* WARNING *
The following is purely speculation. It may or may not be in, but it is expected from you that you won't scream bullcrap like "IT WON'T BE IN IT LOLZ NICE TRY THO", because, as I stated, it's purely a what if. It has a high chance it won't be in Brawl. Anyone who fails to notice this is a douche.
Well, with the update of two weeks ago we've got a semi-Sheik. But doesn't it make you think?
Face it, we now have two confirmed shape-shifters, and one who might be a former shape-shifter (but there is just a very molecular chance that Sheik might return after all). So, what does this say?
Basically... nothing. For all we know we won't be able to start out as ZSSamus, we won't be able to use Charizard as our starter pokémon. However, what if...
What if Sakurai has figured it all out, what if he's playing mind-games. There is a possibility for ZSSamus to return to armored Samus, by the use of a BACON. It could be a streight-forward one like ZSSamus calling up her gunship and then jumping in it, donning her armor again. It could also be a big mind-game where Sakurai confirms Dark Samus, and later shoves her off as ZSSamus' BACON, by use of the Rage mode. Then, Dark Samus can turn into Samus again by a Phazon discharge.
But anyway, the big point is, how will Sakurai allow us to start as ZSSamus? He could pull off a Sheik-trigger, by letting us hold a specific button.
But then you would be screwed with the Pokémon Trainer, who has three Pokémon. So, how do we do this one?
First of all, Sakurai wanted to keep the character select screen a secret. We don't know if there are additional icons for each player, plus, it's still in development phase. So far Sakurai gave us nothing with the update about names, except that it's just as limited as in Melee. But it did show that what we've seen for each player... was all.
Now, what's the point of this? I just wanted to point out something that could debunk the following thing I'm writing. For anyone who has forgotten what this specific update was, visit this link.
Now, it could be that you have to unlock this ability for some transforming characters. This could already save the idea below from the point stated above. So, what would be the idea? A special button, somewhere on the player tab, which allows you to change characters, without holding some ridiculous button combination. Right above or below the character, you would see a set of icons which would specify with which character you would love to begin with. The character portrait will also change.
A less tedious way would be to use a certain button to change the starter on the fly. This does mean that you wouldn't have to click a certain icon to change your character, as stated above. But how could it work?
Basically, on the character select screen, we would need these buttons:
So, that makes at least four buttons, but preferably five. Now, let's see how many buttons each controller has.
The GameCube controller has eight buttons (not including the D-pad, analog stick and c-stick). The Classic controller addon has ten buttons (not including the D-pad, analog sticks and Home button). The Wiimote with Nunchuck addon has eight buttons (not including the D-pad and analog stick). The Wiimote itself has six buttons (not including the D-pad).
Now, a way to alter between the different alternate characters would be to require one additional button. Just one press of a button changes your changeable character into another character. For each control type this is possible, even if you want two buttons to alter the costume.
So, what does this post lead to? Maybe some speculations about ZSSamus, or about Sheik, but mostly, how in the friggen hell devil's name Jesus Christ Bob Saget are we able to start out as friggen Charizard? Will this be possible? It's not unlikely.
The following is purely speculation. It may or may not be in, but it is expected from you that you won't scream bullcrap like "IT WON'T BE IN IT LOLZ NICE TRY THO", because, as I stated, it's purely a what if. It has a high chance it won't be in Brawl. Anyone who fails to notice this is a douche.
Well, with the update of two weeks ago we've got a semi-Sheik. But doesn't it make you think?
Face it, we now have two confirmed shape-shifters, and one who might be a former shape-shifter (but there is just a very molecular chance that Sheik might return after all). So, what does this say?
Basically... nothing. For all we know we won't be able to start out as ZSSamus, we won't be able to use Charizard as our starter pokémon. However, what if...
What if Sakurai has figured it all out, what if he's playing mind-games. There is a possibility for ZSSamus to return to armored Samus, by the use of a BACON. It could be a streight-forward one like ZSSamus calling up her gunship and then jumping in it, donning her armor again. It could also be a big mind-game where Sakurai confirms Dark Samus, and later shoves her off as ZSSamus' BACON, by use of the Rage mode. Then, Dark Samus can turn into Samus again by a Phazon discharge.
But anyway, the big point is, how will Sakurai allow us to start as ZSSamus? He could pull off a Sheik-trigger, by letting us hold a specific button.
But then you would be screwed with the Pokémon Trainer, who has three Pokémon. So, how do we do this one?
First of all, Sakurai wanted to keep the character select screen a secret. We don't know if there are additional icons for each player, plus, it's still in development phase. So far Sakurai gave us nothing with the update about names, except that it's just as limited as in Melee. But it did show that what we've seen for each player... was all.
Now, what's the point of this? I just wanted to point out something that could debunk the following thing I'm writing. For anyone who has forgotten what this specific update was, visit this link.
Now, it could be that you have to unlock this ability for some transforming characters. This could already save the idea below from the point stated above. So, what would be the idea? A special button, somewhere on the player tab, which allows you to change characters, without holding some ridiculous button combination. Right above or below the character, you would see a set of icons which would specify with which character you would love to begin with. The character portrait will also change.
A less tedious way would be to use a certain button to change the starter on the fly. This does mean that you wouldn't have to click a certain icon to change your character, as stated above. But how could it work?
Basically, on the character select screen, we would need these buttons:
- Something to move the cursor
- A confirmation button (to confirm your choices)
- A cancel button (to return the chooser ball to your hand, or to return to the menus)
- A button to initiate the stage select screen
- Something to alter the costume, preferably two buttons
So, that makes at least four buttons, but preferably five. Now, let's see how many buttons each controller has.
The GameCube controller has eight buttons (not including the D-pad, analog stick and c-stick). The Classic controller addon has ten buttons (not including the D-pad, analog sticks and Home button). The Wiimote with Nunchuck addon has eight buttons (not including the D-pad and analog stick). The Wiimote itself has six buttons (not including the D-pad).
Now, a way to alter between the different alternate characters would be to require one additional button. Just one press of a button changes your changeable character into another character. For each control type this is possible, even if you want two buttons to alter the costume.
So, what does this post lead to? Maybe some speculations about ZSSamus, or about Sheik, but mostly, how in the friggen hell devil's name Jesus Christ Bob Saget are we able to start out as friggen Charizard? Will this be possible? It's not unlikely.
