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[johnbone]

I'm fairly confident the leaked Character Select Screen features the entire roster, and that there is nothing left to unlock.

Think about it: Everything in the leak comes from video footage shown to the ESRB. Thus, everything has some bearing on ratings. Check these images again -- you have potty humor (Wario Waft), gambling (Spectator Mode), drugs (see "grass" in Training), T&A (Krystal, Candy, Barbara, Twinrova, Tharja, Tiki, etc), realistic weapons (the missile reference, possibly Bowser Jr.'s cannon), religious references (Devil Car, Demon King, etc), personal information (Miis, location), and more.

And the Character Select Screen? I think that's a chance for ESRB to see every character in the game. So they can know that the characters, in and of themselves, are nothing inappropriate.

As for the lock icon on All-Stars -- that could've easily had been recorded before the CSS was fully unlocked.

What do you guys think?

I agree, but the DLC theory seems plausible....especially with MK 8 happenings.

 

[Spinosaurus]

I would rather have Ridley and Dixie over Wolf and Lucas because they are all-new characters, rather than clone-y veterans. (I know they aren't exact clones but their similarities to Fox/Ness make them clones in my eyes)

I'd call them redundant or maybe even repetitive, but I really think they should be back. Wolf is a really solid character and I'm biased for Lucas lol.

Would love Dixie, but not over any veteran.

 

[MrSaturn99]

I'm fairly confident the leaked Character Select Screen features the entire roster, and that there is nothing left to unlock.

Think about it: Everything in the leak comes from video footage shown to the ESRB. Thus, everything has some bearing on ratings. Check these images again -- you have potty humor (Wario Waft), gambling (Spectator Mode), drugs (see "grass" in Training), T&A (Krystal, Candy, Barbara, Twinrova, Tharja, Tiki, etc), realistic weapons (the missile reference, possibly Bowser Jr.'s cannon), religious references (Devil Car, Demon King, etc), personal information (Miis, location), and more.

And the Character Select Screen? I think that's a chance for ESRB to see every character in the game. So they can know that the characters, in and of themselves, are nothing inappropriate.

As for the lock icon on All-Stars -- that could've easily had been recorded before the CSS was fully unlocked.

What do you guys think?

Eeeeeyup.

 

[Benzychenz]

Goodbye Solid Snack ;~;

 

[Cse]

As for the lock icon on All-Stars -- that could've easily had been recorded before the CSS was fully unlocked.

What do you guys think?

Ninka posted this yesterday -

I have though heard talks of more characters possibky being in as the guy who leaked the video has a copy of the game and admits that all star mode is still locked, something that makes no sense If he had the entire roster unlocked.

 

[IntelliHeath]

Lucas, Wolf, Ice Climbers, Snake and Chorus Kids.

All Brawl veterans (minus the Pokemon) and a Rhythm Heaven rep is all I need.

Sound right to me.

I agree, unfortunately, but I also think we'll get at least four DLC characters, so I'm not too upset.

I'm not entirely sure about DLC characters but I would remain to be hopeful that it would happens.

 

[Makai]

Unfortunately, my Japanese 3DS did not come with a power cord. I guess I'll have to import one of those >

 

[Jawmuncher]

Listened to the Victory Music as I read the Snake post.
It works so great as a Win and a Sendoff at the same time.
Brought a little tear to my eye.

[/IMG]

 

[Aaronrules380]

Thoughts on shulks monado arts
Enchant increases damage (as in percent)
Buster increases knockback
Shield Decreases taken knockback
Armour decreases taken damage
speed increases movement speed

Also thoughts on customs
lasts Longer time but less pronounced effects
lasts shorter but more pronounced effects
different order of arts
Each art enhances two traits, but decreases a third (or fourth if they already decrease one)

 

[IntelliHeath]

I would rather have Ridley and Dixie over Wolf and Lucas because they are all-new characters, rather than clone-y veterans. (I know they aren't exact clones but their similarities to Fox/Ness make them clones in my eyes)

I don't really mind to see Dixie become playable. She would be cool character that would use her hairs to attack her opponents.

 

[Sponge]

I have a feeling even if that pic is fake, the rumors/leaks that we've seen of the missing 5 and the DLC are going to wind up being combined to make up 5 characters.

So that means we can only have 5 of these: Lucas, Wolf, Ice Climbers, Chorus Men, Snake, Impa, Ridley, Dixie, Mewtwo and Mach Rider.

Choose your fate GAF.

I expect Lucas, Wolf, Ice Climbers, Impa and Mewtwo.

Mewtwo, Dixie, Chrous Men, Lucas, Wolf

 

[Drago]

Unfortunately, my Japanese 3DS did not come with a power cord. I guess I'll have to import one of those >

Power cords are region free.

An American cord will work fine.

 

[GamerSoul]

Sorry Snake fans. :/ Let's all remember the good times though!

Remember that crazy Snake mirror set in a that one Project M tournament with all the C4s?? Now that was hype. Good times indeed.

 

[MiguelMexMIstery]

Power cords are region free.

An American cord will work fine.

What's up with your avatar? lol

 

[Ryce]

I have a feeling even if that pic is fake, the rumors/leaks that we've seen of the missing 5 and the DLC are going to wind up being combined to make up 5 characters.

So that means we can only have 5 of these: Lucas, Wolf, Ice Climbers, Chorus Men, Snake, Impa, Ridley, Dixie, Mewtwo and Mach Rider.

Choose your fate GAF.

Ice Climbers, Mewtwo, Wolf, Dixie Kong, and Chorus Kids would make this the best roster I could hope for.

 

[Drago]

What's up with your avatar? lol

Lost a bet ;_;

 

[DICKS AHOY]

I have a feeling even if that pic is fake, the rumors/leaks that we've seen of the missing 5 and the DLC are going to wind up being combined to make up 5 characters.

So that means we can only have 5 of these: Lucas, Wolf, Ice Climbers, Chorus Men, Snake, Impa, Ridley, Dixie, Mewtwo and Mach Rider.

Choose your fate GAF.

I expect Lucas, Wolf, Ice Climbers, Impa and Mewtwo.

Ice Climbers, Chorus Men, Mewtwo, Dixie, Ridley

 

[sfz]

It's just semantics but guys we need to get this straight:
Is it Chorus Men or Chorus Kids?

 

[johnbone]

Lost a bet ;_;

...a likely story!!

Spoiler

jk

 

[Sponge]

It's just semantics but guys we need to get this straight:
Is it Chorus Men or Chorus Kids?

I sure hope it's Kids!

 

[BassForever]

I'm fairly confident the leaked Character Select Screen features the entire roster, and that there is nothing left to unlock.

Think about it: Everything in the leak comes from video footage shown to the ESRB. Thus, everything has some bearing on ratings. Check these images again -- you have potty humor (Wario Waft), gambling (Spectator Mode), drugs (see "grass" in Training), T&A (Krystal, Candy, Barbara, Twinrova, Tharja, Tiki, etc), realistic weapons (the missile reference, possibly Bowser Jr.'s cannon), religious references (Devil Car, Demon King, etc), personal information (Miis, location), and more.

And the Character Select Screen? I think that's a chance for ESRB to see every character in the game. So they can know that the characters, in and of themselves, are nothing inappropriate.

As for the lock icon on All-Stars -- that could've easily had been recorded before the CSS was fully unlocked.

What do you guys think?

No way is that the final lay out of the css for the many reasons people have listed before (Yoshi breaks up mario characters, g&w in top row with mario, dk, yoshi, wario franchises, pitoo/doc/lucina not with their franchises, shulk in row with 3rd parties). Could that be the final roster at launch? Maybe, personally I feel there are either a few more characters who weren't ready for the build that was shown to the esrb that would fill out the remaining spots to make the games select screen an even 9x6. The other option is the dlc characters are already planned (to line up with the wiiu launch where said characters are already in the game) and once they are downloaded the css aligns into its final lay out. I have a very hard time imagining a situation where if that was the final roster Sakurai and co wouldn't have already aligned things properly.

There will be more characters then are in that leak either because they weren't finished in the build shown to esrb or they're planned dlc.

 

[Beelzebufo]

I sure hope it's Kids!

Those are neither lol. That's Marshall.

And it's Men in Japan, Kids in USA.

 

[Fandangox]

I'm fairly confident the leaked Character Select Screen features the entire roster, and that there is nothing left to unlock.

Think about it: Everything in the leak comes from video footage shown to the ESRB. Thus, everything has some bearing on ratings. Check these images again -- you have potty humor (Wario Waft), gambling (Spectator Mode), drugs (see "grass" in Training), T&A (Krystal, Candy, Barbara, Twinrova, Tharja, Tiki, etc), realistic weapons (the missile reference, possibly Bowser Jr.'s cannon), religious references (Devil Car, Demon King, etc), personal information (Miis, location), and more.

And the Character Select Screen? I think that's a chance for ESRB to see every character in the game. So they can know that the characters, in and of themselves, are nothing inappropriate.

As for the lock icon on All-Stars -- that could've easily had been recorded before the CSS was fully unlocked.

What do you guys think?

Yeah, I agree. Makes a lot of sense.

 

[Makai]

Power cords are region free.

An American cord will work fine.

Awesome. Yeah, it's not a joke. I assumed there would be a problem because of regional electrical standards differences. I don't really know how electricity works even though I've studied it formally.

 

[Omzz]

my wonder red dream died with the leaks

 

[Spinosaurus]

It's just semantics but guys we need to get this straight:
Is it Chorus Men or Chorus Kids?

Chorus Men in Japanese
Chorus Kids in English

 

[sfz]

I sure hope it's Kids!

Pretty sure both terms refer to the choir singers f from Glee Club. Although those three would be better mascots.

 

[Neiteio]

No way is that the final lay out of the css for the many reasons people have listed before (Yoshi breaks up mario characters, g&w in top row with mario, dk, yoshi, wario franchises, pitoo/doc/lucina not with their franchises, shulk in row with 3rd parties). Could that be the final roster at launch? Maybe, personally I feel there are either a few more characters who weren't ready for the build that was shown to the esrb that would fill out the remaining spots to make the games select screen an even 9x6. The other option is the dlc characters are already planned (to line up with the wiiu launch where said characters are already in the game) and once they are downloaded the css aligns into its final lay out. I have a very hard time imagining a situation where if that was the final roster Sakurai and co wouldn't have already aligned things properly.

There will be more characters then are in that leak either because they weren't finished in the build shown to esrb or they're planned dlc.

I'm not talking about DLC, I'm talking about characters in the base game. And regarding the layout of the CSS, bear in mind they can tweak those details right up to the last moment. The ESRB would just want to see the characters.

 

[Drago]

I have a feeling even if that pic is fake, the rumors/leaks that we've seen of the missing 5 and the DLC are going to wind up being combined to make up 5 characters.

So that means we can only have 5 of these: Lucas, Wolf, Ice Climbers, Chorus Men, Snake, Impa, Ridley, Dixie, Mewtwo and Mach Rider.

Choose your fate GAF.

I expect Lucas, Wolf, Ice Climbers, Impa and Mewtwo.

Lucas, Wolf, Snake, Chorus Men, and Dixie Kong would be the best possible outcome as far as I'm concerned

 

[Demon Lizardman]

I still have hope for a couple more characters.../ m:VSnkfdsnaa

 

[Camjo-Z]

I have a feeling even if that pic is fake, the rumors/leaks that we've seen of the missing 5 and the DLC are going to wind up being combined to make up 5 characters.

So that means we can only have 5 of these: Lucas, Wolf, Ice Climbers, Chorus Men, Snake, Impa, Ridley, Dixie, Mewtwo and Mach Rider.

Choose your fate GAF.

I expect Lucas, Wolf, Ice Climbers, Impa and Mewtwo.

Mewtwo... is just a clone of Lucario!
Snake... has nothing to do with Nintendo!
Wolf... is just a suicidal Fox!
Impa... is an old lady or something! Gross!
Ridley... IS TOO FUCKING BIG!

I choose Lucas, Ice Climbers, Chorus Men, Dixie, and Mach Rider... by default!!

 

[Vuapol]

Ninka posted this yesterday -

I have though heard talks of more characters possibky being in as the guy who leaked the video has a copy of the game and admits that all star mode is still locked, something that makes no sense If he had the entire roster unlocked.

Hmm...I'm just saying that Mewtwo was ridiculously hard to unlock in Melee and it would not be surprising to see him being ridiculously hard to unlock again...I'm just saying. ;^D

 

[Mik317]

I hope there are more characters (for hype sake) but I am okay with the base roster of what we know now.

Mewtwo tho

;_;

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Awesome. Yeah, it's not a joke. I assumed there would be a problem because of regional electrical standards differences. I don't really know how electricity works even though I've studied it formally.

Not between Japan and the US.

 

[The Bankslammer]

I've mentioned this before, but going in to Brawl, I knew basically nothing about the Metal Gear series. However, I grew fond of Snake pretty much instantly simply because he was, more or less, the only character who acted aware of being in a crossover game. I adored the CODECs and hearing Snake's reactions to the other characters in the game, and it inspired me to seek out Metal Gear games soon after.

I'm going to miss Snake a lot, but hopefully he's passed on the torch to another character who can make that sort of fun commentary on the rest of the cast. Here's hoping he shows up as DLC down the line.

 

[PadWarrior]

I sure hope it's Kids!

They creep me out.

 

[sfz]

Chorus Men in Japanese
Chorus Kids in English

...thanks. And I just played through the Rhythm Heaven credits game to check... Glad you know your RH stuff!

 

[Makai]

Why don't Japanese 3DS LL's come with power cords? That seems kinda...essential. :U

 

[Fandangox]

Thoughts on shulks monado arts
Enchant increases damage (as in percent)
Buster increases knockback
Shield Decreases taken knockback
Armour decreases taken damage
speed increases movement speed

Also thoughts on customs
lasts Longer time but less pronounced effects
lasts shorter but more pronounced effects
different order of arts
Each art enhances two traits, but decreases a third (or fourth if they already decrease one)

Those actually make a lot of sense for Custom. Wonder what the custom for his other specials would be though.

Also what would Kirby's copy ability be, if Shulk's monado arts swtich is his neutral B.

 

[Vuapol]

Mewtwo... is just a clone of Lucario!

Mewtwo is a clone, so you're half right.

Spoiler

;^P

 

[StreetsAhead]

So I take it the Impa stuff hasn't been debunked yet? (I mean really debunked - different fonts totally don't count lol) Really starting to look like #TeamReal is going to be on the right side of history here - represent!

 

[Drago]

Why don't Japanese 3DS LL's come with power cords? That seems kinda...essential. :U

It saves Nintendo money. Doesn't keep it from being a boneheaded decision though.

 

[Spinosaurus]

I'm going to miss Snake a lot, but hopefully he's passed on the torch to another character who can make that sort of fun commentary on the rest of the cast. Here's hoping he shows up as DLC down the line.

Hopefully now that Uprising happened Pit, Palutena and Dark Pit (!) will be able to do that.

Doc Louis too. Maybe. Hopefully.

 

[JB-the-Hunter]

It's just semantics but guys we need to get this straight:
Is it Chorus Men or Chorus Kids?

In America and possibly other English speaking areas it's "Kids" in Japan it's "Men"

 

[DICKS AHOY]

Kind of wish there was a proper rundown of how the ESRB video went, since if there were only two fights in it (the Yoshi's Island one with Shulk/Lucina/Ganondorf/Charizard and the battlefield one with Bowser Jr./Bowser/Pikachu/Kirby), it doesn't seem like they were trying to show off every character to the ESRB. I could see Jr.'s mech having to be shown off, but the space animals or Zamus' gun wouldn't have to be shown off? You can't just communicate that stuff to them in a still promotional image.

If they didn't have to show off every character to the ESRB and instead just had to show an example of a few fights, then they didn't necessarily have to show off the entire roster either if they felt there was nothing objectionable in it.

 

[IntelliHeath]

No way is that the final lay out of the css for the many reasons people have listed before (Yoshi breaks up mario characters, g&w in top row with mario, dk, yoshi, wario franchises, pitoo/doc/lucina not with their franchises, shulk in row with 3rd parties). Could that be the final roster at launch? Maybe, personally I feel there are either a few more characters who weren't ready for the build that was shown to the esrb that would fill out the remaining spots to make the games select screen an even 9x6. The other option is the dlc characters are already planned (to line up with the wiiu launch where said characters are already in the game) and once they are downloaded the css aligns into its final lay out. I have a very hard time imagining a situation where if that was the final roster Sakurai and co wouldn't have already aligned things properly.

There will be more characters then are in that leak either because they weren't finished in the build shown to esrb or they're planned dlc.

Well, problem is that it could be rough draft so it might change in final version.

 

[kirby_fox]

I'm fairly confident the leaked Character Select Screen features the entire roster, and that there is nothing left to unlock.

Two problems with this theory. First, is that we're assuming we saw everything important that was in the video. I don't know how long the videos are, but we only saw a short amount. Second, is assuming that the roster wasn't just an example recording and that later on they saw other questionable characters being played without using select screens.

Considering we saw no footage of the Devil assist trophy, I'd bet this was just a portion.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Those actually make a lot of sense for Custom. Wonder what the custom for his other specials would be though.

Also what would Kirby's copy ability be, if Shulk's monado arts swtich is his neutral B.

Don't see why it couldn't be the same. Hopefully shulkirby gets a mini monado

 

[Neiteio]

I've mentioned this before, but going in to Brawl, I knew basically nothing about the Metal Gear series. However, I grew fond of Snake pretty much instantly simply because he was, more or less, the only character who acted aware of being in a crossover game. I adored the CODECs and hearing Snake's reactions to the other characters in the game, and it inspired me to seek out Metal Gear games soon after.

I'm going to miss Snake a lot, but hopefully he's passed on the torch to another character who can make that sort of fun commentary on the rest of the cast. Here's hoping he shows up as DLC down the line.

I think the Kid Icarus cast are going to carry on the torch where Snake-style codec calls are concerned. Their self-aware, fourth-wall-breaking banter in Uprising was so good. I could totally see Pit, Palutena and Dark Pit all having access to conversations with the other gods on Reset Bomb Forest and/or Palutena's Temple.

 

[BassForever]

I'm not talking about DLC, I'm talking about characters in the base game. And regarding the layout of the CSS, bear in mind they can tweak those details right up to the last moment. The ESRB would just want to see the characters.

Yeah but WHY wouldn't that have been finalized way before a video for the esrb was made? If that was the final roster at launch in the 3ds version that would be something that has been locked down for awhile now, and the css would have been made to accomidate that. Nobody who has seen these videos/images knows for sure that this is the final roster that's just a conclusion everyone jumped too and people are trying to be super pessimistic it seems like as to not disappoint themselves.