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#82326: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:25:36 PM

You're completely ignoring all the other reasons why it wouldn't work and why it doesn't matter.

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#82327: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:27:22 PM

Apparently we'll be having a Nintendo Direct before 2015 ends.

Get hyped guys...?

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#82328: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:29:56 PM

Because Pikachu sucks and is overused and Raichu needs more love. Like, 90% of the Pokemon fanbase agrees with me on this point.

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#82329: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:31:27 PM

[up]I've only seen three people use Pikachu since Smash 4 was released. Total. This is despite him being an S-tier character with a low learning curve.

I'd hardly call that "overused".

edited 1st Nov '15 6:32:56 PM by BaffleBlend

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#82331: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:33:29 PM

It's the mascot. It's not going to NOT get shilled.

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#82333: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:35:11 PM

I'm no fan of Pikachu, but Raichu's not really better. I actually like Pikachu in Smash because it's not shoved into our face every 5 seconds like in most Pokemon media, plus it gets about as much attention as the others.

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#82334: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:37:34 PM

Besides, being directly related to Pikachu, putting in Raichu would just be seen as giving Pikachu more special treatment.

Pokémon is a series with over 700 playable characters. Most people don't want a separate evolution of an existing rep, even as a costume, when most of the evolutionary lines let alone species go completely unaccounted for.

edited 1st Nov '15 6:37:53 PM by BaffleBlend

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#82335: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:38:20 PM

There's a huge difference between "Raichu needs more love" and "Pikachu sucks because the company uses him for a mascot".

And as fun as it can be to toss ideas around in here it's not going to have any effect on Smash DLC or Smash 5, so I don't see the point in causing an argument over it.

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#82336: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:39:06 PM

I'm not saying replace it with Raichu (I'd prefer it, but that's not reasonable), I'm just saying that Raichu as an alternate costume would be fantastic and I would pay money for it.

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#82337: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:39:44 PM

not another argument...

But, since Pikachu is the mascot of Pokemon, it's what we are exposed to most.

The problem when something is popular it is likely to become overexposed. Frozen, Marvel, DC, My Little Pony, Mario, Call of Duty, Halo, Star Wars, Spongebob, and Pokemon are all things that have faced this problem, depending on your POV.

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#82338: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:40:36 PM

[up]There's even a trope for it.

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#82339: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:41:02 PM

Like Nintendo should just give Mario the boot and start using Toad.tongue

edited 1st Nov '15 6:41:34 PM by Konkfan7

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#82340: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:41:35 PM

We need more Gen III and V representatives to be playable, if anything.

Bisharp would be a cool candidate for the V rep because I'm totally not biased, while III has Sceptile (Gardevoir is a Poke Ball mon, so she's out).

edited 1st Nov '15 6:42:00 PM by Karxrida

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#82341: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:44:00 PM

[up]Charizard says hi.

(And I will never get what the love for Sceptile all of a sudden is. Seriously, he was the least popular of the GIII starters.)

edited 1st Nov '15 6:45:04 PM by BaffleBlend

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#82342: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:47:45 PM

Charizard is Gen I, and I mentioned Sceptile because I couldn't think of any non-Gardevoir candidate + Sceptile's already been thrown around.

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#82343: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:50:48 PM

I believe Charizard was mentioned solely as a reason not to count Pokeball mons out.

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#82344: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:52:37 PM

I imagine Sceptile's popularity is partly because we have a Fire and Water starter in Smash so a Grass one would complete the trinity, and likely also a big popularity boost thanks to the Grovyle in PMD:E.

Mind you, I think Sceptile is a silly choice myself, but that's the two biggest reasons as far as I can tell. I don't think we're likely to see any future Pokemon newcomers except from whatever the most recent generation is. The roster's already bloated with Pokemon as-is, and four of them are Gen I. Having a rep from each generation is simply infeasible.

Anyway, regarding the limited nature of Sonic and Pac-Man's palettes, I imagine it's partly because their blue and yellowness are iconic. Making Sonic orange or Pac-Man green would cause them to cease to be Sonic and Pac-Man.

edited 1st Nov '15 6:53:33 PM by Anomalocaris20

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#82345: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:53:24 PM

Oh.

I meant Pokemon that are currently Poke Balls in this game. I can possibly(?) see Gard in the next one.

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#82346: Nov 1st 2015 at 6:59:26 PM

We don't need more bipedal Pokemon (though Bisharp would be boss), I suggest Torterra and Reuniclus. Torterra would be what I already described it as. Reuniclus would be really slow, but would have 4 jumps, a ton of ranged attacks, a decent amount of punching moves, and Trick Room as a Final Smash, making it lightning fast and everything else agonizingly slow.

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#82347: Nov 1st 2015 at 7:01:17 PM

[up][up] In that case: Zoroark Zoroark Zoroark Zoroark Zoroark Zoroark Zoroark Zoroark

Oh, and Gardevoir would be nice, too.

I also liked the idea of either Serperior or Samurott representing the Gen 5 starter line.

edited 1st Nov '15 7:09:15 PM by kablammin45

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#82348: Nov 1st 2015 at 7:18:17 PM

Because Pikachu sucks and is overused and Raichu needs more love. Like, 90% of the Pokemon fanbase agrees with me on this point.

I'd be interested in learning where you got this statistic from, PMC.

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#82349: Nov 1st 2015 at 7:23:10 PM

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#82350: Nov 1st 2015 at 7:23:19 PM

As more of a Pokemon fan than a Smash fan, I can't see Raichu being an alternate because of the size differences. Smashachu may have been scaled up to Raichu size, but doesn't that mean that Raichu will be scaled up too?

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