Another Great DLC
Let's See What This Pack Gives Us:
Min Min: Just Nerf Her Already
Steve: Hoes Even Madder
Sephiroth: "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Is A Game For Good Boys And Girls Of All Ages" – Uncle Sakurai
Pyra\Mythra: WHY NOT REX AND WHY MORE SWORDFIGHTERS AND WHY DID THEY CHOOSE THE WOMEN I HATE THIS GAME AHHHHHHHHH
Kazuya: The True Edgelord Of Super Smash Bros, Because He Will Throw You Off The Edge
Sora: Cloud Calling His Homie For Backup, Disney Wants To Own The Game... Keyblade Bonking Waluigi Into Oblivion
Let's See What This Pack Gives Us:
Min Min: Just Nerf Her Already
Steve: Hoes Even Madder
Sephiroth: "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Is A Game For Good Boys And Girls Of All Ages" – Uncle Sakurai
Pyra\Mythra: WHY NOT REX AND WHY MORE SWORDFIGHTERS AND WHY DID THEY CHOOSE THE WOMEN I HATE THIS GAME AHHHHHHHHH
Kazuya: The True Edgelord Of Super Smash Bros, Because He Will Throw You Off The Edge
Sora: Cloud Calling His Homie For Backup, Disney Wants To Own The Game... Keyblade Bonking Waluigi Into Oblivion
This is the point where Smash Ultimate lost me. Not that the characters were bad, but I was indifferent at best with these.
Min Min: fan favorite from an overlooked game. A bit basic in relying on the reach, but that was to be expected.
Steve: the first reveal that lost me. He's not appealing to look at, was added because Nintendo wanted publicity (which is fair for a company, mind you), and is a walking gimmick instead of a fighter.
Sephiroth: the only reason he's here is because Square was scummy and wanted to force FF representation for DLC. And oh wow, the only game worth talking about is 7. It's definitly not celebrated enough compared to the rest...
Pyra/Mythra: I'm not gonna say it's a bad choice, but Xenoblade was to be expected to become the next Pokemon/Fire Emblem by having new characters every Smash game (DLCs for Corrin's case). They don't do a good job at showing the duo mechanic of their game due to limitations, which removes would've made them stand out.
Kazuya: Tekken is a great game to represent and Namco deserved another rep. Also the biggest content of volume 2. However, I'm not found at how much he goes against the appeal of Smash being an easy fighting game to pick up.
Sora: very happy for the fans, but no Disney representation makes it feel shallow. Not as much as Final Fantasy pre-DLC, but still. Also a bit damaged by having 7 other sword users in the entire DLC.
Min Min: fan favorite from an overlooked game. A bit basic in relying on the reach, but that was to be expected.
Steve: the first reveal that lost me. He's not appealing to look at, was added because Nintendo wanted publicity (which is fair for a company, mind you), and is a walking gimmick instead of a fighter.
Sephiroth: the only reason he's here is because Square was scummy and wanted to force FF representation for DLC. And oh wow, the only game worth talking about is 7. It's definitly not celebrated enough compared to the rest...
Pyra/Mythra: I'm not gonna say it's a bad choice, but Xenoblade was to be expected to become the next Pokemon/Fire Emblem by having new characters every Smash game (DLCs for Corrin's case). They don't do a good job at showing the duo mechanic of their game due to limitations, which removes would've made them stand out.
Kazuya: Tekken is a great game to represent and Namco deserved another rep. Also the biggest content of volume 2. However, I'm not found at how much he goes against the appeal of Smash being an easy fighting game to pick up.
Sora: very happy for the fans, but no Disney representation makes it feel shallow. Not as much as Final Fantasy pre-DLC, but still. Also a bit damaged by having 7 other sword users in the entire DLC.
starting this off with min min was fucking weird but whatever. I've noticed a general lack of interest with the 3 first party characters from this and the last pass because they fucking sucked. worst first party inclusions ever man and pyra abd mythra cemented that for me. name me one person who was excited for that and isn't a fan of xenoblade. ok how many fingers do you have up because I'll take a wild guess and say none. I'm getting ahead of myself, after min min we had fucking MIENCRAFT STECVE?? ?? ? HE WAS PLUCKED STERAIGHT FROM HIS DINKY LITTLE GAME AND PUT IN TO THUISONE HIS TEXTURES ARE THE SAME HIS SOUND EFFECTS ARE THE SAME HES THE SAME THING NO STYLE JUST STEVE. also he blinks like in bedrock it's weird and scary. he's cool though he ruined competitive but he's cool. next up was SEPHIROPTYJ of all characetrs. I initially rhoufhr square allowed seph because disney said no to sora (sppilers; not the case) but I was happier with him than I would be sora. he's just so fucking raw. then pyrta myhta blah bkah whatever. then TEKKEN REP WITH KAZUYA. love that guy. the way they translted his moveset is perfecet. I remeber they wanted Heihachi in ssb4 but couldn't figuire out how to make his moveset work. this is exactly how it shoudlve been done it's great. and after him, last but not least. Sora. I don't care
Despite the problems with characters like Steve and Kazuya competitively, this fighters pass significantly improves on the more fan requested and cool additions (outside of min min) that people loved. Steve and Kazuya are very unique on their own and while Sora and Sephiroth are sort of simple in movesets, they are loved characters from people all across gaming so they were great inclusions. Overall I loved this fighters pass and only docked 2 points for Min Min and mainly how these characters are competitively.
Thoughts on each DLC:
Min Min: A nice character to have from ARMS, but it sucks the reveal was underwhelming. She was broken with her long range attacks.
Steve: One of the best inclusions, but also really fun to play. He captures the element of Minecraft very well with blocks and crafting.
Sephiroth: A surprising pick, but nice to see him. His long sword is always deadly with the annoying shadow flare.
Pyra/Mythra: Best DLC character and one of my mains. Wanted them since Ultimate was revealed and they're so fun. Xenoblade is awesome.
Kazuya: Didn't like him at first, but overtime I got the hang of him. Now he's a secondary for me. Well represented as a Tekken character.
Edit: No longer a secondary. He's my main alongside Shulk, Aegis, and Hero. EWGF carries!
Sora: An amazing addition in the game, with no convoluted Kingdom Hearts lore. Jokes aside, he's super floaty but fun to play as.
Min Min: A nice character to have from ARMS, but it sucks the reveal was underwhelming. She was broken with her long range attacks.
Steve: One of the best inclusions, but also really fun to play. He captures the element of Minecraft very well with blocks and crafting.
Sephiroth: A surprising pick, but nice to see him. His long sword is always deadly with the annoying shadow flare.
Pyra/Mythra: Best DLC character and one of my mains. Wanted them since Ultimate was revealed and they're so fun. Xenoblade is awesome.
Kazuya: Didn't like him at first, but overtime I got the hang of him. Now he's a secondary for me. Well represented as a Tekken character.
Edit: No longer a secondary. He's my main alongside Shulk, Aegis, and Hero. EWGF carries!
Sora: An amazing addition in the game, with no convoluted Kingdom Hearts lore. Jokes aside, he's super floaty but fun to play as.