Board Thread:SMG4 Discussion/@comment-36426936-20190203214947/@comment-38355399-20190613201414

Saiko isn't bad if you actually put her into context with psychotic traits and being one of those axe-crazy villains that acts kinda stupid rather than being a generic protagonist while being sane and friendly. When there's hate for Saiko, there's good reason for it.

1. Her animations on GMOD are pretty bad (mediocre, at best). She really doesn't get ragdolled that much (only Tari is worse), all she does is stand around with her mouth (and maybe face), her movements aren't fitting, and it kinda looks like it's lazily done. Sure, she has improved slightly from the arc, but it's still very blatant and noticable.

2. Her character traits. They're pretty ironic, considering the fact that she's supposed to be all axe-crazy and mentally instable. What's even worse is that Luigi's Lesson completely changed it. Now it's just fitting along the lines of an uninteresting protagonist that's there in the background. Every single episode (well, Final Fantasy was her only good episode) has her being this...empty figure with extremely limited personality and contradictory character. Every single one. The arc only marginally alleviated some issues. She really hasn't changed much since Luigi's Lesson, and that episode seriously nerfed her positives.

3. The fanbase. Not sure why a suprising handful of people actually like Saiko. I see it as they don't see her flaws, and see her as a perfect figure to be around with. Appearance-wise, below average. Personality-wise, among the absolute worst (only Tari can contend). Animations are among the bottom (Tari suffers the most though). She's a character with numerous flaws and requiring much more work to execute cleanly.

4. Voice lines. As they're extremely repetitive, it quickly becomes old, to the point of annoyance to see her utter the same 5-6 lines each time. Compared with Meggy's more creative Octoling/Marie/Callie tactics, SMG4's memey lines, and Bob's text-to-speech, Saiko (along with Tari) is over-reliant on taking clips from her voice actress. And while this isn't as much of an issue compared to her character traits, it still severely brings her character down.

5. Becoming a major character. This is definitely one of her worst flaws. She serves no relevance to the Mario or even Nintendo universe. Also, because diversity and randomness are key factors in SMG4, as she serves very limited purposes in most episodes, she is best to be moved as a minor character. Coming from Doki Doki Literature, emphasizing her shallow traits for over 1.5 years repeatedly proves to be ineffective and unecessary. A great amount of episodes have decreased the potential because of the reasons mentioned above, be it in minor or significant ways.