When i see Ganondorf IRL with his huf-huf run, i laugh. When i see Ganondorf running like you'd expect all-powerful wizard 2x bigger than any human to run, then it looks threatening (would be even more if screen would shake slightly or there would be more noticable GFX for his footsteps or at least any). I wasn't saying that he should run like he does in TP or WW. I was just saying that there is no reason for him to run like he never ran before.
Wait, you see Ganondorf run IRL?
Where? I'm sure a friend of mine would be ecstatic to meet him!
Eh, but joking aside, Ganondorf's only half an inch taller than Yao Ming. His official height according to Hyrule Historia is 7 ft 6 1/2 in.
He's not some giant wizard man (well technically he is, but you know what I mean) that makes the ground shake when he walks.
Its hard to tell when he opens his mouth like this on such rough sketches and not on proper art/drawings. I was using that image because its just as ridicolous in my opinion.
Fair enough.
Still looks great outside of his chest's black parts/ribcage. A lot better than Ridley.
Let's just agree to disagree here. I see them equally bad. Ridley's only more noticeable because no one honestly gives a **** about Metal Face like they do Ridley.
...So, he should actually be made darker? Wow.
Not what I said.
No, being an A-hole for Internet points makes you sound like a child.
"Internet points"? And you accuse
me of sounding like a child?
In bold: He did that's why I brought it up but I can't find the article, the one you posted wasn't it.
He
didn't. That's why you can't find the article.
This is what was said:
This is a picture from the project plan document that was in the Iwata Asks interview years back. I've saved it to my Photobucket before Smash 4 was even shown off.
Do you see a "never" in there? Neither do I.
Here's the old Nintendo Power interview that was done after Brawl for good measure:
"And of course, we looked at games like Animal Crossing and Nintendogs, where there aren't really any characters that lend themselves to fighting, and we decided not to include characters from those series as fighting characters."
Again, do you see a "they will never be in Smash as fighters" anywhere?
*Sighs* numerous reporting sites have misinterpreted what Sakurai was saying.
He
never said "no fighting game characters".
Look at his quote:
“The biggest feature we look at in Smash Bros. is, ‘What does this character bring to Smash Bros. that other characters don’t?’ If you look at… someone from a fighting game already, and people like fighting with this character, from my point of view, it’s like ‘this guy does what this guy already does. He fills the role that this character already has.”
He's saying that what's distinct about a character is what's looked at the most. (Which is exactly what he was saying in regards to the article I posted earlier on Villager and Wii Fit Trainer)
The fighting game example? He's saying just because the character is popular isn't enough. They have to be distinct.
While that still may seem like it would affect Ryu (which I myself believed), there's still to consider that while Ryu
himself isn't all that special, him bringing elements of Street Fighter in his Smash fighting style
would be distinct from the rest of Smash's cast.
My point was that what Sakurai says isn't always, the case because he has the tendency to change his mind a lot .
That's an irrelevant argument.
The discussion was about Ridley in context of
Smash 4, not some future installment.
Ya Know with Ganondorf you could, well I don't know, do anything else, like anything else than make him a clone of a character that he nothing to do with. Multiple styles or not, a least make him a swordsman , seeing as how he was one in Twilight princess and kind of one in Ocarina of time. S
He was only a swordsman in two of three games in his Ganondorf state (not including the Hyrule Warriors spin-off), Twilight Princess and Wind Waker. And both sword styles are completely different.
And to be fair about Melee, Ganondorf was thrown in late in development due to popularity and his similar body type to Captain Falcon. At that point, he didn't have much to work with other than floating around and throwing energy balls as well as slamming Link's face/the ground with his fist.
I can understand the questioning for Brawl/Smash 4, but at the very least, Ganondorf's attacks, both the ones he
doesn't have derivative from Falcon and the ones he does have a very brutal and powerful feel that arguably fit Ganondorf as a close quarters fighter.
In terms of the wings and him being able to fly or at least flying being a big part of is character...
Ah, I knew it was only a matter of time before Mr. Fire Lizard was used as a counterpoint.
Flying is a big part of his character......
to seek out opponents. And he's found them.
He's equally ground based as he is aerial based typically only seen in true aerial combat if the opponent is also capable of it.
Also Kirby can fly, and Dedede, and Meta Knight
The only point I'm going to address out of that paragraph. The rest......I just can't take any of that seriously. Not saying this "for internet points", but that last paragraph made absolutely
zero sense.
Anyways, not only are Kirby/Dedede/Meta Knight
Sakurai's own characters (i.e. he can set whatever limit he wants for them and not feel guilty), but Kirby's and Dedede's flight are based off of sucking in air.
In Kirby's case, because he's the protagonist, he's generally able to do this indefinitely (all playable characters get flight or infinite jumps) to make things easier for younger players. However, Kirby 64 shows an example where he
indeed has a limit; he can fly for as long as he can hold his breath.
Dedede follows this same principle; he sucks in air and floats until he has to exhale. Only when Dedede is playable does he have infinite flight (for the same reason as Kirby).
Now, Meta Knight is the outlier since he flies with wings. Though he doesn't really fly around much, especially not in combat outside of giving him a bit of a boost upwards or to rush at his opponent.
With that in mind, Sakurai could very well make an excuse that Meta Knight's flight limit is
self-imposed due to his chivalrous nature and preferring a fair fight.
It's not exactly
fair if Meta Knight can just fly indefinitely, now is it?
Can't really apply that excuse to Ridley, since he couldn't care less about fairness. If he can fly and his opponent can't, too bad for them.
I apologize for bringing this up again, but the things that have been said need to be addressed.
Toys for Bob wants to show off the other Skylanders too because they don't want the leader to hog the spotlight. That's why Spyro isn't the focus of every single thing that Skylanders puts out. HOWEVER, the evidence I compiled in that list (which has still not been directly addressed or recognized), shows that Spyro is still a prominent Skylander in the series. I also said that the series is becoming less of a spin-off with each successive game, but IT STILL IS LOOSELY CONNECTED TO SPYRO'S SERIES. (His 
