EDIT: Below is a little outdated,
First of all,
Looking at this, I have worked out how many characters will most likely be in this game, thanks to Gemastu and the Rhythm Heaven enemy in Smash Run.
Four Rows is also a safe assumption looking at this. Brawl started with 3 rows and expanded to 4 and 5 rows would be very cramped and unnecessary.
Now in Brawl, the order characters appear on the roster is always the same no matter how many characters you have, even in its demo.
Also, this roster looks to be organised like Melee, a series by row instead of columns.
With four rows, I'm going to go through the first four quickly to get straight to row 3 where 13 columns is confirmed.
Top Row will be Mario and Metroid, with four reps already, the Zelda series won't be able to fit on the top row and will most likely begin the next row.
Ganondorf and Meta Knight are pretty certain to return, and with Palutena confirmed, thats already 11 characters. This means either Star Fox will start the next row or there are 13 columns and Wolf is cut, either way thats 13.
Now the third row is where everything happens.
The third row starts with Star Fox followed by FE then Pokemon, what does this mean? The RPG characters will be together again just like Brawl.
What does this mean?
1Fox, 2Falco, 3Wolf, 4Marth, 5Ike, 6Chrom, 7Ness, 8Shulk, 9Jigglypuff, 10Greninja, 11Lucario, 12Charizard, 13Pikachu
For this to have 12 columns, Wolf, Ness or Jigglypuff would have to be cut. Ness and Jigglypuff are original 12 and having Pokemon go from 6 to 4 is laughable. And as Gematsu is pretty much all but confirmed, we are definitely getting one of the Mother Boys.
Wolf is an important character and is far more different to Fox then Falco and Falco was already in both Melee and Brawl, we also have a new star fox game in the works and Gematsu only mentioned Lucas could get cut.
For those wandering, this leaves us with the following when we insert characters in.
Top row would have Wario and two slots not sure of, K Rool & Ridley anyone?
I put in Ganondorf and Metaknight in the second row and put Chorus Men with Villager as both are from more laid back games. This leaves one slot unsure of, Bandana Dee or Chibi Robo?
Third Row I went though.
Forth Row is everyone else.
I put Capt. Falcon next to Olimar, Ice Climbers after that, Then Little Mac and Wii Fit Trainer, Miis, R.O.B., G&W, and then confirmed third party. That leaves one more unknown slot, Snake? or a new retro character? I personally think Takamaru.
For further information, this is what the roster would most likely look like (switching some characters to suit your prediction)
And what 51 would look like in the character select screen.
Please discuss, 51 characters confirmed?
First of all,
Looking at this, I have worked out how many characters will most likely be in this game, thanks to Gemastu and the Rhythm Heaven enemy in Smash Run.
Four Rows is also a safe assumption looking at this. Brawl started with 3 rows and expanded to 4 and 5 rows would be very cramped and unnecessary.
Now in Brawl, the order characters appear on the roster is always the same no matter how many characters you have, even in its demo.
Also, this roster looks to be organised like Melee, a series by row instead of columns.
With four rows, I'm going to go through the first four quickly to get straight to row 3 where 13 columns is confirmed.
Top Row will be Mario and Metroid, with four reps already, the Zelda series won't be able to fit on the top row and will most likely begin the next row.
Ganondorf and Meta Knight are pretty certain to return, and with Palutena confirmed, thats already 11 characters. This means either Star Fox will start the next row or there are 13 columns and Wolf is cut, either way thats 13.
Now the third row is where everything happens.
The third row starts with Star Fox followed by FE then Pokemon, what does this mean? The RPG characters will be together again just like Brawl.
What does this mean?
1Fox, 2Falco, 3Wolf, 4Marth, 5Ike, 6Chrom, 7Ness, 8Shulk, 9Jigglypuff, 10Greninja, 11Lucario, 12Charizard, 13Pikachu
For this to have 12 columns, Wolf, Ness or Jigglypuff would have to be cut. Ness and Jigglypuff are original 12 and having Pokemon go from 6 to 4 is laughable. And as Gematsu is pretty much all but confirmed, we are definitely getting one of the Mother Boys.
Wolf is an important character and is far more different to Fox then Falco and Falco was already in both Melee and Brawl, we also have a new star fox game in the works and Gematsu only mentioned Lucas could get cut.
For those wandering, this leaves us with the following when we insert characters in.
Top row would have Wario and two slots not sure of, K Rool & Ridley anyone?
I put in Ganondorf and Metaknight in the second row and put Chorus Men with Villager as both are from more laid back games. This leaves one slot unsure of, Bandana Dee or Chibi Robo?
Third Row I went though.
Forth Row is everyone else.
I put Capt. Falcon next to Olimar, Ice Climbers after that, Then Little Mac and Wii Fit Trainer, Miis, R.O.B., G&W, and then confirmed third party. That leaves one more unknown slot, Snake? or a new retro character? I personally think Takamaru.
For further information, this is what the roster would most likely look like (switching some characters to suit your prediction)
And what 51 would look like in the character select screen.
Please discuss, 51 characters confirmed?
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