Now it seems like a lot of people think alt costumes are going to be in Brawl. I think they would be a great addition to the game, seeing how a lot of fighting games nowadays have the feature. People say the Dr. Mario will be an alt costume of Mario, and the Pichu Bros will be an alt costume of Plusle & Minun (I have no idea where this lame idea came from). But I am still doubtful of the inclusion of this feature in the game. Here's the reason why: Kirby. No, not because it would be tricky to create an alternate costume for Kirby (though that is a more minor reason why), but because of Kirby's B move, swallow.
Say Wario had an alternate costume of his original yellow and purple outfit. Kirby sucks in Wario and swallows him. Huh? Kirby has the WarioWare helmet on. But the Wario Kirby sucked in wasn't wearing the WarioWare helmet... he was wearing his regular outfit.
Now say Dr. Mario is an alternate costume of good ol' regular Mario. Kirby sucks in Dr. Mario and swallows him. Oh jeez. Now why did Kirby turn into good ol' regular red-hatted Mario instead of Dr. Mario?
Plusle & Minun have their Pichu Bros alt on. Kirby sucks them up. But Kirby isn't Pichu Kirby, he's just Plusle & Minun Kirby.
Dry Bones Bowser alt? Nope. Kirby turns into regular fleshy Bowser Kirby.
Now if you see where I am coming from, the problem is that the development team would not make alternate Kirby forms to go along with each individual alternate costume. That would take way too much time and work. So if they decide to put in alternate costumes, they would have to deal with Kirby's B move making no sense, or possibly take the time to create alternate Kirby hats. It would just be completely off if Kirby sucks in Dr. Mario and gets a regular red Mario hat.
So I think people are relying to heavily on the idea that Dr. Mario and other clones will just be alt costumes of other characters. The only way alt costumes could work in this Kirby dilemma is if the costume was not radically different from the character. Like making very minor changes that wouldn't effect Kirby's hat (like Jigglypuff's and Pikachu's accessories). This means no Dr. Mario and no regular clothes Wario. This makes me lead to believe that color swaps will still be the only alternate costumes, despite possibly a few differences in the outfit). This means that Wario will likely just have a color swap of his WarioWare that is yellow and purple. It also means that Dr. Mario could possibly be taken out of the game completely, or just given a new, completely original moveset.
I hate to be on the negative side. I would really love to see alternate costumes, but I really don't see it happening. I just think people should consider the possibility of alt costumes not coming into play, and decide on a different fate for the Doc and other characters.
I know I'm a new member here, but I have lurked here and other smash boards for a long time and don't recall this ever being discussed anywhere (I also looked many pages back to see if there was a topic on this). But really, despite my postcount, I think I have a good point about Kirby.
So just take this into consideration, please.
Say Wario had an alternate costume of his original yellow and purple outfit. Kirby sucks in Wario and swallows him. Huh? Kirby has the WarioWare helmet on. But the Wario Kirby sucked in wasn't wearing the WarioWare helmet... he was wearing his regular outfit.
Now say Dr. Mario is an alternate costume of good ol' regular Mario. Kirby sucks in Dr. Mario and swallows him. Oh jeez. Now why did Kirby turn into good ol' regular red-hatted Mario instead of Dr. Mario?
Plusle & Minun have their Pichu Bros alt on. Kirby sucks them up. But Kirby isn't Pichu Kirby, he's just Plusle & Minun Kirby.
Dry Bones Bowser alt? Nope. Kirby turns into regular fleshy Bowser Kirby.
Now if you see where I am coming from, the problem is that the development team would not make alternate Kirby forms to go along with each individual alternate costume. That would take way too much time and work. So if they decide to put in alternate costumes, they would have to deal with Kirby's B move making no sense, or possibly take the time to create alternate Kirby hats. It would just be completely off if Kirby sucks in Dr. Mario and gets a regular red Mario hat.
So I think people are relying to heavily on the idea that Dr. Mario and other clones will just be alt costumes of other characters. The only way alt costumes could work in this Kirby dilemma is if the costume was not radically different from the character. Like making very minor changes that wouldn't effect Kirby's hat (like Jigglypuff's and Pikachu's accessories). This means no Dr. Mario and no regular clothes Wario. This makes me lead to believe that color swaps will still be the only alternate costumes, despite possibly a few differences in the outfit). This means that Wario will likely just have a color swap of his WarioWare that is yellow and purple. It also means that Dr. Mario could possibly be taken out of the game completely, or just given a new, completely original moveset.
I hate to be on the negative side. I would really love to see alternate costumes, but I really don't see it happening. I just think people should consider the possibility of alt costumes not coming into play, and decide on a different fate for the Doc and other characters.
I know I'm a new member here, but I have lurked here and other smash boards for a long time and don't recall this ever being discussed anywhere (I also looked many pages back to see if there was a topic on this). But really, despite my postcount, I think I have a good point about Kirby.
So just take this into consideration, please.