Smash Bros Kazuya Mishima comes to Smash

[mαrkαsscoρ]

I'd wager there aren't many Tekken folk on here, but either way, where do you stand on Kazuya coming to Smash?

I had a really good feeling it was Tekken related the moment we saw the cliff, since it's mirroring Heihachi throwing Kazuya off a cliff when he was a kid, then Kazuya doing the same to Heihachi years later in the first game.

I'm not super into Tekken, but I played a good amount of Tekken 2 and especially 5 on the PS2. So this was definitely a pleasant surprise for me, and fits that one more unexpected character I wanted role. And it's good to see another Namco person get in.

 

[Azure Sage]

Literally never heard of him before, and I dont give a single care about Tekken or other fighting games. Hes just as boring as Terry to me. I dont like Terry, Ryu, or Ken, so I don't expect to like using Kazuya, either.

 

[Mikey the Moblin]

Not what I wanted, so what I expected
Not much more to say than that

 

[twilitfalchion]

Never played Tekken, but he looks dope. Nice pick, even if I probably won't buy it.

 

[Fig]

HELL YEEEEEEEEEEEEA WEYS! KAZUYA IN SMASH! I kept telling binches that there's no way Namco doesn't get another rep since they co-developed three Smash games (Smash 4/3DS, Smash 5/Wii U, and Smash Ultimate) with Sakurai and his wife being the only non-Namco employees working on Smash since 2013. Now Pac-Man has a friend and all the Smashers are going to cry and binch how "Kazuya is broken" or some dumb shiz. Hit them with the electrics, Kazuya! FGC always winning every day! https://tenor.com/view/tekken-kazuya-ending-gif-4978646

 

[A Link In Time]

Tekken was the biggest fighting game franchise not yet represented in Smash. Kazuya's inclusion makes a lot of sense. I personally thought Heihachi would get in instead, but I figure he's been in enough crossovers so Kazuya is a fresher choice.

 

[Ronin]

Excited to finally see Tekken in Smash, even if it's only for the music. I don't care that much about Kazuya, although it's cool that another Namco rep made the cut.

Time to celebrate. (Serious F-Zero/Yakuza vibes)

 

[Bowsette Plus-Ultra]

He's not yet another Fire Emblem character or clone, so I'm down. Nice to see some representation from a new franchise.

Tekken was the biggest fighting game franchise not yet represented in Smash. Kazuya's inclusion makes a lot of sense. I personally thought Heihachi would get in instead, but I figure he's been in enough crossovers so Kazuya is a fresher choice.

I'd argue that spot belongs to Mortal Kombat.

 

[thePlinko]

Meh. On its own he’s a fine addition, but we’ve already gotten 4 other fighting game characters in Ultimate alone. We really didn’t need another one, especially when there are so many other genres that non-fighting or RPG fans would like represented.

The last character really needs to be something good, because aside from Steve this entire fighters pass has been a complete waste of time and money.

 

[ExLight]

people getting annoyed at fighting games characters being added when smash is pretty much a homage from sakurai to fighting games is kinda funny

bless kazuya coulda been heihachi but we take those

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

Meh. On its own he’s a fine addition, but we’ve already gotten 4 other fighting game characters in Ultimate alone. We really didn’t need another one, especially when there are so many other genres that non-fighting or RPG fans would like represented.

The last character really needs to be something good, because aside from Steve this entire fighters pass has been a complete waste of time and money.

what's the point for you though? you said the roster is already lopsided as is, would adding a puzzle game character or whatever really make any difference?

 

[thePlinko]

what's the point for you though? you said the roster is already lopsided as is, would adding a puzzle game character or whatever really make any difference?

It would make it less lobsided. I really don’t get what’s so hard to understand about having a more diverse roster being better than a less diverse roster.

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

It would make it less lobsided. I really don’t get what’s so hard to understand about having a more diverse roster being better than a less diverse roster.

8/10 dlc characters are already RPG or fighting, having 1 more character be neither won't change that and you're just gonna write off the dlc as a whole anyway by the time it's done
I don't disagree that there could've been characters from other genres instead, but I'm not gonna be all "dlc baaaaaad" just b/c of that

 

[thePlinko]

8/10 dlc characters are already RPG or fighting, having 1 more character be neither won't change that and you're just gonna write off the dlc as a whole anyway by the time it's done
I don't disagree that there could've been characters from other genres instead, but I'm not gonna be all "dlc baaaaaad" just b/c of that

Obviously having the last character not being fighting or RPG won’t change the other 8, but it would still make the DLC as a whole less crap. It still wouldn’t be great, yes, but it would still make it better.

 

[mαrkαsscoρ]

Obviously having the last character not being fighting or RPG won’t change the other 8, but it would still make the DLC as a whole less crap. It still wouldn’t be great, yes, but it would still make it better.

you'd get a whopping 3 characters out of 11, I asked you what's the point b/c it seems like a lost cause anyway from your side, your mind is already made up