I Think We Have Our Initial Roster

[DreamFiend633]

They wouldn't show secret, but it doesn't that's all the starters on the art. And to whoever said, they can fit the other 11 starters (maybe 12 if Sheik is in, but she and Zamus might not be on the box at all) *ahem* 10 starters on the back.

 

[Torchik]

^ Haha, that's exactly what I was saying. They're not gonna put the other 10 starters on the back. ^_^

 

[Rhubarbo]

Corocoro confirmed Sonic and Snake as un-lockables...Common sense dictates that this means the remainder of the confirmed characters will consist of the starting roster.

 

[DreamFiend633]

^ Haha, that's exactly what I was saying. They're not gonna put the other 10 starters on the back. ^_^

Sorry LOL, but I do think they can fit them all on the back, or the alternate cover for the instruction booklet (I hope there is an alt. cover, I love it when the do that with movies and games). They probably won't put them all on the back, but it's possible. But I really don't think it's necessary to have the entire starting roster on the cover (front and/or back). That IS what alt. covers are for.

 

[EPX2]

No, the starting roster likely consists of everyone currently on the Dojo minus Sonic and Snake. As stated by DreamFiend, there's never been any rule stating that if a character is not on the box art, they cannot be part of the starting roster.

And as an aside, I highly doubt Pikmin & Olimar would be secret seeing as how they're the main representatives for the Pikmin franchise.

 

[Ojanya]

I've thought about that before. Good organization.

 

[Oh Gibdo]

Yeah I seriously doubt that, considering Yoshi, Bowser, Ike, DeDeDe, Zelda, and ICs were all shown in the Japanese commercials.

 

[MetalLuigi1209]

Yoshi, ICs, and Zelda especially are probably going to be starting characters. Maybe there are more images of them on the back side or something.

 

[kingjoekur]

YOU win, cant believe no one thought about this... especially with all the consirporacy theory things and such, this is by far the best logic of them all

 

[PrettyGoodYear]

And by January 25th... we'll have our ENTIRE roster...

Well, by January 23rd we'll have everything, because Japan is 14 hours ahead of us, and there are always gameplay guides.

 

[Dubyah8r]

Okay... no Donkey Kong in the starters? I doubt it Heres the real starting roster from Whobby in Japan:

ps- I made this topic months ago and was flamed for it... watch you back kid.

 

[Tinkerer]

Okay... no Donkey Kong in the starters? I doubt it Heres the real starting roster:

ps- I made this topic months ago and was flamed for it... watch you back kid.

That's not it either - no Zelda, no Bowser.

 

[Weltunter]

That's not it either - no Zelda, no Bowser.

Bowser is there, 3rd row.

Zelda isn't in there because that picture is from on of the demos.

 

[The Noob Legend]

Sakurai had stated that not all veterans would be available right away...
You unlock them quite fast throughout storymode.

Yet the box art does not confirm a starting roster.

 

[hyruleboy]

One word: Lucas.
Oh,and DK.

 

[Linkeatspie]

This is certainly possible...though 11 characters seems a little low. Good idea, though.

 

[Xanderous]

YOU win, cant believe no one thought about this... especially with all the consirporacy theory things and such, this is by far the best logic of them all

*Everyone* has thought about this. After that, we thought about what worthless theory it was.

 

[Bacon Man11]

I want Bowser to be playable.

 

[JoseOle92]

i think your assuming too much

 

[Boofer]

Corocoro confirmed Sonic and Snake as un-lockables...Common sense dictates that this means the remainder of the confirmed characters will consist of the starting roster.

QTF

This is why the characters on the cover ARE in fact starters but definitely not all of the starters.

 

[Smashybashy]

So, your saying Donkey Kong in unlockable?

 

[Krell]

I thought about that, seems like it's 50/50. Either the box art is the answer, or just everybody on Dojo minus 3rd parties. We'll just have to wait and see... personally, the more unlockables, the better.

 

[HarryTheChin]

It's most likely more starting characters. PT is a starter while Dk/Bowser/Yoshi/Ice Climbers/Zelda/Ike is not? Heck, there is only going to be 4 starting newcomers? I don't think that is going to be the starting roster.

 

[Boofer]

I thought about that, seems like it's 50/50. Either the box art is the answer, or just everybody on Dojo minus 3rd parties. We'll just have to wait and see... personally, the more unlockables, the better.

There's really no need to argue about anymore with the latest Coro Coro. Sonic and Snake have been confirmed as unlockables, but no other characters were mentioned with the unlockable tag. End discussion.

 

[Flaminglink]

ITS A good chance because all the characters are in the first even matches or in the beggining of subspace

 

[bastula]

remember...11 with a random button.

or we could still have dk, diddy kong, ike, dedede, bowser, and yoshi...

 

[Strongside]

I could live with this roster. But, honestly, I find it unlikely it would be this... small.

 

[Dragothel]

This makes pretty good sense.... I wouldn't count on it though.....

 

[Lucas_User]

No, I'm sure there's at least 20 starters...

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

If a new character is updated this, or next week...I will definitely be certain they are now updating unlockable characters...

I'm already sure Olimar is unlockable

 

[Kowz]

Interesting, it seems plausible, but 11? I guess it allows us to unlock more.

 

[kad15]

no donkey kong?
that cant be the starting roster

 

[SilverBlaze]

The logic is there, and I've definitely considered this myself. However, not only is 11 a small number, it's less than half of the revealed characters, and many vets are not shown. I personally feel the boxart pattern is going to end with Brawl because there will be too many starting characters to fit comfortably on a box.

 

[Tyrannotaur]

It would make sense that Bowser is unlockable as he is involved with the Ancient Minister. I'd expect Wario to be unlockable too in that respect.

11 characters is pretty neat though. I'm sure you could have around 20 or more by getting halfway through Subspace.

 

[Noypi_GjD]

Amazing, I can't believe this hasn't been pointed out yet. Assuming that the characters are easy to unlock this is okay.

 

[Pyr0]

Perhaps were missing some characters that appear in the BACK SIDE of the box...

 

[Zinfandel]

I find it probable that the WHAMMY roster could be the starting one.

Probable.

(Have mercy!)

 

[bd43]

While it's hard to say who is and isn't on the starting roster, and there's little reason for it to be such a big deal, the idea that the game will start you off with 21 roster spots(22 or 23 characters) is unlikely unless the game is really, really large.

I think after three demos with only 14 playable characters, 14 is a solid number. Assuming Sheik is back and Zelda is on the starting roster, we're at 16 characters actually on the starting roster. Plus, that screams of the title having 35 or so characters.

 

[Norm]

Not bad logic and i wouldn't mind that opening roster but well have to see.

 

[oufan208]

I think its perfect! who ever disagress is a dumb@$$