tirkaro
Smash Champion
Oh boy. yet another character list. whoop-de-flippin' doo. where have we seen this before? yes, in case you wanted to see into the mind of the great tirkaro-sama, now's your chance. This list was originally concieved way back in '06, but I didn't really have the balls to post it. well, with brawl coming in only 1 month or so, its either now or never really. Since this is my list, you're obviously going to disagree with it in some way. if you agree with in FULLY, give yourself a pat on the back. seriously.
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MARIO UNIVERSE
MARIO
alt costumes: Dr. mario, strikers charged mario, other colors.
Eh. its mario. what more can I really say? Well, it sure is amazing how mario got so far. once just a simple brooklyn plumber, cleaning out pipes from freakish mutated monsters, and saving a lady from one mean monkey, now a video game legend known around the world. there's been a mario-tastic game of pretty much every genre, be in good ol' platformin', racing, RPGs, and even survival horror (alhough luigi was he star of that). well, with mario's 3rd entry into his fighting game series, which is shared by many other video game characters, I believe mario is looking to be a bit better this time around, after being sick of the middle tier. since the fludd attack is a lot more useless than I thought it would be, it seems mario is now focusing on his mad combo skills in brawl. Mario is looking pretty good so far.
video: GO MARIO GO!
LUIGI
Luigi: strikers charged luigi, other colors.
THATS MAMA LUIGI TO YOU, MARIO!
where would mario be without his good ol' brother luigi? in SSB64, luigi was simply a clone of mario with some differences. In SSBM, however, luigi was given an entirely new A-button moveset, and was made a lot more distinguishable from his brother. not much else to say, except for the fact that I believe he will now most certainly have the poltergust 3000 as his new down B. how it would work is beyond me though. I wouldn't really find pulling opponents towards you to be very useful IMO, unless it can break combos. not much else to say.
video: SUPER rare E! news documentary: the luigi story
PEACH
alt costumes: nurse peach, daisy, strikers charged, other colors.
yeah, this pic isn't exactly the most accurate depiction of the princess, but this scene is too awesome not to use.
Anyway, I never really got this: if peach is so stupidly strong in melee, why cant she rescue her own behind in the other games? according to the tier list, peach is apparently stronger than mario and luigi, so why cant she- oh, you know, screw it. A lot of things are messed up in the mario universe anyway. Anyway, its peach, the damsel in distress for the mario franchise. She is the princess of the mushroom kingdom, some kinda screwed-up wonderland-like world filled with a bunch of screwed up creatures. Her servants are a bunch of screwed-up creatures called "toads", which are apparently half-shirtless little kids with mushrooms on thier heads. these toads are apparently very loyal to peach, even though they fail at stopping the princess from being kidnapped every time. seriously, whats the point of all those shroomed-up kids if they fail at pretty much everything? why not hire some REAL bodyguards for once!? but as useless as these kids are, these toads are still incredibly loyal to the princess, and care for her deeply. even though peach sacrifices them for one of her attacks. seriously, what a *****. just as b!tchy as the rest of her smash bros incarnation. Melee peach is pretty darned strong. her defense hitboxes are small, and her attack hitboxes too big. she can throw, what are basically, living hitboxes out of nowhere, and she can glide with ease. and she can pull out her deadly parasol of doom. and she can make people explode by smacking her with her big behind. seriously, what were the developers on when they thought of that move? then again, they were probably on the same stuff that the very people who created the mario franchise were. anyway, I'd say a nerfing seems somewhat bleak. in screenshots, she apparently has her evil floating move and her turnips are now even BIGGER. whats even worse is that she now WINKS at you when she smacks you with her big ol' butt. then again, probably I'm overreacting. anyway, she seems to be reletively balanced according to E for all goers. especially her downsmash. thank god. I also love her new look. She was too freakishly realistic in melee, and her brawl look is a lot more true to the video games.....
video:super princess peach commercial
BOWSER
alt costumes: skeleton bowser, strikers charged bowser, other colors.
THATS THAT CREEPY BOWSER'S LAFF!
King bowser koopa himself is now back, and while his dastardly plans of being a somewhat useful character in melee failed hard, things could now change in this new installment. Bowser is the main antoganist in the mario series, always realizing how much the toads fail at life, and stealing the princess for her own. even though I never really understood why he wanted to steal her. I mean, since he has children, he must be married. so whats the point? is it normal to have a threesome in koopa-kulture? is he just stealing the princess just for the purpose of being a chliche villan? did bowser have some kind of divorce with queen koopa, and stealing a new chick for the hell of it? I mean, they had all those children, so they must have.....okay, y'know, I just got an extremely disturbing image in my head, so I'm going to stop talking now. anyway, bowser desprately needs a re-tune for brawl. things are already looking better for him, since he attacks a bit faster, has GODLY range, due to his immense size boost, has super armor here and there, and his B moves have been altered for the better. love the aimable fire breath. Bowser is looking pretty sweet, and maybe he'll finally be able to get the princess of her dreams, and.....okay, I now just got the even more disturbing image in my head, so I'm going to stop this profile.
video: ignorance is bliss
DONKEY KONG
alt costumes: strikers charged, other colors.
Oh yeah, now were talkin'! He is the leader of the bunch, and you may just so happen to know him well. He's now back in brawl to kick some tail. He may have no coconut gun that fires in spurts, but if he still punches you, it's certainly going to hurt. In this installment, he looks a lot bigger. Hopefully a bit faster. But he'll certainly be stronger too. cuz, y'know, he's the first member of the DK crew. duh. Even though DKC1, DK64, and jungle beat were the only DK games I cared about, Dk is still one cool guy. anyway, what can I say about changes to DK that hasn't been said by kirby kid? well, he's certainly going to have some super armor
here and there, but he wont really need it as much as bowser does. but other than that, check out kirbykid's movechanges on the smash blog. some great ideas there. Although judging by E for all, he seems to be the same as before. lets at least hope he fares better this time.
video: dk rap
DIDDY KONG
alt costumes: strikers charged, other colors, dixie?
Ugh. I'll always harbor a deep hatred for diddy kong. I never felt more ripped off when I got DKC2 and found out, YOU CANT PLAY AS DONKEY KONG! WTF RARE? When I get a DONKEY KONG game, I expect to be able to play as DONKEY KONG. not some stupid little chimp and his stupid little girlfriend. and dont even get me started on DKC3 -A-. and then a good while later, something happened. the sky darkened, and the clouds opened up, and god said, "I hate you, tirkaro" and made diddy playable in brawl. anyway, it seems diddy kong has now come back to haunt me in brawl. well what can I say? well, I hope the little b-stard becomes low tier. he freakin' deserves i- er, I mean... well other than my rediculously biased opinion, he seems to look like a pretty intresting character so far. love those peanut popguns.....oh, who am I kidding? I dont care about his moveset. the only thing I care about is instantly beating the crap out of him in training mode while screaming "THIS IS FOR MY LOVE, MY ANGER, AND ALL OF MY SORROW!!!!!! over and over again. er, I mean, uh, *ahem*, moving on...
video:diddy through the years
YOSHI
alt costumes: strikers charged, other yoshi colors.
its yoshi! yaaaaaaaaaay yoshi! this dino dude, like everything else in the marioverse, is pretty much yet another screwed up creature. this one is supposed to be a screwed up version of a dinosaur. even though I didn't care to much about yoshi in melee, I'll always have a soft spot for yoshi's story. seriously, the ending makes me cry every single time. every. single. time. although it kinda lost its emotional value in the brawl remix :/
anyhoo, since yoshi now closely resembles his yoshi story design, and his design from the rest of the modern games, I might actually play as him now. its a big improvement from his freakish melee look. he also looks like he's going to be improved gameplay-wise this time, judging from E for all reports. Not much else to say though :/
video: yoshi's story bosses
WARIO
alt costumes: classic, strikers charged, other colors.
ITSA WII! WARIO!
anyway wario is finally here, and overdue, as he now farts in the battlegrounds of smash. The wario universe is basically a more twisted and deranged version of the mario universe (if thats even possible. and after playing wario ware, you will figure out that it is indeed, possible.) wario looks like a very game-and-watch like character (NOT THAT IT DECONFIRMS G&W!), as some way to translate the randomness of wario ware into smash. cant really say much about him now though :/
video: wario ware smooth moves review-gametrailers
KIRBY UNIVERSE
KIRBY
Alt costumes: other kirby colors.
am I the only one who finds kirby incredibly disturbing? I mean, he's probably the cruelest protagonist in the history of gaming. he doesn't just attack his enemies. he EATS THEM ALIVE o.0. I mean, am I the only one who finds eating as an attack to be pretty disturbing? I mean, he just grinds up his enemies with his nonexistant teeth, and can either burn them up with his nonexistant stomach acids and absorb thier energy, or spit them out so hard, they look like freakin stars. and I thought the mario world was messed up 0.o! I mean, at least yoshi has the decency to turn his enemies into eggs, but kirby.... 0_o;;.
gameplay-wise, you should once again, read kirbykid's opinions on how kirby should be changed. such a cute-yet-dangerous character deserves more.
video: kirby adventure-beta trailer.
METAKNIGHT
alt costumes: dark metaknight, other colors.
Well, kirby finally brings a friend along for the brawl, in the form of metaknight, kirby's masked rival. even though metaknight seems to be of the same species as kirby, he actually has some shame, and doesn't eat his opponents alive. he perfers to slice them up with his sword, galaxia. getting that out of buisness, there's always something that comes to mind when I see metaknight. oh yeah, it screams "HIGH TIER, HIGH TIER, HIGH TIER, HIGH TIER, HIGH TIER!!!!" As if a disjointed hitbox wasn't enough, he can fly/glide, and seems to have incredibly swift speed. while E for all reports state he's more n00b-friendly than god tier, lets just hope we dont have a new fox on our hands -A-
video: kirby vs metaknight
KING DEDEDE
alt costumes: other colors
well looky that. king dedede's in brawl. what an extreme surprise. there is like, no way that could have possibly happened. bad attempts at sarcasm aside, King dedede looks like a fun and unique character so far. I'm going to have to truely see him in action to believe him, but he looks pretty good so far, and hopefully he'll be able to clobber dat dere kirbeh.
video: metaknight Vs dedede
ZELDA UNIVERSE
LINK
alt costumes: fierce diety, zora armor, goron armor, farmer attire, other colors.
Link, the legend himself, comes to smash yet again, this time with a few changes. link is from the legend of zelda series, possibly nintendo's greatest franchise. even though mario is nintendo's mascot, legend of zelda is the real meat and potatoes. anyway, even though link has been around in all the smash games, this version of link is pretty new, since he is based of off the link from twilight princess. his boomerang has now been replaced by the gale boomerang, which pulls opponents with it's gust, and he can now charge up his Up-b. he also attacks faster, and has a great boost in pretty much every aspect so what does this mean for our favorite mute hero? It can only mean some pretty good things for this legend, and link players. Looks like link has finally busted out of lowtierdom.
video: legend of zelda: where I belong.
ZELDA
Alt costumes: classic melee look, other colors.
well exuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess ......
yes its zelda, possibly one of the most neglected characters in melee, makes yet another return. She is one of many princesses of hyrule, who are also named "zelda." while her basic moveset looks the same, the real debate is, "is shiek coming back?" well, I personally think s/he is. However, I dont think s/he should be a complete transformation for zelda. s/he should either be toned down and become his/her own character OR s/he should be buffed up, but made as a temporary transformation for zelda. S/he's most likely going to be in the game in some way or another.
GANONDORF
alt costumes: wind waker attire, OoT attire, other colors.
chances of getting in: 95%
only ganondorf is enough of a G to wear corn rows. seriously.
ganondorf is the main antoganist of the zelda series, and is one of the most recognizable video game villans ever. and for such an incredible villan they made him............ a captain falcon clone? OOOOOOooooookaaaaaaaaaayyyy. sakurai and the crew will certainly not make the same mistake again, so he's most likely going to sport a brand spanking new moveset this time around. I personally believe it should be a good mixure of sword attacks, physical attacks, and magic attacks. his stats are good as they are, what all slow characters should be.
video: twilight princess-ganondorf fight.
YOUNG LINK
alt costumes: other colors
chances of getting in: 80%
WW style young link? is there any limit to your imagination tirkaro
?
anyway, this is young link, the younger and an awful lot more cuter version of link. Young link, this time around, will most likely use his chibi look, started by wind waker, and has now pretty much replaced the more "classic" art style. The wind waker was perhaps the greatest zelda game, like, ever, if you can excuse its easy difficulty. there's just something so awesome about sailing the vast and open sea. The art style, while controversial at first, has now become the default art style for the rest of the zelda series, save twilight princess. I just love this style so much, which is why I thought twilight princess felt a bit empty without it. but anyway, young link will now most likely be either luigified, or made a completely original character this time around. He should certainly use his moves from wind waker, phantom hourglass, and the minish cap. an attack involving the multiple links from 4 swords would also be incredibly awesome.
video: wind waker-wonderboy
POKEMON UNIVERSE
PIKACHU
Alt costumes: pichu?, raichu?, different accsessories.
No matter how old I become, pikachu will always have that special place in my heart. Pikachu was, like, my childhood hero. He was the entire reason why I got into smash bros. This was back in the pokemon craze, when all I did was eat, sleep, and breathe pokemon. So seeing pikachu in smash was certainly a delight, and I instantly bought smash because of it, and as a result, pikachu has been my main throughout the smash bros series. While pikachu was god in SSB64, melee pikachu was toned down a bit too much. now in brawl, pikachu is buffed up considerably, since he has many advantages of pichu merged into his moveset, which further leads me to believe SSBB pikachu is simply SSBM pichu evolved. He also stole peach's downsmash of doom. Holy ****. be warned, pikachu opposers. You all stand no chance now against this new and improved pikachu.
video: PiKa PiKa Pikachu!
JIGGLYPUFF
alt costumes: acsessories, wigglytuff?
chances of getting in: 90%
Jigglypuff is a wierd one. smash bros is one of those games that combines many aspects of many other games. Mario plays like a combination between his own platforming games, and a street fighter character. marth plays like something out of soul calibur. and samus plays just like she does in her own games. however, jiggly stands out among the crowd. there simply isn't another character in any fighting game like her. She is very floaty, but her attacks pack one heck of a punch. She has a great recovery as well. She's also known for her world-famous wall of pain. jigglypuff is perhaps one of the most well made and balanced characters in smash. She really doesn't have any flaws. well, perhaps they could make her sing attack a bit less useless, but thats really it. good job, smash development team.
video: song of jigglypuff
MEWTWO
Alt costumes: armor, other colors.
chances of getting in: 89%
unfortunately, for every great character, there's always one stinker in the bunch. that was melee mewtwo. It truely is a great shame. mewtwo had so much potential, yet the smash team totally blew it with the mistake known as "melee mewtwo." It's almost as if the smash team made him with the intention of him sucking. but mewtwo deserves a second chance. If they're going to fix him in brawl, they need to change almost all aspects of his moveset.
for one, mewtwo weighs 269 pounds, so he should be heavier than what he is now. his attacks need to be a lot stronger, and he needs more kill-moves. and his B attacks need to be more useful.
video: mewtwo- conflict- disturbed.
POKEMON TRAINER
alt costumes: green, gold, brandon, may, lucas, dawn.
my favorite confirmed newcomer so far, pokemon trainer is one of those character ideas that are so crazy and wierd, you'll go "WTF!?," yet at the same time, so genius, you wonder why it wasn't implemented in smash 64. This is the greatest representation of the video game series yet. In the pokemon universe, these "pokemon trainers" take part in the great sport of pokemon training, which is essentially a more acceptable form of capturing animals against thier will and cockfighting them. its enough to make the PETA cry. This certain pokemon trainer is red, the original pokemon trainer. Red uses squirtle, ivysaur, and charizard to fight. squirtle is a water-based turtle pokemon that should either be the "speedy" pokemon of the group, or the "all-around" pokemon, though my money's on the latter. Ivysaur is some kind of plant dinosaur. strange thing is that he is the first fully bipedal smasher, and jusdging by screemshots, he seems to use his leaves on his back as a method of attacking. He'll also most likely use his vines for some A attacks, along with an obligatory headbutt move. his bullet seed attack looks pretty useful, and would be great for some combos. Charizard is a large dragon pokemon. He'll most definitely pack the the power for the group, and he can apparently use his wings to fly. while charizard was very fast in the cartoon, he'll most likely have a speed decrease in exchange for his power.
what else can I say? I love this character, and he's most likely going to end up as my 2nd main (right next to pikachu of course!)
video: pokemon-SPURT
METROID UNIVERSE
SAMUS
alt costumes: dark samus, light suit, fusion suit, other colors.
Samus aran is the space-bounty hunter from metroid. She apparently likes to shoot at aliens. because for some strange reason, every thing in the world seems to be out to kill you in metroid. and I tells ya, I cannot count the many people who were shocked silly after they beat some sort of metroid game, and figured out samus was a girl all along! heck, I was shocked when I found out she was a girl in her decscription in SSB64.
Anyway, samus was also a very well-made and balanced character in melee. I wouldn't change her for the world. I also love her brawl look. its so shiny *-*
Samus now has a new form called "zero suit samus." the only confirmed way of getting to her, is by using a final smash, but I personally believe there'll be another way to use her, since she then wouldn't be considered as a new character.
video: samus at her prime
RIDLEY
alt costumes: meta-ridley, other colors
chances of getting in: OVER NINE THOOOOOOUUUUUSAAAAAAAND!!!!!%
This is Ridley, samus' arch rival. Ridley, and his group of space pirates, were the ones who massacred samus' home colony, leaving samus as the sole survivor. He's a reoccuring villan in the metroid franchise, appearing in almost every game to date. He is also the most famous villan, and is high up on sakurai's poll. Ridley is pretty much a given to the brawl roster. Even though he'll be scaled down for brawl, he'll still be pretty darned tall compared to the other smashers, giving him a lot of range, but making him a large target. but heck, what can I say that hasn't been said by the ridleycult thread?
video: MP3-omega ridley
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MARIO UNIVERSE
MARIO
alt costumes: Dr. mario, strikers charged mario, other colors.
Eh. its mario. what more can I really say? Well, it sure is amazing how mario got so far. once just a simple brooklyn plumber, cleaning out pipes from freakish mutated monsters, and saving a lady from one mean monkey, now a video game legend known around the world. there's been a mario-tastic game of pretty much every genre, be in good ol' platformin', racing, RPGs, and even survival horror (alhough luigi was he star of that). well, with mario's 3rd entry into his fighting game series, which is shared by many other video game characters, I believe mario is looking to be a bit better this time around, after being sick of the middle tier. since the fludd attack is a lot more useless than I thought it would be, it seems mario is now focusing on his mad combo skills in brawl. Mario is looking pretty good so far.
video: GO MARIO GO!
LUIGI
Luigi: strikers charged luigi, other colors.
THATS MAMA LUIGI TO YOU, MARIO!
where would mario be without his good ol' brother luigi? in SSB64, luigi was simply a clone of mario with some differences. In SSBM, however, luigi was given an entirely new A-button moveset, and was made a lot more distinguishable from his brother. not much else to say, except for the fact that I believe he will now most certainly have the poltergust 3000 as his new down B. how it would work is beyond me though. I wouldn't really find pulling opponents towards you to be very useful IMO, unless it can break combos. not much else to say.
video: SUPER rare E! news documentary: the luigi story
PEACH
alt costumes: nurse peach, daisy, strikers charged, other colors.
yeah, this pic isn't exactly the most accurate depiction of the princess, but this scene is too awesome not to use.
Anyway, I never really got this: if peach is so stupidly strong in melee, why cant she rescue her own behind in the other games? according to the tier list, peach is apparently stronger than mario and luigi, so why cant she- oh, you know, screw it. A lot of things are messed up in the mario universe anyway. Anyway, its peach, the damsel in distress for the mario franchise. She is the princess of the mushroom kingdom, some kinda screwed-up wonderland-like world filled with a bunch of screwed up creatures. Her servants are a bunch of screwed-up creatures called "toads", which are apparently half-shirtless little kids with mushrooms on thier heads. these toads are apparently very loyal to peach, even though they fail at stopping the princess from being kidnapped every time. seriously, whats the point of all those shroomed-up kids if they fail at pretty much everything? why not hire some REAL bodyguards for once!? but as useless as these kids are, these toads are still incredibly loyal to the princess, and care for her deeply. even though peach sacrifices them for one of her attacks. seriously, what a *****. just as b!tchy as the rest of her smash bros incarnation. Melee peach is pretty darned strong. her defense hitboxes are small, and her attack hitboxes too big. she can throw, what are basically, living hitboxes out of nowhere, and she can glide with ease. and she can pull out her deadly parasol of doom. and she can make people explode by smacking her with her big behind. seriously, what were the developers on when they thought of that move? then again, they were probably on the same stuff that the very people who created the mario franchise were. anyway, I'd say a nerfing seems somewhat bleak. in screenshots, she apparently has her evil floating move and her turnips are now even BIGGER. whats even worse is that she now WINKS at you when she smacks you with her big ol' butt. then again, probably I'm overreacting. anyway, she seems to be reletively balanced according to E for all goers. especially her downsmash. thank god. I also love her new look. She was too freakishly realistic in melee, and her brawl look is a lot more true to the video games.....
video:super princess peach commercial
BOWSER
alt costumes: skeleton bowser, strikers charged bowser, other colors.
THATS THAT CREEPY BOWSER'S LAFF!
King bowser koopa himself is now back, and while his dastardly plans of being a somewhat useful character in melee failed hard, things could now change in this new installment. Bowser is the main antoganist in the mario series, always realizing how much the toads fail at life, and stealing the princess for her own. even though I never really understood why he wanted to steal her. I mean, since he has children, he must be married. so whats the point? is it normal to have a threesome in koopa-kulture? is he just stealing the princess just for the purpose of being a chliche villan? did bowser have some kind of divorce with queen koopa, and stealing a new chick for the hell of it? I mean, they had all those children, so they must have.....okay, y'know, I just got an extremely disturbing image in my head, so I'm going to stop talking now. anyway, bowser desprately needs a re-tune for brawl. things are already looking better for him, since he attacks a bit faster, has GODLY range, due to his immense size boost, has super armor here and there, and his B moves have been altered for the better. love the aimable fire breath. Bowser is looking pretty sweet, and maybe he'll finally be able to get the princess of her dreams, and.....okay, I now just got the even more disturbing image in my head, so I'm going to stop this profile.
video: ignorance is bliss
DONKEY KONG
alt costumes: strikers charged, other colors.
Oh yeah, now were talkin'! He is the leader of the bunch, and you may just so happen to know him well. He's now back in brawl to kick some tail. He may have no coconut gun that fires in spurts, but if he still punches you, it's certainly going to hurt. In this installment, he looks a lot bigger. Hopefully a bit faster. But he'll certainly be stronger too. cuz, y'know, he's the first member of the DK crew. duh. Even though DKC1, DK64, and jungle beat were the only DK games I cared about, Dk is still one cool guy. anyway, what can I say about changes to DK that hasn't been said by kirby kid? well, he's certainly going to have some super armor
here and there, but he wont really need it as much as bowser does. but other than that, check out kirbykid's movechanges on the smash blog. some great ideas there. Although judging by E for all, he seems to be the same as before. lets at least hope he fares better this time.
video: dk rap
DIDDY KONG
alt costumes: strikers charged, other colors, dixie?
Ugh. I'll always harbor a deep hatred for diddy kong. I never felt more ripped off when I got DKC2 and found out, YOU CANT PLAY AS DONKEY KONG! WTF RARE? When I get a DONKEY KONG game, I expect to be able to play as DONKEY KONG. not some stupid little chimp and his stupid little girlfriend. and dont even get me started on DKC3 -A-. and then a good while later, something happened. the sky darkened, and the clouds opened up, and god said, "I hate you, tirkaro" and made diddy playable in brawl. anyway, it seems diddy kong has now come back to haunt me in brawl. well what can I say? well, I hope the little b-stard becomes low tier. he freakin' deserves i- er, I mean... well other than my rediculously biased opinion, he seems to look like a pretty intresting character so far. love those peanut popguns.....oh, who am I kidding? I dont care about his moveset. the only thing I care about is instantly beating the crap out of him in training mode while screaming "THIS IS FOR MY LOVE, MY ANGER, AND ALL OF MY SORROW!!!!!! over and over again. er, I mean, uh, *ahem*, moving on...
video:diddy through the years
YOSHI
alt costumes: strikers charged, other yoshi colors.
its yoshi! yaaaaaaaaaay yoshi! this dino dude, like everything else in the marioverse, is pretty much yet another screwed up creature. this one is supposed to be a screwed up version of a dinosaur. even though I didn't care to much about yoshi in melee, I'll always have a soft spot for yoshi's story. seriously, the ending makes me cry every single time. every. single. time. although it kinda lost its emotional value in the brawl remix :/
anyhoo, since yoshi now closely resembles his yoshi story design, and his design from the rest of the modern games, I might actually play as him now. its a big improvement from his freakish melee look. he also looks like he's going to be improved gameplay-wise this time, judging from E for all reports. Not much else to say though :/
video: yoshi's story bosses
WARIO
alt costumes: classic, strikers charged, other colors.
ITSA WII! WARIO!
anyway wario is finally here, and overdue, as he now farts in the battlegrounds of smash. The wario universe is basically a more twisted and deranged version of the mario universe (if thats even possible. and after playing wario ware, you will figure out that it is indeed, possible.) wario looks like a very game-and-watch like character (NOT THAT IT DECONFIRMS G&W!), as some way to translate the randomness of wario ware into smash. cant really say much about him now though :/
video: wario ware smooth moves review-gametrailers
KIRBY UNIVERSE
KIRBY
Alt costumes: other kirby colors.
am I the only one who finds kirby incredibly disturbing? I mean, he's probably the cruelest protagonist in the history of gaming. he doesn't just attack his enemies. he EATS THEM ALIVE o.0. I mean, am I the only one who finds eating as an attack to be pretty disturbing? I mean, he just grinds up his enemies with his nonexistant teeth, and can either burn them up with his nonexistant stomach acids and absorb thier energy, or spit them out so hard, they look like freakin stars. and I thought the mario world was messed up 0.o! I mean, at least yoshi has the decency to turn his enemies into eggs, but kirby.... 0_o;;.
gameplay-wise, you should once again, read kirbykid's opinions on how kirby should be changed. such a cute-yet-dangerous character deserves more.
video: kirby adventure-beta trailer.
METAKNIGHT
alt costumes: dark metaknight, other colors.
Well, kirby finally brings a friend along for the brawl, in the form of metaknight, kirby's masked rival. even though metaknight seems to be of the same species as kirby, he actually has some shame, and doesn't eat his opponents alive. he perfers to slice them up with his sword, galaxia. getting that out of buisness, there's always something that comes to mind when I see metaknight. oh yeah, it screams "HIGH TIER, HIGH TIER, HIGH TIER, HIGH TIER, HIGH TIER!!!!" As if a disjointed hitbox wasn't enough, he can fly/glide, and seems to have incredibly swift speed. while E for all reports state he's more n00b-friendly than god tier, lets just hope we dont have a new fox on our hands -A-
video: kirby vs metaknight
KING DEDEDE
alt costumes: other colors
well looky that. king dedede's in brawl. what an extreme surprise. there is like, no way that could have possibly happened. bad attempts at sarcasm aside, King dedede looks like a fun and unique character so far. I'm going to have to truely see him in action to believe him, but he looks pretty good so far, and hopefully he'll be able to clobber dat dere kirbeh.
video: metaknight Vs dedede
ZELDA UNIVERSE
LINK
alt costumes: fierce diety, zora armor, goron armor, farmer attire, other colors.
Link, the legend himself, comes to smash yet again, this time with a few changes. link is from the legend of zelda series, possibly nintendo's greatest franchise. even though mario is nintendo's mascot, legend of zelda is the real meat and potatoes. anyway, even though link has been around in all the smash games, this version of link is pretty new, since he is based of off the link from twilight princess. his boomerang has now been replaced by the gale boomerang, which pulls opponents with it's gust, and he can now charge up his Up-b. he also attacks faster, and has a great boost in pretty much every aspect so what does this mean for our favorite mute hero? It can only mean some pretty good things for this legend, and link players. Looks like link has finally busted out of lowtierdom.
video: legend of zelda: where I belong.
ZELDA
Alt costumes: classic melee look, other colors.
well exuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess ......
yes its zelda, possibly one of the most neglected characters in melee, makes yet another return. She is one of many princesses of hyrule, who are also named "zelda." while her basic moveset looks the same, the real debate is, "is shiek coming back?" well, I personally think s/he is. However, I dont think s/he should be a complete transformation for zelda. s/he should either be toned down and become his/her own character OR s/he should be buffed up, but made as a temporary transformation for zelda. S/he's most likely going to be in the game in some way or another.
GANONDORF
alt costumes: wind waker attire, OoT attire, other colors.
chances of getting in: 95%
only ganondorf is enough of a G to wear corn rows. seriously.
ganondorf is the main antoganist of the zelda series, and is one of the most recognizable video game villans ever. and for such an incredible villan they made him............ a captain falcon clone? OOOOOOooooookaaaaaaaaaayyyy. sakurai and the crew will certainly not make the same mistake again, so he's most likely going to sport a brand spanking new moveset this time around. I personally believe it should be a good mixure of sword attacks, physical attacks, and magic attacks. his stats are good as they are, what all slow characters should be.
video: twilight princess-ganondorf fight.
YOUNG LINK
alt costumes: other colors
chances of getting in: 80%
WW style young link? is there any limit to your imagination tirkaro
? anyway, this is young link, the younger and an awful lot more cuter version of link. Young link, this time around, will most likely use his chibi look, started by wind waker, and has now pretty much replaced the more "classic" art style. The wind waker was perhaps the greatest zelda game, like, ever, if you can excuse its easy difficulty. there's just something so awesome about sailing the vast and open sea. The art style, while controversial at first, has now become the default art style for the rest of the zelda series, save twilight princess. I just love this style so much, which is why I thought twilight princess felt a bit empty without it. but anyway, young link will now most likely be either luigified, or made a completely original character this time around. He should certainly use his moves from wind waker, phantom hourglass, and the minish cap. an attack involving the multiple links from 4 swords would also be incredibly awesome.
video: wind waker-wonderboy
POKEMON UNIVERSE
PIKACHU
Alt costumes: pichu?, raichu?, different accsessories.
No matter how old I become, pikachu will always have that special place in my heart. Pikachu was, like, my childhood hero. He was the entire reason why I got into smash bros. This was back in the pokemon craze, when all I did was eat, sleep, and breathe pokemon. So seeing pikachu in smash was certainly a delight, and I instantly bought smash because of it, and as a result, pikachu has been my main throughout the smash bros series. While pikachu was god in SSB64, melee pikachu was toned down a bit too much. now in brawl, pikachu is buffed up considerably, since he has many advantages of pichu merged into his moveset, which further leads me to believe SSBB pikachu is simply SSBM pichu evolved. He also stole peach's downsmash of doom. Holy ****. be warned, pikachu opposers. You all stand no chance now against this new and improved pikachu.
video: PiKa PiKa Pikachu!
JIGGLYPUFF
alt costumes: acsessories, wigglytuff?
chances of getting in: 90%
Jigglypuff is a wierd one. smash bros is one of those games that combines many aspects of many other games. Mario plays like a combination between his own platforming games, and a street fighter character. marth plays like something out of soul calibur. and samus plays just like she does in her own games. however, jiggly stands out among the crowd. there simply isn't another character in any fighting game like her. She is very floaty, but her attacks pack one heck of a punch. She has a great recovery as well. She's also known for her world-famous wall of pain. jigglypuff is perhaps one of the most well made and balanced characters in smash. She really doesn't have any flaws. well, perhaps they could make her sing attack a bit less useless, but thats really it. good job, smash development team.
video: song of jigglypuff
MEWTWO
Alt costumes: armor, other colors.
chances of getting in: 89%
unfortunately, for every great character, there's always one stinker in the bunch. that was melee mewtwo. It truely is a great shame. mewtwo had so much potential, yet the smash team totally blew it with the mistake known as "melee mewtwo." It's almost as if the smash team made him with the intention of him sucking. but mewtwo deserves a second chance. If they're going to fix him in brawl, they need to change almost all aspects of his moveset.
for one, mewtwo weighs 269 pounds, so he should be heavier than what he is now. his attacks need to be a lot stronger, and he needs more kill-moves. and his B attacks need to be more useful.
video: mewtwo- conflict- disturbed.
POKEMON TRAINER
alt costumes: green, gold, brandon, may, lucas, dawn.
my favorite confirmed newcomer so far, pokemon trainer is one of those character ideas that are so crazy and wierd, you'll go "WTF!?," yet at the same time, so genius, you wonder why it wasn't implemented in smash 64. This is the greatest representation of the video game series yet. In the pokemon universe, these "pokemon trainers" take part in the great sport of pokemon training, which is essentially a more acceptable form of capturing animals against thier will and cockfighting them. its enough to make the PETA cry. This certain pokemon trainer is red, the original pokemon trainer. Red uses squirtle, ivysaur, and charizard to fight. squirtle is a water-based turtle pokemon that should either be the "speedy" pokemon of the group, or the "all-around" pokemon, though my money's on the latter. Ivysaur is some kind of plant dinosaur. strange thing is that he is the first fully bipedal smasher, and jusdging by screemshots, he seems to use his leaves on his back as a method of attacking. He'll also most likely use his vines for some A attacks, along with an obligatory headbutt move. his bullet seed attack looks pretty useful, and would be great for some combos. Charizard is a large dragon pokemon. He'll most definitely pack the the power for the group, and he can apparently use his wings to fly. while charizard was very fast in the cartoon, he'll most likely have a speed decrease in exchange for his power.
what else can I say? I love this character, and he's most likely going to end up as my 2nd main (right next to pikachu of course!)
video: pokemon-SPURT
METROID UNIVERSE
SAMUS
alt costumes: dark samus, light suit, fusion suit, other colors.
Samus aran is the space-bounty hunter from metroid. She apparently likes to shoot at aliens. because for some strange reason, every thing in the world seems to be out to kill you in metroid. and I tells ya, I cannot count the many people who were shocked silly after they beat some sort of metroid game, and figured out samus was a girl all along! heck, I was shocked when I found out she was a girl in her decscription in SSB64.
Anyway, samus was also a very well-made and balanced character in melee. I wouldn't change her for the world. I also love her brawl look. its so shiny *-*
Samus now has a new form called "zero suit samus." the only confirmed way of getting to her, is by using a final smash, but I personally believe there'll be another way to use her, since she then wouldn't be considered as a new character.
video: samus at her prime
RIDLEY
alt costumes: meta-ridley, other colors
chances of getting in: OVER NINE THOOOOOOUUUUUSAAAAAAAND!!!!!%
This is Ridley, samus' arch rival. Ridley, and his group of space pirates, were the ones who massacred samus' home colony, leaving samus as the sole survivor. He's a reoccuring villan in the metroid franchise, appearing in almost every game to date. He is also the most famous villan, and is high up on sakurai's poll. Ridley is pretty much a given to the brawl roster. Even though he'll be scaled down for brawl, he'll still be pretty darned tall compared to the other smashers, giving him a lot of range, but making him a large target. but heck, what can I say that hasn't been said by the ridley
video: MP3-omega ridley
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