Now that we know that Bayonetta was the winner of the Smash ballot and Cloud was heavily influenced by it, I think it's time to reevaluate what everyone thought about casting their votes for fighters to appear in Smash for the first time.
I will say that the final presentation was very good, but there were a bit less characters than I expected. I did expect that they would take the winner of the overall ballot, but I also thought there would be several more characters added that reached a point above a certain threshold. It seems Sakurai did not wait for the ballot to end either, as evidenced by Cloud being revealed less than two weeks after its conclusion. If anything, Cloud was just another effort by Sakurai to include more gaming icons in Smash. That said, Cloud's reveal was definitely the megaton announcement Smash needed in 2015, especially after Ryu got leaked before E3.
While certain people, including myself, were no doubt a bit disappointed that Sakurai used the ballot to guide only two of the seven DLC characters, it's worth remembering that most game developers don't even give their fans the opportunity to participate in such voting. The two fan supported characters were both characters people wrote off as having little to no chance in Smash, so the excitement was almost palpable when they were finally announced.
What are your thoughts on how things turned out with the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U ballot?
I will say that the final presentation was very good, but there were a bit less characters than I expected. I did expect that they would take the winner of the overall ballot, but I also thought there would be several more characters added that reached a point above a certain threshold. It seems Sakurai did not wait for the ballot to end either, as evidenced by Cloud being revealed less than two weeks after its conclusion. If anything, Cloud was just another effort by Sakurai to include more gaming icons in Smash. That said, Cloud's reveal was definitely the megaton announcement Smash needed in 2015, especially after Ryu got leaked before E3.
While certain people, including myself, were no doubt a bit disappointed that Sakurai used the ballot to guide only two of the seven DLC characters, it's worth remembering that most game developers don't even give their fans the opportunity to participate in such voting. The two fan supported characters were both characters people wrote off as having little to no chance in Smash, so the excitement was almost palpable when they were finally announced.
What are your thoughts on how things turned out with the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U ballot?