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Potential * Starting roster on Japanese eshop

Wyntir

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Whoever buys the *** smash version...please YouTube plenty of vids!!!!
 

ScubaGoomba

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Well IMO it was pretty obvious those Amiibo's in those pictures were gonna be starters anyway.
Of course, but I mean they might be the starters. I have my biases, though; I prefer a smaller starting roster.
 
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So...apparently one Japanese retailer sold a copy of the game. There's a photo going around. That same roster is shown, with the bottom screen intact.
There goes the speculation scene...
 

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I don't really care much about starters but seeing starting characters can give us a sneak peek of the numbers of the secret characters in this game.
 

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So the starting roster is bigger then the final roster in brawl?

 

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I like. Very glad that Rosaluma, Shulk, Robin, and Palutena are starters.
 
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Is it weird that I actually want my main to be an unlockable this time? I guess I'll get to enjoy having easy access to him again. ^-^

Nevertheless, I'm perfectly fine with how this starting roster looks. :)
 

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If this is the starting roster, then damn.
I expected some of these characters to be unlockable, but hey, it means we can get into some of our characters as soon as turn on the game!
 

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that's like 32 characters right? still like 10 characters to unlock possibly more
 
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If that turns up being the starting roster, my brother and I can have the long awaited Rosie Vs. Toon Link from the beginning.
 

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Guys according to the Japanese commercial, the character roster is more than 40, but how many 40? And ,Oh my god! The first time we see smash bros in 3D! when you check the Japanese eshop.
And sad to say this: The leak could be true.....
 

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I don't think this is the starting roster personally, it's literally every character released except for Lucina, questioning whether Lucina has an unlocking method that requires other unknown characters to be unlocked. This is just from a Japanese eshop listing screenshot, I don't think it means anything for the starting roster.
 

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I don't think this is the starting roster personally, it's literally every character released except for Lucina, questioning whether Lucina has an unlocking method that requires other unknown characters to be unlocked. This is just from a Japanese eshop listing screenshot, I don't think it means anything for the starting roster.
It's possible that Lucina's absent because of her roster placement. For those unfamiliar with the leak, seeing Lucina separate from the other Fire Emblem characters has to raise all sorts of questions (especially since Dr. Mario and Dark Pit haven't been revealed yet), so it may have been simpler to just leave her out.

If that's true, I don't think there's really anything indicating that this is the starting roster (as opposed to a partially unlocked one), but I guess it's still possible.
 

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So the only unlockable character that was revealed to us was Lucina.

Huh...weird.

I don't know about you guys, but revealing characters and then making them unlockable kind of ruins the hype.

EDIT:
 
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I love that this is the starting roster. I really wanted to play as Rosalina as soon as possible.

All the characters I plan to play as except Bowser Jr are there. I'm certainly satisfied.
 

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So the only unlockable character that was revealed to us was Lucina.

Huh...weird.

I don't know about you guys, but revealing characters and then making them unlockable kind of ruins the hype.

EDIT:
Snake and Sonic in Brawl were revealed before release, and they were unlockable. Heck, they were even on the back of the box.
 
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Guys according to the Japanese commercial, the character roster is more than 40, but how many 40? And ,Oh my god! The first time we see smash bros in 3D! when you check the Japanese eshop.
And sad to say this: The leak could be true.....
You make at the very least a few people in the thread /sigh by actually suggesting that at this point the "leak" is still viably in contention.

Also I still don't understand why Yoshi being put snugly within the Mario universe is confusing. He has his own icon because he went on to start his own little mini-franchise with some spin-offs but he still is a Mario character.
 

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Am I the only one who thinks Wario being a unlockable character is perfectly normal? Before he was revealed I expected Meta Knight to follow suit as well!
 

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Some of those characters seem they should be unlockable; like Shulk, Greninja, MK, Robin, Roselina...
But having the starting roster being pretty much everyone announced up until release makes sense.

I for one really like how Smash retains the tradition of unlocking stuff. Gives you a reason to see all the game has to offer.
 

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To be honest, modern Fighting games should never have unlockables characters. But at the same time I feel kinda sad because of Luigi isn't unlockable anymore.
 

Kuragari

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To be honest, modern Fighting games should never have unlockables characters. But at the same time I feel kinda sad because of Luigi isn't unlockable anymore.
While I loved Tekken Tag Tournament 2, having all 60 or so characters right from the start made it feel like there was no point to doing anything in that game except multiplayer matches.
 

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It's possible that Lucina's absent because of her roster placement. For those unfamiliar with the leak, seeing Lucina separate from the other Fire Emblem characters has to raise all sorts of questions (especially since Dr. Mario and Dark Pit haven't been revealed yet), so it may have been simpler to just leave her out.

If that's true, I don't think there's really anything indicating that this is the starting roster (as opposed to a partially unlocked one), but I guess it's still possible.
True Clones have always been unlockable, so it actually just adds to the assumption that this is the starting roster since she's the only (officially) revealed character who isn't there.

Toon Link is there, yes, but if the dev team deemed him a true clone they would've added him to the section of the roster with Dark Pit, Dr. Mario, and Lucina and he would be unlockable just like they are.
 

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For those saying that
So the only unlockable character that was revealed to us was Lucina.

Huh...weird.

I don't know about you guys, but revealing characters and then making them unlockable kind of ruins the hype.

EDIT:
If this is this is the starting roster and it contains almost all the revealed characters then think about how many more characters are to be revealed.
 

Yoshi-Thomas

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For those saying that

If this is this is the starting roster and it contains almost all the revealed characters then think about how many more characters are to be revealed.
12 characters to be unlocked, that's all.
Same amount than in Brawl if you do'nt count the 3rd parties, and one more than in Melee.
 

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12 characters to be unlocked, that's all.
Same amount than in Brawl if you do'nt count the 3rd parties, and one more than in Melee.
This roster is much bigger then Brawl and Melee, so I expect 16 unlockables including the unknown returning veterans/newcomers
 

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i reckon it's too much for a demo
btw i hope dr.mario has his own moveset this time
 
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