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Tournament organizers also felt that the need to create custom movesets, regardless if they were pre-set or not, reduced the number of potential setups players could bring to tournaments, as unlocking all the potential custom moves required considerable time and effort from players; unlike [[unlockable character]]s or [[unlockable stage]]s, [[custom part]]s could only be attained through specialized methods that did not guarantee a new custom move. As the Official Custom Moveset Project also required a "master" 3DS console for each Wii U setup, this meant that players who owned a Wii U, but not a 3DS, would be unable to use their Wii U as a setup. Furthermore, the laborious process of unlocking custom moves was made slightly more efficient with the 3DS version of the game, meaning that players without the 3DS version of the game would likely have greater difficulty in unlocking all the custom movesets. | Tournament organizers also felt that the need to create custom movesets, regardless if they were pre-set or not, reduced the number of potential setups players could bring to tournaments, as unlocking all the potential custom moves required considerable time and effort from players; unlike [[unlockable character]]s or [[unlockable stage]]s, [[custom part]]s could only be attained through specialized methods that did not guarantee a new custom move. As the Official Custom Moveset Project also required a "master" 3DS console for each Wii U setup, this meant that players who owned a Wii U, but not a 3DS, would be unable to use their Wii U as a setup. Furthermore, the laborious process of unlocking custom moves was made slightly more efficient with the 3DS version of the game, meaning that players without the 3DS version of the game would likely have greater difficulty in unlocking all the custom movesets. | ||
Outside of the above, there was debate over how effectively the Official Custom Moveset Project could police itself; on top of having | Outside of the above, there was debate over how effectively the Official Custom Moveset Project could police itself; on top of having 51 characters with 8 movesets each, it was questioned how well the staff behind the project could monitor which movesets proved too weak or strong, as well as who would get a say in what moveset combinations were too strong. | ||
In conclusion, Custom moves were by far one of the most unbalanced things ever introduced in any Super Smash Bros. game in general, leading to random kills to degenerative gameplays that caused frustration and rage through the first years in Smash 4 competitive lifespan. | In conclusion, Custom moves were by far one of the most unbalanced things ever introduced in any Super Smash Bros. game in general, leading to random kills to degenerative gameplays that caused frustration and rage through the first years in Smash 4 competitive lifespan. | ||