Hey, I've an avid Arena fan and this is just gonna be a corny little list of suggestions I have for the game mode.
(I may or may not try to mod these ideas into reality over time lol)
Weapons:
Boomerang - it'd be fun to have the boomerang flower as a weapon in the game. Obviously there'd be some overlap with the other close-to-melee range weapons but I think that if you had the ability to spin the boomerang around you a la Cappy in Odyssey it'd be an interest niche as the only weapon that can fire behind you.
Pills - hear me out, what if Dr. Mario's pills were a weapon that functioned like how you'd expect a fire flower to work under 'normal' mario circumstances? It'd be graphically different from the current fire flames in the arena while not feeling shoehorned in since Dr. Mario's neutral-b in Smash works like that.
Bullet Bill - this is probably a bad idea but i'd love to see the bullet bill used as a rare power weapon similar to the quad damage in Unreal Tournament or the like. Obviously I'd want it to work like it does in Smash Ultimate, haha.
Music:
I just hope that as you add tracks to the current and new maps you can also make it so that people can readily replace the music if they want to. Or maybe even a way to make it so that each stage has a pool of tracks that it can select at random. Would go a long way to make the mode feel fresher (I am also saying that because I'm working on a music replacement mod that will get obsoleted quickly if the rest of the default maps get new replacement songs like how spire did, lol).
Modes:
Coin Battle - I have... no idea how this would work but something like how Smash Brawl did coin battle would be an insane mode to mess around with. Major attacks could translate to blue coins flying out of your enemies!
Balloon Battle Royale - Really corny idea but here's an idea I might just mod into the game myself if I get enough time and energy.
- [1-5 depending on setting] balloons per player, them getting hit by anything means one of them pops, just like in Mario Kart.
- Last one standing (or last team standing) wins
- But, if enough time passes a random KOTH point opens up and a timer starts
- Whoever isn't in the point when the timer hits 0 instadies
- If you ever played Jabroni Brawl 3 you'd understand how this approach works lol
And that's pretty much my wishlist for now. I'll probably start making some fully custom maps for Arena in the future (as well as getting absolutely everyone I know to play the game with me, lol).
(I may or may not try to mod these ideas into reality over time lol)
Weapons:
Boomerang - it'd be fun to have the boomerang flower as a weapon in the game. Obviously there'd be some overlap with the other close-to-melee range weapons but I think that if you had the ability to spin the boomerang around you a la Cappy in Odyssey it'd be an interest niche as the only weapon that can fire behind you.
Pills - hear me out, what if Dr. Mario's pills were a weapon that functioned like how you'd expect a fire flower to work under 'normal' mario circumstances? It'd be graphically different from the current fire flames in the arena while not feeling shoehorned in since Dr. Mario's neutral-b in Smash works like that.
Bullet Bill - this is probably a bad idea but i'd love to see the bullet bill used as a rare power weapon similar to the quad damage in Unreal Tournament or the like. Obviously I'd want it to work like it does in Smash Ultimate, haha.
Music:
I just hope that as you add tracks to the current and new maps you can also make it so that people can readily replace the music if they want to. Or maybe even a way to make it so that each stage has a pool of tracks that it can select at random. Would go a long way to make the mode feel fresher (I am also saying that because I'm working on a music replacement mod that will get obsoleted quickly if the rest of the default maps get new replacement songs like how spire did, lol).
Modes:
Coin Battle - I have... no idea how this would work but something like how Smash Brawl did coin battle would be an insane mode to mess around with. Major attacks could translate to blue coins flying out of your enemies!
Balloon Battle Royale - Really corny idea but here's an idea I might just mod into the game myself if I get enough time and energy.
- [1-5 depending on setting] balloons per player, them getting hit by anything means one of them pops, just like in Mario Kart.
- Last one standing (or last team standing) wins
- But, if enough time passes a random KOTH point opens up and a timer starts
- Whoever isn't in the point when the timer hits 0 instadies
- If you ever played Jabroni Brawl 3 you'd understand how this approach works lol
And that's pretty much my wishlist for now. I'll probably start making some fully custom maps for Arena in the future (as well as getting absolutely everyone I know to play the game with me, lol).
