ElvishSpirit
Smash Apprentice
- Joined
- Sep 18, 2007
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We've been handed a wild card, ladies and gentlemen. Its not just having 3rd party support in the game anymore, this game is now being made WITH a 3rd party. Namco-Bandai...as I'm sure you've all heard. So what does this mean?
Brawl was the first game to embrace 3rd parties, with character appearances from Snake and Sonic, plus all their buddies. So everyone naturally assumed that SSB4 would include a couple more 3rd party characters that well represented Nintendo, like Ryu, Megaman, etc.
I personally think it means that not one, not two, but a few Namco franchises will be represented in this game. Ones that come to mind to me are Pacman, Tekken, Soul Caliber, and the Tales series.
But does this mean that other 3rd parties, such as Konami, Sega, and Capcom are now on the backseat? I know I was certainly hoping for Megaman, Ryu, and Simon Belmont myself, who all deserve to be in a Nintendo-based fighting game, as Megaman, Street Fighter and Castlevania all share homes on Nintendo systems, especially the NES and SNES era.
I guess my question is 2 things -
1. What characters from Namco be represented in the roster?
2. What other 3rd parties will contribute characters?
Brawl was the first game to embrace 3rd parties, with character appearances from Snake and Sonic, plus all their buddies. So everyone naturally assumed that SSB4 would include a couple more 3rd party characters that well represented Nintendo, like Ryu, Megaman, etc.
I personally think it means that not one, not two, but a few Namco franchises will be represented in this game. Ones that come to mind to me are Pacman, Tekken, Soul Caliber, and the Tales series.
But does this mean that other 3rd parties, such as Konami, Sega, and Capcom are now on the backseat? I know I was certainly hoping for Megaman, Ryu, and Simon Belmont myself, who all deserve to be in a Nintendo-based fighting game, as Megaman, Street Fighter and Castlevania all share homes on Nintendo systems, especially the NES and SNES era.
I guess my question is 2 things -
1. What characters from Namco be represented in the roster?
2. What other 3rd parties will contribute characters?