Am I the only one who thinks Ryu Hayabusa is a great addition for Smash...but a boring addition for the DLC?

Do you think they'd bring in his weapons and skills from the later games or would they just stick to the classic stuff?

Kasumi is never happening

>caring about how hype a character is
gay

I'm in 100% agreement

He absolutely, without a doubt, 100% belongs in Smash Bros.
But immediately following either the stone cold obvious choices of Hero or Banjo Kazooie, or the outside-the-box "What, oh fuck WHAT?" x-factor of Joker, Hayabusa just feels...tame.

Do you care more about reveals than the actual characters?

Nothing will cause as much craziness as Banjo did. Not anymore. Ryu is one of the last remaining classic characters that should be here.

>shill pick that doesn’t represent series
>boring swordsman
>meme character
This DLC hasn’t been very good so far and generic ninja man wouldn’t help, plant is unironically the best DLC character so far

>Nothing will cause as much craziness as Banjo did
What about Scorpion?

More people would want Ryu over Joker

The problem is you can't ever be pleased you dumb fuck

he has multiple weapons, several ninja arts like the flame wheel, the clones, and the boomerang shuriken, and the izuna drop. How is he not unique?

I love the first three so far though.

Nah. It would be a big moment, but Banjo, K. Rool and Ridley were pipe dream characters for millions of fans for over a decade.

>Am I the only one

Why do Gen Z kids love saying this so much?

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>doesn't represent series
How does the protag of NG not represent NG you fucking spoon

Would be perfectly fine with him. My only issue would be I would then want Dante to get in to complete the Brawler trifecta.

That's why it won't be Ryu, Nintendo has been picking the shittiest characters as dlc to generate "hype".

I'd love to see Ryu, but I can see people already saying who the hell is Ryu, and that's not what smash is about. We're probably getting something like Tracer/Doom guy/master chief.

higher desire for validation due to overexposure to social media

Because everyone thinks they're special nowadays, especially in the age of social media where "everyone has a voice".

He is referring to joker. Who is a relatively poor representation of the entire purse owner franchise.

Was talking about Joker not representing Persona, Hero being a boring swordsman, and Banjo being a meme character

Don't care, Hayabusa is one of my most wanteds so I'd be significantly more excited for him than I was for Joker and Hero

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>Hero
>boring swordsman
Hoes Mad

Aah I was the spoon all along
Still wrong though

Who else would they pick?
And don't say jack frost or some dumb shit since the point of Persona is a person and their persona fighting in tandem. Persona 5 is also the most popular game so the protagonist from it is an obvious choice

Having one RNG shitfest special doesn’t change the fact all of his other moves are Link 4.0

same reason why mid-late millenials say shit like "Only 90s kids..."

Unless they're announcing a new NG and a DoA6 port, he's not going to generate buzz

>link
None of his other specials are even remotely Link's either

Are you people retarded? There's already a Ryu in the game.

>link can shoot fireballs
>link can summon lightning
>link can summon tornados

>two Roys can't happen

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I think DLC characters have to be inherently appealing on their own, to be worth the purchase, and I think Sakurai goes out of his way to make them that way. They really can't just *be*, they have to have that "wow" factor to justify the purchase, and in turn, the cost of development. If you want to interpret that as "Hype" for the "reveals", then so be it.

Joker was an awesome "What the fuck" addition in the same vein as Cloud and Bayonetta. Banjo and Hero were to MASSIVE names from either side of the ocean that were obvious, glaring omissions to the video game history that Smash draws from.
I think that's why people are so fixated on Doomguy and Reimu (and to a lesser extent, Chris Redfield and Hatsune Miku, and even, as much as I hate to say it, Minecraft Steve), because those are the only real characters left that fit that description of stone-cold icons and/or left-field choice that makes perfect sense.
Ryu is almost there, but not quite. His presence would certainly enrich any roster he might be a part of, but I'm not sure anybody's really chomping at the bit to play him *right now*, like the other DLCs. For me, he's kinda on the same level as, like, Mike Jones from Star Tropics, or Bub and Bob from Bubble Bobble. Would I be hype as fuck if they were added to a Smash Bros game? Absolutely. Would I be compelled to spend an extra $5 each for the experience? Eeeh.

NIN JA
GAI DEN
HAI!

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Who gives a fuck about the objectively worst "fighting" game. Only the biggest autists in the world cares in the slightest.

summed it up pretty well, he feels more like he should be a base game character rather than a DLC choice

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you cared enough to post in this thread :^)

Alternate costumes don't count. Yes, I moved the goalpost, fuck you.

>link can summon tornadoes
he could in brawl and smash 4

Wow it's almost as if different people find different things exciting.
But regardless of that, you are SEVERELY downplaying the importance of Ninja Gaiden, it's almost disgusting.
>One of the original 'NES hard' games, going on to influence the likes of Dark Souls and countess indies
>One of the first primitive games to feature cutscenes
>NES games were so popular that a trilogy was made, became one of the most iconic names in vidya
>Years later, makes a return with Ninja Gaiden Black and becomes one of the most iconic names in vidya AGAIN.
>NGB Was a huge influence on action games, is a part of the 'action trilogy'
>Brought hard games back into the mainstream for a second time.
You might not find him exciting, and that's fine. But comparing him to fucking bub and bob is an insult.

>Two Mario's
>Three Link's
>Two Samus'

All have different names, doesn't count.

'Ryu Hayabusa' and 'Ryu' are different names

>Am I the only one
no you special snowflake ass bitch, you aren't "the only one"
but you're absolutely wrong, ryu is gay
that blue kimono DoA girl would be the better choice as a Koei Tecmo rep
we have enough Ryus and bara reps in smash as it is

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since when was Dark Souls influenced by Ninja Gaiden? You can compare the difficulties of both titles but AFAIK the Souls games were inspired by Ico and SOTC more than anything else

You want to hear the announcer say "Ryu Hayabusa" every time you pick him?

Do you really think that would stop them?

Based shit taste-kun

>'Rosalina And Luma
I think I can live with it

if you actually have to include a characters last name middle name and maiden name then that literal who is not iconic enough to be in smash

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My point is Ninja Gaiden kept difficulty in vidya prominent for years.
The new difficulty craze with from games can therefore be tracked back to Ninja Gaidens influence.
I'm not saying souls was ONLY influenced by Ninja Gaiden but it has importance in the gaming sphere

Based retard
>It would be weird to have two Ryus
>Fair enough, in that case call him Ryu Hayabusa
>YOU'RE ONLY ADDING THE LAST NAME BECAUSE NOBODY WOULD KNOW WHO HE IS OTHERWISE
Stupid, stupid anime poster

I certainly don't mean to downplay the importance of the series, or the hype some individuals might feel

It really just comes down to marketability. These characters have to stand on their own to justify the price. And do you think as many people are frothing at the mouth to spend 5 bucks on this character, as they are for Banjo Kazooie? Not likely.

>It would be weird to have two Ryus
i never said that faggot, there's literally 2 Roys
my point is having to put a characters last name is fucking retarded
end of discussion

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>Ryu Hayabusa can't 'stand on his own' because reasons?
>Dragon Quest is a huge name from vidya so he's a justified choice but Ninja Gaiden isn't justified because reasons?
All of your arguments are anecdotal

DQ is one of the biggest fanchises in Japan
literal Eva tier cultural phenomenon

Ninja who featuring Ryu literal who is nothing.
he literally has to be put in and leach off KT's bigger franchise DoA

You fucking smoothbrain
The only reason I proposed 'Ryu Hayabusa' as the name was because other retards complained that there is already a 'Ryu'
I'm reality, it doesn't matter what he's called. Nobody with an IQ I'm triple digits unironically thinks that he would NEED to have 'Hayabusa'
Get lost you stupid, stupid capeshit poster

>Nobody with an IQ I'm triple digits

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>He doesn't know Ninja Gaiden
Fuck off casual, refer to my previous post for some education.

>Ninja Gaiden kept difficulty in vidya prominent for years
fucking how? The series sold like shit for years and every game in recent years was met with poor reviews. More people know NG from the NES games than any of the modern titles and that's solely due to how tediously hard they are
>The new difficulty craze with from games can therefore be tracked back to Ninja Gaidens influence.
>Ninja Gaiden is the only game franchise that focused on challenge and difficulty
christ

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>I have no arguments: the post
GG

Haybusa and Dante are the only characters I would even remotely care about at this point.

>He doesn't know Ninja Gaiden
Bayonetta/DMC is better so i don't bother with a dead series

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Ninja Gaiden Black was critically acclaimed and is still considered one of the best action games of all time you casual zoomer faggot

Then you have no right to comment on Hayabusa's worth as a smash character.

and that was over a decade ago AND it still sold like ass

Kasumi isn’t that popular either.

Your point?

Sales don't mean shit. Unless you're wanting the roster to be dominated by FIFA teams and CoD people.

he has no worth, him and his games are flops

Your opinion is irrelevant

my point is that it's a washed up franchise that doesn't stack up to the other heavy hitters of the DLC
as a base game character he'd be fine, but as something you have to pay for? Fuck off

just like rywho

Next pack is SNK so this discussion is now moot
You're still wrong though