Johnknight1
Upward and Forward, Positive and Persistent
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I'm all for Lucas, too...but he's the character I LOVE TO HATE! He cut my Ness, and for that...his users are either going to be my fellow Lucas-users, or the smashers I shun. That depends on whether Ness is a alternate outfit or not. Those grpahic artists are being lazy, with this alterante colors. I WANT COSTUMES, Not a weak color swab!
Honestly though, 3 Japan only characters is PATHETIC! PAT-HET-IC! Why the f*** are we replacing a Japan-only character with one who has worldwide fanbase, and giving us a man with a tiarra, and a man without a game before characters with PRIORIETY, like Diddy Kong, Wario, or King Dedede in SSB Melee=??? And make them only available in the Japanese version of Mele....ya, Sakurai REALLY CARES ABOUT US! [/sarcasm] O, and all 3 smashes have and will come out in Japan before the rest of the world, and Australia always gets it 6 months late. Too bad the boycotts and public demand for Roy and Marth made them go international. If that isn't a sign Sakurai hardly cares for us, I don't know what is.
Make all cut smashers ALTERNATE OUTFITS, or NINTENDO OF AMERICA, PREPARE FOR THE HATE MAIL. Those graphic artists can make up for that crap color swab update. (no one wants color changes, we want alternate looks) *delay, colors, cuts, Japan-only characters*
Problem: Most suggested Japan-only characters for Brawl either were hit and miss (Takamaru=only starred in one Japan only game, that probably salewise failed), are minors characters in their franchise, or just never were, or never will be popular (like Gex).
Seriously though, Worldwide characters > multiregional characters > single regional characters. I say stick most the Japan-only content as music, stickers, and trophies, with a few ATs. Some can be ATs, but c'mon...the West has NOTHING but steriotypical crap! Star Tropics is a west only series, and it isn't getting repped, while Sakurai is repping this obscure series via music.
If Sakurai gave a d*** about us, Samurai Goroh (who's popularity is only outside of Japan) would have been a playable character.
Honestly, why not chose a much more original international character, like the Balloon Fighter, who could be the most original thing since Game and Watch. Move over PT, you are old news!
Compare Tamakaru's originality with Balloon Fighter, and the most original is obvious. Men in overalls with three balloons who starred in a few games, had a sequal, had many ports of his original game, and had many spin-offs > steriotypical samurai who appeared in just one game
All I'm saying is...add more stuff that is popular in mainly the West, and make it none of this steriotypical Donkey Kong and Metroid crap.
Sakurai is getting better (not trying to pull that Roy and Marth in the Japan version of Melee only crap; ya, I still resent that), but I'm still worried.
What does the rest of the world have=???
Well, we got 4 Donkey Kong stages. Seriously though, all we see with all 4 DK stages is the jungle. Has Sakurai ever PLAYED a DONKEY KONG GAME, seriously. The game takes place more in mines or beachs then the jungle. Give me a mine level, a ship level, etc. Stop with this Donkey Kong jungle steriotype crap, and actually sit donw and PLAY THE SERIES, Sakurai.
Metroid's 4 stages all have and REVOLVE around lava! (don't metion Brinstar Depths as it isn't a stage...IT'S A ABOMINATION) Metroid doesn't revolve around lava. Heck, we see ice, cold, and mines just as much. Phazon Mines or Phendrra Drifts are other good stage ideas, and ACTUALLY REP METROID PRIME!
We've got a costume for Samus from Metroid Fusion and Metroid Prime, but that is hardly anything. We've yet to see anything from Metroid II, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Metroid Prime Pinball (lol), Metroid Prime Hunters, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Sakurai is expanding the series' reppage, and hopefully he'll rep more of the series in some way, shape, or form.
Sakurai has gotten Zelda right, pretty much. Though I'd like to see a field/Hyrule Field stage, but that's just me.
Mario has been repped well in terms of stages, except NO SMB3 stage! It's the best selling in the series and of all-time (for games not packaged, ever), and SMB2 is nothing next to SMB3. Heck, SMB1 and 2 combined are still nowhere as good as SMB3. Plus SMB2's stage sucked! XD Anyways, Mushroom Kingdom III or GTFO! We've gotten two SMB stages, 1 SMB2 stage, 1 SMW stage, 1 SMW2 stage, 3 SM63 stages, and a SMS stage. Plus a SML1 or 2 stage would be nice, as well as SMPRG!
Yoshi, Star Fox, Pokemon, etc. have been repped well.
Hopefully Sakurai will look at a global basis, and not what just one island thinks. Japan-only characters from dead series don't make money, but new fresh international series repped in Brawl does make money. Brawl isn't the reviver of dead series, it's the rep a old series that won't get a sequal, rep the big(ger) series (Fire Emblem and MOTHER are minor continual franchises, not major. *points at sales compared to Kirby and Zelda*), and to add the newest additions-the best of the best 3rd party characters. Plus a few random classic characters from internationally known games, like Kid Icarus, Ice Climber, and Game and Watch beforehand.
Sonic: Makes money.
Snake: Makes money.
Lucas: Continues to make money from Ness/MOTHER fans.
*enter random Japan-only character here*: No one knows them outside of a few people, and they make zero dollars.
Japan only characters DID NOT belong in Melee at ALL, but in Brawl, it's a diffrent story. Honestly though, Sakurai is really smart-but he shows some real stupidity. He's basing Metroid and Donkey Kong from steriotypes, while full fledgidly repping Japan only characters. Honestly, get someone who knows those games to get information on them, before going to the lava and jungle steriotypes.
If I see another Jungle-based Donkey Kong stage, I'm going to Nintendo's HQ in Japan, and force Sakurai and his worker's to play Donkey Kong Country series and Metroid Primes series.
O, and now that we got SEGA and Koonami involved, we can get their stuff and characters that are only popular in the West/West-only characters, which is A LOT! Honestly, we can add them as many things-trophies, stickers, ATs, etc.
Point is I'm ranting about lack of stuff. If Sakurai is trying to make Brawl the greatest game ever, he's got to stop focusing on steriotypes, focus on a global scale, and stop with this Japan-only character in such high numbers crap. If we get another Japan-only PC, probably almost 10% the roster will be Japan-only. I doubt there is another Nintendo Japan-only long running series that is a sleeper hit like Fire Emblem, and there probably never will be. Staffy could be, but it lacks major popularity in Japan, and intrests outside of Japan. Other then that, Claus seems like the most likely Japan-only character! If I hear me not wanting any more Japan-only PCs in smash makes me racist again, I might lmao harder then the 1st time!
