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Well you could make the same argument for, let's say, Donkey Kong, if he had a move that involved throwing coconuts at people. It's not necessarily out of character for him, but is it really the most effective use of his moveset potential?
The problem with the "moveset potential" argument, simply put, is that it's opinion. It's fine to have your own ideas about what moves "should have been" but those ideas are highly likely to clash with someone's, and that's just the unfortunate truth. No matter how "true to the source material" or "flavorful" your ideas are, someone might disagree and want to change it.
Put Megaman X in MVC4. Keep Classic Megaman in Smash as he represents the whole series. Zero could still be a viable candidate though since he'd be different from Megaman.
yes, I do agree with this. Just the thought of Zero being in ssb4 would indeed be very awesome.
Hate to break it to you but Captain N isn't a video game character. He does not originate from a video game, he is an original creation by DiC. He has no chance whatsoever.
At this point, I don't even know what to expect anymore. They added a 2nd Capom character in Ryu, Cloud who appears in games that are mostly on Playstation consoles who even himself in his own trailers says, "Never thought I'd see the day...", Bayonetta who was viewed to a lot of people as too new/not a classic 3rd party character, undeserving, and/or too inappropriate while I thought for sure that some characters like King K Rool and Ridley were finally going to be added, but they're still in the waiting room.
Yes you do. You expect video game characters. Captain N is not a video game character. He originates from western animation and not a video game. All those other characters, however unlikely, share in common the fact that they are all video game characters who have appeared on Nintendo consoles before. Cloud has appeared on the GBA by way of Kingdom Hearts, and he is also in World of Final Fantasy, so he is technically not breaking any rules by being in Smash.
What about ROB? Has appeared in video games, but was not originally a video game character. Also, "has not been relevant for several decades"... Several retro characters (Mr. Game and Watch, Duck Hunt) fall into this category, as do characters like Captain Falcon and Ness outside of Smash Bros.
R.O.B. is a video game accessory created and owned by Nintendo, whereas Captain N is the protagonist of a TV show featuring video game characters. They aren't on the same boat.
I haven't considered that, actually. Yes, I suppose it is technically true that ROB isn't a video game character, however, he is an accessory that Nintendo created and owned, and they have all rights to its imagery. However, Nintendo is free to put in any of its own characters that it may wish to put in regardless of relevancy. It's an effortless task for them to put in their own obscure characters, but it's a completely different story when they have to acquire the rights from a third party to put in an obscure character who is no longer relevant. All the third party characters they've put in this far are either a hugely iconic part of gaming history (Megaman, Pac-man, Sonic) or are still appearing in games today (Cloud, Bayonetta, Ryu). Captain N is not only not a video game character but he is also a severely obscure thing that only millennials will get, and even they might not remember him all that much because it was a rather mediocre and dull cartoon.
This brings up an interesting point, actually. Suppose that Sakurai retires from making Smash one day, who should take his place? I would hope that Nintendo sees that its audience now has a taste for competitive gaming and takes a chance on hiring people like the Project M team, as PM was fantastic. They could make a game that's immensely fun and also caters to the competitive audience at the same time. They could integrate advanced techniques into the game system itself to make it easier for casuals to learn and give them the tools they need to compete. They even have an eye for what makes the game fun and would put in loads of fanservice.
For the record, the rumor is Bandai-Namco is developing Smash Switch. We know nothing else.
The thread is called "If You Could Add Characters". The implied premise of this hypothetical scenario is that I, the poster, am the one that makes the call, not Sakurai. Arguing over what characters Sakurai would & would not permit is irrelevant to this thread.
There is no place he ever said this. This just sounds like your subjective interpretation of something he said, or you misremembering. He said no TV/Movie characters period. He didn't say anything about who might own the rights to them.
Although as noted, if he wasn't in a video game, he couldn't be eligible regardless. As I said above, who owns the rights does matter. If he's a 1st party character, then the only thing holding him back specifically is the video game part.
can make it on Smash 4, why not a character from Tekken?'s weight and be a very defensive fighter with her attack reversal being more O.P. than Counter Surge., overwhelming enemies with her dagger and fire breath.
Probably because it'd be kind of boring... Tekken mostly has "realistic" combat. While that works well in the world of Tekken, it's not exactly fun to put such a character in a game like Smash, up against magic users, sword wielders, and giant apes and penguins.If
Asuka Kazama from Tekken 5 would have been an interesting addition.
Captain Nintendo was created by Randy Studdard, an at the time editor of Nintendo Power magazine (which itself was a fully Nintendo owned publication), who conceived the character as a potential marketing mascot for the company. Studdard wrote 2 short stories that were featured in November/December 1988 and January/February 1989 issues of NP. The Cap most certainly was Nintendo's property at that point in time before they started working with DiC.
Give me a mii gunner costume with a varsity jacket & NES Zapper & I'd probably be content (This is how my inkling is set up in Splatoon).
that I bought and that I think rock, but it isn't enough. I think we can stand a couple more female spell-casters/sword-fighters.
