Tom Nook for SSBB: Far from Deconfirmed.

[Numa Dude]

The song was ridiculous.

 

[Thrillhouse-vh.]

*BUMP* to the music!

The song was ridiculous.

Trust me, I've seen enough FG, that song is nothing but annoying now (and potentially offensive to Catholics)

Anyway: http://www.deviantart.com/view/36065915/

Short little newcomer comic, where Tom Nook has an apperance

 

[Hitokiri Battousai]

I, um, thought that for a character to be introduced in Brawl they'd have to be like a sort of fighter or something from the game they starred in - or at least be a potential fighter. Though I'm sure you could argue and bring up characters from Melee who arn't fighters, Tom Nook is a merchant... >.>; Sorry, but that's kinda weird.

*Tom Nook Forward Smashes you with... Overpriced Furniture!*

*Tom Nook Neutral Bs you with... Expensive House Upgrade!*

Heheh.

 

[foxmaster101]

His foward smash would be him hitting u with his apron

 

[the grim lizard]

What would his final smash be, forcing you to buy items at an inflated price??

Tom Nook sucks...even if you liked Animal Crossing...always ripping you off

 

[Pyr0]

I, um, thought that for a character to be introduced in Brawl they'd have to be like a sort of fighter or something from the game they starred in - or at least be a potential fighter. Though I'm sure you could argue and bring up characters from Melee who arn't fighters, Tom Nook is a merchant... >.>; Sorry, but that's kinda weird.

*Tom Nook Forward Smashes you with... Overpriced Furniture!*

*Tom Nook Neutral Bs you with... Expensive House Upgrade!*

Heheh.

if you care enough to read the story, Tom Nook was the leader of a fight club.

also, if that wasnt enought, how about this!

 

[Fawriel]

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=169

Tom Nook is merciless.


...seriously, I could see him working well if comically overpowered like Peach. I mean, not overpowered, just................. stronger than he SHOULD be.

*squeals in delight imagining Nookie destroying Falcon*

 

[the grim lizard]

...seriously, I could see him working well if comically overpowered like Peach. I mean, not overpowered, just................. stronger than he SHOULD be.

Like...when he attacks, his moves do damage?

 

[Pyr0]

HAHAHA Nice comic xD there.

And yeah I would love for Tom Nook to have something comicly overpowerd sorta like G&W's 9 hammer.

 

[TheBlackblaze]

Heh, I had a moveset for him a while ago. Tell me what 'cha think of it?

B: item stock: Nook pulls out either a Net, Shovel or Axe, theese can be used as standard A attacks
with Net being the weakest, Shovel being in tthe middle and Axe the strongest.You can also drop these as well, great for team battles.
Damage count:
Net regular: 4%
Net smash: 14%
Shovel regular: 7%
Shovel smash: 16%
Axe regular: 10%
Axe smash: 20%
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B smash: pit pocket:
Basically Nook claws at you,and tries to grab bells from you, if far away this will only do damage, if diret It will manage to take health from the opponent and give it to Nook.
Non- direct: 8-12%
Direct: restores 5-10%
Damage:10-14%
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B down: Furniture sale:
Nook pulls a furniture leaf/bell bag/present/ from his pockets.the furniture and presents Can be used as projectiles.You throw the leaf and it turns into furniture.The bigger the furniture, the more the Damage.
Damage:5-20%
Rarity:70%
Presents can be used as projectiles but once they hit something, an super smash bors Item appears from them. like a pokeball/bomb-omb/beam sword/ food/ect
Damage:2-8%
rarity: 10%
Bells Can be used to heal Nook abit, but beware if you throw it at an enemy, it will restore them.
restores:4-10%
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B up: Baloon Lift:
Nook pulls out 3 Baloons from his pocket and blow them up sending him high in the air, not much damage but a great recovery
Damage:2-7%
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Brawl Move: New house:
Nook will summon a brand new house from the terrain on the field. Then he will drop it on about half of the field.
DamageI don't know how much damage these do so I cant base anything yet.)
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Specials: Fishing Hook:
If Nook is falling off the field, he can pull out a trusy fishing rod, and try to grapphle his way back with it, It's fishing line is pretty long too, it's the longest grapphle in the game.(Also used for throws and stuff)
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Stats:
Nook Is kinda old, so he's packed on a few pounds, so he's abit of a heavy weight, not a big one though, probably the lightest heavy weigh in the games so he'd be abit above average.
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Nook is pretty fast, he can catch up to you quicky in the store right? So he'd be a decent runner, about as fast as Marth.
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Nook used to be a fighter so he could have been pretty strong, but he's kinda old now, but he's about average in attack and Defense.
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This is his main weakness, He's kinda heavy so he's not the greates jumper mind you not the worst though, he just abit under average for that.

What do you guy's think? I think had a couple other good movesets as well, I should find them.

 

[TheBlackblaze]

Shamless bump.

 

[saud]

Ok, I'm bumping this thread because it seems that it's somewhat confirmed that Nook won't be a playable character in the game.

Tom Nook appears in the background of the Animal Crossing stage....which kinda means he won't be playable

EDIT: Picture taken from the Japanese SSBB site.

 

[Fawriel]

Let's hope he'll be an AT!

And before anyone says it, the icon doesn't mean that there will be a playable character. Instead, it probably means that some franchises will not only get rep by AT but also by stage, and stages NEED an icon, unlike a singular AT like Dr. Wright.

 

[Pomfrod]

@saud: Wrong. This tells us nothing, since that rule didn't apply in Melee.

@ Fawriel: Agreed. All we have here is rampant speculation fodder. Although, it's looking as if it will be easier for them to remove Nook from the background if Nook is playing than for K.K. And why did they pick that Nook outfit?

 

[saud]

Wrong. This tells us nothing, since that rule didn't apply in Melee.

Really? Then which character appeared in the background of a stage and was a playable character at the same time? (I don't remember, so please remind me)

 

[Pomfrod]

Blue Falcon, Capt. Falcon.

 

[Lord_Deathborne]

In wasn't C. Falcon in person though... Maybe he got bored of racing and wanted to see how well the Blue Falcon's autopilot would fare...

 

[saud]

Blue Falcon, Capt. Falcon.

There's no proof that he was in the ship at that time; and as mentioned by Lord_Deathborne, it could've been on autopilot.

 

[Iggy K]

I can imagine Deathborne singing and skipping merrily now with Tom Nook in the background.

 

[Blackadder]

Thatnk GOD for that picture.
Proof that he won'tbe playable.
Just...thank the good god for that.
I wasn't in the mood for a weekend of tom Nook related crap fests.

 

[Octillus]

The animal crossing stage is such a good idea though, I'm quite pleased with it.

 

[Lord_Deathborne]

I can imagine Deathborne singing and skipping merrily now with Tom Nook in the background.

How'd you guess?

Now I'm NOT counting old Nookie out just yet, but his chances have been reduced drastically. As always, we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Blackadder]

Oh, the stage is fine.
It doesn't look like it transforms other than the time of day.
Thats wonderfull, a trourny legal stage.
and about time to.
that makes Battlefield and Smashvile on my list..

 

[bksands77]

I think there still is hope for an Animal Crossing character though, i say this due to the Animal Crossing leaf symbol at the top left corner of the update

 

[Caael]

What's wrong with Delfino as a tourney level? It's got no god**** cars to interfere...


People, Tom isn't going to be in. He's in the background. You cant go around saying ' o but heez a nook clonez, reel nook will b playable'

 

[Drik Khaail]

well, if you ask me, unless the rest of the people dancing in the background also being playable, I think ole tom nook got booted off the roster... 100 updates to go...

 

[oxyborb]

Thatnk GOD for that picture.
Proof that he won'tbe playable.
Just...thank the good god for that.
I wasn't in the mood for a weekend of tom Nook related crap fests.

well, if you ask me, unless the rest of the people dancing in the background also being playable, I think ole tom nook got booted off the roster... 100 updates to go...

by this logic 2 people shouldn't be able to play the same character at the same time

Not that I think Nook still has a chance, but there is no logic behind assuming anything till the game is out. And that AC icon does suggest an AC char. We'll see.

 

[Blackadder]

by this logic 2 people shouldn't be able to play the same character at the same time

Not that I think Nook still has a chance, but there is no logic behind assuming anything till the game is out. And that AC icon does suggest an AC char. We'll see.

They still woulden't have him in the background if he was playable, anyways.
Not that it matters, any AC character would be an abomination.

The symbol does strike up possiblitys, but even if there is a AC character,
I won't be playing them.
Ever.

 

[HiddenTiger]

To all you naysayers: In Melee, Fox was still able to call Falco and the rest of Team Star Fox on Star Fox stages with his secret taunt, but Falco still ended up playable. Besides, this is a game where four people can all play as the exact same person at the exact same time. How hard is it to imagine that he could end up in the audience and as playable at the same time.

 

[Fawriel]

Well, you can play with the same character several times in one game, and you can have Fox contacting Falco while fighting him, but... being right there in the background seems somewhat different because it's such a static element. It's always there, presumably. And as soon as someone does pick Tom Nook, there definitely are two... which is strange. I'd argue that it's a solid point against Nookyboy.

On the other hand, it wouldn't be hard to simply remove him from there once he's actually in the fray ( although it would still be a confusing element in the stage )...
And you have to note that this Nook wears different clothes than his usual apron.

I actually would like Tom Nook to be in, but the evidence speaks slightly against him in my eyes, and I refuse to accept the icon as viable proof because stages simply HAVE icons and it's hardly far-fetched to assume that we'll get stages without a character to go with them this time around. And that seems to be taken as proof all too often. Or maybe I'm just imagining that.

Either way: Tom Nook is fine in my book, but I don't see it happening anymore.

 

[bksands77]

agreed that Nook should not be ruled out

 

[Ferro De Lupe]

They still woulden't have him in the background if he was playable, anyways.

Yea, in the same way that four people can't play as Mario at the same time...

Plus, they could easily have it programmed to remove Nook from the background when he is being played.

Not that it matters, any AC character would be an abomination.

Opinion

The symbol does strike up possiblitys, but even if there is a AC character,
I won't be playing them.
Ever.

That's the beautiful part of a 40+ character roster. The wide selection of characters to choose from.

 

[Blackadder]

Yea, in the same way that four people can't play as Mario at the same time...

Plus, they could easily have it programmed to remove Nook from the background when he is being played.



Opinion



That's the beautiful part of a 40+ character roster. The wide selection of characters to choose from.

All true, but as you stated "Opionion".
Thats what these forums are.
Just a bunch of opionions.
I just don't like the idea of Tom Nook...it's just...he doesn't seem right.
Like Olimar...

 

[Ferro De Lupe]

All true, but as you stated "Opionion".
Thats what these forums are.
Just a bunch of opionions.
I just don't like the idea of Tom Nook...it's just...he doesn't seem right.
Like Olimar...

They don't seem right?

How?

 

[the grim lizard]

You guys are being silly. This is just like saying Samurai Goroh could still possibly be playable. He's not gonna be. He was never even on the stupid polls. It was just some stupid dream.

Look, this stage is more than enough to satisfy the AC fans. There could see be an AC human, but face it: Tom Nook is NOT playable. Period.

 

[OnyxVulpine]

We'll just see, only time can tell unfortunately...

 

[Blackadder]

You guys are being silly. This is just like saying Samurai Goroh could still possibly be playable. He's not gonna be. He was never even on the stupid polls. It was just some stupid dream.

Look, this stage is more than enough to satisfy the AC fans. There could see be an AC human, but face it: Tom Nook is NOT playable. Period.

Um, I'm on the DON'T want AC characters band wagon.
@Ferro

I mean that they don't quite...well, there so small, and they don't look like they could have anything but genric moves.

 

[Ferro De Lupe]

@Grim:

"Every franchise with a symbol has a playable character." Going by this logic, the answer is yes, Animal Crossing will recieve a playable character. It is also backed up by the FACT that Dr. Wright doesn't have a SimCity symbol as SimCity isn't a franchise with a playable character.

"Every franchise with a stage/item will recieve a symbol indicating where it came from, even if it doesn't have a playable character." Going by this logic, it is safe to say that Animal Crossing may not recieve a playable character. The same can be said about the Yoshi franchise.

Because they are both Assist Trophies, Samurai Goroh and Dr. Wright should have recieved the same symbol (Smash Emblem [which indicates a Smash exclusive item.]) However, Samurai Goroh recieved an F-Zero icon while Dr. Wright recieved nothing from SimCity. This helps to back up the first theory (that only items/stages with playable characters will recieve icons.)

"Franchise symbols don't indicate playable characters!" Going by this logic, the answer is no, Animal Crossing will not recieve a playable character. Using this logic also removes the possability that Yoshi will return.

It's possible that any of these could be correct, however, there is more evidence supporting the first.


My theory is that Nook will only be in the background when he is not being played...

 

[HiddenTiger]

There could see be an AC human, but face it: Tom Nook is NOT playable. Period.

Prove it. Show me some definitive proof that you have and I don't that unarguably proves that Tom Nook will not be playable. Saying he's in the background can't count, for several reasons. First, it appears to me that the audience is randomized every time the stage is loaded. Nook might not even be there except for a small fraction of the times that you play on that stage. Second, in Melee, both Fox and Falco appeared in the background of the Star Fox stages during Fox and Falco's secret taunts, and both of them are playable, aren't they? Should they have been removed because they were in the Background of two out of twenty-something stages for a short time? Third, it wouldn't be any harder to program it that he doesn't appear in the BG when he's being played than it was for Nintendo to make it so the Mii you're playing as doesn't appear in the audience of Wii Sports. So? What else proves he won't make it in?

Sorry if I sound a little pissy, but it's getting annoying hearing all of you people shooting off at the mouth like you know this for fact, when it's impossible to say anything for certain one way or another. You may be right for all I know, but going around posting things like "Give it up AC fans he'll never be playable, period! He's in the background so it's completely impossible for him to ever appear as playable, end of story!" makes you sound really, really arrogant.

 

[Ferro De Lupe]

I mean that they don't quite...well, there so small

Don't make me bring up the Kirby/Bowser argument

and they don't look like they could have anything but genric moves.

I'll counter this one with:

Tom Nook has his own chain of stores which feature a wide variety of items that could be turned into fighting weapons for Smash (i.e. shovel, fishing pole, etc.)

I don't know enough to give one to KK.

But Resetti has a pick-axe, yes?