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Dang Sakurai playing this like a sneaky lawyer. I'm pretty sure we'll get both versions though, it'd be a waste to scrap the smash circuit.
The same reason he has a bowling ball: To represent his connection to Wii Sports. The AC team is the same as the Wii X team. Which is why I believe Miis aren't going to get in.
I always figured it was to add a bit of levity to Villager's basic A attack. I mean, an Animal Crossing character straight-up punching someone in the face bare fisted doesn't really strike me as in tune with the series. Giving him a giant boxing glove makes it a little more comical.
This is pretty much how I see it.
Doesn't my idea wrap up more loose ends
....no. It doesn't.
Uh, what? He saw him unfit for Smash until the fans requested him after being told he doesn't fit after Brawl came out. And Brawl didn't even get started until long after the Wii came out, right?
If you had done your homework, you would know that Sakurai actually had ideas for Villager before he decided he didn't fit Brawl's violent theme.
I don't think so. The Villager has no connection to Wii Sports, and there's no reason why he should. The bowling ball is pretty much a part of the "Animal Crossing is about collecting" motif behind Villager's playstyle. Either way, it still wouldn't deconfirm Miis in the same way Villager's boxing glove didn't deconfirm Little Mac. Miis go way beyond just bowling balls. In fact, they go way beyond just Wii Sports altogether.
Point one is covered by my edit, and I'll admit I remembered wrong.
He does, the AC dev team and Wii whatever team are one and the same. It's an easter egg for those that do the research. Why does Kirby turn into a Thwomp, a Panel de Pon block, and a weight? Easter eggs. Heck, GaW is a giant easter egg of sorts.
That isn't a connection. Certainly not from a universe perspective. That's like drawing a connection between Mario and Mole Mania because they were concieved by the same guy. Easter eggs are one thing, but a hoarder character from a game series that has bowling balls having a bowling ball is quite another. I think calling it a Wii Sports reference is reading into something that isn't there.
But Villager and Mii are similar in many ways, including their creator. (Right?) It would of made more sense if the bowling ball was a more common item, like a bed or a bag of bells, and the gloves were a shovel or axe. Two items that are related to another series creator worked on is a pretty big coincidence, don't you think?
Two words: Ball Return
Uh, I never denied that there were bowling balls. And the NES games thing doesn't explain the bowling ball, and my idea doesn't explain the balloons, but that's more passable because balloons are actually important to everyday gameplay.Two words: Ball Return
Also, Punch-Out was a NES title you could play in the original Animal Crossing; it's more likely that the boxing gloves, like Balloon Fighter's helmet, is a reference to the NES games as opposed to Wii Sports.
Of course the NES games don't explain the bowling ball. THAT'S WHAT THE BALL RETURN IS FOR!
No, I kinda was just mentally using it as an excuse for K. Rool's inclusion
I DO think we need more DK64 representation stage-wise though
No, don't jinx it! The last thing we need is to have Mii's playable. They should take he place of the alloys to be our punching bags >
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Mii is probably gonna be playable, the trailer will have reggies face on the mii.No, don't jinx it! The last thing we need is to have Mii's playable. They should take he place of the alloys to be our punching bags >
*sigh* I know they'll most likely be in but they look so aesthetically bad when put next to other Nintendo characters.
It was obviously a Punch-Out stage. Changing and adding some logos isn't "massive." Some people didn't even notice the change until it was pointed out to them. Also, there were a lot of other things the stage already had in common with Punch-Out that haven't changed after Mac's reveal, like the green light show, the crowd, the rope colors, the style of the logo in the center, and the simple fact that the stage is a ****ing boxing ring.
Yeah, but there were those held onto the idea the whole time. Clearly it looks more like a Punch Out! stage now, but plenty of people always believed. Just read some of the original support topic.
If it was obvious, why are there so many people that say it isn't, why did they have to make it more obvious, and why do you have to hunt for the things that made it obvious?
I've been on both sides of the fence on this, so I feel qualified to answer.
Speaking of the ropes, it turns out the red, white, and blue ones match the real world. With how everything that made it 'obvious' required research to realize that it was, I thought SSB and Punch Out were referencing the same thing, like a movie or something.
To set up Mii Mask as an alt costume for Villager.
Exactly. That's why I'm ecstatic that she's confirmed. Compared to Little Mac and many others, she was barely requested so it really felt like a long shot.
Honestly not even Rosalina but Wii Fit Trainer should have proved the whole roster analysis thing that goes on here doesn't mean anything. Sakurai is the only one who chooses the roster, and he's unpredictable.
