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#36951: Feb 25th 2014 at 1:46:35 PM

The 3rd parties tend to be characters with a lot of history with Nintendo.

Sonic is immediately obvious for his rivalry with Mario, as is Mega Man for his series's great prominence on the NES.

Snake's something of an exception. If you'd asked me what Konami character would be likely, and hadn't mentioned Kojima being friendly with Sakurai, I'd have said Simon Belmont, for the NES and Super NES being the birthplace of his series, and most of the Classicvania style games.

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#36952: Feb 25th 2014 at 1:56:32 PM

Snake at least has a sizable fanbase that would try out Smash Bros. simply because he was playable.

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#36953: Feb 25th 2014 at 1:57:00 PM

He was a huge pull for me to get Brawl, I'll admit.

Oh really when?
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#36954: Feb 25th 2014 at 2:00:54 PM

Yoshimitsu and Heihachi are in tons of fighting games and are too punchy/swordy, so I'd rather not see them in.

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#36955: Feb 25th 2014 at 2:05:05 PM

I'd say Yoshimotsu is more helicopter-y. Or maybe teleport-y. Or perhaps pogo stick-y.

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#36956: Feb 25th 2014 at 2:20:53 PM

Hey, Konami owns all of Hudson's franchises due to the latter going under, right?

If Snake doesn't come back, perhaps they could bring in a character from their extended family of well-known I Ps:

  • Simon Belmont
  • Bomberman
  • Goemon (stretching things)
  • Bonk (really stretching things)

edited 25th Feb '14 2:23:25 PM by MrYoshbert

Eh.
KSonik Since: Jan, 2015
#36957: Feb 25th 2014 at 2:28:10 PM

i am fairly certain that ice climbers do not have an insane amount of mainstream recognition

Those guys aren't third characters and as Sakurai confirmed with Mega Man, they are not just going to put just anyone in Smash Bros as far as third-party characetrs go, meaning they are a special case. Pac-Man, having history with Nintendo and being a legendary video gaming icon would certainly qualify for being special. Tales characters, whilst popular, are not exactly legendary and thus wouldn't qualify.

CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#36958: Feb 25th 2014 at 2:35:26 PM

Pac-Man doesn't really have much of a history with Nintendo. Like, at all, really (and yes I do know they had some games on Nintendo consoles). He does have his new Wii U Pac-Man game though, but that's not exclusive.

But yeah, he'll probably be a playable character, even though he has zero relevance to Nintendo.

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#36960: Feb 25th 2014 at 2:37:11 PM

They're going to use his eyed, nosed, armed and legged version, right?

Hehe, though it would be funny to just see that familiar yellow pie-guy wakka-wakking back and forth over the stage...

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#36961: Feb 25th 2014 at 2:38:48 PM

[up][up][up]"it doesnt make any sense whatsoever for pacman to be in smash but he's probably gonna be in smash"

that makes so much sense wow thank you for enlightening me

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#36963: Feb 25th 2014 at 3:36:46 PM

Well, Pac-Man's been in 3 Mario Karts, and Nintendo developed a Pac-Man game for the Game Cube.

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#36964: Feb 25th 2014 at 4:10:48 PM

[up]They did?surprised

EDIT: Never heard of Pac Mac Vs. before, hehe.

edited 25th Feb '14 4:13:34 PM by NesClassic

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#36965: Feb 25th 2014 at 4:37:00 PM

@beorc: That's true, though it's only in the arcade version. Didn't really consider that because I've never gone to the arcades.

Anyway, Pac-Man will probably grow on me I guess, once I see his artwork and how he plays. Probably won't play as him though.

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#36966: Feb 25th 2014 at 4:40:11 PM

[up]Ditto. I was admittedly against Rosalina prior to her reveal, but she grew on me real quickly.

If anyone can make Pac Man unique and likable, it's Sakurai.

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#36967: Feb 25th 2014 at 5:41:06 PM

If Pac-Man is in, then the Pac-Man ghosts will probably be in too right? Whether as a regular attack, a Final Smash, or an Assist Trophy.

It would be kinda odd if the ghosts had their modern design...Pac-Man hasn't changed much *

, but ghosts radically changed their designs with the reboot. They're also the good guys now...

edited 25th Feb '14 5:48:15 PM by CassidyTheDevil

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#36968: Feb 25th 2014 at 5:43:09 PM

I don't think that Pacman would need the ghosts for his Final Smash...

He eats a power pellet, then all the other fighters turn blue and he just has to touch them and go flying.

Like Super Sonic, but without flying. So easier to control, but he just keeps moving forward.

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#36969: Feb 25th 2014 at 5:46:00 PM

Oh come now, they can't have changed the designs that mu- wat.

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#36970: Feb 25th 2014 at 5:47:49 PM

Goes back as far as Pac Man World.

But he didn't have irises then.

edited 25th Feb '14 5:48:19 PM by Keybreak

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#36971: Feb 25th 2014 at 5:51:16 PM

I meant the ghosts. I figured that much was obvious.

I'm pretty sure the ghosts looked like they always have in Pac Man World.

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Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#36972: Feb 25th 2014 at 5:54:27 PM

I already mentioned it the last time it came up, but as much as everyone likes to talk about how strong of a "history" Pac Man has with Nintendo, it all ultimately comes down to marketing.

Mega Man got in for two reasons: 1) he is the face of Capcom alongside Ryu, and 2) he was the most requested character behind Sonic. His "history" with Nintendo is entirely incidental, though my god did it help.

Third party characters are special cases. If Nintendo's gonna go for it they're gonna want the most bang for their buck, and holy shit legendary generations-spanning icon is an opportunity oh too good to pass up. Give Sakurai a little time and he could probably come up with an amazing unique moveset for him like he's done with all the other newcomers so far (except maybe WFT, and even then the WTF factor's so strong it doesn't matter).

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#36973: Feb 25th 2014 at 5:55:01 PM

Yeah, the ghosts themselves have gotten a bigger revamp than Pac, but it gives them a bit more personality. I don't think they'd be needed in Pac's moveset though, at least as assists or trophies would do.

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#36974: Feb 25th 2014 at 5:59:49 PM

That's if he decides to do a Namco character at all, of course. He has said he isn't giving any particular preferences to their characters just because they're helping with the game.

edited 25th Feb '14 6:00:00 PM by Enlong

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#36975: Feb 25th 2014 at 6:02:25 PM

Maybe it won't be Pacman.

Maybe it will be the Galaga ship. [lol]

edited 25th Feb '14 6:02:50 PM by Keybreak

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