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8 Deluxe. It has just about every song worth listening too, & even the bad ones sound better than they used to(Toad Turnpike, Dry Dry Desert, etc.) Add in the Booster Course Pass & you have an almost perfect OST. There are a couple good ones missing though(Choco Island, Koopa Troopa Beach, 64 Sherbet Land, Shy Guy Beach, Lakeside Park, GBA Bowser Castle, YOSHI DESERT, GCN Rainbow Road, Airship Fortress, Luigi's Mansion, Delfino Square, Toad's Factory, Dry Dry Ruins, Daisy Hills, Cheep Cheep Lagoon, Shy Guy Bazaar, Wario Shipyard, 3DS Bowser Castle & Piranha Plant Pipeline) but as a whole it's definitely far and away the best. I'd give 7 second place; it has most of the ups with less downs than Wii, & obviously some of Wii's best music(also a lot of the retro songs are ported over from Wii, so it's not even close because it's the same songs & then some)

Simply un-true. The next game IS in development. That's how most big studios operate on long running franchises; finish one project, & pretty quickly start work on the next one. If it were something smaller, like Mario Tennis, they'd wait a bit before developing the next one(also all the sports games are made by the same guys(Camelot), so even then the entire dev team is still working on another game almost immediately afterwards) So it is real. Mario Kart X. The name is not final, of course, but it does exist.

Okay, FYI the Crossroads part is bullshit, but yes, MKX next year.

I'm hyped for the new generation honestly, no retros, only new courses. It's gonna be lit!

Hornyposting?

It's finally time for the site to go under

GGs everyone, it was fun while it lasted

That doesn't exist anymore though

Tbf, that's basically every group in existence.

Oh okay, sorry.

@Chilli3564 sorry, Astral Chain is a fantastic game that deserves a slot. And it's the newest Nintendo IP(technically). The same way they added Inkling, they should add Akira.

Fighter: Akira Howard(Astral Chain)

This is a bit of an unknown for a lot of you probably, but if anyone deserves a slot, it's the new kid on the block. The game is a hack & slash, go buy it, it's really, really good.

Akira is male by default(one of those MCs)

Long story short, they're a Police officer with an armplate computer than spawns Personas to fight with. They're called Legions. More on them, later.

They're normals are still really boring, but they use a baton instead of a sword, so that's unique atleast. That is, if your PC(it's called Legatus is on cooldown(no Legions are active) If one is, things get......complicated, fast. It's essentially Luma, but way cooler.

The 5 legions are Sword, Axe, Arm, Beast & Arrow.
All of these are pretty self explanatory, depending on which one is active, your moves change.

Specials: Because obviously, that's the bulk of this entire thing, normals are so bland.

Neutral: Handcannon/Hyper Slash/Hyper Shot/Hyper Punch/Hyper Fang/Hyper Swing

As you can probably tell by the names, these are all really simple.

Handcannon: As a police officer, Akira carries around a pocket gun. Pretty standard.

Hyper Slash: Big ass Slash

Hyper Shot: Arrows of light tend to hurt

Hyper Punch: Falcon Punch who???

Hyper Fang: Who's a good boy?

Hyper Swing: Do. Not. Shield. Do. Not. Roll. In. Do. Not. Jump. You WILL die.

Side B: More of the same.

Up B: Grappling Hook if not a Legion. If Legion, more of the same.

Down B: Legion Switch
Self explanatory

Final Smash: Overkill Attack

What would an action game be if it doesn't have that instakill attack meter? Depending on the active Legion, this will look different. Instakills when the victim's damage exceeds 100.
Random chance to be "Deep Synced" indicated by Akira's appearance. This does more damage, obviously, & instakills at 80 instead.

Things to note:
The Legions function like Luma, so they will run around an attack independently unless you use a specific attack that involves them, in which case they will TP to you before the attack.

You & your Legion are connected by a semi-solid chain, as in, solid when you need it to be. Should an enemy end up between you & your Legion at any point, press B to choke them with it & do the normal Overkill finisher. Instakills at 130%.

Akira is unusually deeply connected to their Legions(lore), so when they take damage, you take a little as well, but no knockback.

Legions have up to 100 HP, & once summoned last for 25 seconds.(Shortened from 100 in the actual game). When that time is up, the Legatus will be unusable for another 15 seconds.(Shortened from 30???(it's been a while)

Taunts
Up: Iris activation + deactivation
Left: Cool pose w/Legion
Down: Plays Solitaire on the Legatus(reference)

Victory theme: Snippet of the Main Theme

Victory poses: Cooler versions of the Taunts, except for #3, where Akira gets on that badass bike & drives away(PLS play this game)

Alts:
4 Male, 4 Female
1: Normal Male
2: Normal Female
3: Yoseph
4: Jena
5: Maximilian(RIP Dad)
6: Olive
7: Massive Spoilers Male
8: Massive Spoilers Female

Special: IRIS analysis
Essentially a codec call for every character. Reads a police file for each, essentially, giving tips on how to beat them. Tons of cool dialogue to be read there. Only works on the Astral Plane stage.

Stage: Astral Plane
An alternate dimension which has started pouring into the real world, which forces 90% of Earth to be unhabitable, revealed to be the memory bank of the entirety of humanity.(Where they're brains are stored, essentially)
Basically FD, but with two extra, smaller FDs to the far right & left. And also just red.
Randomly, Humunculus(looks like Experiment Z-57 from Dread for reference, except he's older by 2 years.) will appear, & cause a shit ton of trouble. And then leave. And then come back. He's also the boss of classic mode)

Music: 10 songs, this is really hard to do, this whole "Create a Fighter" thing.
1: Creation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcwwDihccJU&list=PLfZzxWgguFqMYkKU3jjkXW4i9dcDnhOS_(I forgot how hard this went)
2: Emergency
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jwA8U_7yXE&list=PLfZzxWgguFqMYkKU3jjkXW4i9dcDnhOS_&index=3
3: Central City(Combat Phase)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jwA8U_7yXE&list=PLfZzxWgguFqMYkKU3jjkXW4i9dcDnhOS_&index=3
4: Invaders From Another World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCy1H0ZsqUU&list=PLfZzxWgguFqMYkKU3jjkXW4i9dcDnhOS_&index=10
5: Astral Plane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgRDUhPa1F4&list=PLfZzxWgguFqMYkKU3jjkXW4i9dcDnhOS_&index=11
6: Astral Plane(Combat Phase)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obqgsSid5bY&list=PLfZzxWgguFqMYkKU3jjkXW4i9dcDnhOS_&index=12
7: Legion Assault
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENMXnNwGnZU&list=PLfZzxWgguFqMYkKU3jjkXW4i9dcDnhOS_&index=22(I don't care how strong you are Axe, I will not forgive you for that fight)
8: Chimera Takedown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekda8w8PgQU&list=PLfZzxWgguFqMYkKU3jjkXW4i9dcDnhOS_&index=30
9: Homunculus Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekda8w8PgQU&list=PLfZzxWgguFqMYkKU3jjkXW4i9dcDnhOS_&index=30
10: Dark Hero~ Male + Female Version Duet(spoilers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N8riifuriI(You only get to hear one, depending on which Akira you didn't choose(yeah, the explanation in game for male & female versions is that you're twins))
11: The Only One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K97Qot0ZssI&list=PLfZzxWgguFqMYkKU3jjkXW4i9dcDnhOS_&index=52
12: Noah Prime(spoilers I guess?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLW-pgJV2T4&list=PLfZzxWgguFqMYkKU3jjkXW4i9dcDnhOS_&index=55
13: The Answer(even more spoilers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY63N71ATzI&list=PLfZzxWgguFqMYkKU3jjkXW4i9dcDnhOS_&index=56

Also, like, this game is awesome, also they've teased a sequel(during the Bayonetta 3 reveal, that Dog is the Police's mascot), if you want to catch up on the story before it comes out, do. It's a Platinum Games hack & slash, & it's T, so don't worry about the rating, there's light swearing, it's a fantastic game all around.

But those are just uncharged Smash attacks. Not separate attacks.

Fighter: Alear(Fire Emblem 18/Engage)

This is gonna be hella long

For their normals, they use Liberation(can't put the accent sadly)

These are all very genetic sword swings, so let's blitz through them.

Jab: Three Quick Slashes, no flurry.

F-Tilt: Another par for the course attack. Does slightly higher shield damage though.

D-Tilt: Much longer than others like Marth & Roy, but also a bit slower too.

U-Tilt: The juggle tool. You know how to use it.

Dash Attack: A quick, disjointed lunge. As with the other basic lords, Alear suffers in the range department. Use this to approach & pressure your opponents!

F-Smash: It may look far cooler than the other FE Forward Smashes, but the horizontal slice means that it covers less space & is a tad slower. Angle it up or down to hit ledge or.....(let's be real, why the hell would you angle shit up?)

Up Smash: Like Sephiroth's, but Masamune is far longer, obviously. Still, far better than the other characters.

Dowwn Smash: They're all the same, you know how this works.

Neutral Air: A vertical flip is more unique, but again, actually way worse than the others.

Forward Air: Ah, we knew you were waiting for this one. It's just Roy's but a tad longer, & also no sourspots. PS: Roy's is pretty good.

Down Air: Marth's Down Air would be better without the stupid sweetspot requirement. Good thing Alear doesn't have that issue. RIP Lucina, I guess. Eh, she isn't coming back anyway.

Back Air: Literally just Cloud's. Great for kills.

Up Air: The other juggling tool. You don't need anything else. Just like Roy.

Grab, Pummel & Throws: Due to Alear's inability to Draconize, their throws are all super generic. RIP.

Get-Up Attack & Ledge Get-Up Attack: Do not deserve their own talk about, it's a sword character, moving on...

Alear has a gimmick!
Alear has Rings. And no, not the Sonic ones.

If you have no clue what the game is about, go buy it, it's the best Fire Emblem, gameplay wise, the story is balls, but the stories have always been balls, anyhoo
Depending on which ring is currently active, the specials will change. By default, (SPOILERS) is active. More on switching rings later.

Neutral Special: Brave Lance/Killer Axe/Elivagar/Liberation

Brave Lance: Long Ass Stab, decimates shield, it's slow but has armor. Hit's twice.(Small hit then launching hit)

Killer Axe: Massive vertical swing. Think Hatchet Man, but an Axe. Has a critical hit chance(A very high one, too!)

Elivagar: I'm not even gonna pretend like I understand what this means.
Magic sphere which induces a random status affect(Sleep, Flower, Freeze, Fire damage effect, Electric Damage effect, Trip)

Liberation: Chargeable slash. Ike Side B but cooler.

Side Special: More of the same if I'm being honest.

Up Special: Everything but Up minus Liberation which is basically just Dolphin Slash.

Down Special: This allows you to swish between the Ring of (SPOILERS), Ring of the Holy Knight, Ring of the Sage Lord & the Bracelet of the Lonely Heir(wait, a bracelet?)

Final Smash: There's 4(oh god) & they're pretty similar, but one is far better, & I think you know where this is going by now.

1: Override(with Sigurd) Captain Falcon final Smash, but with a horse & a lance

2: Quadruple Hit(with Leif) Generic name, but insanely cool looking.

3: Summon Hero(with Veronica) Through the power of microtransactions, Veronica summons one of the other lords in the game, &  they use they're finisher instead. Fits her lazy ass.

4: (SPOILERS) But it's the best one


Victory theme: As with most Fire Emblem characters, a snippet of the best part of the game's main theme.

Victory Poses:

Number one is the "Ready Yourself" Animation for whenever Alear is  about to attack, except way cooler.
Number 2 is the enemy defeat pose.
Number 3 is.........spoilers, to be clear.

Taunts:
Taunt number 1 is the crit dialogue & pose.
Taunt number 2 is sheathing liberation.
Taunt number 3 changes depending on the ring chosen at the moment.
With Sigurd: "Ready yourself!"
With Leif: "Whatever it takes!"
With Veronica: "You're useless" My god what a bitch
Or....spoilers.

Holy shit that took forever. I'll do the rest later.

EDIT:
Fuck it, we ball
Alternate costumes.

8 for Male, 8 for Female.

Male:
1: Alear
2: Vander
3: Diamant
4: Fogado
5: Seadall
6: Alear?
7: Alear??
8: Nil..........

Female
1: Alear
2: Celine
3: Chloe
4: Yunaka
5: Ivy
6: Alear?
7: Alear??
8: Nel

Stages:
Alear only gets 1, which is of course, the Somniel, the main hub, & occasionally it will teleport to one of the other kingdoms in the game.

As for music.....
Engage has a lot of problems, but the music is not one of them.
In case someone wants to scroll past this easily, I'll just post links.
Total of 10 songs from the game.
1: Main Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNJqgyNgCYA&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=6
2: Preparation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiWUt_y4TLQ&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=91(Don't be fooled by the name, this song slaps)
3: Faraway Holy Land(Lythos Castle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM5T8v2tAVY&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=96(The variations are better suited to fights)
4: Bloom in the Breeze(Blossom)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjdXfNX96uM&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=100
5: Royal Confidence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9S1pZDg6IA&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=105(This is the sole one where the normal version is the best)
6: Tear Streaked(Ice)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxGVd8wc_mA&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=108(Ungodly banger from Elusia)
7: Bright Sandstorm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9bQSukPrCM&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=110(Welp, I lied. My bad Panette)
8: Falling Petals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdR7CDFvqLY&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=114(peak)
9: Last Engage(Prayer-Incantation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ryKxTNV7g&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=117
10: Mirrored Engage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkwisPhn5cM(Do ya like Wyverns?)
1 Battle theme from every area of the game + Main theme + Preparation + 1 DLC track
And that's it for Alear. I'll do the next fighter sometime soon, after someone posts, so I don't triple.


EDIT: Welp, guess I'll just do it here.
Fighter: Octoling(Splatoon)

Octoling shares their tilts, throws & aerials with Inkling.

Jab & Flurry: Octoshot instead of Splattershot

Forward Smash: Heavy Splatling. Mid Range, slow, powerful

Up Smash: Splatana Wiper. Incredibly fast, a little on the weaker side, but with good range.

Down Smash: Octobrush. Super fast, poor range, poor damage.

Neutral Special: Octoshot. Same as Inklings, basically.

Side Special: Splat Brella. Tap to raise the shield. Tap again to drop it. Tap & Hold to launch the shield.

Up Special: Super Jump. Same as Inklings.

Down Special: Toxic Mist. Enemies inside it move slower & take poison damage.

Final Smash: Booyah Bomb. Just a massive AOE attack. It's really hard to avoid.

Alts
4 Male, 4 Female
1: Pink Female(Agent
2: Blue Male(Contrasting Octo Expansion Color)
3: Dark Green Female
4: Deep Yellow Male
5: Orange Female(Splatoon 1 reference)
6: Gray Male(Side Order)
7: Neo Octoling Female(Single player enemy skin)
8: Neo Octoling Male(Single player enemy skin)
Victory theme: Splatoon 2 victory theme
Victory Poses
1: Splatoon 1 win
2: Splatoon 2 win
3: Splatoon 3 win

Stages:
4 new stages
Octo Canyone(Based on the single player campaigns)

Manta Maria(Splatoon 2 representation)

Sockeye Station(Salmon Run Representation)

Crableg Capital(Splatoon 3 representation)

Music: VERY IMPORTANT bc they chose a ton of shit songs. Like, shit shit.

Nasty Majesty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCoVbCf-KZ0

Shark Bytes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K03ddGDQeDo

Fly Octo Fly(Ignore the Ebb & Flow bit)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an7GOmJE7Ao

Octoling Rendezvous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syXYsdkKt_8

Blitz It!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-bO053Bc4I

Clickbait
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eNSB6mQL3U

Triple Dip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcugUy6bcMI

Sea Me Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8iwefGkXUw

Til Depth Do Us Part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw1XwyW39uk

Big Betrayal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWEU5vRDQCE

Ride or Fry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWy_OthI18U

Seep & Destroy(unironically gas)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO7IuEh4auA

Hide & Sleek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMWO_5aWE8

Ska-Blam!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Buu9KDRCqk

Aquasonic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ffYyliiZAM

No Quarters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ja2vy7gJyQ

Bait & Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFvnlZL8GI4

Fishing Frenzy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqtJxEiCdkU

Toxic Anoxic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVDVqPhQkXc

Bear With Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5XpuFHkPHo

Calamari Inkantation 3MIX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TE22RCxCi4

Whatever bangers they're cooking up for Side Order
As you can tell, I am incredibly pissed off by the sheer midness of the SSBU Splatoon songs. There's a few good ones, but so many are trash. Like, Metalopod is balls, & the horrible Splattack remix, 5 Now or Nevers, 3 are complete shit. Octoweaponry is eh, Muck Warfare was completely unnecessary...
They need to cook next time.

What the fuck are C & D attacks???
And also it's Up, Left or Right on the D-Pad
There is no "Down" victory pose

Aside from that, cool idea!

You leaked her name on the internet

Getting grounded is the least of your worries

Dawg we are telling you that that won't work. It is not a url , it's a file path, one that we can't see because we don't have the file. Just type out whatever it says

I didn't even consider that

Yikes

Why'd you leak your IRL name

Also we can't see personal files

Sunset Wilds AGAIN?! Why
Yoshi Desert is right there
(Also only 1 3DS track but 3 DS tracks, 2 in the same cup after we already got 4 DS in 8 & 7 & Wii)

I still feel that next game will be a soft reboot, but if not I've got my predictions set.

First off, 4 cups of retros will not be enough after BCP, it needs to be atleast 6

For the tracks

SNES: Koopa Beach 1/2, Choco Island 1/2, Vanilla Lake 1/2, Mario Circuit 4, Ghost Valley 1/2/3

Either way any of these would be getting the BC3 remake so it'd be better.

N64: Frappe Snowland, Mario Raceway, Banshee Boardwalk

Wii completely killed off everything for this game.

GBA: Cheep Cheep Island, Yoshi Desert, Peach/Luigi Circuit, GBA Bowser Castle 2/3/4, Lakeside Park, Broken Pier, Rainbow Road

Tour had so many good remakes and they picked Sunset Wilds & Sky Garden

GCN: Mushroom Bridge/City, Peach Beach, Dino Dino Jungle, Rainbow Road

All of these(besides Dino Dino) have good cases, & if Peach Beach got updated like Waluigi Stadium & Peach Gardens, then it might cook

DS: Delfino Square, Luigi's Mansion, Airship Fortress, Bowser's Castle

This time 7 killed the game off. Could be anything really(except Figure 8/Falls)

Wii: Toad Factory, Mario Circuit, Dry Dry Ruins(okay this one is peak), Bowser Castle

Literally it for the game, talk about milked, meanwhile we have

7: Daisy Hills, Shy Guy Bazaar, Cheep Cheep Lagoon, Wario Shipyard, Bowser's Castle, Mario Circuit

It's kinda nuts how much they could pull from this game. Best Mario Circuit in the series, a track cut from Mario Kart 8(Shy Guy Bazaar), objectively best Bowser Castle in the series, Wario Shipyard, 2 Mushroom Cup tracks are pretty good, and they bring back...Toad Circuit? Rainbow Road? Atleast we got the base 8 courses & Rock Rock, but they dropped the ball with their best entry's(track-wise) representation, which is especially crazy when you realize how many retros from 7 were brought back(atleast 2 in every Wave except 4 & 6; Wave 2 & 3 have 3 retro tracks EACH). Heck, Tour was built off of 7's engine. It's literally THE Mario kart. And yet they keep sucking off Wii for no reason...anyway, they need to do 7 justice(again, the base 8 tracks were prety good)

WiiU: Hopefully Switch 3 isn't 10+ years away or we'll literally have been playing on these courses for 20 years

Could be anything but I'm gonna pick one from each cup

Thwomp Ruins, Twisted Mansion, Electrodrome, Cloudtop Cruise, Dragon Driftway, Wild Woods, Ice Ice Outpost(ew), Super Bell Subway

Tour:

Piranha Plant Pipeline

Bottom Text


Ideally also RMXs would be on the table, but I genuinely do think the era of the series that we've been playing for the last 20 years is over(DS is when retros were first added aside from Super Circuits....whatever you wanna call that. Reimaginings? Not really) They aren't enough tracks for any more than one last game in this style, & the BCP credits do give me that "On to the next one!" Vibe. Combine that with nearly every other Nintendo series doing the same thing on Switch, & I dunno. I'm 90% positive that the next era is coming: if not, see you all in MK9/10 online where ppl pick SNES MC1 & nothing else.

EDIT: Unironically, they could re-release some of the Tour tracks & I'd be completely alright with it, the cities were easily the best part of the BCP(as someone who has played Wii & 7 to death & is bored of seeing Coconut Mall & Waluigi Pinball over & over and over)

Like, Ninja Hideaway carried Wave 1, Sydney carried Wave 2. The Tour tracks are good, some of the best in the series.

Have you tried tapping R instead?