The thing is that the whole gameplay element of a fighting game is its characters. A plausible DLC content for a main Mario game would be bonus stages, because the stages themselves are the "main dish" of the game - they're what effectively extends game life.

Fighting games' "main dish", however, aren't the stages - it's the characters that matter. They aren't a simple addition, they have to be balanced and worked on constantly, thus it would make sense to charge more for them.

Extra characters usually cost more for other fighting games. For example, there's a DLC character for Guilty Gear Xrd who costs like 7 dollars or something.

Not to mention licensing costs for using characters that aren't theirs. It's almost surprising they're even making a profit for how low priced they're offering them for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va96K6Ll3Ic

Can't watch that video right now, but remember boys and girls that tonight might be the last night fake leakers have for a last laugh.

Going to watch the broadcast with my friend. Tomorrow is going to be a looooooong day (it airs 23:00 CET).

(12-14-2015, 03:14 PM)senjen Wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va96K6Ll3Ic

This would've been a good leak if y'know
the character wasn't animated at 60FPS compared to the 30FPS things going on around him

Heh, I found a leak of Cloud's ending movie, how the hell did they manage that, did Nintendo put the patch out early again? (That other one above got me curious to see if anyone else had a last second prank but that movie looks too real.)

From what I've seen, the "leak" data really only contains Cloud stuff, the Chocobo Mii outfit, and a Mii costume not seen yet, and it's speculated that all this won't be the only things revealed. So they've sorta learned from the Royu debacle.

There was supposedly an unfinished character but I'm not sure if that was real or just someone pulling our leg.

(12-15-2015, 08:13 AM)BullockDS Wrote: From what I've seen, the "leak" data really only contains Cloud stuff, the Chocobo Mii outfit, and a Mii costume not seen yet, and it's speculated that all this won't be the only things revealed. So they've sorta learned from the Royu debacle.

Supposed Mii Outfit leak... seriously, super spoilers. And possible salt.

Is real. And super exciting. This is the first mii outfit I might actually buy.

Oh look, 3 characters I literally couldn't give 3 shits about being in Smash

• Corrin: yay. More fuckin' anime swordsmen. Also, a dollar for two extra songs being included? Kiss my ass. Although Corrin looks like, by far, the most interesting FE character (there's more than just a sword and some bland spells, hallelujah).
  
• Mii Fighter outfits: cool, but kinda surprised that they ended it all with no plumber outfit for the Mario hats. Geno is my favorite, obviously.
  
• Midgar looks super fun, especially the Materia stuff.
  
• Cloud also looks fun, although his Limit Break Up-Special looks silly good for recovery (guess it's offset by only having one shot).
  
• Bayonetta actually doesn't surprise me; she's honestly one of the more realistic Ballot characters. Although she looks silly OP (but I'm sure that'll prove wrong down the line).
  
• Umbra Clock Tower seems like it'll be a fun semi-competitive stage. Mix things up without being terribly boring.
  
• Also, totally betting that Cloud was secretly also a leading Ballot choice (even if development began before the Ballot ended, I'm sure they had an ongoing tally of the Ballot in the meanwhile with Cloud being a huge winner).
  
• No Shantae or Shovel Knight. I FUCKING TOLD Y'ALL SO.
  

I'm pretty okay with this.

As disappointed as I was at first upon seeing YET ANOTHER Fire Emblem character, the fighter themself looks like it's going to be a lot of fun to play. And it looks like the sword is downplayed a lot, so that's good.

Bayonetta was certainly someone I didn't expect to see. Not someone I considered but her inclusion makes me happy. She looks like she's gonna be fun as hell to play, but also extremely annoying to play against when used by high-end players. Somehow I think she's going to be quickly tourney-banned.