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Remember those little animations in 64 and Brawl before the Fight started? What ones would new characters have and what ones should be changed?

Megaman: Teleports in like in his own series
Krystal: Fliws in on a Cloud-Runner (Pterodactyl)

Luigi: Gets beamed out a camera pizel by pixel like in Luigi's Mansion 2
Link: Parachutes in like he does in Skyward Sword
Sonic: Jumps off the Tornado as Tails flies it.
 

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Why not do what PSASBR did and have a selection of different intros?

Mario Intros:
Intro 1: The Warp Pipe
Intro 2: He lands on the stage similar to beginning of Mario Galaxy levels
Intro 3: An intro from Mario Strikers Charged.
 

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Ridley:

At first only his eyes appear from the shadows, until his whole full body is revealed, aka his Super Metroid intro.

It'd probably be hard to pull off on bright stages.
 

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Well, you have three different match ending animations, and you can choose which one you want by holding certain buttons, so SSB4 should do the same for the intro animations.

Maybe they should also add a fourth (back) taunt.
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Metal Mario:

1. Casually emerges from a warp pipe with a stiff animation, like he, Mario, and Luigi all did in the original Smash 64.

2. Falls from the sky, landing on his head, then silently gets back up. (same as his Classic mode intro in Melee.)

3. Sorta "warps" into the stage by first appearing transparent and then "hardening". (it's hard to explain)
 

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chibi-robo: comes out of the chibi house

urban champion: jumps out of a manhole

tempo: flys in on the bird thing he rides
 

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Mewtwo: Sudden Teleport or breaking out of a water-containing bunker (First Pokemon movie)
 

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Little mac : Runs in wearing his pink warm up outfit, then tears it off, leaving his boxing outfit underneath.
Kamek : Flies in on his broom
Grovyle : comes out from a purple time portal
King K. Rool : Carried in by some kremlings
Waluigi : Drives in on a Go-Kart
 

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Ashley:
1.Comes out from aportal of darkness. (Like Ganondorf in Brawl)
2. Flies onto the stage on her broom, which then transforms into Red. (Yes I'm totally not stealing this idea from legendofrob1 :p)

Lyn:
Unlike Marth and Ike, the circle of light forms vertically, and she comes out in a flash.

Tingle:
Floats onto the stage using a balloon, and then falls down as the balloon gets popped.
 

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The Mario characters could drive to the stage in their karts. Better yet, Bowser could use the Koopa Clown car. Samus could drop from her Space-ship. Pit could have an intro similar to the one in Kid Icarus Uprising. Y'know, where he runs out of a door made of light. Toon Link's intro could incorporate riding on some kind of boat, or a train. Diddy Kong could jump out of a plane.
 

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Three seems a little hard to pull off, but I definitely agree that each character should have more than one.

These are surprisingly fun to come up with.

Kirby
Intro 1 - Standard 64 and Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Floats in slowly before unpuffing and plopping onto the ground.

Pikachu
Intro 1 - Standard 64 and Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Flies down using his signature balloons.

Samus
Intro 1 - Standard 64 and Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Screw attacks from afar, slightly sliding from her land-mark as she flashes a rainbow of colors, marking her trying to get out of a shinespark.
Intro 3 (ZZS) - Stand Brawl entrance.

Donkey Kong
Intro 1 - Standard 64 and Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Flies in on one of the Barrel Blast bongos.

Captain Falcon
Intro 1 - Standard 64 and Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Comes flying down from above doing a Falcon Punch onto the ground, creating a ring of wispy fire around Captain Falcon's crater.

Ness
Intro 1 - Standard 64 and Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Crashes down inside a malfunctioning Sky Runner.

Zelda
Intro 1 - Standard Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Rides down on a Loftwing.
Intro 3 (Sheik) - Standard Brawl entrance.

Olimar
Intro 1 - Standard Brawl entrance, only with the S.S. Dolphin rather than "The Ship".
Intro 2 - Several Flying Pikmin escort him to the arena.

Pokemon Trainer
Intro 1 - Standard Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 (Squirtle) - Red has Squirtle use Surf for both of them to ride in on a wave.
Intro 3 (Ivysaur) - Red has Ivysaur use Dig as they both come out from the ground.
Intro 4 (Charizard) - Red has Charizard use Fly to escort them down from the air.

Lucas
Intro 1 - Stand Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Lets go of the strings of a bunch of red birds and red balloons tied together.

R.O.B.
Intro 1 - Standard Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Floats in as the Ancient Minister on his flying platform, followed by his outfit quickly bursting into flames and being blown apart (in style of his reveal in Brawl).

Mega Man
Intro 1 - Mega Man teleports in style of his games, with the word "READY" flashing several times above him.
Intro 2 - Mega Man flies in from the side on Rush, who then flies off as Mega Man motions home goodbye with a thumbs up.

Ridley
Intro 1 - Glowing eyes appear, followed by Ridley "decloaking" as if he was invisible.
Intro 2 - Drops straight down at a vicious speed, landing on all fours and roaring.

Little Mac
Intro 1 - Chases after Doc Louis riding a bike.
Intro 2 - Gets punched into the arena from afar, landing on his back but getting back up.

The Masked Man
Intro 1 - Walks out of a Pork Bean as a couple of Pigmasks clap for him.
Intro 2 - A Steel Mechorilla jumps in with the Masked Man between its arms, landing with a thud. The Mechorilla lightly sets the completely stoic Masked Man down on the ground, pats him on the back, and leaps away.
 

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Chrom (using Wariofan1's idea for intros):
Intro 1: Lissa uses "Rescue" where Chrom will spawn, and she runs off.
Intro 2: Warp (same as Ike's and Marth's, despite said staff not appearing in Awakening).
Intro 3: Enters the stage on a horse, and jumps off of it.
 

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Why not do what PSASBR did and have a selection of different intros?

Mario Intros:
Intro 1: The Warp Pipe
Intro 2: He lands on the stage similar to beginning of Mario Galaxy levels
Intro 3: An intro from Mario Strikers Charged.
As much as I liked that aspect of PSASBR, I'm not sure if it fits in Smash style.

I do think we need more than one intro animations. Not sure how that can be incorporated but maybe decided prior to the match?

Here's some ideas:

Link
Rides in on a tornado (Brawl).
Descends via light (64).
Comes riding on Epona and jumps off.
Jumps off the giant flying toucan birds.

Ganondorf
Steps out of the netherworld (Brawl)
His sword appears and he materializes and then grabs the sword.
Comes floating down all phantom ganon style.
Rides out on his dark horse.

Pikachu
Pokeball
Lighting strikes the stage and Pikachu comes out.
A burst of electricity and Pikachu jumps out.
Hmmm....master ball? Lol
 

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As much as I liked that aspect of PSASBR, I'm not sure if it fits in Smash style.

I do think we need more than one intro animations. Not sure how that can be incorporated but maybe decided prior to the match?

Here's some ideas:

Link
Rides in on a tornado (Brawl).
Descends via light (64).
Comes riding on Epona and jumps off.
Jumps off the giant flying toucan birds.

Ganondorf
Steps out of the netherworld (Brawl)
His sword appears and he materializes and then grabs the sword.
Comes floating down all phantom ganon style.
Rides out on his dark horse.

Pikachu
Pokeball
Lighting strikes the stage and Pikachu comes out.
A burst of electricity and Pikachu jumps out.
Hmmm....master ball? Lol
It would honestly fit that customization role the 3DS version is suppose to be playing. So it would be a nice little thing to have.
 

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Yeah, that's true. I could just see people screaming "copycat". If they could implement it in a unique way, that would BR awesome.
 

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Three seems a little hard to pull off, but I definitely agree that each character should have more than one.

These are surprisingly fun to come up with.

Kirby
Intro 1 - Standard 64 and Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Floats in slowly before unpuffing and plopping onto the ground.

Pikachu
Intro 1 - Standard 64 and Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Flies down using his signature balloons.

Samus
Intro 1 - Standard 64 and Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Screw attacks from afar, slightly sliding from her land-mark as she flashes a rainbow of colors, marking her trying to get out of a shinespark.
Intro 3 (ZZS) - Stand Brawl entrance.

Donkey Kong
Intro 1 - Standard 64 and Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Flies in on one of the Barrel Blast bongos.

Captain Falcon
Intro 1 - Standard 64 and Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Comes flying down from above doing a Falcon Punch onto the ground, creating a ring of wispy fire around Captain Falcon's crater.

Ness
Intro 1 - Standard 64 and Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Crashes down inside a malfunctioning Sky Runner.

Zelda
Intro 1 - Standard Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Rides down on a Loftwing.
Intro 3 (Sheik) - Standard Brawl entrance.

Olimar
Intro 1 - Standard Brawl entrance, only with the S.S. Dolphin rather than "The Ship".
Intro 2 - Several Flying Pikmin escort him to the arena.

Pokemon Trainer
Intro 1 - Standard Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 (Squirtle) - Red has Squirtle use Surf for both of them to ride in on a wave.
Intro 3 (Ivysaur) - Red has Ivysaur use Dig as they both come out from the ground.
Intro 4 (Charizard) - Red has Charizard use Fly to escort them down from the air.

Lucas
Intro 1 - Stand Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Lets go of the strings of a bunch of red birds and red balloons tied together.

R.O.B.
Intro 1 - Standard Brawl entrance.
Intro 2 - Floats in as the Ancient Minister on his flying platform, followed by his outfit quickly bursting into flames and being blown apart (in style of his reveal in Brawl).

Mega Man
Intro 1 - Mega Man teleports in style of his games, with the word "READY" flashing several times above him.
Intro 2 - Mega Man flies in from the side on Rush, who then flies off as Mega Man motions home goodbye with a thumbs up.

Ridley
Intro 1 - Glowing eyes appear, followed by Ridley "decloaking" as if he was invisible.
Intro 2 - Drops straight down at a vicious speed, landing on all fours and roaring.

Little Mac
Intro 1 - Chases after Doc Brown riding a bike.
Intro 2 - Gets punched into the arena from afar, landing on his back but getting back up.

The Masked Man
Intro 1 - Walks out of a Pork Bean as a couple of Pigmasks clap for him.
Intro 2 - A Steel Mechorilla jumps in with the Masked Man between its arms, landing with a thud. The Mechorilla lightly sets the completely stoic Masked Man down on the ground, pats him on the back, and leaps away.

Love the intro ideas for Ridley and Little Mac.
 

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I'd like the intros to be full screen/zoomed in and one at a time, but still quick so as not to delay the start.

For example, Pit going through the sky door that opens onto the stage.
 

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Some ideas

Pokemon Trainer
Intro 1: Rides in on his bicycle.
Intro 2: Descends on Charizard, implying he used Fly to reach the stage
Intro 3: Somehow warps onto the stage, spinning rapidly in place before coming to a halt (as if he'd used an Escape Rope).

Sonic
Intro 1: The generic spin intro he does in Brawl.
Intro 2: Flies onto the screen as Super Sonic, like in the opening to Sonic 3.
Intro 3: Tails swoops down in the Tornado, and Sonic hops off of the plane.

Mr. Game & Watch
Intro 1: His frame-by-frame walk animation from Brawl.
Intro 2: Slowly descends on his parachute.
Intro 3: A Game & Watch unit falls from the sky, landing on its back side. Mr. Game & Watch rises out of the screen.

Donkey Kong
Intro 1: Bursts out of a DK Barrel.
Intro 2: Descends on a red life balloon.
Intro 3: Swings onto the stage on a vine.

Snake
Intro 1: His camouflage defects, and he says "Kept you waiting, huh?"
Intro 2: Crawls along the stage in the background, but a spotlight hovers over him. A "!" appears over his head, and he hops into the plane of battle.
Intro 3: Rolls onto the stage inside of the oil drum from MGS4.
 

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Kirby:
Warp Star crashes into the stage.
Rides in on Wheelie.
Jumps off of Dyna Blade's back as she fly's by the stage.
 

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Bowser:
Intro 1: Walks onto the battlefield from hammer-space covered in flames. (Brawl/Melee Opening)
Intro 2: Jumps out of an airborne Koopa Klown Car, which flies away shortly before the match starts.
Intro 3: Bowser's trophy appears from the Bottom Blast Zone and Bowser Smashes out of the Trophy (Similar to the Giga Bowser Cutscene from Melee)

Zoroark:
Intro 1: Some sort of teleport, similar to Lucario's but different pose.
Intro 2: Pokeball
Intro 3: Poses as another character that has already been unlocked, then reveals its true form.

Little Mac:
Intro 1: Follows Doc Louis into the ring, Louis Rides off, Mac throws off his Pink hoodie. (Credit to "God Robert's Cousin" or whoever for the idea)
Intro 2: Crawls underneath a set of turnbuckles.
Intro 3: Walks onto the battlefield from the foreground. (Sort of like the NES version)
 

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Why not do what PSASBR did and have a selection of different intros?

Mario Intros:
Intro 1: The Warp Pipe
Intro 2: He lands on the stage similar to beginning of Mario Galaxy levels
Intro 3: An intro from Mario Strikers Charged.
One of the few things they did right. Though I would like to select a random feature and not just the one, since some characters have a lot of good entries.
 
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