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Fighter: Alear(Fire Emblem 18/Engage)

This is gonna be hella long

For their normals, they use Liberation(can't put the accent sadly)

These are all very genetic sword swings, so let's blitz through them.

Jab: Three Quick Slashes, no flurry.

F-Tilt: Another par for the course attack. Does slightly higher shield damage though.

D-Tilt: Much longer than others like Marth & Roy, but also a bit slower too.

U-Tilt: The juggle tool. You know how to use it.

Dash Attack: A quick, disjointed lunge. As with the other basic lords, Alear suffers in the range department. Use this to approach & pressure your opponents!

F-Smash: It may look far cooler than the other FE Forward Smashes, but the horizontal slice means that it covers less space & is a tad slower. Angle it up or down to hit ledge or.....(let's be real, why the hell would you angle shit up?)

Up Smash: Like Sephiroth's, but Masamune is far longer, obviously. Still, far better than the other characters.

Dowwn Smash: They're all the same, you know how this works.

Neutral Air: A vertical flip is more unique, but again, actually way worse than the others.

Forward Air: Ah, we knew you were waiting for this one. It's just Roy's but a tad longer, & also no sourspots. PS: Roy's is pretty good.

Down Air: Marth's Down Air would be better without the stupid sweetspot requirement. Good thing Alear doesn't have that issue. RIP Lucina, I guess. Eh, she isn't coming back anyway.

Back Air: Literally just Cloud's. Great for kills.

Up Air: The other juggling tool. You don't need anything else. Just like Roy.

Grab, Pummel & Throws: Due to Alear's inability to Draconize, their throws are all super generic. RIP.

Get-Up Attack & Ledge Get-Up Attack: Do not deserve their own talk about, it's a sword character, moving on...

Alear has a gimmick!
Alear has Rings. And no, not the Sonic ones.

If you have no clue what the game is about, go buy it, it's the best Fire Emblem, gameplay wise, the story is balls, but the stories have always been balls, anyhoo
Depending on which ring is currently active, the specials will change. By default, (SPOILERS) is active. More on switching rings later.

Neutral Special: Brave Lance/Killer Axe/Elivagar/Liberation

Brave Lance: Long Ass Stab, decimates shield, it's slow but has armor. Hit's twice.(Small hit then launching hit)

Killer Axe: Massive vertical swing. Think Hatchet Man, but an Axe. Has a critical hit chance(A very high one, too!)

Elivagar: I'm not even gonna pretend like I understand what this means.
Magic sphere which induces a random status affect(Sleep, Flower, Freeze, Fire damage effect, Electric Damage effect, Trip)

Liberation: Chargeable slash. Ike Side B but cooler.

Side Special: More of the same if I'm being honest.

Up Special: Everything but Up minus Liberation which is basically just Dolphin Slash.

Down Special: This allows you to swish between the Ring of (SPOILERS), Ring of the Holy Knight, Ring of the Sage Lord & the Bracelet of the Lonely Heir(wait, a bracelet?)

Final Smash: There's 4(oh god) & they're pretty similar, but one is far better, & I think you know where this is going by now.

1: Override(with Sigurd) Captain Falcon final Smash, but with a horse & a lance

2: Quadruple Hit(with Leif) Generic name, but insanely cool looking.

3: Summon Hero(with Veronica) Through the power of microtransactions, Veronica summons one of the other lords in the game, &  they use they're finisher instead. Fits her lazy ass.

4: (SPOILERS) But it's the best one


Victory theme: As with most Fire Emblem characters, a snippet of the best part of the game's main theme.

Victory Poses:

Number one is the "Ready Yourself" Animation for whenever Alear is  about to attack, except way cooler.
Number 2 is the enemy defeat pose.
Number 3 is.........spoilers, to be clear.

Taunts:
Taunt number 1 is the crit dialogue & pose.
Taunt number 2 is sheathing liberation.
Taunt number 3 changes depending on the ring chosen at the moment.
With Sigurd: "Ready yourself!"
With Leif: "Whatever it takes!"
With Veronica: "You're useless" My god what a bitch
Or....spoilers.

Holy shit that took forever. I'll do the rest later.

EDIT:
Fuck it, we ball
Alternate costumes.

8 for Male, 8 for Female.

Male:
1: Alear
2: Vander
3: Diamant
4: Fogado
5: Seadall
6: Alear?
7: Alear??
8: Nil..........

Female
1: Alear
2: Celine
3: Chloe
4: Yunaka
5: Ivy
6: Alear?
7: Alear??
8: Nel

Stages:
Alear only gets 1, which is of course, the Somniel, the main hub, & occasionally it will teleport to one of the other kingdoms in the game.

As for music.....
Engage has a lot of problems, but the music is not one of them.
In case someone wants to scroll past this easily, I'll just post links.
Total of 10 songs from the game.
1: Main Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNJqgyNgCYA&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=6
2: Preparation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiWUt_y4TLQ&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=91(Don't be fooled by the name, this song slaps)
3: Faraway Holy Land(Lythos Castle)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM5T8v2tAVY&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=96(The variations are better suited to fights)
4: Bloom in the Breeze(Blossom)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjdXfNX96uM&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=100
5: Royal Confidence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9S1pZDg6IA&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=105(This is the sole one where the normal version is the best)
6: Tear Streaked(Ice)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxGVd8wc_mA&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=108(Ungodly banger from Elusia)
7: Bright Sandstorm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9bQSukPrCM&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=110(Welp, I lied. My bad Panette)
8: Falling Petals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdR7CDFvqLY&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=114(peak)
9: Last Engage(Prayer-Incantation)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ryKxTNV7g&list=PLjJC3hyewH5A5q8KIPPBJ-qDhaYin3tos&index=117
10: Mirrored Engage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkwisPhn5cM(Do ya like Wyverns?)
1 Battle theme from every area of the game + Main theme + Preparation + 1 DLC track
And that's it for Alear. I'll do the next fighter sometime soon, after someone posts, so I don't triple.


EDIT: Welp, guess I'll just do it here.
Fighter: Octoling(Splatoon)

Octoling shares their tilts, throws & aerials with Inkling.

Jab & Flurry: Octoshot instead of Splattershot

Forward Smash: Heavy Splatling. Mid Range, slow, powerful

Up Smash: Splatana Wiper. Incredibly fast, a little on the weaker side, but with good range.

Down Smash: Octobrush. Super fast, poor range, poor damage.

Neutral Special: Octoshot. Same as Inklings, basically.

Side Special: Splat Brella. Tap to raise the shield. Tap again to drop it. Tap & Hold to launch the shield.

Up Special: Super Jump. Same as Inklings.

Down Special: Toxic Mist. Enemies inside it move slower & take poison damage.

Final Smash: Booyah Bomb. Just a massive AOE attack. It's really hard to avoid.

Alts
4 Male, 4 Female
1: Pink Female(Agent
2: Blue Male(Contrasting Octo Expansion Color)
3: Dark Green Female
4: Deep Yellow Male
5: Orange Female(Splatoon 1 reference)
6: Gray Male(Side Order)
7: Neo Octoling Female(Single player enemy skin)
8: Neo Octoling Male(Single player enemy skin)
Victory theme: Splatoon 2 victory theme
Victory Poses
1: Splatoon 1 win
2: Splatoon 2 win
3: Splatoon 3 win

Stages:
4 new stages
Octo Canyone(Based on the single player campaigns)

Manta Maria(Splatoon 2 representation)

Sockeye Station(Salmon Run Representation)

Crableg Capital(Splatoon 3 representation)

Music: VERY IMPORTANT bc they chose a ton of shit songs. Like, shit shit.

Nasty Majesty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCoVbCf-KZ0

Shark Bytes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K03ddGDQeDo

Fly Octo Fly(Ignore the Ebb & Flow bit)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an7GOmJE7Ao

Octoling Rendezvous
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syXYsdkKt_8

Blitz It!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-bO053Bc4I

Clickbait
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eNSB6mQL3U

Triple Dip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcugUy6bcMI

Sea Me Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8iwefGkXUw

Til Depth Do Us Part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw1XwyW39uk

Big Betrayal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWEU5vRDQCE

Ride or Fry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWy_OthI18U

Seep & Destroy(unironically gas)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO7IuEh4auA

Hide & Sleek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMWO_5aWE8

Ska-Blam!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Buu9KDRCqk

Aquasonic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ffYyliiZAM

No Quarters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ja2vy7gJyQ

Bait & Click
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFvnlZL8GI4

Fishing Frenzy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqtJxEiCdkU

Toxic Anoxic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVDVqPhQkXc

Bear With Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5XpuFHkPHo

Calamari Inkantation 3MIX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TE22RCxCi4

Whatever bangers they're cooking up for Side Order
As you can tell, I am incredibly pissed off by the sheer midness of the SSBU Splatoon songs. There's a few good ones, but so many are trash. Like, Metalopod is balls, & the horrible Splattack remix, 5 Now or Nevers, 3 are complete shit. Octoweaponry is eh, Muck Warfare was completely unnecessary...
They need to cook next time.

What the fuck are C & D attacks???
And also it's Up, Left or Right on the D-Pad
There is no "Down" victory pose

Aside from that, cool idea!

You definitely weren't keeping up with the leaks
$450 was expected, and it's $500 for the World Bundle, which would cost you $530 total without the bundle, not any better.
PS5Pro was $700, and next gen will be $700 too. Better tech means higher prices. Just don't buy it or wait for the inevitable Lite.

Admittedly the euro is pretty cooked right now

All consoles have 3-4 year old hardware at launch, it's just that Sony & Microsoft usually do hardware revisions at some point that include upgraded tech & make the original completely obsolete.

There's a bundle for World with the Switch 2 where it's price is $50, which is probably just to sell more Switch 2s at launch.

Sony has been doing $70 games for years & it's never been an issue(probably because they only make one game a decade tbf)

World is only 90 physical in EU, it's 80 digital in EU & $80 everywhere else, yeah that's still quite high but there is a bundle for it so you don't have to pay that price if you don't want to.

Anyone who was following the specs knew that $450 was literally the best case scenario for the price, most were expecting $500 off the rip.(It might just end up there in the US tbh)

PS5Pro's hardware was also a couple years dated at release, costed $700, had no hard drive, was a digital only upgrade

And people still bought it like crazy. Is that a bad thing? Yes! Absolutely! A lot of people will be filtered this generation because of prices. That's not good. But the console's price point is literally fine. The ick is the game price(& that's really only World & the Switch 2 Tour thing not being free, and the prices for buying the Switch 2 Editions instead of upgrading a Switch 1 version bc you have to rebuy the whole game again & then pay for the additional content)

Nothing's going to come of it though because Nintendo fans only play Mario & Zelda and don't buy that many games yearly. You're going to be doing a lot less experimenting this generation that's for sure. But the console price is literally not one of them.

The prices are literally fine wdym

My personal game predictions for Switch launch & the rest of Year 1/Year 2

Launch & Year 1
New IP to grab your attention
New 3D Mario(40th anniversary)
Mario Kart: Name Unknown(40th anniversary)
Mario Sluggers 2/New Mario Tennis(holding my breath on this one)
Luigi's Mansion 4(Next Level Games)
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds(SEGA)
Monster Hunter Wilds(CAPCOM)
Tekken 8(Bandai Namco)
Street Fighter 6(CAPCOM)
Metaphor ReFantazio(ATLUS)
Pokken Tournament 2(Bandai Namco)
Kirby Planet Robobot Deluxe(HAL)
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort(Wii Sports Resort released 3 years after Wii Sports, and it's coming up on 3 years since Switch Sports)
Random Old IP brought back(Sin & Punishment? Kid Icarus? Golden Sun? Starfy?)
DOOM Dark Ages(Bethesda)
Splatoon 1 Re-Release(10th anniversary)
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3/Donkey Kong Country 3D(Retro Studios)
ARMS 2
New Hyrule Warriors(there's gotta be something Zelda)
OR Ocarina of Time & Majora's Mask Real HD
A F2P Kirby Spinoff that you didn't know you needed until it's shown off(HAL)
Virtua Fighter 6(SEGA)
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves(SNK)
Astral Chain 2(Whatever is left of Platinum Games)
FFVIIR, FFVIIR2 & FFXVI(Square Enix)

Year 2
Another New IP because yes
Okami Sequel(CAPCOM)
Smash Bros. 6
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution(Wayforward)
Ace Attorney: Not a Remake(CAPCOM)
Splatoon 4
Xenosomething or the other
3D Zelda(40th anniversary)
2D Zelda(40th anniversary)
Mario vs. DK: Insert Object Here
WarioWare 99(let me cook)
Metroid 6(40th anniversary)/Mrtroid Fusion Remake
3D Kirby(HAL)
Super Mario Party: We Might Be Back(to good Mario Party)
Pokemon Cobalt & Pokemon Topaz(30th anniversary)
MEGAMAN 12(Copium- I mean, CAPCOM)
Yoshi Something Artsy that's not Yoshi's Island and therefore I Do Not Care(GoodFeel)
New 3D Sonic(SEGA)
Mario + Rabbids 3(Ubisoft)
Nier(Insert word that nobody says here)(Whatever is left of Platinum Games)
Dragon Quest 12(Square Enix)
Kingdom Hearts 4: Hopefully not a cloud version(Square Enix)
Paper Mario 7: Something Something Artsy. Maybe Mache?

Fair enough. They might talk about it a bit cuz 30th anniversary is next year.

Really? The people on a Nintendo game's website only want Nintendo games on the next Nintendo console? What a travesty!

Like, you can see people's ages on their account, be so for real, of course most of them are only going to predict basic Nintendo games, they wouldn't be on this website if they weren't fans. I'd be more surprised if they've ever played non-Nintendo games.(and I'm not counting F2P like Fortnite or Marvel Overwatch)

Even then a couple people here have more interesting stuff like Roxas.

POV: You killed their Queen by accident

The oriental track will be the fan favorite

Real ones know that Sunset Wilds was always a bad track

You must not remember Sky Garden or Cheep Cheep Island in Tour.

Literally best case scenario wdym, the track is actually playable now

Well it's 8 in the morning where I am, so that tracks

But also that's a good thing.

DK Jungle Parkway has a waterfall, how is that safe

It was a mistake. They leaked a new DK character too.(It might Kid Pauline)

I like how the music in Grand Prix switches to an "almost" version of the track you're about to start before the 3rd lap once you get close, it's really good.

There could be an option for it in VS.

Fair point. Keep in mind that WiiU was doing really badly. There's no rush this time. Even though June would be cool, they need to give people more than a month from the direct to save up the money to buy the console.