>>716157578
Actually I go by meowsterninja, but It's funny you mention him, cuz he's subbed to one of my YT channels. Real recognize real.
>>716158132
They added real-time weapon switching because having a clunky ass menu that pauses action and wastes the entire dpad to achieve the same thing you can do by pressing start just doesn't cut it in the big 2025. Extending your air-time is just a natural effect of that and how it would be in older NG games too if they were made today. The only times NG wouldn't benefit from weapon switching is when you couldn't switch at all, like in S2 and 3RE trials.
The series has been expanding on air options and air time with each entry and re-release, Sigma 1 allowed you to use the bow mid-air, NG II added shitton of air combos for each weapon, S2 let you carry the bow and the shuriken at the same time and use one after the other and then follow up with a downwards stab for even more air time, plus it added Momiji and gave her a double jump, in-air UT and other moves along with the bow, 3RE iterated on all the aforementioned additions while giving more utility and abilities to the bow. NG 4 takes it to another level and turns air into another battleground with even the most basic enemies being able to reach crazy highs, tengus flying around, armadillos coming back and becoming normal enemies, the temu Urizens and DDO ogres being huge enough to not give a fuck about high you are, this is all on top legacy enemy types like rocket launcher guys.
