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Technically speaking, Mewtwo was already demoted in Brawl. He was made into a trophy. That's a lower status than being a Pokeball summon or a boss, really.
I envy your optimism. For a long time, I've had a sinking feeling we'll get a selection of WFT-esque 'surprise' newcomers.
This, very much agreed, assuming he did say it. He likely did, but it's not unfeasible that the quote was made up or misunderstood. Even if he did say it, however, it could have been a spur-of-the-moment thing that he didn't think through. Maybe he meant just what he said and did not know whether Mewtwo would be in or not at the time, had an unfortunate bout of honesty. Maybe that and he then made himself put Mewtwo in because he realized later that he put his foot in his mouth and it would be suicidal (exaggeration) not to include him after saying that.
Or maybe we could take what he said literally. Just maybe.
Even if he did say it, not including Mewtwo wouldn't really be a suicide of any kind. Sure there would be a backlash from Mewtwo's fans for 'falsely getting our hopes up' and other such complaints, but it would hardly affect Sakurai himself, since he neither confirmed nor denied anything. If Ridley's situation ends up being how it currently looks (stage boss), there will be similar complaints that won't mean anything at the end of the day.
Such Hubris.
Consideration that early in development or around the time when the roster was finalized is never a bad thing, especially as an interjection. He is literally stating something passive, but he is demonstrating assertive behavior... I wonder why? Why would he use PR language during a PR event? That is way more than most characters get. Mewtwo is the only character "considered" for each iteration of Smash, that is WAY more than any other character can say. As Mewtwo fans, we understand that consideration does not actualize. He was not in Smash 64, and he was not in Brawl. But again, look at another character that he "considered" to be not be plausible. Villager, the front-runner, included in the next entry. Consideration gets you far, why? Because you are at the top of his list, he does not just "consider" every goddamn Nintendo character. He was considered in Smash 64, it did not happen as there were tech limitations. Guess when we got Mewtwo? The very next game. People pretend like Mewtwo was maliciously omitted from the game, people have been laboring under the delusion that Lucario has replaced him. Mewtwo had literally nothing going for him from Melee to Brawl whereas now he has all the merit in the world. There are no more 3rd party surprises and the priority list is not stagnant. Proclaiming such is so utterly fallacious.
The only problem with Greninja is the possibility Sakurai wanted one pokemon rep for X/Y, and he went with the new face. Also, Megas are already covered between Lucario and Charizard. He has other things going for him clearly, but his 'new found relevance' may no longer be one of them, especially in the face of the Hoenn remakes.
... His new-found relevance "may not longer be one of them" because it mattered when the roster was finalized, it mattered during the development of Pokemon X and Y ("possibility that Sakurai wanted one Pokemon representative for X and Y"). I agree, if Sakurai were deciding whether or not to add Mewtwo TODAY, you would be correct. However, that is not the case. Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby might not be completely disregarded, but at the same time, they are not going to take priority over X and Y as demonstrated by the stages and Pokeball Pokemon. Mega Evolutions are not material to this discussion. It does not matter if they are "already covered" because as you state "Lucario AND Charizard," that is clearly precedent.
I agree with you, but there is no reason to be upset.
I still worry, you know.
Understandable, I speculate that he is your most wanted character for Smash 4? We always tend to be very pessimistic about our favorites, even if it is not logical. For instance, sometimes I fear for Ganondorf despite the notion that he is essentially guaranteed.
I'll be crying either way.
Theres only one attack that Qualifies for replacing shadow ball, and thats whatever this attack is
It's Psychic, I believe.Theres only one attack that Qualifies for replacing shadow ball, and thats whatever this attack is
Ok so maybe confusion gets replaced by psyhic and it works like in the gif now.
I don't want to replace his side-b, but if it had to change I'd want this to be it. It could probably be a weaker version of Lucas' side-b, but you can aim it and it goes further.
Always start with a quick ball. If not, shower him with other balls while he's weak and asleep, that's kind of all there is.
You pretty much have all you need...maybe a False Swipe Pokemon as well. Also, make sure your Pokemon are at a high enough level to survive Psychic and Aura Sphere, and have recovery options if for some reason your luck is bad and it keeps escaping.
I also used Thunder Wave and standard Poké Balls. I don't remember how many I used because I did many soft resets until I got a Timid one with an IV spread of 31/x/29/31/31/31...
We had six in brawl, so why cut down the number of reps in the process of cutting a smash orrigional?
That is so true, reveal Jigglypuff at E3 just to get fans riled up, then they find out he's a secret unlockable character, priceless, and something Sakurai would totally do.
While yes there were 6 reps in Brawl, but was that just Pokemon Trainer asked for too much reps (wasted programming resources)? Maybe transformation mechanic was dropped for this reason. With only 5 slots for SSB4 isn't out of possibility because there were only 4 slots in Brawl.
How many times is mewtwo going to premote stuff.
Pfffft nobody is doubting Mewtwo because of Greninja or because of trumpet gen remakes(Which are being released after smash is) its more so people are thinking that jiggs and Mewtwo would have to compete for a spot (even though having both would put pokemon back to 6), besides how much sense would it make to have 2 out of the 3 Mega evolution poster boys?
The announcement of those remakes actually makes Sceptile have a higher chance. I bet 50% of people when they saw that figure hanging down, they thought it was Mewtwo. I even thought that, I was like "What? Greninja?" but, I wasn't disappointed.
For the last part
Would also even things out considering Mewtwo would likely have the Y Mega Evo (it's the one that's been used primarily in promotion), thus it doesn't come off nearly as biased with Charizard only having his X Mega Evo.
