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Demonfly birdie fairy Since: Jul, 2012
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#71951: Apr 6th 2015 at 9:40:02 AM

So there you Have it, Pichu IS Confirmed.

sad

"Tell them to shut up and have some faith in me." - dead flashback guy
Otherarrow Since: Jul, 2010
#71952: Apr 6th 2015 at 9:43:40 AM

I am amused that Japan didn't seem to get the Mother 3 pun behind Lucas's intro quote.

I guess it helps that, if I recall, the Japanese intro quotes aren't puns at all, and just "X shows up!" or the like.

One of them connected Mewtwo's to the Pokemon Movie subtitle though.

They really like K. Rool. Like, I know people mentioned it earlier, but wow.

One guy described Shovel Knight as "some strange character" and another is like "what's a shovel knight?". Whelp.

One guy wants Shantee's game to be released in Japan already. So...someone knows about her?

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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#71953: Apr 6th 2015 at 9:46:07 AM

Well, I imagine they were using the equivalent of google translate on Lucas's intro, and initially only got the meaning of the idiom (which in fact is "suddenly shows up"). Someone else in that thread appears to have dissected the phrase and made the connection to Lucas's home of the Nowhere Islands.

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Grounder Main Character Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
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#71954: Apr 6th 2015 at 9:47:26 AM

[up][up][up]It could be a Composite Character of Ukulele Pichu and Spiky-eared Pichu.

I really want this to happen some day.

edited 6th Apr '15 9:47:48 AM by Grounder

WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#71955: Apr 6th 2015 at 9:53:37 AM

There's one guy who suggests such bizarre characters, that now I actually want to see how they would work in Smash.

Especially And-Kensaku. A character with a moveset based on Google searches could be glorious.

edited 6th Apr '15 9:53:44 AM by WackyPancake

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#71956: Apr 6th 2015 at 9:55:06 AM

i have seen people make movesets for ghengis khan

Dragon_Ranger Since: Jan, 2010
FullMoon feeling blue from Surface Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
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#71958: Apr 6th 2015 at 10:02:07 AM

On another note, I've seen a few reaction videos to Lucas's reveal in Smash by some popular youtubers and seriously how is that most of them mained Lucas in Brawl? Most of them say something like "My main?!" when he shows up

Just how popular is that kid with the community? tongue

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#71959: Apr 6th 2015 at 10:02:40 AM

I guess we're getting Pichu then.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Sterok Since: Apr, 2012
#71960: Apr 6th 2015 at 10:08:37 AM

Pichu > Roy. The little rascal at least is kind of funny in the way it damages itself. Roy is just the epitome of bland Fire Emblem lords. Though I suppose both are better off than Young Link.

Kuroxeng Moved accounts because meh from error 040 Since: Mar, 2015
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#71961: Apr 6th 2015 at 10:10:38 AM

Would Amaterasu work for this game?
We already have Duck Hunt, so a dog shaped character that moves (mostly) like a dog can work.

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Grounder Main Character Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: All is for my lord
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#71962: Apr 6th 2015 at 10:16:16 AM

[up][up]What are you talking about?

Young Link came back after being absent in Brawl.

TroPartner Since: Nov, 2014
#71963: Apr 6th 2015 at 10:21:32 AM

I think we've had Young Link all the time, via Toon Link.

Just why the heck are fans being so infuriatingly specific??

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#71964: Apr 6th 2015 at 10:23:49 AM

Because the name is different, mostly.

Of the Melee cuts, Young Link is one of the ones I really don't bemoan the loss of at all since Toon Link is a better replacement. I just wish Toon Link had the Deku Leaf for a Side B and the Ballad of Gales for a Final Smash.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Kuroxeng Moved accounts because meh from error 040 Since: Mar, 2015
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#71965: Apr 6th 2015 at 10:24:18 AM

Because fans are dumb and hate something based on aesthetics/art style.

[up]I wished clone(ish) characters in general would have Final Smashes that differenate from their "original counterparts".

Well, least Ganondorf isn't summoning a futuristic racecar to run others over, as hilarious as that would be.

edited 6th Apr '15 10:27:10 AM by Kuroxeng

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TroPartner Since: Nov, 2014
#71966: Apr 6th 2015 at 10:29:46 AM

[up]It seems we go to Hell together, Ganondorf!

Link, you are Captain Falcon from this day onward!

FALCOUN PAUUUNCH!

edited 6th Apr '15 10:30:36 AM by TroPartner

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#71967: Apr 6th 2015 at 10:39:03 AM

Ganondorf summoning a racecar would be so bizarre and dumb that it'd kinda be worth it.

Like his up-tilt. It's so hilariously stupid that I'd be disappointed to see it removed for something more practical/in-character.

edited 6th Apr '15 10:39:31 AM by Anomalocaris20

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#71968: Apr 6th 2015 at 10:49:42 AM

What always bothered me about the Link and Toon Link thing was the arbitrary sameness of it. If I remember right, Link has all the standard gear because he's Link, but Toon Link also has all the standard gear because, well, he's Link. So I laugh when people try to request Young Link on the grounds of giving him the masks, because until Sakurai changes his mind it's not going to happen. He's going to get the standard gear, because he's Link.

Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#71969: Apr 6th 2015 at 11:13:11 AM

To be fair, two Links is plenty. And I agree with the decision. Giving Toon Link different specials just for the sake of differentiating him would only serve to make him the "other" Link... which, granted, the "Toon" prefix already does, but no need to exacerbate that.

i have seen people make movesets for ghengis khan
I've seen weirder. Like. A lot.

Back during my time on Smashboards speculating about the upcoming Brawl, I made a popular thread for people to write made-up movesets for characters who can't be in Smash under any circumstances (like non-game characters, real people or original characters), and a couple of years ago I randomly found out that it actually continued in my absence and spawned a bit of a community. Which was... a bit surreal!

The thing is, people wouldn't want "someone who plays like Shovel Knight but isn't". They want the character, not the moveset. And again, it's not a "who's most likely" vote, it's a "who people want" vote.
Finally, someone who's speaking my language! grin

But yeah, real-talk: Shovel Knight and Shantae are extremely unlikely. The miracle that would have to happen for them to make it is that, perhaps, they will collect some of the most popular and interesting characters and put them up for another vote, displaying some of the best reasoning and such... and then it could conceivably happen that a lot of Japanese people become interested and throw them a vote, if it's multiple choice, and then maybe, at some point, they'll be like "sure, let's do it".

That's the ideal scenario for those characters and characters like them. Realistically, the best you can hope for is just to raise a bit of awareness amongst Japanese fans and Nintendo themselves.

(Also, it's kinda funny to see how the Japanese fans catch little glimpses of what the Western fans do the same way we keep going "what are the Japanese up to".)

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#71970: Apr 6th 2015 at 11:19:33 AM

I find it kinda funny how the eastern and western fanbases wonder what each other thinks, and if there's significant differences, yet they're mostly the same. Smash Bros. seems to have a singular global fanbase.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Sterok Since: Apr, 2012
#71971: Apr 6th 2015 at 11:21:31 AM

That's what happens when you push a fat Italian plumber and an electric rat as your mascots around the entire world. Your fans start to become homogenized over time.

Demonfly birdie fairy Since: Jul, 2012
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#71972: Apr 6th 2015 at 11:22:19 AM

Giving Toon Link different specials just for the sake of differentiating him would only serve to make him the "other" Link.

I don't see where you're going with this when he functionally is the "other" Link, all the way up to his origins.

"Tell them to shut up and have some faith in me." - dead flashback guy
TroPartner Since: Nov, 2014
#71973: Apr 6th 2015 at 11:26:25 AM

@Fawriel: I actually made a thread in Forum Games called "Give your OC a Super Smash Bros. Moveset".

Didn't really take off. Would it've felt more in-place in Writer's Block?

Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#71974: Apr 6th 2015 at 11:48:35 AM

[up] Probably not? I 'unno, TV Tropes probably just isn't the ideal place for that. I mean, I did post that thread on the Smash World Forums back then, so that's an entirely different thing.

[up][up] What I mean by "other" is an implied "lesser". When you have one The Link who gets all the iconic equipment and everything, and an Other Link, who gets less iconic equipment, you are making an implicit statement about their relative worth. The Other one is necessarily treated as secondary because it's just an offshoot of the supposed definitive version. Which Toon Link absolutely shouldn't be - in fact, Miyamoto himself allegedly said that the quintessential Link is a young boy in his mind because it better conveys the feeling of wonder as you explore the game world.

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#71975: Apr 6th 2015 at 11:51:46 AM

In my head I call them Link and Realistic Adult Link.

Link probably SHOULD have started in Super Smash Bros as his young self because that's his default state. It wasn't until Twilight Princess that he started out older than like 10.

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