Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-33237367-20191031003118/@comment-71.161.210.192-20191122230012

For me, the best part of any King for a Day character is references, as I've always loved references and shout-outs in general, that's one of the reasons I loved LEGO Dimensions as a preteen and why it's one of my favorite games I consider part of my "childhood".

But the other is making sure characters are in character even if that's not something I personally can do very well myself since I'm not very good at writing in other people's styles. I feel like that's something very very important, as it doesn't matter how many grand references a character drops to their series, if the character doesn't FEEL like they're that character, the whole idea is lost. (as an example the character Kai from the show Ninjago in LEGO Dimensions, due to the original show being Canadian and the recording studio for Dimensions being in LA, they couldn't get the original voice actors in time.  However, out of all of the Ninjago characters, Kai's script suffers from HEAVY exaggeration and flanderization of "hothead" with his voice being nowhere near the original voice or characterization he had in the show and the impersonator not even really trying. I'm fine with impersonators if it's justified but pretty much all the of the characters were exaggerated and the voice actors who seemed to barely know the characters they were playing anyway, just chose like two or three basic traits of the character and then just read their lines. The only character done correctly besides some minor characters and a boss was Jay as the impersonator actually seemed to bother studing or knew the character he was playing beforehand and while not exactly accurate it's pretty believably in character. Compare some of Kai's reaction quotes, which begin at 17:36 in this video  [kinda like that games vs screens in terms of shout-outs and references] with his characterization and voice in the show proper, this clip is even from the exact season the show was in at the time of LEGO Dimensions being in development/

That's one of the reasons why I liked the original King for a Day so much is that the way the dialogue was written for some of the characters like Thanos, they could say wildly out of character things yet still disinctly feel like themselves. A good example is Thanos vs quotes for ZUN, obviously they wouldn't be something the real Thanos would say but they have the exact same menacing delivery that it works perfectly for his character, and I think they're some of the best lines he has. I'd say probably the best written lines in it would be Solid Snake and Dedede since their lines pretty much perfectly reflect their dialogue and speaking style in both Smash Bros. Brawl and Kirby: Right Back at Ya perfectly, and I look forwards to a lot more in-character banter from characters like Johnny Bravo, Monokuma, Robotnik or Papyrus in the sequel.

Bit of a rant, but I feel it's a true one. Accuracy and wittiness are key for a proper high quality parody or cameo inclusion.