Character Portraits

[asia_catdog_blue]

It may not affect you, but it bothers me that Sakurai's group uses the official art for practually everything! The CSS, the HUDs, Bio's, even Trophies! And I don't really find them appealing(I hate Luigi's pose). No other fighting games I know do that. Even the first two Smashes didn't do this( well, not compared to this Smash)

I would have preferred a Character Select Screen that shows mugshots of the fighters facing forward(like a school picture) and showing a casual pose when highlighted. Also, an HUD that shows a fighter's mugshot like in like most Mario Spin-offs(facing sideways).
And less showcasing of the character's names. We know who these guys are!

What would you have preferred?

 

[LordCQ]

The way it is now is perfect.

I hate, however, the clone section on the CSS and Mewtwo next to Sonic.

 

[kantoskies]

I'm mostly fine with it, (I love how they have the silhouettes of all the fighters in the background of the menus) but it'd be cool if on the CSS when a fighter is selected, their in-game model shows up in the player box at the bottom (like Smash 64).

And if we're talking placement of where their portraits are now, it's terrible. Link/Kirby are separate from their franchises, Mewtwo is weirdly at the bottom, Yoshi splits up the Mario characters, and the clones are all grouped together. It should have looked like this:

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[Purin a.k.a. José]

The way it is is perfect, but I would love if the Trophies were Melee-like. With the Classic, Smash, Alt and Final Smash trophies. It would be more awesome.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I'd probably alter the roster placement to be more like the following...

Basically, the format from left to right is...

1. Mario Universe (primary): Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Bowser Jr.
2. Mario Universe (secondary): Dr. Mario, Yoshi, Rosalina, Wario, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong
3. Pre-NES Hits: Mr. Game & Watch, Little Mac
4. NES Hits: R.O.B., Duck Hunt
5. The Legend of Zelda: Link, Zelda, Sheik, Ganondorf, Toon Link
6. Metroid: Samus, Zero Suit Samus
7. Kid Icarus: Pit, Palutena, Dark Pit
8. F-Zero: Captain Falcon
9. Fire Emblem: Marth, Ike, Robin, Lucina
10. Kirby: Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight
11. Star Fox: Fox, Falco
12. EarthBound (Mother): Ness, Lucas
13. GCN Hits: Olimar, Villager
14. Pokemon: Pikachu, Charizard, Lucario, Jigglypuff, Greninja, Mewtwo
15. Wii Hits: Wii Fit Trainer, Shulk
16. 3rd Party: PAC-MAN, Mega Man, Sonic
17. Mii