It'd be kinda cool if his moveset reflected Spirit Tracks, Four Swords, Minish Cap and Phantom Hourglass, too. Like, if he had the Sand Rod, his final Smash was the Four Sword, he could go mini and like,I don't remember anything from PH anyway.
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It'd be kinda cool if his moveset reflected Spirit Tracks, Four Swords, Minish Cap and Phantom Hourglass, too. Like, if he had the Sand Rod, his final Smash was the Four Sword, he could go mini and like,I don't remember anything from PH anyway.
Solid SOAP
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I loved Toon Link in Brawl, so I ain't complaining.
Solid Samus
Banned
I feel ya. I still check out the site because it has the widest net of any Nintendo fansite I've been to in regards to news and I still enjoy the occasional discussion there but these days I only ever really post at GAF.
I signed up for GAF and that other site on the same day, back in 2010. Is it against the rules to use non-positive adjectives about the fact that it took two years for me to be able to make my first post?
He played differently from Link last time out. He's faster, more agile, and has better projectiles but can't take hits as well. He's a longer range hit and run fighter.
yup only clones from now on
This is why I don't fully understand his inclusion. Under normal circumstances he probably should've been cut, especially since they're trying to make room for new characters and have confirmed that not everyone will be returning from Brawl, so he's obviously some kind of cross-promotion for Wind Waker HD.
But by the time this game comes out the world will have mostly forgotten WWHD even exists.
Unless the Wii U library is still as paltry as it is now and they're still producing and marketing copies of it.
SuperAndroid17
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Green Mamba
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They have not confirmed that characters from Brawl will be cut. They've confirmed that it won't have every Smash character in it that's ever been in Smash before, but that could just as easily be talking about Dr. Mario and Pichu and the like.
RomanceDawn
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Sakurai did not say everyone from Brawl wont return. He said he won't be able to bring back every character in a very general sense. Many of us assume he was referring to Melee veterans as well, he then went on to say he will do his best to bring back everyone but if there must be cuts he apologizes in advance.
As far as I'm concerned Pichu and Dr Mario are super low on the priority list. I'm betting everyone from Brawl makes it. The only one I'm doubting honestly is Snake. All for no other reason than a hunch.
Toon Link getting in doesn't knock someone out of some defined list characters that have to fit perfectly on the player select screen. They have a goal to make a big roster of characters and hopefully they have as much time and know how as they need to develop their concepts to completion.
As far as I'm concerned Pichu and Dr Mario are super low on the priority list. I'm betting everyone from Brawl makes it. The only one I'm doubting honestly is Snake. All for no other reason than a hunch.
Toon Link getting in doesn't knock someone out of some defined list characters that have to fit perfectly on the player select screen. They have a goal to make a big roster of characters and hopefully they have as much time and know how as they need to develop their concepts to completion.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
or, possibly, people just really liked playing as him in Brawl and wanted to see him return in this game as well
Also already been said but at no point have any Brawl cuts been confirmed. That's purely fan-conjecture, like how people were saying SSB4 would be radically different gameplay-wise to the past games (it obviously isn't at this point) and hence the roster would have to be way smaller.
Professor Beef
Banned
dat hyperbole
DICKS AHOY
Banned
why not just cut ice climbers/mr. game & watch/ness/lucas/captain falcon/ROB/sheik/fox/samus/ike because nobody will remember their games existed as well by 2014
Besides Roy I don't think Smash has ever included a character for purely advertising/tie-in reasons.
Besides Roy I don't think Smash has ever included a character for purely advertising/tie-in reasons.
Meesh
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I'll probably be strangled for this, and maybe rightfully so lol, but on the subject of clones I would've sooner taken "Fierce Diety Link" over Toon Link just because we've already been treated to a healty dose o toon-time with WW. And when's the last time we saw FD Link outside of MM? Just a thought...
foxuzamaki
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holyshit I was gonna give you alot of shit until I read the rest of your comment lol
Rizsparky
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This, if he is cut from this game i'm boycotting it.
Professor Beef
Banned
No you won't.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
why would the thought even cross your mind, ofcourse he isnt getting cut.
Personally I do feel that some character will get the ax, but not because of a change in gameplay. More because of how much more time consuming it is to develop for HD consoles. Aside from MVC3 most fighters started with a cast between 24-36 characters. Every new smash we get around ten new characters and with Brawl already having 36 characters I'm not sure they can deliver them all.
thechristoph
Sir!
Choosing not to buy something is not a boycott. Jesus this thread.