Andydark
Smash Journeyman
I just read that someone doubts they'll buy a Nintendo console because of the roster. Most of these complaints are on the grounds that clones are in the game. Isn't this exactly how the release of Melee went?
Melee had 25/26 characters total. And boys and girls, let's review. In regards to unique characters Melee added...
Peach
Bowser
Zelda/Sheik
Mewtwo
Game and Watch
Ice Climbers
Marth
That is 7/8 newcomers (depending on whether you seperate Zelda/Sheik) between Melee and N64.
That would put the 'clone free' roster at 19/20. In total, adding 7/8 to the original game.
Brawl's total roster is 35/40 (Sheik, Pokemon Trainer, and ZSS included in the latter number) and the non cloned new comers...
Pit
Wario
(ZSS)
Ike
Pokemon Trainer (C/I/S)
Diddy
Metaknight
Snake
Sonic
Dedede
Olimar
ROB
(I personally feel Lucario is just Mewtwo's replacement, so he's not on this list)
This puts the clone free roster at 30/35, adding 11/15 to Melee
Even not including Sheik/ZSS/Pokemon, the roster expanded more between Melee and Brawl than it did between Melee and N64.
Honestly, do you really have a right to complain? Sakurai made no promises of clone-freeness, the only time he supposedly said that... (Note the supposedly?)
Would you all have been happier if the clones just didn't exist? But what would the point of that be? Clones or not, they play differently enough from the originals. I can understand frustration at the idea that Wolf is yet another Fox clone... But to be so frustrated as to not buy another Nintendo SYSTEM again?
I apologize if some of the math above is off, I just woke up but felt angry enough to post this.
Melee had 25/26 characters total. And boys and girls, let's review. In regards to unique characters Melee added...
Peach
Bowser
Zelda/Sheik
Mewtwo
Game and Watch
Ice Climbers
Marth
That is 7/8 newcomers (depending on whether you seperate Zelda/Sheik) between Melee and N64.
That would put the 'clone free' roster at 19/20. In total, adding 7/8 to the original game.
Brawl's total roster is 35/40 (Sheik, Pokemon Trainer, and ZSS included in the latter number) and the non cloned new comers...
Pit
Wario
(ZSS)
Ike
Pokemon Trainer (C/I/S)
Diddy
Metaknight
Snake
Sonic
Dedede
Olimar
ROB
(I personally feel Lucario is just Mewtwo's replacement, so he's not on this list)
This puts the clone free roster at 30/35, adding 11/15 to Melee
Even not including Sheik/ZSS/Pokemon, the roster expanded more between Melee and Brawl than it did between Melee and N64.
Honestly, do you really have a right to complain? Sakurai made no promises of clone-freeness, the only time he supposedly said that... (Note the supposedly?)
Would you all have been happier if the clones just didn't exist? But what would the point of that be? Clones or not, they play differently enough from the originals. I can understand frustration at the idea that Wolf is yet another Fox clone... But to be so frustrated as to not buy another Nintendo SYSTEM again?
I apologize if some of the math above is off, I just woke up but felt angry enough to post this.