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[Aetheri]

I feel Takamaru's pretty much going to be a lock for the next smash since Sakurai underestimated his popularity for this game...Then again he could make DLC for this game (along with Midna and Dark Samus....I'm allowed to dream....)

 

[YoshiandToad]

Personally Takamaru doesn't excite me as a playable character, but I can't deny he probably has the best chance of the remaining retros for next game;

• Assist Trophy in Sm4sh
• Obtained a Nintendoland minigame over many more famous individuals.
• Samurai Warriors 3 appearance.
  
• Is (most likely) the highest demanded of any retro style character in the ballot.
• His main rival is Balloon Fighter, and Villager jacked his trademark move.
• Is a samurai which has high western and eastern appeal.
• Finally got his game released in the west preventing him from being Japan exclusive. Little late though.

 

[Kenith]

Personally Takamaru doesn't excite me as a playable character, but I can't deny he probably has the best chance of the remaining retros for next game;

• His main rival is Balloon Fighter, and Villager jacked his trademark move.

Forgetting someone?

Spoiler

Although you could argue they're not a "retro"...

 

[YoshiandToad]

Forgetting someone?

Spoiler

Although you could argue they're not a "retro"...

I could watch that .gif all day.

I suppose Excitebike did have a Mario Kart stage too...I wonder how he and Balloon Fighter compare in the polls?

 

[Kenith]

I could watch that .gif all day.
I suppose Excitebike did have a Mario Kart stage too...I wonder how he and Balloon Fighter compare in the polls?

Me too, I just found it. It's so charming.
Anyway, I'm sure because of bandwagoning after Iwata's passing Balloon Fighter is doing better.
I'm still a bit annoyed about this in case it wasn't clear.

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

I reckon Takamaru could experience a Pit-style revival between now and the next Smash.

In which case, Takamaru would be all but assured for the next Smash and wouldn't really be considered a "retro" character.

Dear Kamiya,

Pleasue hurry up with Scalebound and start working on that new game for Mashpotato Samurai Takamaru.

Sincerely, ​

Your biggest and most civil fan. ​

 

[BluePikmin11]

I wouldn't call him a lock just yet, for all we know in the future, a franchise like For the Frog the Bell Tolls or Mach Rider could get a revival by Nintendo and become a huge success over Murasame Castle.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I wouldn't call him a lock just yet, for all we know in the future, a franchise like For the Frog the Bell Tolls or Mach Rider could get a revival by Nintendo and become a huge success over Murasame Castle.

We are going by the assumption none of the franchises get revived. Though a Mad Max Mach Rider game could work

 

[BluePikmin11]

Since the assumption hasn't actually happened yet, I still wouldn't say he's a lock.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Since the assumption hasn't actually happened yet, I still wouldn't say he's a lock.

The reason people think is a lock is that Sakurai's reasoning isn't good anymore. "Lack of Western familiarity/popularity"

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Guys, we all know what character is a serious lock at this point and he's based on one of the biggest musicians in history.

Spoiler

Diamante locks the battle!

 

[aldelaro5]

.....wait, what happened here?

I was inactive for a week and the thread get splitted and with a.....weird Op.

like, what happened?

 

[Schnee117]

.....wait, what happened here?

I was inactive for a week and the thread get splitted and with a.....weird Op.

like, what happened?

Needless drama that ended up turning into flames.

 

[Wintropy]

I wouldn't call him a lock just yet, for all we know in the future, a franchise like For the Frog the Bell Tolls or Mach Rider could get a revival by Nintendo and become a huge success over Murasame Castle.

I never said he's a lock. I said that he's all but assured if he is revived in a new game. That in itself is a pretty huge if.

Sakurai's rejected Takamaru because western fans aren't too familiar with him and he hasn't done anything significant in years, right? If he comes back in a new game, there we go: Takamaru's now a big boy.

Even if another old-school series was revived between now and the next Smash, why would that make a difference to Takamaru? Punch-Out!! and Kid Icarus both experienced successful revivals between Brawl and Smash 4. Hey presto! Little Mac and Palutena (on account of Pit already being an established veteran since Brawl). Takamaru and Mach Rider / Prince of Sablé / all three? Why the hell not?!

 

[DustyPumpkin]

I'd like to see Mike Jones VS Takamari
A big ol East Vs West thing

 

[Deleted member]

Personally Takamaru doesn't excite me as a playable character, but I can't deny he probably has the best chance of the remaining retros for next game;

• Is (most likely) the highest demanded of any retro style character in the ballot.
• His main rival is Balloon Fighter, and Villager jacked his trademark move.

Forgetting someone?

Spoiler

Although you could argue they're not a "retro"...

This is under the assumption we're getting a "retro" character for the sake of getting a "retro" character.
If Takamaru, Balloon Fighter, Excitebiker, etc. are to be considered, they will be considered for what they bring to the table themselves, not what they bring to the table as a "retro" character.

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

I'd like to see Mike Jones VS Takamari
A big ol East Vs West thing

Takamari? Is that the name of Takamaru's little sister or a crazy fangirl of his's. If it's the later, she possibly could have been responsible for drawing this.

 

[Kenith]

This is under the assumption we're getting a "retro" character for the sake of getting a "retro" character.
If Takamaru, Balloon Fighter, Excitebiker, etc. are to be considered, they will be considered for what they bring to the table themselves, not what they bring to the table as a "retro" character.

I agree completely. However, there is precedent for an "old-school Nintendo" newcomer in every Smash game (barring the original) so it's easy to speculate a similar character for the next game.

Not to mention being a retro Nintendo character is a huge merit in and of itself, as the NES is what made Nintendo so huge in the first place. The Punch-Out!! series wouldn't have been nearly as known without the Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! and the arcade original.

 

[Champ Gold]

I agree completely. However, there is precedent for an "old-school Nintendo" newcomer in every Smash game (barring the original) so it's easy to speculate a similar character for the next game.

Not to mention being a retro Nintendo character is a huge merit in and of itself, as the NES is what made Nintendo so huge in the first place. The Punch-Out!! series wouldn't have been nearly as known without the Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! and the arcade original.

Moreso Mike Tyson itself. There's a reason why the NES game is more popular than the Wii and SNES games, despite being the weakest in the series

 

[ZeldaMaster]

Takamaru... because we totally need more blue haired swordsman.

 

[WeirdChillFever]

Takamaru... because we totally need more blue haired swordsman.

Yeah, he'd attack with the ignorance that goes behind these kinds of posts.

Anyways, Takamaru would be way more different from the current errr THREE blue-haired swordsman, by using Will O Wisps, knives and windmill blades.

 

[Schnee117]

I love it when people say something like: "Ugh ANOTHER Blue haired swordsman?!"

 

[Autumn ♫]

We need more Blue-Haired Swordsmen.

 

[Schnee117]

We need more Blue-Haired Swordsmen.

Elliot pls.

He's bound to Hook people right in.

 

[Kenith]

Takamaru barely has blue hair anyway. It's black in Smash Bros.
Passing on a character because they share two aesthetic qualities with other fighters (of which there are TWO I might add) is silly.

 

[Champ Gold]

Elliot pls.

He's bound to Hook people right in.

Technically his hair is grey. And Dante in Smash would be great, just make sure we get his leader ViewtifulJoe in in there

 

[Dinoman96]

To me, besides probably Pit, each retro character in Smash were chosen to represent a particular era or line of hardware.

Mr. G&W reps the Game & Watch line, R.O.B reps the peripheral of the same name, Duck Hunt represents the NES Zapper and its associated "Light Gun Series", and the Ice Climbers repped the one-off "Action Series" games (Balloon Fight, Urban Champion) that were released from 1984-1985.

As for Pit, I feel like his inclusion had more to do with Kid Icarus's cult following rather than "well i gotta arbitrarily add a retro character each game ahaha". Like Wario or Dedede, Pit was a popular and requested choice, more so than other retro characters like Takamaru.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/05/31/sakurais-smash-bros-update

I was well aware that Pit was a popular character in both America and Japan. I tried as best I could to design this version of him in a way that reflected current tastes, so I'm happy to see him so well received.

 

[Kenith]

I would not like Dante in Smash, ever. He has absolutely no reason.
There hasn't been a DMC on Nintendo consoles anyway, the only time he's been on Nintendo was Project X Zone.

 

[Schnee117]

Technically his hair is grey. And Dante in Smash would be great, just make sure we get his leader ViewtifulJoe in in there

His hair is considered Light Blue with streaks of darker blue.
We need Dexter (Green) as well.

 

[Champ Gold]

I would not like Dante in Smash, ever. He has absolutely no reason.
There hasn't been a DMC on Nintendo consoles anyway, the only time he's been on Nintendo was Project X Zone.

Spoiler

The joke is that Wonder Blue is similar to Dante. I don't mean the actual Dante

His hair is considered Light Blue with streaks of darker blue.
We need Dexter (Green) as well.

Also Pink Bayonetta as well.

 

[Kenith]

Spoiler

The joke is that Wonder Blue is similar to Dante. I don't mean the actual Dante

Also Pink Bayonetta as well.

Oh.
It all makes sense now.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

"Oh cool, a Samurai with shurikens, kunai, lightning, fireballs, invisibility and pin wheel! WAIT HIS HAIR IS BLUE **** THAT NOISE"
I understand if people don't want 6 FE characters, but if you're going to be as petty and whine about hair I just question your criteria to what a good character is

Takamaru... because we totally need more blue haired swordsman.

 

[D-Man9293]

I've already posted my top 10 elsewhere, but the 5 I feel are most likely are as follows:

5: Rayman
4: Bandana Waddle Dee
3: Isaac
2: King K. Rool
1: Wolf

Of course I WANT BWD the most.

 

[XxX_420_n0sc0per_xXx]

POSSIBLE SMASH BALLOT RESULTS LEAK?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQi4Nlw6CDM

**SPOILER ALERT**

 

[Cutie Gwen]

POSSIBLE SMASH BALLOT RESULTS LEAK?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQi4Nlw6CDM

**SPOILER ALERT**

Er...I feel bad for you that you think a newbie with a username like that will fool people into thinking you have the ballot results

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Takamaru... because we totally need more blue haired swordsman.

CinemaSins: "That's racist!" *ding*

Sin Counter: 1

 

[Aetheri]

CinemaSins: "That's racist!" *ding*

Sin Counter: 1

CinemaSins: 'That's Racist Cliche" *ding*

Sin Counter: 2

 

[Cutie Gwen]

CinemaSins: 'That's Racist Cliche" *ding*

Sin Counter: 2

CinemaSins: "That's racist!" *ding*

Sin Counter: 1

At this point CinemaSins Jeremy'll be the most requested character

 

[D-Man9293]

POSSIBLE SMASH BALLOT RESULTS LEAK?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQi4Nlw6CDM

**SPOILER ALERT**

Er...I feel bad for you that you think a newbie with a username like that will fool people into thinking you have the ballot results

And sadly, People have fallen for in on the Video comments.

 

[MainJPW]

Takamaru... because we totally need more blue haired swordsman.

Lmao, don't even start.