I'd really like to contribute, but with such a huge roster that Smash 4 has now with all it's DLC, my personal opinions are gonna be poorly received here.
First of all, I think that Smash 4 has took the direction of adding 3rd party characters wayyyyyy too far. I, as personal director of my roster, won't buy into this hype, first of all.
Second of all, I am not going to include ****tons of new Super Mario, Pokémon or Fire Emblem characters, just because I can, or find these characters more marketable than others.
Third point and final point; I WILL make cuts, and cuts are gonna be made by my own criteria.
Super Mario Series:
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*All Koopalings will return as alts, and will actually have slight statistical differences in weight and speed mostly this time. Roy and Morton being heavier and slower, Iggy and Lemmy being lighter and faster, Jr. and Wendy being middle weights.
+Newcomer:
Toad
Toad is added as a newcomer because of his iconic status which is far more noticable than both Captain Toad and Paper Mario. He gets a moveset based on SMW2, like Peach.
Pokémon Series:
+Newcomer:
Placeholder for New Generation Starter, who is going to be a DLC character, because I can do this.
The Legend of Zelda Series:
+Newcomer:
Midna + Wolf (Link?)
Chosen as the representative of Twilight Princess HD because of her popularity in the series, her influence, and Twilight Princess actually being one of the most popular Zelda titles ever. If Sheik can do it, so can Midna
+Newcomer:
Impa
Seeing as I think that Impa will be prominent in Zelda Wii U, she will be included as a newcomer this time to. And her moveset will depend on a couple of factors.
1; Will her next major role (Zelda Wii U) be influential and in the same vein as her previous bigger roles as OOT and SS, where she is represented as a young, agile Sheikah ninja warrior, she will more than likely replace Sheik as a fighter. Again, because I can do this. If both Sheik AND Impa appear in Zelda Wii U, they will have semi-clone movesets.
2; If both characters Sheik and Impa are strangely absent from Zelda Wii U, I will keep Sheik's moveset the same for her, and will include Impa with her Hyrule Warriors moveset.
-Words of notice: Ganondorf will also be hugely revamped, and so will Zelda. If the revamping of these two characters takes too much imaginary development time, I'll scrap Midna and Sheik, and will recreate Sheik's style with Impa mostly, plus I'll try to throw hints of Hyrule Warriors movesets into the characters of Link, Zelda, Ganondorf and Toon Link for compensation.
Donkey Kong Country Series:
+Newcomer: Dixie Kong
+Newcomer: King K.Rool
-With all other K.Rool personas as alternative costumes obviously.
Nothing too flashy here unfortunately. But these additions are must-haves. If Retro chooses to not pick King K.Rool as their next villain for DKCR3, I could potentially switch him for Cranky Kong, and have the 4 playable Kongs from Tropical Freeze playable as compensation.
Metroid Series:
+Newcomer: ...
Not too sure what to do here, honestly.
Sure Metroid needs something. And I do have one newcomer idea that's not all too flashy, or won't be too popular, but does create some sollutions to Metroid underrepresentation whilst keeping things "fresh" while not being Ridley. And no, it's unfortunately not Anthony Higgs.
FEDERATION TROOPERRRRRRRR JOINS THE MISSION!
Why Federation Trooper?
-Federation Force is gonna be the most recent Metroid, most likely
-They are the first playable character in Metroid that's not Samus, or a Hunter
- I can use
as a perfect base and cut the Miis off the face of existance
About Ridley and the butthurt that's coming from me excluding him from my roster ; if Sakurai couldn't do it, neither can I. No seriously, I doubt I want to invest that much potential development time into Ridley because he's so demanded on the internet...
I really want to avoid another Mii / Subspace Emissary situation...
*Sylux is a potential DLC character I would create once 'that one Metroid' gets made.
Fire Emblem Series:
Yes, lots of faces, lots of swords. However, I do think these characters are now extremely iconnic to the series, and also Smash. The only character I'd potentially cut is Robin, but I doubt that's fair, and he's also quite unique. Really, Amiibo support kept these characters alive, and they are all still appearing in main stream titles because of them. This will keep these characters alive and relevant, and I think I like that.
+Newcomer: My Unit
This is a more controversial idea of mine, but one I'd really like to include. Basically, it'll allow you to create your own, or an excisting Fire Emblem fighter based on a couple of weapon classes. Swords are balanced in range, faster in regular attacks, and have no projectiles most of the time. Lances are long ranged, very precise, and have Special Attacks involving Javelins. Could also summon mounts with Specials to represent mounted fighters as Paladins, Wyvern and Pegasus Knights. Axe fighters have less reach range than swords and lances, but more KO power. The Weapon Triangle is a forced system with these guys to, swords beat axes in priority, axes beat lances in priority, and lances beat swords in priority.
Star Fox Series:
+
*DLC Fighter could be Slippy Toad if I spot some demand from his inclusion
Kirby Series:
+Bandana Dee
Kid Icarus Series:
**
now gets a slightly more revamped moveset from Brawl, using his old moveset representing the first Kid Icarus but with his Smash 4 Final Smash. Brawl Side B won't return however, the move will probably be replaced with something from Uprising or the hammer from the first Kid Icarus.
is mostly the same from Smash 4, but with more statistical differences from Pit, being slower and stronger mostly.
MOTHER:
No paid Lucas DLC, so that's Okay
F-Zero:
Some things will never change
Pikmin Series:
+ Alph is gonna be a Olimar semi-clone who's lighter and faster
Wii Fit:
Wario Series:
+Newcomer: Ashley
She was chosen as a Mii Costume after all.
Punch Out Series:
Animal Crossing Series:
Misc. / Retro Series:
+
+Newcomer: Takamaru
+Newcomer: Isaac (Golden Sun)
Third Party:
*sigh* I will state beforehand, I'd rather cut them all. However, some are probably too much of a hassle to get rid of because of backlash. So, I'll mostly keep with the bigger names.
I will cut
and might include her as DLC.
I would've cut Cloud, but rumors say FF7 gets ported to the NX, so that's not gonna be a wise decision. Namco not working on the next Smash could result in no Pac-Man, and MegaMan was probably lucky enough to get in at all- so I could see those 2 leaving eventually. And become DLC in the end.
If demand is really high, I might include another Sonic character.
Banjo-Kazooie will be arranged as DLC if possible. Snake would also be amazing to be brought back.
Other idea I have is to include
who chooses a starter (
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Opinions?