Smash 4- Entrances!

[Prince Longstrok]

Heya!

I wanted to start a topic on something thats small, but I personally really enjoy- and that is entrances. Brawl brought back individual entrances for each fighter, and they serve has a nice little fanfare and hype builder.

Going back and watching the Megaman vs Mario match, I noticed that there were no entrances to be found, though I am not too worried as the game is still in development so its possible they will be added in later (or for that matter, already added).

So, what are your thoughts on them? What kind of entrances are you looking forward to seeing?
Newcomers and veterns are both up for discussion, so post it now! :D

 

[Dr. James Rustles]

Toon Link needs to step out of a Cloning Machine.

Oh yeah. I went there.

 

[Prince Longstrok]

Toon Link needs to step out of a Cloning Machine.

Oh yeah. I went there.

Saaa-napp!

But in all seriousness, im not much of a Zelda fan, so I wouldnt be able to think of a good entrance fitting of him.

However, on Greninja, im a bit torn on wether I want him to have the standard pokeball entrance, or a more ninja-esque entrance :D

 

[Dr. James Rustles]

However, on Greninja, im a bit torn on wether I want him to have the standard pokeball entrance, or a more ninja-esque entrance :D

It would be better if a Substitute was thrown out instead and he replaces it.

 

[MasterofMonster]

Let's see.

Mario = Green Pipe.
Luigi = Sent in by the Pixelator.
Peach = Driven in by Toadsworths driving the Golden Car from MKDD.
Bowser = Drives in in his Koopimp Mobil/Flies in in his Clown Cart.
Rosalina = Launched in from a launch star in the background.

Link = Rides in on Epona/Flies in and jumps from a Loftwing.
Toon Link = comes in riding a windy tornado.
Zelda = appears in a crystal-like barrier (like the ones she is trapped in), it bursts and she enters.
Sheik = appears in a cloud of smoke.
Ganondorf = a more Epic version of his Brawl entreance, with black magic and shining Eyes, with a evil laugh.

Pikachu = PokéBall
Greninja = PokéBall, but only a Substitute appears from the Ball. Greninja then appears from thin air. Tricky!
Lucario = appears from the sky, and lands in a Epic pose, aura flowing around him.
Charizard = flies in from behind the 'camera', lands and shoots a Epic stream of fire above him.
Mewtwo = MasterBall

Samus = Emerges from her ship. If the Ship is a stage like I want it to be, she will come down from a elevator. Fitting.
ZSS = a updated version of Samus' Death animation from Super Metroid appears, with a silhuette of her losing her Powersuit.
Ridley (shut up!) = like in Super Metroid. Eyes appears in thin air, and moments later, Ridley stands there, roaring.

Fox = Airwing lands, and he emerges.
Falco = Airwing flies by, dropping him off.
Wolf = Not sure what his ship is called. But it comes from the background, blasts the ground and then flies away. Wolf appears where the blast was.

DK = like in Donkey Kong Country Returns, jumps in and slams fists into the ground, with a Kong "roar".
Diddy = Bursts from a barrel.

Marth = teleportation Magic
Mr. Game & Watch = like in Brawl.
Ness = like in Brawl.
Lucas = like in Brawl.
Villager = Taxi/Train
Wii-Fit Trainer = comes in flying on a flying Balance Board.
Captain Falcon = like in Brawl.
Olimar = Like in Brawl.
Ice Climbers = Like in Brawl.
Little Mac = comes running in in his Pink jacket, with his trainer cycling in front of him. Mac throws the jacket off, and trainer gives him a random tips.
PacMan = Classic PacMan eats a Cherry, turning him into 3D PacMan.

 

[Superyoshiom]

Bowser's should change from that weird fire thing to his Koopa Clown Car. It's much more fitting.

 

[Tailisu10]

Here are the changes I would make from the old ones.

Peach: Arrives by a subcon door or a clear pipe

Bowser: Arrvies by the Koopa Clown Car.

Link: 64 Link's entrance or by a twilight portal.

Zelda: From a OoT Farore's wind.

Toon Link: Gets Brawl Link's old entrance which is suitable since he is the "Hero of Winds"

Sheik: By explosion.

 

[Tornado_Man]

Sonic: Runs past a goal post and does his signature pose.

 

[8-peacock-8]

Mega Man beams down. (Obviously)

Villager gets off a bus/train.

Wii Fit Trainer is doing yoga and stands up.

Little Mac explodes out of a Brawl Assist Trophy!

 

[Katy Parry]

I think Peach's entrance is fine. And its adorable. She's waving to audience and saying hi. Don't think that should be changed.

I think all of the Zelda characters should have the triforce glow on their hand, and of course which piece they hold glows the most. Just for an added touch.

Like when Ganon comes in, he should throw his fist up, showing it off. Link should have his glow and he is shown reacting to it, shocked, and Zelda should appear from teleporting in, with her post with her left hand some how.

Toon link NEEDS to come in via teleporting from the gales and his boat. Then the boat disappears with a poof.

 

[Pazzo.]

Bowser's should change from that weird fire thing to his Koopa Clown Car. It's much more fitting.

THIS.

I'll be back with more ideas...

 

[Khao]

Totally the best entrance in the series! It's at least 7% more interesting than just appearing in the idle pose straight away from the blue beam!

 

[Dr. James Rustles]

Villager gets off a bus/train.

Nah, he needs to be wheeled out of a police van and assisted out of a muzzle and straight jacket.

 

[PixelPasta]

I posted my ideas in a thread a while ago, I'll re-post them here.
I think that each character should have two or three entrance animations that will be randomly selected at the star of every battle.

MARIO:
1. Jumps out from a warp pipe
2. Soars in from above, SMG style

LUIGI:
1. Jumps out from a warp pipe
2. Pixelates into the stage, from Dark Moon

PEACH:
1. Appears with spinning heart effects
2. Gently floats down onto the stage with her parasol

BOWSER:
1. Emerges from a wall of flames
2. Rides in on his Koopa Clown Car

ROSALINA & LUMA:
1. Serenely descends from above.
2. Floats in a gravity bubble.

YOSHI:
1. Breaks out of a Yoshi Egg
2. Flutters onto the stage from off screen

DONKEY KONG:
1. Breaks out of a barrel
2. Slams down from above (similar to his entrance animation from the beginning of a DKCTF level)

DIDDY KONG:
1. Breaks out of a barrel
2. Flies in on an airplane from Diddy Kong Racing
3. Flies in with his rocketbarrel jetpack(similar to his entrance animation from the beginning of a DKCTF level)

LINK:
1. Emerges from a cyclone
2. Rides in on Epona

TOON LINK:
1. Emerges from a Toon explosion
2. Drifts down on his Deku Leaf
3. Flies from offscreen in a barrel and crashes on the stage

KIRBY:
1. Crash lands a Warp Star
2. Floats in from off screen
3. Emerges from a mirror, from Amazing Mirror

KING DEDEDE:
1. Carried in by his Waddle Dee servants
2. Floats in from off screen

META KNIGHT:
1. Teleports using his cape
2. Soars in from off screen

SAMUS:
1. Emerges from a Super Metroid-style save point
2. Arrives in her gunship
3. Rolls in as a Morph Ball

OLIMAR:
1. Exits the Hocotate Ship
2. Carried in by some Pikmin
3. Emerges from an underground cave

VILLAGER:
1. Emerges from his house.
2. Arrives in a taxi.

SONIC:
1. Spindashes onto the screen
2. Carried in by Tails

 

[Oniric Spriter]

Totally the best entrance in the series! It's at least 7% more interesting than just appearing in the idle pose straight away from the blue beam!

He has that as his taunt but I'm pretty sure that will be his entrance too (with more accurate animations, of course)

 

[Prince Longstrok]

Man, you gave it some thought x3

Little Mac explodes out of a Brawl Assist Trophy!

All of the yes xD

As a Ganon main, id love him to so a badass walk in while laughing evily :D

A much louder laugh than in brawl!

 

[ChikoLad]

Little Mac is practicing his punches with a towel around his neck. As the match starts, he wipes off some sweat and throws it away.

Mega Man flies in on Rush Jet (since the beam thing is a taunt).

Wii Fit Trainer cart wheels in or something.

Villager comes in on a bus/taxi.

@ MasterofMonster has a perfect one for Greninja, I can't think of anything better.

Rosalina walks in on a red carpet, in a graceful fashion, and many kids and Lumas are lined up along the sides, and she talks to each of them one by one as they cheer for her. She then takes one of the Lumas with her to the fight. The camera is dynamic here. This sequence last 10 minutes, and is not skippable. Bow down to your queen.

 

[katastrophic]

I think Peach's entrance is fine. And its adorable. She's waving to audience and saying hi. Don't think that should be changed.

I don't know, I really like Tailisu10's idea of using a clear warp pipe since she doesn't appear to have any 3D World influences. It fits way more than just spinning and waving.

 

[Katy Parry]

I don't know, I really like Tailisu10's idea of using a clear warp pipe since she doesn't appear to have any 3D World influences. It fits way more than just spinning and waving.

I disagree. That's Peach's personality. Remember in the subspace emissary when they were all about to fight? And right before it starts, Peach turned around to dust off her dress?

She's just a cute ditz like that. The way she notices things is too cute, and her noticing the audience, as if she didn't know they would be watching is priceless.

Mario and Luigi both already have warp pipes, so I think the wave fits Peach. Just IMO though.

 

[TeenGirlSquad]

Nuff said.

 

[Souless_shadow]

Rosalina walks in on a red carpet, in a graceful fashion, and many kids and Lumas are lined up along the sides, and she talks to each of them one by one as they cheer for her. She then takes one of the Lumas with her to the fight. The camera is dynamic here. This sequence last 10 minutes, and is not skippable. Bow down to your queen.

This is the best idea I have heard in a long time. I will bow down every time I see this

 

[SuperMii3D]

Mario- Let him use his cape to glide into the battle
Luigi- Runs away from the LM ghost
Bowser- Let him rock his car from SM3DW
Link- Jumps off the birds (I havent played the game) from Skyward Sword
Greninja- His substitute has been broken
Megaman- Rush Jet (I believe thats what its called)
Villager- Checks his mail, then realizes he is in a battle
Wii Fit Trainer- Finishes workout/yoga
Little Mac- Finishes running with Doc Louis and takes off his sweater
Rosalina- As star bits hit the floor, one giant one hits the center and Rosalina appears

 

[BridgesWithTurtles]

Ah, for the heck of it, why not multiples for each character?

Mario
Jumps out of a warp pipe
Flies onto the stage with his cape or flying hat, and lands like when he enters a galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy
Drives onto the stage with a kart

Sonic
Normal Spin Dash entrance
Tails flies the Tornado onto the stage, Sonic jumps out, and the Tornado flies away
Sky-dives using a helicopter blade as a skateboard to land

Link
Comes out of a Twilight Portal and is reassembled from twilight particles (Why wasn't this his entrance in Brawl to begin with?)
Rides in on Epona and jumps off, as she runs away
Flies in on the Crimson Loftwing, hops off, and the Loftwing flies away

Donkey Kong
Bursts out of a DK Barrel
Leaps onto the stage, slamming the ground with both fists, like when starting a level in the Retro games
Swings in on a vine

Ice Climbers
Are dropped off by the Condor
A large heap of snow falls from the sky, and the two Ice Climbers groggily emerge from it
A climbing rope descends from the top of the screen, and Nana and Popo slide down its length

Snake
His camo malfunctions while he says "Kept you waiting, huh?"
Sneakily tip-toes onto the stage, but a spotlight hovers over him, and a "!" appears over his head
The oil drum from MGS4 rolls onto the stage, and Snake emerges from it

King Dedede
Has his Waddle Dee minions carry him into battle
Rides his Wheelie Bike onto the stage
Simply slams down from the sky and brandishes his hammer

Mewtwo

 

[CardiganBoy]

All i want is Samus jumping out of her Spaceship, SHE DOES THAT IN EVERY METROID GAME!!

 

[sunshinesan]

Yeah, multiple entrances is a good idea. They did it in that Playstation game or another...
Don't kill me.

 

[powerprotoman]

samus : crawls from off screen
sonic : starts off as a blue donkey kong
megaman : falls off the moon
ridley: eats a mini mushroom
ganondorf : breaks his sword over his knee

 

[APC99]

Mario: A pipe rises from the ground as Mario jumps out.
Link: A Loftwing drops Link onto the stage.
Samus: She steps out of the teleporter and arms her cannon.
Kirby: A Warp Star crashes as Kirby spins and lands on the ground.
Pit: The angel descends from a beam of light, as he looks skyward.
Donkey Kong: A barrel falls from the sky, and DK jumps out of it and crashes onto the ground, beating his chest.
Pikachu: A Poke Ball lands on the battlefield, opens and reveals Pikachu as electricity circles around him.
Bowser: The Koopa Clown Car lands on the stage, with Bowser hopping out.
Villager: A bus pulls up, drops off the Villager, and then drives off.
Mega Man: He warps onto the stage.
Wii Fit Trainer: The Trainer does a toe touch as a Balance Board lowers them onto the stage and then disappears.
Olimar: Olimar drops out of his ship and plucks a Red Pikmin.
Luigi: The pixelator generates Luigi a few feet above the ground as he then falls face-first and gets up, dusting himself off.
Peach: A star with her encased in it spins as she lowers onto the ground, like in Super Mario 64.
Toon Link: An explosion of Wind Waker bombs, as he steps out.
Sonic: Tails lowers Sonic onto the stage, and then flies off.
Marth: Warps onto the stage with magic.
Rosalina & Luma: Rosalina performs the Mario Galaxy-styled flight onto the battlefield and landing, with a Luma circling around her the entire time, finally landing in front of her.
Zelda: Nayru's Love appears as Zelda is playing the Ocarina of Time.
Dedede: A bunch of Waddle Dees carry him onto the stage, before turning into stars as his weight crushes them.
Lucario: A blast of aura appears as Lucario suddenly walks out and poses.
Little Mac: He jogs onto the stage in his pink suit, and then rips it off to reveal he's fully dressed for the battle.
Diddy Kong: A barrel falls into the stage, as Diddy pops out it it, lowering himself onto the stage with his Rocketbarrel Jetpack.
Zero Suit Samus: The Gunship lowers down as ZSS walks out of the elevator and jumps off.
Sheik: A Gossip Stone flies upward, leaving a trail of smoke, and out of the smoke leaps Sheik.
Yoshi: A Yoshi Egg shatters as out jumps Yoshi.
Charizard: A Poke Ball lands on the Battlefield, and a wall of fire emerges, with Charizard being in the middle of it as the fire dies down.
Greninja: A Poke Ball lands on the Battlefield, leaving a Substitute. The Substitute becomes a puddle of water as mist rises with Greninja appearing in it.

 

[Prince Longstrok]

Yeah, multiple entrances is a good idea. They did it in that Playstation game or another...
Don't kill me.

The only thing All stars got right was the music, and the costumes/customization.

Everything else was a FLOP

 

[D-idara]

Megaman: A prison made from 1000 expansions of SFIV, several expansions of Monster Hunter, copies of Resident Evil 5 and 6, and copies of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 appears as the Nintendo logo appears over it and graces it with a heavenly light, Megaman breaking out and holding his arm cannon.

 

[Kirks21]

Nuff said.

You win all the prizes.

 

[Hayzie]

Bowser: hops out of Clown Cart while the Koopalings fly it away.
Charizard: Pokeball, you betcha pose.
Dedede: carried in by Waddle Dee's, or hops onto stage from below the screen.
Diddy: Breaks outta barrel. Iconic.
Donkey: Breaks outta banana hoard.
Fox: something something Airwing.
Greninja: Substitute only shown, poofs away into Greninja a millisecond before "GO!"
Kirby: Flies in by Star, but also different transportation chosen on random.
Little Mac: Wireframe, then skin added. If wireframe is chosen, a skinned model shows first. Tightens gloves or hops, but not high.
Link: Loftwing drops him off, or lands from the sky using a parachute. Loftwing is preferred.
Lucario: Pokeball with aura energy bursts as it opens.
Luigi: Peeks out from an invisible wall (invisible to us) so all we see is partial Luigi coming out from a corner until all of him is shown. Like a cartoon.
Mario: Warp pipe or an old artwork is shown and he pops into a 3D model.
Marth: Fixes his hairband.
Mega Man: Beams down obviously.
Olimar: 3 Pikmin stacked on top of each other while Olimar is at the base (to look taller), the Pikmin lose balance and fall down into line.
Peach: Floats in from umbrella or rides in from a Kart, Wheeler or Bike.
Pikachu: Pokeball with electricity effects.
Pit: Better version of Brawl's
Rosaluma: Does her Galaxy fly pose coming in from the background to the foreground (maybe at an angle for better viewing) and lands after doing a backflip that looks like her recovery. Starbits and magical effects included.
Metroid Samus: door from a ground opens up, she elevates up. Or jumping out of her ship.
Sheik: Ninja Bomb Smoke appearance.
Sonic: Springs onto stage or the Tails airplane entrance as shown earlier in this thread.
Toon Link: floats by using a Deku Leaf or a tornado spins him in.
Villager: Mini bus drops him off.
Wii Fit Trainer: Crazy twisty pretzel position unravels.
Yoshi: Baby Yoshi breaks from small egg (with sound effect), eats a fruit and grows into Yoshi (like Super Mario World). Egg schmegg.
Zelda: Nayru's Love crystal spins fast, disappears and Zelda is in-place.
Zero Suit Samus: like her oldschool dying animation when she suit destroys, except here it looks like she's being energized into battle. She's glowing bright like white at first.

 

[SpiderJerusalem]

Snake: Choosing Snake is actually a big farce, because Snake is on the game box, trailers, posters and character selection menu, but as soon as the game starts, Raiden instead walks in

 

[Eight Melodies]

Snake: Choosing Snake is actually a big farce, because Snake is on the game box, trailers, posters and character selection menu, but as soon as the game starts, Raiden instead walks in

Raiden is also naked, his only move is a cartwheel, and he only talks about surviving drowning.

 

[Wanderer from Roseyard]

Edit: Some of these have been suggested so many times, they must be pretty natural for the characters. If the newcomers end up doing anything else as their entrances, I'd be surprised.

• Villager: Kapp'n drops him off in the taxi and drives off.
• Mega Man: Beams down with his hair blowing, then dons his helmet like in the CGI trailer. (Though, we might have already seen his entrance in his gameplay montage.)
• Wii Fit Trainer: Surfs (or luges?) in on a flying Wii Balance Board, and dismounts.
• Rosalina: A teal "comet" hits the ground, and she appears among a confetti burst of star bits.
• Little Mac: Doc Louis breezes by on a bike, and Little Mac, jogging behind, skids to a halt and throws off his sweatsuit.
• Greninja: A geyser bursts and he materializes in the mist in his ninja stance.

And some oldies but goodies:

• Mewtwo: It's like his spin-and-laugh taunt from Melee, except he's materializing from some kind of black mist as he does it.
• Dr. Mario: It mirrors Mario's pipe entrance, except he bursts out of a pill jar, spilling Megavitamins.
• Young Link: Same as Link's.
• Pichu: I would say a standard Poké Ball release, but maybe a hatching egg would be even cuter.
• Roy: Whatever Marth does, since I've forgotten.

And I guess the veterans would all keep theirs. I'd actually be fine if it was like in Melee where all the trophies just came to life, since that was quicker and less flashy.

 

[D-idara]

since that was quicker and less flashy.

Making entrances less flashy...? Now we just need 100% gameplay trailers for newcomers!

 

[Wanderer from Roseyard]

Making entrances less flashy...? Now we just need 100% gameplay trailers for newcomers!

I just appreciated the brevity of Melee's "ready...go!" start instead of a countdown. Maybe I should have posted that in the unpopular opinions thread

 

[BridgesWithTurtles]

I will chime in as also being fine with the possibility of entrances being removed. I almost never notice them while playing, anyway. This being said, I would not be opposed to expanding the feature to allow customization of entrances, either. More options can't be a bad thing, but the removal of such a largely extraneous feature would not effect my enjoyment of the game, either.

 

[Brickbuild101]

Villager: Gets off of Kapp'n's bus, and waves to the camera as a cheerful whistle is heard.

Rosalina: Her cosmos appear out of a mini Big Bang, and the inside of her dress bursts out, flips inside-out, and there. She came out of her own private parts!

Wii Fit Trainer: At first, a green holographic silohouette of a human appears (Like the one that appears on screen when being measured during the Body Test). The antopromorphic Balance Board's voice is heard, saying "All done!", and the silohouette shatters, and the pieces evaporate, revealing the Trainer from inside.

Pit: Palutena crash-lands him, as he gets up grunting in pain.

 

[D-idara]

I just appreciated the brevity of Melee's "ready...go!" start instead of a countdown. Maybe I should have posted that in the unpopular opinions thread

I've always loved countdowns, also, I couldn't live without Mario's "LET'S A GO!" and I think that this game should have even more Nintendo cameos and references, not less Nintendo cameos and references. Content's a very important part of Smash Brothers.

 

[Brickbuild101]

If we get Wonder Red or the Wonderful Ones, I think we know what they would do...

"HAAH!!" *crashes down fist first*

"Team! Unite up!"

"Rodger!"