Confirmed Character Discussion (Part 2)

[First_Smash_Bro.]

This really sucks. Only 8 characters?

 

[McFox]

What are you talking about?

As of right now, 9 characters have been confirmed for Brawl.

Mario
Link
Pikachu
Kirby
Metaknight
Zamus
Samus
Pit
Snake

There will be more characters added to the game. Sakurai just hasn't told us who they are yet.

 

[Lefticle]

Has Samus technically been confirmed? Sakurai's words about Zamus could be misunderstood and if he doesn't mean they are the actual same character, Samus would technically be unconfirmed. Though I severely doubt she'd be left out anyway.

 

[McFox]

"Don't worry, you'll still be able to play as standard Samus."

Hard to think that means anything except that you'll still be able to play as Samus.

 

[Devastlian]

And don't worry—you'll still be able to play as standard Samus, too.

I'm at a loss...I seriously don't know what else that could mean.


Edit: Darnit, McFox...

 

[Lefticle]

Hahaha, oh wow. My teachers are right, I do need to pay more attention.

 

[BloodBowler]

As of right now, 9 characters have been confirmed for Brawl.

Mario
Link
Pikachu
Kirby
Metaknight
Zamus
Samus
Pit
Snake

You forgot Wario, that makes 10. As for character numbers I would imagine they'd be shooting for the 20 mark at least. Given the success of the last game. They did say not all characters would be returning though. 4 from the last game we KNOW are coming back. So that leaves 21 characters to choose from.

However, we don't know for certain until they release new info. I'm keeping my eyes open.

 

[Sensai]

You forgot Wario, that makes 10. As for character numbers I would imagine they'd be shooting for the 20 mark at least. Given the success of the last game. They did say not all characters would be returning though. 4 from the last game we KNOW are coming back. So that leaves 21 characters to choose from.

However, we don't know for certain until they release new info. I'm keeping my eyes open.

5 from the last game, if you seperate Zelda and Sheik.

 

[BloodBowler]

5 from the last game, if you seperate Zelda and Sheik.

What are you talking about? It hasn't been confirmed that either Zelda or Shiek is coming back in SSBB (I hope).

I was referring to Mario, Link, Pikachu and Kirby.

 

[Waluigi911]

You forgot Samus.

 

[Kurizu208]

No, ya gotta import it :/ Not a lot of Japanese text as far as I can tell from reading up about it, BUT a lot of the characters are Japan-only. Ever heard of Cool Girl Asuka, or Momotarou? Didn't think so

I know cool girl asuka but not the other one.

 

[The Great Marth]

what are the chances of 26 characters being in the game like last time? i would think there would be like 35 or 40......i really want all the characters to return.

 

[MarthHasASword]

It would probably be better if all the chars returned (excluding pichu), as lots of people have said on this forum, the ,more chars the better.

 

[The Great Marth]

more the better? well i think there needs to be a limit.....MvsC2 has 63 0r 66 characters....... and only 7 are worth your time.......the rest cant keep up........so too many charatcers might not be agood thing.

 

[MarthHasASword]

There will be a limit, but in general, if the developers could make as many chars as they wanted they would probably make as many as they could, but they cant really because making alot of chars takes time which they dont have much of.

 

[The Great Marth]

I understand that. and i guess it would be Ok if all the characters had their OWN moves...

 

[Kurizu208]

what are the chances of 26 characters being in the game like last time? i would think there would be like 35 or 40......i really want all the characters to return.

I'm guessing this time around 24 will be max scince in melee they did their best for 26. and maybe with 24 there will be no clones (except luigi of course)

 

[McFox]

more the better? well i think there needs to be a limit.....MvsC2 has 63 0r 66 characters....... and only 7 are worth your time.......the rest cant keep up........so too many charatcers might not be agood thing.

That's completely true, if you care about playing COMPETITIVELY.

Some people just play games for fun, you know.

 

[supermariopro101]

Well, hopefully you won't be spending a week unlocking characters. Some of them took awhile to unlock G&W (shudders). But then again, as long as they leave more characters as default, I see no problem with having 50 or 60 characters.

 

[#HBC | marshy]

Of course no one sees a problem with having 50 or 60 characters in it(as long as they don't all suck, which is impossible) but Nintendo doesn't have all the time they want.

 

[Sporkman]

Unlocking characters doesnt take that long on smash bros.! although, i suppose a week tops is a good estimate. Getting all the stages, that might take longer, not sure.
Having tons of characters is great for having fun as there just so much diversity, although a small base number would be quite daunting!
The number of characters you start with in Brawl will be more so then in Melee, but there will also be more to unlock, my guess is the new characters mentioned in the trailer will be likely new base characters while other people will have to be unlocked, some returning characters like ganondorf are likely to be going to be needed to be unlocked (syntax?) because he'll have a new moveset.

 

[krynn]

i agree, and i certainly hope he gets a new moveset, and possibly a new look.

Anyone read sakurai's latest post about about the character polls?
i dont have a direct link, but here it is on ign:
http://revolution.ign.com/articles/710/710752p1.html

I know snake is supposed to be all sneaky, but i dont see how someone can sneak in SSB. will he be able to move to the background when using his box or something so he doesnt get hit? if anyone has a good idea of how one could sneak, please share.

 

[The_TooCool_Master]

If Sakurai follows the same trend, we should be getting Snake's bio in tomorrow's update. Maybe we'll learn more then.

 

[Kurizu208]

If Sakurai follows the same trend, we should be getting Snake's bio in tomorrow's update. Maybe we'll learn more then.

Yep i guess all we can do is wait. Hopefully the screenshots shows some of snake's attacks.

 

[Gerbality]

I hope so too, i'm very curious on how they are planning to incorperate stealth into ssbb

 

[Soodey]

i assume he would be able to plant c4's or have his box look like the boxes in the game, somehow that might work.

 

[The_TooCool_Master]

You know how Snake can hang on stuff and move? I though is B-Down move could be him flipping over and hagning himself in front of the level. You'd be able to move from side to side. Getting attacked would make you fall and you'd have to jump trough the level to get back on(or fall down to your death). You would inflict damage by jumping down and jumping back up but in that position, you could move in any directon you want. Dumb? Yeah, but it'd be quite hilarous.

 

[FlipTroopa]

^^^

That would ROCK. A shimmy attack?

EDIT: actually, wouldn't that be a really cool addition if Snake could climb AROUND the stage after he's grabbed the ledge? XD

...or at least hide in the background!

 

[The_TooCool_Master]

EDIT: actually, wouldn't that be a really cool addition if Snake could climb AROUND the stage after he's grabbed the ledge? XD

...or at least hide in the background!

YEah, that's what I mean. Being able to hold on the ledge and move around. Maybe we could get special kick animations from that position.

 

[McFox]

Don't count on them showing any of Snake's attacks in the update. They didn't show an attacks in any of the other updates.

Nothing significant anyway.

 

[The_TooCool_Master]

Don't count on them showing any of Snake's attacks in the update. They didn't show an attacks in any of the other updates.

Nothing significant anyway.

No, but Zamus's bio confirmed she was using a whip and a gun and Wario's bio confirmed he was using strange WarioWare type of moves. Not the pictures, but the bio might give us an idea.

 

[nomis]

http://www.smashbros.com/jp/characters/chara5/index.html

Awaiting English!

First pic: Show time.
Second pic: Going to plant a C4 on Link's new shirt? IN HIS NEW STAGE?!
Third pic: Jump? Jump Kick? More likely a jump. And for you people concerned about the stage, maybe that has a better capture of it.

EDIT: I got owned

 

[Devastlian]

Snake's up on the Japanese site...Could be a new stage in one shot...

Also, the letter section has been updated with something about the 9th...Yon crappy Babelfish tells me that it something will be accepted up until 5pm that day and then full devotion will be put into the game's development and then something about 2007 (the launch?) Don't trust my perception of it though...I'd wait for SamuraiPanda for that.

Nothing else I can see yet, though...

 

[The_TooCool_Master]

He's up on the english site aswell.

 

[Soodey]

English is up, lol, looks like the show a screen of him sneaking behind link at a level which seems to be his...

 

[nomis]

Those pouches seem to intrigue me. Maybe he'll bust a Batman?

On another note: http://www.smashbros.com/jp/toukou/bn/index.html Updated today as well. Unless this was already translated...

 

[Soodey]

You gotta think his level in particular will revolve around a lotta spots to hide and be sneaky in if thats his main fortay.

 

[The_TooCool_Master]

You gotta think his level in particular will revolve around a lotta spots to hide and be sneaky in if thats his main fortay.

I see we're not even bothering and copying our own stuff.....mattycat9000 !

 

[Ark21]

good! Snake profile is online!

http://www.smashbros.com/en/characters/chara5/index.html

 

[McFox]

Please read the last couple of posts before thinking you have information. We all already know.