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Nintendo's First Samurai: Takamaru for SSB4 (Final Request: Ask the US HW devs to add Takamaru)

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Been playing a lot more MMC again recently. Forgot that I made it to castle 2 and now have to re-learn where all the item drops are. Game's still fun as hell though.

I also went back and switched up my Takamaru moveset to make him a stance character and play with his projectile implementation more. I'd really love to know what @ Yomi's Biggest Fan Yomi's Biggest Fan thinks of this one.
After reviewing the entire moveset, I fully approve of it since he would feel exactly like how he was in The Mysterious Murasame Castle. Having him change his gameplay depending on whether it's sheathed or not not only makes him a more unique swordsman, but would give the player more tactical options in battle like the various projectiles. Combining the best of both movesets with this new stance playstyle can easily make him a perfect character for the competitive crowd. Great job, bksbestbwoy! ;)
 

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I just want to clear something up. Takamaru's hair is indeed blue.
This is his sticker in Brawl:


If that is not enough for you, you can see this awesome fangasm-inducing video of a guy playing the original game on an original Famicom Disk System.

So, if anybody tells you that Takamaru shouldn't be playable because he is a blue-haired swordsman, don't say Takamaru's hair isn't blue. Say that that's a ****ty argument and that person should be ashamed of himself.
 

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Oh well that's awesome actually Marakatu. I liked the idea of him having black hair just to be further distinct from the swordsmen mold in Smash currently, but I'm not a hair racist either way. :p

After reviewing the entire moveset, I fully approve of it since he would feel exactly like how he was in The Mysterious Murasame Castle. Having him change his gameplay depending on whether it's sheathed or not not only makes him a more unique swordsman, but would give the player more tactical options in battle like the various projectiles. Combining the best of both movesets with this new stance playstyle can easily make him a perfect character for the competitive crowd. Great job, bksbestbwoy! ;)
Neat. Think I should replace the OG move set with the stance based set for the sake of P:M then? (Remember that a copy of the OG one is in this OP.)
 

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Neat. Think I should replace the OG move set with the stance based set for the sake of P:M then? (Remember that a copy of the OG one is in this OP.)
Sure thing since it is miles better after all. I can't wait to see what the Project M team would do with it (That is, IF he received enough votes in the thread).
 

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I just want to clear something up. Takamaru's hair is indeed blue.
This is his sticker in Brawl:


If that is not enough for you, you can see this awesome fangasm-inducing video of a guy playing the original game on an original Famicom Disk System.

So, if anybody tells you that Takamaru shouldn't be playable because he is a blue-haired swordsman, don't say Takamaru's hair isn't blue. Say that that's a ****ty argument and that person should be ashamed of himself.
If anything, that's an argument for Takamaru, because blue hair is awesome and haters are just jealous.
 

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If anything, that's an argument for Takamaru, because blue hair is awesome and haters are just jealous.
The Smash fanbase just amuses me so much because of their hatred of swordsmen and blue hair. That's why I'll be so glad once he winds up being playable in Smash 5 by the end of this decade. :troll:
 
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The Smash fanbase just amuses me so much because of their hatred of swordsmen and blue hair. That's why I'll be so glad once he winds up being playable in Smash 5 by the end of this decade. :troll:
Those people have terrible taste in hair colour preferences.:troll:
 

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The Smash fanbase just amuses me so much because of their hatred of swordsmen and blue hair. That's why I'll be so glad once he winds up being playable in Smash 5 by the end of this decade. :troll:
It's already funny seeing people call Shulk a "bottom of the barrel character choice", say "Smash is too anime now", or belly ache because characters aren't popular enough/are too new/we have enough swordsmen already.
 

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Those people have terrible taste in hair colour preferences.:troll:
True, everything must be blue since blue is the master race. All hail Happy Happiism! *does a salute with some Crazy Cultists*

It's already funny seeing people call Shulk a "bottom of the barrel character choice", say "Smash is too anime now", or belly ache because characters aren't popular enough/are too new/we have enough swordsmen already.
Which is so ironic since I see plenty of people whining about Ghirahim being an Assist Trophy and Isaac being absent. One guy on YouTube even said that fighting games are all about hand to hand combat and swordsmen make things unbalanced. It's like the poor fools never knew that games like Marvel vs Capcom and BlazBlue even exist. :troll:
 

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So, fellow Assist Trophy Isabelle will be a DLC character in Mario Kart 8.
You know what I mean, right?
Nintendo did not announce DLC content for Mario Kart 8 yet, but once it does, we must let it know that we want Takamaru... as a racer!
Contact Nintendo via their website. Send tweets to Nintendo of America, Europe and Japan. Let your friends know about this.
Sure, Taka is not as well-known as Kirby, Marth and Pikachu, but he's a first party character. His biggest rivals will be Samus, Pit, Fox and Olimar, probably.
Also @ Yomi's Biggest Fan Yomi's Biggest Fan , you could share this information in your tumblr account once Nintendo announces DLC content for MK8. :)
 

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So, fellow Assist Trophy Isabelle will be a DLC character in Mario Kart 8.
You know what I mean, right?
Nintendo did not announce DLC content for Mario Kart 8 yet, but once it does, we must let it know that we want Takamaru... as a racer!
Contact Nintendo via their website. Send tweets to Nintendo of America, Europe and Japan. Let your friends know about this.
Sure, Taka is not as well-known as Kirby, Marth and Pikachu, but he's a first party character. His biggest rivals will be Samus, Pit, Fox and Olimar, probably.
Also @ Yomi's Biggest Fan Yomi's Biggest Fan , you could share this information in your tumblr account once Nintendo announces DLC content for MK8. :)
Alright, I'll cover this by tomorrow since I do have planning to do in order to get this stuff right. While I may worry that he's not really that well known yet after localization, I don't see what's the harm in having him as a Mario Kart racer since his bro got in. This also proves that anyone can get in Mario Kart regarding whether they can fit in or not.
 

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I suggested a few characters-

-Skull Kid
-Tingle
-Takamaru
-Pit
-Marth
 

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That's right guys, give the samurai as much support as possible. I've already seen 20 people on Twitter so far actually voting for him and that's great for now.
 

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That's right guys, give the samurai as much support as possible. I've already seen 20 people on Twitter so far actually voting for him and that's great for now.
How can you see all the replies to that tweet? I can only see a few of then, and none mention Takamaru (except mine).
 

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I sent a request for Takamaru. I guess twitter's just being selective about what tweets they show you.
 

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How can you see all the replies to that tweet? I can only see a few of then, and none mention Takamaru (except mine).
I've actually looked at several of the replies some time ago, though most of them were from my Tumblr followers based on what they've said on my page. Twitter shows you whatever they want.
 
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Voted for Takamaru! I think he'd be a great fit, since he has ties to Zelda, and has already appeared in a Samurai Warriors game. Hopefully there's some synergy already in place for him there! If there a way to tweet pics at them? I don't use twitter often, but maybe it'd help to tweet his assist trophy pic, especially seeing as Link is right there in the background? XD
 

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Voted for Takamaru! I think he'd be a great fit, since he has ties to Zelda, and has already appeared in a Samurai Warriors game. Hopefully there's some synergy already in place for him there! If there a way to tweet pics at them? I don't use twitter often, but maybe it'd help to tweet his assist trophy pic, especially seeing as Link is right there in the background? XD
There's a way. When writing the tweet, there's a picture of a blue camera on the left of the "Tweet" button. Just click there and select the picture you want to send.

To you and everybody else who voted so far, thank you. Takamaru's chances get stronger with each vote.
 

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I'm quite sure that they've already considered Takamaru for this game at some point, I voted for him regardless.
 
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If he does make it in however, I wouldn't mind if they used the same template with a few tweaks like a few new specials and more weapons from MMC. His new design however would literally blow me away if it managed to be more on the anime side unlike his earlier design from Samurai Warriors 3. If he does manage to have a voice, it should be someone completely different than his old actor since it wasn't "energetic" enough.
 

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Fellow user @Hayzie did an amazing job in the removing the background of Takamaru's picture:

You know, it's really cool how you can see the details better when you remove the background. Takamaru's sleeves have a texture I hadn't noticed before.
Also, she made this cool gif:


You can see more of her work here: http://smashboards.com/threads/transparent-backgrounds-for-character-and-item-requests.364855/

And a remimder: if you are reading this, please consider asking Koei Tecmo to include Takamaru in Hyrule Warriors.
Just reply this tweet with this: 鷹丸
o/
 

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Fellow user @Hayzie did an amazing job in the removing the background of Takamaru's picture:

You know, it's really cool how you can see the details better when you remove the background. Takamaru's sleeves have a texture I hadn't noticed before.
Also, she made this cool gif:


You can see more of her work here: http://smashboards.com/threads/transparent-backgrounds-for-character-and-item-requests.364855/

And a remimder: if you are reading this, please consider asking Koei Tecmo to include Takamaru in Hyrule Warriors.
Just reply this tweet with this: 鷹丸
o/
Cool, I'll consider using that as my avatar soime time in the future and the GIF itself is cool (other than the glaring issues like the white outlines). Since was September 1, I wonder what the update for Hyrule Warriors was all about. Though, we should all keep our eyes peeled for the future DLC based on their requests.
 

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I'm going to wait and see if better shots of our guy can be obtained once I get ahold of the game. Something about that screen always felt off to me despite being the now current look for him.
 

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When Takamaru is added to the assist trophy section of the official website, we may get more pictures of him.
The fact that he's one of the few assist trophys to not get a second picture really bothers me.
 

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I'm glad Takamaru got in as an assist and I'm glad Duck Hunt Dog got in to get us a retro. That is one of those games that really got left the hell behind but is remembered by most oldskoolers. A fine choice and I'm glad Sakurai kept his word, with some support I'm betting we will see Takamaru next time for sure.
 

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I'm glad Takamaru got in as an assist and I'm glad Duck Hunt Dog got in to get us a retro. That is one of those games that really got left the hell behind but is remembered by most oldskoolers. A fine choice and I'm glad Sakurai kept his word, with some support I'm betting we will see Takamaru next time for sure.
Exactly, especially since he's no longer Japan only thanks to the international release of Nazo no Murasame-Jo (I did remember hearing that Sakurai didn't want to add too many characters with region exclusive releases). We should also keep our eyes on Nintendo too, we might get a reboot soon since they've been teasing this game's existence to the West for a while.
 
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Can I still support Takamaru getting in even if he's de-confirmed? I support him getting into Smash 6.
 
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