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Don’t worry, this post has barely anything to do with Star Wars Episode 7. I’m in fact being so secret about it that I’ll only give out my spoilery thoughts if someone wants to know what my current thoughts about The Force Awakens are. (Just ask if you really are curious)
This is something that mainly pertains to the previous six films. And something I want to confess as it may be somewhat an unpopular opinon. Granted it’s not a really, really, really unpopular thing like I think Phantom Menace is the best movie, heck no, I do definitely understand and say myself that it is the weakest Star Wars film (Though I don’t hate it with as much vitriol as some fans of Star Wars do)
But it is something that I’m sure if there’s anybody who finds my blog who’s a pretty strict “Original Trilogy only” person that I might get a bit of hate mail from. So brace for it after the break
I’m not big on Bayonetta as I’ve said (I’m just ok with it)
Just that Shovel Knight definitely needs more time. If Shovel Knight becomes a much-loved franchise by the time Smash 5 rolls around then ok. I’ll accept him.
At the same time though, you have Bayonetta. Who has fast-firing weapons on both her hands and feets, interesting combo set-ups, demon portal attacks, and Witch time. While Shovel Knight would be another sword user. Shovel Knight could still be unique, but his shovel is still used the same way a sword could be used to fight. I’m one of those who do the stupid “Too many swordsman” complaint but I’d still think it’s best to have a character with more potential to be unique with signature parts of their character that no other character has. Not many characters have the same amount of insane fast combo potential that Bayonetta has. Even If you have no knowledge of the games or the moveset just looking at the artwork of Bayonetta makes you think of the sheer potential of how Bayonetta uses those weapons. Looking at Shovel Knight without knowing the games you just imagine a generic swordsman just replacing the Sword with a shovel.
Bayonetta has been around for a decent amount of time (Since 2009) compared to Shovel Knight (who was released less then a half year before Smash 4 ). Establishing herself as a franchise with 2 critically acclaimed games and unique moveset potential you can imagine by just looking at one picture of her with her signature weapons. That’s why that despite not knowing much about Bayonetta that I find her a much more interesting pick then if Shovel Knight had. Shovel Knight was only a few months old when Smash 4 came out, and the fact you have to see what he does in the games just to see what unique things he can do when everyone who isn’t aware of him thinking he’s just a generic swordsman doesn’t help.
Well Smash 4 DLC has wrapped up it’s announcements. Smash is my favorite video game franchise so you bet I’m going to have this write-up on all this. Up in this post is the livestream of the direct. I turn the camera on and start speaking at about the 9:37 mark but if you just want to watch the direct part just skip to 22:37. I’d probably suggest skipping to certain parts because for the most part I’m pretty quiet. In real life I’m not the most talkative guy, and combine that with the fact I didn’t want to have my voice get in the way of watching. But there were certain parts where I said something and reacted with a bit of excitement or just plain “Wow” (Especially when it comes to Bayonetta).
Watch 22:37-25:17 for just the Corrin trailer. (If you want to see me through the full Corrin Part watch it from 22:37-30:38 instead)
30:39-37:50 is the Cloud part
37:52-40:10 is the Mii Fighter costumes (Geno, Tails, and Knuckles particularly got a reaction out of me)
40:45-43:34 for just the Bayonetta trailer. (As with Corrin, 40:45-52:29 for the full Bayonetta part)
After that is just two parts where I particularly mention or talk about something. About how the backgrounds of the 3rd Party characters + Mario makes a rainbow at 52:45-53:40
And lastly when trying to comprehend what happened I talk about how I gladly would of taken Bayonetta if it was between her and Shovel Knight. As well as how Shadow has no Mii Costume but Tails and Knuckles do at 57:26-58:52
So that’s there if you want to see my raw initial reactions. Though now I’ll get into what I do for the text and talking about these on a bigger level. Starting of course with the Corrin reveal
I understand the sentiments. There definitely has to be something about Starlight that made her over-react like this. I don’t want to get too heavy into thinking she has some mental disorder as discussions like that can turn sour pretty quickly and could lead to generalizing people that have said problems and I don’t like doing that. But it’s clear Starlight has issues.
One thing that just has to be covered in Season 6 is Starlight reuniting with her friend Sunburst. We need to know why he couldn’t have just visited or sent letters to Starlight to reassure her. If he literally has no reason, then at least Starlight feels more like a victim in that her friend really did abandon her after getting his cutie mark. Though at the same time that makes Sunburst look like the big jerk now for never contacting his friend just because he got his Cutie Mark and was sent to the Magic school in Canterlot.
Like I said the way they did this is similar to if they had Sunset join the main show as a recurring character after the first Equestria Girls movie. We saw her being a bitch throughout most of the first movie, and then get pretty quickly reformed. If they had Sunset join the Main show as a recurring character after that, there’d be similar feelings regarding Starlight now. Just replace the time shenanigans & village manipulating with turning into a demon and trying to take over Equestria with mind-controlled teenagers. Now thanks to Rainbow Rocks and Friendship Games, people would love to see Sunset back in Equestria some day. So I imagine they’ll attempt to have that sort of thing for Starlight in-show. Assuming Equestria Girls never affects the show hugely, Starlight is pretty much this show’s Sunset even if course due to not having Sunset’s development in the last 2 EQG movies won’t be as popular. And depending how they portray her in Season 6 may or may not be as well-liked as Sunset’s turn-around that started with Rainbow Rocks. It probably doesn’t help that their last name’s rhyme and they’re both former foils for Twilight. So they kinda feel like carbon copies of one another.
Big day that will be for certain. And as I said before, I plan to livestream sometime before and during the presentation in hype for the event :D
NOTE: The Genie Twilight response is going to be a little late, I’ve been kinda busy this month. But I thought I’d at least release my thoughts on the Finale now and Season 5 as a whole too.
Well here we are at the Finale. I think as I did with Friendship Games, while I’m giving it another watch. I’ll be taking notes and start talking about my thoughts in a little more detail then how most of my responses are whatever comes to mind after I have watched an episode at least twice.
However unlike my Friendship Games review it may not exactly be nearly all gushing. HOWEVER, that doesn’t mean I disliked the Finale that much. I think it was still overall good. But I did feel weird both during and after this episode compared to watching previous Finales as in most previous ones (Canterlot Wedding, Magical Mystery Cure, and Twilight’s Kingdom) all left me VERY satisfied after the first watch. For some reason I’m not feeling that way this time for this Finale. Though I hope through doing this notes as I watch it again that perhaps I’ll understand a little more as to why.
So if you really loved the finale be warned there may be moments where I go on tangents that are somewhat critical. But please know that again I didn’t hate this Finale and I will praise what I felt they did good. But let’s get started