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I would venture to say Sceptile has just as much potential as Blaziken if not more, looking at the learnsets. I don't do very extensive research on mega evolution due to how little I care about it, but I know Dragon typing just might help Sceptile even more.
Blaziken and Sceptile both has a moveset potential, but Blaziken has the edge over sceptile in the rest, that's what I think anyway
He wouldn't be a captain falcon, he would easily be unique
Two fire starters and no grass starter......?
We got 2 electric types in melee, also charizard and greninja weren't pick because of their types
Haha we got two Pikachus in Melee because Sakurai didn't have enough time. Plus Pichu shouldn't be compared to starter pokemon. Lastly, my pal Greninja was not the most popular choice for a pokemon rep.
Because he was picked back in 2012, pokemon x and y weren't even announced by that time and therefore, was impossible to choose a pkmn based on his popularity, this, however isn't the same with sceptile and blaziken as both of them are already known and blaziken has proved to be more popular than sceptile
Well if they go by popularity then they would have chosen one of the first stages of the starters since they were the first gen 6 pokes revealed. Or they would have chosen Mewtwo since he was the first Mega revealed. It is because they chose Greninja instead of either of those that show that don't care as much about popularity than you seem to think they do.
Like I said before, Greninja was picked before X and Y was announced, and no, being revealed first=/= being more popular, by that logic, Caterpie would be more popular than Lucario and we all know he isn't, Mewtwo will probably return, Why did they picked Lucario? Because he was popular, Why did they picked puff back in the original one? Because she was popular, PKMN reps are chosen differently than the rest of the franchises, they are picked based on their popularity
Grass/Dragon = Badass dual Type
Definitly would agree at the time to put Blaziken in Sm4sh over Sceptile. But now.....Idk man Sceptile's popularity just sky-rocketted. He's the ultimate Anti-Electric counter with Dragon type added in with an AWESOME visual look. That's not a good stated argument but as an elemental statement, Fire is something we see often in Sm4sh attacks.
Definitely can prove Sceptile will be chosen over treecko. That is obvious =P but that wasn't your main point so apologies for my picky sentence in your quote.
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, , and . By this I'm sure clones as a problem we dealt with since Melee may be removed as well. We don't really want any clone-like features for this next smash game :\.First of all, You think the man that made a moveset to WFT, Villager, Captain Falcon and Ice Climbers can't make a unique moveset? he made one from greninja without any information about him, I just made one in 1 minute, just because you haven't tried to make one doesn't mean that it can't have one, that logic doesn't apply with sakurai, just one question, Can you prove he would be a captain falcon clone?
Ivysaur wasn't a popular Pokemon choice, half the people I played with called him Bulbasaur or Venusaur despite his name being right there on the screen. I don't think it's all about popularity, I think it will be about balancing out the starter trio.
Huuuuuge potential~ I can see the grass snake coiling grabbing smash characters now....constricting them pummels and using tail slams all day errday~ Would be hawt-- *cough* Sorry this is about Sceptile anyways carry on.
Fifteen minutes.The problem with this is that Ivisaur was the only one that could fit as the middle evolution, charizard was the most popular final evolution of Kanto, the 2nd most popular would be blastoise family, that's why we got squirtle, Ivisaur didn't had to compete with Charmeleon or wartotle as thier evolution/pre evolution were already used
My point was that they didn't just use popular Pokemon in brawl. In the case of Pokemon trainer they prioritized completing the starter trio over putting in more popular starters. I think that they'll do that again in this game.
They used Lucario, Charizard and Squirtle, Ivisaur was filler, this is why Ivisaur will probably not return in the game, he isn't popular, now that there is no PKMN triner, then there is no need to complete the trio as both Charizard and Greninja weren't picked because of their types, If there is a 8th pkmn rep it might be sceptile, but the likes of mewtwo, puff and blaziken would get over him
Squirtle was just as filler as Ivysaur, PT would have been OP if he had 3 final evolutions. That's why Charizard is the only one returning as a stand alone. The point of PT was to have a character that truly represented who you actually play as in Pokemon and gave them mechanics more true to Pokemon. Choosing a starter is the very heart of Pokemon, it's even more important to the games than Pikachu, and to take the grass option away from the roster all together after creating the effect in Brawl would be a step in the wrong direction. Sceptile should, but likely won't, have priority over Mewtwo and Jigglypuff. Jigglypuff should have the least priority because she is the easiest to toss in at the end. Should. But likely won't.
No way in a million years would Blaziken get in over Sceptile at this point. It makes too much sense for Sakurai to do what he did last game and complete the trio. I would imagine this is why he decided on Greninja so early in development, how would Sakurai be able to tell that Greninja would be popular based on an incomplete design. Plus if popularity was all that mattered Evee would be playable in this game.
I like your point, however the point is flawed to me because the trio didn't integrate only with Kanto starters solely based on popularity or element type, (which would be my point on why Sceptile gets in but that's done) but all the PKMN were completely different play-styles in the sense. Squirtle was your lightest weight, fast-moving water type that had the most diverse move-set with the most AT's while Charizard was the most heaviest, aerial-inclined character who had gliding ability along with mix of ground game but mostly air. Ivysaur was mid-heavy being strictly ground-based with a strong defensive game walling out opponents with unique tether recovery. So in conclusion yeah PT as the character in brawl removed probably having only Charizard from the group although Ivysaur hasn't been officially de-confirmed but it is highly possible now.
Mega Eevee confirmed?
http://www.nowgamer.com/news/1970393/pokemon_in_super_smash_bros_how_theyre_selected.html
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I'm sure that if Sakurai wanted to add Blaziken, he would make a unique moveset for him
Then explain the Greninja choice, a character with an incomplete design that hadn't been revealed yet. He chose Greninja because it was a water starter from the new generation and because I'm sure even at that incomplete stage it looked like it would work for smash.http://www.nowgamer.com/news/1970393/pokemon_in_super_smash_bros_how_theyre_selected.html
Sakurai already explained how he chooses the pkmn characters, he doesn't care about the type but about how popular they ar right now, completing the trio made sense to the concept of pkmn trainer, but now there is no need to do it, Sakurai didn't said he chosed greninja because of his type, did he? The only reason people want sceptile is because he is grass type, there is no need to complete the trio as this is not a pokemon game
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It got 4 newcomers last game, it can get 2.
Well Mario got three newcomers in Melee and lost one in Brawl.
Precisely why I said it CAN get two. Not will.
Kind of.I love Sceptile but I don't want another Marth.
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Except he didn't said he chose him because of his type, that's something you are assuming, like Sakurai explained, there was a spot fr a x and y character and Sakurai simply chose one of them, you could say that Greninja was lucky
Did Sakurai specifically state that he didn't pick Greninja because of his typing?
If GF themselves sent in the characters to Sakurai then I'm even more convinced now.
