07-09-2021, 03:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-20-2021, 10:14 AM by ZpaceJ0ck0.
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For those who don't know or don't remenber, Ayumi Tachinaba from Famicom Detective Club was considered as a playable character for Melee before being scrapped. She has a trophy, however.
This makes me wonder... considering that the Famicom Detective Club series was revived thanks to the remakes for the Switch, will Mr. Sakurai/Nintendo revisit the idea? Is the final character going to be Ayumi Tachinaba? Only time will tell.
"Wait, he didn't include Ayumi in Melee because her series was unknown outside of Japan at the time yet he included Marth and Roy? What a hypocrite!"
Look at it from this perspective. Who do you think most people in the West would want to play as in a fighting game? A guy with a sword or a regular schoolgirl? Obviously the guy with a sword is gonna be more appealing to most Western players, that's why Marth and Roy were chosen over her. Besides, Marth and Roy were planned to be exclusive to the Japanese version of Melee but this was changed because the NoA playtesters liked playing those characters.
"Bruh, there are plenty of fighting game characters who are also schoolgirls, what are you talking about?" - Yeah, but they are also hardened fighters (well, most of them). AFAIK Ayumi Tachinaba was never much of a fighter to begin with. She fights using her wits, no her fists. Not every detective out there fights like Batman, you know?
Anyway, it's been nearly 20 years since Melee and nowadays the Smash series doesn't shy away from implementing characters with unusual/unconvetional movesets, even characters that aren't really considered fighters. Wii Fit Trainer, anyone?
This makes me wonder... considering that the Famicom Detective Club series was revived thanks to the remakes for the Switch, will Mr. Sakurai/Nintendo revisit the idea? Is the final character going to be Ayumi Tachinaba? Only time will tell.
"Wait, he didn't include Ayumi in Melee because her series was unknown outside of Japan at the time yet he included Marth and Roy? What a hypocrite!"
Look at it from this perspective. Who do you think most people in the West would want to play as in a fighting game? A guy with a sword or a regular schoolgirl? Obviously the guy with a sword is gonna be more appealing to most Western players, that's why Marth and Roy were chosen over her. Besides, Marth and Roy were planned to be exclusive to the Japanese version of Melee but this was changed because the NoA playtesters liked playing those characters.
"Bruh, there are plenty of fighting game characters who are also schoolgirls, what are you talking about?" - Yeah, but they are also hardened fighters (well, most of them). AFAIK Ayumi Tachinaba was never much of a fighter to begin with. She fights using her wits, no her fists. Not every detective out there fights like Batman, you know?
Anyway, it's been nearly 20 years since Melee and nowadays the Smash series doesn't shy away from implementing characters with unusual/unconvetional movesets, even characters that aren't really considered fighters. Wii Fit Trainer, anyone?