Some rumors are a longshot.
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Heihachi [OLD]
I made this blog about four years ago but never published it as Heihachi was shown as a mii costume right before I could. I decided to post this now just to have it out and not stuck in draft forever. So have my ramblings and a broken image from way back! Before I begin,…
Twintelle’s Grand Entrance
Almost three months ago, it was revealed that a character from Nintendo’s newest franchise, ARMS, would open Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s second fighter pass. Naturally, everyone has theories for every single character in the ARMS roster, and why they’re the one entering the fray. Being the three year anniversary of ARMS’ release, the character’s reveal…
Ryu Hayabusa’s Unbreakable Determination
For those of you who don’t play video games, Ninja Gaiden is a series of games by Koei Tecmo in which you play as a ninja named Ryu Hayabusa. The series started as a 2D side scroller on the NES. These games became well known due to their difficulty, and the use of cutscenes in…
Lloyd Irving Survives the Slaughter in Smash
Lloyd Irving is the main protagonist of the Nintendo GameCube game Tales of Symphonia, the fifth installment in Namco’s popular RPG series Tales Of. Once a simple country boy, Lloyd is thrust into the outside world following a raid on his village. The Chosen of Regeneration is one of his closest friends, and after being…
The Case for Doomguy in Smash
I imagine most of you know about the franchise, but for those who live under a rock or never played Doom (which knowing the smash community is a lot of people), Doom is a first person shooter developed and published by iD Software, released in 1993 for the MS-DOS. It is known for pioneering the…
The Future of Banjo, in Smash and with Nintendo
There’s a lot of misinfo floating around about Banjo, and Microsoft in general, so I’d like to address those first. Many seem to believe that Banjo is the datamined “Brave” character found within the game’s code. We don’t believe this to be true, simply because of the extreme likelihood of Erdrick, as discussed in a…
Erdrick’s Path of Promise to Smash
Erdrick (Loto/Roto in Japanese) is the main protagonist of DQ3 and is the most recognizable and iconic protagonist from the Dragon Quest series. They have two notable designs: the Famicom design (left) and the more commonly used, older Super Famicom design (right) which illustrates the female variant. While many characters are rewarded with the title…
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