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

tbqh I'm slightly annoyed that Jiggs is suddenly the "fairy" representative. That thing isn't even pure fairy! Sylveon is always shown to be the fairy rep.

Also heres a fun fact Game Freak's staff have noted Jigglypuff as both one of their and the public's favorite Pokémon, in terms of both anime and video game appearances. popularity like that just doesn't go away. especially in japan where Pokemon has consistently been a big thing. Its not a cool contest or i'd vote lucario any day, and i think that's what alot of folks here seem to be turning this discussion into..

Actually Jiggs hasn't appeared in the anime since Gen 3, and isn't even catchable in XY. With that said its current popularity is based on merchandise (which is also Lucario's other source of popularity, among other things).

The wiki itself is outdated.

The most recognizable outside of Gen 1 would either be Pichu or Mudkip. Lucario is however the most recognizable of the Gen 4 though.

And tonight's update?
New Beam Sword

Memes do not make a Pokemon popular.

With that said you are committing the "biased locality" popularity thing.

I'm curious how, exactly, Pokemon trended in Japan. In America it was amazing super huge and now it's sort of "middling kid's stuff" in the public imagination... most people probably don't even know it's still a thing.

Was it the same in Japan, only it never dropped so far? Was it even higher in Japan - same "drop" in size, but higher on the graph? Was it always neutral. I know they have that plane, and I'm pretty sure there was a theme park not too long ago. It must still be popular, but how does it compare to, say, Dragon Quest? Or One Piece? I'm sure a pretty fair number of American would recognize "Jigglypuff" - how many people in Japan would recognize "Purin?" How many would know "Lucario?"

It's tough speculating about a culture we have no real access to as far as immersion goes...

I reckon it was super popular but not fad status, since they still have the shit they have since Pokemon was conceived, from trains to planes. Hell, they still have Pokemon bread! And they keep adding stuff since then.
 
What was he like on the night of his reveal?
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Thankfully he didn't go through with it
 
I do wonder what pokemon they would include. I haven't kept up with the series since gen 2, so I had literally no idea who lucario was going into brawl, and neither did any of my friends (none of us are really massive super hardcore game guys though). I wouldn't mind seeing a Mr. Mime in there similar to Gardevoir though.

As for character reveals, I think the ones that we have right now are pretty decent (I was shocked with how excited I was for Little Mac when he was revealed), but I'm pretty sure I would lose my shit if they revealed Isaac from Golden Sun or Llyod from ToS.

Also, if anyone has experience, can someone possibly put a wonder mask on my avatar? I would be eternally grateful.
 
As far as Pokemon go, I'm of the opinion that it should definitely be Mewtwo + Gen5/6 Newcomer. I just can't identify a front runner for the latter. Still think Serena with Chespin, Braixen, and Greninja would be awesome, or Genesect/Zoroark. But I think the series just needs a new rep (in addition to Mewtwo).
 
As far as Pokemon go, I'm of the opinion that it should definitely be Mewtwo + Gen5/6 Newcomer. I just can't identify a front runner for the latter. Still think Serena with Chespin, Braixen, and Greninja would be awesome, or Genesect/Zoroark. But I think the series just needs a new rep (in addition to Mewtwo).

PANGORO + HAWLUCHA TAGTEAM!!!!111!!1!!!

(also makes a good Banjo Tooie thing, only badass)

Alternatively

TYRANTRUUUUUUUUUUM!!!!!!111!!
 
god damn it at this point qq more isn't gonna be the only one who's sick of Sylveon

Well who else are you gonna think for gen 6 that isn't a megaevolution of a previous mon?

Thankfully it seems as though pokemon from the older games are favored so these terrible choices have little to no chance of actually making the game.
A trend that must be broken. Lucario is like Batman, the hero who shall break such chains!

You're right, it's already been filled
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I actually wouldn't mind Xerneas being playable.
 
I can only hope that Sakurai is nice on my day of birth and announces one of my Brawl mains.

Lucas or Pokemon Trainer would be nice.
It'll be a picture of Luigi's nose.
 
I think we have to consider the possibility that tonight's potd wont have anything to do with pokemon and may not even be anything significant.
 
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