thealexfish
Smash Rookie
I love playing as Jigglypuff in SSBM. Her special moves are awesome, especially rollout and sleep (down-b) and has awesome air control. I **** my friends with her every week, always using the green ninja bandana costume. I may not be into competitive Smash, but Jiggly is a fun character to use.
However, I am certain that she is removed from Brawl. There are several reasons for this:
1. Pikachu's costumes. Pikachu now has the ninja bandana as an alternate costume in Brawl, along with Pichu's goggle costume. (Of course, slightly altered to look like Emerald's main trainer.) Most players agree that Pichu has been removed, and if this is true for Pichu then it should work vice-versa.
2. Pokemon Trainer addition. Because of Newcomer Red, there would be a grand total of six first gen Pokémon to appear in Brawl if both Mewtwo and Jigglypuff returned for Brawl. This would be excessive if this were to happen. Therefore, I would expect one to stay, one to leave; Jigglypuff being the more likely one to leave. This, of course, is all conjecture without considering that two new generations of Pokémon have been introduced since Melee was released. To not have at least ONE new Pokémon from either generation is simply stupid (even if you think both generations sucked from a character standpoint). More than four characters from a single series is overkill (Pikachu, Pokémon Trainer, Mewtwo and a newer generation one, most likely Lucario) despite the fact that Pokémon is raking in more money than any other franchise right now.
3. Jigglypuff was never intended for Smash Bros. 64. The original plan for the original SSB was to have Mewtwo and Pikachu representing the Pokémon series. However, due to time and possibly memory constraints of the 64, Jigglypuff replaced Mewtwo. Jigglypuff is more or less a clone of Kirby. with a simple sphere-based model and a similar animation set, I can assume that Jiggly is more or less a direct clone, with a completely different moveset to make things more subtle. Jigglypuff was chosen because she was popular and relevant at the time, prominently appearing in the popular anime at the time. Mewtwo, on the other hand, was built from the ground up to be an original character for his appearance in Melee, unlike Pichu and Jigglypuff. Some may point out that he has a similar jump to Ness, but I believe that this is only due to the fact that they are both psychic beings.
4. Jigglypuff's moveset is being distributed to other characters. Peach and Sonic so far have moves that are very similar to those that Jigglypuff used in previous games. Peach's final smash lulls everyone to sleep, a la Jiggly's up-b move. Secondly, Sonic's spindash is very, very similar to Jigglypuff's rollout move, appearing to even control similarly. These two moves are considered (to me, anyways,) to be extremely signature moves to Jigglypuff.
5. Jigglypuff is no longer relevant. Considering that we have not seen Jigglypuff in the anime recently at all, she appears to be more unpopular in fan circles than ever. The fact that she was once popular appears to be the only reason she was introduced in the first place, along with technical issues of time and memory constraints; these are no longer issues. This point assumes a lot, but I believe it is legitimate enough to point out.
Again, I do not WANT Jigglypuff to be removed. But this is enough evidence to assume that she is gone. I loved playing with her in Melee, but her time has come to leave the ring.
However, I am certain that she is removed from Brawl. There are several reasons for this:
1. Pikachu's costumes. Pikachu now has the ninja bandana as an alternate costume in Brawl, along with Pichu's goggle costume. (Of course, slightly altered to look like Emerald's main trainer.) Most players agree that Pichu has been removed, and if this is true for Pichu then it should work vice-versa.
2. Pokemon Trainer addition. Because of Newcomer Red, there would be a grand total of six first gen Pokémon to appear in Brawl if both Mewtwo and Jigglypuff returned for Brawl. This would be excessive if this were to happen. Therefore, I would expect one to stay, one to leave; Jigglypuff being the more likely one to leave. This, of course, is all conjecture without considering that two new generations of Pokémon have been introduced since Melee was released. To not have at least ONE new Pokémon from either generation is simply stupid (even if you think both generations sucked from a character standpoint). More than four characters from a single series is overkill (Pikachu, Pokémon Trainer, Mewtwo and a newer generation one, most likely Lucario) despite the fact that Pokémon is raking in more money than any other franchise right now.
3. Jigglypuff was never intended for Smash Bros. 64. The original plan for the original SSB was to have Mewtwo and Pikachu representing the Pokémon series. However, due to time and possibly memory constraints of the 64, Jigglypuff replaced Mewtwo. Jigglypuff is more or less a clone of Kirby. with a simple sphere-based model and a similar animation set, I can assume that Jiggly is more or less a direct clone, with a completely different moveset to make things more subtle. Jigglypuff was chosen because she was popular and relevant at the time, prominently appearing in the popular anime at the time. Mewtwo, on the other hand, was built from the ground up to be an original character for his appearance in Melee, unlike Pichu and Jigglypuff. Some may point out that he has a similar jump to Ness, but I believe that this is only due to the fact that they are both psychic beings.
4. Jigglypuff's moveset is being distributed to other characters. Peach and Sonic so far have moves that are very similar to those that Jigglypuff used in previous games. Peach's final smash lulls everyone to sleep, a la Jiggly's up-b move. Secondly, Sonic's spindash is very, very similar to Jigglypuff's rollout move, appearing to even control similarly. These two moves are considered (to me, anyways,) to be extremely signature moves to Jigglypuff.
5. Jigglypuff is no longer relevant. Considering that we have not seen Jigglypuff in the anime recently at all, she appears to be more unpopular in fan circles than ever. The fact that she was once popular appears to be the only reason she was introduced in the first place, along with technical issues of time and memory constraints; these are no longer issues. This point assumes a lot, but I believe it is legitimate enough to point out.
Again, I do not WANT Jigglypuff to be removed. But this is enough evidence to assume that she is gone. I loved playing with her in Melee, but her time has come to leave the ring.
Mario, Luigi, Peach&Toad and Bowser (Even Dr. Mario) were all 1st gen Mario characters. Petey was made into a Boss, and Waluigi an AT... that tells you something... Even Daisy is half-playable through an Alt color, because she was also 1st gen.
