Takamaru (Mysterious Murasame Castle) Confirmed as Assist Trophy for Smash WiiU/3DS

Real talk, I wish Sakurai would just leave assist trophies a secret until the game comes out. Especially since the damn captions always comes a bit late.
 
And with another five-ten minutes reflecting, I just realized something:



I just got Lyn'd THREE times in my lifetime:

- I wanted a draw-sheathe swordsman/woman since pre-Brawl and latched on to Lyn because it was exciting times
- Lyn's an assist trophy
- I see Smash 4 is coming up and don't think much about Lyn because of how long it's been since Fire Emblem 7
- Lyn is featured prominently as an Assist Trophy in the Smash Direct
- I continue to show support for Takamaru as a character that would fill that niche just as well while bringing some history with him. The moment the SmashGAF thread starts talking about it
- Takamaru is an assist trophy

To be Azure J is to suffer.

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Being AT'd sucks ass. Happened to me with Skull Kid and Waluigi, and if Ridley is seriously a stage hazard after Brawl I will literally implode.

Not to mention as a Zelda nut their handling of Ganondorf has always made me cry. Cue Sakurai post detailing his pull a sword out of his ass taunt and put it away. Shit gets me HEATED
 
"Pic of the day. I, Takamaru, have waited many years to appear in Super Smash Bros.! Link, Samus, Pit, and I debuted in the same year! Multidirectional Pinwheel Knife Rook Attack!! (FYI, I'm an Assist Trophy.)"

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAABnUYoAI9LMgQ

Oh samurai~

FWIW, I'm just happy to get a hard confirm/disconfirm. At the same time, yo Sakurai pls.

This isn't what we expected after that 1986 comment last E3
 
This is quite possibly my favorite POTD quote ever. Rising to the second best thing Sakurai has ever said following "You must recover"
 
I still can't believe how badly they messed up Link's face.
 
Ya know, after reading Sakurai's comment as if he was Takamaru himself, I kept hearing David Vincent's voice (Robin FE:A, Jin Kisaragi BlazBlue) in my head saying the line. If Takamaru ever got a game or even a voice, I think David Vincent would be a perfect fit.
 
Ya know, after reading Sakurai's comment as if he was Takamaru himself, I kept hearing David Vincent's voice (Robin FE:A, Jin Kisaragi BlazBlue) in my head saying the line. If Takamaru ever got a game or even a voice, I think David Vincent would be a perfect fit.

He does have a voice..

In Samurai Warriors 3.
 
I was hoping for a Kid Icarus situation. Pit in Brawl -> Sakurai creates a legendary revival for Kid Icarus with Uprising. A Sakurai Takamaru revival would have been amazing.
 
Regardless, it's now going to take 20 billion years for this ronin to become playable in a future instalment in the series.

The way of the samurai is rough, his journey will be filled with hardship but I'm confident he will make it. He started once as a sticker and now he has proven himself to be worthy of at least being an assist. When we see him again I expect many great things.
 
At first, I was thinking "meh, OK, I'll have to wait another 5-7 years for another chance".

But that comment? That's just too far for me. This isn't salt in a wound, that's like walking away from a disagreement and having someone spit in your face.

I never demanded or expected or anything of the sort. But my courtesy is now over.

Sakurai can FUCK. RIGHT. OFF.
 
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