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[–] [email protected] 154 points 2 years ago (3 children)

SSB is toys of those characters. That's why they turn into figures and why all of the items are figures.

And why the final boss is a hand.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago

OG Smash Bros intro to see where this idea came from. Melee’s intro iirc shows off the idea as well.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Easy there.

Just because they are toys doesn't mean they are not people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Look we’ve all seen toy story

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Also the scale of characters is completely inconsistent

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

But the difference is they like beating the hell out of eachother

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I picture them like Goku and Vegeta. If you're not fighting at 100% with the intent to kill your opponent, you're insulting them gravely.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's never truly to the death though, even if they get yeeted into oblivion they just respawn. They are immortal beings

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Goku and Vegeta don't actually go all out and kill their opponents very often either. They like to tell their opponents to go all out while holding back as much as possible themselves because they don't respect their opponents unless they make them go all out. Pretty much every single character in that multiverse is like that. But it does sound badass, even if it's a subtle insult to their opponent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No, Pokemon are forced to beat the snot out of eachother and then shoved back into a tiny ball

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In-game lore says that they enjoy combat, akin to sparring matches.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh right, they love getting beaten to the point of losing consciousness, I forgot the Pokemon company buried that in there

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not saying it's a good rationale

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

For sure. I guess all Pokemon are sadists at heart

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago

This is why I play Mario Party they have it coming

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Would you rather it be like that one Black Mirror episode?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Striking Vipers, for the curious.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Or that bit in Altered Carbon where a couple fight to the death to see who gets an upgraded sleeve.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah! maybe they are enjoying it, and the blast off from the stage is just them climaxing. Some are able to submissively survive to the outer edges of the arena, and other characters are edge guard dominant types

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That was a pretty fun video! Wasn't sure what I would get without a title on your post.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Haha I was looking for this video as soon as I saw the thread. For context, this is the animated music video for SMASH!, a song by video game parody band Starbomb.

The lines that popped into my head were

You know

When Mario and Peach team up you are screwed

Luigi: You're my own BROTHER!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago