Guess it's still somewhat possible for the popular Namco choices like Pac-Man to be in (boring as he seems like he would be moveset-wise) or Lloyd from Tales of Symphonia, but am glad they won't really be prioritized. Would be happy enough if Mega Man was the only new 3rd party character added, assuming Snake and Sonic still return too.
Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/14/e3-2013-namco-bandai-characters-receive-no-priority-for-super-smash-brosGuess it's still somewhat possible for the popular Namco choices like Pac-Man to be in (boring as he seems like he would be moveset-wise) or Lloyd from Tales of Symphonia, but am glad they won't really be prioritized. Would be happy enough if Mega Man was the only new 3rd party character added, assuming Snake and Sonic still return too.
Agreed on Mega Man, he is by far the most desired character to appear in SSB games, as long as he's in it they don't have to add any new combatants and I'll be pleased. However I am of course hoping for Ridley. I don't care much for snake so I'll be fine if he doesn't return but I am hoping that at least Sonic and Mewtwo will make a comeback.
I really don't care if Snake or Sonic comes back for this game, I too am more satisfied with Mega Man, as far as third party characters go. I personally think Snake and Sonic have served their purposes in this series anyway.
But to be completely satisfied, I also want Little Mac. I've been wanting him ever since before Brawl was released. He's, no doubt, the most deserving Nintendo character that hasn't been confirmed yet. But with the boxing ring and the leaked info, I truly believe he's in anyway. Only with both Mega Man and Little Mac in the game, I'll have no more problems.
Originally posted by Cyner
Agreed on Mega Man, he is by far the most desired character to appear in SSB games, as long as he's in it they don't have to add any new combatants and I'll be pleased. However I am of course hoping for Ridley. I don't care much for snake so I'll be fine if he doesn't return but I am hoping that at least Sonic and Mewtwo will make a comeback.
Originally posted by Bro SMASH
I really don't care if Snake or Sonic comes back for this game, I too am more satisfied with Mega Man, as far as third party characters go. I personally think Snake and Sonic have served their purposes in this series anyway.But to be completely satisfied, I also want Little Mac. I've been wanting him ever since before Brawl was released. He's, no doubt, the most deserving Nintendo character that hasn't been confirmed yet. But with the boxing ring and the leaked info, I truly believe he's in anyway. Only with both Mega Man and Little Mac in the game, I'll have no more problems.
The one thing that worries me at the moment for some characters is that apparently (according to some sources) the Wii U and 3DS version of the game will have both the same number of characters and same characters, so if some characters aren't able to be added because of the bigger limits of the 3DS, they won't be on the Wii U version either (unless maybe they're DLC), which is bullshit, but it is what it is.
Oh, Sakurai said in another interview that the 3DS had issues with double characters like Ice Climbers, so maybe that's just what it is. Goodbye to them perhaps, not that I used 'em much anyway...
Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
I understand your want for Little Mac and sorta support him too, but I kinda beg to differ on him being without a doubt the most deserving Nintendo character yet to be in. 😬
Don't know why you say that. Punch-Out!! is a very popular Nintendo series since the NES days. Little Mac's playable appearance in Smash Bros. is long overdue.
Weak excuse indeed, but yeah. I'm still glad they're not putting quite as much effort into the campaign this time around, if you wanna call it that. One of the biggest problems Brawl had was the most time (and disc space) being spent on the Subspace Emissary while other features of the game were kind of an afterthought in comparison, even the online which was crap, although that had more to do with the Wii/Nintendo wi-fi itself admittedly than the game.
I can think of a bunch of different excuses to make besides the one Masahiro made.
1. We want to focus more on the gameplay.
2. We're having a hard enough time trying to figure out which new characters we want in this and how they should work.
3. We don't have enough time. We're almost meeting the deadline here.
4. Because we know the majority doesn't care about story modes in fighters anyway.
5. The rest of our budget that was supposed to be put into making cutscenes for the story mode was transferred to another Nintendo project. That or cocaine. I just noticed our staff is a little on edge.
6. Most of the cutscenes have Bayonetta in them. We went too far. If we showed them to you, we'd have to change the game's rating.
I'd rather have another Melee-style adventure mode anyway that's shorter and more fun & replayable and isn't a glorified Kirby game like Brawl's SSE. Maybe SSB4's story mode will be closer to the former.
Originally posted by CosmicComet
The real reason is that they are rushing the game out due to the Wii U's flagging sales.That's the best excuse they could think of.
Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
I'd rather have another Melee-style adventure mode anyway that's shorter and more fun & replayable and isn't a glorified Kirby game like Brawl's SSE. Maybe SSB4's story mode will be closer to the former.
Every game made should be tailored to be a glorified Kirby game. Kirby games are the greatest things that God has graced us with.
Pic of the day. Out of the blue, here's a new stage--the Pyrosphere from Metroid: Other M! An enemy from Samus's past may appear at any second…
If he happened to have made Ridley just a stage hazard for the Pyrosphere then he may as well have shown him now.