It sounds less like luck and more due to the fact that Fire Emblem has a very steady release schedule thanks to having a dedicated team and relatively small budgets. Meanwhile Donkey Kong gets batted around to whoever and Metroid was basically assassinated by Nintendo themselves.It's not an excuse. Fire Emblem has incredibly fortuitous timing relative to Smash Bros.
Roy was included in Melee as a last minute clone right before The Binding Blade was set to release.
Brawl's planning document was finalized two months after the release of Path of Radiance. Intelligent Systems told Sakurai that Ike was going to appear in Radiant Dawn as well, making him a very sensible inclusion.
Smash 4's planning document was finalized a week after the release of Awakening.
The release of Fates coincides perfectly with the Smash 4 DLC schedule.
Donkey Kong just isn't in a comparable situation. Donkey Kong Country Returns was the only main DK game released between Brawl and Smash 4's planning periods, and its main characters, Donkey and Diddy, are already in Smash Bros. Sakurai probably didn't find out about Tropical Freeze until 2013, which is why it only has songs and trophy rips from the E3 2013 demo.
I don't buy this reasoning at all, as it seems to stem from a lack of imagination. I mean, they cut interesting trailers of nobodies like Wii Fit Trainer and Duck Hunt, and we got interesting trailers out of Bowser Jr. and Pac-Man, two characters everyone was swearing up and down would be uninteresting newcomers. And it's not like every newcomer is some heretofore never seen game mechanics wizardry--Greninja does basically nothing mechanically that hasn't been done before, and we got an interesting trailer out of that, too.I saw someone made a interesting point awhile ago, in that "How would you make Dixie's trailer that exciting?". It's kinda the same thing with Chrom.
I saw someone made a interesting point awhile ago, in that "How would you make Dixie's trailer that exciting?".
Alt of who? She can't be a Diddy alt, he has a tail and she doesn't. The only way a character could be an alt is if they could get away with lifting the animations wholesale, Dixie couldn't do that for Diddy.I think it's telling because he could've appeased Dixie fans by just making her an alt like Alph (or what Lucina was meant to be) but the fact that she's not in is a sign that clearly he thinks she has to be something above that. Honestly I think she's first in line for a future Smash game.
I think the fact that Dixie was planned for Brawl twice indicates Sakurai's aware of her, but just on a lower priority.
Why do people want K Rool so bad? It's so weird to me. He looks gross. Ridley I get, but K Rool is just... I dunno man, vote for some better. Jeez.
Smash needs more bad guys. Removing Wolf didn't help things either.
I'm just puzzled that the push for Ridley fizzled out and seemed to be replaced by, of all characters, K Rool... It's just weird.
That's kind of funny to me because I think Ridley's Other M design is an affront to God and quite possibly the ugliest thing ever included in Smash Bros.
I could understand not being interested in K. Rool because of how you see he in his games, because you think he ain't relevant, because you think other characters are better...
...but disqualifying him on accounts of "he's got an ugly design" is pretty damn alien to me. It's such a silly reason not to want someone in, nevermind the redesigns Smash gives to characters in its roster. Would you take someone seriously if they championed a character solely because they were good-looking?
As sad as it sounds, Nintendo basically sees Other M as the latest "mainline" Metroid game. They've always seen the Prime games as sort of a spinoff or gaiden story of sorts.
It's a factor into why Samus's powersuit is always based on the R&D1/Sakamoto developed games instead of Prime.
I mean all of those reasons are pretty relevant too don't get me wrong but the most glaring issue I have personally is that yeah his design is early 90's affront to the eyes garbage, he's fuckin gross and I can think of a million better characters off the top of my head, even if we limit it to villains.
Why do people want K Rool so bad? It's so weird to me. He looks gross. Ridley I get, but K Rool is just... I dunno man, vote for some better. Jeez.
None of Nintendo's bad guys are really that iconic besides Bowser and maybe Ganondorf and King Dee Dee Dee. I supposed if they could spring for another Sega rep they could get Eggman which would be cool but other than that, I can't think any bad guy fit for Smash.
Falcon, Fox, Ice Climbers, Pit, and Little Mac are all the main characters of their respective games, but villains are secondary characters by default. Secondary characters are at a big disadvantage when it comes to getting into Smash Bros.A character doesn't have to be iconic to get into Smash. If that was the case Falcon and Fox never would have made it into the original, let alone characters like Ice Climbers, Pit, Little Mac, etc in future installments.
None of Nintendo's bad guys are really that iconic besides Bowser and maybe Ganondorf and King Dee Dee Dee. I supposed if they could spring for another Sega rep they could get Eggman which would be cool but other than that, I can't think any bad guy fit for Smash.
Ridley, but Sakurai hates Ridley
They could have done Medusa instead of fucking Dark Pit. Or Hades. Hades is awesome.
I'm willing to give Sakurai the benefit of the doubt and think there was pressure to give Other M the level of representation it got....
A theory I have: Maybe Sakurai just didn't think Dixie was all that interesting.
The quotas, dude! The quotas!Smash needs more bad guys. Removing Wolf didn't help things either.
Hear, hear!That's kind of funny to me because I think Ridley's Other M design is an affront to God and quite possibly the ugliest thing ever included in Smash Bros.
I have no idea what would lead you to believe that.
A character doesn't have to be iconic to get into Smash. If that was the case Falcon and Fox never would have made it into the original, let alone characters like Ice Climbers, Pit, Little Mac, etc in future installments.
Ridley, but Sakurai hates Ridley
They could have done Medusa instead of fucking Dark Pit. Or Hades. Hades is awesome.
Ridley's never going to happen. You all need to accept that as a fact. He'll show up in Virtua Fighter before Smash.Ridley, but Sakurai hates Ridley
They could have done Medusa instead of fucking Dark Pit. Or Hades. Hades is awesome.
Ridley, but Sakurai hates Ridley
I think Medusa could be a pretty fun character. Her Uprising design is pretty good and her powers would be pretty fun to use. Too bad Uprising also moved her to the kiddie table.Ridley's never going to happen. You all need to accept that as a fact. He'll show up in Virtua Fighter before Smash.
Medusa, as a villain, sucks. Besides Kid Icarus has an infinitely better villain in Hades. Also, Dark Pit's my main and I hope he stays in the series forever. Haters going to hate I guess.