Super Smash Bros Wii U and 3DS Thread 3: Ridley's Believe It or Not!

I don't think you can really hold the SMB2/USA situation over Toad's head though, because honestly the same could have been said of Peach at the time of that game. I do agree though that having two Toads in the NSMB games isn't really necessary, I think Nintendo should have replaced Yellow Toad with Wario and called it a day just to diversify the line up. Aside from that though, I do think Toad definitely deserves his spot in the recent Mario games, heck 3D World feels like a callback to SMB2 so it would actually feel wrong for Toad not to be in the lineup for consistency's sake.

I don't have a problem with either Wario or Rosalina because the former is the star of his own series of games and has a unique gameplay style, while the latter has played a significant role in what is considered by some to be the best Mario game ever created. (and by that logic Rosalina is an even greater "helper" character than Toad that has yet to have any significant role in Mario games aside from helper character)

I would hate Daisy or Waluigi getting playable spots in Mario series games / Smash Bros. Both of those characters are the epitome of "ugh" and bottom of the barrel Mario characters just hauled out to expand the playable roster of spin-offs. Daisy's role in the main series is a thank you / game over screen in SML, hardly deserving over Toad. Waluigi doesn't even have that, the main reason why people like him is exactly because of how lame he really is. I'm actually surprised Sakurai bothered to acknowledge him as an assist trophy in Brawl.

I think one big thing you are missing however, is that Toad has his own unique identity and design that separates him from a lot of those other characters. For instance, the other plumbers in the series are heavily based off of Mario's design, the same goes for the other princess' being inspired by Peach, as well as the Koopalings/Bowser Jr. being based off of Bowser's.

I do not think has any unique Idenity, that is the problem. He is Nurse joy, I don't care about him.

However I you feel as though he is important, that is fine. You see an importance that i do not really think exists.

I disagree.
 
I do not think has any unique Idenity, that is the problem. He is Nurse joy, I don't care about him.

However I you feel as though he is important, that is fine. You see an importance that i do not really think exists.

I disagree.

Yeah, I can see where your coming from even though I don't agree with it, so lets just leave it at that.
I actually don't expect to get any new Mario characters in this game anyway.
 
I also think Toad is pretty uninspired. He's boring and has zero personality. I can see why people would want him in for the sake of historical importance in the series, but he wouldn't be my first pick if another Mario character were to get in.

Anyways, looks like ya'll are closing up on this argument and I'll leave it at that.
 
If Mario gets another character at this point it has to be Bowser Jr no one else makes sense

I would have agreed for Brawl, but right now I feel like the time for that character's spotlight has passed as Sunshine gets older and older. He just doesn't seem to be as relevant now as he was back then.
 
Sorry guys that my activity has been going down lately, I see talk of smash 64 and character reveals for net month's direct, I can see either zelda or a new zelda newcomer being announced during that time, super mario 3D world is up in the air, I think they have all the mario characters they want to add, and I dont know if they will reveal yoshi for 3D mario world.
 
I would have agreed for Brawl, but right now I feel like the time for that character's spotlight has passed as Sunshine gets older and older. He just doesn't seem to be as relevant now as he was back then.

He's played a lead role in every main line Mario game since sunshine. He's just as relevant now as he was then
 
He's played a lead role in every main line Mario game since sunshine. He's just as relevant now as he was then

I agree that he hasn't disappeared completely, but his role in the games seems to be getting smaller and smaller given that now he isn't the main Bowser kid/2nd in command anymore, rather he has to share the spotlight with the Koopalings, Boom Boom, Kamek, etc. (not that I expect any of them to get a spot in Smash over him, except maybe Kamek)
 
I also think Toad is pretty uninspired. He's boring and has zero personality. I can see why people would want him in for the sake of historical importance in the series, but he wouldn't be my first pick if another Mario character were to get in.

Anyways, looks like ya'll are closing up on this argument and I'll leave it at that.
That doesn't stop most Mario characters.
 
Toad has zero personality? What? You need to play more Mario RPGs.

Although Toads have a wide range of personalities, the prototypical Toad is a hyperactive and enthusiastic, if overly earnest little brother type character. He's protective of Peach but lacks self-confidence.

There is really only one character in the Mario canon who lacks personality. That's Mario. The fact he's the only one with that nature gives him his own "blank slate" personality... of sorts.
 
Toad has zero personality? What? You need to play more Mario RPGs.

Although Toads have a wide range of personalities, the prototypical Toad is a hyperactive and enthusiastic, if overly earnest little brother type character. He's protective of Peach but lacks self-confidence.

There is really only one character in the Mario canon who lacks personality. That's Mario. The fact he's the only one with that nature gives him his own "blank slate" personality... of sorts.

I do not see that personality, they are either background charcters in RPG's or fodder.

That doesn't stop most Mario characters.

Actually a lot of them do have personalities. Except mario, and toad. And Yoshi when he isn't in his own game.

Toad should totally be playable. He could use his voice as a weapon.

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Btw Google jesus christ how horrifying.
 
I agree that he hasn't disappeared completely, but his role in the games seems to be getting smaller and smaller given that now he isn't the main Bowser kid/2nd in command anymore, rather he has to share the spotlight with the Koopalings, Boom Boom, Kamek, etc. (not that I expect any of them to get a spot in Smash over him, except maybe Kamek)

He's played a bigger role then peach who's only been a damsel in distress for the last several canon games. He is also still considered by Nintendo to be Bowser's only son and the leader of the koopalings.
 
Toad (or should I say Toads) had a pretty fun personality in Luigi's Mansion 2 when they appeared.

He's played a bigger role then peach who's only been a damsel in distress for the last several canon games. He is also still considered by Nintendo to be Bowser's only son and the leader of the koopalings.

Its not so much that he isn't part of the series anymore or doesn't play a role in the games, its just that I feel that he is getting overshadowed by the recent revival of a lot of Bowser "kids" that get used interchangeably. He still appears yes, but his importance is getting lessened due to the presence of other Bowser henchmen.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, at least in the main series (although it would probably be true for spin-offs if it weren't for Mario Party), doesn't Toad have the most playable appearances other than the Mario Bros?
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, at least in the main series (although it would probably be true for spin-offs if it weren't for Mario Party), doesn't Toad have the most playable appearances other than the Mario Bros?

I would think Yoshi would be next, but yeah Toad probably follows after.
 
I think Peach and Toad might be pretty close to each other in that regard. Usually when Peach was playable, so was Toad.
I know Toad has Wario's Woods and NSMBWii on his record, while Peach has Super Princess Peach and the Paper Mario games, which probably give her the edge over him.
 
I wonder what they're gonna do when 3D World is released on November 21 in Japan. I thought they would reveal Zelda that day but ALBW's release is on December 26 over there, so they probably gonna do something when Mario comes out too. All the Mario characters are already confirmed, and they never show newcomers.

So I dunno.
 
I wonder what they're gonna do when 3D World is released on September 21 in Japan. I thought they would reveal Zelda that day but ALBW's release is on December 26 over there, so they probably gonna do something when Mario comes out too. All the Mario characters are already confirmed, and they never show newcomers.

So I dunno.

Sakurai could always pull a Pokemon on us...
 
If Mario gets another character at this point it has to be Bowser Jr no one else makes sense

I would also guess Bowser Jr., or Paper Mario (but that may as well be its own series). Bowser Jr. isn't the most exciting newcomer but he would have some potential with the paintbrush and mini koopa clown car. Overall though, I don't think Mario really needs a newcomer.

Toad just seems generic, personality and moveset-wise.
 
I wonder what they're gonna do when 3D World is released on September 21 in Japan. I thought they would reveal Zelda that day but ALBW's release is on December 26 over there, so they probably gonna do something when Mario comes out too. All the Mario characters are already confirmed, and they never show newcomers.

So I dunno.

OMG IT'S ALREADY OUT?!?!?

lol
 
If there's one developer I had to choose as the best out there - I'd have to give it to Sakurai (the guy really listens to the fans and loves to treat them with sweet fanservice in his games)
 
get dat wacky looney tune song outta here and listen to greatness

Multi Man Melee 1

wat da heck r u? some looney tune?

That Multi-Man Melee 2 theme, though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXe8-rfq25A

...

oh wait they actually had themes? oops... i'm an idiot

...

*waves white flag of defeat*


let's all just point and laugh at alloys for not having a proper theme then!

with that said, i still like the polygon teams' music a bit more but that song is still rockin'... i forgot all about that
 
After brawl session with friends, all I can say that I sincerely HOPE that we would have way better netcode for Super Smash Bros Wii U and 3DS.
 
After brawl session with friends, all I can say that I sincerely HOPE that we would have way better netcode for Super Smash Bros Wii U and 3DS.

Even if Namco is co-developing the game, at the end of the day everything seems to be Sakurai's call so whether or not we get a good online mode this time around probably depends on his decisions.
 
Even if Namco is co-developing the game, at the end of the day everything seems to be Sakurai's call so whether or not we get a good online mode this time around probably depends on his decisions.

Yep, I know. I have a bad feeling that Sakurai would't let Namco-Bandai to helping them out with it. Just knowing Nintendo and Sakurai, they would rather us to give up with terrible online mode and playing with friends in person because it meant to be!
 
Still never had a serious problem with Brawl Wi-Fi aside from the taunt party morons populating With Anyone mode.

Yep, I know. I have a bad feeling that Sakurai would't let Namco-Bandai to helping them out with it. Just knowing Nintendo and Sakurai, they would rather us to give up with terrible online mode and playing with friends in person because it meant to be!

ugggghhhhh I hate their reasons for this
 
Yep, I know. I have a bad feeling that Sakurai would't let Namco-Bandai to helping them out with it. Just knowing Nintendo and Sakurai, they would rather us to give up with terrible online mode and playing with friends in person because it meant to be!

I guess its a good thing Sakurai isn't Miyamoto! ;)

But yeah a lot of the decisions with Brawl online were awful such as not knowing the identity of who you are playing against, to not knowing whether or not someone dropped from the game to be replaced by a bot.
 
Yep, I know. I have a bad feeling that Sakurai would't let Namco-Bandai to helping them out with it. Just knowing Nintendo and Sakurai, they would rather us to give up with terrible online mode and playing with friends in person because it meant to be!

To be fair - Kid Icarus Uprising's online was very good. Pokemon's online is very good. Mario Kart 7's online is very good. Hell, Pokemon even differentiates between ranked and unranked matches. People always like to claim Nintendo doesn't understand online, but I feel that's really not true anymore.

Sakurai, please don't prove me otherwise with SSB4
 
To be fair - Kid Icarus Uprising's online was very good. Pokemon's online is very good. Mario Kart 7's online is very good. Hell, Pokemon even differentiates between ranked and unranked matches. People always like to claim Nintendo doesn't understand online, but I feel that's really not true anymore.

Sakurai, please don't prove me otherwise with SSB4

Actually, you're mistaken. Nintendo is somewhat decent with online on handhelds, they just suck with it on consoles for some reason which is kind of odd.
 
Brawl really is the exception rather than the norm when it comes to online Nintendo games.

Well, if you are talking about Mario Striker and Mario Kart, it's way easier to pinpoint the characters and balls, but Brawl on other hand is more complication. However Brawl isn't not that heavy as most of fighting games so they don't have excuses this time.

Still never had a serious problem with Brawl Wi-Fi aside from the taunt party morons populating With Anyone mode.



ugggghhhhh I hate their reasons for this

Brawl's Random lags are pretty bad but today I played with few friends and they are not from same country as I live in so of course, you would see lags. When it come to 1 vs 1, it's way better.

Let's hope taunt parties don't crap up Smash 4 for a while.

They will come back but Sakurai don't approve taunt parties so I guess he might have something in his mind to counter that.

I guess its a good thing Sakurai isn't Miyamoto! ;)

But yeah a lot of the decisions with Brawl online were awful such as not knowing the identity of who you are playing against, to not knowing whether or not someone dropped from the game to be replaced by a bot.

Well It's obviously to see who is bots or not.
 
Actually, you're mistaken. Nintendo is somewhat decent with online on handhelds, they just suck with it on consoles for some reason which is kind of odd.

She got it right. I'm pretty sure that they did that because console is a category that they strongly believe that they should play with friends at home rather than playing online with friends. Awhile you have handheld where you can't really share it with other people, hence online and wifi.

taunt three times in a row -> a bomb-omb drops on your face

HAHA! THAT WOULD BE GENUINELY AWESOME!
 
Actually, you're mistaken. Nintendo is somewhat decent with online on handhelds, they just suck with it on consoles for some reason which is kind of odd.

It really irritates me how little online there is on the Wii U for first party games right now, especially since they did the right thing and replace FCs with NNIDs... After a year, and there's still no online multiplayer first party Wii U game... unless that Wii Sports HD remake is coming very soon?

Nintendo pls :(

I thought Mario Kart Wii's online was alright?

Question because I never played online in it.

Online itself was good, so it's one of the few exceptions. Although I've heard hackers pretty much took over the game, which is a shame.
 
Actually, ranked matches would probably kill taunt matches because there would be something at stake. They could have ranked and unranked.

They'd have to make sure it's balanced though.
 
I thought Mario Kart Wii's online was alright?

Question because I never played online in it.

It's awesome. It's easy to pinpoint the characters and karts/cycles, so it's pretty much simple. Problem is that it still have lags rarely. Sometime, I would got first place but few players would have lag spikes(mostly japanese) so when we went to leaderboard and I noticed that I'm second because they are programmed to collecting all of finished time and put it in order of winning.
 
Jokes on you sunshines cos I bagsied the first SMash U/3DS tournament thread and I'm making the whole thing a taunt off.
 
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