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I agree there, since Smash 3DS and Smash Wii U have already received an E10+ rating from the ESRB, and Bayonetta 2 is an M-rated game. I don't think Bayonetta's character is appropriate for an E10+ game, though Zero Suit Samus does say otherwise with her wardrobe.
They could always just tone her down. Don't make her too skimpy or provocative; just focus on the fighting side of her. Not saying I think she's in, but I wouldn't mind, personally.
The two games are rated E10+ for "Mild Suggestive Themes", so the suggestive materials are probably not mature enough to warrant a T rating.
Here's my next question. How did Smash Bros Brawl, a game with less apparent fan service, manage to succeed where Sm4sh did not and get a T? The reasons listed were cartoon violence and crude humor.
Some guesses could include how heavily damaged Master Hand was after breaking free from Tabuu's Chains of Light; Master Hand actually had visible blood on him.
What does the Hype 3, Shulk, Palutena, or Fire Emblem have to do with Bayonetta? I saying that since Bayonetta is a 3rd Party, Sakurai isn't going to bother including her into the game just for the sake of promoting her new game. What factors he uses to decide which Nintendo characters to put in have nothing to do with her.
You could also argue that, since the game took a more "realistic" tone, something like "cartoon violence" would have been more like "violence." Perhaps.
I'm pretty sure this was fan-made after the ZSS photos were shown. It's just his suit recolored.
*sigh* wtf is this, first ZSS then Shulk now Falcon, soon enough this game will be a whole nude beach fighter.
*imagines wario shirtless* BLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!
*sigh* wtf is this, first ZSS then Shulk now Falcon, soon enough this game will be a whole nude beach fighter.
*imagines wario shirtless* BLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!
That's ignoring the point, though. You brought up Sakurai's affiliation with Nintendo, or lackthereof, as a disincentive to market her. I brought up those characters because if Sakurai has no vested interest in Nintendo like you suggest, why would he advocate for the promotion and inclusion of Shulk, Palutena and the Fire Emblem reps before the "hype" 3? Isn't the objective to make more money for himself in the immediate term? Why would he care one way or the other about the state of those 3 franchises since he's not with the company anymore? Apparently, marketing does play a role here and it's not crazy at all to suggest he's being encouraged by Nintendo to make these moves. So with Bayonetta now a console exclusive, wouldn't the same incentive to market the character exist here as well if not to sell as many copies (and perhaps some Wii Us) as possible?
oh thank god, (plaese i never want to hear shirtless wario ever again)
I forgot about that part. It's been years since I've watched the SSE cut scenes. Maybe that was enough to push the game over the edge after all. That or Wario himself.
The strange part, however, is that Kirby Triple Deluxe is rated E, and yet blood is visible when you're fighting Dark Meta Knight. Whereas, Kirby's Return to Dream Land is rated E10+, but no blood is ever present.
Lol. I have no explanation for that discrepancy. The standards to me are easy to understand on their face, but it's when they're applied to games where I get lost. I don't know what combination of themes and gameplay warrant one rating over the other. To me it feels like the employee evaluates the content and then goes with his best guess.
Actually, we don't know this at all. Most likely, but we haven't even seen Wario, so how do we know its back?
Still a few characters left, most likely 5. The Hype Three are most likely in. The other two characters I'm not sure, but I'm expecting a Zelda rep, probably Impa.
I've got a feeling Mewtwo is safe.
I think its going to expand to 10 columns and the clones will shift up to their franchises like they did in Melee. Pokemon has been known to shift around, too, it happened in Melee, so I wouldn't be surprised at all to see it shift down.
Either that, or the characters just weren't ready to be revealed to the public yet.
Sorry, but I think you're going to be extremely let down.
Then why is Zoroark not playable??? Greninja is only part dark type.
You put way too much stock into Smash Bros. status as a marketing machine in regards to how Sakurai chooses characters. For the most part, he puts in characters because he either thinks they will be fun or because they are highly requested/hugely popular. The exception to this is Pokémon and Fire Emblem and that's because its simply much easier to put in a character from the newest game rather than combing through the entirety of both series in order to determine who is the best character to include and even there, him being a big fan of Fire Emblem probably has something to do with him putting in more FE characters rather than the desire to promote FE for the sake of promoting FE. If Bayonetta somehow gets in, its not going to be because she has a new game coming out on the Wii U, its would be simply because Sakurai is a gigantic fan of the game.
Because all the fanboys demand Mewtwo and Lucario to return, so Z's out
I'm not hoping or anything, I'm not grasping at straws. I just think it looks likely to happen. Obviously, I'm the exception. I'm not going to be let down, though, because I am fully prepared to be wrong. I don't think I'm wrong, obviously, but I'm prepared for that outcome. I'm already let down as is, its just that the evidence I see points to more characters. If there are none, whatever, my hype has already been killed anyway.
