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Are you trying to kill me FrozenRoy? uuuuuyyyyyayyyy
6 direct mario characters?!? Alright lets forget the other Marios and look at 6 six mario characters. Now Sakurai being the modest man he is can you see him over hyping one series way above the other franchises. Yeah let's say screw Nintendo, Mario's the only franchise that matters. 6 out of 40 is almost one fourth the characters. Now people have done the same for the LOZ and pokemon franchises 6x3=18. 18 characters is almost one half the characters for three franchises! Now when we look back down we see franchises like F-Zero that only get one franchise. What a kick in the face! Should Sakurai put up a series so high that other Developers be like the makers of the lesser franchises see how little of an influence there game has on this game while Mario takes one fourth of the roster, weapons and stages.
That would make me sad, to know my series was so unimportant compare to this juggernaut that despite any of my own success I only get a character, and a stage while this other series takes everything no matter what it is (Mario or not)! I've said this before and I'll say it again, I don't want the whole Mario party roster being in smash. This game is Super Smash Bros not Super Mario Bros. From all my research I've done about Sakurai he's only been talking about adding unique characters from lower franchises that have been ignored before (Metroid, Kirby, etc). If he is the way I believe he is, then i believe he would agree with my many words, if not write them himself.
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But yet, let's take a look at the 6x3 total roster.
We could add 2 Metroid characters(Including Samus/Zamus), which is really all they can use, except Dark Samus.
F-Zero, well, you'll note F-Zero, while your favorite series, would not be getting two reps anyway, when you look at your probability list(No F-Zero characters not named C. Falcon are on it). Wether Mario gets six reps of five, F-Zero gets one rep. Either way, it's a kick in the face, isn't it?
Kirby could have 3, but who else is there for there to add outside those three?
Earthbound only has three/four games, So most likely only one character, maybe two. Only Claus, Ness or Lucas stand a big chance to get in.
DK series has two reps.
FE series has two reps.
Add in Warioware of one rep.
Add in old school reps of Ice Climbers and Pit.
Add in Snake.
So let's add in the roster now.
18+2+1+3+1+2+2+1+2+1=33
Now let's add in the Star Fox characters, of which three seems like the best bet, with a max of four.
Then, let's add in some miscelanious series. I'll put in Isaac, Captain Olimar, Demiru, Stafy and Sukapon.
33+8=41
Two more new 3-rd party characters.
41+2=43
Okay, so 6x3 doesn't work.
Let's try it with only Mario having six, Pokemon and LoZ five, since Mario DOES sell the most, it has the higher probability of the three of getting said sixth rep.
41.
Now, let's take out one of Demiru, Stafy or Sukapon.
40.
So with a 6x1 then 5x2 workup, we can have a perfectly fit character amount of fourty, while keeping max 3rd Party, some nice fan favorites like Stafy/Demiru/Sukapon(Pick two), along with all the confirmed, along with a good amount of reps.
If there are any flaws, point them out. I didn't use a calculator, so I had to use my mind. Obviously, if my final count actually comes to 41...well, I guess I'm wrong there.
