Cross Post from NeoGAF's Mysterious Murasame Castle.
I'm going to be legit with myself here.
Takamaru is one of my most wanted character to be playable character in Smash for many reasons but I will leave that in SmashGAF Thread. Right now, I'm trying to keep my hype in check because I have a feeling that Takamaru could miss his boat being in Smash Bros. I really hope that it's otherwise.
Pre-Gematsu, I was pretty sure that Takamaru would be in Smash Bros this time because I strongly felt that Nintendo is working on reviving Takamaru's franchise, Mysterious Murasame Castle.
Takamaru have been appearing in the games lately.
1. There is a sticker of Takamaru in Super Smash Bros Brawl
2. Takamaru appeared in Captain Rainbow, along with Little Mac.
3. WarioWare DYI (Japanese only) had a mini game based on Mysterious Murasame Castle
4. Takamaru appeared in Samurai Warrior 3 as Guest Character.
5. Nintendo added Mysterious Murasame Castle as one of few franchises to be in NintendoLand
I felt that Nintendo was giving Takamaru and his franchise a recognition that it deserved to have. When I heard that they are bringing the game out of Japan which boosted my excitement and hype for the game itself. Also Kamiya spoke out on twitter and expressed his interests to revving the franchise. (Yeah, I'm somewhat exaggerated my comment but yeah you get my draft. ;P)
With what I have been saying, I really hope that Nintendo would request Sakurai to included Takamaru in Smash or other way around via vera. Hopefully Nintendo have an intention to give Mysterious Murasame Castle a reboot feeling as sequel, like they did with Kid Icarus: Uprising.
I'm still hoping that Sakurai would notice that Takamaru being in Captain Rainbow since he actually dug out Fat Mac's model from Captain Rainbow and made it as trophy for Wii U version. Just make my day please, Sakurai.
For pete's sake, they already have icon ready for Smash 4. It was in NintendoLand.
Do you guys see Takamaru's stage being on top of Murasame Castle, inside it, or outside it in the garden?
I always imaged that it would happens at the Garden where the ninjas would pop out and disappear. I'm not sure if I want them to throw ninja tools at the characters because people wouldn't pick the stage if there are a lot of stage hazards. Hmmm.