pupNapoleon
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Just to break the news to anyone who has not heard, he committed suicide earlier today.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/showbiz/robin-williams-dead/
It hit me that his daughter was quite literally involved with Smash, down to her involvement at the tournament for Smash Bros where Zelda said she was a regular player of the game...and I believe was actually pretty good at playing.
I know Robin himself was quite a fan of video games, down to the naming of his daughter of the popular Nintendo series.
I know there are a few give back threads on here, such as 'Thank you Sakurai,' but perhaps there is a way for the Smash community to show support back?
I think it would be pretty cool if Sakurai acknowledged this in some way- he was quite a well known entertainer and philanthropist. Perhaps a PotD mii to commemorate?
As this has become the official thread for the topic, if anyone has anything of note that can be added to this initial post, please feel free to tag me in the message. I would love to get something going here.
UPDATE: Of course, as I was trying to think of something the video game community could do, someone else did in fact think of something. A petition was made at change.org to make Robin a character in the new Zelda game. If you would like to add your support, click below.
"Make an NPC named after Robin Williams in the new Zelda title"
https://www.change.org/en-AU/petiti...new-legend-of-zelda-game-after-robin-williams
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/showbiz/robin-williams-dead/
It hit me that his daughter was quite literally involved with Smash, down to her involvement at the tournament for Smash Bros where Zelda said she was a regular player of the game...and I believe was actually pretty good at playing.
I know Robin himself was quite a fan of video games, down to the naming of his daughter of the popular Nintendo series.
I know there are a few give back threads on here, such as 'Thank you Sakurai,' but perhaps there is a way for the Smash community to show support back?
I think it would be pretty cool if Sakurai acknowledged this in some way- he was quite a well known entertainer and philanthropist. Perhaps a PotD mii to commemorate?
As this has become the official thread for the topic, if anyone has anything of note that can be added to this initial post, please feel free to tag me in the message. I would love to get something going here.
UPDATE: Of course, as I was trying to think of something the video game community could do, someone else did in fact think of something. A petition was made at change.org to make Robin a character in the new Zelda game. If you would like to add your support, click below.
"Make an NPC named after Robin Williams in the new Zelda title"
https://www.change.org/en-AU/petiti...new-legend-of-zelda-game-after-robin-williams
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