Uneducated Assumptions You Had About Characters Only Known Through Smash

[Ignoth]

I can't be the only one that's made them right? For example:

• For the longest time, I assumed Ness was a braniac Japanese kid, and that all of his special attacks were coming from his (unseen) gadgets.
• Kirby in 64 gave me the impression that Kirby was an angry and ruthless little ball of horror. I swear that Kirby just looked and acted much less innocent there.
• Until I actually played Pikmin, I got a lot of cult vibes coming from Olimar. He never speaks and seemingly bows down before the Pikmin during victory. I thought he was some space man who was driven mad in the wilderness and now mindlessly serves the Pikmin.

Then there are characters I still don't really know anything about outside of cultural osmosis - but I'm pretty sure my assumptions are off base. Example:

• Since Roy & Marth were introduced together, I pictured them as polar opposites: Marth is a cool, levelheaded, and somewhat sheltered prince, on the other hand, Roy is impulsive, angry, and rather childish. (A quick wiki search seems to show that I am completely wrong.)

Anyone else do this? Incorrectly piece together a character based on limited exposure through Smash?

 

[Rocket Raccoon]

Marth was a girl.

 

[Superyoshiom]

I thought Link was a girl.
And named Zelda. Give me a break, I was really young.

 

[TJ-Works]

• Marth was a girl.
• Ike was Sonic.
• Sonic was Ike.
• Luigi was Green Mario.

 

[Raijinken]

Due to him being an utter nuisance in Smash64, I assumed Fox was an annoying prick. I still consider myself correct to this day.
I assumed Roy was related to Eliwood. I was right.
I expected Ness to be able to use PK Fire. Too bad they didn't give him PK Rockin' in Smash.
I thought it was silly that Lucas fought with a stick. After beating Mother 3, I still think it's silly.
I've played some of everyone's games by now (aside from ROB and Snake), so I won't be making similar mistakes in the future.

 

[Elaith]

I thought ROB was a character designed specifically for Brawl.

 

[Brindor]

I thought the Mother series was about kids taking drugs to get their powers.
Stupid assumption, I know.

 

[Ignoth]

I thought the Mother series was about kids taking drugs to get their powers.
Stupid assumption, I know.

Whew, glad to see that my: "Olimar is an insane cultist serving the Pikmin" level misunderstanding isn't alone :D

I've played some of everyone's games by now (aside from ROB and Snake), so I won't be making similar mistakes in the future.

I'm actually working towards that in preparation for Smash right now. Punch-out!! Wii, Mother 3, and something from Kirby are still on my list.

 

[MasterOfKnees]

As someone who got Melee 12 years ago, meaning I was only 7 years old, I thought that:

Ness was a Pokémon Trainer
Samus was a guy
Game & Watch was the first video game ever made
Young Link was Link's little brother

Only Brawl assumption I ever made was that I initally thought Pit was a girl, that was at least until I joined Brawl speculation.

 

[GunGunW]

I think someone told me Captain Falcon was a pirate.

Also, Samus was a guy; she, Ness, and Cap were the only characters in Smash 64 I didn't know. I might not have known Kirby either, but I'm not sure. I played Kirby 64 when I was little too but that apparently came out after it.

I thought Marth and Roy were related.

 

[ndayday]

I thought Marth's name was actually Martha and they messed up.

 

[Nat Perry]

I thought Zelda was "Zolda."
I thought Mr. Game & Watch was "Mega Man."

 

[AncientArk]

Before I played Melee, I thought Metroid was Samus's name, I hadn't really known anything about the Metroid franchise until then.
I pretty much learned about Metroid through Smash Bros (and Earthbound, Fire emblem and any other franchise new to me)

 

[xxEliteAlicexx]

I'm pretty sure EVERYONE in here almost thought that Sheik and Samus were men if you haven't played/beat a Metroid or Zelda game until you got to the event match where you fought all of the women in the game or read up on Sheik's trophy.

I thought Zelda was "Zolda."
I thought Mr. Game & Watch was "Mega Man."

OMG I HAAATE WHEN PEOPLE CALL HER THAT!!! XDDDD IT RIPS ME TO SHREDS!!!

 

[KaZe_DaRKWIND]

I'm pretty sure EVERYONE in here almost thought that Sheik and Samus were men if you haven't played/beat a Metroid or Zelda game until you got to the event match where you fought all of the women in the game or read up on Sheik's trophy.

OMG I HAAATE WHEN PEOPLE CALL HER THAT!!! XDDDD IT RIPS ME TO SHREDS!!!

While I agree about Samus being a common misconception, I have never ever understood why anyone could think Sheik was male.
Never really assumed much of the characters whose games I didn't play as I didn't really care about them. I thought Captain Falcon was from something like Mortal Kombat originally(Figured out quick that was wrong).

 

[J04KlM]

I thought Kirby was a Pokémon.

Also thought Samus was a man.

 

[xxEliteAlicexx]

I thought Zelda was "Zolda."
I thought Mr. Game & Watch was "Mega Man."

OMG I HAAATE WHEN PEOPLE CALL HER THAT!!! XDDDD IT RIPS ME TO SHRE

While I agree about Samus being a common misconception, I have never ever understood why anyone could think Sheik was male.
Never really assumed much of the characters whose games I didn't play as I didn't really care about them. I thought Captain Falcon was from something like Mortal Kombat originally(Figured out quick that was wrong).

Like, I never knew it was Zelda. Lol I was 10 when I got melee.

 

[Platsy]

Edit: Changed for wrong context.

- I used to think Mr Game and Watch was glitched for my game because I didn't know he was supposed to look like that. I thought something went horribly wrong with the challenger approaching screen.

- I didn't think Samus had a gender, I just thought she was a robot. Thole whole time, I called her 'it'.

 

[ryuu seika]

I thought the Ice Climbers would actually have some story.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Simple and common, but I was among those that thought Samus was a guy initially.

Other than that....nothing. I was hardly familiar with Nintendo as a whole when I got Melee, I was only familiar with The Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, and Mario, to a lesser extant, and I was pretty little, there were not many assumptions that I could make. I just recognized some characters, and all others I read about in trophies from their franchises out of curiosity.

 

[ToothiestAura]

No, apparently even as a child I knew a lot about Nintendo games. I also seemed to assume very little. What a cold, logical child I must have been.

 

[LIQUID12A]

/thread

Everyone had this as a kid.

 

[LightningVance]

Raise your hand if you DIDN'T think Samus was a guy

I remember being like 9 years old reading the character descriptions and saw "she" in her little blurb and hardcore "WHAT"'d

 

[Marakatu]

I thought that Marth and Roy were from the same game, but that's pretty much it.

 

[SoaringDive]

Someone told me that Samus and Cpt. Falcon were cousins and I believed it.

 

[The One Who Wrote This]

I thought Samus was a robot and that Roy and Marth were from the same game (didn't help matters that their trophies both had the same "game" name [Fire Emblem (Japan Only) IIRC]).

I also thought Ness was Ash Ketchum. Was 6 or 7 at the time of the game's release, so I didn't know at the time.

 

[Substitution]

I used to think Pikachu's back throw was some super secret attack. Likewise, I didn't know how to differentiate Thunder and Skull Bash. So I thought they were one and the same.
I once thought Mew (not Mewtwo, Mew) was in the game. Along with Sonic and Tails.

 

[Xermo]

I used to think roy's star ko scream was him yelling "MAAAAAAARTH"
so I figured they were butt buddies since they were clones and whatnot.

Other than that, it was the infamous "Link isn't named Zelda"

 

[Thegamerguy131]

I was one of the infamous "calls Link Zelda" people. My brother still does it.

 

[CrimsonYoshi]

I thought Ness was a super eerie alien kid from one of the scariest and weirdest games ever, though at the time I knew nothing about Earthbound. In one sense, i was right. Great game though.

 

[liets]

I can guaruntee that NOBODY actually legitimately thought Marth was a girl. It's only a running joke because he looked a little bit soft and feminine in Brawl, and MAYBE Melee. It's not funny anymore.

 

[Thegamerguy131]

I can guaruntee that NOBODY actually legitimately thought Marth was a girl. It's only a running joke because he looked a little bit soft and feminine in Brawl, and MAYBE Melee. It's not funny anymore.

B-But I DID think he was a girl... I was only a kid...

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Oh, come to think of it I was also among those who thought Link was called "Zelda" for a time. I had the Collector's Edition and figured the Links from the various different games were a bunch of different ones, so I just called them "Zelda Kids" lol. Melee was what cleared all that up for me.

I also thought the Ice Climbers would have more than just an old NES game (I didn't even know such a console had existed at the time, tbh. I was still pretty new to the gaming world at the time) other than that I tried imagining what a bunch of other character's games would generally be like, a lot of them didn't end up like what I imagined.

 

[ChikoLad]

I thought Pit was Sora from Kingdom Hearts for a brief moment, when I first saw him.

I thought Ness was a goofy Japanese stereotype (still kinda headcanon that). I also thought he was supposed to be the kid who owned all of the toys of the Nintendo characters, and thought the Earth symbol was supposed to symbolise that.

 

[Ignoth]

I remember having crazy ideas of what Majora's Mask was about after a few tidbits of information in Melee. I'd really have to dig deep to remember though (Since I've now played it and everything).

I thought Ness was a super eerie alien kid from one of the scariest and weirdest games ever, though at the time I knew nothing about Earthbound. In one sense, i was right. Great game though.

I assumed that all references to aliens in Earthbound trophies and whatnot were referring to Mr. Saturn. I recall thinking that Earthbound was about Ness' town being invaded by thousands of Mr. Saturns.

I also thought that Fox's up special in 64 was a jet-pack. Granted, I still don't know what it is that he's doing.

 

[Bedoop]

I always called R.O.B. "The Mario Kart Guy" since he appeared in MKDS.

 

[YT123]

I actually thought Ness was Noddy, and that was the main reason why I wanted Melee in the first place..
I also thought Ganondorf was Captain Falcon's evil brother and that Roy's game was called 'Future Release'.

 

[Sun & Moon]

I thought Marth was a girl just because he had a tiara.

 

[Jerm]

Not personally one of my own, but most people who haven't played Legend of Zelda assume that "Link" is actually named "Zelda".

 

[Casey_Contra]

I thought Samus was a boy until my friend and I were shocking people with Pikachu in 64 and pausing to look at their skeletons. When you shock Samus you see a metallic model of her body :O