Okay, before I explode on this tangent, I would just like to say I'm going to buy the new Smash no matter what, Masahiro Sakurai still makes great games, and Smash is still one of my favorite gaming series. I know a lot of hard work was put into this game it is honestly more then enough I get a Smash Bros. game that doesn't have stupid broken OP characters like Brawl Meta Knight or dumb mechanics like tripping. I glad the thought about balance more in this and I know it's hard to balance such a large roster but still....
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GAWD! WHY THE F****!!! Are you kidding me? Gawd I pray this is still fake. I so do. Like how big of a freaking troll can you be? Seriously, Sakurai sacrifices baby lambs to the gods of trolling when he wakes up in the morning and prays 5 times of day to the Tolololololo spirit and then eats a bowl Trolly Charms because they're magically trollicious. That is the only explanation he would put in FREAKING DOCTOR MARIO IN AND NOT MEWTWO! Who the hell wanted Dr. Mario to return? Well, congradu-F-U-lations, you're the 2% of the fan base! The other 98% BEGGED on our BLEEDING KNEES for Mewtwo!
So Mario's series gets Mario, Luigi, Rosilina, Peach, Bowser, Bowser Jr., and FREAKING DOCTOR MARIO! 7 reps. 8 if you include Wario. 9 if you include Yoshi. But Pokemon can't get Mewtwo. Okay, Sakurai... Kid Icarus gets 2 new reps and ONE of them is a freaking dark copy of Pitt. But Legend of Zelda can't get one new rep and Ganondorf is once again a freaking Captain Falcon clone for some inexplicable reason. Konami LITERALLY showed you up on how to not only do a character but also properly service LoZ fans. Okay, Sakurai....
I don't get how you can do clones RIGHT with Luigi, Falco in Brawl, Lucas and Wolf. All have B moves similair to the characters they are cloned from but still manage to have unique smashes, tilts and various other normal attacks. Yet you still screw it up with Lucina, Dr. Mario, Ganondorf and Dark Pitt. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. Maybe they de-cloned Dr. Mario (LOL yeah right..), Maybe Dark Pitt isn't the "I'm so cool and bad boy swag" version of Pitt. But considering how you said Lucina = Marth with no tipper and you brought back Falcondorf I am not holding my breath for Dr. Mario not being a fat version of Mario, no Dark Pit = Pit. I could of lived happily knowing Lucina was a Marth costume, Mario had a Dr. alt, and Pit had a Dark pit alt. But all these freaking clones are just Character Select Screen padding, not real substance especially considering some of the clone DONE RIGHT where axed. I.e. Lucas and Wolf.
FREAKING KID ICARUS HAS TWO FREAKING GAMES! 2! TWO GAMES IN IT'S ENTIRE SERIES AND THIS TWO GAME SERIES HAS MORE REPS THE DONKEY KONG!? WE CAN'T GET KING K. ROOL OR DIXIE BUT WE CAN GET 3 KID ICARUS CHARACTERS AND ONE A FREAKING CLONE!? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? Wow, I thought the Kirby bias was really, but at least Kirby deserve there rep number and maybe more considering how huge the series is but man you make one Kid Icarus game, Sakurai, and love it so much you give a series you didn't create, a series started by a game that almost never was, and give it 3 reps and base 70% of the new smash off of it. I'm surprised we didn't see more Kirby Air Ride in Brawl. Should just call this new game "Super Smash Brothers: Uprising for the 3DS." But LoZ can't get a new rep/un cloned Ganon. Oh, woops. I forgot. Kid Icarus had a Game Boy game. 3 games = 3 reps. Yep, that must be it. Too bad Metriod didn't get that memo. Neither did F-Zero. People haven't been begging for Ridely forever. No one want's Black Shadow, or Samurai Goroh, or Blood Falcon, either, apparently. But they sure as hell want Doc Mario. Yep. Okay....
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Well, that being said. I hope the leak is false because yeah, above stated reasons. Though I would say if the leak is true I'm really excited to play as Bowser Jr. and it's cool he is in the Clown Car....even though *grumble* so many freaking Mario reps *grumble* but w/e. If it had to be any Mario rep then I rather it be Jr. because he's been a main boss in Yoshi games and constant antagonist in multiple Mario Games like Sunshine and Paper Mario. And as much as I hate Lucina being a clone, glad she is in along with the MUCH more awesome Robin. Shulk is a great addition, too and Duck Hunt Dog is that quirky "WTF, LOL" so he's cool. Regardless what I say I will still buy this day one. I mean, only videos I saw confirmed Ganon, Bowser Jr. and Shulk so I guess the rest of the leak could be fake and they're real?
Just man... we can get so many clones and Mario reps and half the game based off of Kid Icarus: Uprising but we can't get ONE Golden Sun rep. Man I hope this is fake. Sakurai can't be that big of a troll...
PS: My Opinion... That's just how I feel.