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Pulse The Fool from Yadayadaville Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Fool
#44926: May 30th 2014 at 1:33:01 PM

Oh, it's way too late to do that.

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Konkfan7 Konknitive Dissonance from Roselle Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Pulse The Fool from Yadayadaville Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Fool
#44928: May 30th 2014 at 1:43:24 PM

The character roster was finalized fairly early on- Everything they're doing now is stuff like balance tweaks and graphical polish and perhaps some stages or enemy programming.

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Konkfan7 Konknitive Dissonance from Roselle Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Konknitive Dissonance
#44929: May 30th 2014 at 1:44:22 PM

... Wait, really? The current roster is all we're getting?

Pulse The Fool from Yadayadaville Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Fool
#44930: May 30th 2014 at 1:45:59 PM

No, no, they don't reveal characters as they just finish them. Ike's core elements were probably finished for months now, it's just that they slow information to trickle to keep interest burning.

Since the 3DS version is coming out very soon- Within the next three months, though most likely the next two- Reggie would be very difficult to implement, to the point of drawing effort away from most other aspects of the game to get him finished in time.

edited 30th May '14 1:47:13 PM by Pulse

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DragonGeyser The Chew Toy of Gaming from a computer, DUH. Since: Dec, 2010
The Chew Toy of Gaming
#44931: May 30th 2014 at 1:46:30 PM

Don't even think about it like that. The final roster was probably made before any footage was shown, but they've likely only revealed a portion of said roster.

EDIT: [nja]

edited 30th May '14 1:47:00 PM by DragonGeyser

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Konkfan7 Konknitive Dissonance from Roselle Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Konknitive Dissonance
#44932: May 30th 2014 at 1:47:30 PM

Oh, now I get it.

Anyway, new topic, I really am worried about Mr. Game & Watch. I hope they didn't omit him.

BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#44933: May 30th 2014 at 1:47:52 PM

Also, Nintendo specifically ignores fan petitions.

zeromaeus Since: May, 2010
#44934: May 30th 2014 at 1:48:13 PM

Exactly. The roster has been set in stone for months. What we know of the roster is purposefully limited. Thats just how this works.

Konkfan7 Konknitive Dissonance from Roselle Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Konknitive Dissonance
#44935: May 30th 2014 at 1:48:51 PM

But fan petitions are the reason that Mario Party DS even exists and why Mega Man got in this installment of SSB.

BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#44936: May 30th 2014 at 1:50:22 PM

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that neither of those are true.

Pulse The Fool from Yadayadaville Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Fool
#44937: May 30th 2014 at 1:50:23 PM

Mr. Game & Watch is arguably just as important to Nintendo's start as a video game company as Mario and Donkey Kong, maybe even more so. He's not gonna get dropped, especially not when Sakurai has already confirmed that he's worked to retain almost everyone from Brawl.

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Konkfan7 Konknitive Dissonance from Roselle Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Konknitive Dissonance
#44938: May 30th 2014 at 1:52:19 PM

[up][up]There was in fact a character petition made by the developers. And Mega Man got an incredible number of votes.

edited 30th May '14 1:52:30 PM by Konkfan7

Pulse The Fool from Yadayadaville Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Fool
#44939: May 30th 2014 at 1:53:05 PM

That was an official poll, not a fan petition. Nintendo does listen to fans, but only on their terms.

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TechPowah Just a simple hero from the room down the hall Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
Just a simple hero
#44940: May 30th 2014 at 1:53:21 PM

Yes, because there was no way ever that Nintendo and Capcom would've done that on their own without a fan petition.

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BaffleBlend Hey there! Having fun? from Somewhere Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
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#44941: May 30th 2014 at 2:02:56 PM

Do you know how tempted I am to scream "fuck off" right now? Because I am.

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#44942: May 30th 2014 at 2:05:29 PM

I think it's safe to assume that all of the original 12 and all of the Melee vets who survived to Brawl will be returning (For the curious, this means Ness, Jigglypuff, Captain Falcon, Ganondorf, Falco, Mr. Game & Watch, and Ice Climbers). Heck, most of the unrevealed Brawl newcomers seem pretty safe too. The only person whose return I'm sorta nervous about (Besides the pretty-much-deconfirmed Pokemon Trainer) is Snake, since he's third-party and you'd think they'd have revealed him by now. I can't see them dropping Lucas or Wolf despite their semi-clone status, since MOTHER only has two reps anyway and Wolf is unique enough to stand out.

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Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
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#44943: May 30th 2014 at 2:08:15 PM

...dude.

Anyways, i'm wondering if I couldn't just trawl the latter 1000 pages manually, just put on a movie and go for it (Avengers is on Netflix, after all...)

NesClassic Meh-meh!? from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: In another castle
Meh-meh!?
#44944: May 30th 2014 at 2:13:55 PM

I think G&W, as well as Wario (...and Meta Knight) are safe, anyways.

Ta-da! Long before last year's reveal of Smash, Sakurai tweeted this little whiteboard drawing someone at the office (maybe even him?) doodled.

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Pulse The Fool from Yadayadaville Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Fool
#44945: May 30th 2014 at 2:17:05 PM

It certainly looks like Sakurai's style- His art is very rounded.

The image also features Crazy Hand in addition to Wario, Meta Knight and Mr. Game & Watch on the list of currently missing characters. The fact that Wario's W icon was shown on the Assist Trophy showcase during the Smash Bros. Direct makes the odds even better for Wario.

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Konkfan7 Konknitive Dissonance from Roselle Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Konknitive Dissonance
#44946: May 30th 2014 at 2:20:34 PM

Anyway, how do you guys feel about King K. Rool as a fighter?

NesClassic Meh-meh!? from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: In another castle
Meh-meh!?
#44947: May 30th 2014 at 2:23:06 PM

K. Rool would be awesome! Provided they keep something closer to his Country designs than the all-fat one from Mario Sluggers and the like.

I imagine him being a heavyweight that fights with a lot of brute punching (no martial arts or fighting techniques! just hitting stuff really, REALLY hard) and a couple of convoluted contraptions, such as the blunderbuss or even mechanical Klaptraps.

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Pulse The Fool from Yadayadaville Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Fool
#44948: May 30th 2014 at 2:23:11 PM

I'd like him, but he's been AWOL for years.

Then again, Retro apparently likes him- While he's not directly present in Tropical Freeze, there's a few setpieces that are very much references to him.

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Konkfan7 Konknitive Dissonance from Roselle Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
Konknitive Dissonance
#44949: May 30th 2014 at 2:25:47 PM

He has potential. His crown throw from Donkey Kong Country, his boxing moves from Donkey Kong 64, his blunderbuss from Donkey Kong Country 2, his helibackpack from Donkey Kong Country 3, etc..

Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#44950: May 30th 2014 at 2:29:09 PM

Yeah, he has potential. Not so much in terms of moveset, but in terms of character. Not a fan, but I won't complain if they make the most of him.


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