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Geno is third-party. If he's not playable, he's not in at all.
Imagine a bigger and more powerful Jigglypuff. A monster in the air, but very weak in the ground. If you're talking about size, in the Metroid manga or the Melee intro he's not much taller than Samus.
But all he does is fly. I can't imagine Ridley having many ground attacks.
Have you never played Metroid Prime 1 or 3, or seen Melee's intro?
He fights in the ground in both Metroid Prime games and the manga.
technically Ridley is already in Brawl...one of my friends wanted to see Petey in the game...he got his wish, but not in the way he imagined it...
If Ridley didn't make it, it's because Sakurai made the roster in 2005. He didn't know that Ridley was popular. However, he made him the most recurring boss in the game.
Animal Crossing deserves a character.
Why? He's the only good F-Zero character whose name is not Falcon.
Charizard was a pokéball pokémon in Melee, and now he's playable.
Bowser Jr. doesn't need that stupid transformation.
Hell no.
NO. I have been a Metroid fan since the original Metroid, and Sylux doesn't deserve (At all) the playable status in Smash Bros. Nothing from Hunters, please. That crappy spin-off is the worst game in the series. Also, having Sylux, a generic and non-important secondary villain, over Ridley, the main antagonist of the series?
he best be, or ElSE!!!!
i mean, COMEON, Star Fox got more representation- Luigified-clones, than metroid! wtheck was nintendo thinking? crazyness. i guess.
I agree, except for 7 since in my opinion we have enough pokemanz (we can't have ALL pokemon playable, you know...) unless another is removed and 1 since I don't know who he is...
Charizard has been a pokéball pokémon in both 64 and Melee... your point?
No. Sylux is originated in the worst game of the serie and, isn't nearly as popular as Ridley. Sylux won't be in before Ridley. That's like putting Gohma over Ganondorf or Petey Piranha over Bowser.
Well the concept of the pokemon trainer wasn't created until brawl, so my point is simple, that Ridley has been made to look huge, nearly as big as rayquaza. The main argument against him actually turned out to be true. When he was hugely requested for brawl and yet made a boss, what does that say about his chances?
-_________________________-' You do realise that Geno is technically third party, right? Sakurai said it was a monstrous pain in the butt to get third party characters for Brawl so of course he's not going to show up as a mere trophy or sticker... Also, it should be noted that nothing third party appeared in any form in Melee so you basically shot yourself in the foot in that regard.
I'm pretty sure Blaziken can stand out on his own without needing 2 other pokemon. Maybe alternate costumes are ok, but I doubt Sakurai is going to flood the game with playable pokemon
Reposting this because the Ridley debate is still going on. Also, to whoever said it, the developers didn't decide Ridley was too big because Sakurai decided Brawl's roster in about 2 days and mainly used characters that were 1. left on the cutting room floor for Melee or 2. ranked decently in the offical Melee poll. 10 of the 14 individual newcomers fell in these two categories while the remaing 4 were basically added out of obligation:6-10 times? Ridley's not that huge in Brawl. Stop at 00:37 in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJP8TtY3eig
Notice how Pikachu isn't standing straight up. Even with the changes of perspective, I'd say that Ridley is about the height of 3 1/2 Pikachus in this scene. Ridley could be made the height of about 1 2/3 Samus's if he were made playable. Upon further inspection, I noticed that Brawl Ridley is already about the twice the height of Samus and it stands out most at
1:51. It should be noted that Ridley almost never stands up perfectly straight either when he's on the ground. Because of his rather unusual body structure, he always has his limbs bent at an acute angle when he's stationed on the ground. Look at these pictures for example:
If he were standing up completely straight, yes, he'd be obnoxiously big but when you add his "ground position" to the theoritical sizing down, you would no longer have a character that would be completely unnatural in an SSB setting.
He can stand up without the other two, but he won't. He's to obscure, there are about 500 pokes out there (and there will be more by the time the next smash comes out.)I'm pretty sure Blaziken can stand out on his own without needing 2 other pokemon. Maybe alternate costumes are ok, but I doubt Sakurai is going to flood the game with playable pokemon
Don't expect a pattern with Smash, it's unpredictable. What makes you so sure Blaziken won't stand out alone? If he's popular enough, which I'm pretty sure he is, Sakurai isn't going to add to other pokemon and a trainer to go along with him and I'm willing to bet on that too.
A) Blaziken won't stand out alone because he'll be less well known in 4/5 years time than he is now. As a lone character he missed his chance.
Their rival will be Mewtwo, the prefect way to bring him back
You do realize Ridley has a backstory as well? As does Samus. Sakurai will pick Sylux if he gains popularity, which won't happen for a while, at least until the next Metroid game. Ridley has been, and always will be increasingly popular. IMO, both should be in, along with Dark Samus(please don't flame me, I'm stating my opinion, plus, more Metroid playable characters, what's to hate?) as the 4 Metroid reps(sorry Zamus, you're a transformation, and still Samus). Ridley CAN be resized, if they choose too. It's all up to Sakurai...IF he even makes SSB4.
If Mewtwo doesn't return, I'll be a sad pandaTheir rival will be Mewtwo, the prefect way to bring him back
And far better than Sylux's.
I totally agree with you on the Mewtwo/Lucario deal, but I'm gonna miss Mewtwo's air attacks and throws.
Ivysaur really isn't important to the series either. Nobody cares much for middle starters, and Ivysaur is the most unoriginal of the three anyways(all he does is grow leaves and a bud). Scizor was a Pokeball in 64, but that's besides the point...among TRUE Pokemon fans, Scizor and Salamence are incredibly popular. Not only that, but they would be extremely easy to make movesets for. Not that it HAS to be those 3, either...but I guarantee you if you took a poll on a Pokemon-only message board, you'd get many more votes for Pokemon like those 3 than more starters. Heck, other than Blaziken most starters are somewhat disliked among fans...because, let's face it, Pokemon like Empoleon and Meganium just can't touch Blastoise and Venusaur.
I disagree with the Mewtwo thing.