Where is Adeleine? I see a bunch of random anime characters and an MS paint picture, but not one of Nintendo's most famous and beloved characters from the N64 era? I am chocked.
Adeleine is iconic for the Kirby franchise and one of the most prominent characters in the N64 era. Adeleine should have been in Super Smash Bros. 64, but it isn't too late.
But random anime characters? MS paint karate-kid? Random Boo?
Capcom can contribute with Dan, Blanka, Chun-li or T.Hawk from Street Fighter, Megaman, Amaterasu and more.
"Bunch of random anime characters".
The only character in the chart that can be considered "anime" is Rick Wheeler, who next to Black Shadow. However, his situation is quite similar to Lucario's.
"MS paint karate-kid".
That is Karate Joe of the Rhythm Heaven series. The closest thing to a "major recurring character" it has, given that he as well as the Karate Man rhythm game in general has appeared within each title of the series in some form.
I personally don't think there will be a character from the series, but if there WAS one, it'd probably be him.
"Random Boo".
That's no random Boo. As Frostwraith said, that is
King Boo, main antagonist of the Luigi's Mansion games as well as recurring character in the Mario series in general since his debut back in 2001.
You should really do your research.
Also, you HEAVILY overstate Adeleine's significance.
"Nintendo's most famous and beloved characters from the N64 era?" Get over yourself. Hardly anyone gave a flying **** about her then, hardly anyone does now. (And if they do, it's because of Brawl in the Family.)
"Adeleine is iconic for the Kirby franchise and one of the most prominent characters in the N64 era." She was in one game as a minor helper character. That is
hardly iconic and nowhere
NEAR prominent. I mean, at least the Geno fans can claim that he was heavily important in Super Mario RPG's plot. You have no such excuse.
"Adeleine should have been in Super Smash Bros. 64." A one-time minor character that no one really cared about should have been in Smash 64 over the only other major Kirby character at the time?
And after Dedede, I can name a crapton of characters that were much more popular and prominent than Adeleine.
"No reason." What is that supposed to mean?
I have read through this whole thread, and none of them said anything constructive. Quite frankly, I don't see the purpose with this thread, we all have opinions on which characters we want in Smash 4. Imagine of all forum members made their own chart in their own threads. That wouldn't work, but oh well, I guess GoldenYuiitusin has the best opinions.
If you want this thread to actually mean something, you should let other forum members criticize and improve the speculation chart. But like I said, I have read through this whole thread, and every time someone wants to change something, GoldenYuiitusin gets all devastated.
"every time someone wants to change something, GoldenYuiitusin gets all devastated." Yeah, it's not like I
added characters that have been brought up by others with reasonable logic like Lip, Sheriff, Luke fon Fabre, Simon Belmont, Tempo (and by association, Mallo), etc.
The only time I got "devastated" (which is a poor word choice), was when I was pretty much told to remove characters solely because someone didn't agree with them being there.
And by the way, you clearly haven't actually read all the way through if you thought this was about characters I
want. More than half of the characters, I can do without. If it were about what I wanted, there would be Agumon, Entei, Shake King, Mike Haggar, etc.
No, this chart is for characters that have their chances within logic and reasoning.
For some, it is that they are heavily discussed and requested in at least one corner of the globe (like how Slippy and Galacta Knight are on the chart due to being heavily discussed among characters of their series within Japan).
For others, it is due to their overall role to the series (or latest game). This is where characters like Hades and King Boo come in.
For Nintendo series not represented in Brawl, it was mainly a grabbag for Assist series that gained a noticeable following and newer titles as well as a mixed assortment of newer IPs that have come in since Brawl's time that have their own evaluations to be made (to cover all potential bases).
For Retro series, it was if they received noticeable attention in recent times or have been mentioned directly by Sakurai in a positive light (except for Sheriff, he was added for being Nintendo's first actual character).
For Namco characters, it was by their mascot (Pac-Man) and the two series that have been directly mentioned by Namco-Bandai in regards to Smash, Tekken and Tales.
For non-Namco, Sonic, or Metal Gear 3rd Parties, it was if there is something about them that is in regards to Smash discussion by their creators or whatnot. With the exception of Simon. He was added because Kojima is in control of his series now and could easily ask Sakurai to include him either alongside Snake or in place of him.