Super Smash Bros. Infinite Project (Finally Finished!???)

[Yiptap]

I hope y'all spared this champ.

 

[Jomosensual]

This is my chance to throw in Silent Hill. I've been waiting for the perfect chance, and now it may finally come!

This is me, but with Far Cry

 

[Tankman from Newgrounds]

I bet everyone wanted Kiryu as first DLC Character.

Because we could have SEGA rep again as DLC.

 

[tonygameman]

Ever since Iori was added into a roster, I thought to myself: "Assuming that they're not ineligible, since Rayman and probably Hayabusa are de-confirmed, why not bring up an another SNK rep/fighter as our counterpart for Mega Man/Resident Evil, but not from a fighting game considering that Terry and Iori are already there?"

As one of my mentors and fellow chad, Mr. Robotto , said back in a fighting game job/prompt, we were trying to bring up an another SNK rep since the start of this project, and we also have a Smash Dungeon enemy (and an assist trophy nomination; plus an already-written moveset), so I think we're taking this chance to finally show the might of , fellow soldiers! (proudly salutes for good luck)

 

[Adrianette Bromide]

Shin Megami Tensei V's Nahobino

Purple

Purple leak Nahobino

The Nahobino is purple

Purple

Purple nurple

Nahobino

Shinmegamitenseifive

 

[Tankman from Newgrounds]

Shin Megami Tensei V's Nahobino

Purple

Purple leak Nahobino

The Nahobino is purple

Purple

Purple nurple

Nahobino

Shinmegamitenseifive

He's blue, not purple.

Better the Purple Character for Smash could be Nei from Phantasy Star!
She could be another SEGA Rep,

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

Shin Megami Tensei V's Nahobino

Purple

Purple leak Nahobino

The Nahobino is purple

Purple

Purple nurple

Nahobino

Shinmegamitenseifive

Nahobino is deconfirmed as we already have a purple character and so Nahobino would be way to similar to Waluigi.

 

[GolisoPower]

Question: I know the game's out, but I noticed we didn't do an alt costume job for Cloud, Corrin and Bayonetta. Are we past the point of adding them now that it's out, was that job done already, or will that be a future job?

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

Question: I know the game's out, but I noticed we didn't do an alt costume job for Cloud, Corrin and Bayonetta. Are we past the point of adding them now that it's out, was that job done already, or will that be a future job?

It will be something we will work on during particular lulls. The leadership team has been working on backing stuff up but our own daily lives has largely been taking precedence.

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

Talking about palettes.....

Red	Black Based on Nega Eggman	Blue Based on Maria Robotnik	Orange Based on Egg Pawn	Green Based on	Dark Red Based on Dr. Robotnik
White Based on Gerald Robotnik	Dark Blue Based on Mecha Sonic	Yellow Based on Emerl	Purple Based on Time Eater	Pink Based on Infinite	Grey Based on a Sprite as well as the Death Egg

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

Talking about palettes.....

View attachment 339637 Red	View attachment 339638 Black Based on Nega Eggman	View attachment 339640 Blue Based on Maria Robotnik	View attachment 339641Orange Based on Egg Pawn	View attachment 339642 Green Based on	View attachment 339643 Dark Red Based on Dr. Robotnik
View attachment 339644 White Based on Gerald Robotnik	View attachment 339645 Dark Blue Based on Mecha Sonic	View attachment 339646 Yellow Based on Emerl	View attachment 339647 Purple Based on Time Eater	View attachment 339648 Pink Based on Infinite	View attachment 339649 Grey Based on a Sprite as well as the Death Egg

Will the new veteran alts get photoshops?

 

[Commander_Alph]

Will the new veteran alts get photoshops?

Depends really, I'm actually working on it on my spare time although not much. I only completed 1 so far.

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

Will the new veteran alts get photoshops?

I highly doubt it unless I get help. One character takes little over a week given my hectic schedule.

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

Alternative Costumes Submission: Please submit Alternate Colors for Cloud, Bayonetta, and Corrin
We will be submitting alternate colors for Bayonetta, Cloud, and Corrin. Now, you may submit an alternate costume but we can’t 100% gaurantee these will be accepted. In really depends on the quality of costume submissions, that being said, we will be accepting colors so please focus on those. Also, please be aware that there theee charqcters have two costumes each so make sure to indiciate what costume this color is for.​

 

[Oddball]

Cloud
1. his basic gray-ish blue uniform
2. A more vibrant brighter blue version of his outfit
3. A purple ish version to batter match the original Map screen Polygon
4. A red SOLDIER outfit like his Play 2 colors on Ergheiz

5. Advent Children Costume
6. Advent Children costume in white (Rufus Shinra reference)
7. Advent Children costume in blue (to more closely match his SOLDIER look)

8. Cloud in a dress

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

Cloud
1. his basic gray-ish blue uniform
2. A more vibrant brighter blue version of his outfit
3. A purple ish version to batter match the original Map screen Polygon
4. A red SOLDIER outfit like his Play 2 colors on Ergheiz

5. Advent Children Costume
6. Advent Children costume in white (Rufus Shinra reference)
7. Advent Children costume in blue (to more closely match his SOLDIER look)

8. Cloud in a dress

One submission per character per user. Plus, one character gets just for alts. When submitting, please do try to provide a picture and a color slot for that costume to be plugged into. Finally, please elaborate why that costume should be included. This especially true for more obscure references.

 

[Tankman from Newgrounds]

My Alt. Submissions:
Camilla (Purple)

Their Clothes will become purple with black-colored parts like Camilla has and their draconic Parts will also become Purple.

Malboro (Green)

His clothes will become Green and his sword becomes yellowish, resembling Malboro's teeth.
The Alt is for both forms.

Bayonetta 3 (Navy)

Her clothes will become Navy with black accents, including her guns. Also, the small change is that her Hair is Different, because it can promote Bayonetta 3.

I submitted these, because they could fit into the Game like Purple Corrin, Green Cloud and Navy Bayonetta with small change based on Bayonetta 3.

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

Alright folks!!

We will be showing off our first ever DLC fighter fir the Game Awards!! This character is set to be revealed during the opening of this event and set to release on January 27th.

Job 224rompt: Submit a Game which is either Nominated for 2021 Game Awards or won a Category for Game Awards 2016 to 2020​

We will be submitting a character that either A) is on the list if candidates for the Game Awards 2921 or B) previously won a category between 2016-2020. The character will represent our first DLC character. Following this one, we will then add three more characters but will adjust the positioning of the first season to make it visually appealing. This one will remain the first

When submitting, please provide the following content:

• Franchise, Game, and Character​
• In the case of TGAS 2021, what category it’s nominated for​
• In the case of 2016-2020, what category did it win and in what year​
• A write-up of why this character should be included as our first DLC​

We reserve the write to disqualify any submissions if we deem them unfitting for the rules. This will be our very first dlc character and will help set the tone of the first season pass so we are looking for strong and hype-inducing leads to start us off. For the reason, we have several rules to help guide submissions in the right direction. The rules are as follows:

• Character and franchise should be moderately popular​
• Charqcter should represent that game/franchise for the most part​
• Third party only​
• No 4th party
• No fighting games (We just got Iori)
• No SNK (same as above)
• No Resident Evil (revealed at last years TGA)
• No Sonic (Eggman was rather recent)
• Capcom is ok
• Character doesn’t have to be on a Nintendo system

 

[PeridotGX]

I'm going right for the big boy.
Kratos (God of War)

A Sony character is the final frontier when it comes to Smash impossibilities, and Kratos is likely the most iconic. The reboot won Game of the Year 2018. This very angry bald man would be cool.

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

elephant

elephant murder game
elephant
elephant

JK, I jest. I'll try to make a proper submission.

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

Dingodile - 2019 - Best Sports/Racing Game (Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fuelled)

An advisary turned buddy of Crash Bandicoot, Dingodile would bring a hybrid vaccum-flamethrower into battle to switch between wind to draw foes near and flames to blast them away! Of course, he is only here to promote his diner.

I was gonna submit Cuphead, but I know for a fact we'd make him a terrible uberzoner like Mega Man so I went for Dingo instead.

 

[tonygameman]

Oh heckin' YEAH! I've been waiting for this moment and chance!

(sighs in relief) Now that takes many of us back to the 2000's, including myself. There's many nostalgic games in this console we all grew up with as a young kid, like Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter, Sly Cooper, and most of all, the topic of this post, so it's time to rip ourselves a new one with the two and only...

Job #224: The Game Awards Newcomer - Ratchet and Clank

Franchise: Ratchet & Clank
Companies: Sony Interactive Entertainment (publisher) and Insomniac Games (developer; also known for Spyro the Dragon and a Marvel universe with Spider-Man, Miles Morales and Wolverine)
Games in The Game Awards:

• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (PlayStation 5; 2021 - over six nominations: Game of the Year, Game Direction, Best Action/Adventure Game, Art Direction, Audio Design and Accessibility - vote in any of them whenever you can!)
• Ratchet & Clank (PlayStation 4; 2016 - nominated in Best Action/Adventure and Best Family Game)

Who are Ratchet and Clank?

Ratchet & Clank is one of Sony's flagship franchises on their PlayStation console brand, created and developed by Insomniac Games since it's debut on PlayStation 2 in November 4th, 2002. The series focuses on 3D action platforming gameplay (akin to fellow "collectathon" games, Super Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie) with third-person shooting elements, following science fiction-based adventures of the eponymous intergalactic adventurer duo, Ratchet (a young Lombax mechanic and pilot, who lived in Veldin) and Clank (a sentient Zoni robot, who was deemed "defective" and ran away from Quartu) as they travel through the Solana Galaxy, saving it from evil forces that consistently threaten it, such as villains like Doctor Nefarious (their arch-enemy), Chairman Alonzo Drek, Courtney Gears (her theme), Gleeman Vox, Otto Destruct, Luna (yes, a little girl is evil), Emperor Percival Tachyon, Captain Angstrom Darkwater and Romulus Slag, with the help of various allies like Captain Qwark, Big Al, Angela Cross (in Going Commando), Sasha Phyronix, Merc and Green (in Deadlocked), Talwyn Apogee, Cronk & Zephyr, Alister Azimuth (in A Crack in Time), Rusty Pete, etc.

Why They Deserve to be in Smash?

Thanks to it's charm which is full of over-the-top characters, epic story-telling & gameplay, catchy & intense music and wacky, funnily awkward moments (this old animated commercial, some weapons and a whole TV Tropes page also says it all - even for us adults), the franchise itself is so popular that it's titular heroes basically became one of Sony's most consistent, longest-enduring and iconic mascots alongside Kratos, Nathan Drake, Sackboy, etc. (Crash was declared one back in the PS1 era while under their ownership), thus appearing in multiple other PlayStation games and crossovers (yes, an Among Us one is real and then there's Fall Guys), even having a manga released in Japan (their games sold very big in the country with "The Best" titles and even has Crash-like changes as demonstrated above, a exclusive PS3 triple pack, bizarre anniversary videos and was the first Western-developed game bundled with a console), a comic book series by DC Comics in 2010, a theatrical feature film in 2016, etc. Ratchet & Clank would also represent a new company, Sony Interactive Entertainment themselves in this case (Microsoft has a fellow platforming mascot duo, Banjo & Kazooie and Minecraft's Steve, after all), and would complete the trio of main, prominent console developers alongside Microsoft and Nintendo.

While there are other Sony characters to pick up from their first-party exclusive library, Ratchet and Clank seems like a strong, logical contender/front-runner because of their popularity even in Japan (as just explained above), Nintendo-like cartoony aesthetics (alongside LittleBigPlanet; considering that most of Sony's still-living IPs, such as God of War, Uncharted and The Last of Us, are more realistic-looking and dark/mature in resemblance & theme/rating respectively) and would allow a development team to think ideas from "outside the box" due to how interesting a franchise is and should unironically fit in Smash very well, as explained below. I mean, Sony gave Epic Games permission to use Kratos and Aloy in Fortnite, with both skins being usable in other consoles such as Nintendo Switch itself, so they're open to share their IPs to other companies if they want to.

These facts alone, especially the last part, would be worth for a potentially very huge and strong hype-inducing reveal, which may even exceed Joker's reveal back in 2018 (at least in the level of him, Banjo & Kazooie, Steve, Sephiroth, Sora or even a Sans costume), considering that all three companies teamed up a few times before with executives showing up together the same year (a legendary moment for our lord, Reggie) and working on making social/online gaming more responsible and safer. And let's not forget how both Sony and Nintendo started the development of the original PlayStation console together, back when it was planned as a CD-ROM add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. You may think at this point: "Console wars are over."

Even Masahiro Sakurai himself likes PlayStation itself, having a PS1 Classic Mini and & six PS3 and PS4s, one of them being the latter's Pro model on his console collection and played over 240 games in 2019. He even shared his thoughts of their newest console, PlayStation 5 and also highly recommended Astro's Playroom, which is a huge, all-encompassing love letter/tribute to it's history (which also include Ratchet & Clank as a easter egg/cameo in Turbo Trail, the first stage of SSD Speedway, a world based on PlayStation 2). After all, Sakurai said a few times before that Smash is more of a "celebration of gaming" rather than being just about Nintendo's IPs themselves.

In case anyone's still questioning all of this, let me tell you about rivals promoting each other's consoles:
Two years back before Banjo-Kazooie was ported to Nintendo Switch as part of a Nintendo 64 line-up for Nintendo Switch Online's expansion pack, during a duo's presentation stream in September 2019, Sakurai told watchers/Nintendo fans that if they want to play the original game itself, they should try it with Xbox One, which made Xbox trending on Twitter in Japan after a stream.

How They Would Work?

Of course, this isn't their first time in a platform fighting game, since they once appeared in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, which was released on PlayStation 3 and Vita in 2012, so they can be easily translated to Smash. They also have a VERY HUGE moveset potential thanks to LOTS OF crazy, unique weapons and gadgets besides Ratchet's signature OmniWrench, which he uses as a melee/boomerang-like weapon, wall-jumping, floating in the air with Clank's Heli-Pack, using Swingshot for a tether recovery-grab and using either their most powerful and badassest weapon, R.Y.N.O. (especially it's upgrade, R.Y.N.O. Xtreme from the 2016 reboot, complete with 1812 Overture from A Crack in Time playing in the background - pretty much their own counterpart of Doomguy/Doom Slayer's BFG 9000), their spaceship (Aphelion in the R&C Future trilogy released on PlayStation 3) or Clank's giant form in their Final Smash, allowing for multiple playstyle/mechanic possibilities (check BirthNote 's sketches of both) with a weapon switch/upgrade gimmick and maybe even the Groovitron & Mr. Zurkon (with unique quotes towards other fighters) as their taunts.

Besides, we need more duo fighters since there's only like four of them (Ice Climbers, Rosalina & Luma, Duck Hunt Duo and Banjo & Kazooie themselves). And also, who wants to bring a wrench to a gunfight? (intentional reference)

Their alternate dimension counterparts from the recent installment (Rift Apart on PlayStation 5), Rivet and Kit (using a hammer instead of OmniWrench and a warbot mode in place of Giant Clank), would also possibly join in as their alternate costumes (besides various armors and skins). And speaking of content representation, there's dozens of materials to pick up for stage (like Kerwan, which appeared in a few games), music (a soundtrack is so GODDAMN good, so take both a good listen and advice from videos below! - imagine a banger remix of Metropolis in a reveal trailer and this as his victory theme over the results screen similarly to Cloud's), assist trophy, item, boss and spirit possibilties in forthcoming jobs/prompts. Maybe even bring up other Sony-owned PlayStation franchises for additional content like Mii costumes and spirits?

And congratulations to everyone, who managed to read this whole post (hopefully every part of this long-written research with passion and emotions paid off), so remember this! (fans revived the online multiplayer support itself with even a Discord server - Epic stole from us)

 

[Adrianette Bromide]

Game Awards Character: The Nahobino from Shin Megami Tensei V

From the hit game Shin Megami Tensei V, otherwise known as Persona without the heart, it's the main character, The Protagonist. With no canon name, it would only be suitable to call him by the name of the being he becomes, Nahobino. This demon summoning swordsman hails from a long spanning an influential series being the first monster taming RPG before even Pokemon.

The game has been nominated for best RPG and it's no slouch. The game features huge open areas with tons of collectibles to find, a strategic and in depth battle system that forces you to think through every boss encounter and a cast of over 200 demons to recruit and fuse together.

The Nahobino himself is an ordinary highschool student that gets flung into a mysterious demon infested version of Tokyo known as Da'at. Almost succumbing to the forces of chaos, he is saved by a being known as Aogami who fuses together with him to become a being known as a Nahobino, a creature forsaken by God. He gains the ability to communicate with demons and use them to fight others with strong physical attacks, an array of elemental magic strikes and sickening ailments.

 

[chocolatejr9]

Game Awards rep: Razputin Aquato

Raz is the main protagonist of the cult classic Psychonauts series. A young psychic who grew up in the circus, he ran away from home in order to pursue his dream of joining the titular Psychonauts organization. The newest game, Psychonauts 2, has been nominated for five awards, including Game of the Year (and if it doesn't at least win Best Art Direction, SO GOD HELP ME...). Raz's moveset woild not only take cues from his circus roots, but also the various psychic abilities he learns throughout the games, such as pyrokenisis, telekinesis, levitation, and even the ability to slow down time! And those are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head: he's got PLENTY of material to work with, and would fit right in with Smash (more so than most other Game Awards nominees, at least).

 

[Tankman from Newgrounds]

Game Awards Rep submittion:
Master Chief (Halo)
(I don't need a photo, so you guys can recognize Him from his Green Costume)

Who is Master Chief.
John 117, aka Master Chief is main character of Halo series and very iconic VG Character from whole VG history. He is Spartan soldier, who kills Aliens (Known as Flood) on Planets and he is Microsoft's flagship Mascot. He is known for being Iconic character and his franchise is like Star Wars of Gaming.
John 117 was a boy, who has great skills before being recruited by mysterious Organization and later, he was Cryofrozen for 20 years and after that, he became soldier after training for long after just after being frozen.
He is also most highly requested Character for Super Smash Bros and a lot of Western fans could really want him in the Game, along with possibly Eastern fans, who knew Halo franchise.

Regarding about his Moveset:
Master Chief's Moveset could borrow from every Halo game from history, like Halo: Combat Evolved or Halo Infinite like his rifle or plasma pistol. He could also use Bubble shield or even Plasma Grenade in his Arsenal. He could be Mid-Heavyweight character, who could have 2 unique Gimmicks:
1. Close-Range combat switching - His first gimmick could be inspired from Halo Gameplay, where Master Chief can fight on range combat or close combat. When he is far from Enemy, he uses his Ranged Weapons, but when he's close to Enemy, he uses his Melee moves.
This gimmick only applies to Normal Attacks and Aerial Attacks. (Inspired by BrawlFan1's Idea)
2. Spartan Arsenal - Can switch weapons as Neutral Special, where he gets better weapons after Killing someone. When you got Killed, you drop the weapon and you go from highest to your lowest of your Weapons, Magnum (Inspired by CrakaboLazy's Idea on Super Smash bros. Something Else on Fantendo).
His Final Smash could be, where he sends opponents to cutscene, where he Rides on Warthog mobile with Arbiter and they ran over opponents on Warzone, killing them.

Why Master Chief?
I nominate Master Chief, because his Games like Halo Infinite and Halo Wars 2 were shown at Game awards from 2016-2020 and the Game (Halo Wars 2) was Nominated for Best strategy Game, along with Halo Infinite who is Nominated for this year's Game Awards 2021.
His Inclusion could promote Halo Infinite game, which it could hype up Halo fans and Smash Bros. Community and the Inclusion could be internet Breaking like Steve's, but better and for that, he could be another Microsoft Rep for Super Smash Bros. series after Banjo-Kazooie and Steve. I also really want him in Game, since he is very Iconic VG character with moderate Popular media like Novels or spin-off Games.
That's why I nominate Master Chief for Super Smash Bros. Infinite as game Awards Rep.

Last Words:
Like I said earlier, I really want Master Chief in Smash like most of SSB fans do and Master Chief is also one of Really Popular picks along with Kratos or Ratchet and Clank.

 

[cashregister9]

Job 224

I'll submit The Recruit from Fortnite

Infamy is still famous, and A Fortnite character is definitely infamous.

The Recruits are the Default skins in Fortnite, Fortnite took the whole world by storm in 2018 and as such created a phenomenon of Battle Royale games, The Defaults are the most seen skins and most other skins are derived from these characters.

A Fortnite character could bring some unique playstyles that enhance the concepts brought up with characters like Steve and Joker. The Recruit would be able to use many different firearms and abilities and can also build structures that give them a competitive advantage. The Recruit would be heavier but not slow and has a good jump, their move set could revolve around item management and pure survival.

The Most Famous character is obviously Jonesy followed by Ramirez. But the ones shown above and the ones mentioned are not the only ones, new ones were added just the other day!

Fortnite may be known for it's crossovers but it's original content has it's own quality and depth. It has consistent and interesting characters and lore as well as great music.

Also some people say it's a fad but it's been going strong since 2018, it had server issues on saturday because a record amount of people were trying to join the game at the same time. It's safe to say that it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

 

[Deleted member]

Dante

The star of Capcom's stylish action series and one of the main characters in Game Awards 2019 best action game winner Devil May Cry 5. The son of a legendary demon knight known as Sparda, Dante is a lazy and wise cracking supernatural private investigator who runs the Devil May Cry agency. His backstory often brings him face to face with powerful demons and his own brother, Virgil. Dante was a fairly common request during the Ultimate DLC cycle, and one that would exite a lot of fans if he was revealed at the game awards. He could have a fun moveset making use of his guns Ebony and Ivory and his sword Rebellion, alongside his demonic abilities. It could incorporate the style switching from his home series.

 

[PeridotGX]

Job 224

I'll submit The Recruit from Fortnite

Infamy is still famous, and A Fortnite character is definitely infamous.

The Recruits are the Default skins in Fortnite, Fortnite took the whole world by storm in 2018 and as such created a phenomenon of Battle Royale games, The Defaults are the most seen skins and most other skins are derived from these characters.

A Fortnite character could bring some unique playstyles that enhance the concepts brought up with characters like Steve and Joker. The Recruit would be able to use many different firearms and abilities and can also build structures that give them a competitive advantage. The Recruit would be heavier but not slow and has a good jump, their move set could revolve around item management and pure survival.

The Most Famous character is obviously Jonesy followed by Ramirez. But the ones shown above and the ones mentioned are not the only ones, new ones were added just the other day!

Can kratos be an alt

 

[Deleted member]

Can kratos be an alt

And master chief

and thanos

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

And master chief

and thanos

And Naruto

 

[cashregister9]

And Naruto

And let us not forget

 

[Tankman from Newgrounds]

And let us not forget

AND MASTER CHIEF!!
(Halo gang rise up for Master Chief!)

 

[Deleted member]

It's her time.

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

The prophecy must be fulfilled

Minecraft's Steve Was Codenamed "Pickel" During Smash Bros. Fighter Development

No, not that one

www.nintendolife.com

 

[chocolatejr9]

Oh boy, if we actually meme Fortnite into our game...

 

[Champion of Hyrule]

Is there any chance a character would be eligible if they themselves haven’t appeared in a game that was nominated for the goty awards but they have been in a series that was nominated recently? I’m guessing no but I’m gonna ask just in case

 

[Tankman from Newgrounds]

Oh boy, if we actually meme Fortnite into our game...

Yeah, let's milk it until we done.
And we have a huge crowd here, guess they wait for Master Chief....

 

[Capybara Gaming]

You know, even in the case of the more out there picks, like Sora, Joker, the FF boys, Snake, Banjo, and Steve, the character still had to make an appearance on a Nintendo console in a game from their own series first, and Sakurai has stated that is very much criteria for getting in, ergo, characters owned by Sony shouldn't be eligible unless their game has been on a Nintendo system before.

Sora - His series has had numerous titles on Nintendo.
Joker - Appeared in Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth on 3DS before joining Smash.
Cloud - Appeared in Theatrythm Final Fantasy on 3DS before joining Smash
Snake - Appeared in Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes on Gamecube before joining Smash

You can say "but muh Microsoft" but note how Master Chief, the brand's mascot, wasn't EITHER of the first two choices from the company, and still isn't in, whereas all the other Microsoft content (Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Doom) DID appear on a Nintendo system.

Venus of the Desert Bloom What do you have to say about this?

 

[Tankman from Newgrounds]

You know, even in the case of the more out there picks, like Sora, Joker, the FF boys, Snake, Banjo, and Steve, the character still had to make an appearance on a Nintendo console in a game from their own series first, and Sakurai has stated that is very much criteria for getting in, ergo, characters owned by Sony shouldn't be eligible unless their game has been on a Nintendo system before.

Sora - His series has had numerous titles on Nintendo.
Joker - Appeared in Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth on 3DS before joining Smash.
Cloud - Appeared in Theatrythm Final Fantasy on 3DS before joining Smash
Snake - Appeared in Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes on Gamecube before joining Smash

You can say "but muh Microsoft" but note how Master Chief, the brand's mascot, wasn't EITHER of the first two choices from the company, and still isn't in, whereas all the other Microsoft content (Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Doom) DID appear on a Nintendo system.

Venus of the Desert Bloom What do you have to say about this?

Well, if Master Chief won't be eligble for this job, I'll switch to DOOM slayer.
Unless if Doom Slayer or other Bethesda rep becomes a Mii Costume, Then I'll go with Tracer from Overwatch.

 

[WeirdChillFever]

You know, even in the case of the more out there picks, like Sora, Joker, the FF boys, Snake, Banjo, and Steve, the character still had to make an appearance on a Nintendo console in a game from their own series first, and Sakurai has stated that is very much criteria for getting in, ergo, characters owned by Sony shouldn't be eligible unless their game has been on a Nintendo system before.

Sora - His series has had numerous titles on Nintendo.
Joker - Appeared in Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth on 3DS before joining Smash.
Cloud - Appeared in Theatrythm Final Fantasy on 3DS before joining Smash
Snake - Appeared in Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes on Gamecube before joining Smash

You can say "but muh Microsoft" but note how Master Chief, the brand's mascot, wasn't EITHER of the first two choices from the company, and still isn't in, whereas all the other Microsoft content (Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Doom) DID appear on a Nintendo system.

Venus of the Desert Bloom What do you have to say about this?

I don’t think it’s a hard barrier. The closest we have to such is “might have had misgivings” with regards to Cloud, which is a quote from an interview in which Sakurai is pretty open to the idea of non-Nintendo characters and is even dismissive of the Nintendo-related alternatives.

—Final Fantasy VII (FFVII below) has never been released on a Nintendo console, so how did Cloud end up appearing in Smash?

Sakurai: Final Fantasy (FF below) is one of the few uniquely Japanese game series revered by players around the world. I think fans across the globe have hoped a character from one of those series would appear in Smash, so it was only a matter of time. At the same time, there are only so many big-name titles we can work with at this point—mainly because we’ve covered most of those bases. Aside from the major globally-recognized franchises already featured in Smash, there really aren’t that many left.

—That’s true. No other franchises come to mind.

Sakurai: Exactly. And within the FF franchise, Cloud is without question the most popular choice. A number of people fixate on the fact his original game was never released on a Nintendo console, but if we were to limit our choices to characters who appeared on a Nintendo console, we’d end up with Bartz from FFV or the Onion Knight from FFIII—how would that work? Maybe they could change jobs or something… Actually, that would be kind of interesting (laughs).

(Everyone laughs)

Sakurai: At the same time, I think it’s only natural to prioritize the character who enjoys worldwide popularity. I might have had misgivings if Cloud had never appeared on a Nintendo console in any form, though.

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Of course, I’m all for discussion and there’s room for debate, but to say everyone “had to” make an appearance on a Nintendo console and that it is “stated to be very much a criteria” is in my opinion not a statement that is undeniably backed up by evidence