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Super Smash Brothers - Removing Transformations was a good thing though, so that's one thing the 3DS did right

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3DS HARDWARE LIMITATIONS MEANT SHEIK AND ZELDA WERE DEVELOPED AS SEPARATE CHARACTERS OCTOBER 1, 2014 SILVERSHADOWFLY 85 COMMENTS Super Smash Bros director Masahiro Sakurai has given fans an explanation as to why Zelda and Sheik, as well as Samus and Zero Suit Samus areseparate charactersrather than alt-characters as seen in previous versions of the franchise. According to new translationsfrom Sakurai's Famitsu column, hardware limitations on the 3DS meant the team needed to develop those aforementioned characters entirely separate "It's basically due to the 3DS' limitations. It was impossible to have both characters exist together [as one] on 3DS. However, reaching that limit can sometimes lead in good directions. Transforming characters had the drawback of ambiguous tactics and such, and I believe that they have become more fresh now

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Rad Dudesman

Oct 01, 2014 at 11:08PM EDT in reply to FMA 155

Ice Climbers are so heavily reliant on their teamwork that separating them is essentially the same thing as cutting them and replacing them with a new character.

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JJTGG

Oct 01, 2014 at 11:04PM EDT

Huh. I always thought it was taking a page from the Brawl mods, only making it better by providing new moves.

Well, waddya know. The same limitations that prevented the Ice Climbers from being in gave us one of the best things about the new games. Truly bittersweet.

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