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I mean technically yes but that's like saying Mario, Link and Samus are also retro character. For me a retro character is a character that don't have apparence after it's first one (or at least that don't appear for a very long time). Piranha plant appear in almost every Mario game.
Unless I'm not understanding something, that person didn't say Piranha Plant isn't iconic.
The worst part about Piranha plant is the fact that Sakurai compared it to other "random" character like game & watch, rob and duck hunt. The thing is that all these characters share something in common that Piranha plant don't; they're retro characters that are iconic to Nintendo history, but kind of forgotten. Piranha plant is just a generic enemy.
Not really true, Goombas and Koopas are definitely more iconic
None whatsoever.
This is the correct response to getting another Mario.
Indeed.
I would like to have a Koopa Troopa in the game. I would just like a few other characters first.
I think that logic would be perfectly fine however because Piranha Plants final smash is Petey Piranha. I give him a pass for being another villain in the roster.
Oh. I guess it depends on how early the game is in development.
Nah, you could have Piranha Plant revealed at any moment, leak or no leak, and it would have had a poor reaction.
Also, it's not necessarily the case that the starters are going to be the first Pokemon finalized. Lucario and Zoroark were revealed prior to their respective starters. But any Pokemon used in pre-release promotion is likely going to be locked in before most of the others.
Right now, Smash is a videogame all star battle platform fighter. I'm not complaining, but I think this would be a horrible idea, turning Smash into media all star battle. But I wonder, what's the problem with that concept?
I think this is also before Pokémon adopted the annual release schedule. It gives me hope that the next Pokémon candidate won't be another starter. I'd love to see what creative things we could see from a standout Pokémon (that wasn't a starter) like Mimikyu or Guzzlord or something. A trainer character would be cool too.
I personally doubt it. There was a very good reason to have an announcement for smash at the VGAs last year. Less so this year when they can showcase something actually new.
If there is a Gen 8 pokemon coming, I hope Sakurai decides to wait 'til we see which pokemon becomes popular. There are no deadlines for DLC, so they can take the time.
Not like the Game Awards is the only possible place they could pull off a Smash reveal. If they wanted to, they could copy what happened with Smash 4 and host a December video presentation. They could even attach the reveal to Terry's gameplay video if ever.
At least it invalidates the "Hat Goomba" argument, since PP isn't even that.
Kunio-Kun/River City games are actually owned by Arc System Works now, they don't even mention Technos anymore.
I'd love to see my fav, Gardevoir, in Smash. I think she could be interesting enough based on anime appearances and her moveset in Pokkén Tournament.
I mean, mostly just the fact that it would be a licensing nightmare..there's a reason most anime games that come West keep Japanese vocals and stuff and even then so many companies can have their hands in a companies series that it could turn into a mess to localize..For example, they had to work very, very hard to localize Tatsunoko vs Capcom because of how many different companies owned the rights to Tatsunoko's different series..this is why instead of porting the game as it was, they made an Ultimate version, adding new characters and removing one character they couldn't obtain the rights to.
Like, I'm not even ****ing kidding if this DOESN'T happen at The Game Awards I will be shocked. I think DLC 5 will get announced around the release of Terry so announcing the first character in the Next DLC as Doom Slayer at a crowd that big with the saying: "Holy ****, Doom is in Smash!" Floating around everywhere is going to turn a LOT of heads no matter what part of the world your from. This will literally blow up the industry and I think, I believe, that's what Sakurai is wanting to do. And Doom Slayer is the best way to do that.
I'd be all for the derpmiester Cramorant. I don't think we'll be getting a Gen 8 Pokémon at all though considering the general negativity surrounding the games.
Zoroark could have used Illusion for his Down-B and acted like Ditto for 10 seconds, transforming into the opponent.
I..can't really agree..pretty much any big name 3rd Party character will do that..and honestly, it'll only really blow up the industry in the West, not so much Japan..whereas other 3rd Party options like Kingdom Hearts' Sora, Crash Bandicoot, or even fellow Bethesda character, Skyrim's Dovahkin, would do about the same thing thing, but worldwide.
Friendly reminder that Smash has never ended "on a Bang"
I doubt we're gonna see this to be honest. It would be cool but Mortal Kombat is basically non-existent in Japan and IIRC they placed a ban on the games due to how gory and violent it is so even if Sakurai knew what Mortal Kombat was, Wanted to put it in Smash and had a moveset planned for Scorpion/Sub Zero whoever I doubt he'd be able to pull it off cause of said ban and cause most of the Japanese fanbase wouldn't know who the hell these Ninja looking dudes are.
Could happen and I'm sure they could pull this off so while I'm not ruling it out I personally would not expect for this to happen. Smash has never ended in a band and with DLC Nintendo and Sakurai would want to pull off the big guns first so people will buy the DLC and put the low-key characters at the end so if Sora were to happen why not make him the second or even first DLC character instead of the last? It just doesn't line up for me.
I'm surprised to see I'm not the only one to think that.
Piranha Plant is a fun character to play as.
IIRC (I'll have to dig deeper into this) the Japanese ratings board CERO streghened its censorship after a string of teen violence blaimed onto video games and GTA III got restricted in parts of Tokyo. CERO's system is something a Resident Evil dev has made detailed comments over.
Unless you're a Pikmin or Xenoblade fan. Even if that second one was tainted a bit by leaks.
Yup, i've heard about that. Nothing that rises the chances of a MK character getting in Smash, but it's a interesting fact anyway.
Even then, mooks are such a big part of Mario games that you'd think representing them in a 80+ character roster would be appropriate. Plant is more significant to the Mario franchise then someone like Daisy for sure.
