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Wii Fit Trainer's attempted method of survival in World of Light was so funny actually. She's a fitness trainer with a special move that increases her speed and jump stats, so it wouldn't at all be unreasonable for her to boost her own speed and try to outrun Galeem, or to go into panic mode like the others mentally unprepared for a fight with a god (Duck Hunt, Villager, the Inklings...)

but instead she just went "Y'know this universe works on weird nonsense logic might as well go for it" and tried to use her up smash's invulnerability frames to power through the beam. Which is not only a hilarious part of the trailer/intro but reveals a lot about the way she thinks, especially when it comes to her approach to Super Smash Bros.

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Re: Punch-Out! I'm like 90% sure it's "interdimensional travel is canon to Punch Out." Every time Brooklyn and the "real world" has been shown in a Mario property, it's always been an alternate world. See: Super Mario Brother Super Show and The Mario Movie (which just STRAIGHT UP ACTUALLY has Punch-Out be a thing in that universe.)

Which once again reiterates my main point about Punch-Out: there is no down-to-earth explanation for what happens in Punch-Out.

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With how much the devs set out to make Ultimate the biggest game with the biggest roster, stages, number of cameos and crossovers, etc etc., I'm not sure how likely it is that we get a new game for Switch 2. Not gonna be too disappointed if we don't get one; imo it'd be real tough to create a better sendoff to the series than Ultimate.

That said if there is a new game I will literally start maining Bowser if they let him do this

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Which fighters had the biggest culture shock when they first joined Smash Bros?

I bet I can guess, but I wanna hear your interpretation

Mr. Game & Watch and the Wii Fit Trainers, 100%

Mr. Game & Watch's biggest culture shock was leaving his universe and finding out that not only was there a real third dimension, but that the existence of this third dimension is, in fact, extremely common amongst the multiverse, and that it was HIS home universe that was the outlier. Not to mention how much more color there was in the world.

The Wii Fit Trainers, besides the inhuman color palettes, are actually just 100% regular ass humans in what is most likely a regular world. You've got Palutena who is a goddess, you've got Shulk who has slain gods and rejected the godhood offered to him, and then you've got the Wii Fit Trainers who work a 9-to-5. (Mr. Game & Watch probably did too, but his world also got giant octopus to reckon with.)

Even those who seem to live similarly mundane lives have a lot more fantasy to them once you look past their appearances and game genres. The Ice Climbers have the toppies to reckon with (kind of like mini yetis), Villagers are outliers in that there are more animals than there are humans (no I do not believe the animalfolk to be in costume because their mouths and eyes move in a way to suggest that they are actual body parts), and Little Mac can canonically punch at inhuman speeds and once beat Donkey Kong in a boxing match, which means that either they're from the same universe and everything that's weird about the Marioverse is canon to Punch-Out, or interdimensional travel is canon to Punch-Out. There is no down-to-earth explanation for what happens in Punch-Out.

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What the fuck do you mean SSB4 is over 10 years old

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Technically speaking Ash Ketchum is canon in Super Smash Bros Ultimate because Greninja's Final Smash is the Bond Phenomenon, aka Ash-Greninja

Ash-Greninja is kind of a weird phenomenon in Pokemon, in that it explicitly links the anime canon to the game canon in a kind of roundabout game. I'm not too read up on the anime so I don't know how exactly it works in that, but Ash-Greninja transforms because of its bond with Ash, taking on some of his physical characteristics, and is eventually released by Ash to take care of some remnants of problems that Team Flare caused.

Come next Pokemon generation, it was added to the games, coming in a Poke Ball sent by an unknown sender that asks the player take care of it, where its transformation still resembles Ash Ketchum rather than having a different appearance based on its new trainer. Scarlet and Violet remove the Ash-Greninja form altogether and changed the ability's function.

With the inconsistencies between game events and anime events, I personally headcanon that interdimensional travel shenanigans were involved. But when it comes to Smash Bros is there really anything that isn't?

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I will say though that there's something hilarious about finding out partway through Save 1 that I missed out on a potential power boost and loading separate timeline Save 2 to acquire said power boost, only to find out after it's too late that in Save 2 I locked myself out of a DIFFERENT (arguably better) power boost that is now only available in Save 1.

Earthbound is teaching me a very good lesson about not overusing all-in-one guides and only looking up things as absolutely necessary

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TEKKEN 8 SPOILERS

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So Kazuya canonically doesn't have the Devil Gene anymore, is there Master Hand magic at play so that Kazuya doesn't have to remake his whole moveset?

In the same way that OoT Ganondorf isn't affected by TP Ganondorf's actions and experiences (beyond how people treat OoT Ganondorf based on their experiences with TP Ganondorf) due to being from the past, Kazuya doesn't have to deal with the loss of the Devil Gene because he joined before the release of Tekken 8.

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Earthbound is teaching me a very good lesson about not overusing all-in-one guides and only looking up things as absolutely necessary

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sephiroth and ridley hcs?

Ridley very quickly grew to dislike Sephiroth for, as he puts it, "stealing [his] role". When he yelled at Sephiroth about it, Sephiroth simply told him, "Then get better at it."

For a brief period of time, Ridley kept trying to steal the Masamune before matches to interfere with him. He stopped after realizing that Sephiroth can manifest the blade into his hand at will.

Sephiroth was furious when he found out that neither Masamune nor his most powerful spell in Smash (barring his final smash) quite reached the same amount of damage as Ridley's tail, even though Masamune has several one-hit kills to its name. Ever since he caught word of this, Ridley now takes every opportunity he can to boast about this victory he has over Sephiroth.

Even though everyone else is glad that they aren't allying with each other, they're still quick to clear the room if Sephiroth and Ridley start interacting with each other, due to how destructive their arguments can get.

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Surprised you didn't mention the Pokemon Trainer trophy in your analysis post. Especially since a certain voice actor did sing the very same song referenced here.

I saw the trophy but for whatever reason I didn't think to include it in the post. But it is a necessary addition so thanks.

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Been reading through Smash 4's trophy descriptions and I've noticed a few recurring patterns in the writing style that I think add to the charm a bit. So I got in the mood to share some of those recurring patterns along with some examples. (This is solely based on SSB4 rather than Brawl or Melee.)

Side note: while we aren't really given any reason to point to anyone as the probable author of these descriptions, I've been reading these in my head with the Smash announcer voice the whole time and haven't been able to turn it off sooo that's the headcanon I'm rolling with now. (Feel free to go with your own headcanons when reading this tho.)

With that said,

Random trivia about Master Hand/the trophy desc. author

1: It has an affinity for jokes...

Particularly puns (these aren't even all of them, just some more notable ones)

2: Sharing trivia and promoting learning is something he genuinely enjoys beyond just describing a trophy's origins

3: He occasionally gets worried about being rude or insensitive on accident

4: His music taste is... peculiar? Supposedly Phosphora isn't a good singer, but the fact that he's tolerant of Kirby's singing makes him a bit of an unreliable narrator in this regard.

5: On the subject of audio-related trivia: It tends to repeat sounds a lot.

7: Notably rather squeamish?

8: Not related to any of the above, but still fun enough to share

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So out of all the fighters in Smash Bros., who do YOU think Sonic would most likely be friends/rivals/enemies with?

His rivalry with Mario is still going strong, but they are close outside of competition. I could also see him being rivals with Pac-Man competing for speed, since both have their own versions of the Spin Dash (though Pac-Man doesn't use his in Smash).

He'd be friends with Pit, the Inklings, and the Pokemon.

As for enemies, I feel like he'd be more hostile to Sephiroth than anyone else. As cruel and destructive as Ridley is, part of why he's so destructive is simply due to his size; while he'd continue to be cruel and destructive if he were smaller, more often than you'd expect the problem is simply that infrastructure isn't built to accommodate him. Sephiroth, on the other hand, goes out of his way to cause untold amounts of destruction and cruelty, even willingly blowing up a planet.

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Pit (to Viridi): Hey baby, are you an angel? ‘Cause I’m allergic to feathers. *Pit vomits on Viridi*

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When Galeem “cleansed” the multiverse, did other characters (like Goku, Shrek, etc.) die as well?

The only universes that got affected are those with spirits associated with them, so not even all game universes were affected. There are probably some universes where only one person was ever hit.

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If you don't mind, I wanna hear more about the world the Smashers live in

First off, there's a large castle with the Super Smash Bros. logo on it, where Master Hand and Crazy Hand live, that's also where the majority of events are located and where warp points to stages are located. This is the one seen in Home Run Contest.

The rest of the world (or more specifically, the Light Realm) has a blend of features unique to itself and features shaped after things found in various universes, such as the Pac Maze or Kongo Jungle in World of Light, or Castle Dedede in Subspace Emissary. The referential features are shaped by Master Hand in his spare time, when he's feeling creative or is fixated on some game or another.

The various buildings exist for various facilities and for fighters and non-fighters alike who would rather not be cooped up in the same building, but the kids (and anyone else who wants) are still roomed in the castle (while most fighters living in the castle are kids, some simply choose to stay for the sake of the luxury). While the first handful of buildings were made on a whim by Master Hand, most of the buildings were built in between Smash 4 and Ultimate and were meant to be a surprise for everyone's return. Unfortunately, Galeem kinda spoiled that surprise for him.

While Master Hand is in charge of most things in Smash, Crazy Hand is given the duty of managing the assist trophies. Despite most people's first impressions of Crazy Hand, the assist trophies are all perfectly content with this.

For unknown reasons, none of the assist trophies have decided to move out of their old residence, even though they're well within their right to (with the exception of the more dangerous assist trophies like the moon).

The Dark Realm hasn't been inhabited by anyone but Dharkon for a long time, but some time after World of Light (later into the life of Ultimate), efforts began to try and repair some of the damage that Dharkon had inflicted.

Some more headcanons are here and here, with a minor change to the second headcanon: rather than stages existing within the various universes, they're all pockets of the Smash universe crafted to look like the various universes. That way everything can still follow Smash's physics without issue and everything can be repaired quickly.

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I think Rosalina and Olimar should get along, both being parents of stars and plants lol

Oh they'd get along great. Bonus of Olimar being an actual father with kids and projecting that bit of attitude onto the Pikmin at times.