So I have a roster challenge.
Make a 76 roster which is double of 38. The amount of years since 1980 (the year of debut of the two oldest characters in Smash)
2 characters per year. 1980 would Mr. Game & Watch and Pac-Man and 1981 would be Mario and Donkey. And so on.
I made this topic on Gamefaqs and realized how small it left the roster. 76 is much more reasonable. And I also only allowed only 3 third party characters. But here 8 is the Max.
I'm interested to see who people keep and cut, Pokemon especially. Gen 1 has 4 which will have to be reduced to 2. And there are some overlapping franchise introductions too
Here's my list....
Make a 76 roster which is double of 38. The amount of years since 1980 (the year of debut of the two oldest characters in Smash)
2 characters per year. 1980 would Mr. Game & Watch and Pac-Man and 1981 would be Mario and Donkey. And so on.
I made this topic on Gamefaqs and realized how small it left the roster. 76 is much more reasonable. And I also only allowed only 3 third party characters. But here 8 is the Max.
I'm interested to see who people keep and cut, Pokemon especially. Gen 1 has 4 which will have to be reduced to 2. And there are some overlapping franchise introductions too
Here's my list....
1980: Mr. Game & Watch, Pac-Man
1981: Mario, Donkey Kong
1982: Donkey Kong Jr, Q-Bert (stupid Q-bert, Donkey Kong Jr is all Nintendo has)
1983: Luigi, Bomberman
1984: Duck Hunt Duo, Little Mac
1985: Bowser, Peach (Damn you Super Mario Bros. R.O.B. shall have his revenge)
1986: Link, Zelda
1987: Mega Man, Snake
1988: Boo, The Koopalings (all one character)
1989: Ninten, Lolo
1990: Yoshi, Captain Falcon (sorry Marth)
1991: Sonic, the Baby Metroid
1992: Kirby, King Dedede (sorry Wario)
1993: Fox, Meta Knight
1994: Diddy Kong, King K Rool (sorry Ness)
1995: Dark Matter, Dixie Kong
1996: Pikachu, Mewtwo (unfortunately Pokemon means no Bandana Dee
1997: Cloud, Wolf
1998: Ganondorf, Skull Kid
1999: Heracross, Master Hand
2000: Saki, Tingle
2001: Olimar, Villager
2002: SA-X (a nice Samus work around), Blaziken
2003: WarioWare (My Wario work around, very specifically Wario Ware. And if a different outfit justifies a different Samus.....) , Lyn
2004: Zero Suit Samus, Ashley (and now we have Samus herself)
2005: Ike, Chibi-Robo
2006: Lucario, Lucas
2007: Rosalina, Wii Fit Trainer
2008: Savvy Stylist, Chorus Kids
2009: Bayonetta, Starlow
2010: Shulk, Meloetta
2011: Mallo, Magolor
2012: Isabelle, Robin
2013: Greninja, Wonder Red
2014: Queen Sectonia, Badge Bunny
2015: Inklings, Elma
2016: Decidueye, Susie
2017: Spring Man, Proteus Ridley
2018: Labo Man, Hyness
Done! How would you react if this was the roster? A fare few cuts. A huge roster and a LOT of unusual picks. Especially for Kirby. And Metroid uses variations of its most iconic characters but not the standard Samus, Ridley and Metroid. And Q-bert or DigDug is basically a necessity for that third party slot, Nintendos only character introduced was Donkey Kong Jr I think. Poor Kid Icarus..... I almost had Dark Pit to try and work around Pits absence. But it felt wrong without the actual Pit.
1981: Mario, Donkey Kong
1982: Donkey Kong Jr, Q-Bert (stupid Q-bert, Donkey Kong Jr is all Nintendo has)
1983: Luigi, Bomberman
1984: Duck Hunt Duo, Little Mac
1985: Bowser, Peach (Damn you Super Mario Bros. R.O.B. shall have his revenge)
1986: Link, Zelda
1987: Mega Man, Snake
1988: Boo, The Koopalings (all one character)
1989: Ninten, Lolo
1990: Yoshi, Captain Falcon (sorry Marth)
1991: Sonic, the Baby Metroid
1992: Kirby, King Dedede (sorry Wario)
1993: Fox, Meta Knight
1994: Diddy Kong, King K Rool (sorry Ness)
1995: Dark Matter, Dixie Kong
1996: Pikachu, Mewtwo (unfortunately Pokemon means no Bandana Dee
1997: Cloud, Wolf
1998: Ganondorf, Skull Kid
1999: Heracross, Master Hand
2000: Saki, Tingle
2001: Olimar, Villager
2002: SA-X (a nice Samus work around), Blaziken
2003: WarioWare (My Wario work around, very specifically Wario Ware. And if a different outfit justifies a different Samus.....) , Lyn
2004: Zero Suit Samus, Ashley (and now we have Samus herself)
2005: Ike, Chibi-Robo
2006: Lucario, Lucas
2007: Rosalina, Wii Fit Trainer
2008: Savvy Stylist, Chorus Kids
2009: Bayonetta, Starlow
2010: Shulk, Meloetta
2011: Mallo, Magolor
2012: Isabelle, Robin
2013: Greninja, Wonder Red
2014: Queen Sectonia, Badge Bunny
2015: Inklings, Elma
2016: Decidueye, Susie
2017: Spring Man, Proteus Ridley
2018: Labo Man, Hyness
Done! How would you react if this was the roster? A fare few cuts. A huge roster and a LOT of unusual picks. Especially for Kirby. And Metroid uses variations of its most iconic characters but not the standard Samus, Ridley and Metroid. And Q-bert or DigDug is basically a necessity for that third party slot, Nintendos only character introduced was Donkey Kong Jr I think. Poor Kid Icarus..... I almost had Dark Pit to try and work around Pits absence. But it felt wrong without the actual Pit.