Smash Wii U Should Ice Climbers be Wii U exclusive characters?

[GeNo-BreaKer]

Should Ice Climbers be Wii U exclusive? Personally, I think yes. The Wii U version is $20 more expensive than the 3DS version and it will be released later. Roster parity is awful when we don't even have cross-play and the ICs were already working on the Wii U. The HD entry of a console centric series shouldn't be held back by the cheaper portable version.

 

[Moon Monkey]

Should they? YES.
Will they? Well that's another story...

 

[Renji64]

Yes they should but they won't since the rosters have to be the same.

 

[Carrill]

Is anyone else besides me speculating that the Ice Climbers will be available as DLC for the New 3DS? The hardware is apparently better and it even has a second analog stick. It seems like it was made specifically with Smash Bros in mind.

Even though the 3DS had difficulty handling the Ice Climbers, I don't think that that Sakurai would give up so easily in getting them to work. And I think that's part of the reason why the New 3DS was made.

I'm betting that the Ice Climbers will come as part of the Wii U roster while the New 3DS will have access to the same character via DLC.

 

[yiggs]

New to the game and never played melee or brawl, but why don't they just run Nana at 30fps and Popo at 60fps like they do with the assist trophies?

 

[Carrill]

New to the game and never played melee or brawl, but why don't they just run Nana at 30fps and Popo at 60fps like they do with the assist trophies?

Probably because Nana isn't a Luma or a Pikmin. Nana's a more complex AI that actually mimics the player's movements and attacks.

 

[HotelWaffle]

They should be wii u exclusive but they wont.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Probably because Nana isn't a Luma or a Pikmin. Nana's a more complex AI that actually mimics the player's movements and attacks.

And why couldn't she do that at a lower framefrate?

 

[Igneous42]

Is anyone else besides me speculating that the Ice Climbers will be available as DLC for the New 3DS? The hardware is apparently better and it even has a second analog stick. It seems like it was made specifically with Smash Bros in mind.

Even though the 3DS had difficulty handling the Ice Climbers, I don't think that that Sakurai would give up so easily in getting them to work. And I think that's part of the reason why the New 3DS was made.

I'm betting that the Ice Climbers will come as part of the Wii U roster while the New 3DS will have access to the same character via DLC.

I kinda doubt this, Sakurai is worried about people being annoyed or disappointed if the Wii U and 3DS version had different rosters. Imagine how people would react if they said "you have to own a new 3DS to fully enjoy this game now!" Not to mention how much of a pain it would be to lock certain aspects on one and not the other. How would someone playing on a 3DS play someone on a new 3DS? The only way I see this realistically happening is if they were to re-release it as a different version of the game "Super Smash Bros for New 3DS" and it was only compatible with other new 3DS systems.

As for OP there is really no good reason they shouldn't be released on the Wii U assuming they were far along to be playable. For my part they are the cut I care least about, but if they were already far in development I'd still rather have them back on one console than not at all.

 

[Carrill]

And why couldn't she do that at a lower framefrate?

Maybe it would look odd having a character with a full moveset moving at 30 frames? Maybe it's because of the Up B where Popo and Nana work in tandem with each other? I really have no idea. I wasn't part of the dev team.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Maybe it would look odd having a character with a full moveset moving at 30 frames? Maybe it's because of the Up B where Popo and Nana work in tandem with each other? I really have no idea. I wasn't part of the dev team.

Yes it would look odd

But is looking a little off really that worse than not having them?