Most of the time i see this thread of " XXXX for brawl" and im almost always like " meh this guys dont think? its almost impossible for this char to be there".
Some days ago i saw the songs on the dojo of this mysterious char and went in some research to see who she was.
After analyzing her... i have to admit that this girl is THE character to be included in Brawl so most of you guys are indeed right.
Lets see the reasons..
1- Wario and his games seems to be destined to have more support from Nintendo in this console. It seems they want wario to gain more force as an indepedent character than just a Mario pseudo-nemesis.
We remember than years ago, they used a player called Roy because the simple of the fact that they wanted to market their incoming new FE game. As we all know... this is a lame excuse to add a player in a game which is supposedly for elite nintendo glorys, so in this circumstance, any player can get into Brawl.
But why things change with Ashley if the case would be the same with Roy?. Well, if they did this for a FE game which was far from stablished in that time... they could do this again for a Franchise like Wario´s which is gaining more and more fans on the Wii. This would help them not only to promote more gamers to purchase wario products(games) but also to stablish one of their new characters in the case of Ashley.
2-The fact that she have a song with 2 versions in Brawl points to a lot of speculation. It could mean everything but at the same could mean nothing. I higly doubt they will lose their time doing a song and even in two languages, for a asist trophy or just for fun. IMO is because she will be indeed a playable char. But also this could mean that she will be a enviromental hazard in one stage of Brawl or maybe she will be part of a minigame or something. Because of this i say the fatc of the song could be anything.
3-Her design is very very nice, even when is simple. Her girly look and her sadistic behavior just add more flavor to his personality which seems to be evry original in comparison woith the other Brawl characters.
Like pointed by some, she is a magic user but you can say "yeah also like zelda, and Krystal and etcetc" but the main difference in design is that she is always teamed with a tiny devil called RED if im not wrong, who transforms himself in a magic rod, just too cool to be ignored. This open a ****load of very good potential movesets and combinations of attack for ashley... just thinking about the possibilities which can be done with a morphing pal and a magic user makes me drool.
4- Like someone mentioned somewhere.... right now in some parts of the world... there is this trendy of rockers and pop stars (I.E. my chemical romance to name someone, and an endless horde of bands in japan) dressing like gothic dudes and dudettes. But, this trend is significantly huge in Japan. Ashley even when she is a cliche in some ways.. is the perfect one to use right now , as she simbolyzes the perfect mascot for teenager peeps and gals which are on this trend,...and of course are potential customers. If the marketing guys from nintendo are aware of this kind of details.-..she indeed have a chance.
In conclution, Ashley even when she is not a Nintendo all star.. is a character for the future. Reviving past glories is always good for the nostalgia, but reinvention and innovation is needed in any company to succeed and also we all know that Sakurai likes surprisses.