Smash Bros Brawl Creators Hint at Sonic 196
Wowzer writes "Nintendo hopes that Solid Snake's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl on Wii will encourage other publishers to allow their characters to join the Smash Bros. line-up, and is already actively negotiating for the rights to include at least one or two other non-Nintendo character. The plot thickens when Smash Bros. series director Masahiro Sakurai and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto say that 'Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog is the character that Smash Bros. fans have requested the most.' This begs the question, which non-Nintendo characters are most likely to appear?"
Sega fanboys? (Score:5, Funny)
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Towards the end of the 16-bit era, I remember reading stories about Nintendo and Sega playing practical jokes on each other. Things like signs at conventions getting swtiched around. "32X SUX" or something like that. An inflatable Sonic punctured and thrown into a pool. A smashed N64 with the proclamation they didn't have fun with it. Stuff like that. Anybody else remember this? I'm sure I've got the details wrong.
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Here's one for the Slashdot crowd though, my mate Mark [markeverclear.com], despite being a huge Nintendo fan and having a variety of import consoles, etc - never had a NES, and yet owned three or four CD-is - how fucked up is that?
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I wouldn't be surprised if such pranks did happen, but remember that the end of the 16-bit era was about ten years ago now. Neither company is as proud now as they were then: Nintendo has gone from the undisputed champion of the console market to a distant also-ran, and Sega has gone from the close second to falling out of the hardware market entirely.
Today both Sega and Nintendo are making a lot of money off of Sega-published titles running on Nintendo-produced hardware. Bad blood gets washed under the b
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Re:Sonic and Mario in the same game? Blasphemy! (Score:2)
My vote for a third party character would be Alex Kidd. He could start out the fight as being somewhat decent but as time goes on he would create a sucking vortex that no character could escape; just like his games!
On another note... Solid Snake is still allowed on a plane, right? What about his brother Liquid Snake?
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I saw someone mention Simon Belmont. Of course, I can't believe I left him off.
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Re:I know! (Score:5, Interesting)
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Re:I know! (Score:5, Funny)
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If they actually put that in there, I'm holding you personally responsible.
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They're called Super deformed and have been around for decades.
Guybrush Threepwood! (Score:2)
Jolyon
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Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, which had anime-ish versions of characters from SF2 and Dark Stalkers.
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From Namco... Mappy!
-:sigma.SB
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But you'd win by selecting him... and everyone else is just fighting for second place. He would also only have one attack, roundhouse kick. and come in multiple costumes including Walker Texas Ranger and Chuck Norris from Karate Kommandos (yes the cartoon series)
On a related note, this should be rated +1 Chuck Norris
Minsc! (Score:1, Funny)
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Not only that but the obscurity would add to the attraction in my eyes. Kind of like "Mr. Game and Watch"...
Not that I'm voting for Minsc...
Myself, I would love to see somebody like Sarge from Q3A... Rocket Launcher FTW
Friedmud
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What a good family game like this needs... (Score:4, Funny)
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Best. Character. Evar.
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Ash Williams! [wikipedia.org]
Best. Character. Evar.
Because let's face it, Duke is little more than a cheap ripoff of the real deal.
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Yes. Then we can wait ten years for the game to come out.
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Or include Rather Dashing.
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Spoiler: A lubber!
my vote (Score:3, Funny)
Would love seeing him vs Princess Peach.
Commander Keen! (Score:1)
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I think he would fit right in. I think it would be a really good selling point if they allow people to create their own custom characters and upload to the game.
Altered Beast (Score:2)
Old school Nintendo-based guys make the most sense (Score:2, Insightful)
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Ah, Simon's Quest. Great-grandpappy of the Metroidvanias.
Sega Characters (Score:2)
Sonic
Tales
Knuckles
Dr. Robotnick
The two guys from Altered Beast
Megaman characters would be a great addition to the game as well, although I'm not sure how much they count as Sega, as I think the last MegaMan game was realeased for the PS1/2
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Two words... (Score:5, Interesting)
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Either way, that would be interesting, though his attack style is almost identical to Sonic's if you think about it.
...Zero! (Score:3, Insightful)
A yoshi character might be cool, too.
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LEEEROY JENNNNNKINS (Score:3, Insightful)
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1. The character must have appeared on a Nintendo console in the past.
2. Characters from manga/anime/cartoons that where made into a game are excluded (so no dragonball, xmen or spongebob characters for example, but sonic, which was a game character before he got his cartoon may be included).
EGM April Fools Prophecy...again (Score:2)
they say EGM fooling around with Sheng Long [wikipedia.org] led to the character of Akuma being added to SF2 Turbo.
Speaking of new Smash Bros. characters: (Score:2)
(No, it's not really Samus naked. Just a bit of bad language.)
Anyway, I personally would love to see Sonic in there, but I readily admit that would feel so weird, almost wrong.
More pokemon (Score:3, Interesting)
Maybe even include some Digimon (Bandai arn't too harsh with their licencing) where you digivolved every time you beat another player. That way if you could rack up say 4 kills you would become quite powerful and instead of all going at it suddenly you'd be the main target.
If we're talking game characters (even though the above have been in more games than a lot would even realize) I'd like to see Bomberman (old school) included, with alternative skins to include the Punk, cowboy and maybe the female bomber from 3.
A Koopa troopa would be cool, they could even include a variety of shells on a level, so you can change your powers by jumping into them (Use the mario world system for this, it's simple and everyone knows whats going on).
What I would really like to see expanded though is the maps. Melee was full of small maps where you had no real tactics other than to spam your best moves if you played more than 1 on 1. Where as some larger maps like Hyrule Castle would make for a weapon change.
But then I suppose my "real" hope is they include some of the Mana series. Even if it's only making a kameo where Rabites appear in some level.
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My Requests (Score:4, Interesting)
Megaman
PacMan
Bonk
Crash Banditcoot
Banjo-Kazooie
RayMan
Strider
Shinobi
Arthur from (Ghosts N' Goblins)
Little Mac (Yes, I know he's a Nintendo Character)
Spiderman
Ryu (From Street Fighter)
Heihachi (From Tekken)
Dirk The Daring and Singe(From Dragon's Lair)
Gizmo and Stripe(From Gremlins)
Bub and Bob (From Bubble Bobble)
That's all I can think of for now...
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A Few More Ideas (Score:2)
Kid Chameleon
Space Ace / Dexter (Forgot to mention him w/ Dirk The Daring)
Bald Bull or King Hippo from PunchOut.
Bomberman
Kid Niki
The Ninja from Ninja Gaiden (NES version)
If they did do Sonic, I'd like to see more characters from that series such as Tails, Knuckles and MetalSonic.
Stanley The Bugman from Donkey Kong 3
TMNT!
Megaman X and Zero
Ultimate Showdown! (Score:2)
Especially the guy who wins. That would be awesome.
Objection!!! (Score:3, Funny)
"Take That!"
Dawn of Sorrow's Soma Cruz (Score:2)
Needs more Cowbell (Score:2)
Now who could that be... hmmm...
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If we're throwing out character suggestions... (Score:2)
First, she's from a second-party game, so it doesn't really break the whole "Nintendo characters" thing.
Second, she would use the SFAdventures staff as her weapon, which could work pretty well. It can be her jump boost (using the rocket part), it can shoot some sort of beam, it can shoot fire and ice, it can be used to hit people with. She would make a well rounded character with her own attacks. (Although she'd be quick,
Because no one else said it... (Score:4, Interesting)
My personal favorite would be Thundercats. It'll never happen, but I can dream.
Obligatory SNES RPG response: (Score:2)
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Oh god NO!
I love ChronoTrigger, but this is just a BAD IDEA! If you introduce one Square RPG character, a good 90% of Square RPG fans are going to be yelling, "why not Terra from FF6, why not Cecil from FF4... (gulp) why not Cloud from FF7?!!!", and thus begins WWIII. Suddenly you open up the series to becoming "Final Fantasy Bros", and as much as I like the FF series, and Square's other RPGs, there are WAY too many characters, there's way too many hot-issues, including a lot of bad blood between fans of
Everyone forgets about Wart (Score:2)
Some other ideas:
Bubbles, the fish like thing from Clu Clu land
Some enemy from Metroid... Ridley? Kraid?
R.O.B. (hey, he's in Mario Kart on the DS)
Bub and/or Bob from Bubble Bobble (kinda like the Ice Climbers)
Bomberman
Whatever that guy's name was in Kung Fu
The guy from Balloon Fight
Little Mac from Punch-Out
The Dog (Score:2)
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Alex & Ryan, from River City Ransom. They're already fighting characters with plenty of moves, even!
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Bionic Commando
Battle Toads
Roger Clemens (Roger Clemen's Baseball, anyone?)
The Snakes from Snake, Rattle, & Roll
This is, seriously, really old "news"... (Score:2)
C'mon. This was taken from an interview that came out about a week after Brawl's big (and only) announcement. And with the original announcement was the idea that there would be a poll to see what everyone (in Japan)'s favorite characters were to be put in Brawl. If I remember, Sonic had over 50% of the vote, followed by Megaman and Ridley (along with a few others).
Basically, Sonic's inclusion is totally insured. Nintendo pretty much HAS to do it now, or risk looking like the poll was a total scam. At thi
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SNK Characters (Score:2)
Ninja Gaiden (Score:2)
What, no CatS!? (Score:3, Funny)
Hundred and eighty some-odd posts, and no requests for CatS from Zero Wing?
For those who haven't been keeping up.... (Score:2)
They only have room for, at most, 5 3rd party characters (and Solid Snake already takes up one of those slots).
Only characters who have appeared in a game on a Nintendo console (home or handheld) are acceptable. (Sonic is viable due to 3 Sonic GBA games, and Sonic Rush on DS.)
There was a poll on Sakurai's blog, and Sonic came in first, I don't remember what the other characters were, but a few dedicated Nintendo fansites reported on it a month or so after E3
Birdo!!! (Score:2)
What's not to love?
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It RAISES the goddamn question. RAISES IT.
"begging the question" is an interesting idea; it's a tool used by bullshit artists to assume that a question has already been answered, and it's useful to have a term that you can use to call them on their bullshit.
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"The important question is, where are we going to go to buy a new car?" begs the question "Do we need a new car?" But that's not circular logic: circular logic / petito principii would be more like "we have to buy a new car because if we didn't we wouldn't have a new car."
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Small in Japan? (Score:2)
However--and I hate to t
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Surely it couldn't do Valve any harm to have their main man in a Nintendo game (more exposure in Japan can't be bad?). Maybe we should petition Gabe to ask for the Freeman to be in SSBB.
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Great character... one of my favorite games...
But seriously, as a huge RPG fan, I'm all for putting a lid on RPG characters in the Smash Bros series. I'd hate to see it turn into "Final Fantasy Bros", as Nintendo is forced by fans to throw in every FF series character known to man. Not that I have any problem with the FF series, but there's so much bad blood between fans of the various games and eras, you're just bound to piss off a lot of people. I'd say just totally stay away from the slippery slope of
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Those goddamn Sephiroth fanboys are unlivable enough as it is.
That's right, I said it. Now mod me down, you mako-sucking, white-haired pansies! Bring it!