Ensemble Dark Horse: Spikeman, one of the five Original Characters that were planned for 2 but deconfirmed, still has a few fans, possibly because of how awesome his fighting style was planned to be.Largely leans towards competitive in the community, though, as official tournament data is being used as a development-assisting tool. Casual/Competitive Conflict: Slightly less-so than its source series, but still there.
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There's also the "PC Master Race" stigma that makes keyboards rather uncomfortable to use with the game for some while the game IS ON a PC, it's clearly meant to pay tribute to a series of console games, and many players prefer to treat it as they would a console game because of that. The former is often hailed for allowing superior precision and advanced techniques not possible with an analog controller, but pro-controller players are quick to point out that there is nothing to stop a keyboard player from "accidentally" pressing their opponent's buttons, which would be very easy due to the keymapped nature of the game's controller support. Keyboard controls versus wired controllers.The Peril Roulette in Classic Mode a clever way of compensating for the general impossibility of programming a competent Smash AI, or a cheap handicap that rips control from the player? It was eventually scrapped.Several fans were hoping for a newcomer to be revealed instead and were expecting him to be in the final roster anyway. Game & Watch, though not so much the character himself as the time that he was revealed he was the only character to be unveiled at APEX in 2015, which had traditionally revealed one character each day of the tournament for the past few years. The fandom gradually grew to like him, though, as v0.9b neared release. When he was revealed at Apex 2014 and nobody guessed him right, the chat absolutely erupted with comments demanding that Cleod rot in Hell, maintaining that he "stole" the last starter character position from fan-favorite requests like Bowser, Neku, Steve, and (especially) Luffy. Coupled with this, as time has passed, Blade and Blue have become increasingly looked upon nostalgically as symbols of a fondly-remembered era of the Internet by longtime SSF fans. Despite the fact that the majority are glad to see them gone, they all still have their vocal defenders who say they add variety to the game. Blade, Blue, Spikeman, Azrael, and Robo Ninja, the Original Characters who were all deconfirmed.