Highly Possible Brawl Characters

[PRoachND]

Here are some highly possible characters and why they are so:

Nintendo Characters:

Little Mac (Punch-Out!!) - Factors contributing to his inclusion: Face of a Nintendo franchise, Nostalgia factor, a boxer would fit into Brawl extremely well, a boxing ring would work well as a brawl stage. Little Mac's could have his trademark star-uppercut as a special move.

Professor Hector (Gyromite) - Factors contributing to his inclusion: Face of a Nintendo franchise, Nostalgia factor, could include ROB as a special weapon/feature. Dynamite seems like an obvious weapon for him as well.

Captain Olimar (Pikmin) - Factors contributing to his inclusion: Face of a Nintendo franchise, could include creative gameplay mechanics with Pikmin.

Mii (Wii Sports) - Factors contributing to his inclusion: Promotion of Nintendo's Mii Channel, it would be reall cool to be able to play as yourself in Smash Brothers, cool weapons - bowling ball, boxing gloves, baseball bat, etc.

That said, I expect far more than 4 new characters. However, I highly expect these four. Professor Hector is the only I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see omitted.

Third Party Characters

Bonk - Factors contributing to his inclusion: He's the icon of a third party (Hudson), Nintendo has a great relationship with Hudson (see Virtual Console), Nostalgia. A Dinosaur land stage would work well.

Mega Man - Factors contributing to his inclusion: He's the icon of a third party (Capcom), Nintendo has a great relationship with Capcom (GBA Zelda titles, long history of 3rd Party support), Nostalgia.

Pac-Man - Factors contributing to his inclusion: He's the icon of a third party (Namco), Nintendo has a great relationship with Namco (Mario Kart GP, Star Fox Assault, etc.), Nostalgia. I do question what sorts of moves he would have.

Sonic - Factors contributing to his inclusion: He's the icon of a third party (Sega) and arguably the second biggest icon in video games (afte Mario), Nintendo has a great relationship with Sega (F-Zero GX, Mario & Sonic at the Olympics), long-time rivals, Nostalgia.

That said, I only expect 1 or 2 additional 3rd party characters after Snake. However, I'd bet money that they'll come from these 4.

 

[Gypsy Lee]

I agree with most of your choices, however, I just don't see Pac-Man being in Brawl, or a fighting game in general. He really wouldn't have that great of a move set, nor would he have any personality whatsoever. Could you imagine playing as a character that looks like a round Mr. G&W, has a crappy moveset, and makes a "Wa wa wa wa" every time you move?

Please, God, no.

But I think Sonic and Megaman have a good chance of getting in. And as far as the nostalgia factor goes, Brawl only needs 1 or 2 more characters from classic games. It already has Pit and most likely, Ness who were both added specifically for that reason. Plus, you can't forget Balloon Fighter.

 

[IsmashedYOURmom]

if they brought sonic, they could bring a clone like shadow in. I'd play shadow fo sho.

 

[The Director]

Hmm...although clones like Shadow are possible (like Zero or Protoman would be for Megaman) I doubt they will make any clones of the third party characters.

 

[ViviRoyPeach]

I'd like to see Sora in Brawl.