It doesn't take a year to make a single character. They work on more than one character at a time.
Ryu has likely been in the works since quite a while before the games were released. Mewtwo, Roy, and Lucas probably didn't quite take a year since they had a base to work with from Melee and Brawl, and Lucas is a semi-clone of Ness.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Yes, but that goes back to the root of this exchange with Sakurai claiming that they just started DLC development after October at the earliest.
In regards to Mewtwo, it's also been said that the Melee assets were too dated for them to reuse (didn't stop the recycled voice clips and all the scratchy quality that comes with, but w/e), so we're to assume that they built him up from scratch as soon as April when they were clearly also occupied with entirely different characters and near-monthly balance patches.
edited 1st Sep '15 6:22:58 PM by Demonfly
"Tell them to shut up and have some faith in me." - dead flashback guyYES.
I've been supportive of that idea for a while now, at least for appearances.
Well, Ganondorf, at least, depends on if we get him in another main-series game by then. 4 has the excuse of reusing TP Ganondorf because he hasn't been in a mainline game since. If he's still on vacation by the time Smash 5 rolls around I hope they draw some inspiration from his HW design. If not, he'll understandably use his latest main-series design.
As for Sheik, her reappearing seems very unlikely, so remodeling her appearance after HW and replacing her Light Arrow Final Smash with that harp would be nice. Perhaps change her jab or F-tilt to use kunai?
edited 1st Sep '15 6:28:30 PM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!Ganondorf needs a total rework. I feel like Bowser is better suited for the "tank and power" role, Ganon boy over there needs to show off his magic abilities or maybe some swordsmanship, and balance himself over that.
I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -WanderlustwarriorTime until somebody comes in and talks about how he's more of a brawler and the Oo T promotional art...
What's kind of funny is that HW Ganondorf seems to take some inspration from Smash Ganondorf.
Ganondorf's 4-combo is just a Warlock Punch, except he's punching a big ball of dark magic to shatter it into a shotugn blast.
As for Sheik. I was thnking the harp could replace Bouncing Fish as Down B, and the customs would be different songs. Nocturne of Shadow would make a trap that'd damge anyone who steps on it, Serenade of Water would make a whirlpool move across the floor, and Prelude of Light would make a shockwave around Sheik.
edited 1st Sep '15 6:50:46 PM by Enlong
I have a message from another time...My two biggest mains are Ryu and Roy right now.
I'm thinking on re-doing my top 10 SSB 4 characters list because the four DLC characters made it outdated. And even the redo will be outdated when we get Smash Ballot characters.
AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!@Mewtwo's VA: At least according to Melee's character page here: Voiced by Masachika Ichimura (Melee), Keiji Fujiwara (3DS/Wii U)
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*Is not regretting a single bit not saving links to Moon's previous "totally gonna main Lucas" comments. Nope. Not at all.*
edited 1st Sep '15 7:35:18 PM by Elbruno
"Yeah, it's a shame. Here we are in an underground cave with all these lasers, and instead of having a rave we're using it for evil."

Okay. They're not debatable? Fine with me; gets this over faster. I don't think debating them would resolve anything anyway.
Any other news today?
I have a message from another time...