“Cloud” – Fashion Over Function
The “Cloud” is an interesting archetype, and like the “Wario, there is usually one in any given group. For them, the most important thing is not playing the game well, it’s looking as cool as possible.
This means, for the true “Cloud” (although it varies), playing as a large portion of the available fighters deemed uncool or too cutesy is simply out of the question.
Cloud Strife himself is the poster boy for this phenomenon, and likewise, many “Cloud”s will gravitate toward him or other edgy or evocative sword-armed characters usually from the Fire Emblem series. Bayonetta and Zero Suit Samus are also solid picks.
And while this alone is not necessarily a negative trait, it can be taken to obsessive extremes. Insisting on selecting the stage from your character of choice’s franchise, like Cloud’s Midgar, is an example of this.
In more extreme cases, there will be an insistence on using only lore appropriate items for their character, even to the players detriment: Cloud could use a beam sword, as such a thing could conceivably exist in his world and looks cool, but would never lower himself to using the hammer as its animation is ridiculous.
The “Cloud” player will also become irrationally annoyed if someone else selects their chosen character. They will have a skin they have deemed best, and will not often deviate from its use once chosen. Generally, they will have some story, either real or imagined, from their childhood as to why they play the character they do, or why they are so important to them.
What kind of Smash Brothers player are you? Do you know any particularly bad examples of these archetypes, or is there a type of player that we have missed?
Be honest with yourself: I’m the worst kind of “Cloud”, and I main Cloud. I’ve accepted my failings.
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