One of the highlights in the world of Nintendo this week was the arrival of the Tekken fighter Kazuya in Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Alongside him, Masahiro Sakurai revealed four brand new Mii Fighter outfits - one of them was Shantae, a character who has been requested by her respective fanbase for a long time now. If you missed it, co-creator Matt Bozon thanked fans everywhere for showing their support:
"BIG NEWS!! Shantae returns to Super #SmashBrosUltimate, this time as a downloadable Mii Fighter Costume + music track!! A huge thank you to @Sora_Sakurai, and to Shantae Fans everywhere for supporting your favorite Half-Genie Hero!!"
The celebrations of the Shantae Mii Fighter costume in Smash haven't stopped there. It seems one fan on Twitter known as @miiyouandmii2 has now gone to the extent of creating a Shantae-themed level. It's based on the lighthouse, which is Shantae's home. It's apparently even better with the included music tracks that come with this DLC Mii Fighter costume:
The ID code you'll need to download this level from the Smash Bros. online menu is: Q7M12YPL. And here's what the lighthouse looks like in the Shantae games, in case you were wondering:
We've also seen a cool recreation of Scuttle Town and a few other levels. Have you enjoyed playing as a Shantae Mii Fighter since her arrival earlier this week? How about the new fighter Kazuya? Leave a comment down below.
[source twitter.com]
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This is surprisingly good considering that the stage builder in Ultimate isn't great. Gonna download and try this stage out right now!
Oo I'll have to give that stage a download. The music makes it feel more complete.
I've had a Shante stage downloaded since stage builder was released this ain't really news it's just a very slow day.
Cool response to a Mii Fighter announcement.
Very cool custom stage, I’ll have to give it a download. This was the first Mii fighter DLC I purchased and I’m really enjoying it, I rarely play as Miis so this is actually kind of fun for me. I also set the Burning Town music to always play on a few of stages. Plus my gold points were expiring soon so I basically got it for free lol. I would have bought it for the 75 cents anyways
@Marioracer I mean, it IS news to a degree. Besides which, it’s a Saturday - not sure what you’re expecting to be posted over the weekend!
Just embrace it for what it is - a quick little two minute read.
Just finished the custom Mii fighter tutorial from YouTube to match the Shantae outfit with the Mii fighter. Looks neat!
Haven’t picked up the other DLC costumes yet, but probably will - have the majority of them up to now, and the OCD nature of my personality will probably go a bit crazy if I end up with most the costumes, but not all.
@Generic_Username Touche.
❗I really wanted to like the 'Shantae' Games but after playing 'The Pirate's Curse' on 3DS, I couldn't see what the fuss was all about.
I made a Floral Fury custom stage to go along the Cuphead costume. Unfortunately it turned out a little too big.
Will download this just to have a Shantae stage since I don't know anything about the series.
Amazing job considering the limitations of the stage builder.
Part of me hope's the next Smash game is a fresh start for the series, with a new roster made up of a lot of the characters we're seeing as Mii costumes in Ultimate.
@YoungLink64 It's like Metroid.
I'm not into these back-and-forth Games where you re-visit the same area 14 times as I get bored of it.
@NeonPizza 'Alien: Infestation' and 'Batman: The Brave And The Bold' on DS was good and I liked 'Double Dragon: Neon' so I bought it thrice (on PS3 and Switch twice-Digitally and the Limited Run version).
Ok.
Unlike these defeatists who are blindly happy accepting her as a cheap knockoff version in the for of a hand-me-down consolation prize "Mii" costume, I'm still going to rally back more aggressively so that in the future or whatnot of Smash Bros., she ends up as an actual, main-roster fighter instead of what we got.
@OctoCallie20 We're not defeatists lmao We just accept the fact that as an indie character, she had little to no chance of getting in the main roster and considering very few indies actually have Mii costumes, this is actually a pretty good alternative. But sure, go rally or whatever, let us know how it goes.
@Booples LOL ok, continue to be defeatist while I go out and rally back more aggressively so she gets into the main roster while you waste a sad dollar buying a cheap consolation "prize" that isn't a prize at all.
@Onion honestly, I think the stage builder in Ultimate is pretty solid. It's not the most intricate stage builder to ever exist but there is so much that can be accomplished with what tools they did give us.
@OctoCallie20 not defeatist at all, I'd been campaigning for her to just be a premium Mii costume as soon as the first one was introduced with Sans. So for me this is the exact outcome I wanted for her. She's not good enough to be a full fighter in my opinion, I could list off at least 15 fighters I'd like to see actually join the roster before her. Bomberman is the only premium Mii costume that bums me out as I've always wanted him as a proper fighter. Of course with him in as an assist trophy, I didn't think he had any chance whatsoever when his Mii costume was revealed, so that one was a mixed bag of emotion when the Mii was revealed, but I imagine the disappointment you feel for Shantae's status in the game is similar to what I feel about Bomberman.
If you're curious, I have some other characters on my "I'd rather they just get the premium Mii treatment list" including Shovel Knight and Viewtiful Joe. Of course if one of them make it in as a Mii fighter, you would assume I'm a defeatist when I would be expressing my joy that they made it in the game in the capacity that I'd prefer for them.
@duffmmann It's an interesting decision that Shantae got any presence in this game besides a spirit, considering that all five of her games are now on the Switch, so if you ask me, that's a nice cherry on top for Wayforward.
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