Starter or Unlockable?

[Sonicguy726]

Lucario was an unlockable in brawl so it would be common sense that he would be that again but since brawl Lucario has become a secondary mascot for the series being featured in tons of merchandise and having a big role in X and Y so that could change, What do you think?

 

[Mr.Seven]

My guess is that he'll be unlockable. But then again, with his importance in X and Y, it could change. He basically became the face of the newer generations of Pokemon.

 

[#HBC | Red Ryu]

Most likely unlockable.

 

[VioletSmashfan]

It could be 50/50% that he could end up as a starter (he is the 2nd mascot more or less now), or unlockable (this assuming Pokémon ends up with the same exact reps from Brawl).

 

[Sonicguy726]

It could be 50/50% that he could end up as a starter (he is the 2nd mascot more or less now), or unlockable (this assuming Pokémon ends up with the same exact reps from Brawl).

Plus mewtwo

 

[VioletSmashfan]

Plus mewtwo

And yes Mewtwo.

 

[Jason the Yoshi]

Eh, it really depends on whether or not Mewtwo comes back. I think if both are in the game, Mewtwo would be the one you'd have to unlock.

 

[VioletSmashfan]

Eh, it really depends on whether or not Mewtwo comes back. I think if both are in the game, Mewtwo would be the one you'd have to unlock.

I agree 100%, although Lucario could end up being the 1st character to be unlocked, like Jigglypuff was in the 1st 2 Smash games.

 

[GmanSir]

It makes sense for marth to be a starter, but for Lucario? If Mewtwo returns/have a new unlockable poke rep, then yeah Lucario would be a starter

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

Hoping that Goku (Lucario) is a starter.

 

[andimidna]

Starter. Everybody confirmed so far except for Megaman, Sonic, and Luigi should be starters...

 

[Sonicguy726]

Starter. Everybody confirmed so far except for Megaman, Sonic, and Luigi should be starters...

Also rosalina, she's been unlockable in everything she's been in

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I feel that Lucario will be an unlockable again, but it could be one of the earlier unlockables this time.

 

[andimidna]

Also rosalina, she's been unlockable in everything she's been in

Nah, she was confirmed in 2013.

 

[Sonicguy726]

Nah, she was confirmed in 2013.

Soooooo....

 

[andimidna]

Soooooo....

Who else would they make a starter? She was confirmed closer to the announcement in the halfway mark between that and release date.
I don't think only Villager, Wii Fit Trainer, and Little Mac will be starters.

 

[Sonicguy726]

Who else would they make a starter? She was confirmed closer to the announcement in the halfway mark between that and release date.
I don't think only Villager, Wii Fit Trainer, and Little Mac will be starters.

The other characters they announce before release

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

I'm starting to think that Lucario will be unlockable with Prism Tower.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

Nah, she was confirmed in 2013.

Revealing a character does not instantly equal a starter though.

 

[Depressed Gengar]

This one's really iffy, but I'm going with starter.

 

[True Blue Warrior]

Revealing a character does not instantly equal a starter though.

Her being unlockable in Mario does not automatically mean she will be here, otherwise by that kind of argument Luigi would have been a starter character in the previous Smash games.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

Her being unlockable in Mario does not automatically mean she will be here, otherwise by that kind of argument Luigi would have been a starter character in the previous Smash games.

Think about it though. Mario Kart 8 revealed the Koopalings, and I highly doubt that they'll be available right off the bat. This could apply to Smash Bros. as well.

 

[Scarylemon]

Early unlockable for lucario

 

[Ryan.]

My guess is unlockable.

 

[Starcutter]

Pikachu and Lucario as Pokemon starters

 

[#HBC | Red Ryu]

Pikachu will be a starter, at least that much is guaranteed.

 

[Aenglaan]

We know that unlockable characters can become starter characters (C. Falcon, Ness, and apparently Luigi), so I don't think it would be that far fetched to say that Lucario is a starter. He still could be unlockable, though, given that Snake and Sonic were officially revealed before the release date and were still unlockable.

 

[Gune]

I think since PT is at this point pretty much deconfirmed Lucario can definitely be a starter.

 

[Sonicguy726]

I think since PT is at this point pretty much deconfirmed Lucario can definitely be a starter.

Although they could just do pikachu and charizard and even greninja if they wanted to, I mean he's a starter in his own games

 

[Thor]

I foresee two/three Pokémon reps being starters: Pikachu, Charizard, and ______, which is either Greninja or Lucario.

Lucario could get a promotion, but given that Pikachu and Charizard are historically starters, both in Smash and in their respective games, it makes no sense to make either unlockable. I can see Lucario being a starter or not, for me it's a coin-flip. Heads, he's unlockable, tails, he's a starter (because tails never fails).

I'm flipping the coin now:

*flips*

My nickel came up tails. So Lucario will be a starter, unless you think I had to flip a quarter (usually the flipping coin of choice), at which point the flip is invalid. I'm too lazy to go find a quarter.

 

[Trigger123]

I'm assuming lucario and greninja being unlockable

 

[DM1]

Sakurai said the only reason Luigi was announced was because Year of Luigi, so a lot of people assume he generally isn't revealing any characters that are unlockable. That being said though, I think it might be a little bizarre to have 4 Mario reps, 4 Zelda reps, and 5 pokemon reps right off the bat. And, excluding Luigi (and Megaman and Sonic who are probably going to be unlockable), we're already up to a starting roster of 26 whilst brawl only had 20 (24 including alt/transformation characters). I'm starting to question whether some characters will be unlockable.

 

[praline]

A part of me wants to think everyone confirmed so far barring 3rd parties are starters.

 

[Forlorn Penguin]

A part of me wants to think everyone confirmed so far barring 3rd parties are starters.

I'm going with this. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Sakurai not reveal any locked characters for Brawl until after it's release, because he considered them "spoilers"? This excludes Sonic and Snake obviously, as they had to be revealed beforehand for hype and all that jazz, with third-party characters being a big deal then.

With that in mind, I'd assume that every character we've seen so far (aside from Sonic and Megaman) will be starters. The only perplexing thing about this though, is that it would make Luigi a starter, despite him having been locked in every previous game.

But, if this speculation is true, Pikachu, Charizard, Lucario, and Greninja will all be the Pokemon starters, with Jigglypuff and any others that may be joining (or re-joining, in Mewtwo's case) being locked.

 

[praline]

I'm going with this. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Sakurai not reveal any locked characters for Brawl until after it's release, because he considered them "spoilers"? This excludes Sonic and Snake obviously, as they had to be revealed beforehand for hype and all that jazz, with third-party characters being a big deal then.

With that in mind, I'd assume that every character we've seen so far (aside from Sonic and Megaman) will be starters. The only perplexing thing about this though, is that it would make Luigi a starter, despite him having been locked in every previous game.

But, if this speculation is true, Pikachu, Charizard, Lucario, and Greninja will all be the Pokemon starters, with Jigglypuff and any others that may be joining (or re-joining, in Mewtwo's case) being locked.

It might be different for Luigi as everyone knows he'd never get cut so he just got confirmed.

 

[Forlorn Penguin]

It might be different for Luigi as everyone knows he'd never get cut so he just got confirmed.

Yeah, I thought of that too. It's possible.

 

[Sonicguy726]

I don't think he's revealing starters only just characters that coincide with game releases

 

[VioletSmashfan]

 

[CrusherMania1592]

I wanna go ahead and say an early unlockable this time

 

[Gune]

betting money on starter, second pokemon revealed still the same move set wouldn't be surprising to see him as a starter.