#Sora Ltd.

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)

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" Get ready to smash! " Nintendo Power Magazine n222 - December, 2007.

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Kid Icarus: Uprising protagonists itabag (not a shipping bag! Heart because I like them lol)

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Slightly losing it at these screens from the latest Masahiro Sakurai on Making Games (which by the way is a treasure trove of a channel that you should check out if you’re at all interested)

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Gothic mini-dresses ༒ I: Sora Choi’s street style II: Daisy LTD III: Marina Eerrie IV: Vera Wang SS17

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Tal Tal Heights // Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)

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Super Smash Bros. Melee - Classic Mode Gameplay with Daisy (VERY HARD)

[beardedhandstoadshark]

Hc that the reason Brawl plays generally slower than the other games is because the events of Subspace Emissary screwed with/destabilized the fabric of reality and put many things off track, including tears between dimensions (which is how Snake could become the first 3rd party character followed by Sonic) as well as gravity, which then balanced itself out by the time of Sm4th and Ultimate.

And while we’re at it, the conspicuous undefined canyon area we keep seeing in the following games (like Megaman‘s trailer but also happens to be the exact place Kirby crash-lands after Ultimate) is one of the places that got nuked by the subspace void bombs during SE, leaving a highly unstable reality behind after the void bubble went away. That’s why new characters tend to be near or in it, and how Kirby could escape the thanos-ing of the entire multiverse, because the place technically exists between them.

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How does Sakurai keep aging backwards??

Watching the latest Masahiro Sakurai YouTube video and

how does this man keep aging backwards. He looks significantly younger now than he did when I was watching his Smash Ultimate reveal videos a few years ago. I'm actually comparing videos now and it's not just me misremembering what he looked like back then, he legitimately looked a decade older in his Smash for 3DS/Wii U videos compared to today. How does he do it?

Now, these example images are far from perfect, I wasn't planning on making this post so this is kind of a quickie. Still, am I crazy, or does Sakurai look far younger today than he did 4 years ago? (I'm aware the quality of the modern photo is far better than the first, but the hat's not on me there; the Smash Bros videos just had less resolution than is seen now on Sakurai's personal YT channel. Weird.)

I've noticed a few distinct ways in which he looks significantly better now:

His skin looks noticeably more youthful. His laugh lines seem to have all but vanished, and his face appears to have significantly more healthy colour to it. The difference appears slight in this photo comparison, but in some older videos from the 3DS/Wii U era it's much clearer. He looks significantly less pale now, and any lines that were present on his face have seemingly disappeared.

This one is more obvious: his eyebags are gone! He's clearly sleeping far better now. The difference is night and day.

Again, not too noticeable from the pictures given, but Sakurai's hair seems to be smoother, glossier and darker than it used to be. Perhaps he's dyed it or is using different products now, but it looks far healthier and youthful now, and that's not even to say it looked bad before. He's always had great hair (and has never been bad-looking in any field), but it's really shining nowadays.

idk why I'm even making this post. In all likelihood, he's just far less stressed nowadays without Smash Ultimate and Covid to worry about. Still, I think it was worth pointing out. Masahiro Sakurai looks phenomenal. Again, not to imply he's ever looked bad. He's always been, in my opinion at least, quite an attractive man. I also understand that this post may come across as creepy or obsessed, but I haven't watched any Sakurai content since high school, in which my friend group was heavily Smash-oriented and we kept up with the development and new character additions like other men do sports. In an unorthodox way, Masahiro Sakurai was a huge part of my teenage years. I idolized him back then, and I'd still consider him a man worth looking up to; his passion for his craft is damn near unmatched. If every big name gave developer cared as much about the art they were creating as Sakurai, the entire gaming scene would be so, so much better.

This is an appreciation post, I suppose, as well as just me being happy a guy I followed closely a few years ago now seems to be doing better than ever. I get that he was and still is a multimillionaire, but back in the day he was working himself to the bone. I mean, passing out at work, winding up in the hospital, and then going right back to work with a IV drip in his arm?? He's clearly worked extremely, unhealthily hard to gain his wealth. I'm glad he's visibly less stressed out nowadays, and austounded at how much better he looks. There's graceful aging, and then there's Masahiro Sakurai. He's 52, and works like a coked-out mule with a sick kid at home and a debt to the mob, yet despite all this I wouldn't think he's a day over 30. You fucking go, Sakurai.

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - The Arch-Illager

Artist: Motoi Sakuraba

Original Composers: Johan Johnson, Peter Hont

Original Work: Minecraft Dungeons - The Arch-Illager

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Shattered Hero Rekindled ~ Origins of the Ink Demon : Episode Maka Pt.4 ~

*Somewhere at Nightmare Facility*

[Revival by Kenichi Tokoi]

??? : Hmmm...This is gotta be it. I found the lost prison of Dark Nebula, Pseudo ruler of the Underworld and relative to the Dark Family race. This is worth the money making scheme that I am trying to make a lot of Gold here. Let's see what you have in store for me, ruler of the underworld. But first, I'm gonna make sure if I able to get past the booby traps. But man, oh man. Being a tough treasure hunter is hard for the job, but it's more than that to catch up with me.

"Mizune : Mice Witch and Ultimate Treasure Hunter of the World"

Mizune : I think I am getting closer of taking you to where you belong, at the museum of course!

*turns on vision to show laser-operated devices*

Mizune : I better play it smoothly, in order to become myself the world's greatest treasure!

*scene flips*

Mizune : Finally, I got the prison of Dark Nebula, now I can finally continue on my role as a treasure hunter.

*Mizune goes into her spy uniform*

Mizune : I like it when it's hot!

[Strobe Action by Tomoya Ohtani]

Mizune : *puts on hi-tech shades* Showtime.

*guard walking*

Nightmare Guard 1 : Hmm? I thought heard something, and where is that banging music coming from?

Nightmare Guard 2 : Who knows? Maybe it's just the sound barrier or even someone's playing the radio.

Nightmare Guard 1 : Radio? We have no music box here at the facility.

Nightmare Guard 2 : I'm sure that anyone who plays music is imaginary.

Mizune : Gotcha!

Nightmare Guard 1 : Huh? Who goes there!?

Nightmare Guard 2 : It's a spy!

Mizune : Heheheh. Lights...!

*Strong Hit*

Nightmare Guard 1 : *Gets knocked out* Tuh!

Mizune : Camera...!

Nightmare Guard 2 : AAAAH--*gets knocked out* Ughhh!

Mizune : Action baby!

*SA2 Alarm blaring off*

Voice : Intruder alert! Intruder alert!

Nightmare Guard 3 : We have a intruder located within the facility! Find the spy and don't let her get the away with the treasure!

Mizune : Come and get me, boys! I've got one last piece of candy for you. Smoke em'. *Deploys smoke bomb*

Nightmare Guard 4 : AAAH!!! It's a smoke bomb!

Nightmare Guard 3 : I can't see anything! Where did she go!?

*Blows landing*

Nightmare Guards : *groans in pain+thud*

Nightmare Guard 5 : Don't let that woman get away with the treasure!

Mizune : *chuckles* You're all too kind of me for having me this. Sorry, but I gotta run.

*Mizune evades her way through the guards*

Nightmare Guard : Stop them!

Mizune : Open wide, big boy! *pulls out a bomb* Have some bombs!

Nightmare Guard : What the--?

*BOOM*

Nightmare Guard : GAAAAAHHH!!

*DBZ SFX : Collapse*

Mizune : Ha! That was too easy! Sorry boys, but this is what I needed for my grandfather. I bet you won't get some of this!

*more of the guards barging in*

Mizune : Alright, Kiddies. It's time for mommy to put you to sleeping.

*Mizune puts on a gas mask*

Mizune : Get ready for your beddy byes. Bellosom

*Uses Pokeball to summon*

Bellosom : Bellossom! *Puts all the guards to sleep*

Mizune : Sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite. Okay then, return now.

*Bellossom returns to pokeball*

Mizune : Easy! All too easy! Did they really think that they can outsmart me by falling through their tricks? Now I gotta give this to my grandfather! Okay, Nebula! It's just you and me!

*scene changes*

*door hatch*

Mizune : Huh? That's strange. The whole place gone dark and quiet, too quiet. I have no idea, of where this was. I hope no one would ever notice if there's a sudden reason that I am not alone all by myself.

Nightmare Salesman : Well, look what the cat dragged in.

[Guardian Robo by Sota Fujimori]

Mizune : The sales guy!

Nightmare Salesman : Looks like you've finally made it alive. I never thought a treasure hunter would be plenty for a couple of little mices that make their sly moves of robberies.

Mizune : Game's over, Sales guy! I got the prison of Dark Nebula right here! You think that treaty a lady would do that to me, would you? Not even a chance. With this prison being brought to the museum, no one would ever steal it, not even thieves could steal priceless art from the world. How do you like that, buster!?

*opens Dark Nebula's prison*

Mizune : Huh? What the--? Wait a sec, this isn't Dark Nebula's prison. This a treasure chest containing...

*squeak*

Mizune : A rubber duck!

Nightmare Salesman : *chuckles* Congratulations! You fell right into our trap. The Prison of Dark Nebula has been ordered to someone right away. But since you made it this far How about we like to send you one of our offers, guaranteed?

Mizune : What offer? What are you offering me of something?

Nightmare Salesman : We decided that we bring our little toys to play fair with you.

Mizune : No! Not that thing!

*Heavy Lobster appears*

[The Big Boss by Sota Fujimori]

Nightmare Salesman : Say hello to the Halberd's guardian, Heavy Lobster. Hope you don't mind having lobsters for dinner, little mice. It's gonna be quite the appetite to getting your bones pinched by it's claws.

Mizune : Hmph! I won't lose to a bucket of bolts like him! I'll play fair with him! Alright, Golden Lobster. Let's dance!

Master Han : MIZUNE...VS...HEAVY LOBSTER! Ready...? GO!

*Battle starts*

Mizune : I got a way to stop that thing while it's attacking! I hope it's claws won't crush my bones! Guess I'll have to make him extra buttery! But first, where can I use something to distract thing?

*DING!*

Mizune : That's it! I'll use paint to distract that bolt brain by covering it's eyes! A little paint would never hurt, but it's time for me to paint the town...RED!

*Uses paint to cover the Heavy Lobster eyes*

Mizune : Ha! That should make you go blind! How do you getting your eyes hurt, ya Pinching piece of scrap metal!?

Nightmare Salesman : You decided to gives yourself a little extra, lady. Just because you blinded his eyes with paint, doesn't mean that you changed his color with that red stuff. You're the got his cheeks red.

Mizune Excuse Me?

*One Piece funny sound*

Mizune : AW, COME ON! I DIDN'T MEANT TO CHANGE HIS COLOR! Now I'm really saying this for sure, he's now a Heavy Red Lobster. Why did I ever go take out for seafood from Maine? Anyway, since his eyes are blind by the colors of the red paint, he won't be seeing me or can't see anything. Guess it will give up fighting once the paint stuff is off!

*Heavy Lobster wipes paint off with cloth*

Mizune : Give me a break!

Heavy Lobster : Targeting! Tagerting! Attack!

Mizune : Damn! It can't still fight on it's own!? This thing won't give up so easily! Time to for this Lobster to be cooked. Hey, Lobster guy! I've got some tasty snacks for you.

*Holds out a plate of macaroons*

Mizune : That's right, come and get some of my tasty macaroons, they're my favorite!

*Scouter Scanning+Beeping*

Heavy Lobster : Pretty...Patties...must have...Pretty Patties!

*DBZ SFX : BOOSTING*

Heavy Lobster : Pretty patties RUUUULE!!!

Mizune : Made you look! *evades*

Heavy Lobster : *shrieks*

*tire screeching*

*DBZ SFX : Loud explosion*

Mizune : Heh! Sorry, but i'm in the mood of my eating habits, right now. No vegetables, no deserts. *eats a macaroon* Mmm. These macaroons are tasty.

[Mission Clear/Sonic Victory Theme (06 ver.) by Jun Senoue]

Master Hand : The Winner is...

Mizune : Nicely done!

Master Hand/Announce : MIZUNE!

[Results Theme by Tomoya Ohtani]

Master Hand/Announcer : Final results.

"RANK...S"

Master Hand/Announcer : Wow! Incredible!

*scene changes*

Mizune : So...The treasure chest that was Dark Nebula's prison was all a fake, where did you send the real one to?

Nightmare Salesman : On the bright side, we have revealed that the prison of Dark Nebula you were looking for has been sold for quite reasons.

[Message by Michiru Yamane]

Mizune : What!? You sold the prison of Dark Nebula!? Where did you send it off to!? who ordered Dark Nebula's prison!? If I don't bring it to the Museum, Grandfather will not be pleased!

Nightmare Salesman : Oh, too bad, that must've hurt. But don't worry, I know a man that has given him the best thing to do at N.M.E.

Mizune : Who is the one responsible for ordering his prison?

Nightmare Salesman : Triple D has the prison, but he says it's highly contagious, so we offered it to him online.

Mizune : Triple D? Who's...

*Memory shows Dedede ordering Nebula's prison online"

[Demon Beast/Dense Fog Today plays]

Mizune : That penguin! So the King himself ordered Dark Nebula's prison so that he could keep a close eye on it. Well, not to worry, I need that treasure chest for the sake of my father. If I don't get that chest to the Museum, the public will never notice that it won't be there. I have to get that thing to the museum,right now! Where's the portal that I could lead to the King's castle?

Nightmare Salesman : The Monster Delivery Teleporter? It's right over there!

*sees the monster delivery teleporter*

Nightmare Salesman : Whatever you do, Triple D is doing thing's with the prison of Nebula, but if he releases Dark Nebula, he's toast for sure!

Mizune : Right...I won't let you down this time, father. Alright, off to Dedede Castle! Here goes nothing! *jumps into the teleporter*

*Sonic SFX : Goal Hit/Red Sphere*

Nightmare Salesman : ....Well, that went well.

*Behind him are humanoid Phantos*

[Echo Night - Track Beyond

Nightmare Salesman : Huh? ENeMeE, is that you? Who is this?

King Phanto : (voiced by Steve Blum) *chuckles* You are so dull, yet so rationable. I take it that you are interested on finding that the fake ruler of the Underworld. You have seen the truth from your very own eyes. So I am giving you something very valuble to you.

Nightmare Salesman : *turns and sees something in shock* Hey, what the--!? What the hell are you!?

King Phanto : *eyes shining red*

Nightmare Salesman : NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

~ Level 3 : Eye Spy of the Witch ~

[pinkpoodlewoof]

Dark Pit itabag

Same exact bag as Rottytops, just swap the insert

[askagamedev]

Hi! I’m a Brazilian fan of your work, and I want to thank you for all the content you share. I often see heated discussions about the role of consulting companies in game development, and I’d love to hear your perspective. In practice, how much influence do these consultancies have on making changes to a game? Do you think they have the power to shape development in a meaningful way? Thanks for your time!

Consultants have as much power as the studio or publisher gives them. When Nintendo hires a consultant to act as the team's executive producer/director (e.g. Masahiro Sakurai via Sora Ltd.), then that consultant will have as much power as a director of the project, granting him broad authority to do what he wants. When the Tony Hawk Shred team hired a physics professor to consult on the physics of skateboarding, they tasked him with coming up with a control scheme that felt like actual skateboarding. He didn't have any more power or responsibility than that. In my experience, companies hire consultants to ask them questions about their specific area of expertise and then they can choose whether they want to listen.

I suspect your question is primarily about a particular consulting company about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. These folks aren't any different from the WWII consultants that were hired by the Call of Duty team to make sure the games felt real. Consultants are usually there to provide advice and answer our questions. It is up to the company's leadership above them to decide whether to make the choice. A company like Sweet Baby Inc. is generally brought on to answer questions about the representation of people within the game they're consulting on, since that is their field of expertise. Whether the devs doing the narrative design, quest design, cinematic design, character design, item design, etc. take their suggestions is dependent on the decisions of the team leadership.

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Solo Sergio Battle Royale: 1992/2002/2012/2022

Rosters

Class Of 2022:

Sergio Limon Ponce

1992:

Kirby

Meta Knight

Aladdin

Jasmine

Jafar

Batman

The Joker

Cyclops

Wolverine

Magneto

Sonic

Tails

Sailor Moon

Scorpion

Sub Zero

Terry Bogard

Mai Shiranui

2002:

Sora

Stitch

Gantu

Ratchet & Clank

Kim Possible

Shego

Dr. Drakken

Numbuh 1

Father

Jimmy Neutron

Shantae

Sly Cooper

Carmelita Fox

Rikochet

The Hacker (CyberChase)

Fox McCloud

Krystal

Sceptile

Blaziken

Swampert

Gardevoir

Ty The Tasmanian Tiger

Spyro

Samus Aran

Meta Ridley

Dark Samus

Naruto Uzumaki

Saskue Uchiha

Sakura Haruno

Kakashi Hatake

Rock Lee

Spider-Man

Mega Man EXE

Roy (Fire Emblem)

Kos-Mos

Kid Muscle

Blinx

Parappa The Rapper

Bomberman

Pac-Man

Starfy

2012:

Wreck-it Ralph

Fix-it Felix Jr.

Korra

Amon

Dipper Pines/Mabel Pines

Stan Pines

Bill Cipher

Jack Frost

Leonardo

Donatello

Raphael

Michelangelo

Shredder

Merida

Pit

Dark Pit

Lucina

Chrom

Mavis Dracula

Jotaro Kujo

Dio

Kat (Gravity Rush)

Tree Rex

Bouncer

Filia

Ms. Fortune

Valentine

Maxwell (Scribblenauts)

Randy Cunningham

Zoe Trent

Chiaki Nanami

Kirito

Asuna Yuuki

Juliet Sterling

Dillon

Nightmare (Soul Calibur 5)

Ruby Rose

Yang Xiao Long

Weiss Schnee

Blake Belladonna

Asura

2022:

Mr. Wolf

Diane Foxington

Pibby

Cuphead

Mugman

Ms. Chalice

The Devil

Meilin Lee

Charlie & Pim

Puss In Boots

Kitty Softpaws

Death Wolf

Meowscarada

Skeledirge

Quaquaval

Buzz Lightyear

Emperor Zurg

Krypto The Superdog

Edge (Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope)

Sash Lilac

Carol Tea

Milla Basset

Loid Forger

Yor Forger

Klonoa

Optimus Prime

Audery Drew & Bendy

Gretel Grant-Gomez

Noah (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

Mio (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)

Crypto (Destroy All Humans! 2 Reprobed)

Denji

Kao The Kangaroo

Reindog

Gorogong

Thundatross

Final Boss Character Unlocked:

Lardon Demon

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Overworld Theme (The Legend of Zelda) // Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)

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SUPER SMASH BROTHERS!!!

Hello!!! I'm here to announce a Super Smash Bros. bracket! However, this is no ordinary bracket!

You, yes, YOU all will be sending in characters that YOU want to be in the next Super Smash Bros. game! This is a Smash Ballot! And it's utterly unaffiliated with Sora Ltd. or Nintendo and purely for fun, so now they can't sue!

How this will work is you send in your character to the form! Then, when I think we've gotten enough contestants, we START A FULL BRACKET! This will run until there is only one winner! And that will be the character Tumblr, as a whole, wants in the new Smash Brothers!

RULES:

The character must be from a video game to begin with! No Gokus or Spider-men or Darth Vaders!

That's it!!

You can find the submission form HERE! If you want it as a standalone link, HERE!

EDIT: SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!!!

Special thanks to: @officialweezerelections, @nonbinaryswagsmackdown, @rgb-trio-tournament, and A LOT of others I can't really remember the name of!

Let's go! Send in your nominations!