If assist trophies never existed

[kaithehedgefox]

Remember back when assist trophies were introduced in Brawl? Since then, assist trophies have been potrayed and seen as deconfirmation victims. However, being an assist trophy can be a step for a character to become playable. However, some assist trophies may just take longer to be promoted to playable characters.

Well, here's the list of types of deconfirmations.

Background Character: No longer deconfirmed since Smash 4.

Boss: No longer deconfirmed since Ultimate.

Character in move: No longer deconfirmed since Ultimate.

Assist Trophy: Since Brawl

Pokeball (pokemon only): Since Smash 64

Third Party Character: No longer deconfirmed since Brawl.

Non-Videogame Character: Since Smash 64.

Fan Character: Since Smash 64.

So what would happen if assist trophies never existed? Well, only pokemon would be able to be deconfirmed, starting from Ultimate.

 

[Hinata]

Sakurai sees Assist Trophies as characters who are notable, but not notable enough/lacking the potential to be playable. Sure, there are a few consolation prize characters here and there, like Alucard, who was supposed to be playable before being replaced by Richter, but if ATs never existed, then the characters who are Assist Trophies likely would've never gotten acknowledged by Smash outside of trophies/Spirits.

Next question.

 

[kaithehedgefox]

Sakurai sees Assist Trophies as characters who are notable, but not notable enough/lacking the potential to be playable. Sure, there are a few consolation prize characters here and there, like Alucard, who was supposed to be playable before being replaced by Richter, but if ATs never existed, then the characters who are Assist Trophies likely would've never gotten acknowledged by Smash outside of trophies/Spirits.

Next question.

Well, spirits, and fromerly trophies don't deconfirm fighters. and some assist trophies are actually iconic, such as Knuckles, Shadow, Bomberman, and Waluigi.

ssist trophies have been potrayed and seen as deconfirmation victims. However, being an assist trophy can be a step for a character to become playable.

Now how would fans feel without Assist Trophies?

 

[osby]

Well, spirits, and fromerly trophies don't deconfirm fighters. and some assist trophies are actually iconic, such as Knuckles, Shadow, Bomberman, and Waluigi.

Just because a character didn't get "deconfirmed" or they are iconic, doesn't mean they'll become playable.

 

[Hinata]

Now how would fans feel without Assist Trophies?

Same as they feel before a character is confirmed to be an Assist. They'd rally for their character, and then get upset when they don't get revealed.

If anything, Assists are good at softening the blow because then the supporters aren't waiting forever and a day for their character to get revealed. They just see the character pop out of that glass case, and know they're **** outta luck for this game. It hurts, but at least the anxiety of anticipation is gone.

 

[ZephyrZ]

I think people have a backwards way of "deconfirmations".

The reason Waluigi isn't playable isn't because he's an assist, it's because Sakurai and the devs didn't want to make him playable for whatever reason but still wanted him in the game in some way. In a world without assist trophies, I doubt we'd have him either.

Deconfirmations signify to us that they won't be playable during the speculation period. That's all.

 

[Deleted member]

Well, I think it would be a shame to see em go. They're pretty much a staple of the series at this point. And about the whole "deconfirmination" thing, cutting AT won't change anything.

Delete this. Site bugged out on me.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

Assist Trophies are like a mixed blessing. Characters get referenced in some way, but it can become a huge heartbreaker if we're talking about characters who could've had playable potential.

Generic enemies pretty much won't do any better than the Assist Trophy position (or as enemies in certain game modes), but even that thought got thrown out the window when a generic Piranha Plant got the playable spotlight. And we're talking about a generic enemy who was never playable in any of the Mario spin-off titles.

 

[kaithehedgefox]

Deconfirmations signify to us that they won't be playable during the speculation period. That's all.

Well, some fans have mentioned that although being an assist trophy can increase the chances of being playable in sequels, being an assist trophy can be worse than not being in the game at all. Since Smash 4 introduced DLC, it also means that they won't be coming as DLC fighters.

 

[Lenidem]

We don't know that. And even if no Assist is 'promoted' for DLC this time, it would probably be because the character itself was not considered 'good enough' to be playable, or because Nintendo/the developers have other priorities. Typically, if Waluigi is not a DLC character, it won't be because of his Assist Trophie, it would be because Waluigi himself was considered and rejected in favor of someone else for whatever reasons.

 

[kaithehedgefox]

We don't know that. And even if no Assist is 'promoted' for DLC this time, it would probably be because the character itself was not considered 'good enough' to be playable, or because Nintendo/the developers have other priorities. Typically, if Waluigi is not a DLC character, it won't be because of his Assist Trophie, it would be because Waluigi himself was considered and rejected in favor of someone else for whatever reasons.

Well, spirits, and fromerly trophies don't deconfirm fighters. and some assist trophies are actually iconic, such as Knuckles, Shadow, Bomberman, and Waluigi.

Well some characters are relegated to assist trophies because they lack a major role in their series. Others can be due to the lack of time to make them a playable character.

This explains why Tails, Knuckles, and etc aren't playable characters.

 

[Xelrog]

I'm going to say that things would be pretty much exactly the same as they are now, but without assist trophies in the game.

 

[Mogisthelioma]

If AT's weren't a thing, there wouldn't be any more fighters in the game. There would just be no AT's. End of story.

 

[Luigifan18]

I'm going to say that things would be pretty much exactly the same as they are now, but without assist trophies in the game.

If AT's weren't a thing, there wouldn't be any more fighters in the game. There would just be no AT's. End of story.

This times infinity. The playable roster is decided, finalized, and set in stone long before Assist Trophies are picked out.