Event - E3 Invitational 2014 Do you think all characters (that we know of) will be playable at smash fest?

[supercopper64]

We know 29 characters, so do you think all of them that we know will be playable?

 

[FrostShock]

I don't see why they wouldn't be.

 

[Banjodorf]

Seems like there's a PRETTY good chance of that. In addition, I'd expect any characters announced at E3 to be present as well. It seems like a good way to show off their playstyles and demonstrate how they contribute to the uniqueness of the game itself.

At the very least, I expect a demo roster of at least 25, with some newcomers and vets mixed in together.

Villager, Mac, WFT and Mega Man seem like definite newcomers present, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them all there.

 

[Joe73191]

I don't know. They may just have the starters of the game, probably around 20-25 characters to choose from. No one we haven't seen yet but if some that we have seen are unlockable we probably won't have them.

 

[ImaClubYou]

Mario only, haha.

 

[dezeray112]

I'm probably going to guess at least some of the characters will be playable.

 

[Zzuxon]

I'm probably going to guess at least some of the characters will be playable.

Not so sure, I'd say there is a decent chance that we'll just stare at an empty stage, occasionally spawning items.

 

[Hoser]

Not so sure, I'd say there is a decent chance that we'll just stare at an empty stage, occasionally spawning items.

I work at Best Buy and they said in addition to no characters, there would also be no items.

 

[Zzuxon]

I work at Best Buy and they said in addition to no characters, there would also be no items.

Dang, guess I had my hopes to high.

 

[8-peacock-8]

Hopefully.

 

[Thirdkoopa]

I don't see why they wouldn't be.

Probably, but I expect there'll be more playable at E3 and at the actual tournament

 

[Ryan.]

Yeah I think all the ones revealed so far will be playable at E3.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

Maybe, but there is Kirby to keep note of, all due to the various ability caps that he'll be having.

 

[Norm]

If it's to a proper tournament I think that would be the best idea. Though maybe they'll only have the starting roster as playable characters.

On a side note. I think it would be a good idea to try and get some of the normal smash bros tournament casters in on this to make it feel like a more authentic tournament. It would be a nice little nod to the competitive community.

 

[Oatmeal.]

If they were ready to show us the confirmed characters in the first place, I don't see why not. Besides, why would they hype us up for someone and then just not let us use them? There will more than likely be all the confirmed characters.

 

[Katy Parry]

Anyone forgetting the demo that was playable for Brawl? It had like 12 characters. So I highly doubt it.

 

[ToothiestAura]

Doubtful. Very doubtful. If it were a 3DS demo I would think yes since that game is closer to being finished. But since it's the Wii U version I would see only a few characters actually being ready.

Eh, but what do I know?

 

[BlurB]

I don't think all the revealed characters will be there. The brawl e3 demo had a small mix of both veterans and newcomers.

 

[schavira]

Maybe, but there is Kirby to keep note of, all due to the various ability caps that he'll be having.

Kirby was not playable in a few of the earlier Brawl demos, if I remember correctly. Melee too actually.

 

[Raddison]

I think the chances are extremely high, yeah.

 

[-VictoriaJustice-]

Probably around 15-20 of them.

Well, it won't matter anyway. There will always be that ONE kid who takes up as much time as possible and whine if he loses.

Heh.

 

[Greda]

Well, it won't matter anyway. There will always be that ONE kid who takes up as much time as possible and whine if he loses.

Heh.

Call me an idiot cause I don't know anything about Brawls demo, and if there was anything of the sorts outside of E3, but WERE kids even allowed?

Aside from that, I'm pretty sure all the characters will be available.

 

[-VictoriaJustice-]

Call me an idiot cause I don't know anything about Brawls demo, and if there was anything of the sorts outside of E3, but WERE kids even allowed?

Aside from that, I'm pretty sure all the characters will be available.

I believe kids might have been allowed but again, it's not really "kids" that can ruin it, moreso certain types of teenagers.

Either way, I'm still going to have fun.

 

[-VictoriaJustice-]

We know 29 characters, so do you think all of them that we know will be playable?

Something tells me you like Roy.

Are you a fan of Roy?

 

[Morbi]

I am sure that most of the characters we have seen will be playable; however, I do not think that each and every one of them will be playable.

 

[aliensalmon]

I hope everyone we know of so far is playable. I'd like to test Charizard and Greninja....

 

[Moldy Clay]

All of the characters? No.

In 2007, the Brawl demo, in OCTOBER (there's a vid of this roster via Gamespot, I believe) was this:

That's 14 characters out of the 21 or 22-ish that we knew of via the Smash Dojo. It doesn't even have Snake. This was only a few months from the game's release, and well after the E3 in which we originally thought it was coming that December (this demo is after the delay for Sonic).

The demo only had 6 (counting ZSS) newcomers out of the 8 we knew.

Not that they will necessarily stick to what they did last time (I mean, Mario Kart 8 had every character but 2 at the last demo), but to expect all 29 is ridiculous. Especially when they'll likely show off newcomers & vets AT E3 and want people to try them the same day.

If I had to guess, the Demo roster will be mostly the characters from SSB64, a few extra vets (specifically, Pit and the characters who were split from their transformations, maybe Bowser), Villager, Mega Man, Greninja OR Rosalina, Little Mac and any characters they reveal at E3 itself.

But that's just my opinion.

 

[Smashoperatingbuddy123]

I really doubt all characters revealed so far are going to be playable but probably about 60% of them might be playable

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

No, I don't think so. I think we will get the main characters minus those like Luigi, Marth, Toon Link, and Lucario. As well, I do not think we will see the E3 revealed characters since Sakurai will want to use the time between E3 and the 3DS release to do updates on those characters. So I think we won't see those characters appear or that they will be revealed after the E3 Invitational and the SmashFest.

 

[Superyoshiom]

Ehh, that might be a bit too generous.

 

[Greda]

Actually, thinking about it more, I think we will see some vets, and the first three newcomers announced + maybe some others, and every other newcomer that is revealed at E3, depending on how much they reveal in the first place.

 

[Morbi]

I wouldn't even be mad if only the Original 12 were playable; it would be enough in my opinion.

 

[Rich Homie Quan]

Fox only, no items, FD.

In all seriousness, I wouldn't be surprised if they only provided a limited roster to fool around with. Probably the original 12 and then some of the newcomers.

 

[κomıc]

I'd say 15 characters playable.

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

Characters wise, I think:
Mario
Peach
Bowser
Rosalina
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Link
Zelda
Pikachu
Charizard
Greninja
Kirby
Samus
Fox
Olimar
Wii Fit Trainer
Villager
Little Mac
Mega Man

But I think that is an extremely generous list.

 

[Johnny Wellens]

Goodness I certainly hope so. I NEED SONIC.

 

[Radical Larry]

Here's the most probable of the rosters for the demo, in 4 different situations:

Situation 1 - The characters are divided equally among the games they came from, and as there are 4 different SSB games, there are 5 characters representing from each game in the series. They are:





Situation 2 - As a mixture of veterans and newcomers, limiting down the roster similar to the E3 Super Smash Bros. Brawl Demo, down to 14, we could expect these characters to be playable:


Situation 3 - There would be a total of a probable 25 characters in the demo, not counting unlockable characters from previous games in the series, save Sonic. They would be:





Situation 4 - The probability that all 29 characters could be playable in the demo, while exponential at best, could be possible and we could be in a fitting situation for all players around the demos. As well, we may also have one more character added to even out the roster of characters at 30.

 

[Pazzo.]

For just a demo, 29 characters seems to be a lot. I'd say we'll get option 2, going of @ Radical Larry 's idea.

 

[Johnny Wellens]

Here's the most probable of the rosters for the demo, in 4 different situations:

SNIP

This is assuming of course that none of the characters announced at E3 will be playable.

 

[Radical Larry]

Well, as situation 4 states, we may get 1 announced character, seeing as there are 29 in the roster already. In the end, all characters that would probably be in are:



By looking at all the situations and process of elimination, these characters may all be in the demo of the game. It's still a possibility, but not an exact estimate, though we can concur that the first and last 4 will definitely be playable characters in the demo.