Sarki Soliloquy
Smash Champion
Through new information given in the press kit pics, a plethora of new and returning items have been revealed. One of the most conspicuous of these is the Special Flag, an iconic power-up featured in many Namco arcade games. It even makes cameos in more recent games, leading up to Super Smash Brothers for Wii U/3DS being its latest appearance.
The following entry from the Namco Wiki summarizes what the Special Flag recaps its appearances.
Well, this nifty item has quite the portfolio going for it. Apparently, what it's known to do is give extra points or is just a collectable. What else could this be used for? I'm thinking this could be a third summoning item along the set of PokéBalls and Assist Trophies. It would spawn characters from various Namco arcade games and other retro properties. Just look at Fox being abducted by the alien ships from Galaga:The Special Flag (スペシャルフラッグ), sometimes called "S-Flag", is an item present in several Namco games that first appeared in Rally-X. In some games, it gives extra points, while in others, it is a collectible item.
List of games that feature the Special Flag
- Rally-X
- Dig Dug II (Nes Version)
- Toypop
- Pac-land (As Pacman)
- Star Fox: Assault
- Tales of Vesperia
- Tales of the Abyss
- Tekken 6
- Xevious
- Go Vacation!
- New Rally-X
- Galaga 3
- Tekken Tag Tournament 2'
- Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and WiiU
Who else may appear when the Special Flag is used? Why not the racing cars from Rally-X trying to hit opponents from various directions horizontally and diagonally? Perhaps we'll see a pixelated, sliced-pie Pac-Man & Ghosts chase each other around the stage only to have Pac-Man use a Power Pellet and reverse the chase back to them? There's so much nostalgic iconography to unearth here it totally makes up for not having a Namco rep!