Well Java, let me tell you and anyone who's interested, any adventure mode that even closely resembles the SSE, should take inspiration from video games other than ones that are Kirby related.
Oh, when you're young time is elusive.
I completely understand the first paragraph. SSE could easily have been labeled "Kirby Joins With Nintendo All-Stars for an Adventure in Generic Land". Adventure Mode should have influences from all the game worlds and characters Smash Bros. features.
I have no idea what the second sentence is referring to.
Maybe in some areas, but mostly because I want to re-live the Mario stage of Melee's Adventure mode again.
That was a fun stage. I liked the Luigi cinematic you could unlock at the end - very unique way to hide a character.
You can't say crap is a bad word, when you're watching one of the most controversial cartoons ever. (Rocko's Modern Life)
[COLLAPSE="25 Newcomers, 20 Veterans"]
1. Mario
2. Luigi
3. Peach
4. Bowser
5. Toad
6. Junior
7. Donkey Kong
8. Diddy Kong
9. Dixie Kong
10. King K. Rool
11. Link
12. Zelda / Sheik (Freebee)
13. Ganondorf
14. Young Link (Mask Set)
15. Pikachu
16. Mewtwo
17. Zoroark
18. Victini
19. Deoxys
20. Kirby
21. King Dedede
22. Samus / ZSS
23. Ridley
24. Fox
25. Krystal
26. Marth
27. Roy
28. Chrome & Liz
29. Captain Falcon
30. Samurai Goroh
31. Lucas
32. Masked Man / Claus
33. Pit
34. Medusa
35. Olimar
36. Shulk
37. Little Mac
38. Isaac
39. Saki
40. Tom Nook
41. Tingle
42. Kanan
43. Ice Climber
44. Mach Rider
45. Sheriff
[/COLLAPSE]
Agreed on Rocko. Not that controversial is a bad thing. There's been cartoons with worse subtle messages, anyways.
As for your list, I would swap Lucas for Ness and Ice Climbers for Mr. Game & Watch because Ness is, IMO, a better representative for Mother as a whole and Mr. Game & Watch represents a more important part of Nintendo I'd like to emphasize more, and also would still be very unique. I would add Wario and Yoshi in there too if I could, but obviously there can be no more than twenty veterans.
As for newcomers, I'd swap Young Link and Masked Man / Claus for either two more veteran spots (Wario and Yoshi), or if not that, for Chibi-Robo and Palutena I guess. Maybe swap one of the Pokemon newcomers for the return of Charizard, too.
Otherwise, it's a nice roster given those conditions.