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Honestly, Toys For Bob has said they'd like a shot at remaking the Banjo games, and I would LOVE for them to be able to do that.
Unless I am missing something, Birdo and Bowser Jr don’t seem to have updated renders yet. Also Pauline but she seems to recent.
Some things of note:
Reminder of the Kongs' teeth in Brawl.
Rosalina was also changed to be floating it seems and she has her wand now. I think she's also smiling now
I like pretty much all of that. Cel-shaded. Stage forms. Battle cards.
No they wouldn't.
If Bananza really is a prequel where Pauline is a little girl, would Diddy even be born yet?
Cranky Kong being in the game means it’s likely not a prequel.
inb4 the new antagonist was an old nemesis of cranky’s before he ever kidnapped pauline and he’s trying to erase his lineage with a time paradox
When in doubt, time travelling shenanigans.
The best thing that could come out of this is for people to FINALLY stop complaining that Nintendo is 'abandoning'/'forgetting' Diddy Kong all of a sudden. Even though at least in my eyes, even if he doesn't show up in Bananza, I think he is a 200% lock for the Mario Kart World DLC and I wouldn't be shocked if someone told me that Nintendo was planning for it from the beginning.
nintendo loves toadette
Yeah, I agree. I know it’s a bit of a gray area but I think that as long as it came from a video game adaptation, that should be okay. Especially when that adaptation is so closely tied to Nintendo. They’d never get in over Jinx, Yasuo, or Ahri but I feel like Silco, Mel, and Ambessa should also qualify for that same reason.
I can’t believe you’re not talking about killer instinct
I could. Do you want me to?
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Lugia was created for the second Pokémon movie before later appearing in the games. If Lugia can be a Poke Ball, Team Rocket should be allowed.
yes. what is the point in bringing KI64 to the switch if the resident KI fan doesn't talk about itIs that better fogbadge?
That’s a great point lol. Honestly, I just got up when I posted the Team Rocket post so I hadn’t had a chance to see the KI news yet. Curious if MaximillianDood will cover it on his channel. He’s a much bigger KI fan than even I am. I love the games, music, and characters but I’ve never been into the competitive fighting game scene. I just enjoyed playing casually with friends.
I think that's a false equivalency though.
I’d say playing with friends is the best way to play a multiplayer game
Yeah, that’s why I say it’s a gray area. I think both sides of the argument make sense. Personally, I feel like Nintendo related properties like Pokemon should have a bit more leeway in that department. Team Rocket as an organization was made up for the original game, the anime just made up two individual members and gave them personalities that people could really connect with. I think that makes them close enough to the spirit of the gaming only rule that it wouldn’t break anything. The rule is just a self imposed limitation anyways and it’s never been inflexible. We’ve had characters like ROB, Lucario, Dracula, and Medusa among others have some role in Smash already. Dr. Kawashima is a real person and he got in as an Assist Trophy for Brain Age.
I agree. I think a character is a "video game character", simply because that's what the general public primarily associate them with. And Jesse and James or Goku are primarily associated with anime (or atleast that's my impression).
Why are you talking about "Advent Children Cloud" as if he's a different guy? It's just Cloud with more belts.
I would agree that they are primarily associated with the anime since that’s where they originated. They have made several game appearances though. I guess the argument comes down to whether you make an exception for video game adaptations. Characters originating from adaptations technically aren’t video game characters, but they are very closely tied to them and I believe they count in spirit. It depends how literally you want to take the game origins only rule. Some like myself are a bit more flexible with it as long as it keeps the spirit of the rule. Since Pokemon is so closely tied to Nintendo, I’d say that should give them more flexibility with that rule.
Totally. I think that’s one of the big draws to Jesse and James beyond just being great characters themselves. If they could work out the licensing for the music, that would be awesome. Music is something there is 100% precedent for with Advent Children.
I’d say the precedent with the music from the Pikmin adverts. All the advent children music we have are remixes from the original game
No, no aside. Ash Greninja factually originated from the anime. Advent Children Cloud factually orginated from a movie. Things that originate in video game adaptations can appear in Smash. It is a thing that has already happened.
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Ash was also namedropped in Pokémon Trainer's trophy description in Smash 4.This one is more in the pure speculation camp but I’ve heard people suggest that Ash Ketchum appears in the Smash 64 opening cinematic. You just see a pair of legs so there’s no way to really know for sure. If this was actually meant to be Ash, then that’s some precedent.
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Ash Greninja is also in Smash Ultimate as Greninja’s Final Smash if I recall correctly so that’s another direct reference to the anime. Ash Greninja also debuted in the anime and specifically references Ash Ketchum.
I think the reason this has never happened is that anime music is really expensive to license, that's why Bandai Namco has those songs as DLC packs in their games nowadays to justify licensing costs.
And the weird instance of Karin Kanzuki from Street fighter having a spirit when she was created for the Street fighter manga years before being added to a game.
Primary association is the only thing that matters to me. I'm not a smash-speculation-lawyer so I won't argue the technicalities, or whether not this or that reference to a thing in an anime is a real precedent that justifies adding Team Rocket. I just think it would be a bad inclusion.
Pokémon! Gotta catch some of them!
We have the DK Rap, now we need the Pokérap
Saikou Everyday is the best Pokemon theme.
That’s fair. I’m just getting bored of the newest starter as the default choice pattern and thought this would be something wildly fresh and different. It helps that they were by far my favorite thing about the anime and my favorite characters from anything Pokemon related. I get that it’s kind of a wild idea so it’s natural a lot of people would rather have something more traditional.
Doomerism? I’m just saying I think I think it would be more interesting to change things up once in a while. How is that doomerism? Modern starter designs haven’t really appealed much to me lately. I think we have different definitions of doomerism. To me, doomerism is saying that everything sucks and it will only continue to get worse, often so irrationally. Or saying “What’s even the point in speculating when it’s obviously going to be X thing I don’t like?” Saying you think other options are more interesting isn’t the same thing.
