>>46357017>The family's ability to calm and flare their flames is the whole pointThe family's ability to erupt in flames is the point, that doesn't mean they need to have them completely absent 80% of the time.
>In the mainline series, yes, not having them on in battle is dumbSo you're just arguing for the sake of it.
>in the context of Stadium this was the most natural and intuitive approachHonestly? Never owned Stadium 2. Had my N64 stolen before I could get it. Even then they could just have the flames low on idle and then lower further/off before erupting during his attack animation. This is a basic squash and stretch. It doesn't work as well not pop as much if you're starting from absolute 0.