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This is especially likely considering that the species now has a recognizable character spearheading it in Captain Toad.
I'm gonna have to hard disagree on that. A lot of his appearances may tend toward the minor side as seen in Kirby Triple Deluxe, or just in unimportant games in the series (see, all of the Deluxe Minigame games), but that doesn't really get rid of his prominence. Like, to compare him to Impa for a moment, they both appear in pretty much every game in their respective series at one point. Bandana Waddle Dee has never really been a major player in the story like Impa has, but Impa has only done it once, and when she isn't part of the story's focus, she's that one NPC you talk to once, and then don't really have a reason to go back to. Meanwhile, Bandana Waddle Dee appears 2-3 times a world with a pick-me-up, or is a major part of the game's menu, or something of the sort. You're always running into him, which really cements him as a very notable character in the series, whereas with Impa, people notice her mostly because recurring characters are rare within her series. There's like, her and Beedle, and The Skull Kid that one time.
If/when they do add him, I really hope the Spearcopter is as fun as it is in the Kirby series. It probably won't be because characters with multiple jumps generally have terrible recoveries out of necessity, but I hope it will be.
I'd rather see Toadsworth than a standard Toad if I'm being completely honest. He can whack people with his cane which would be hilarious, but he also has some moves to pull from games. A very limited amount of source material, but there are abilities like the Toadsworth Twist from Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time. He'd be a hilarious WTF character in my book, even though his inclusion would likely piss off a lot of people.
I always thought that Toad should play similarly to Pichu, but without the lightning stuff. Just a short speedster that can combo you all day. It wouldn't really stand out that much, but it would fit the character a lot.
If we're going by the amount of screentime he has, I think there's an argument he could be in by now, and I did bring that up. But is that a good enough reason to include him, especially at this point in time, with the waning but omnipresent hype centered around Smash? I won't say no this time, but I will say the answer isn't necessarily yes, because it's subjective. That was more the point I was trying to make.
No, no, you're fine. That's pretty much what I was talking about earlier, in fact; Supporting characters don't seem to be given precedence in the DLC because they aren't as closely tied to the games as the main protagonist themselves, which is why it tends to lean towards unrepresented games, series, or companies.
To be fair, the existing Kirby reps have multiple jumps because they can fly. Everyone who can't fly in Kirby has to get those really awkward air squats to keep up with those who can, so I'd imagine Bandana Dee would need to Waddle Copter to make up for his lack of inherent flight.
In Waluigi's defense you can make the argument that he would use mechanics from the sports games since he originated from there and the majority of his appearances come from there. Toad? Not so much. He appears in the sports games but his main appearances aren't centered around them like Waluigi.
Even if Waluigi doesn't have much to go off of in canon, he can just yoink stuff from Luigi and Wario. Luigi is more or less a reflection of Mario with weird properties, while a lot of Wario's moves are odd and twisted variants of Mario's attacks. As a result, I think it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to give Waluigi weird and twisted version of Luigi's already bizarre attacks to make him the most awkward and cursed characters in the game. Give him some truly mind-bending moves like a Fireball that goes backwards instead of forwards, or a Green Missile that turns him into a human boomerang instead of a straightforward rocket. That's what I mean by weird ****.
gamecube-era mario renders are my lifeforce
Before Rosalina got in people just thought she'd be a riff off of Peach.
Still rooting for Suzie as the Darkhorse candidate.I just want another Kirby character that brings in content from modern Kirbys that's more than an MP3 or a JPEG.
I'd rather Captain Toad in Super Smash Bros., but I would love to see Toadsworth period. Perhaps we could get the best of both worlds and have give Captain Toad some alternate costumes for both Toadette, and Toadsworth.
I disagree with the idea that a Toad using powerups in their moveset would be at all forced, especially since the existing Super Mario cast doesn't really. Aside from the games in which powerups don't exist, they've always been able to use them same as the Mario brothers. So since the Mario brothers can't really do much with them mechanically since Mario needs to be simple and Luigi needs to have a solid connection to Mario in terms of game feel, why not give them to a Toad character?
Eff Toads. All my homies hate Toads.
Eh...
Probably not. They might have to squish his nameplate a bit on the character select screen, but it wouldn't matter for voice clips, and Bandana Waddle Dee isn't that much longer than Mr. Game & Watch.
Welp, let's review:
I mean... it's still one syllable shorter than "Rosalina and Luma"
They should've given that character an actual name a long time ago, it would've helped mitigate all those comparisons to other generic enemies his fans are less than thrilled with.
don't forget the F-Zero JP site being updated, or SOMETHING related to it. NOT counting the twitter account which was revealed to be a troll posting NSFW stuff
There's a few routes.
Heard about the 7-11 rumour thing but that's the only CP7 thoughts. Any other hints on that outside Amiibo theory?
There's a gap in the post order in the Smash news bulletin that has 9 or so posts that were skipped. This potentially means that a fighter announcement was skipped and we're getting content that would have come later right now.
Apparently he was going to be called "Bandee," but was left as Bandana Waddle Dee to represent the whole species. At least, I think that's how it went...
It does take longer to say than Rosalina & Luma due to linguistics reasons that I'm sure someone that is not me can explain. As far as how that'd affect Super Smash Bros., I'd say it would at most give him a personal victory theme so that they have enough time to play the "Bandana Waddle Dee!" and "Wins!" quotes before the big pwoosh!.
This is probably going to be an unpopular opinion, but I'm glad they didn't call him Bandee if this was the case. I really dislike the kiddy names certain characters have like Buggzy (though this one mostly bugs me because I could have sworn his name was originally Sid Cada, which was amusing to me).
Bandana Waddle Dee deservers it more, but I hope Magalor gets in instead. Mechanically he would be a lot more interesting.
Granted, but...you do understand that saying "Hayabusa deserves to be in Smash" is a lot easier to say than "The designers and directors of the Ninja Gaiden franchise and it's spinoff games deserve to have one of the characters they created in Smash", right? And, like, any reasonable person should understand, without having to be told, that the former is just shorthand for the latter.
They didn't? He says Bowser pretty differently between them
Not currently no.
Actually, I think he was supposed to be called "Bandy" which does still sound like "Bandee".
Perhaps, at least "Bandy" would've been more fun to say if that actually turned out to be his actual name right from the start.
There's a user on this site with that name and a Bugzzy profile, that's likely the connection.
大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズシリーズのamiibo「ジョーカー」と「勇者」は本日発売です！
— 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ【スマブラ公式】 (@SmashBrosJP) September 24, 2020
追加コンテンツのファイターを購入していない方も、amiiboがあればFP(フィギュアプレイヤー)として、#スマブラSP 内でジョーカーや勇者を呼び出し育成することが可能です。https://t.co/BEN2i8CYzN pic.twitter.com/siVr6uksSg
are out now in Japan. I still wanna believe we’ll get CP7 between now and the time that 7-11 goes down.
They'll be a team, attacking in unison. Y'all aren't ready for Magolor sending bandana Dee's spears through a portal and directly into your face.
Its a bit more than just the developers and directors though, its also the fan-base and the prestige of the legacy as a whole
Lol, nah they need to keep the Duo thing for Sora & Akira Howard
Yeah, Xander Mobus intended on it sounding like "Bowser! Junior?" in the first place. He's done some other character announcer calls in weird ways, like "Dark Samus!" sounding ominous.
This makes me think though, a Final Smash for BWD that has all of the Dream Friends from Star Allies help would be amazing. Especially if it picked a random friend every time and the animation was unique for each one. Not sure they'd go to that much effort though.
