First post? Woot, been looking around these forums checking out Brawl info, found this thread, thought i'd throw my 2 cents in.
Personally, I can only see a fair few of the options in this thread as really acceptable for Brawl. Some of them seem kind of ********, and in other cases you have to think of their past showings as well. For example, Megaman would be nice to have, but he's also been in Marvel vs. Capcom 1-2, so it just kind of seems overused, get what I mean? Zero on the other hand, hasn't been used for an occasion like this, and could be acceptable.
Anyway, here's my list as i'd like to see it.
1)Mario (Already in the trailer, the big cheese of Nintendo.)
2)Link (On the trailer, one of the biggest franchises of Nintendo.)
3)Samus (I'd like to see Samus transform into ZS-Samus, to save one slot. But if not, whatever right? )
4)Kirby (On the trailer, on the past few Smash Bros., and Sakurai's creation child.)
5)Pikachu (Possibly the Pokemon that *everyone* knows. For those who never even touched a Pokemon game, they'd still know at least Pikachu above any of the rest.)
6)Fox (Showed on the second trailer to Brawl, a big Nintendo franchise, and a huge SSB fave)
New additions::
7)Metaknight (Kirby's rival, kick ***)
8)Pit (Coming in as IC did, a NES game with little popularity, but will probably grow with this char.)
9)ZS-Samus (I mentioned her as being a transformation to Samus, but if not here she is anyway.)
10) Wario (The fat man finally makes his way into Brawl! But his movement reminds me of G & W =/ )
11) Snake (Personally, I'd have preferred other third party characters. Don't get me wrong, I love MGS, but it just looks.. odd here.)
As i've seen from Melee and recent Brawl additions, they've been adding rivals to each game franchise, like Mario to Bowser, Link to Ganon, etc. So here come some options I was thinking about.
12) Bowser (Mario's rival and sworn enemy.)
13) Ganondorf (Link's life-long enemy, but he needs a new moveset.. Even though the Zelda games wouldn't provide a good skill listing for him.)
14) Mewtwo (Though he really isn't, Mewtwo is pretty much rival to Pikachu. Good to bad, get my drift?)
15) Wolf (Fox's rival. He fits in much more than Andros would, he's a lovable character in SF64 as well. "You're good.. But i'm better!"
16) Ridley (Samus' true rival, who's appeared in many more Metroid games than Dark Samus. And what would you prefer? 3 Samus' or 2 Samus' and a giant Dragon? Come on.)
17) King DeDeDe (Now this is Kirby's TRUE rival. This character would fit in perfectly, and he seems to perfect the Kirby set. )
18) Bowser Jr. (He could be considered a rival to both Yoshi and Mario. From what i've heard, he's being added in, and I guess could be seen as Yoshi's rival in Yoshi's island for the SNES.)
I can't picture King K. Rool in Brawl, at all. So I won't mention him.
Next, i'll throw in the sidekicks each franchise has, and the ones i'd like to see.
19) Peach (Mario's have-to-save-to-get-my-loving girl, a popular female of the Mario franchise.)
20) Yoshi (Plain and simple Yoshi, Mario's dinosaur buddy since olden times, and a member of both old Smash bros. )
21) Luigi (Mario's younger, but taller, brother. He became the clone on Melee that actually had a decent differentiated set of skills than Mario, but was good nonetheless.)
22) Zelda (As Mario is to Peach, Zelda is Link's gotta-save princess of Hyrule. I would prefer Sheik stay as she's one of my favorite chars, but who knows.)
23) Falco (Fox's partner and somewhat rival. He appeared in Melee with a cloned set of skills of Fox, I would prefer to see him with newer skills.)
24) Jigglypuff (She's shown up in both Smash bros., an amusing little creature, and deadly if used well.)
25) Toad (He's been around Mario since the old times, and fits in quite well. Peach can always use a different toad for protection. =P )
26) Wind Waker Link (Since Y. Link is to be replaced for the GC counterpart, I can hope he'll have a good set of skills rather than Y. Link's cloned skills of Adult Link.)
And finally, the last batch of characters in what was missing from the top, and the outsiders i'd like in Brawl.
27) Donkey Kong (It's a given, no? It's just.. Donkey Kong. =D)
28) Diddy Kong (DK is really under-repped in Melee, and deserves his little sidekick at his side.)
29) Ness (I can't really picture any of his friends in Brawl, honestly. Just Ness is enough. )
30) Geno (The little blue mage dude from Mario RPG. I'd love to see him in Brawl, and as I see it, he's not completely third party as he was part of Nintendo. )
31) Sonic (The mad blue Hedgehog. For years on end, there was a rivalry between him and Mario, why not settle it now, in Brawl? Plus, Sega has been on good terms with Nintendo so it's a high possibility.)
32) Vaati (Why not? This is one character in the Zelda games that I was amused with, especially in Minish Cap.)
33) Isaac (I know what you're all thinking, would he really fit in? I believe so. He can rep Golden Sun pretty well, and above that he's just an awesome swordsman.)
34) Marth (Almost forgot him. D: Marth has repped the FE name very well, and besides being an awesome swordsman, he's a well known character from Melee. )
And finally, my last character in this list..
35) Zero (Unlike Megaman, Zero's never been in a game mix fighting game before, and is mostly on Nintendo, so it'd be pretty sweet. =O)
And just for ****s and giggles.
36) Gir (I LOVEDED YOU PIGGY! I LOVEDED JOOO!!)
Anyway, that's my list. I might've forgotten someone going down the list like that, but oh well. I made sure to remove some clones that weren't necessary, like Roy, Dr. Mario and Pichu. And kick out IC / G & W, who are most likely being removed as well.
