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*I made this list with bringing back all cut vets back to the series in mind
*Wario's series has been combined in to the Mario series
*If Street Fighter can have a rep, so can Tekken
 
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I think I can play a little game with you guys, but I am only doing newcomers because I, like anyone else, have no real idea on how the roster would be chosen for Smash 5

Newcomers

With key letters
F female
V villain

Mario series
Daisy F

Wario series
Hunter Wario (based on Wario Land series with a safari cap)

Donkey Kong Series
Dixie Kong F
King K Rool V

Zelda Series
Toon Zelda F
Tetra F
Toon Ganondorf V
Lana F

Star Fox
Krystal F

Kirby Series
Bandana Dee

Metroid Series
Ridley V

Kid Icarus Series
Medusa F V

Pokemon
Serperior (need a fully-evolved starter grass and takes form of serpent)

Fire Emblem
Tiki (well stumbled across a support threat that involves transformation) F

NES/Famicom
Tamagon (JP and EU)

SNES/Super Famicom
Lip (I am aware of the niche popularity in Smash Boards and games only released in Japan) F

Wii U
Monita (technically a robot, despite some female personality)

Splatoon
Inkling

Special Guests (aka 3rd parties)

Rayman
Shovel Knight
Bayonetta F
 

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I would cut, Dark Pit, Dr, Mario, and Lucina. I would be fine with them being alternate costumes.

For third party. I'm not sure if you meant I could 5 or just add 2 since I am leaving Mega Man, Pacman, and Sonic on my roster but. If only two, I would add Geno, and Bayonetta. If I can add 5 them I would throw in Bomberman, Snake, and Shantae.

For Nintendo Newcomers I would add.
1. Takamaru
2. Isaac
3. Dillon
4. Midna/Wolf Link
5. Dixie Kong
6. Meloetta
7. Lana
8. Medusa

My unlockable characters would be
1. Chibi Robo
2. Bandana Dee
3. Krystal
4. Captain Toad
5. Melia
6. Captain Rainbow
 

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I like how the last two rosters has Lana on them. Seriously, that girl needs more credit than what's she's got other than being an annoying J-Pop witch in the fandom's eyes. Still a better idea than Agitha and Fi.
 
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So that's fifty-five characters, leaving me with fifteen more at most. Unlike with the veterans, where I explained them in groups, I'll be explaining each of these individually.

Newcomers: (Possible spoilers for the Earthbound and Kid Icarus series)

Going into this, I didn't intend to reach the limit of what was allowed, but I had so many ideas to work with. If you have any complaints about my choices or reasoning, feel free to let me know.
In the Brawl section, I just noticed that I forgot Lucas; if I'm keeping this within the 70 character limit, I'd remove Medusa from the newcomers list. (though I doubt it's a huge deal if I go one character over)

Other than that, my decisions haven't changed much since December. While I'd like to see Terra Branford from Final Fantasy 6 or Shovel Knight, those two aren't as big of a deal to me as the other third party characters that I listed. With the Roy and Ryu sound files being found since then, I could add those two, but unless Roy's gone through some major changes, I'm not overly interested in seeing him return, and while Ryu is basically the definitive fighting game character, his inclusion wouldn't excite me as much as Rayman or Bayonetta. (though of the two, I'd be more likely to get Ryu than Roy)
 

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Every character except Lucina, Doc, and Edgy Pit would return.
Mario, Wario, and Ganondorf would have almost completely redone movesets.
I'd have Wolf and IC's return.
Baby Bowser is added as a Yoshi character.
Doc Louis and Bald Bull are added.
Sheik and Zelda are now one character again, and they transform by taunting.
I'd make Ridley a stage hazard again. :troll:
Ninten is added.
Captain Syrup is added.
 
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Every character except Lucina, Doc, and Edgy Pit would return.
Mario, Wario, and Ganondorf would have almost completely redone movesets.
I'd have Wolf and IC's return.
Baby Bowser is added as a Yoshi character.
Doc Louis and Bald Bull are added.
Sheik and Zelda are now one character again, and they transform by taunting.
I'd make Ridley a stage hazard again. :troll:
Ninten is added.
Captain Syrup is added.
Mario redone? Exactly how?
 

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For my completely hypothetical Smash 5 roster that will probably be on the Nintendo NX, here are my roster choices:

Veterans:
Everybody from Smash 4, (plus:wolf:) returns.

Transformations are removed once again.
Clones(:4darkpit::4lucina::4drmario:) return, but heavily changed to become more different from the originals.
:4ganondorf: gets an entirely new moveset closer to his appearences in the Legend of Zelda series.
:4tlink: gains new specials based off abilities he can do in the cartoony Zelda games.
Most of :4zelda:'s moveset gets reworked to be similar to her Project M incarnation, but with her Smash 4 down-b.
:4samus: gains her Melee nair, Project M ice beam switch taunt and dodges, and a few new attacks to give her more options.
:4falco:'s Final Smash has him use his arwing.
Mii Fighters are now merged into a more comprehensive fighter that can use any move in the game from any Fighter, similar to Combot in Tekken.
:4dk:'s Final Smash is now the beatdown he gives every boss in DKCR.
:4wario2: is now based on his Wario Land and Wario World incarnations, using his abilities from those games instead. :4wario: is the alternate costume this time.

Newcomers:
Captain Toad (Super Mario Bros) (Toad is one of the main characters of the Mario series alongside Mario, Luigi, Peach and Bowser. Has a Captain Toadette alt)
Inkling (Splatoon) (I sense that Splatoon will eventually become a really big Nintendo Ip. Has both Male and Female alts.)
Black Shadow (F-Zero) (He can have :4ganondorf:'s Smash 4 moveset.)
Impa (Legend of Zelda) (Probably the only Zelda character besides :4link:, :4zelda: and :4ganondorf: to appear in multiple games in the series.)
Sceptile (Pokemon) (Completes the Fire-Water-Grass chain with :4charizard: and :4greninja:.)
Tails (Sonic The Hedgehog) (The Sonic series has appeared in Smash twice before Smash 5, so now that it's a staple series, I figured it deserved another rep.)
King K. Rool (Donkey Kong) (Probably THE most requested newcomer in any Smash game ever.)
Bandana Dee (Kirby) (Needed to complete the Kirby team.)
Doc Louis (Punch Out) (Who wouldn't like to see the Doc back in action?)
Ashley (WarioWare) (Most requested WarioWare newcomer.)
Takamaru (Can't remember) (One of the new retro gaming reps.)
Dark Samus (Metroid) (We need more villains.)
Rayman (Rayman) (Ubisoft and Nintendo seem to be on good relations, enough for there to be Rayman trophies in Smash 4.)
Andy (Advance Wars) (He can have :snake:'s moveset.)

This is a rough idea of the roster, so it might change.
 

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:4wario2: is now based on his Wario Land and Wario World incarnations, using his abilities from those games instead. :4wario: is the alternate costume this time.
This is what I don't like about people's opinions on Wario. Removing WarioWare completely is absolutely stupid, as that game is just as important as Wario Land. Wario should be a good balance between Wario Land and WarioWare, and maybe a bit of the spinoffs.
 

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This is what I don't like about people's opinions on Wario. Removing WarioWare completely is absolutely stupid, as that game is just as important as Wario Land. Wario should be a good balance between Wario Land and WarioWare, and maybe a bit of the spinoffs.
Something like Project M's Wario?
 

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I got this idea from a Reddit user: Special grabs. They're done by pressing special while shielding, or grab and special. Only certain characters like Ganondorf, Bowser, and Wario get this. Chomp becomes the special grab,bike becomes neutral special, and Shoulder Bash becomes side special. EVERYONE WINS!
 

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I got this idea from a Reddit user: Special grabs. They're done by pressing special while shielding, or grab and special. Only certain characters like Ganondorf, Bowser, and Wario get this. Chomp becomes the special grab,bike becomes neutral special, and Shoulder Bash becomes side special. EVERYONE WINS!
Wario becomes recovery God.

Bike, jump cancel. Shoulder bash jump to hit the wall of the stage. Cork screw.
 

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Shoulder Bash causes helplessness. No longer recovery god.
Wait. I thought you DIDN'T get the helpless state if you hit a "wall" from a stage.

Was this a change because the last PM version I played was 3.0 before my Wii got fried by a thunderstorm?
 
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Wait. I thought you DIDN'T get the helpless state if you hit a "wall" from a stage.

Was this a change because the last PM version I played was 3.0 before my Wii got fried by a thunderstorm?
This is based off SSB4, not PM. You still get helpless after hitting a wall in SSB4.
 

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*I made this list with bringing back all cut vets back to the series in mind
*Wario's series has been combined in to the Mario series
*If Street Fighter can have a rep, so can Tekken
Oh wait... What happen with Lucina? :awesome:
 

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Newcomers:
50. Captain Toad
51. King K. Rool*
52. Impa
53. Tingle
54. Ridley
55. Meowth
56. Samurai Goroh
57. Krystal
58. Isaac*
59. Lip
60. Ray
61. Excitebiker
62. Inkling*
63. Marshal
64. Chibi-Robo
65. Andy
66. Bomberman

Wario would be revamped to have more moves from his Wario Land series of games. Ganondorf would be revamped to play more like he does in the Zelda series removing all moves except Side Special, Forward Tilt, FAir.

* means I think they'll be added in as Ballot characters.
Dr. Mario, Pichu, Young Link, Dark Pit, and Lucina are now alts for Mario, Marth, Pikachu, Toon Link, Pit, and Marth respectively. Alph and Koopalings are still alts for Olimar and Bowser Jr. Daisy has become an alt for Peach.
 
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[spoilers]

Mario
Luigi
Yoshi
Donkey Kong
Link
Samus
Kirby
Fox
Pikachu
Ness
Captain Falcon

Princess Peach
Bowser
Princess Zelda
Sheik
Ganondorf
Falco
Mewtwo
Marth
Mr. Game & Watch

Diddy Kong
Wario
Toon Link
Zero Suit Samus
Meta Knight
King Dedede
Wolf
Lucas
Ike
Pit
Lucario
Charizard
Pikmin & Olimar
R.O.B.
Sonic

Rosalina & Luma
Bowser Jr.
Palutena
Greninja
Robin
Mega Man
Pac Man
Villager
Little Mac
Shulk
Duck Hunt [/spoilers]

Newcomers
[spoilers]
Toad
King K.Rool
Dixie Kong
Ganon
Ridley
Bandana Dee
Sceptile
Kumatora
Shantae
Banjo and Kazooie
Medusa
Isaac
Krystal
Wonder Red [/spoilers]
 
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[//SPOILERS: Veterans//

Mario
Luigi
Yoshi
Donkey Kong
Link
Samus
Kirby
Fox
Pikachu
Ness
Captain Falcon

Princess Peach
Bowser
Princess Zelda
Sheik
Ganondorf
Falco
Mewtwo
Marth
Mr. Game & Watch

Diddy Kong
Wario
Toon Link
Zero Suit Samus
Meta Knight
King Dedede
Wolf
Lucas
Ike
Pit
Lucario
Charizard
Pikmin & Olimar
R.O.B.
Sonic

Rosalina & Luma
Bowser Jr.
Palutena
Greninja
Robin
Mega Man
Pac Man
Villager
Little Mac
Shulk
Duck Hunt//]

[// Newcomers//
Toad
King K.Rool
Dixie Kong
Ganon
Ridley
Bandana Dee
Sceptile
Kumatora
Shantae
Banjo and Kazooie
Medusa
Isaac
Krystal
Wonder Red//]

Wrong formatting. (spoilers) at the start and (/spoilers) at the end... in brackets.
 

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based on the current roster for smash 4 (with Lucas and Mewtwo)

All current characters return (including 3rd parties), with the exception of Dark Pit, who is an alt costume/voice for Pit, and Lucina, who is an alt of Marth if anything

Newcomers/returned from past games:

1. Ice Climbers (slightly reworked to make chain grabs impossible)
2. Medusa (Kid Icarus)
3. King K. Rool (Donkey Kong)
4. Sami (Advance Wars) [possibly given Snake's old moveset, if he's not returning, which is likely considering Kojima is no longer tied to the character]
5. Wolf (Star Fox)
6. Hector (Fire Emblem)
7. Skull Kid (Legend of Zelda)
8. One of the bounty hunters from Metroid Prime Hunters
9. Inkling (Splatoon)
 
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Am I the only one who's surprised by the number of people requesting Medusa? Not like I have a problem with it since she's extremely underrated in comparison to Hades and Viridi. :(
 

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Am I the only one who's surprised by the number of people requesting Medusa? Not like I have a problem with it since she's extremely underrated in comparison to Hades and Viridi. :(
Medusa IS the main Antagonist of Kid Icarus, and has FAR more to work with than either of those two.
 
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Medusa IS the main Antagonist of Kid Icarus, and has FAR more to work with than either of those two.
Debatable. Medusa is the most recurring villain but she is arguably not the main villain. Hades has been pulling the strings since the first one and while you can argue something like this is similar to Ganondorf and Demise, Ganondorf hasn't been manipulated by Demise. Yes ultimately almost everything has been from Demise which certainty amounts to something, he hasn't been manipulating Ganondorf. I'n addition to this, Ganondorf/Ganon has been in far more games than Demise. Medusa has been in more games than Hades but by only one game. I still think the arguments and reasoning of why people feel she is the main villain because she has been in more games and was the original villain is understandable but I think due to Hades importance to the events of Kid Icarus I feel he is the main villain. Also Hades has alot to work with. I'm pretty sure even more than Medusa who has around 11 moves. The truth is both characters have a good amount to work with and can be very unique.
 
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Meanwhile my viridi sits on the corner wishing she was as popular as the other 2 villains. :(


At least she managed to get in the guidances
. . . And the most likely future in other games
 
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Meanwhile my viridi sits on the corner wishing she was as popular as the other 2 villains. :(


At least she managed to get in the guidances
. . . And the most likely future in other games
Wasn't there some reddit poll with over 4,000 people where Viridi got more votes than Hades and Medusa? I'm pretty sure I remember that but I can't find it.

EDIT: Found it.http://imgur.com/cmB6EUB
 
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:4drmario: has some more little difference from :4mario:, but mostly stats wise. He is 64/Melee :4mario:, but slower, stronger and cooler.
:4lucina:
is decloned. Now she has some Ike's movement, but she keeps the concept of Newcomer-Friendly Marth without the tip.
:4robinm:is dropped in favour of the latest FE protagonist (so not Kamui). Since it's probably going to be a magic Swordfighter. But if he isn't, :4robinm: gets low priority.

:roypm: returns only if he is really going to be back as DLc in Smash4. Otherwise, he will be a :4marth: alt.

:4darkpit:is now a :4pit: alt.

Also all future DLC characters of Smash 4 would be brought back.

Newcomers:
-King K. Rool
-Toad/Captain Toad
-Bandana Waddle Dee
-Shantae
-Marshall
-New Pokemon Trainer (the onlly character with the switch gimn, and have :ivysaur:,:squirtle: and the most recent Fire starter. He also have different alts with Chikorita, Piplup and Blaziken as alts for the pokemons).
- New FE protagonist (could take :4robinm: moveset if similar enough, or being totally separated)
-Inkling
-Hades
-Prof. Layton

I can't think to anyone else that deserves to be in Smash 5 as for now.
 
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I'm gonna redo mine, as it was short and not very good.
 

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Everyone from Smash 4 (with exceptions)


If I had the option, I would run a short animated series (simulcasted all over the world) during production to hype up the game, reveal characters, tie (loosely) into the story mode, and possibly bring in some our less interactive brothers.
 
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If the fans were in charge of roster picking for an upcoming smash, then rest in peace Smash Bros.
 

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Sad thing is this may be one of the more logical rosters I ever seen, alot of the ones I've seen have Geno, Ridley, Klonoa and Goku in them X_X Also if you're wondering who this "Ai" girl is replacing the Villager, She was from the Animal Crossing film. She has the same moveset as Villager though, don't worry. Her boyfriend, Yu is an alternate coustume.

Notes: Each Pokemon Trainer alt. costume has all 3 starters from their respected generation, Such as Dawn comes with Piplup, Chimchar and Turtwig.

Pac-Man has a revamped moveset based on the Pac-Man World games. Ms. Pac-Man was given her own slot as she has Pac's Sm4sh moveset for veterans. =)

Also Jigglypuff is nerfed back to her Brawl self. Melee jigs is not comming back. =U
 
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Sad thing is this may be one of the more logical rosters I ever seen, alot of the ones I've seen have Geno, Ridley, Klonoa and Goku in them X_X Also if you're wondering who this "Ai" girl is replacing the Villager, She was from the Animal Crossing film. She has the same moveset as Villager though, don't worry. Her boyfriend, Yu is an alternate coustume.

Notes: Each Pokemon Trainer alt. costume has all 3 starters from their respected generation, Such as Dawn comes with Piplup, Chimchar and Turtwig.

Pac-Man has a revamped moveset based on the Pac-Man World games. Ms. Pac-Man was given her own slot as she has Pac's Sm4sh moveset for veterans. =)
I don't want to sound rude, but you call your roster possibly one of the most logical ones, yet your roster has:
- 14 third-parties
- Three different Pokemon for each Pokemon Trainer alt
- Character from Animal Crossing film replacing Villager... has she even appeared in any AC game?
 
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Sad thing is this may be one of the more logical rosters I ever seen, alot of the ones I've seen have Geno, Ridley, Klonoa and Goku in them X_X Also if you're wondering who this "Ai" girl is replacing the Villager, She was from the Animal Crossing film. She has the same moveset as Villager though, don't worry. Her boyfriend, Yu is an alternate coustume.

Notes: Each Pokemon Trainer alt. costume has all 3 starters from their respected generation, Such as Dawn comes with Piplup, Chimchar and Turtwig.

Pac-Man has a revamped moveset based on the Pac-Man World games. Ms. Pac-Man was given her own slot as she has Pac's Sm4sh moveset for veterans. =)

Also Jigglypuff is nerfed back to her Brawl self. Melee jigs is not comming back. =U
Dude, this isn't logical at all.
 

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Sad thing is this may be one of the more logical rosters I ever seen, alot of the ones I've seen have Geno, Ridley, Klonoa and Goku in them X_X Also if you're wondering who this "Ai" girl is replacing the Villager, She was from the Animal Crossing film. She has the same moveset as Villager though, don't worry. Her boyfriend, Yu is an alternate coustume.

Notes: Each Pokemon Trainer alt. costume has all 3 starters from their respected generation, Such as Dawn comes with Piplup, Chimchar and Turtwig.

Pac-Man has a revamped moveset based on the Pac-Man World games. Ms. Pac-Man was given her own slot as she has Pac's Sm4sh moveset for veterans. =)

Also Jigglypuff is nerfed back to her Brawl self. Melee jigs is not comming back. =U
And this is why I say letting the fans make the roster would lead to R.I.P Smash Bros
 
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