Garrett Williamson

whelp I'm really glad this isn't canon

kinda sounds like a saw lead highly modulated. or maybe a sync lead. I don't know. I suck at this. Definitely sounds like there's a flanger in there and maybe even a light phaser.

Yeah it's awesome. I love it and it's really inspiring to me and my music.

oh crowbar man and all your techy stuff.

whatever, they are kinda pathetic. I'm really happy that Nintendo is aiming more for the hardcore gamers. like I'm genuinely getting sick of the attempt to make games a thing everyone can do. Unless everyone wants to actually try, then no. Too many people don't care enough and that's kinda why some games are how they are nowadays, because they're aimed for everyone, including those who don't entirely care. Of course, this scheme of trying to aim for everyone has a possibility of having a better outcome financially, but I couldn't care less. So I'm so glad that Nintendo is going to be trying to make games more toward legit gamers as they notice that the ones who don't entirely care can just get the "you-don't-entirely-care" games on iPads and iPhones and whatever else.

with the improved power, I would assume so

Dr. Mario wasn't much of a clone in Melee. I mean kinda, but not totally.

Totally. I love when artists will dive into a new sound and try something different but they've always got at least a little bit that straight up says "this is [insert artist here]" just by hearing it. I use MJ as an example for everything. He changed his sound a bunch but you could always tell it was him, just by the way he did it. You just can tell. They establish their own little unique sound and even when they may change it up quite a bit, you can still hear it. I'm now officially rambling on and on. Pretty sure I repeated myself a few times there. hahaha

No, I definitely get what you're saying and I agree. By being "the leader", I'm "wandering" into new territory, and trying things different and unique, if that makes sense. By trying to "be the leader"--which in my context more just means to be unique and stand out from the crowd (and if successful, being the "leader" of that new style)--I'm getting into territory that may have not been explored before. However, what I love is when unique people simply stand out. They're not just the leaders or pioneers of a specific genre, style, or sound, but they're one of the only ones that does it the way they do, if not the only one. That takes some major talent. Artists like Imogen Heap. Imogen Heap... I mean I really have never heard anyone like her. She's a genre of her own. And I mean there are artists that do a specific genre but sound very unique and I love that and for the most part that's what I've been talking about here. For example, anybody can tell when a song is by Katy Perry, even if her stuff is pretty mainstream pop-oriented. But now that I'm on that topic, she's kind of an example of a "pioneer" or "leader" of a style. She (and/or her producers) got into some different territory and created sounds that hadn't been used in that particular genre before. And then for a while, quite a few other artists were trying to grab that sound. That's what I love. I love both the person who's just completely unique and no one can even follow along, and I love the person who's completely unique in a way that he/she is a leader/pioneer of the sound and so they own it, and others may often follow. Am I making sense? Sometimes I don't and I wanna make sure that by trying to explain that statement, I'm not making things more confusing.

dude. the dream. the dream is real.

honestly I think part of the reason their systems aren't selling well is because recently they've been giving their stuff the stupidest names I've ever heard New 3DS? really? it sounded like a joke when I first heard it, just as much as Wii U and Xbox One sounded like a joke. what is up with these companies giving the worst names to their products?

so uh, SAO II biggest piece of crap I've ever seen

I think you mean Other M but yeah MPH had a few playable characters. there are very few characters I can think of in the Metroid series that would be good playable characters though. Dark Samus would seriously just be a clone of Samus. After all, Dark Samus is sort of a clone in Prime anyway.

There has never been more than Samus representing Metroid. She's the only character from that series to pop up as a playable character in any of the games.

I don't think you entirely read what I said hahaha. I had stated that record labels (and often artists themselves) get this mindset that "oh this guy did a new unique thing--everybody, we'll make a lot more money if we do the exact same thing" which always happens. Doesn't mean that "being unique" isn't an advantage. Often artists are titled the "pioneers" of the specific style because they began it before a crap-ton of others started doing it too. It always happens. You do something unique and people are going to follow. Period. "So much for being unique" is silly because whoever started it (or made it popular) still will go down in history for it. The pioneers almost always get noticed, often more than any of the "followers", if you will. You may be "among countless doing it", but there's a difference between the leader and the follower. I always strive to be the leader.

Lindsey Stirling pulled it off. Don't give me an excuse yet. Why'd she pull it off? Because she stands out. She's ridiculously unique. I don't really prefer her stuff but she has every right to have the popularity she does, because she did something entirely differently. I mean, she can freaking do an entire dance routine playing the violin, over well-produced EDM most of the time, and it actually works. I don't really like it, but I can't lie and say it sucks. It works. And it's super different because no one else does that. The thing is that every super successful artist--even if they only ever have a one hit wonder--usually gain that success out of creating something different. The stupid mistake labels make is having the mindset of "wow, everyone likes that new sound that guy created, I bet it will make us a bunch of money if we have our artists do that exact sound." And often that scheme works, but for a very limited time. Of course, labels just want money. They don't really care about the artistic image of the artist. At least not for the most part. An artist with a unique sound is going to pop out. And in the long run, what the artist is known for lasts longer than the money he gains from it. Uh, heck yeah. It's freaking hard to get in it. Doesn't mean it's impossible. Ha. Truth is in this day and age, if you suck, you'll probably get more attention. Actually good artists who weren't gaining any attention ended up making stupid music (which, let's be honest, it's funny... the first guy that comes to mind is Krispy Kreme/Froggy Fresh Raps and IceJJFish) and what happened? Money everywhere. It's both hilarious and the most pathetic thing ever. Everyone loves listening to horrible crap because it's funny. I get that. But then the legitimately talented guys are struggling to even make it out there. It's frustrating. I remember there was some celebrity host I think (I don't remember who) that saw a video of IceJJFish (an intentionally horrible R&B singer) and he was honestly frustrated because while he claimed he worked pretty hard to end up gaining the success from what he did, this dude uploaded a video of himself singing horribly intentionally and the guy ended up racking up at least 25 million views and a crapton of money and some legit fame. Like what? I definitely don't think it's impossible though because I continue to move forward and I am way ahead of where I was even only a year ago. I believe it's possible, but yeah, it's super hard. I can't deny that. But like I said, I love a good challenge. Also, good marketing decisions. I couldn't believe how important this was until a year or two ago. You can't expect people to come falling at your knees with a bunch of money begging for albums and gigs by just throwing up an album on the internet even if you're a really talented guy. It unfortunately doesn't work. Horrible artists with good marketing decisions almost always end up being far more successful than the fantastic artist with the bad marketing moves.

I like that. Good quote.

coming 2021

this /10char

it's official. as far as that leak goes and unless the roster wasn't completely updated, there's no ice climbers. wtf this is sakurai and smash bros 4 we're talking about here. they haven't been keeping anything secret.

Hahaha also once the dates get into 2016, some still say 2015. Hahaha Ok so my first deadline's at the end of this year? Thank the Lord, I've got a lot of other crap to do.

yes. I think so too. I feel that way about the majority of the retro stages. They're still cool though. Really interested in that cup with the Triforce symbol. I'd love to see more on that.

The problem with DLC is that often the creators just sell the game unfinished and then sell the rest in DLC so the players have to pay more. I've never been a huge fan of DLC anyway but that's the main reason I have a severe problem with it. On the other hand, Nintendo successfully made this seem more like an add-on and true DLC rather than "the rest of the game." Other than a few mistakes I found in the game (that they fixed in an update, including adding a mini-map to the screen), the game felt finished... other than the battle mode. Battle mode was completely unfinished. Haha.

I would suggest completely wiping cutscenes out of the picture. lol

gonna have to agree with him on this one