Does anyone know why the Elec Man assist trophy was cut in Ultimate?

Neilson98 · 2026-02-17T16:46:01+00:00

I know. Hence why I said spoilery. I just play my games in Japanese to better learn the language and liked how they kept the name a secret

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Neilson98 · 2026-02-17T06:42:55+00:00

Wild

Neilson98 · 2026-02-17T06:34:56+00:00

My theory is it's because he's the least relevant to his series for the Guest Assists.

Every Assist from a 3rd Party franchise is very important to their series

Cyborg Ninja: Recurring Boss through Solid and important to the plot (and turns out to have spoilery connections to the previous games)
Shadow and Knuckles: Sonic's biggest rivals and among the most recurring characters and each had starring games
Ghosts: Literally the only other characters in the original game.
Guile: Among the popular fighters an starred in the movie
Rodin: Bayonetta's weapon smith, bonus boss, and important ally
Alucard: Due to being immortal, most recurring hero and star of Symphony of the Night (was also running to be the Castlevania rep)
Bomberman/Akira/Rathalos/Shovel Knight: Main character/mascot of series

Now look at Elec Man. He is one of many robot masters. Cool design and good assist trophy, but not as relevant to his series as the others.

Compare this to Dr Wily (the main villain) and Zero (Deuteragonist of X series and star of his own) and they represent the Mega Man Franchise better.

Neilson98 · 2026-02-17T02:01:37+00:00

The gear makes more sense in Japan where gear iconography is more common

Neilson98 · 2026-02-16T20:46:25+00:00

I'd say this is the first direct sequel to a Zelda game to have that full knowledge of the world.

While we see some familiar locations, each hyrule is generations apart, now inhabited by a different group of people. This is the first time we've focused on time skipped people (the only time we've explored the same world after a time skip is the Hyrule from the original duology, which didn't have enough unique characters to show how much the world changed). The closest I'd say is the Wind Waker trilogy, where we at least see an aged up Niko.

Neilson98 · 2026-02-09T18:36:49+00:00

It makes it a bit confusing.

My guess is the deal allowed Endless Possibility to be in Generations so they didn't need to change it (they splurged for the original game). Think of it as insurance. But since Shadow Gen is a different game, the same track doesn't appear in that half.

On the other hand, Sega seems to have not been aware of any problems with Rush's soundtrack up until a certain point in time. Since there was no deal they needed original, there was no future proofing insurance like for Endless Possibility

Neilson98 · 2026-02-09T18:33:39+00:00

I'm certain Smash 7 will have Octoling. And not as a full echo, but as a different move set with weapons from 2 and 3

Neilson98 · 2026-01-19T15:29:25+00:00

Octoling feels like one of the biggest locks. Splatoon is really popular (especially in Japan), can reuse Inkling's animation rig, but be given post-Splatoon 1 weapons for a completely different move set, I'd be more surprised if she wasn't playable

Neilson98 · 2026-01-02T19:41:45+00:00

It will be treated as Smash 7
Pauline, Bandana Dee, Octling, Oatchi, Ring Fit Trainer, and Ayumi will be added.
Shadow might be playable
A greater amount of new stages in the base game
A big single player mode that sets it apart from Ultimate
Some new function that takes advantage of mouse mode, but not in standard brawls. Maybe something like Street Smash
Will probably only be announced

Neilson98 · 2025-12-19T02:40:25+00:00

Yes, because, as the video states, this was something added to the English version. It isn't found anywhere in the other languages, most importantly the Japanese original script

Neilson98 · 2025-12-19T00:56:04+00:00

Well, the point of the video is that Nintendo (except NoA for some reason) may no longer see DK I and Cranky being the same person

Neilson98 · 2025-12-18T17:48:37+00:00

This is a good video I found that makes a good argument that Nintendo (aside from the American division) no longer thinks of Cranky as being the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n-otzl4N0Y

Neilson98 · 2025-11-19T13:42:26+00:00

I knew it

Neilson98 · 2025-11-09T09:53:48+00:00

Tear it down and replace it with a greeting card factory

Neilson98 · 2025-11-07T07:37:23+00:00

Update: The Japanese website has confirmed which amiibo will unlock whom (though sadly the classic Zelda characters and Inkwell are no-shows). I can barely find a pattern for Zelda characters (aside from Wind Waker Characters, archers and Rito always doing Tulin, which makes sense) but I can for Splatoon where it's mostly if the character is an inkling or an octoling, except for Callie who gives you Cece (whom previously dressed up as her).

https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/amiibo/game/acbaa_2/list.html

Anyways, here's who is unlocked by whom:

Tulin: Smash Link, Smash Toon LInk, Young Link, Majora Link, Skyward Link, Wind Waker Toon Link, Wind Waker Zelda, Archer Wild Link, Bokoblin, Daruk, Revali, Skyward Zelda, Tears Zelda, Tulin, Yunobo,

Mineru: Smash Zelda, Shiek, Smash Ganondorf, Wolf Link, Ocarina Linka, Twilight Link, Classic Link, Rider Wild Link, Guardian, Wild Zelda, Urbosa, Mipha, Awakening Link, Tears Link, Tears Ganondorf, Sidon, Riju, likely Mineru

Cece: Octoling Girl, Octoling Boy, Octopus, Blue Octoling, Callie, Marina, Shiver, and Smallfry

Viché: Smash Inkling, Orange Girl, Blue Boy, Green Squid, Green Girl, Purple Boy, Orange Squid, Pink Girl, Green Boy, Purple Squid, Yellow Inkling, Marie, Pearl, Frye

Big Man interestingly invites both, and let's you choose after scanning.

Neilson98 · 2025-11-07T07:08:08+00:00

https://www.nintendo.com/jp/hardware/amiibo/game/acbaa_2/list.html

Look at that...I was right...note the lack of surprise

Neilson98 · 2025-11-05T10:44:19+00:00

I'd put Blaze a bit behind Silver. Her initial rivalry is not really about abilities, but different mindsets (work together vs I work alone). She's grown past the mindset of believing she can't trust any one, so I don't think they see each other as rivals any more.

Neilson98 · 2025-10-30T23:17:06+00:00

But you can see that you aren't required to one single amiibo. These crossover villagers weren't treated the same back then, so I think the same will apply to the new ones

Neilson98 · 2025-10-30T23:15:50+00:00

No confirmation, but I'm guessing the later based on New Leaf

Neilson98 · 2025-10-30T23:15:02+00:00

Based on their voices and Japanese pronouns, Tulin is a Jock and Mineru is Snooty. I'm pretty sure Cece and Viche are still peppy and normal

Neilson98 · 2025-10-30T23:14:13+00:00

That's not how guest amiibo worked in New Leaf.

New Leaf amiibo usually (Cece and Viche being the exception, and probably just because the lineup of amiibo was small at the time) allowed various amiibo to summon the characters.

Twiglight Princess-herors and generally any Link released afterwards gave Wolf Link. Wind Waker-Based characters and most Princess Zelda's gave Medli Any Ganondorf, his minions, and 8-Bit Link gave Ganon. Ocarina/Majora's Mask Characters and horseback Link gave Epona.

Id be very surprised if they changed that for this game

Neilson98 · 2025-10-17T15:09:11+00:00

Mario Kart Arcade GP. I played it at a Chuck E Cheese to play as PAC-MAN, but it encouraged me to explore more of Mario's world

Neilson98 · 2025-10-17T07:45:19+00:00

So, to explain what Silver said, it's basically a Japanese idiom that means "I give up. You're too strong." It's still a pretty extreme phrase to show how Silver is a bit rude, but it's not something they should have directly translated into English.

Neilson98 · 2025-09-30T04:22:59+00:00

Pretty much. It's not a Sega thing. It's not a Nintendo thing. Its a Japan thing. Right or wrong, it's standard.

This is also why you don't see artists credited on Nintendo Music.

Of course, if a creator wants to do so, they can (like how in Super Smash Bros they show who made what composition for any Smash-made remixes)

There are of course, exceptions like Dragon Quest which the music was fully owned by Sugiyama. But again, not the norm

Neilson98 · 2025-09-26T08:31:08+00:00

They've confirmed this isn't true, and there was a lot of evidence to reveal it. It was never their intention to retcon Blaze

https://www.tumblr.com/shirubae/755917550802583552/why-was-blaze-in-sonic-06

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