Well my friends, it has been a long and winding road, but unfortunately it seems to have ended on what weve feared most. We may never know sakurai's reasoning, and i get the feeling even if we do it wont really justify what has happened. Im not real happy with this outcome, but its a possibility we all knew could happen in the back of our minds, but either way that doesnt make it any easier to deal with. As i see it the roster will never live up to its potential until those who were lost return, especially snake.
We fought and we fought, and we will continue to fight. DLC may still be on the table, but as much as sakurai has ignored many it may be up to us to get kojima and nintendo of americas attention via twitter and elsewhere.
Snake is along with link is my favorite gaming character ever, and im am so thankful for brawl's ability to reintroduce me to him and his series which i had previously only lightly dabbled in. From its weird quirks to its somber and deep emotional impact, its stories are something that will remain with me forever, snake is and has the qualities i would like to strive for as a man which no other game has done. I so wished we could have continued to enjoy our sneaky soldier like every other smash fan who got their favorite character included, but its just something im gonna have to accept and adapt to now. We will always have brawl, and thats something no one can ever remove from our memories, he opened the door and set the standard, his shoes can never be filled.
I have enjoyed all the discussions weve had, and all the love for everything about our hero and his series has given us. Your my brothers and sisters in arms, and we went through hell and back, so im hoping we can all at least keep the dream alive and continue to stay in touch somehow. Its a shame too that the mods will probably wipe this section along with all the other character threads soon enough, so it would be cool if we could somehow keep everything that went on here in tact in some way. Your all sons of this HH Big Boss, and its been a blast talking with each and every one of you, whom i know had my back as ive had yours.
So farwell old friend, you are the biggest casualty this series as ever had. And we will never ever forget how great it was to have his presence in brawl.
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Its not quite the end, its rather in a way going on to new things. Snake and his series will live on in MGS5, and that will be colossal, so in that sense he will live on where others even in smash bros wont. If DLC isnt in his future so be it, there is still a sunrise on the horizon and it will always have a place for snake and us as his fans.
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Find something to believe in, and find it for yourself. When you do, pass it on to the future." - Solid Snake