So this has been on my mind a while, but if the roster started getting smaller, this would become more important, who do you prioritise? How would you go about it? So I thought it'd be fun to really push you to make those tough decisions
If you like, you could include characters from the recent leak, but just put it in a spoiler warning, basically with this, if someone asked you to reduce the roster size, you'd have something easy to show
I'll try and you through my decision
EDIT: I've gone through this again with Min Min revealed, and put echoes in with the main lot
First off, original 8. They're not going anywhere
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
After that, I want to look at other major franchises, focus on a diverse lot of different NINTENDO franchises
9.
10. (yeah, these days I'd put Isabelle before Villager)
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Now look at the big 3 franchises, Pokemon is tough but Lucario is a no brainer, and Greninja is beyond popular
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17
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22.
Let's get a few smaller franchises/lower priority
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
Now let's get our two most significant retro characters
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29.
Let's take a look at what franchises we got that could do with more, Again Pokemon is tough but if I'm trying to be objective, I'd probably go Charizard next. We'll also bring in Kirby, Metroid and Fire Emblem, and then some others. I'm actually gonna give Byleth next in line for Fire Emblem
30.
31.
32.
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34.
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36.
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Complete the original 12.
38.
Here, we bring in our first third parties starting with the 3 most significant,
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40.
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And another retro,
42.
Let's throw a bone to some smaller franchises
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46-47
Another Mario and Zelda character. Sheik vs Toon Link is tough but Sheik I'd keep first for being more unique and popular with Smash fanbase. Also Ike
48.
49.
50.
More third parties
51.
52.
53.
54.
Last retro
55.
More Pokemon
56.
57.
58.
They're sort of honorary Nintendo characters
59.
60.
More characters for other franchises and a couple easy clones
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
Some more Third parties
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
Let's go Roys
71.
72.
Perhaps some character double ups?
73.
74.
Third Party echoes
75.
76.
Final Third Parties
77.
78.
Room for customisation?
79-81.
Almost there
82.
83.
the Melee copies of the big 3
84.
85.
86.
Bottom of the barrel
87.
88.
89.
Woo what an effort. This is going to come in handy in the future for other hypotheticals. It's a challenge but fun. I'm curious to see what others do.
If you like, you could include characters from the recent leak, but just put it in a spoiler warning, basically with this, if someone asked you to reduce the roster size, you'd have something easy to show
I'll try and you through my decision
EDIT: I've gone through this again with Min Min revealed, and put echoes in with the main lot
First off, original 8. They're not going anywhere
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
After that, I want to look at other major franchises, focus on a diverse lot of different NINTENDO franchises
9.
10. (yeah, these days I'd put Isabelle before Villager)
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Now look at the big 3 franchises, Pokemon is tough but Lucario is a no brainer, and Greninja is beyond popular
16.
17
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
Let's get a few smaller franchises/lower priority
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
Now let's get our two most significant retro characters
28.
29.
Let's take a look at what franchises we got that could do with more, Again Pokemon is tough but if I'm trying to be objective, I'd probably go Charizard next. We'll also bring in Kirby, Metroid and Fire Emblem, and then some others. I'm actually gonna give Byleth next in line for Fire Emblem
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
Complete the original 12.
38.
Here, we bring in our first third parties starting with the 3 most significant,
39.
40.
41.
And another retro,
42.
Let's throw a bone to some smaller franchises
43.
44.
45.
46-47
Another Mario and Zelda character. Sheik vs Toon Link is tough but Sheik I'd keep first for being more unique and popular with Smash fanbase. Also Ike
48.
49.
50.
More third parties
51.
52.
53.
54.
Last retro
55.
More Pokemon
56.
57.
58.
They're sort of honorary Nintendo characters
59.
60.
More characters for other franchises and a couple easy clones
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
Some more Third parties
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
Let's go Roys
71.
72.
Perhaps some character double ups?
73.
74.
Third Party echoes
75.
76.
Final Third Parties
77.
78.
Room for customisation?
79-81.
Almost there
82.
83.
the Melee copies of the big 3
84.
85.
86.
Bottom of the barrel
87.
88.
89.
Woo what an effort. This is going to come in handy in the future for other hypotheticals. It's a challenge but fun. I'm curious to see what others do.
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