Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U Thread XV: Kübler-Ross Edition

Worked wonders for Squitter

Squitter.jpg

why the hell did this spider have photorealistic sneakers
 

Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
He's so awesome!

Alright, to get back to Smash talk and away from horrible insects, what is the one Animal Buddy you guys would want to be in Smash as a ridable assist trophy?

Rambi, since the other animal buddies have all been killed off anyway.
 
I would argue with this but the 3DS/Wii U playerbase split will really keep either version from hitting huge numbers.

Together I think they'll dwarf Brawl but that's not really the same.

I think that overall Smash 4 has a lot more attention on it than Brawl did (which is honestly impressive) but I don't know how much of that will translate to sales.
I honestly think each version will sell over 6 million copies, so both of them combined would outsell Brawl. Assuming this happens, the Smash Bros. series will not decline in sales for over 20 years!! assuming Smash 5 launching in 2020.
 

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fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
Enguarde would be the best animal buddy if the screen filled up with water as you unleash hell upon your enemies.
 
Let's look at all the newcomers [so far dammit]. Would you have guessed them pre-E3 2013? Be honest. Don't let hindsight affect your initial guesses.

Okay sure, this is interesting.

Villager: To be honest I thought it was strange of Sakurai to dismiss Villager for Brawl, but my guess is because SSE probably dominated the development of that game, Sakurai couldn't think of a way to fit him into the story (Jigglypuff, Toon Link, and Wolf didn't fit in either, but they were probably the last additions, I think). So on one hand Village was expected, but still a nice surprise to see Sakurai take back his previous comments.

Mega Man: I don't have much of an interest in speculating on third party characters. Lots of people seemed to want him in, though. I think Villager was more of a surprise out of the initial reveal.

Wii Fit Trainer: For whatever reason she wasn't revealed in the E3 trailer. Lots of people were shocked by this. I certainly would have never guessed her as showing up in this game, but when I saw that she was, I just thought, "Yeah, that makes sense. Cool."

Rosalina: I remember after reading that she was playable in 3D World that it would be neat if she ended up in Smash Bros. too. And well, she did. But she's someone I never would have guessed before 3D World happened.

Little Mac: Lots of people seemed to like him. He would bring a unique fighting style to the game. This one was a no brainer.

Greninja: Probably the biggest surprise to me. I figured that there would be a Pokemon newcomer one way or another. But this was before Pokemon Trainer was cut, and I figured that one of the XY starters wouldn't be put in as a rep by itself. Because there was no other Pokemon that seemed suitable for Smash while also receiving a ton of promotion like Lucario (though some people wanted Sylveon in), I figured the new Pokemon rep would be an old Pokemon that received a Mega Evolution in XY. My guess was Gardevoir, as that was the Champion's ace in XY. So I was pretty surprised that Greninja ended up as the new Pokemon rep in this game.

Mii Fighters: Everyone was expecting them back in Brawl, so they ended up showing up a bit late to the party. Not surprising at all.

Palutena: Sakurai worked on the Kid Icarus revival before this. She's probably the second most important character in Kid Icarus. Another no-brainer.

Pac Man: Again, I didn't have much of an interest in third party characters. However, I noticed people seemed to really start predicting him after the Gematsu leak, whereas before I probably saw Simon Belmont mentioned more than him. I feel like people predicted Pac Man more out of some sense of inevitability than actually wanting to play as him. But regardless, he ended up in the game anyway.

Lucina: She was kind of expected as some sort of Marth costume. So her being a clone instead is pretty neat. Before the Gematsu leak, I thought she would end up as the Awakening rep instead of Chrom.

Robin: After the Gematsu leak, everyone kind of resigned themselves to the fact that we were getting ANOTHER Fire Emblem swordsman. But suddenly, Robin showed up instead! He is definitely the more interesting rep to add to Smash Bros. I never would have guessed him, as it seemed like only Fire Emblem Lords would be added to this series. That's why I thought Lucina was more likely than him.

Shulk: I have never played Xenoblade. But I saw this guy pop up on nearly every prediction roster, wishlist roster, and fake leak roster I read. His reveal wasn't a shock at all.

Bowser Jr.: Before Rosalina, I would have said Bowser Jr. was the most likely Mario rep to be added. But even then, I thought he would have used the paintbrush. Bowser Jr. getting in but fighting in the Clown Car AND having the other Koopalings as alts was a real surprise to me.

Duck Hunt: Back before Brawl was released, the Duck Hunt Dog was a popular character in speculation, but more along the lines of "Wouldn't that be neat?" than anyone realistically thinking that the dog would show up. So Duck Hunt being in the game is pretty awesome, but considering he's always been in the back of my mind when it comes to character speculation, it wasn't a huge surprise.
 
Just listened to Tomadachi Life. Leave it to Masafumi Takada to make me really like an originally "meh" track for me.

Reminds a bit of the Wii Menu/Channel music. Really like where the song was heading before the sample cut out.
 
Let's look at all the newcomers [so far dammit]. Would you have guessed them pre-E3 2013? Be honest. Don't let hindsight affect your initial guesses.

I'm Really Feeling It!
Pac-Man
Palutena
Little Mac
Mii
Lucina... before all the Chrom talk, I always thought she was locked in to represent Fire Emblem's first playable female Smash character.

A Vision!
Mega Man
Shulk
Greninja... but paired with Chesnaught and Delphox
Dr. Mario... as a costume

RIKI SNEAKY!
Wii Fit Trainer
Robin
Dark Pit
Bowser Jr.
Villager... I guessed Tom Nook not Villager
Rosalina... I would not have guessed before 3D World. I thought Waluigi would get in first honestly.
Alrighty then. I didn't put alot of these on my predictions (which was a fail) but I always think about a characters chances so here is what I thought their chances were: (All ordered in what I expected the most)

Not including her would be a bigger WTF than cutting Mario Tier:
Palutena

Will most likely be in tier:
Miis
Mega Man
Pac-Man
Villager
...a third Kid Icarus Rep lol.
Lucina (Before the Gematsu leak, after that I didn't think she had a chance. If I had played FEA before this July, I probably would've chosen Robin. My reasoning for Lucina is that I didn't think Sakuari would add a third male instead of female FE rep due to the variety of FE Female reps.)

Has decent chances tier:
Koopalings in Clown Car. I shit you not, but I was thinking of this before the leaks. Thought they would all be in at once and didn't think of Bowser Jr.
Cut Melee veterans in general, not just Doctor Mario. (Always thought there was a decent chance Sakurai would go out and uncut most Melee vets or even all of them.)
Little Mac
Alph (Well he kinda counts haha.)

Didn't think had much of a chance tbut still mildy possible ier:
Duck Hunt Dog
Shulk (But comes more from having not known Xenoblade more than anything.)
Rosalina

Didn't think had no chance/didn't think at all tier:
A Pokemon from X & Y (Y)
Robin (Didn't even know of him till like a couple months after E3 2013 from these threads.)
Wii Fit Trainer (Wat)

So there ya go. Sorry if I forgot anyone...(?)
 
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Of characters not revealed in the demo, are there any Olimar/Alph style alts you'd like to see happen? Are you upset this may mean Bowser Jr. isn't getting any alt colors?
 

Kinsei

Banned
Let's look at all the newcomers [so far dammit]. Would you have guessed them pre-E3 2013? Be honest. Don't let hindsight affect your initial guesses.

I'm Really Feeling It!
Pac-Man
Palutena
Little Mac
Mii
Lucina... before all the Chrom talk, I always thought she was locked in to represent Fire Emblem's first playable female Smash character.

A Vision!
Mega Man
Shulk
Greninja... but paired with Chesnaught and Delphox
Dr. Mario... as a costume

RIKI SNEAKY!
Wii Fit Trainer
Robin
Dark Pit
Bowser Jr.
Villager... I guessed Tom Nook not Villager
Rosalina... I would not have guessed before 3D World. I thought Waluigi would get in first honestly.

Villager: No, I never would have guessed him.
Mega Man: I was positive he would be in if we got 3rd party characters again.
Rosalina: Nope. I figured if we got another Mario rep it would be Bowser Jr.
Little Mac: I thought that he would have been playable by now if he was ever going to be so I didn't think he'd be in.
Greninja: Nope. I wasn't expecting an X/Y Pokemon.
Palutena: it seemed obvious that she would be in after Uprising, although i was holding out hope that it would be Magnus and not her.
Pac-Man: It was obvious as soon as we found out that Namco was working on the game.
Mii: It was inevitable. I'm honestly surprised that they aren't in Brawl.
Lucna: Nope.
Robin: Nope.
Shulk: Nope.
Bowser Jr.: Not after the Rosalina reveal.
Dark Pit: Nope. I never would have imagined an alt costume being upgraded to clone.
Duck Hunt: Nope.
 
Chapter 13 of the SmashFic my Darlings.

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10615955/13/
I'm still alive! ;_;/

Also:
"I remember this guy." Said Jedi Link. "Back in the SmashGaf days we used to go to a small casino with some other members. Things usually didn't get out of hand, and nobody really bet too much. But then one day, he was being such a giant douche. I bet him my 30 years salary in the game, and he accepted it, laughing about how much of a tool I was. I won the match, and he dropped off of the face of the earth. He still hasn't honored our bet, and it's been eating at me ever since. The real crime though, is that this happened to some other members too.
lol
 

HiroTSK5

Member
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Of characters not revealed in the demo, are there any Olimar/Alph style alts you'd like to see happen? Are you upset this may mean Bowser Jr. isn't getting any alt colors?

You may be overreacting, but I would like to see Pichu as a Pikachu Alt if Alph got in. Roy as a Marth Alt would be hilarious though.
 

johnbone

Member
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Of characters not revealed in the demo, are there any Olimar/Alph style alts you'd like to see happen? Are you upset this may mean Bowser Jr. isn't getting any alt colors?

Koopalings >>>>>>> Alt colors for Jr.
 
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