Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U Thread 5: Yarning for Yoshi

Here's my updated roster with Little Mac's confirmation:

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I've also added Isaac as an alternate option to Robin just for the hell of it. I wanted to include Isaac in the roster from the beginning but I couldn't find the room for him and he was my least expected newcomer, so I just left him out before; now that I removed Chrom as an alternate choice to Robin, and since Robin and Isaac are both sword-wielding magic users, I figured I could lump them together.

There are a ton of angles to consider this from. That is why it is not guessable. TW101 is a new IP, and it is Nintendo, but it is also out and it flopped. Economically, it makes more sense to promo a highly desirable character for a game that is releasing within 6 months of Smash than it does to promote something in the bargain bin.

The optimal time for a TW101 reveal has also passed.
The Wonderful 101's sales shouldn't matter at all. The roster would have been planned out before The Wonderful 101 was even released. And characters aren't just put into Smash Bros. for promotion, you know. Also, the fact that a The Wonderful 101 character wasn't revealed around the release of The Wonderful 101 doesn't mean it's not going to happen. You could say that the release of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y was the optimal time to reveal a new or returning Pokémon character (Pokémon Trainer, Lucario, Mewtwo, or Jigglypuff would have all been pretty relevant), yet we got nothing.
 
Waluigi isn't worth considering, he's only been in Mario spin offs and has even been cut occasionally from them like his exclusion from MK7. Besides sports and other spin off things will be covered by Mii and somewhat the Animal Crossing villager. If Mario is going to get a second rep it'll be Bowser Junior. Waluigi isn't even a part of Warioware, he's lower then Daisy.

Rosalina by comparison has appeared in every console 3d mario since her introduction, including being playable in 3D World. Heck even Daisy appeared in Mario Land 1. Waluigi was the villain in Mario DDR....
 
Waluigi isn't worth considering, he's only been in Mario spin offs and has even been cut occasionally from them like his exclusion from MK7. Besides sports and other spin off things will be covered by Mii and somewhat the Animal Crossing villager. If Mario is going to get a second rep it'll be Bowser Junior.

Nintendo hates Camelot made characters confirmed. : (
 
Waluigi isn't worth considering, he's only been in Mario spin offs and has even been cut occasionally from them like his exclusion from MK7. Besides sports and other spin off things will be covered by Mii and somewhat the Animal Crossing villager. If Mario is going to get a second rep it'll be Bowser Junior. Waluigi isn't even a part of Warioware, he's lower then Daisy.

Rosalina by comparison has appeared in every console 3d mario since her introduction, including being playable in 3D World. Heck even Daisy appeared in Mario Land 1. Waluigi was the villain in Mario DDR....

The 5th second rep?
idk the number of mario series reps there's been
 
My main man Little Mac told me that there are no Wonderful 101 characters in Smash, sorry guys.
 
He's one of the more iconic characters in that list of Brawl Assist Trophies and really had no reason to be one other than to just shoehorn him in.
And if any character knows what it's like to be shoehorned into something, it's Waluigi. He only exists because Wario needed a doubles partner in Mario Tennis. He's been around for 14 years now and still hasn't appeared in a mainline game. He's a D-list character.
 
Duck Hunt Dog > Issac > Robin
Shulk > Wonder Red
K. Rool > Dixie
Burritos > Lasagna
Everything > Snake
 
So now with Little Mac's reveal... the chances of Pac-Man and Mii are high, right?
They're the last two characters left from the infamous list :P
 
I would freaking kill
hours of my life playing this game
to have that list come true. As for those variables:

Robin (With female variant) > Issac
Wonder Red > Shulk
K. Rool > Dixie
Impa > Tingle
I like you! Those would be my choices as well. I'd probably choose Tingle over Impa for the Zelda newcomer spot, too, but I'm less sure about that one than I am for the others. However, I included the options for those characters because I could see it going either way for some of them.
 
Man the SaMac fandom is hitting hard on the internet...

Anyway about the OHKO move... it seems that is creating so much debate on a lot of forums which I really LIKE huehue why? Simple it creates a buzz about this new character.
From my humble opinion it will not be something easy to hit since it looks like you have to charge it and I guess is easily interrumped.

Given that we're getting the game this year, a demo at E3 is almost a guarantee. I just hope they bring E3 demos to Best Buy again like they did last year....& expand upon it (I.E. bring the demos to a Best Buy that's closer to my house).

You know... it would be easier if they would also give us an eShop demo!

About the Bayonetta debate while I think she fits in the game... I guess they will tone down the sexuality of her character? If she ever mades it into the game...

Heeree we go smashGAF remain calm on this weekend lol
 
I really don't want anymore avatar characters, but Mii is a strong possibility. At least I will be able to KO Jesus and Darth Vader with Little Mac.
 
I really don't want anymore avatar characters, but Mii is a strong possibility. At least I will be able to KO Jesus and Darth Vader with Little Mac.

Yeah, Mii's really grown into a face all its own since Brawl's release and has only become more prominent on 3DS and Wii U. I'd be surprised if we didn't see Miis in some capacity.

I don't think they'll be playable, but it wouldn't be much of a stretch if they were.
 
And if any character knows what it's like to be shoehorned into something, it's Waluigi. He only exists because Wario needed a doubles partner in Mario Tennis. He's been around for 14 years now and still hasn't appeared in a mainline game. He's a D-list character.

Well he's not treated like such in Smash Bros.. :P

It'd be silly to ignore the fact that Waluigi got quite a lot of attention in Brawl. More than any other non-playable Mario character, in fact. He is NOT a D-List character in that series. Smash Bros. is a spin-off as well. It would be far from outlandish for him to be playable. He doesn't represent the Super Mario series? Well neither did Dr. Mario. He's insignificant? We got Pichu (albeit a rushed addition, but Pichu nonetheless).

Waluigi being insignificant is not a valid reason to why he can't be playable, and neither is the fact that he doesn't appear in any "important" games. Though I think the term "canon" would be better to use, as Mario Kart is a very important franchise. He's popular (much more in Japan, which is even better for his chances) and is far more iconic than Daisy.

Daisy has two games over him. Super Mario Land, a game that wasn't even made by Miyamoto, and Mario Kart 7, a game that not only axed Waluigi, but characters like Bowser Jr. and Diddy Kong too. People seem to forget that. Hell, Daisy wasn't even invited to the Mario Kart Arcade series. She's still missing, whilst Waluigi has been included in all titles. Daisy is treated worse than Waluigi, in reality.

But yeah, there's my rant. He most likely won't make the cut, but it always saddens me to see the same reasons against his chances brought up when they're purely incorrect.
 
I hate Miis. If they have to be in, make it an assist trophy. It could actually be cool if they had lines derived from the user name. Example: I am playing my wife, and she gets a Mii assist. The assist hits me and says "Aieyla beats Karsticles once again!" That might make it amusing, if my wife's Mii taunted me or something.

Also, what is this leak list and what makes it special? I have seen a lot of them going around. I didn't know the Smash thread placed one above the rest.

Edit: why can't Daisy and Waluigi be D-lost together? Waluigi can be D+ if you feel better.
 

What I want:

Anna (with Trickster class promotion) > Robin (with Fem alt) > Lyn (because why the fuck not) > Issac
Impa > Tingle
The Wonderful Ones > Shulk
Dixie > K.Rool

Add a Sin and Punishment rep and Andy + Sami team up/Lin for Advance Wars.

What'd happen:

Robin > Issac
Impa > Tingle (if anything at all)
Shulk > The Wonderful Ones
Dixie > K.Rool
 
I hate Miis. If they have to be in, make it an assist trophy. It could actually be cool if they had lines derived from the user name. Example: I am playing my wife, and she gets a Mii assist. The assist hits me and says "Aieyla beats Karsticles once again!" That might make it amusing, if my wife's Mii taunted me or something.

Also, what is this leak list and what makes it special? I have seen a lot of them going around. I didn't know the Smash thread placed one above the rest.

NeoGAF member salromano posts this days before E3:

My unlikely predictions: Little Mac, Pac-Man, Animal Crossing Guy, Mega Man, Wii Fit Trainer, Mii.

no one else on the Internet guessed Wii Fit Trainer. Animal Crossing Guy was a pretty good guess too. But Mega Man, too? And now Little Mac. you don't just guess that.

Mii and Pac-Man are as good as confirmed tbh
 
I hate Miis. If they have to be in, make it an assist trophy. It could actually be cool if they had lines derived from the user name. Example: I am playing my wife, and she gets a Mii assist. The assist hits me and says "Aieyla beats Karsticles once again!" That might make it amusing, if my wife's Mii taunted me or something.

Also, what is this leak list and what makes it special? I have seen a lot of them going around. I didn't know the Smash thread placed one above the rest.

Edit: why can't Daisy and Waluigi be D-lost together? Waluigi can be D+ if you feel better.

I'm OK with Miis as a concept, and think that they would be a good addition for the casual audience, but of course the game would quickly become muddled with shitty Mii caricatures of Adolf Hitler and Barack Obama, immediately deteriorating my online experience. And I would hate it. It's best they stay out to avoid the inevitable result.

And I am not denying that Waluigi is a D-List character in general. ...At least not entirely. But to claim that he is in Smash? HA. Poppycock.
 
Aside from Wii Fit Trainer, I think most of those are safe guesses, actually.

But Wii Fit Trainer is definitely the one that makes you sit up and go "Wait, really?"
 
NeoGAF member salromano posts this days before E3:



no one else on the Internet guessed Wii Fit Trainer. Animal Crossing Guy was a pretty good guess too. But Mega Man, too? And now Little Mac. you don't just guess that.

Mii and Pac-Man are as good as confirmed tbh
I am not seeing anything after that colon. Killing me with interest!
 
I am not seeing anything after that colon. Killing me with interest!

His post:

"My unlikely predictions: Little Mac, Pac-Man, Animal Crossing Guy, Mega Man, Wii Fit Trainer, Mii."



also, I've tried many, many times, and I've never been able to hit a perfect, reverse ken combo like that. Those hitboxes are crazy.
 
His post:

"My unlikely predictions: Little Mac, Pac-Man, Animal Crossing Guy, Mega Man, Wii Fit Trainer, Mii."



also, I've tried many, many times, and I've never been able to hit a perfect, reverse ken combo like that. Those hitboxes are crazy.
Hopefully he just considered Palutena to be likely...

What about Rosalina? Why wasn't she on that list?
 
Mac's power meter better ring like it does in the arcade games when it is fully charged.
 
I'm at a point where I haven't much idea who to expect any more. There's 5 newcomers announced now, and I'm expecting around 6 more by the time the game is out.

I'm expecting; Palutena, Takamaru and a new Fire Emblem representative. Not sure about anyone else. Mewtwo seems likely but... which one?

His post:

"also, I've tried many, many times, and I've never been able to hit a perfect, reverse ken combo like that. Those hitboxes are crazy.

Yeah, Melee Marth's forward air is absolutely insane in how much it covers, and the trajectories are many and precise (not even taking into account tipper trajectories). I've not been able to do it either.

They seriously took a lot of the range out in Brawl (so it no longer hits above Marth), but you can still hit opponents behind you via the end of the downwards strike. I'm expecting Smash 4 Marth to keep his Brawl range, so I have a bit of hope that people will be able to pull it off in 4 (as long as it has good hitstun).
 
Why does everyone seem to expect Takamaru? Because of the Nintendo Land game? I think there are many other characters they would include before him.
 
NeoGAF member salromano posts this days before E3:



no one else on the Internet guessed Wii Fit Trainer. Animal Crossing Guy was a pretty good guess too. But Mega Man, too? And now Little Mac. you don't just guess that.

Mii and Pac-Man are as good as confirmed tbh

those characters, aside from Villager, are far more "safe" than Smash fans seem to believe
 
Why does everyone seem to expect Takamaru? Because of the Nintendo Land game? I think there are many other characters they would include before him.

Seems like a franchise where they would try to pull a Kid Icarus and revive it. And I think it's well regarded in Japan.
 
So of the remaining Brawl assist trophies which do you think has a real chance at being bumped up to full fighter like Little Mac?

Brawl Assist Trophy List

Little Mac (confirmed playable)
Starfy (confirmed assist)
Nintendog (confirmed assist)
Waluigi
Troops from advanced wars
Isaac
Saki
Samurai Goroh
Gray Fox
Barbara Bat
Devil
Mr Resetti
Andross
Excitebike
Mr Wright
Hammer Bro
Helerin
Jeff
Jill and Drill Dozer
Kat & Ana
Knuckle Joe
Lakitu
Metriod
Ray MK2
Shadow
Tingle

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Personally from that list a lot don't seem viable at all like Hammer Bro or Lakitu. Cutting it down to characters I'd say have at worst a slight chance

Isaac
Saki
Ray MK2
Lyn
Shadow
Samurai Goroh

Of those I feel like Saki and Isaac have the best chance to be pumped up to playable. Both series got a new game after the release of brawl the same way Punch Out did. While I do think FE will see a newcomer, it's more likely to be Chrom or Lucina (or Roy return) before Lyn who's less relevant now then she was at Brawl's launch.

Shadow could be an easy Sonic clone, but with Sonic being a guess I don't think we'll see multiple Sonic characters ever. Ray MK2 has a pretty big potential for a move set, but his franchise is deader then Metroid and Starfox combined. Same with Samurai Goroh and F-Zero getting another rep.

To be honest, out of that entire list I see the Excitebiker as the most likely. (Though Takamaru has way more potential) I wouldn't have said so before E3 2013/Little Mac direct, mind you but with Villager in & Mac upgraded to a fighter, I could see it easily. It seems like with all of the picks so far, Samurai and Crew are after a real challenge so hell, Ridley may be the show stopper for E3, since they need to do better than fucking Pac man and the god damned Mii.
 
Why does everyone seem to expect Takamaru? Because of the Nintendo Land game? I think there are many other characters they would include before him.
He'd make a great retro character like Ice Climbers, Mr. Game & Watch, Pit, and R.O.B. before him. We're kinda running low on options for good retro characters, too. Takamaru is a popular (at least in Japan) and somewhat relevant (thanks to Samurai Warriors 3, Nintendo Land, and the expected localized release of his Famicom game) character who has a lot of potential for Smash Bros.

Takamaru is one of the few potential newcomers that I absolutely 100% expect. The others are all leaks (Palutena, Mii, Pac-Man—previously Little Mac, too) and Mewtwo (if he even counts, lol). He's just such an obvious choice at this point.
 
I'd like to see a music based playable character.

A lot of their moves have to be timed to a unique rhythm and most of their moves are based off music. They'd have note effects and all their attacks are a separate note in the C-Major scale.

That or a dance based character like Jimmy Thang or Rhythm Fever Heaven. But being a percussionist and violist, I'd much like to see a music themed character.

A music themed stage like Hanenbow would be nice too, but it has to be designed better.

The rhythm based attacks are kinda like Melee Marth's sword dance where you need to time moves right. I think this would be pretty fun.

That or make Lil Mac that character that needs strict timing to use correctly since boxing is about precision and speed.
 
He'd make a great retro character like Ice Climbers, Mr. Game & Watch, Pit, and R.O.B. before him. We're kinda running low on options for good retro characters, too. Takamaru is a popular (at least in Japan) and somewhat relevant (thanks to Samurai Warriors 3, Nintendo Land, and the upcoming localized release of his Famicom game) character who has a lot of potential for Smash Bros.

Takamaru is one of the few potential newcomers that I absolutely 100% expect. The others are all leaks (Palutena, Mii, Pac-Man—previously Little Mac, too) and Mewtwo (if he even counts, lol). He's just such an obvious choice at this point.
I don't think he's a given at all, but it definitely sounds possible. Also, what was the verdict on the Palutena "leak"? Was it ever proven fake?
 
I don't think he's a given at all, but it definitely sounds possible. Also, what was the verdict on the Palutena "leak"? Was it ever proven fake?
Nothing has been found to definitely prove the pictures fake as of yet, so they're still fair game as far as rumors go.
 
I'd like to see a music based playable character.

A lot of their moves have to be timed to a unique rhythm and most of their moves are based off music. They'd have note effects and all their attacks are a separate note in the C-Major scale.

That or a dance based character like Jimmy Thang or Rhythm Fever Heaven. But being a percussionist and violist, I'd much like to see a music themed character.

A music themed stage like Hanenbow would be nice too, but it has to be designed better.

The rhythm based attacks are kinda like Melee Marth's sword dance where you need to time moves right. I think this would be pretty fun.

That or make Lil Mac that character that needs strict timing to use correctly since boxing is about precision and speed.

Would fit well for a Rhythm Heaven character because that game is all about timing to the beat of music. That or Ouendan, but I think the best shot they have is AT.
 
I will honestly be surprised if either Impa or Tingle get in. I just don't think it'll happen. Zelda already has a ton of reps and no one is itching for either of those characters to get in.
They're some of the characters I'm expecting the least in my roster, but I do feel like we might be getting one more Zelda newcomer. In the event that that happens, I can't see it being anyone other than Impa or Tingle. We could very well end up getting no Zelda newcomers, though.

I'd like to see a music based playable character.

A lot of their moves have to be timed to a unique rhythm and most of their moves are based off music. They'd have note effects and all their attacks are a separate note in the C-Major scale.

That or a dance based character like Jimmy Thang or Rhythm Fever Heaven. But being a percussionist and violist, I'd much like to see a music themed character.

A music themed stage like Hanenbow would be nice too, but it has to be designed better.

The rhythm based attacks are kinda like Melee Marth's sword dance where you need to time moves right. I think this would be pretty fun.

That or make Lil Mac that character that needs strict timing to use correctly since boxing is about precision and speed.
Karate Joe.

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I would love it so much if he was a playable character with a rhythm based move set. But I don't believe it will ever happen. =( We better at least get a Rhythm Heaven stage!!

I don't think he's a given at all, but it definitely sounds possible. Also, what was the verdict on the Palutena "leak"? Was it ever proven fake?
Nope, it's yet to be disproven.
 
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