Question for those who played as Snake at E4All...

[Shark X]

...Oh wait, Snake wasn't playable! Oh how perfectly fair it was to have Sonic playable and not Snake.[/Sarcasm]

Discuss why Sonic was playable, but why Snake wasn't. I seen alot of post of people discussing why Kirby wasn't playable, but I haven't seen anyone wondering why Snake wasn't.

 

[Eternal Yoshi]

Snake was probably not playable because:
1. Sakurai's minddgames. OR
2. The bugs of his moveset haven't been full removed yet. Anyway, we won't ever know.

 

[Shark X]

Snake had to of been there before Sonic, since they haven't decided on a second 3rd party character yet. Nearly two years since Snake was added, and they still haven't fixed him up? I would probably go for option number 1.

 

[Fossilized Ursidae]

Sakurai doesn't won't us to know the whole story behind his smash attacks and special attacks.

 

[Elec Man EXE]

Because they only wanted to "give away" one of the 3rd party characters. And Sonic was the more recent.

Seriously, you think they'd want to give both of their 3rd party characters away in a simple demo? No, they want to keep up the anticipation for the actual release.

 

[DonkeyPirate]

sorry dude, but they had already decided on the 3rd parties. the game is done, they are just working out bugs/cleaning up graphics.

 

[Eternal Yoshi]

Because they only wanted to "give away" one of the 3rd party characters. And Sonic was the more recent.

Seriously, you think they'd want to give both of their 3rd party characters away in a simple demo? No, they want to keep up the anticipation for the actual release.

This seems to be the most acurrate reason here.

 

[craiigg]

You could also ask the question why they only made bowser a new playable in melees demo

because they can >_>

 

[cityofgarbage]

probably because sonic was an apology for the delay. neither would've been if the game was on time, most likely.

 

[Gamin Guru]

its because most Nintendo fans dont know Snake like PS2 fans do and because they dont appreciate the awesomeness that is Snake

 

[Eternal Yoshi]

^^^
That is the sad, but undeniable truth. The fact that most of the MGS games are Playstation-centric will cause problems if they decide to make Metal Gear RAY a trophy. It's also wy Nintendo fans are noobs when it comes to MGS.

 

[NinjaRooster]

Snake really should be kept a secret until the game is released. They didn't want his Final Smash and full moveset to be released yet.

 

[Phlemingo]

Yeah I played him. I thought he was quite overrated.

 

[Youko]

Because they only wanted to "give away" one of the 3rd party characters. And Sonic was the more recent.

Seriously, you think they'd want to give both of their 3rd party characters away in a simple demo? No, they want to keep up the anticipation for the actual release.

Bingo. Plus, having Sonic playable was their attempt at easing the blow of the Delay O' Doom.