Alright everyone, I'm back again. And I should be here for most of the night.
Now lets get to the first issue I've been seeing for the past few pages. It seems like everyone is getting confused about what franchise should be recognized. Not just the pokemon franchise and its multiple generations, but the other Nintendo franchises as well. Lets jump into the Pokemon problem first.
Pokemon, for the most part, is broken into four parts.
1. Blue/Red
2. Silver/Gold
3. Sapphire/Ruby
4. Diamond/Pearl
Now lets look at how many Smash Bros games there are
1. Super Smash Bros. 64
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee
3. Super Smash Bros Brawl
Anyone notice that there are 4 Pokemon gens and 3 Smash gens? This does cause a problem when decided which Pokemon should appear, now take a look.
1. Blue/Red - SSB64
2. Silver Gold - Melee
3. Sapphire/Ruby - Brawl
4. Diamond/Pearl............
The each Smash has represented a certain Pokemon generation in some form. Mostly by items of course, but the second game introduced many Pokemon from the S/G generation. Seeing that Groudon and Deoxyx are part of the 3rd gen, I think its safe to say Sakurai will represent the 3rd gen pokemon mostly. If you had both 3rd and 4th gens appearing, then you would have WAY too many pokemon in the game. Not just as playable characters, but in the pokeball as well. So to eliminate this problem he most likely will go in order for the pokemon gens.
Now for the Nintendo franchise issue, which is the issue that makes the most sense to me. Only so many characters can represent a certain franchise. Now everyone is content with Pit being the only character representing the Kid Icarus games, and everyone is fine with only one Mr. Game and Watch. But some series are currently more popular and have many more characters. Lets take a look at Starfox. Two or three Starfox characters are enough to represent the statfox franchise. Having six would just be way too much.
Lets look at Mario now. He is the main mascot for Nintendo, and most likely the most important character in Nintendo history (though Mr. G&W was the first). Mario should have the most characters on his franchise team since he is so important to Nintendo.
Lets forget about....Bowser Jr, Waluigi, Daisy, and all of those other rejects. Lets focus on the MAIN Mario characters for now.
The Mario team has 4 characters. Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Bowser.
Pokemon will probably have 4 as well. Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo, and ????
I hope I only need to say this once. And if anyone disagrees then you must be delusional. The Pokemon team should not....no.... can not surpass the Mario team in numbers. Maybe equal in roster amounts, but it can never pass up Mario. Pokemon may be great, but it can't compare to Mario.
Saying that, as well as all of my other posts, I think it should be more clear now about Lucario not appearing in Brawl as a playable character. Lets make a list.
- He comes from a game with many elemental skills. Since he is a fighting type, this choice would be disappointing since Sakurai can pick a water, fire, or grass character.
- Sakurai needs to represent the 3rd gen Pokemon before jumping into the 4th. The 3rd gen needs to be rightfully shown in Brawl.
- Looks aren't everything, but Lucario looks like a mess. His head looks like he has a fake wig on it, and he has a goofy spike on his chest. Not to mention the color and pattern scheme.
- The game has only been out for months. It doesn't have the seniority like the other Pokemon games have.
- If Sakurai had to pick one character out of every Pokemon, he would probably go for the one with the most personality. The style Brawl is in is meant to be more fun than Melee. That's why Wario is so wacky, that's why Fox's head got much more awkward, that's why Donkey Kong plays the drums for his final. If you want a serious character, look into Metal Gear or Metroid, Pokemon was meant to have silly characters.
- Everyone can recognize the 1st gen pokemon, so why not have a memorable character appear in Brawl?
