This past month has been incredibly busy, I've barely commented in here since the Little Mac reveal!
To recap, has there been any new info recently besides Little Mac and Diddy's return?
Not much aside from some items and stuff. Fairy in the bottle, Palkia comes out of a pokeball now, etc.
Who do you guys think has the best chances, Dixie Kong or Waluigi?
Who do you guys think has the best chances, Dixie Kong or Waluigi?
Samus’ Brawl design is actually based off of Zero Mission, which was the latest entry in the mainline Metroid series at the time of Brawl’s development. The Metroid Prime games are considered a side series in Japan.For everyone who was dogging on Samus' Brawl look: Samus has always been based off of her appearance in old games such as Super Metroid. Nothing about her character design was ever based on anything newer (which makes sense, Metroid Prime didn't exist when Smash 64 or Melee was made, and since Melee they rarely do anything to update movesets on returning characters).
Brawl didn't update Samus to her Metroid Prime look either. It's interesting that they updated her look once a new Japanese console Metroid was made, with the original director of the series. Racist.
Dixie's chances are 50/50, and Waluigi's chances are nonexistent.Who do you guys think has the best chances, Dixie Kong or Waluigi?
Who do you guys think has the best chances, Dixie Kong or Waluigi?
Dixie is playable in more games than any of the other characters not yet included in Smash
Based on today's screenshots giving us a few more clean shots I decided to try and make a reasonably comprehensive size chart of the cast so far.
I left out any character that doesn't have a clean enough shot to compare though. (Lucario, Diddy, Zelda, Toon Link)
So of the tallest 6 characters, there are 3 ladies and 3 cartoon monsters?
This is factually wrong. As a matter of fact, Waluigi is playable in significantly more titles than Dixie is, even if you were to include the GB/GBA ports/remakes of DKC.
Link's knees look pretty bent, he'd probably crack the top 6 standing fully upright.
I was talking about DK characters.
Even so Waluigi may be more titles but it's mainly as a game piece than as a character with fleshed out abilities.
Oh okay, my bad, it was a bit ambiguously worded.
I was not disagreeing with your other points, haha. Waluigi is not a good character.
I was talking about DK characters. Even so Waluigi may be more titles but it's mainly as a game piece than as a character with fleshed out abilities.
Brawl didn't update Samus to her Metroid Prime look either. It's interesting that they updated her look once a new Japanese console Metroid was made, with the original director of the series. Racist.
Diddy and Dixie have nothing in common besides being from the same series. Diddy's depicted as a frantic acrobat, and Dixie is much more subdued. She would fight using her ponytails as limbs, which would set her apart from every other character on the roster. She's also one of the few truly recognizable Nintendo characters left, and to me that's reason enough to include her.Wouldn't want Dixie in it. Too close to Diddy.
They can find some better female characters.
Ah, good catch. Didn't think about Zero Mission.Samus Brawl design is actually based off of Zero Mission, which was the latest entry in the mainline Metroid series at the time of Brawls development. The Metroid Prime games are considered a side series in Japan.
Her armor obviously isnt purple in Brawl, but note the green lights.
Other M is the latest mainline Metroid game since Zero Mission, which is why her costume has been updated for SSB4.
Oh okay, my bad, it was a bit ambiguously worded.
I was not disagreeing with your other points, haha. Waluigi is not a good character.
's cool, just as long as we agree on that last bit
Waluigi's probably been playable in more titles than any of the non-Mario characters.
He's been playable in roughly 34 games.
There isn't a Japanese equivalent to compare it to other than the original. Not to mention the series as a whole is a bit more western focused. Metroid is (was) a series that had huge titles developed in both America and Japan in the same decade.Either way, Little Mac has his updated design and Giga Mac form from a Western developed title.
You're both uninvited from my Waluigi-themed birthday party.
I will mail the complimentary Waluigiscopes though.
Still lame that they passed on Prime content. All it got was a color variation nod.
The same can probably be said for Toad and Koopa Troopa. Doesn't mean they are more than side characters.Waluigi's probably been playable in more titles than any of the non-Mario characters.
He's been playable in roughly 34 games.
The same can probably be said for Toad and Koopa Troopa. Doesn't mean they are more than side characters.
Hell Toad has more of a right to playable status than Waluigi. Easy.
Brawl had a Metroid Prime stage (Frigate Orpheon) and boss (Meta Ridley), so I wouldn't say that the game passed on Prime content. There are hundreds of Nintendo games without a stage or boss in Brawl.Ah, good catch. Didn't think about Zero Mission.
Still lame that they passed on Prime content. All it got was a color variation nod. And I realize it's a "side series" but doesn't it still fit into actual series canon?
Not to mention they're goddamn magnificent games.
Oh I like Waluigi in Mario Kart and Mario sports games, but not in Smash.
I made this at like 4am last night with some of the possible female newcomers. I wanted to make something Smash-related, and Miiverse doodles can only go so far for hype.
Here's hoping we see at least one of these ladies playable. I didn't include any FE ladies since there's no 3D renders of them - my pick is Anna, since she's a recurring character, but Robin, or Lucina would be cool too.
Isn't character selection based on popularity and mechanics? Dixie has appeared in fewer games than Waluigi, but she's iconic. From a game design standpoint Dixie Kong can at least fly and use her hair to grab and attack. What can Waluigi conceptually contribute to the game? His brother Wario's moveset was carried over from the Wario Ware games, so Sakurai was able to make him unique from Mario. Waluigi hasn't had any games to differentiate him from Luigi. He's basically a taller and more angsty Luigi.
Another good point. I guess I was approaching it more from the playable character side of things.Brawl had a Metroid Prime stage (Frigate Orpheon) and boss (Meta Ridley), so I wouldn't say that the game passed on Prime content. There are hundreds of Nintendo games without a stage or boss in Brawl.
Based on today's screenshots giving us a few more clean shots I decided to try and make a reasonably comprehensive size chart of the cast so far.
I left out any character that doesn't have a clean enough shot to compare though. (Lucario, Diddy, Zelda, Toon Link)
Samus Brawl design is actually based off of Zero Mission, which was the latest entry in the mainline Metroid series at the time of Brawls development. The Metroid Prime games are considered a side series in Japan.
Her armor obviously isnt purple in Brawl, but note the green lights.
Other M is the latest mainline Metroid game since Zero Mission, which is why her costume has been updated for SSB4.
Dixie's chances are 50/50, and Waluigi's chances are nonexistent.
I think lil mac is shorter
and it sucks fox suffers from smash height differences, in his own universe he is average height at 5'8
They finally updated the image with Little Mac!
That stained glass collection is going to look amazing in the OT when this game finally comes out.
It's also going to look amazing on my wall :3