I never get people who non-jokingly ask him to include characters. These decisions are made ages ago, and while Lucina shows that the man has some flexibility, he's more or less sure of who he wants, so why even ask at this point.
edited 3rd Aug '14 6:30:04 AM by edvedd
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectA lucky clone who got in because a character Sakurai had worked on didn't become viable to work on anymore, so he decided to replace whoever it was, and found the replacement in what was to be Marth's alternate costume at the time. By making Lucina into easy modo Marth (removing the tipper and balancing the power over the entire blade), her attributes were altered enough to make her a different character from Marth, and she got the spot on the roster that was to be for the one whom Sakurai had to cut.
It's clear that Robin became Awakening's main rep for Smash For (and he was probably the only "true" rep for a while), after Sakurai briefly considered Chrom.
Fantastic Supreme Überkaiser Emperor Folt of The Infinity and Beyond" ... "The First"!That's giving Lucina too much credit. She didn't replace anyone, she was added later on. Robin was Chrom's replacement, and we don't even know if Chrom had any work done on him whatsoever. I'm surprised he didn't get an Assist Trophy role, but he is important to Awakening, so appearing in a character's moveset is still nice.
Shadow?Yeah, Lucina didn't replace anybody. I thought that was established.
I don't care if K Rool or Dixie is our third DK character, as long as we do get one, I'll be a very happy camper.
I find K Rool vaguely more likely and likely more unique, but I won't complain if it's Dixie.
"And kung fu is a terrible way to run a company" - alliteratorI just had an idea for a trailer combined with a weird character suggestion...
Trailer starts off with Donkey and Diddy being captured by some kremlings. The Kremlings then chain them up on a pirate ship, as a huge crocodile rises from his throne.
"King K. Rool Blasts In"
K. Rool chuckles as everything seems dire for Donkey and Diddy, until some ape howling can be heard in the distance. "Ooooh Oooh Ahhhh!!!!" (Subtitles: Leave my daddy and cousin alone!) Then a hoard of kremlings are bashed as the unknown character rushes towards Donkey, Diddy and K. Rool. The unknown character jumps from the crowd, ready to bash K. Rool's head in.
"DK Jr. Hangs On"
Then gameplay starts showing off moves, with DK Jr's moveset being like a fusion of DK and Diddy's moveset with some new attacks, like summoning snapjaws and nitpickers, dropping/throwing fruit and uses vines as a revcovery. His final smash shows him pulling a lever, which then causes the stage to rain numerous barrels and dumbbells.
Gameplay of K. Rool then shows off his moveset, which consists of many attacks he's done over the DKC games he's been in, such as stomping, throwing his crown, shoots and sucks with his blunderbuss, can shoot electric beams, uses a helicopter pack as a recovery and so on. His final smash changes him into Krusha K. Rool, which gives him incredibly powerful boomerang boxing gloves and a strong uppercut.
edited 3rd Aug '14 8:11:47 AM by Rinsankajugin
I don't really feel like predicting impossible characters, but I will think about my proto-bingo list
. For starters, I still like my Mario Kart item box idea, but gamers are used to seeing each of the shells as individual items, so it probably wouldn't work.
Quite a few of my predictions got in, including one of the less safe ones. There's really only a handful of characters I'd like to see, and some of them or their series I'd like to get the Smash Bros bump.
Characters still possible for this game:
- Ridley
- Mewtwo
- Isaac
- Ray
- Saki, or Isa & Kachi (with whichever isn't playable being used as an assist trophy)
Characters I'd like to see in a future game:
- Dark Samus
- Wonder Red (or as an assist trophy)
Characters not on the list, that I'd like to see in this game or in the future:
- Sceptile
- Takamaru
- Captain Rainbow (or at least as an assist trophy)
- Gandrayda (or at least as an assist trophy)
- Andy (or someone else from Nintendo Wars)
edited 3rd Aug '14 8:56:24 AM by wanderlustwarrior
A Mario Kart item box could work if it didn't prevent the shells, Bullet Bills and stars from appearing individually - there are already many variants of the standard item box, and it's similar to the already-existing Master Ball item in that it'd be a more specialised variation of an existing item.
...This ought to be the Mario Kart Wii U stage we get.
◊ If only to see the sponsors they come up with for the characters. May be too recent though...
Who do you think are the likely characters, the ones with a realistic shot at getting in. Because when people say guys like K. Rool are unlikely, I have to wander who is more likely. From where I stand the likely options are:
- Shulk
- Ridley
- K. Rool
- Dixie
- Isaac
- Chorus Kids/Marshal/Rhythm Heaven in general
There are more possible options, but those are the only ones left that I think have decent odds. I'm ignoring Mewtwo since it's a vet, and Dark Pit because it's still more likely he's a costume or whatever.
Are the Chorus Kids / Rhythm Heaven really that popular? I mean, I know there was that big celebrity push years ago, but I didn't know they were still so wanted.
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MK 8 has some great settings, but the one I'd like to see most would probably be Cloudtop Cruise, followed by Mount Wario and Electrodrome.
I will still never understand why the heck people are asking for Sceptile. He really wasn't that well-liked even when he was relevant, losing out to Blaziken and Swampert. Why the sudden craving?
Plus he'd be yet another nail in Mewtwo's coffin. Which is more like a broken cremation urn at this point.
edited 3rd Aug '14 9:51:54 AM by BaffleBlend
"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer
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Yep.
Plus... Grass starers tend to suck, compared to other starers, and even some other grass types. Chesnaught is the only one that looks cool. Man, If only Shiftry was a starter, with starter stats... (On a sidenote, Leafeon and Liligant are the only grass types that got heavy use from me.)
edited 3rd Aug '14 10:08:46 AM by wanderlustwarrior

im happy about who is in but im not particular concerned with the roster overall.