I am relaxed, that's why I had the trailing "but whatev". I think that the roster looks good despite the couple backward steps from brawl (no IC, PT split up, Zelda split up, 3 Pikmin) likely caused by the need for parity between 3DS and Wii U versions.
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RUMOR: Leaked Screens of Smash 3DS Shows Character Select Screen, Stages
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I am relaxed, that's why I had the trailing "but whatev". I think that the roster looks good despite the couple backward steps from brawl (no IC, PT split up, Zelda split up, 3 Pikmin) likely caused by the need for parity between 3DS and Wii U versions.
AlphaDragoon
Member
Why would Reyn (or Fiora, Dunban, or anyone else) get in before Shulk? He's the main character of a game that currently has no reps in Smash. If it's anyone, it's him.
Mockingbird
Member
Well, also the leaker said it's not necessarily the final roster. Maybe there are more characters. Remember how the roster moved around in Melee and Brawl as characters got unlocked? It might still be moving!!!!!
Zeyphersan
Banned
They wouldn't suddenly jump all over the board
And wait, the leaker said this wasn't necessarily the final roster, but this is supposedly the stuff sent to the ESRB?
Personal preference. Shulk is pretty boring compared to the rest of the cast.
Either way, I'm not saying it would make more sense for someone else to be in over him.
They didn't "move" -- hidden characters were simply slotted in between the starting characters. The only exception is Luigi swapping places with Pikachu in Melee, but none of that explains or justifies Yoshi interrupting the main Super Mario cast, the three clones at the end, or Shulk being with the guests. Adding in additional characters isn't going to change any of that.
Adding in extra characters would fill out the bottom row so it's half third-party and half first-party.
The clones being in their own corner makes sense insofar as they're only marginally different and Sakurai might want to treat them like "bonuses."
Yoshi being in the Mario row might just be Sakurai acknowledging that while he has his own series, he's still a Mario universe character. He didn't get his own title card in the first trailer, either. Feels appropriate to have him after the Mario vets but before the Mario newcomers since he still appears in Mario games to this day.
I'm just saying, the rules governing these matters might not be as rigid as we once thought.
That still doesn't make any sense. Melee's clones were also "bonuses," but they were still attached to their respective series. Characters should be grouped by series, and they have been for the last three games. What separates a "pure clone" from a "somewhat unique clone" is a completely arbitrary distinction -- there just isn't any reason for Toon Link to hang around the Zelda characters while someone like Dr. Mario (who probably wouldn't use the F.L.U.D.D.) is randomly thrown in at the end. A character is a character.
Yoshi wasn't in the first trailer, so obviously he wouldn't get his own title card.
I don't see how that's at all appropriate. In Smash Bros. he still represents his own series -- he has an egg icon, his own stage, his own All-Star battle, and his own set of trophies. He still appeared in Mario games during the development of SSB64, Melee, and Brawl, too, but he didn't disrupt the main series characters in those games.
Rigidity isn't my issue -- it's that Sakurai and his wife have exercised incredible sensibility and aestheticism in every game they've ever worked on, but this select screen throws all of those values out the window. It's ugly, disorderly, and nonsensical. It's set up exactly like the countless dream rosters and bad hoaxes I've seen over the years.
There's also the issue of the guest characters appearing in the order of Pac-Man/Mega Man/Sonic but the stages appearing as Mega Man/Pac-Man/Sonic. There's just a lot of all-around sloppiness.
Because there's a separate menu for mii's, as shown in the very same leak-summary image. Did you look at anything other than the character roster screen?
Mii's probably get their own menu because of the extra on-screen customization and UI required to access to the Wii U's profiles and saved Mii's and whatnot.
MikeXXIeaf
Banned
If I had to put money on it I'd say it's real.
Skeptics: make a Smash 4 style character model from scratch, somebody. I want to see it done.
Skeptics: make a Smash 4 style character model from scratch, somebody. I want to see it done.
http://31.media.tumblr.com/f265c99bebd641be842bee65bb2458d3/tumblr_n8aderSZuE1rmec6bo1_1280.png
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y0B69SibHQ
Both of those already look great, and they'd look even better on an offscreen photo.
Majukun
Member
how exactly would that work?what if i want to select a normal character and fight a mii?there doesn't seem to be any shortcut from one screen to the other,so i select my character in that selection screen and then what?go back one menù and enter the mii selection screen?sounds sloppy as hell
Also,all characters have customization options,both for moves and gears
MikeXXIeaf
Banned
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
so?
so?
wario is going to look like wario...
It reminds me of those other fighting game leaks.
Dimitri LH
Member
Oh you~
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
You meant with those weird trivia?
It was fun ride with you leaking things ever since MVC3.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
I see Jigglypuff. It's real.
Which ones in particular?
#NobodyGetsHurtInTeamNeutral
so?
I was wondering why of all the character portraits they could've gone with, they had to choose the cross-eyed one with an eye perpetually blocked out by his fat nose.
Uh huh sure.
BinaryPork2737
Unconfirmed Member
The $2 price would have been for the individual characters, not the entire possible pack
A more reasonable price for a potential pack would be $9.99 or even $14.99, and besides, the question was "would you pay for them?", so I gave an answer.
I need this to happen.
Burning Justice
the superior princess
The goggles are at a different angle on those two pictures..It's especially noticeable on the goggle to the viewer's left.
so?
holy shit guys, Mario was a fake all along
Proof once again that Nintendo has no imagination.
Japanmanx3
Member
Need Klonoa so bad right now smh...
Majukun
Member
I still need domeone to explain me the lack of mii fighters in the character selection screen in a way that makes sense...because a separated menù would mean that you can't make a vs cpu between a normal character and a mii fighter,since there is no button prompt or touch screen link to the supposed 'mii fighters screen' in that leak.
And that would be a really blatant omission
And that would be a really blatant omission
Zomba13
Member
OmegaSmash
Member
Miis take the random slot if customization is on (which in the screens, it's off)
Gonzo The Great
Banned
How does the leaker know that there will be DLC if these are screenshots that were simply sent to the ESRB? None of the stories are adding up. The Smashboards mods are probably in on this, considering they keep changing the narrative.
Majukun
Member
It's this confirmed of it's a theory?because there's enough space for another slot without sacrificing the random selection option.also mii fighters have probably a 'base form' too,since all characters can be customised as we already saw...so it would be strange to be unable to play them if you don't allow customisation
There's absolutely no way they'd be clever enough to pull this off. If they're involved in any way, it's just that the fake leaker took their leak and based his leak around it.
AlphaDragoon
Member
Eh, I don't think Shulk is boring at all, personally. Would be a blast to play as in a Smash game. Different strokes I guess.
holy shit guys, Mario was a fake all along
eff... another great character deconfirmed.
Huh? Did this happen?
JB-the-Hunter
Member
In the leak's Tomodachi stage slot, there's a previously unseen room. The exact room was seen again later on in the recent Famitsu scans.
They have shown a new stage in famitsu yesterday which already is on the leak. That is the reason that I believe this leak cause there is no way that they knew beforehand and also had a pic of the stage already.
EroticSushi
Member
This whole thing is moving too fast to keep up so not sure if this has been posted yet. Was a leak posted back before these pictures popped up. Matches with the current leaks if it's anything to go by.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I missed something but apparently /v/ debunked the leak?
Zeyphersan
Banned
Hm? Didn't hear about this
The quoted part, yes. The rest isn't part of the original leak.This whole thing is moving too fast to keep up so not sure if this has been posted yet. Was a leak posted back before these pictures popped up. Matches with the current leaks if it's anything to go by.
AdventureRacing
Member
Ice climbers being cut could possibly be enough to make me skip on this game all together.
Again, DLC. Most of you keep glossing over that part.