    • The Last Book in the Universe: Spaz
    • The Last Dragon Chronicles: David Rain & Gadzooks, Lucy Pennykettle, Elizabeth “Liz” Pennykettle
    • The Last Firehawk: (Tag, Skyla, and Blaze)
    • Macdonald Hall: Bruno Walton, Melvin “Boots” O'Neal, Mr. William Strugeon “The Fish”, Cathy Burton
    • The Magician Trilogy: Gwyn Griffiths, Nain Griffiths, Eirlys, Efnisien
    • Main Street Series: Ruby Nothrop, Flora Northrop, Nicolette Sherman, Olivia Walter
    • Mark of the Thief: Nic
    • Marty McGuire: Marty McGuire
    • Melowy: Melowies (Cleo, Selena, Cora, Maya, and Electra)
    • Miss Spider: Miss Spider
    • The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg: Homer P. Figg
    • On the Run: Aiden Falconer, Meg Falconer
    • Peachy and Keen: Peachy & Keen
    • Peter Pannote : Tinker Bell
    • Pig the Pug: Pig the Pug
    • Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures: Pip Bartlett
    • Rainbow Magic: Rachel Walker & Kristy Tate, The Rainbow Fairies, Queen Titania, Jack Frost, Goblins
    • Ranger in Time: Ranger
    • Raven Hill Mysteries: Help-for-Hire (Liz, Tom, Richelle, Elmo, Sunny, Nick)
    • Remnants: Jobs, Mo' Steele, Billy Weir, Violet Blake
    • REM World: Arthur Woodbury
    • Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot: Ricky Ricotta, The Mighty Robot
    • Saving Mississippi: Mississippi
    • The Scorpio Races: Sean Kendrick
    • The Scourge: Ani Mells
    • Secrets of Bearhaven: Spencer Plain & Kate
    • The Seventh Tower: Tal Graile-Rerem & Adras, Milla Talon-Han & Odris, Sharrakor
    • The Shadow House: Matilda Ribaldi
    • Silver Jaguar Society Mysteries: (Anna, José, and Henry)
    • Skeleton Creek: Ryan McCray and Sarah Fincher
    • Slacker: Cameron Boxer, Elvis
    • Space Dumplings: Violet Marlocke
    • Stealing Air: (Brian, Alex, and Max)
    • Sunny: Sunny Lewin
    • Swindle: Luthor, Griffin Bing, S. Palomino “Swindle”
    • Titanic: (Paddy, Sophie, Juliana, and Alfie)
    • TombQuest: Alex Sennefer
    • Toy Academy: Grumbolt
    • The Traitor's Game: Kestra Dallior
    • Treasure Islandnote : Treasure
    • Troubletwisters: Jaide & Jack Shields
    • Twice Upon A Time: Rapunzel (Rapunzel: The One With All The Hair)
    • T*Witches: T*Witches, Karsh Antayus, Ileana DuBaer, Miranda Martine-DuBaer, Thanatos DuBaer
    • Ulysses Moore: Jason & Julia Covenant, Rick Banner, Ulysses Moore, Anita Bloom, Oblivia Newton
    • Willow Falls: Amanda (11 Birthdays)
    • Wish Series: Alicia (Cake Pop Crush)
    • Whatever After: Abby, Jonah
    • When Santa Fell to Earth: Niklas Goodfellow
    • The Wild Chicks: The Wild Chicks (Charlie, Hannah, Izzy, and Xa)
    • Wolves of Mercy Falls Series: Grace Brisbane, Samuel K. “Sam” Roth, Isabel Culpeper, Cole St. Clair
    • Wonderstruck: Ben, Rose

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#104: Nov 20th 2021 at 4:52:18 PM

Man, how the fuck would you even DO the Animorphs in a fighting game? My attempt at an Animorphs fan-game was a first-person MOBA simply because that was the only way I could think of to replicate the mission and team aspects of the series while keeping some of the trademark restrictions. It's implied that morphing takes about a minute and can't be done rapidly in combat, so how in the world would they work in a fighting game?

Also, very disappointed you went with David over Ax.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Nov 20th 2021 at 5:53:08 AM

Nexus Since: Jan, 2001
#105: Nov 20th 2021 at 6:07:22 PM

The lack of Ax really just came down to me being unable to figure out how do you make a centaur-shaped guy work in a game like this. As for David, really I just wanted at least one villain from Animorphs, Visser Three had the same issues as Ax, and I felt people would prefer David over Tom.

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#106: Nov 20th 2021 at 6:17:48 PM

Centaurs can totally work in fighting games, Motaro was a character in Mortal Kombat, and platform fighters can have even more diversity in character size and shape than traditional fighters can. If anything, Ax is the MOST viable Animorph for a fighting game, since the other Animorphs have the aforementioned issues with morphing.

Nexus Since: Jan, 2001
#107: Nov 21st 2021 at 9:55:29 AM

Yeah, I know about Motaro, and I feel like he only proves my point since he's a cheap boss character where many moves, including stuff like grabs, straight up don't work on him. And then when they brought him into 3D in Armageddon, they turned him into a minotaur because his frame didn't work properly with the physics engine.

As for Ax, one of my concerns is how he'd interact with certain grabs from some of the other characters without it looking dumb. Just a few examples I can think of is how is he going to get suplexed by a human? Or kneed in the groin from the front side? Or burped and laid down like a baby? Or get twisted into a pretzel shape? If I can figure out how to solve issues like this, maybe I'll add him as a DLC or something.

With the Animorphs that are playable, I admittedly took some creative liberties with them in order to make them work within the context of a fighting game. Essentially, I went the Ben 10 in Punch Time Explosion route, where they primarily fight in their base forms and with their throws, specials, and supers, they briefly morph into an animal, do an attack, and quickly demorph. The morphs do have long startup and endlag to reference the length of time of morphing in canon, except for Cassie, who's morphs are much faster than the others. She can also partly morph body parts for some of her normals in reference to her better control of morphing.

I did once consider just having them fight in their primary battle morphs the whole time, but I ran into a few issues. I had trouble coming up with a moveset for Cassie in particular because there's only so many ways a wolf can bite someone. With the exception of Marco's gorilla morph, I couldn't figure out how'd they aim and shoot with certain items like the Dracon Beam. And despite all being different animals with different sizes, stats, and such, they all did feel kinda samey to me, with their attacks being nothing but biting and clawing and such, whereas now, they feel a bit more distinct from one another.

While the current way I have it might not be the best representation of how the Animorphs actually fight, I feel that it gives a better feel for the characters as a whole as well as a reflection on how they use different morphs for different situations.

Edited by Nexus on Nov 21st 2021 at 11:56:06 AM

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#108: Nov 22nd 2021 at 7:21:45 PM

I should have gone here about my Monster Mash fighting game idea. Well, forgive the lame names.

My plot draft one is along these lines.

Muerto The Big Bad an Ancient Myian Linch acquires a laptop. However, he sends it by mistake. Atepmeds to record his victory speech on how he took over the world in shadow, and he can longer be defeated because he drained most of the magic and only a champion of monsters can break the final champer to defeat him. However, he sends it by mistake.

Wendel shows up confused and also joins, and finally, a random time portal opens, and Tao gets entered into the fight despite being a none sapient creature.

Muerto would be playable but not his Dracolichform, so that's 19 playable fights, a decent amount of fighters, but I don't have a Dance Battler...

I also considered adding a group of 5 Beast Man fighters with Elemental Powers, but I'm reconsidering if they are monster-themed enough.

Edited by Shyhero on Nov 22nd 2021 at 7:22:37 AM

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#109: Nov 7th 2022 at 7:58:20 PM

Alright, I was directed here from the Fighting Games General Thread, so here we go, crosspost:

I've thought to myself for years about what my ideal Marvel vs. DC crossover fighter would look like, and have made multiple potential roster lists that have changed over time. I thought it'd be fun to share what I have at the moment.

    GENERAL STUFF TO MENTION 
  • I obviously want both sides of the crossover to have an equal number of characters overall.
  • I also generally tried to have an equal number of heroes and villains on each side, as inspired by how Injustice 1's roster was set up. Some characters toe the line but I just put them on one side or another.
  • I also took inspiration from Injustice 2's Premier Skins to include additional characters. I tried to keep those equal between Marvel and DC as well, but didn't really focus on the hero/villain split here, so those ended up being predominantly heroes.
  • Also regarding the Premier Skins, some characters have skins of characters from the other universe so that certain Alternate Company Equivalents don't have to be left out based on their movesets being too similar.
  • These versions of the characters are generally based more on the comics than the movies and other adaptations.
  • Obviously this is a big roster and not exactly a realistic expectation for an actual game's roster size. It's all in good fun, though I did try to keep it contained, to an extent.

And with that, let's begin:

    DC Heroes 

Premier Skins:

    Marvel Heroes 

Premier Skins:

    DC Villains 

    Marvel Villains 

Premier Skins:

I also have a general idea for a story that is a combined adaptation of JLA/Avengers, Secret Wars (1984), and Convergence where the Beyonder and some other DC entity (haven't decided who) pit the heroes and villains of their universes in combat against each other on a Battleworld made from patches of both settings.

Edited by lbssb on Nov 8th 2022 at 1:31:26 PM

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#110: Nov 9th 2022 at 11:37:31 PM

And here's my idea for a Marvel vs DC roster:

Three games:

  • Game 1: Avengers vs Justice League (only contains heroes who are prominent members of the Avengers and Justice League, roster is 20 base with 10 DLC)

  • Game 2: Marvel vs DC: Supervillains (only contains iconic villains, can connect to and cross-play with Avengers vs Justice League, roster is 20 base with 10 DLC)

  • Game 3: Marvel vs DC (contains heroes and villains not in the first two games, can connect to and cross-play with Avengers vs Justice League and Supervillains, roster is 20 base with indefinite DLC)

Essentially, once you have all three games, they can connect to each other and combine to form a singular game with a base roster of 60 characters and 20+ DLC characters. That's the only way I can see a Marvel vs DC game working, it needs to be built up to, similar to the MCU building up to Avengers by introducing the individual characters in their own movies.

As for the roster, I think you need to start big and work your way down. Who are the characters who absolutely NEED to be included in the base roster for an Avengers vs Justice League game?

  • Avengers: Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Spider-Man. Any others could be taken or left, but these 5 are absolutely essential.

  • Justice League: Super-Man, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman. Again, these 6 are essential.

So, that leaves 5 Avengers and 4 Justice League members to fill out the base roster for the first game. I'm thinking:

  • Avengers: Hulk, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor, Vision, Wasp, Black Panther, Black Widow.

  • Justice League: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkwoman, Cyborg, Black Canary.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Nov 10th 2022 at 6:08:33 AM

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#111: Apr 2nd 2023 at 6:01:13 PM

Was bored, decided to update the Marvel vs Capcom sequel roster I posted in the Marvel Infinite thread months ago. 60 characters, excluding 14 Echo Fighters, 7 on each side. Tried to keep a balance between characters with different archetypes and such while also including fan-favorites (and in a couple cases, added not who I wanted, but who I'd expect to see).

  • Marvel Veterans: Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Wolverine, Storm, Magneto, Deadpool, Dr. Doom, Spider-Man, Venom, Rocket Raccoon, Captain Marvel, Dr. Strange, Dormammu, Thanos, She-Hulk

  • Capcom Veterans: Ryu, Chun-Li, Mega Man (with MM 11 inspired moveset), Zero, Tron Bonne, Chris, Wesker, Dante, Vergil, Arthur, Firebrand, Haggar, Morrigan, Jedah, Strider Hiryu, Amaterasu, Phoenix Wright, Captain Commando, Ruby Heart

  • Marvel Newcomers: Ms. Marvel, The Destroyer, Invisible Woman (Uses other 3 F4 members as assists), Loki, Shang-Chi, Scarlet Witch, Ant-Man, Kang the Conqueror, Magik, Blade, Black Panther (Shuri)

  • Capcom Newcomers: Kimberly, Lady Dimitrescu, Leon Kennedy, Nero, Felyne, Asura, Nina, Donovan Baine, Batsu, Harp Note, Savan (w/ Seneschal powers)

  • Marvel Echo Fighters: War Machine (Iron Man), Ironheart (Iron Man), U.S. Agent (Captain America), Abomination (Hulk), Kate Bishop (Hawkeye), Miles Morales (Spider-Man), Gwenpool (Deadpool)

  • Capcom Echo Fighters: Ken (Ryu), Akuma (Ryu), Shadow Lady (Chun-Li), Proto Man (Mega Man), Ada Wong (Leon), Lilith (Morrigan), Zangief (Haggar)

  • Bosses: Arishem the Judge, Chakravartin (Asura’s Wrath)

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#112: May 18th 2023 at 9:20:08 PM

The new Guilty Gear character Asuka has inspired me to think about the viability of a Yu-Gi-Oh fighting game (that actually uses Yu-Gi-Oh card game mechanics). Here's what I have so far:

You play as the human characters from the anime with their pre-set decks, and Monsters, Spells, and Traps appear in front of that character to Attack, Defend, or Activate. It is a 6-button fighting game, with the buttons being ABCDEF. ABCDE inputs correspond to the 5 Monster and Spell/Trap zones and F corresponds to the hand. 236 and 214 special moves correspond to the Extra Deck. 22 special moves correspond to Graveyard effects. Both players have a 40-60 card deck and an up to 15 card Extra Deck.

Both players start with 8,000 Life Points. Both players instantly draw 5 cards with 5 seconds to play Monsters or set Spells/Traps, not able to Attack or activate effects until the Round starts, when they both draw a card. Both players continue drawing 1 card every 5 seconds. If a player loses all of their Life Points or tries to draw with no cards in their deck, they lose the Round. A Match is the best of 3 Rounds.

Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on May 18th 2023 at 9:25:36 AM

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#113: May 20th 2023 at 12:26:18 PM

I can't make art very well. But I put together some placeholder images, for my fighter ideas. So tell me if you bought something thing advertised as a Fighting game starring monsters (like Darkstalkers) and got something that looked like this would you be okay with it?

     Roster 

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/untitled_86.jpg

PLACEHOLDER IMAGES!

The Jist of each fighter.

  • Human: The Ryu bait and switch portagnist. Trying too hard to be cool.
  • Vampire: Real protagonist, Irish lesbian vampire kick chick.
  • Werewolf MMA Heavyweight fights in human, beastman, and Wolf forms.
  • Creashon Big Wrissler grappler.
  • Mummy: Zoner spellcaster with sand magic, BBW.
  • Gillman Mgui Tie, Suffer dude.
  • Gorgan: Kick chick who's so tall she might be a zoner.
  • Scarecrow: Sythe welding Zoner, wants to be the new symbol of Halloween.
  • Venatrix: Boxer rush down fighter, might be becoming a monster, Van Hellsing hate crimes.
  • Gray: Phichic Zoner dresses like the Men In Black, not talkative.
  • Zombie: A Drunkin fist undead cowboy who wants fame.
  • Fairy: Square peg round class grappler, glacier wif.
  • Mirror: Ditto Fighter
  • Clown: Dance battler, Used magic to cure her fear of clowns it backfired.
  • Ork: Luchadore Grappler Large Ham.
  • Dinosaur: A Dinosaur that happens to both have magical abilities and fell through a time portal into the registry.
  • Bonakinecko: Cat Ninja
  • kolbolt: Dog pirate
  • Tiaki: Sumo wrestler A Golem, made for a new restaurant line that they send because they thought saving the world is good advertising.
  • Yuki onna: An ice Scatter that wants to be a an Idol.
  • Slasher: Rush down an Expy of Freedy that has ice powers and claws. He has a different cutscene finisher for every fighter.
  • Superhero: A Robot Superhero with 4 arms.
  • Troll: A big fat Smash Mook, guy with a big hammer.
  • Valkrie: Stance fighter, She has a month weapon and morth armor.

Again these are Placeholder Images I'm not pitching a Crossover with Streetfighter, Hoetel Transviana, Disney, A Nightmare on Elm street, The Legend of Zelda, Lovestruck Choose your Romance, Crash Bandacook and Jurassic Park.

Edited by Shyhero on May 20th 2023 at 4:07:03 AM

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#114: May 23rd 2023 at 3:22:43 PM

I noticed the lack of monsters like cyclopes, cryptids, elves, etc., but I'm going to assume they're either background characters or important NP Cs in the hypothetical story mode.

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#115: May 23rd 2023 at 3:40:11 PM

I would like to see a Dissidia-style fighting game featuring all the 45 playable characters of Chrono Cross. And Time Devourer as the unselectable boss.

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#116: Jun 26th 2023 at 9:37:07 AM

A 3-D arena fighter based on Mashle: Magic and Muscles. There are six buttons: Light, Heavy, Special, Super, Assist 1, and Assist 2. Hold back to block. Grabs are unblockable. Both players select 1 playable character (a Red Mage) and 1 assist character (a White Mage).

  • All Red Mages have 1,000 HP.

  • The meter system is Magic Power. Red Mages have a number of bars of meter equal to the number of Lines they have, and each bar is divided into 4 segments. Specials consume 1 segment of Magic Power. Supers consume 2+ segments of Magic Power. Mash has a different meter system called Stamina that functions differently from Magic Power.

  • There is a separate Assist Meter that has two segments which refills over time. Assists consume 1 segment and Super Assists consume 2 segments.

Red Mages have at least 1 Light, Heavy, Special, and Super move. Extra moves can be done by pressing a direction plus a button, pressing the same button multiple times, or holding the button and pressing directions. Pressing 2 buttons at once is a universal Basic Spell that every character but Mash can do.

  • Light+Heavy: Nalcos. A basic ball of magic shot forward.

  • Light+Special: A quick but short dodge in whatever direction is held. Invincible to Grabs.

  • Heavy+Special: Quientus. A universal close-range Grab that does no damage but puts the opponent to sleep, leaving them vulnerable for a follow-up. Any move interrupting it breaks Quientus.

  • Light+Super: A magic barrier. Uses 1 segment of Magic Power. Reflects attacks with no chip damage, but fails against Grabs. Recovers quickly if successful.

  • Heavy+Super: A green fire teleport. Uses 1 segment of Magic Power. Teleports a set distance in whatever direction is held. Invincible.

  • Special+Super: A transformation input. Not all characters have this.

White Mages have at least 2 Assists, one for each button, and 1 Super Assist, done by pressing both Assist buttons.

I have more than just an outline, I have movesets. Want to see them?

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#117: Sep 2nd 2023 at 10:53:13 PM

As Nickelodeon and Warner Bros both have their own crossover platform fighters, it's only natural that Disney should have one as well. And since it's their centennial anniversary year, I've come up with a roster of 100 characters I think would be fun to see as a fighting game roster (obviously, this would be way too big to do in an actual game, unless it was a live-service game like Multiversus that went on long enough).

  1. Ahsoka Tano
  2. Aladdin
  3. Animal
  4. Anger
  5. Ant-Man
  6. Bart Simpson
  7. Baymax
  8. The Beast
  9. Black Panther
  10. Boba Fett
  11. Bill Cipher
  12. Buzz Lightyear
  13. Captain America
  14. Captain Hook
  15. Captain Marvel
  16. Darkwing Duck
  17. Darth Maul
  18. Darth Vader
  19. Dash
  20. Donald Duck
  21. Dr. Doofenschmirtz
  22. Doctor Doom
  23. Doctor Strange
  24. Dr. Facilier
  25. Eda Clawthorne
  26. Elastigirl
  27. Elsa
  28. EVE
  29. Gadget
  30. Genie
  31. Goliath
  32. Goofy
  33. Hades
  34. Hank & Dory
  35. Han Solo (with Chewbacca as an Assist Character)
  36. Hercules
  37. Homer Simpson
  38. Hulk
  39. Indiana Jones
  40. Inigo Montoya
  41. Iron Man
  42. Jack Skellington
  43. Jack Sparrow
  44. Jafar
  45. Judy Hopps
  46. Kermit the Frog
  47. Kida
  48. Kim Possible
  49. Kronk
  50. Kylo Ren
  51. Lightning McQueen
  52. Lisa Simpson
  53. Luke Skywalker
  54. Maleficent
  55. The Mandalorian
  56. Marge Simpson (with Maggie)
  57. Mary Poppins
  58. Maui
  59. Meilin Li
  60. Merida
  61. Merlin
  62. Mickey Mouse
  63. Miss Piggy
  64. Molly & Scratch
  65. Mr. Incredible
  66. Mulan
  67. Obi-Wan Kenobi
  68. Percy Jacksonnote 
  69. Pete
  70. Peter Pan
  71. Perry the Platypus
  72. Phineas and Ferb
  73. Rapunzel
  74. Raya
  75. Rey
  76. Robin Hood
  77. The Rocketeer
  78. Rocket Raccoon & Groot
  79. Roger Rabbit
  80. Scrat
  81. Scrooge McDuck
  82. Simba
  83. Sora
  84. Spider-Man
  85. Star Butterfly
  86. Stitch
  87. Sulley & Mike
  88. Tarzan
  89. Thor
  90. Tigger
  91. TRON
  92. Ursula
  93. Venom
  94. Violet
  95. Winnifred Sandersonnote 
  96. Wolverine
  97. Woody
  98. Wreck-It Ralph
  99. Yoda
  100. Zurg

Edited by lbssb on Sep 2nd 2023 at 1:56:39 PM

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#118: Sep 2nd 2023 at 11:14:08 PM

Narrow it down to 20 for the base roster, what would it be?

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#119: Sep 3rd 2023 at 7:12:52 AM

My attempt

Animated Canon:

1. Maleficent 2. Genie 3. Mulan 4. Wreck-It Ralph 5. Elsa

Pixar:

6. Buzz Lightyear 7. Elastigirl 8. Wall-E 9. Mei Ling

Classic Shorts:

10. Mickey Mouse 11. Scrooge Mc Duck

Star Wars:

12. Yoda 13. Darth Vader

Disney Channel:

14. Kim Possible 15. Bill Cipher 16. Sprig Plantar 17. Luz Noceda

Other:

18. Jack Sparrow 19. Homer Simpson 20. Jack Skellington

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#120: Sep 3rd 2023 at 12:12:57 PM

Here's my finetuned, 20-man base roster:

  1. Mickey Mouse
  2. Donald Duck
  3. Goofy
  4. Beast
  5. Mulan
  6. Aladdin
  7. Elsa
  8. Wreck-It Ralph
  9. Baymax
  10. Stitch
  11. Buzz Lightyear
  12. Sulley & Mike
  13. Mr. Incredible
  14. Jack Sparrow
  15. Tron
  16. Perry the Platypus
  17. Darkwing Duck
  18. Spider-Man
  19. Darth Vader
  20. Homer Simpson

If we allowed a 25-man roster, which would be around what Nick All-Stars 1 and Multiversus had at launch, I'd add:

  1. Peter Pan
  2. Woody
  3. Scrooge McDuck
  4. Kermit the Frog
  5. Jack Skellington

Edited by lbssb on Sep 3rd 2023 at 3:13:10 PM

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#121: Sep 3rd 2023 at 4:58:33 PM

Oooo, so we agreed on most of these, but this should be fun to compare...

  • We definitely agreed Mickey is a must have, but found it interesting you went a step further to include Donald and Goofy, whereas I didn't want to use that many slots for classic shorts. I do figure Mickey would either get Minnie as a costume or a movement clone, however.
  • Found it cool how we had a lot of overlap in choosing characters from Animated Canon. Mulan's an obvious slam dunk, Frozen is too hig to leave out, and Ralph, in universe, is from a video game. I went Genie over Aladdin because I felt he'd bring more to the table, but I could go either way on them. As for differences, I definitely made a point to include an old-school rep, and when Disney is known for their villains, Maleficent just seemed like a no-brainer. Having Beast fight seems antithetical to the movie's themes, so if we include anyone from Bat Beast, I'd go Gaston, but I ultimately skipped that over for allocation purposes. Stitch and Baymax, however, were just oversights on my end.
  • Pixar: Buzz is a no-brainer. Thought about doing Sully or Randall for Monsters Inc, but decided Wall-E as a ROB-esque fighter and Mei Ling as a transforming character would be more fun. Also went Elastigirl over Mr. Incredible to get an extra girl, and because shape-shifting is more unique than general big guy.
  • Star Wars: Felt the franchise was big enough to warrant a Jedi and a Sith, but if there's only one Vader's a good choice.
  • Disney Channel: From my biased POV Disney Channel has great choices for Fighters, but Agent P is more realistic (and definitely more realistic than Luz). However, I'd still rather see any of my picks, or if we stick to Phineas and Ferb, Doofenshmirtz.
  • Marvel was a pretty big oversight on my end. I could see Spidey being a licensing problem, and if so probably go Iron Man and/or Thanos instead.
  • Don't know if I could see Kermit happening, and prioritizing Darkwing over Scrooge is a bit odd, but overall pretty solid! About half our lineups were the same and a lot of places that weren't came pretty close.

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#122: Sep 3rd 2023 at 8:34:08 PM

Would Disney vs. Capcom be too much? It would match the inconsistent art style in Capcom's roster but the superpowers in Marvel's roster is varied enough.

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#123: Sep 3rd 2023 at 8:35:55 PM

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  • Ah, yeah, I should've had Maleficent. I wanted to add at least one Canon character from Walt's era since the rest of them I chose skewed towards the Renaissance and Revival eras, and Peter Pan was the first one that came to my mind as a good fighter. In retrospect, I probably would choose Maleficent over him.
  • I also regret not being able to fit in Hercules and Sora, but I did mine with the mindset that this is the starting roster to a live-service game like Multiversus that would add more over time. In retrospect, maybe I'd replace Tron with Hercules, leaving Jack Sparrow the only live-action character starting out? That is the tendency most Disney crossovers follow.
  • You're also right in that Scrooge would probably be a slightly bigger priority than Darkwing, but hey, both of them are pretty much the faces of the Disney Afternoon, so it doesn't matter too much.
  • You make a good case for Elastigirl over Mr. Incredible, too, but I figured if this game happened then Bob would likely be used first.
  • Spider-Man would be okay: Sony only owns the movie rights, they don't have anything else. Yes, they published the Insomniac games, but that's actually completely unrelated and they don't have any sort og exclusivity license to Spider-Man characters when it comes to video games: case in point, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, a Switch exclusive published by Nintendo, has them, with most of the Insomniac cast reprising their roles, even.
  • In regards to some of the choices in my original 100:
    • Certain series I did a similar Sidelined Protagonist Crossover that Nick All-Stars did with Hey Arnold where the main character didn't seem like a fighter but another character did and felt like they could represent their franchise: Ursula and Facilier with their magic and Ursula's octopus limbs, EVE with her flight and lasers, Tigger with his rowdiness, and Anger with his fire all felt like they fit a fighting game more than Ariel, Tiana, WALL-E, Pooh, and Joy respectively. Animal and Miss Piggy were almost this to Kermit, but I couldn't bring myself to leave him out.
    • It was honestly hard coming up with 20th Century Studios characters to add beyond the Simpsons (who, along with the Incredibles, I felt every member of the family needed to be represented), especially since I decided not to try and incorporate R-rated franchises like Alien or Die Hard. Ice Age was an obvious decision, as Fox's most successful animated film franchise that Disney has still attempted to make a future for after Blue Sky closed down, and Inigo Montoya because Princess Bride is a beloved classic that feels right at home among the Disney properties, and I felt he might have been a more interesting fighter than Westley (though Westley could probably be a costume for him).
    • The best opportunity I could think of to plausibly represent Finding Nemo was to have Hank as the fighter carrying Dory in the coffeepot.
    • Some characters I considered, but couldn't fit, included Jessie, Syndrome, Isabela Madrigal, Ian Lightfoot, Moana, Nick Wilde, Frollo, Mad Hatter, Cruella de Vil, Baloo, Timon & Pumbaa, Oswald, Greg Heffley, Chicken Little (yes, I actually like that movie), Aqua and Linguini & Remy. I considered Miguel Rivera but couldn't really get behind the idea of him as a Musical Assassin.
    • Mary Poppins I'm honestly surprised almost never appears in Disney crossovers, being the most iconic (non-racist) live-action film from Walt's era. Roger Rabbit doesn't appear a lot either, but he apparently has a bunch of legal issues that make that hard.

Edited by lbssb on Sep 4th 2023 at 1:33:03 PM

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#124: Sep 4th 2023 at 3:59:26 PM

Let's see if this is close to where it needs to be:

Base:

  1. Mickey Mouse
  2. Maleficent
  3. Aladdin & Genie
  4. Mulan
  5. Stitch
  6. Sgt. Calhoun
  7. Elsa
  8. Jack Skellington
  9. Buzz Lightyear
  10. Sully
  11. Elastigirl
  12. Mei
  13. Jack Sparrow
  14. Homer Simpson
  15. Scrooge McDuck
  16. Perry the Platypus
  17. Spider-Man
  18. Thanos
  19. Yoda
  20. Darth Vader

Post-Launch:

  1. Kim Possible
  2. Baymax
  3. Wall-E
  4. Bill Cipher
  5. Iron Man

Uncertain Wave 2:

  1. Indiana Jones
  2. Moana
  3. Boba Fett
  4. Captain Hook
  5. Luz Noceda

    Explanations 

Base Roster

  • Aladdin would be the primary fighter, with Genie aiding in a few attacks, including a special that only works three times per stock.
  • While I initially had Ralph on the roster over Calhoun for being a main character, I realized that the base roster was low on projectile users, whereas Ralph and Sully would likely have a ton of playstyle overlap. While I considered swapping Sully out for Meredith, I figured Monsters Inc was comfortably more popular while swapping to a secondary character in Wreck-It Ralph wouldn't feel out of place at all.
  • Despite limited roster space, I decided to keep Mei in the base game since her gimmick is strong enough to warrant inclusion and I didn't want Pixar to be confined to their early franchises.
  • Thanos gets in over Iron Man because only two villains seems odd. Nothing technically wrong with it, but it would definitely bother me.

Fire Wave

  • In the post-launch phase especially, I wanted to ensure characters would be compelling enough to keep people interested, especially if it was locked behind a paywall. It's also very hard to not leave certain sets of fans feeling left out. If I wanted to spend more time on this, I might swap some characters between waves, but for now, this is more or less the characters I'd shoot for.
  • Kim might be a little early, all things considered, but she's a different brand of action girl to anyone else shown so far and covers a wave of "childhood shows" between Duck Tales and Phineas and Ferb (albeit leaning towards the latter), and the live action tv movie proves there's still enough interest in the franchise.
  • Baymax is someone we agreed would be great for the roster but barely missed out on base due to stiff competition and me realizing his movie came directly between Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen. Of the three, I think Big Hero 6 is a little more divisive, though still loved enough for conclusion, and I don't think his pacifism is enough for him to compete in a "for fun" fighting game.
  • Wall-E is a beloved film and he'd be different from anyone else in the game.
  • Bill Cipher might be early for another tv character, but he's a fan favorite villain and at least I'm not double dipping on "smaller" franchises.
  • Iron Man because I wanted to end the wave with a crowd pleaser, I really wanted an Avenger, and I didn't want Captain America because of international release. Could swap with Thor or Hulk, but this is personal preference for a tech suit and striking red and gold.

Second Wave

  • First two require no explanation.
  • Boba Fett because Star Wars fans are dedicated enough to get a third character. Boba Fett would play quite differently from Yoda and Vader, has a distinctive appearance, and has a good mix of diehard fanbase and mainstream recognizability to edge out in a tough field, though Rey or Ashoka were damn close.
  • Captain Hook over Peter Pan for being a villain and I think being more popular? Could've perhaps done Tinkerbell but that just felt off for whatever reason.
  • Luz Noceda closes it out because while Owl House fandom may not be as big as Marvel or Star Wars, it's dedicated, and say it with me, she's sufficiently different from everyone else. Went with her over Eda because this roster is honestly pretty white and I think her glyph drawings could lead to some really inventive gameplay.

Other Close Cuts

  • Amphibia because while it had a successful run, Gravity Falls came first, Owl House had a tighter cult (even if cancelled sooner), and the most popular characters - the humans, have less going for them than the slightly less popular Amphibians.
  • Woody because Buzz had more standalone material.
  • Muppets because the vibe just felt a tad off, though I could be sold on Animal.
  • Bender because I forgot about Futurama and don't want to go back at this point.
  • Tron because I don't know how popular the work actually is.
  • Pete and Darkwing Duck just kinda got passed up by other options.
  • Sora because he's already in Smash so his ability to sell units is automatically a lot lower.

Possible Outfits

  • Mickey Mouse has Minnie, Steamboat Willie, and Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Aladdin could swap out with Jasmine if they're willing to fudge the heights a little
  • Mulan has "boy" and "girl" outfits
  • Stitch has a lot of experiments with similar builds
  • Elsa couldn't be switched with Anna, but she could have a look-alike outfit
  • Jack Skellington could maybe switch with Sally?
  • Buzz has Zurg, and while less likely to be used, Warp Darkmatter
  • Elastigirl has her old outfit
  • Scrooge McDuck with Donald perhaps?
  • Spider-Man has Venom and several Spiderverse counterparts
  • Darth Vader to Kylo Ren if he looks different enough to tell during gameplay
  • Kim couldn't quite switch with Shego, but that's a no-brainer palette swap
  • Boba Fett has Jaingo plus generic Storm Troopers
  • Luz wouldn't have her spoiler appearance, but her Azura outfit is fair game

Edited by ANonagon9 on Sep 4th 2023 at 7:00:36 AM

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#125: Sep 4th 2023 at 6:03:36 PM

If we're doing combo fighters, I think Aladdin would work best like this:

  • Normals/Neutral Special: Aladdin.

  • Up Special: Carpet

  • Side Special: Abu

  • Down Special: Genie

  • Super: Genie Wish (can only be used 3 times, turns Aladdin into a Prince temporarily, making him stronger and turning Abu into an elephant for his side special)

And Jasmine can have Raja as an assist.

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