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You are thinking of the quote that Sakurai said last year (about reaching the limits of what's feasible). There was a quote shortly after Brawl's release where Sakurai talked about the "worth" of characters themselves to be placed into Smash Bros.
Why do you say K. Rool seems to be more popular than Ridley. Their popularity is pretty much similar to one another.
Because "Ninjapes," essentially just evil Donkey Kongs, are the definition of 'fresh.' The hubris is astounding. At least Paon kept the Kremlings alive for a time (although the quality of that 'life' is debatable). My biggest worry is the fact that Sakurai actually thinks that all the K. Rool disguises are actually brothers. This shows that he really doesn't know/care about K. Rool enough to even consider him for the game. The only thing that gives me hope is that even Japanese Smash fans love K. Rool and think he should be playable. The lack of a new poll is a little disconcerting though.
K. Rool is surprisingly popular in Japan as far as I know. I think he's within the top 5 even, but I'm not sure.
Could you please if you dont mind post his aftee quote i havent read it i think.
Wait, seriously? I gotta see this.
"With these FAAAAAAANGS, and this scaly skiiiiiiin, there's no question that we're family, next of kiiiiin~"
Isn't K. Rool more internationally popular? WHICH ITSELF IS WEIRD, since it was my understanding that Metroid was popular in Japan, just not the Prime series. So you'd think Ridley would be more popular after his appearance in Other M (which was relatively successful in Japan, yeah?).
Blame Other M's failure for Nintendo not caring enough to do anything about Metroid's 25th like they did their precious Zelda. They were right about it not being big in Japan though, or partly.
... what?
Yes, K. Rool is definitely much more requested than Ridley is in Japan. But in the West its another story.
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HURM. Any idea why K. Rool gets so much love then over THERE. It is a little surprising, right?
Even DKC3 sold like 1.8 or 1.9 million copies in Japan alone. DK64 was a million-seller too despite the N64 only having a 5.5 million install base in Japan (meaning DK64 sold to almost 20% of people who owned a 64).
The Donkey Kong Country cartoon is accepted as canon in Japan.
Charizard and to an extent Bowser don't count?
Good... In a way it makes sense.The Donkey Kong Country cartoon is accepted as canon in Japan.
A few years ago, I was looking at Japanese software charts during the late 1990's, and damn did DKC3 have long legs. It was still selling a modest amount even in 1998. However, DKC1 and DKC2 definitely did sell more overall (I think DKC2 sold over 2.5 million in Japan, and DKC1 sold over three million in Japan).
I really have no idea. Lip was popularly requested during pre-Melee, and her name was still thrown around a bit during pre-Brawl. I think for at least Panel de Pon maybe the Japanese Lip fans lost hope after Lip not getting in for Melee and Brawl? And possibly further demoralized by Intelligent Systems hiding Lip in the closest for the last two Panel de Pon releases (which had a generic theme for those games, although a Lip theme was unlockable in the Japanese version of Panel de Pon DS).
This may explain why DK has the Giant Punch, considering that he used it in the pilot episode.
Wait, seriously? Or does the trollface mean you're joking?The Donkey Kong Country cartoon is accepted as canon in Japan.
You'd think at least the cameo of Lip in Captain Rainbow and the Lip theme in the Japanese version of Planet Puzzle League would of at least ensured that Intelligent Systems has not forgotten Lip entirely and prevented stagnation to an extent, but whatever.
I'm kind of in a similar boat. Lip to me would be a character that would be kind of like Jigglypuff or Peach; looks docile but is actually very lethal. Could bring something new to the table like the ability to inflict the flower status naturally or have the ability to gain power from preforming combos.
I'm not joking, based on what I've heard...the trollface is my reaction, considering how shunned the cartoon is by most everyone else (and called 'Lord Harry' by some, just so they avoid attaching the DKC label to it).
For at least Captain Rainbow, that game bombed very badly in Japan (it sold less than 10K), so only a few Panel de Pon fans probably knew about her appearance in that game. Also, you had to be very good at Panel de Pon in order to meet the conditions to unlock her theme in Panel de Pon DS.
The position of loli bait was already taken by Nowi.
Wow. If it's really seen as canon, then that DEFINITELY is why DK has Giant Punch.
Well I haven't seen the cartoon in a while, so I might possibly be missing something.
Isn't that where we get a lot of captain falcons moves?