Welcome new people to the Ashley thread!
.. Wait a second, your just here to bash on a character but not really have much of a reason besides "This thread phails, LOL! SHE HAS NO CHANCES LOL!" never mind. I created a topic directed at people just like you bunch, I suggest you go read it, learn something.
http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=123178
Secondly, there are more reasons why she should be in the game than you think. And no, it's not because of her song contrary to belief. I posted this earlier today, and instead of saying the exact same **** thing over and over again, I'll copy and paste the old post. You'll find this similar to what you guys are asking, only in a much proper, friendlier manner.
Oh, and because I see this coming, do not throw at me something like "I'm not going to read that wall o text lol!" because you want reasons, and I'm giving you them. If your too lazy to read my reasons, then your obviously just either being close minded or trolling.
Old post:
Sorry to interfere, but I've been reading this thread off and on to see where you guys have been going with some of these arguments. As much as I would also like Ashley to be in Brawl, I noticed some inconsistencies.
It seems to me that most of you have not too much to base your opinion on Ashley being in Brawl other then having a theme, another warioware representative and your arrogance. I've not followed the WarioWare series until lately. The question, like in the Mario series would be who is the second most popular (or recognizable) character from the series. Obviously, Luigi, since they are the Super Mario BROS.
I don't really see Ashley as being that recognizable (maybe popular)within the series, but I would love to see my point proven wrong. My questions are:
How is she that popular? (Hey, I can't even find a picture of her on Wikipedia)
Would another WarioWare character be more recognizable?
Why would the WARIOware series need another character?
How is she that popular?
Well, as we know Nintendo is a Japanese company, while she may not be so popular here, she actually is quite popular in Japan and very much liked. The Japanese prediction site included her on the front page, with many of the bigger candidates such as Ridley, King dedede, and many others (I do not have a link to it, if anyone does please post it). This should give you a clue as to how popular she is in Japan and how liked she is if she's up there with Ridley on the site.
Would another WarioWare character be more recognizable?
Certainly not. The only character that really comes close to more recognizable is Mona and maybe 9 volt, and this is only for Americans. As I have stated she is very popular in japan, and any Nintendo fan in Japan would almost immediately recognize her.
Why would the WARIOware series need another character?[
First, I'm going to start by your obvious capitalization of Wario. Because the series is called "Warioware" does not make the other characters any less significant. Last time I check, the Super MARIO series has Bowser and Peach playable. Characters that have nothing to do with the name. Okay, now for the actual question, why does the Warioware deserve the 2nd rep? First, let's look at what Nintendo did, making Wario represent his own series. This obviously means they want Waroware to stand alone as it's separate game, and get it's own attention. What better way to make it get it's own attention in Brawl than adding another character that has nothing to do with the Mario series what so ever and is only linked to Warioware? As I have stated before, Ashley is by far the most popular, especially in Japan, so she would definitely be the 2nd rep of Warioware if they were to give one.
Now, the arguments as to what she would add to Brawl. As we all know, Brawl is lacking female characters, and also lacking spell casters. Ashley happens to be a female spell caster, ding ding ding, we have a winner! Ashley would fill in spots this game lacks and do it in a unique style. With the ability to have a pet (Red) and the amount of things she can do being a witch, I guarantee you her move set will be quite different from any one else. Diversity is what makes this game so great, the ability combine multiple characters with different fighting styles is what keeps our interest and makes it fun for everyone, because everyone can pick their own character that suits them.
So really, why shouldn't Ashley be in Brawl? Importance? In my opinion (and apparently Sakurai's too, as he said he doesn't want only important characters in Brawl) importance is over-ruled by things such as what was stated above.
So here's my summary list of why she should be in:
1) Warioware is trying to represent it's own series (for sales most likely), a second rep that has nothing to do with the Mario series is perfect for this.
2) Ashley is liked enough in Japan to make the homepage of the Japanese prediction site.
3) Ashley is a spell caster, something this game really doesn't have enough of.
4) Ashley is female, again, something this game does not have enough of.
5) Although a bit of a combination of 4 and 5, Ashley will add diversity, with a unique fighting style it will certainly contribute to giving the game a larger range of different characters.
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