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= 8/8= 2/8 = 5/7 = 1/7 = 6/6 = 0/6 (although it could be argued that Snake is a 1 thanks to Snake Eater 3D recently but I'm on the fence on how to count remakes.)
It's pretty obvious Sakurai doesn't like to cut characters. He describe the process behind character selection as being incredibly painful and noted how all of these character had a ton of fans.
50 is expectable, generous but very plausible. It's just odd to not expect any cut characters, especially since he willingly lets characters be excluded if development proves difficult or undesired.
Wolf's story is that supposedly he was planned for Melee but when they designed him, he basically ended up as a recolor of Fox (as you can see in the opening cinematic) so they decided to go with Falco instead because he looked more unique. Come Brawl, as you said, he barely made it in and I honestly think it was just to have closure on not having him in Melee. While people debate who is more important in the grand scheme of Star Fox, I would argue that Wolf would be more likely to leave simply because he's only been in one game as opposed to Falco's two.
I was wondering how Falco beat out Wolf, thank you for that!
I'd say that there is a 50/50 chance of us seeing cuts (including third-parties). There are reasons why we could see characters get axed (time constraints, third-party status or Toon Link possibly getting replaced by another child Link) but on the other hand, Brawl's roster has a stronger cast of character than did Melee. Melee characters had obvious cuts to make in the form of Dr. Mario and Pichu. Dr. Mario and Roy were expendable due to being clones and Mewtwo likely lost a battle with Jigglypuff because Jigglypuff was easier to make (However, Dr. Mario, Roy and Mewtwo all had data in the game, suggesting that they were planned but likely cut due to time constraints).
I don't see why they would replace Wolf with Krystal.
We're at the point where people don't need many new characters to be satisfied with the roster. The Top 5 in the West (and arguably internationally) consist of Mewtwo, Mega Man, King K. Rool, Ridley and Roy; two of them are Melee veterans (and Mewtwo is the closest thing to being confirmed outside of leaked characters Pac-Man, Little Mac and Mii) and one is a third-party that's already confirmed to be in. That's only two newcomers left and Ridley is barely requested in Japan. In Japan, Mewtwo and Roy are two of the most requested characters period; considerably more wanted than even Mega Man. The vast majority of people would just be satisfied if we got the following:
Aaaawwweeee. You hurt my feelings :'(
I'm not sure why the wouldn't have 5 for Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon but okay.
The 3DS as unknown limitations that will give a clear limit to the # of characters it can hold. That being said, I'd hope to expect 45 or so characters. I don't think 5th reps hold much priority because the series they'd be representing don't need new reps.
It's more speculation than a rule: those 3 franchises only have 4 selectable characters (transformations aside) since Melee and Brawl, so some expect the game to stay that way.
I think Sheik and Ice Climbers are much more likely to leave.
I don't think the 3DS is limiting the roster as much as people think. I think when Sakurai said he was keep the volume of the roster in check (although a paraphrase), he was saying that he won't be adding a massive increase of characters. Plus with Namco working on the game along with the fact that most of Brawl was basically SSE and horrible compression not helping out, it's not hard to believe that we'd get fifty to fifty-five characters (transformation included) with no SSE-like mode and that we should get much better compression this time around.
I think people are taking that quote too literally. It doesnt mean everyone from the last game is there and accounted for until they are cut, it more than likely just means the roster they currently have for the game hasnt had to scale anything back or remove anyone, and by that i mean the characters they chose which might have already excluded a few from the last game.
I couldn't tell you. Not even Sakurai knows it's limits yet. He'll find out when he can't cram anything else in the game. I'm expecting 45 - 50, but that's just me. If we get 50 - 55, I think 5th reps would be plausible for the big three. In fact, if we do get that many characters, would could get by without any cuts at all.
Not sure about Sheik, but I definitely think the Ice Climbers are a possibility. Sakurai said he was having trouble with putting them in.
I can't see a reason for Sheik to leave... I used to think Sheik was a random addition, unimportant to the overall story of Zelda, but it's hard to think that way when you point out that Sheik is Zelda. A lesser equivalent of Samus and Zero Suit.
A far lesser. Zero Suit Samus is at least always in each and every Metroid game simply: Samus without her suit on. She doesn't even has to be playable, but she is.
Don't bother with Diddy. He just using his anti-Sheik propaganda machine again.
That ties into modern relevance though which was something I covered in the model. Mario's still as important to Nintendo now as he was in the original Smash Bros, Captain Falcon... not so much. Something you have to consider though is how removing older additions disturbs the familiarity of the games. By taking away someone with a long history with the franchise, you disrupt something that the fans immediately notice. Have you ever had Thanksgiving Dinner with the same group of people for years and then one year someone suddenly stopped showing up? That's kind of what it's like. Characters like Captain Falcon and Jigglypuff have been with the series for almost 15 years and to cut them would leave a lot of fans upset in comparison to cutting someone new from Brawl that's only been around for about 5 years.
still don't know why people don't think we won't get Jiggs
Thing remains, Samus was always a trained warrior without her Power Suit. Zero Suit Samus was also playable herself multiple times.
From what the manga showed she was wearing her power suit while receiving her training from the Chozo. How much a warrior she is without it is debatable, especially if stunning pirates with a bottom-of-the-barrel pistol is the best she can do. ZSS playable multiple times? More like a couple, one point in Zero Mission after Tourian, and at the end of Other M...
