Super Smash Bros. U/3D

Point taken. Okay, we're long overdue a good ninja-like character. I'm keen to see how they re-balance her (I noticed how they avoided gender pronouns in the direct when referring to Sheik), but she wasn't all that in Mêlée or Brawl.

Eh, I liked Sheik in Melee - probably my main, now that I think about it.

Eh Zelda fought better

Balladeer wrote:

Think of it as Taki minus the stupid outfit and plus a stupid scarf.

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Hey, the scarf is surprisingly awesome despite being a stupid idea. People need to stop dissing greninja!   

I love Greninja! Have you not been reading the thread? But that scarf just makes me cringe a bit every time I think about what it really is.

I think it just looks like another example of lazy late-era Pokémon design, truth be told. Still, just an avatar in a computer game - I'll not go too radge over it (unless it's Knuckles from Sonic Boom, which, in the wise words of mandlecreed, "looks like a c**t").

All of these new additions looks like quite good fun to play as. Felt the same way about Wario, Capt. Olimar, Meta Knight, R.O.B. and the rest in Brawl. I think we can all agree that we'd like the new SSB to move on from the days of reskinned characters, like Dr. Mario, Pichu and Ganandorf.

Balladeer wrote:

I love Greninja!  Have you not been reading the thread?  But that scarf just makes me cringe a bit every time I think about what it really is.

It's probably the best use of a tongue in the history of the world if you ask me!  

On another note, how many more characters does everyone think we'll be getting, both from various franchises and in total?  Right now we've got 29.  With the game presumably in its final stages I'm going to take a stab and say we'll hit between 35 and 41.  We still need the second obligatory modern fire emblem protagonist, captain falcon, rob and or game and watch, falco, possibly wolf, meta knight, wario, and ganondorf.  And if you count all split forms as individual characters like they're doing with shiek and samus now then there might even be another two pokemon (my money would be on jigglypuff and mewtwo if that ends up being the case) to bring us six like brawl.  And on top of that I think we'll get another completely new character, but not from any currently represented franchise.  

Some of them might not happen, like the pokemon, or I might be spot on in which case the roster would be 41 in total, two more than brawl.  But what does everyone else reckon will happen?

I doubt there will be any more Pokemon in the roster.

I can see at least one more, to make up for omitted forms.  Probably Jigglypuff. Maybe a grass-type starter as well?  I want to raise hell as a floral brontosaurus!

In total, it's gone 12 -> 25 -> 35 -> ?, and we're getting rid of form changes, so I can't see it being fewer than 45.

The Cappuccino Kid wrote:

All of these new additions looks like quite good fun to play as. Felt the same way about Wario, Capt. Olimar, Meta Knight, R.O.B. and the rest in Brawl. I think we can all agree that we'd like the new SSB to move on from the days of reskinned characters, like Dr. Mario, Pichu and Ganandorf.

This is my stance, especially the last bit.  (Oh goodness Pichu.  Never has a character been more evidently designed to fill out the character screen.)  Greninja looks speedy and fun and teleporty, and I can't wait to hurl Water Shurikens like around it's going out of fashion.

Jigglypuff is an original Smash character, and none of the originals were removed in Melee or Brawl.

I think the rest of the original characters will be originals.

 

Wrong word. The rest of the originals will be unlockable.

Ah, phew. Mental meltdown averted.

I really hope ROB returns - he was one of my favourites in Brawl.

Balladeer wrote:

I knew you'd say that, hence my next sentence.  And I won't deny that Greninja is weird: it wears its tongue as a scarf.  But we're long overdue a ninja-like character in Smash.  Think of it as Taki minus the stupid outfit and plus a stupid scarf.

Forgot to say in my last post that I think a good chunk of Nintendo fans would recognise cha-cha, especially in Japan where MH is massively popular.

Rum Rapture wrote:

I really hope ROB returns - he was one of my favourites in Brawl.

I just want Pikachu in his blue wizard's hat to return. He was my guy in Melee. In multiplayer I don't remember ever going anybody else. It was a crime that he wasn't in Brawl - an absolute crime.

I think Nintendo hinted about the release date really early on.



3DS version / fire / summer!
Wii U version / ice / winter!

Sorry to burst that bubble, but the Australasian winter is our UK summer, and vice versa...they're getting the games at the same time as us, so...

http://www.p4rgaming.com/capcom-unable-to-recognize-four-out-of-five-characters-in-mega-mans-final-smash-in-smash-bros/


It's satire, but I bought it for the first few paragraphs.

Obligatory "Nintendo love Mega Man more than Capcom" comment.

For what it's worth, and I suspect that isn't much, here's this week's Miiverse updates.

Monday (Returning Assist Trophy):

Tuesday (Returning Item):

Wednesday (Coupl'a Things):

Thursday (Not Much):

Friday (Smash Run):

That Substitute looks like it could be a screenshot of a real-life action figure.

Time for a more light-hearted discussion?  ONM have put up this list of Z-List "challengers".  While I'm laughing my backside off at Xananab and the turds from F-Zero, I can't help feel like Tute would fit in pretty well...  Anyway, more ideas for Nintendo Z-List challengers, who could actually be quite fun to play as?

Mike steps up to the... er...:

Swanky Kong adds some class!:

Machamp strong-arms his way in!:

I just signed up to the ONM forums when I saw this - just under a Mr. Deer.

Funky Phil Funks up to the Funky Funk Funk:

Spoiler: