9 hours ago

I won't lie: suddenly getting a silent, blank screen after winning as one of the unplayable characters in SSBM has got to be one of the most unnerving & unsettling things I've experienced recently.


Normally, the emulator would cease the gaming session before attempting to get to the result screen - since the unplayables (Male & Female Wireframes, Giga Bowser, Sandbag - who literally cannot fight, Master & Crazy Hand and... solo Ice Climber, oddly enough, even if the latter is based on one of the already-playable characters) have no animations for that event. However, pressing the 'continue with this session' button allows it to proceed forward, resulting in the blankness of this result screen, complete with no fanfare whatsoever - not even a mention from the announcer for most of them, except for Giga Bowser (evidence that he could've been playable, perhaps?).

Why do I find this unsettling? I think it's pretty obvious, but to elaborate: imagine suddenly getting jumped by something entirely featureless, literally lacking in any other detail, coupled up with no sound whatsoever. Sounds ominous, right? And that's not the only thing that gets me bricking out - I have the 'Free Look' setting enabled on my emulator, which allows me to manipulate the in-game camera more than usual (I can even 'squidward yell' this bitch, 10/10)... and occasionally, I use it to scroll too far & present myself with the sudden presence of in-game emptiness. I'm basically willingly jumping myself for fun. If there is something wrong with me, you don't have to tell me, as I already know.



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