Project: Thank You Sakurai! Calling All Smash Fans and Artists! Under New Ownership!

[THE_MAAFIA]

Keep snake in, he was already in brawl, and they brought up his name in the direct, he shouldn't be forgotten

 

[Luigi#1]

I do think Snake should stay. Sakurai still had him in one of the games.
About the new characters, I'm unsure. We could do it, but it would end up delaying the project really far, and at this point we honestly don't need that.

 

[Luigi#1]

LUIGI TIME!
This is Luigi's art poll. I will repeat what has been said by WindozeNT. DO NOT SUBMIT ANY MORE ART!

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Vote here.

This will be finished by Sunday.

 

[WindozeNT]

LUIGI TIME!
This is Luigi's art poll. I will repeat what has been said by WindozeNT. DO NOT SUBMIT ANY MORE ART!
Excuse the glitch please.

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Vote here.

This will be finished by Sunday.

That's supposed to be a poll, not a survey.
Also, the collapse tag creating 3 boxes instead of 2 is caused by a rogue tag being in it. In this case, it was a [/size] (which I fixed in the quote).

By an overwhelming vote (13 out of 13 votes), relaxedexorcist's Mario will be featured on the card. Here's the correct link to vote for the Luigis: link.

Alternately, you can go here.

 

[Luigi#1]

Ehehe, link in my post was fixed, but I can't find the rogue tag.

 

[WindozeNT]

Ehehe, link in my post was fixed, but I can't find the rogue tag.

You have to switch to source (plaintext) mode.

Also, we aren't cutting Snake. He's staying on the card. A poll for new characters will be up tomorrow.

 

[SmasherMaster]

Also, what about Ice Climbers?

 

[Zyfoe]

A couple months late to this, but it's great to see this thread is back on track. I thought it was dead.

Also, for what it's worth, I drew a Kirby picture months ago. Would it be too much trouble to add it?

Edit: Is this good? I can make it smaller if needed.

 

[ItsMeBrandon]

I find it kind of interest-piquing and cool to see a thread dedicated to thanking Sakurai. I feel I should've looked into this sooner.

Can you add me to the list of non-signing supporters? I'd scan my signature, but I don't have a scanner at the moment.

 

[WindozeNT]

Also, what about Ice Climbers?

They stay. Ice Climbers for DLC!

I find it kind of interest-piquing and cool to see a thread dedicated to thanking Sakurai. I feel I should've looked into this sooner.

Can you add me to the list of non-signing supporters? I'd scan my signature, but I don't have a scanner at the moment.

Added!

A couple months late to this, but it's great to see this thread is back on track. I thought it was dead.

Also, for what it's worth, I drew a Kirby picture months ago. Would it be too much trouble to add it?

I'll add it (it's way too awesome to not add!), but you'll have to remove all of that extra empty space first.


Here's a poll for if new characters should be on the card.


EDIT: Once again, @ relaxedexcorcist wins! His Luigi got 4 out of 5 votes! The next poll is for Sonic. Here are the contestants:
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The poll is here and closes Friday. After it closes, I'm going to remove his, Mario's and Luigi's entries from the OP to keep it cleaned up and easier to go through, with results and a permalink showing the entries left in their place. Which Sanic Hegehog goes fast enough?

EDIT: BlitznBurst's Sonic wins with 2 out of 2 votes.

 

[Zyfoe]

goddang it why did i jinx this thread

 

[WindozeNT]

Finally, a post! Now we're going to vote for Peach. Only one person submitted art for Peach, so we're voting for which one should be included.

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Poll is here and closes Friday. New characters will be included and their art submission starts when the other characters' art has been voted for.

EDIT: @ethanrodgers223, these links are dead. Please provide new ones or Peach's slot will be reopened for other submissions. Until we get new Peaches, we'll vote for Bowser.
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Poll is here and closes Friday.

 

[Pacack]

Finally, a post! Now we're going to vote for Peach. Only one person submitted art for Peach, so we're voting for which one should be included.

DEAD LINKS

Poll is here and closes Friday. New characters will be included and their art submission starts when the other characters' art has been voted for.

EDIT: @ethanrodgers223, these links are dead. Please provide new ones or Peach's slot will be reopened for other submissions. Until we get new Peaches, we'll vote for Bowser.
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Poll is here and closes Friday.

Poll only shows results.

 

[WindozeNT]

Poll only shows results.

Fixed. Accidentally set it to close February 6 instead of March 6.

EDIT: How many votes should a character get minimum? Sonic's only had 2.

 

[Luigi#1]

I would prefer 5 honestly.
God I can't believe this almost died.

 

[THE_MAAFIA]

I just forgot cause there was no notifications

 

[WindozeNT]

I would prefer 5 honestly.
God I can't believe this almost died.

I'll reopen Sonic's then after Bowser's finishes.

 

[relaxedexcorcist]

I just forgot cause there was no notifications

Same pretty much.

 

[Haydossy]

Is Megaman one of the featured characters?

 

[WindozeNT]

Is Megaman one of the featured characters?

Yeah. I think everyone new in 4 will be.

 

[relaxedexcorcist]

Well uh...been quite a few fridays since the last poll.

 

[WindozeNT]

Zyfoe's Bowser wins with 9 out of 9 votes. Now it's time to vote for Wario:
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The poll is here. Sonic's is reopened.

 

[Manta]

Put my sig in if you will: Monado_III (on 99% of sites it's my alias)

 

[WindozeNT]

Put my sig in if you will: Monado_III (on 99% of sites it's my alias)

Added!

 

[Luigi#1]

Boop.
I really haven't been able to be involved lately, been having a little trouble. I'm glad this is steadily coming back.

 

[WindozeNT]

Zyfoe's Wario won with 3 out of 6 votes. BlitznBurst's Sonic won with 4 out of 5 votes. We will now vote for Kirby.
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This poll is here and closes next Friday.

 

[BluePikmin11]

This project needs to be finished soon, seriously.
If you guys want to send this to Sakurai, you guys (every single one of you who participated in this project) need to make a move now, don't lose interest with all the progress you guys made throughout.

I think tagging participant might be necessary at this point.

 

[aldelaro5]

This project needs to be finished soon, seriously.
If you guys want to send this to Sakurai, you guys (every single one of you who participated in this project) need to make a move now, don't lose interest with all the progress you guys made throughout.

I think tagging participant might be necessary at this point.

I`ve been wondering why this was taking so long, but still non signer here

Hope it would actually happen

 

[stancosmos]

Welcome to Project: Thank You Sakurai! (Co-owned by myself, Luigi#1, Pacack and the amazing APC99)​

This thread's goal is a simple one in concept. We plan to make a virtual "card" for Masahiro Sakurai, the director of the Smash Bros. series. This card will go on to express our gratitude for him and express our desire to see his health issues resolved. (If you're not aware of his condition, he has developed calcific tendonitis in both of his arms which makes working as director extremely painful at times.)

Our plan is divided into the following phases:

Phase 0 (Ongoing): Signatures This phase does NOT end. We are looking for signatures from members of the Smashboards community and their friends and/or family. Signing can be done with one's name, initials, or with an online alias if one is uncomfortable with sharing their name or initials. If you are unable to sign, then you may still request to have your support listed in the area for non-signers. (This is done because those who provide signatures have to put more work into this than those who simply ask to be listed in the non-sign area.) If you are willing to sign, do so on a piece of paper (preferably large so that it may be re-sized) and use a scanner to get it onto your computer before uploading it to an image upload site and posting it in this thread.​

Phase 1: Polling. We ask for supporters of this project to vote in our poll, which can be found here. This poll includes which characters you would like to see on the card and how many pages you think the card should have. Completed.​

Phase 2: The message. We will have members send in short messages to be used as the main message on the front page of the card. These messages will be voted on and the most popular one will be selected for use in the card. @Venus of the Desert Bloom has agreed to help us with translating the message into Japanese and deserves to be sent ridiculous amounts of thank you messages.​

Phase 3: Art Submission. While we've been taking art regardless, this is the period that will involve the completion of art for all characters (that have made it in). This phase will not end until we have at least one piece of artwork for every character. A poll will also be done during this phase, the link to which is in this post.​

Phase 4 (Current): The art contest. People will vote for the art sent in of the characters that have been voted to be included on the card. Please note that characters have been limited to those that are from games of Sakurai's or those that are Smash veterans that have not previously been cut. Only one piece of art will be included on the card for each character, and voting will be done in mini phases (Phase 3A, 3B, etc.). You may not vote for your own artwork. The only other limitation on the art is that it must not be overly huge. Might be a good idea to have the full character showing too.​

Phase 5: Sakurai. Since the only way we really know to get ahold of Sakurai is with Twitter, we will ask willing participants to send the completed card to Sakurai over their personal Twitter accounts. We will research what time Sakurai tends to get on so that we can have the greatest chance of getting him to see it. We ask that every person limit themselves to three times of sending it per day as to not completely spam him.​

And that's it! Currently, we are on Phases 0 and 3. If you would like your signature to be added, would like to be added to the list of non-signers, would like to be included in one of the competitions for the character art, and/or would like to be listed as one of the Twitter users, please say so below. If you have any suggestions, APC, Luigi#1, Pacack and I will happily hear them.

List of Characters to be included (All already have at least one piece of artwork):

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Mario ✓
Luigi ✓
Peach ✓
Bowser ✓
Donkey Kong ✓
Yoshi ✓
*Wario ✓
Link ✓
Zelda ✓
Samus ✓
Pit ✓
Ice Climbers ✓
R.O.B. ✓
Kirby ✓
Meta Knight ✓
King Dedede ✓
Captain Olimar ✓
Fox ✓
Captain Falcon ✓
Pikachu ✓
Jigglypuff ✓
Marth ✓
Ness ✓
Mr. Game & Watch ✓
Snake ✓
Sonic ✓
Villager ✓
Mega Man ✓
Wii Fit Trainer ✓
Rosalina ✓
Little Mac ✓
Master Hand ✓
Sandbag ✓
Gooey ✓
**Adeline ✓
Generic Waddle Dee ✓
Bandana Waddle Dee ✓
Waddle Doo ✓
Knuckle Joe ✓
Palutena ✓
Viridi ✓
Dark Pit ✓
Medusa ✓
Hades ✓
Eggplant Wizard ✓

*Please also note that Wario missed by literally one vote, and he was requested enough to be added to the list since people didn't realize how much they wanted him until after voting had concluded.

**Please note that I gave Shin F. the chance to vote for one additional character to add since he had just missed the poll, and he voted for Adeline. Otherwise, she would not have made it in.

List of Signatures (✓ means that I have their signature already):

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Pacack ✓
Beamer (Non-Smashboards user) ✓
AndreaAC ✓
Egg. ✓
relaxedexorcist ✓
BigAxle ✓
Aduross ✓
Conren ✓
Swift Fox ✓
WindozeNT ✓
Shin F. ✓
Zonderion ✓
Hawk Flindaeton ✓
Networker1 ✓
The Curious Volnutt ✓
Luigi#1 ✓
Farrac ✓
haydossy ✓
Keybladeguy ✓

List of Non-Signing Supporters:

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SuperBrawler
Souless_shadow
CliffJumper
dimensionsword64
ThatLucas
Rocket Raccoon
Brawler610
Kikwi-Kiwi
MisterVideoGaming
False Sense
lonekonwolf/Kon
Zzuxon
fenyx4
Chucklehead Tom
PadWarrior
RODO
-JerAd-
Ryuma
KoRLumen
Ixbran
Tepig2000
Young Horsetail
Ulti-Bman
Protom
Mechonis
Poots
Chandelure
PlayerXIII
Mario_and_Sonic_Guy
LunchPolice
Khao
SmasherMaster
Shaaack
TaichiYaegashi
PowerOfAllDragons
dk64kingkrool
FireEmblemnier
andimidna
andalsoandy
NintendoKnight
Desu~
majora_787
Frostwraith
Opossum
Scoliosis Jones
Varia31
FinalStarmen
TailzWolf
insomniac19
aldelaro5
itsameluigi1290
Priap0s
Zyfoe
sonicbrawler182
zoroarkrules25
Plain Yogurt
CrimsonDivine
BaPr
Thor
AquaNinja
SorrowOfAcheron
Skyfox2000
WhiteEaglePL
cpt-brandon
mmKALLL
Zero Suit Wario
crazyal02
Minty_
2ndComing
theinstituter
Jerodak
Superw0rri0
Oddyesy
Lucas
Altais
nessokman
icecreamlights
M15t3R E
Sykkamorre
8-bit Man
Captain Norris
APC99
Tornado_Man
Mega Bidoof
hinata2000100
Kevandre
SchAlternate
Swampasaur
TewnLeenk (A.G.)
CrophMaruMariolu2W0vol41PEeeeeek
YoshiandToad
Cobalsh
BluePikmin11
LackadaisyAlax (RelaxAlax)
Ryan. (Ryan)
D-idara
LoneR.O.B.
TORNADO BUS DRIVER
Hotfeet444
Mask0 (MaskO'Gears)
smashbro29
lordvaati
LoneR.O.B.
Sobreviviente
KaBlamJamDan
Radical Beam
Anomilus
Marthmario
PixelPasta
Xenoblaze
Glaciacott
Neo Zero
KenboCalrissian
Tailisu10
kyokoro_pamuyo
Ekans647
Kimera
smashbroskilla (6000pounds)
ClubbyBear
ethanrodgers223
Pékaßlu
Dropkick JD
Sahfarry
Deoxys911
eleanorvonclere
SerPete
Moon Monkey
liets
tehponycorn
Iko
Monado_III

List of Artists:

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APC99
SmasherMaster
Tornado_Man
Kikwi-Kiwi
RSF-Blue bomber
Mega Bidoof
SchAlternate
Captain Hotcakes (?)
AndreaAC
Egg.
YoshiandToad
relaxedexcorcist
NoPLo
Cobalsh
BigAxle
LackadaisyAlax (RelaxAlax)
D-idara
Aduross (?)
LoneR.O.B. (?)
Hotfeet444
LunchPolice
LoneR.O.B.
Conren
Jão
lordvaati
Sobreviviente
Mario_and_Sonic_Guy
WindozeNT
KaBlamJamDan
PixelPasta
Anomilus
Networker1
Glaciacott
Nikes
andimidna
Tailisu10
kyokoro_pamuyo (?)
ethanrodgers223
Shin F.
TailzWolf
andalsoandy
Pékaßlu
Dropkick JD
itsameluigi1290
UltimateWario
Luigi#1
Zero Suit Wario
Zyfoe
Thegamerguy131
liets
nessokman
relaxedexorcist
haydossy
Iko
Nargacuga
StarBot

List of Twitter-Users:

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Pacack
LackadaisyAlax (@RelaxAlax)
WindozeNT (@ WindozeNT )
Shin F. (@ShinFiremage)
thethirdkoopa (@Thirdkoopa)
crazyal02 (@crazyal02)
StarBot (@StarBot_)

Art Gallery:

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Quick question.. shouldn't all of the actual smash bros cast be included before other random characters? Also, how is there no mewtwo? he's all anyone talks about and he's not even out yet.

 

[Pacack]

Quick question.. shouldn't all of the actual smash bros cast be included before other random characters? Also, how is there no mewtwo? he's all anyone talks about and he's not even out yet.

All of those characters were in games personally worked on my Sakurai. Since this card is primarily for him, we're including his characters along with the SSB characters.

 

[WindozeNT]

relaxedexorcist's Kirby won with 8 out of 9 votes. Next is Captain Falcon:
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FALCON... PUNCH!!!!!

Wow, this is dying...

 

[THE_MAAFIA]

Honestly instead of sending the 'Best voted' art work, I think it'll be much more appreciative and easier for every one to just send ALL the art work, I'm sure sakurai would love to see every single one of the fan art instead of 1 selected art for the charcter, who's with me?

 

[WindozeNT]

Honestly instead of sending the 'Best voted' art work, I think it'll be much more appreciative and easier for every one to just send ALL the art work, I'm sure sakurai would love to see every single one of the fan art instead of 1 selected art for the charcter, who's with me?

I'm in. We'll just need @ Luigi#1 's and @ Pacack 's input on it.

 

[Pacack]

I'm in. We'll just need @ Luigi#1 's and @ Pacack 's input on it.

Sure. It's been long enough since release, after all.

Consider leaving out stuff like our Snake, though. Don't want Sakurai to ignore it because it seems to be a DLC thing.

 

[WindozeNT]

Sure. It's been long enough since release, after all.

Consider leaving out stuff like our Snake, though. Don't want Sakurai to ignore it because it seems to be a DLC thing.

Alright. So now we'll start accepting art for SSB4 characters. Is June a good deadline?

 

[DE235]

Sign me up too.

 

[Pacack]

Alright. So now we'll start accepting art for SSB4 characters. Is June a good deadline?

Up to you. If you decide June, maybe try lining it up with Lucas' release?

Speaking of, you might want to see if we can get some last-minute Mewtwo and Lucas artwork in.

 

[Luigi#1]

I'm in. We'll just need @ Luigi#1 's and @ Pacack 's input on it.

I'd be fine with it, it shows the variety of the artwork that comes from his fans.
June is a good time, but if necessary we can delay to say, mid July. Not to much delay though.

 

[Wolfie557]

I forgot about this!

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Viridi.....I had too much free time so i give her a try...

OMG your so talented!!!

The only thing I'm good at in art is colouring in with detail and textures and realistically kind of stuff.

 

[AndreaAC]

I forgot about this!

OMG your so talented!!!

The only thing I'm good at in art is colouring in with detail and textures and realistically kind of stuff.

Thank you! That one is a pretty old drawing I did using paper and pencil, I have been using photoshop and a tablet for a while now!

And I wish I could do that! xD My coloring and drawings are so messy and sketchy-looking!