You're really missing the point.
1. Sonic and Snake are not on the same caliber, so you're totally wrong on that.
2. Please source where Sakurai said he's not afraid of licensing Snake. There's nothing to be afraid about. But please, because you apparently have the man on speed dial. Are you also aware that Sakurai is filled with hot air? As much as I like him, he's inconsistent with what he says. Last year, he said he's using and pretty much porting over Brawl's assets as a starting point for developing Smash 4. Earlier this year, he turned around and said "It's hard to bring back characters because we have to work on them from scratch" when looking at the game now, characters have the same structure and idle animations. I'm not disputing Snake not being an icon, hun. Again, you're totally missing my point and are avoiding it like the swine flu. Please, do yourself a favor, reread the points I've made as to why Snake is unlikely to return. Please. Because I'm tired of repeating myself and sounding like a broken record. I've backed up my points fairly well especially when I point to sources and instances outside of the Smash Bros series. You choose to revoke them and be negligent. Brawl was not hyped because Snake was in it. It was hyped for being the first online Smash Bros. and of course, being the NEXT Smash Bros. Smash 4 is ALREADY hyped without Snake. You keep flip flopping around like a Magikarp. Be consistent with what you say. You said Snake is returning because Sakurai doesn't want a good moveset to go waste. Then you came up with another reason. Now you're saying it's important for Nintendo to use a character (that seldom shows up on Nintendo consoles, please keep this in mind) to hype up their game? Silly.
3. I never said Andy should have the same moveset as Snake. I brought the Advance Wars series up because what it has in common with MGS is that they're based on a military setting. Sorry for your misunderstanding.
No, I'm not telling you when Ice Climbers or other characters that are defunct show up on the website there will be a cross promotion. Again, you're missing the point. Currently, the Smash Bros website is being used to cross promote several games. Peach is the only one who has not been given a link to another game's website of the recently revealed veterans.
I will give you this. The only scenarios in which Snake could potentially be revealed are:
A. Nintendo announces a partnership with Konami to publish and distribute MGSV on Wii U
B. Konami announces a collection of MGS games on Wii U
C. An original MGS title for 3DS
Snake is in a very special situation versus G&W and Ice Climbers. You cannot compare Snake with the statuses of 1st party characters just to make your point and try desperately to prove me wrong. Right now, it looks like you're reaching. A little too much.
1. As a characters of Smash, both of them are the same caliber, they bring equals parts to the game.
2. Obviously Sakurai is not afraid, but you are telling me that it will be the impossible work to bring back Snake, when Sakurai has bring two third parties already to the party, so no, is not impossible. What does commenting on what Sakurai said about porting Brawl to the new Smash and then saying that it need to be build up from scratch means anything to this conversation? Is it about that Snake work would mean zero because he needs to be redone like Mario and all the characters, I can tell you that the work behind Snake for Brawl will not be throw to the garbage, Snake can be remade and it will take less resources this time because of the much work that Sakurai put in the character in the first place when he start working on it in Brawl. Your only comment that you have say against Snake was that, it dosen´t have any ties with Nintendo and I answer that it really didn´t matter for Sakurai, can you tell me what were the others were? I have answer you each time and you don´t respond or give any satisfactory answers so we are tied if you look at it, especially because you haven´t tell me why Lucas/Wolf/Lucario brings something new to the table. Where did you point resources and instances outside of the Smash Series? The only points you bring are the creator of Earthbound/Mother is good friends with Sakurai, the same can be said for Sakurai and Kojima, second something about Hal Laboratory working in Smash and working too in Earthbound/Mother does that put on any higher pedestal the series I don´t think so, especially after Hal Laboraty is no more and the Earthbound/Mother series dosen´t have any sequels to bring to the future, that still has strong fanbase in Japan and in many parts in the world, good enough but so is MGS, that Lucas/Lucario/Wolf are first party and should be over Sanke when I have say what the character brings to the table and what does the other three character brings that are nothing new and you haven´t make a good statement about them, so I´m still waiting for that good answer.
For many people it was hype enough, especially it was good because all the free advertising that both Nintendo and Konami receive from many journalists, web pages, forums, social media and word of mouth, it was huge by that moment so it was good for both sides. Obviously if Snake did never appear in Brawl, the game would still sell well, it was never break or deal kind of thing, the same can say about Lucas/Lucario/Wolf not appearing in Smash.
Can you tell me what other reason I bring up? If is what I say about the music, stages, assist trophy and many more things that brings Snake as character, I was contemplating all that as resources, money, and material, again what does it matter if a bring this now, for me its more positive thing as to why Snake need to come back instead of Lucas/Lucario/Wolf.
3. What the hell? Then why did you bring Advance Wars to the discussion? I know both games take the military setting but that dosen´t mean that one substitute the other, your perspective is a little twisted, instead of setting, you should look at it about gameplay, both series are completely different, if a character from Nintendo should substitute Snake, it should be a character that at least has the same gameplay and for my knowledge nothing from Nintendo gets close as to the genre of MTGS that is Stealth/Action.
And even in the near future there is not launch games from Konami about Metal Gear Solid in Nintendo consoles, dosen´t mean the chances of Snake would be dismissed because of what I have been saying in my previews posts that you seem to negate.
And I say Snake compared to Lucas/Wolf/Lucario that those characters cannot bring anything more because Snake brings his character, unique moveset, stages, music and even other characters from his series. If you axe Snake it would mean losing all of that, it means losing more than a single character, compared to losing a character that can be represented well enough with one, two or more characters from his series like Ness - Fox/Falco - Pikachu/Jigglypuff/Pokemon Trainer/Mewtwo respectively.
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