Final Fantasy's Cloud Strife is The Next Smash Bros. DLC Fighter

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

You know what's hillarious about all this?
Sony tried to get Cloud for Play Station All Stars and failed.
Nintendo managed to do it and the remake isn't even coming out on their system!

Okay, that made me laugh. It's like Smash Bros already slapped them once and them they decided to slap 'em again for good measure. The only way this could more hilarious is if they put Dante from Devil May Cry in it.

Anyway, it amazes once again at how the guys at Namco and Nintendo are so stringent with getting every detail about the character right. This is genuinely what I would think of with an HD version of Cloud. The outfit, the hair, even his personality seems to be based more on the ACTUAL Cloud (i.e. the morose, but not mopey version from FFVII Nomura and Square have completely forgotten about) than the version people THINK existed. Even the presentation does well with bringing back PS1 style menus and the Midgar stage definitely feels like FFVII's most iconic locale.

 

[Dango]

Really, it would have been better if it were just a chocobo.

 

[Hawki]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV0Ou_4i7ww

Not that I'm complaining, and I haven't played FFVII or SSB since Melee but..."what?"

 

[jdogtwodolla]

Fucking Cloud... Really?!?

That is neither Geno nor any character from VI. You know, the actual Nintendo characters.

 

[CrystalShadow]

... You do start to wonder sometimes don't you?
With all these 3rd party characters showing up in Smash Bros...

I mean, Sonic wasn't that weird. (witness Nintendo outright helping fund a Sonic game not too long after),
Snake was a bit bizarre, given very few MGS games have been on Nintendo systems.

But... These days... Ryu? Pac Man, Mega Man...

Still, Final Fantasy was Nintendo exclusive once upon a time... Just... Doesn't make a huge amount of sense to choose the one character in the series that most explicitly represents the end of that era...

Although I guess the fact that the Crystal Chronicles games kept being released suggested the relationship between Square Enix and Nintendo can't have been that terrible...

And really, that's what counts in the end for stuff like this.
Can the companies that own the characters agree to allow this?

The history of the characters does have some effect, no doubt, but that's almost certainly a far bigger factor...

 

[Ryallen]

... You do start to wonder sometimes don't you?
With all these 3rd party characters showing up in Smash Bros...

I mean, Sonic wasn't that weird. (witness Nintendo outright helping fund a Sonic game not too long after),
Snake was a bit bizarre, given very few MGS games have been on Nintendo systems.

But... These days... Ryu? Pac Man, Mega Man...

Still, Final Fantasy was Nintendo exclusive once upon a time... Just... Doesn't make a huge amount of sense to choose the one character in the series that most explicitly represents the end of that era...

Although I guess the fact that the Crystal Chronicles games kept being released suggested the relationship between Square Enix and Nintendo can't have been that terrible...

And really, that's what counts in the end for stuff like this.
Can the companies that own the characters agree to allow this?

The history of the characters does have some effect, no doubt, but that's almost certainly a far bigger factor...

Pac Man actually had a reason to be in the game, as Namco helped make Smash 4.

 

[CrystalShadow]

... You do start to wonder sometimes don't you?
With all these 3rd party characters showing up in Smash Bros...

I mean, Sonic wasn't that weird. (witness Nintendo outright helping fund a Sonic game not too long after),
Snake was a bit bizarre, given very few MGS games have been on Nintendo systems.

But... These days... Ryu? Pac Man, Mega Man...

Still, Final Fantasy was Nintendo exclusive once upon a time... Just... Doesn't make a huge amount of sense to choose the one character in the series that most explicitly represents the end of that era...

Although I guess the fact that the Crystal Chronicles games kept being released suggested the relationship between Square Enix and Nintendo can't have been that terrible...

And really, that's what counts in the end for stuff like this.
Can the companies that own the characters agree to allow this?

The history of the characters does have some effect, no doubt, but that's almost certainly a far bigger factor...

Pac Man actually had a reason to be in the game, as Namco helped make Smash 4.

... Huh. Did not know that.
Though, I can't say I'm all that surprised.

Anyone remember the 'triforce alliance' back in the days of the gamecube?
F-Zero GX is the major result of that. (along with an arcade version of F-Zero)

the 'Triforce', in that (aside from being a zelda reference) refers to it being an alliance between Nintendo, Sega, and Namco

So... They have history.
Come to think of it, back when the N64 was a thing that was still being referred to as 'project reality', there were renders of a silver pacman being used in promotional material...
>_>

 

[FPLOON]

Having Cloud appear on a Nintendo console, when he has never been on a Nintendo console ever, seems really weird.

And yet, he was on a Nintendo console, kinda... If you count the GBA in 2004 as well as the game he made a "cameo" in, of course...

OT: So, no Tifa's fist? Oh well...

Other than that, that amiibo figurine's gonna be selling like fucking hot cakes in 2016(?)!

 

[Fappy]

My 10 year old would have creamed his pants over this.

Fucking Cloud... Really?!?

That is neither Geno nor any character from VI. You know, the actual Nintendo characters.

I'd give my left nut to see Geno return in a meaningful way

 

[NeutralDrow]

Wait wait wait...who's that other character in photo 5?

Also, cool, no problem here with Cloud making it in.

 

[GamemasterAnthony]

Well...with Final Fantasy Explorers coming in AND having a mechanic where you can play (sort of) as many of the protags from previous FF titles, that explains his inclusion.

STILL NOT BAYONETTA

For real, I was not expecting that. FF7R for NX now possibly? And if they make a Cloud Amiibo, Ninty and Squeenix could make a absolute shitton of money.

Whoa whoa whoa what this all about Final Fantasy 7 Remake coming to the next Nintendo Console?

Just speculation on my part, based on that it would seem slightly strange that Nintendo would have a character in Smash Bros that hasn't been on their console (well besides Theatrhythm). It's by no means confirmed, or even hinted at by Nintendo.

Well, they DID confirm DRAGON QUEST 7 coming to the 3DS, so who knows?

 

[Hiddelgreyk]

Not a Final Fantsy fan, at all, but this is still friggin' sweet.
Now to wait for Bayonetta, Rayman, Snake and Adam Jensen.

Sky's the limit now!

 

[chysamere]

November 12, 2015, shall be remembered as the day FF7 fans the world over collectively creamed their jeans.

What? No? Why would Ps1 RPG fans be creaming their pants over a character being introduced into a brawl game on a non-Sony console. I seriously doubt there's much crossover between FF7 fans and smash brothers fans. The style of games are worlds apart.

Also I picture FF7 fans more as shorts wearers.

 

[JCAll]

It kind of makes sense. Ever since FFVII debuted, Cloud has been the man that basically kicked Nintendo's ass.
Now he's here to literally kick Nintendo's ass.

Though if you had asked me, I would have been sure Squeenix would have given them Erdrick instead. Dragon Quest is still great, it could use a big push with the new games coming to America, and Erdrick has NES cred.

 

[Drathnoxis]

Smash Bros. has DLC now? Too bad, even Nintendo finally caught the downloadable content plague. Looks like this will be the last Smash Bros to have more characters than the previous one, after all it's more profitable to sell people the game and hold off all the interesting new content for DLC. And 6 bucks per character?! That's crazy expensive, if you buy all 5 DLC characters that's half the price of the game!

 

[Luminous_Umbra]

STILL NOT BAYONETTA

See, you're looking at this all wrong. Be glad that Cloud made it in.

Because if someone like Cloud, who has only shown up as a cameo in a Nintendo Handheld game, can make it in, someone like Bayonetta who had a Wii U exclusive game has all the more chance.

 

[Nazulu]

Six dollars for a character is a fucking rip-off! Yeah, I think I can put Nintendo with the rest of the shit heap now.

Congratulations everyone. No one cares!

 

[Fodder Aplenty]

Smash Bros. has DLC now? Too bad, even Nintendo finally caught the downloadable content plague. Looks like this will be the last Smash Bros to have more characters than the previous one, after all it's more profitable to sell people the game and hold off all the interesting new content for DLC. And 6 bucks per character?! That's crazy expensive, if you buy all 5 DLC characters that's half the price of the game!

You never buy a six pack before? The bundle is always better value than the whole.

 

[bluegate]

November 12, 2015, shall be remembered as the day FF7 fans the world over collectively creamed their jeans.

What? No? Why would Ps1 RPG fans be creaming their pants over a character being introduced into a brawl game on a non-Sony console. I seriously doubt there's much crossover between FF7 fans and smash brothers fans. The style of games are worlds apart.

Also I picture FF7 fans more as shorts wearers.

This ^. If FF7 fans feel like beating shit up with cloud, they would most likely just play the Dissidia games.

It is fun to see the roster being diversified though, now bring Linkle over.

 

[OldNewNewOld]

Nintendo managed to get Snake and Cloud for Smash, but Sony didn't manage to get even Crash for Playstation Allstars.
Did Sony even try? How did Nintendo even manage to get Cloud in the game, he was on like one or two Nintendo platforms.

That being said, his moves don't really seem to interesting and I was hoping for some less swordmany new character. Someone who is more of a ranged character than melee.

Ryu? Pac Man, Mega Man...

Megaman didn't really weird. After all most Megaman games are on a Nintendo platform and mostly exclusives. Pretty much everyone I know equates Megaman with Nintendo games, especailly the regular Megaman and not X.