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Yeah, but the characters that "Japan doesn't know at all" tend to still be notable Nintendo characters, like Little Mac and Ridley. I'm not convinced Sakurai and Nintendo would be wanting to add a third party guest character that would alienate their home country like that.
Banjo Kazooie didn't even get 2 of it's 5 games released there and Nuts and Bolts may as well not have been released there considering the Xbox flopped hard in Japan, I don't give a **** about Nintendo associations, if Sakurai's willing to get Banjo from an Western company, which you yourself said he doesn't really do, he'd be willing to ask Square for Lara Croft, a significantly more recognizable character owned by a Japanese company.
Ehh in Lara's defense her games were at least localized at the time for Japan. I disagree that the Japanese would look at Lara and think she's a random Western character, any person who is slightly interested in video games would know who she is even if only by her name, whether they're Japanese or Westerner or whatever.
Yeah, I can DM you on this topic but, to quote Terry, "are you okay?"
Like I said on the other page, Banjo is an extremely special and specific case in that he was originally a Nintendo mascot during the N64 era before he was gobbled up by another company after the fallout between Rare and Nintendo. Also in Japan, their first game sold 400k (which is how much the original release of Persona 5 sold) on a console that sold worse than the Sega Saturn there.
Same here. I still play Mega Man and Ridley most games. And I still mess around with Samus, Ganon and Ryu. It's just that now it branches out to characters like Terry and Simon and so on.
Kingdom hearts -> 20 million sales
E3 is June not July.
Isn't Banjo popular in Japan as well? I recall there were fans there excited about him when revealed.
While I don't have numbers, I'd be very surprised if Square's third best selling franchise was smaller than 1 game
I think you quoted my wrong post.
I can't allow you to disrespect my girl Samus. The first female protagonist in videogames, or at least among the first ones.
No, I meant to reply to 'Banjo is popular in Japan' because I can't find full sales data for Tomb Raider's Japanese sales nor do I know if the number Banjo Bros show off is the whole series or a specific gameI think you quoted my wrong post.
But yeah I actually forgot at that moment Tomb Raider didn't sell well in Japan...Still given her iconness she earns a spot in Smash.
Tbh.. I knew there was someone I was forgetting. I had to think long and hard to even come across Morrigan. *Fixed* :D
Ah okay its just you said Square my bad.
Samus is actually the 4th, there's Barbie, a Namco shooter called Barbaduke and a game called Ninja Princess, all of which preceed Metroid, though Samus is the only one people remember as Barbie isn't exactly known for video games
I mean, do you know who owns Tomb Raider? Here's a hint, their company is named after a 2D shape
im a person of simple tastes, I see Neku listed as likely, I GOTTA drop a like
Circle?
It'd be amazing to see MK get in. Nobody is expecting it... Literally Nobody. If Sakurai wanted to REALLY shock people. He'd get it done. And toss a "FRIENDSHIP" in of course!
Hey you! Stop being optimistic! You need to be pessimistic. I’ll call Wynn and Nessdeltarune for you, they are usually good and ruining the conversation.
Remember when you had a breakdown back in the day about how much of a loser you felt you were, iirc like you were only good for leaks, and cried about it publicly on Smashboards?
To be fair, I'm not exactly saying any of those picks are "likely", I just think they're all names that should be in the mix. There are others but that post was basically just spitballing.
Eh, I find it's hard for me to be upset with anything we get. I've definitely broadened my interests because I was curious. I was once the dude who only played Nintendo and thought 3rd parties were evil, but now I've played so many fantastic games that aren't Nintendo exclusive and think many of those characters would be really cool and bring something fresh.
the silence of the boards is deafening
He'd be too busy praising that list not having any EVIL Nintendo characters.
I know I defended Mortal Kombat but this might be too violent for Smash.
very nice of terry to ask me how im doing before blowing my ****ing head off with a punch
Look dude, you could be right. I'm not denying that. But the way you worded your post made it out to where you looked like you were contradicting yourself. That's all.
[asmr] terry bogard breaks into your house at 3am with a buster wolf punch to check up on you and make sure you're ok
If you are worried about your friends, throw out an energy punch while quickly sliding forward along the ground and asking, "Are you okay?"
And then, when you've gathered your friends, you punch the ground to start a campfire. Make sure you yell out "POWA GEYSA!".
Why, the only other super in fighting games that's as nice is the one where you hug your opponent and they proceed to take a nap after all their stress
