Brawl news from Gamestop manager conference

[Takeshi245]

Well, Luigi better make it back.

It'd be absolutely ridiculous to have all of these Mario characters playable but not Luigi.

He has a point. Luigi is a veteran character after all.

 

[Johnknight1]

That's like me telling you that Mario, C.Falc or King Dedede will be in Brawl..

Pfft, ya, they all got no chance.

[sarcasm]

My third uncle twice removed on my mothers side works for nintendo of Japan and says that Master chief will be in Brawl

Dude, my 7th uncle 9 time removed works at Nintendo of Japan, too. He told me Naruto is gonna be in Brawl. BTW, someone outta siggy this comment above!

Because King Dedede was also in the past two games, amirite?

*cough* Sakurai created K.Dedede, and he came top of Sakurai's poll on the most wanted characters in Brawl. *cough*

I bet you a can of Pepsi that Dedede will be a PC in Brawl.

Anyway, I hope they don't change him to dramatically, I like Luigi, he's completely random and fun!

I'll bet my left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, sister, mother, brother, TV, computer, house, chicken [and I don't even own one], my pepsi sprite, and Wii that King Dedede is in Brawl. Ya, I'm that f***ing confident with Dedede and LUIGI.

MR. L!

It's gotta be

Dude, best idea yet! Seriously, f*** Luigi, he can just be a Mr. L alternate outfit! [but it will probably be just the opposite]

everyone knew he was going to be in it

Anyone who doubts him should be smacked. Actually, no. We'll use the "you got own3d" vids to ridicule them! XD

Well, Luigi better make it back.

It'd be absolutely ridiculous to have all of these Mario characters playable but not Luigi.

Pffft, seriously, if Luigi isn't in Brawl, I won't buy it. Seriously, only Mario is more important than Luigi. Because smash without Luigi is just s***, period. Plus I'm that confident he's in.

And I think we can trust this, since well...no one who knows him calls him a troll. Plus Luigi has been decloned from smash to smash, look at Mario, at c'mon, it's Luigi we're talking about here. Bowser's got changed, Link's got changes, Mario's got changes, so Luigi will have changes. PERIOD!

 

[Super Smash Master]

I believe you. It's not like thats hard to believe or illogical. I could see Luigi a lot different this time around. And he's obviously in the game.

 

[Volrec]

Now all we gotta do is hope for a jigglypuff replacement

 

[Kirbykrew]

I hope this one's actually true, it seems realistic, with the fact that it's from a slightly lower source then Nintendo and the fact that the TC seems to be a normal poster. I'm beleiving this, (like who wouldn't, come on, everyone, it Fu*king Luigi.)

Posts about Dedede: I don't see why he shouldn't be in. I wouldn't bet anything further then the Pepsi, though

 

[Smash G 0 D]

I would blow up if we got Green Thunder. Even Poltergeist Luigi is fine I guess. Who cares really.. Luigi is naturally awesome.

 

[Puffs]

Luigi's new Side B: Auto-Wavedash

 

[Sanjuinuthus]

I don't think the manager of a Gamestop would have knowledge of the game, other than shipping information.

 

[Revven]

I don't think the manager of a Gamestop would have knowledge of the game, other than shipping information.

It was a manager conference, this conference also confirmed the new "Zelda Crossbow" game that comes with the Zapper. I wouldn't doubt Brawl news appearing, especially, of something so small.

Retailers do actually get information like this, especially, at conferences. He just said his friend went to the conference (don't remember if he said he was a manager or not, either way, he went and therefore is believeable until proven otherwise).

 

[Lupo Aro]

Now all we gotta do is hope for a jigglypuff replacement

No... never.

 

[Kel]

I just thought I'd add that I have a friend who has been telling me that there would be a manager's conference and that they will be playing two upcoming nintendo titles.

Just as that other guy said though, "friends with friends in high places ****". But since this thread is saying the same thing completely across the country it's promising.

Haha, I told my friend to tell his manager to hold down sheild and try to jump. I also told him about wavedashing but I doubt that would really give us any proof. Jumping out of sheild would be huge though.

Anyway, yeah most likely there is some non-dojo knowledge floating around.

 

[WoodyWiggins]

PACMAN FOR JIGGLYPUFF REPLACEMENT!
:hunger:

 

[Jeremy Feifer]

I bet they give luigi the vacumm that sucks or blows... either or, i dont play luigi.

 

[Homelessvagrant]

It's noy like anyone thought he wouldn't be in the game.

 

[Rash]

Luigi being in the game and being "much different than before" is pretty much common sense, at this point. Now since Mario has FLUDD, Luigi is guaranteed to have the Poltergeist 3000, which will probably significantly affect his moveset, possibly more than FLUDD will do for Mario.

 

[Chidosengan]

ANOTHER "NInTY rep w3n t0 Mi G@sTop & gAv Br@l IFnO!!1 loLl3Rco@Ster!!!1shift1!!" ???

Anyways what's the story so far here?

 

[Bassoonist]

It's noy like anyone thought he wouldn't be in the game.

Actually there's a member here called Bowserlick who went around a few months ago claiming that Luigi will probably be cut. o_o

 

[bluethree]

If you believe the OP, you're gullible.

Why would a voice actor know anything? Do you know how they work? They sit in a booth and are told lines to read and they read them over and over. Why would a Japanese voice actor be at a Gamestop manager meeting anyway? They'd have to pay for him to be there which just seems like a waste of money for a bunch of business managers.

 

[Sir James]

OK everyone I'm back from a long days worth of school and work; sorry for not posting since I started the thread. My friend (who is actually a manager at Gamestop) called me back to confirm the news. I heard it loud in clear and I will say this again: Luigi is still in Brawl, and he's going to play much differently. My friend even got an autographed picture of the Mario voice actor himself. I will take a picture of this autographed photo and have it sit next to a piece of paper saying "Sir James" on it for proof that I'm not lying.

I want to thank the great amount of people that didn't quickly label me as a troll. I did not make this thread for attention. I made this thread because I am excited. Hearing news like this gets me very excited for one of the best games to be released this past decade. I just wanted to share the excitment with my fellow smashers, the people who will truly appreciate such information.

Unfortunately, he was unable to get anymore information out of him. In fact, the voice actor apparently didn't go over the line by saying Luigi was in the game (but he wasn't able to say anything more). But now I wonder...just how much can Luigi change? Will his jump mirror that of his jump in Super Mario Bros 2?

If you believe the OP, you're gullible.

Why would a voice actor know anything? Do you know how they work? They sit in a booth and are told lines to read and they read them over and over. Why would a Japanese voice actor be at a Gamestop manager meeting anyway? They'd have to pay for him to be there which just seems like a waste of money for a bunch of business managers.

Bluetree, the Gamestop conference also includes a "fun day" filled with playable game demos, free stuff (including free games), and other activities. They do this to get the managers to actually travel all the way out to the national conference. The same voice actor was at the event last year as well.

 

[yoshi_fan]

Luigi change -> vacoon ftw

Or it is vacuum?

Meh, whatever, he has to be floaty, like in all mario games... but i dont know how he can change.

 

[pirkid]

http://gonintendo.com/?p=22340

Lol?
Or WTFBBQHAX?

 

[Shuma]

@Pirkid:

Yeah, we ALL expected Ganondorf to not return.

 

[B01001101ownz]

that's old and most likely true...

 

[pirkid]

@Pirkid:

Yeah, we ALL expected Ganondorf to not return.

Of course, how could you not?

 

[MirageofMadness]

gameinformer is a very trustworthy source. they have been around for years, and they are highly rated. it excites me that sheik is gunna get a makeover. i wonder if sheik will have her own final smash, or if they share a final smash?

 

[Kamaka]

'tweaks and alterations' could be as extreme as changing shiek to Zamus.

 

[behemoth]

I used to be a manager at GameCrazy (till that ship went down.. ugh.) and anyways, when we were at the manager's conference (2005, I believe), Nintendo treated us like royalty.

Their whole pitch was given by a projected image of Mario being animated by dressing up that voice actor in one of those motion suits.

Anyways, they send that guy to every one of those conferences.

Nintendo knows how to retain retail support.

Back on topic, hopefully the Luigi revamp will mean better tearing for mr. lean and mean in green.

 

[Hejiru]

@Sir James:

can you ask him if he can tell you anything else? And if he say he cant because he signed a confidentiality agreement (which he most likely did), can he give us a hint?

 

[Sir James]

@Sir James:

can you ask him if he can tell you anything else? And if he say he cant because he signed a confidentiality agreement (which he most likely did), can he give us a hint?

I think my friend tried to squeeze as much as he could out of him. The voice actor said that he couldn't say anything more (probably because of a confidentiality statement like you mentioned). The only thing he was able to say was that Luigi is in it and he's a lot different. Sorry for lack of additional info. But hey...this small news is still better than the assist trophy updates we got this week lol.

 

[Chepe]

Awesome news if its true (and it probably is)...

And I sure hope that Luigi has been given his new standard voice that originated from Superstar Saga... His old Smash voices didnt do him justice at all...

 

[Fanewgie]

Even though it's actually very believable info, I find it hard to believe.

Why? Because who the hell thinks that Luigi ISN'T going to return and ISN'T going to be different than before?

It's the same as those people who predict full roster lists and say "if we get a character update this week then that means I'm right".

Predicting something incredibly obvious really doesn't add to credibility at all.

 

[shortwanabelaker]

y hasnt sir james said anything yet

 

[Kabyk-Greenmyst]

That GoNintendo article is very old. And it doesn't mean anything, those designs were from before Sakurai joined the dev team for Brawl. And we all know what would happen if Sakurai didn't join Brawl's development, so this is referring to that. Nothing more.

 

[Spinach Ops™]

Uhh yeah to all out there that won't believe me....... its kool, but yeahs I work at GameStop in Houston Tx on Westheimer and the Nintendo rep. finally came in today so I just thought I'd let everyone know that SSBB will be online via Wi-fi connection or Lan-adapter.

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[nayon]

For anyone who says the voice actor of Mario is Japanese and won't attend such a thing, his name is Charles Martinet, he's obviously not japanese....

 

[Timat the Slayer]

That GoNintendo article is very old. And it doesn't mean anything, those designs were from before Sakurai joined the dev team for Brawl. And we all know what would happen if Sakurai didn't join Brawl's development, so this is referring to that. Nothing more.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Sakurai the first person to actually "join" the Brawl Dev. Team?

 

[Adi]

Nope, they were originally going to make Brawl Melee 2.0 until they invited Sakurai and he decided to revamp it.

 

[Takeshi245]

Uhh yeah to all out there that won't believe me....... its kool, but yeahs I work at GameStop in Houston Tx on Westheimer and the Nintendo rep. finally came in today so I just thought I'd let everyone know that SSBB will be online via Wi-fi connection or Lan-adapter.

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Hmm...I need more evidence from you before I can believe you right. No hard feelings, but there have been trolls with low post counts saying things about what's going to be in Brawl.

 

[TheBuzzSaw]

SSBB will be online via Wi-fi connection or Lan-adapter.

That was redundant. Why would any game be online via one but not the other? And you went to the effort to type all that on your Wii?

 

[behemoth]

hey psy:

I worked for two years at the gamecrazy on westheimer and hwy 6, and then up the road at another on westheimer. What's the name of your Nintendo rep?