Smash Bros. Brawl

[hXd]

YES!!

Luigi, Falcon, and Ganondorf!!

www.gonintendo.com

Jake you absolutely made my morning.

[hXd]

Okay so after seeing this image at gonintendo.com, I would say it's safe to assume that this roster shown will be the final roster:



Now to review my predictions:

My calls for who's coming back other than Mario, Pikachu, Link, Samus, Fox and Kirby:


Yoshi- They've already shown a Yoshi stage so he's an automatic in.

DK- You just can't have a Nintendo fighting game without DK. 'Nuff said.

Zelda/Sheik- They were very popular in Melee and frankly I would be shocked f they didn't return.

Captain Falcon- Again, very popular and an absolute powerhouse with ridiculous speed. No way he's getting left out.

Ness- I feel as though he's a underdog for return, but he's got a very loyal fanbase that would castrate Sakurai if he wasn't put in.

Ice Climbers- One of the more unique characters, unique enough to have a second go.

Peach- A surefire addition due to her Mario mainstay status, the same as....

Luigi- ...this guy. Impossible to have Smash without them.

Bowser- As painfully slow as he was, the Mario franchise portion of Smash needs a villain.

Falco- I will be SEVERLEY dissapointed if Falco is not in Brawl. He also happened to be the best character in Melee.

Marth- The best player in the USA uses Marth. Although if not for wavedashing Marth would actually suck really bad.

Jigglypuff- Probably the biggest underdog for return. But you can be sure there won't just be one Pokemon in the game.



The Rejects

As for the rest....I heard from a source that Sakurai is not putting in any "clones" in Brawl, so unless they change everyone's move lists, that automatically cancels out Young Link, Ganondorf, Roy, Dr. Mario and Pichu (the worst character ever).

Mewtwo was the second worst chracter in Melee, jokingly dubbed as "The Unfinished Character", so bye-bye.

Game And Watch was a unique character, but unfortunately I don't think he has enough pull from the fans to be considered for Brawl.



The Requests

Fighters I'd like to see:

Sonic- There is a game coming out in 2008 with Mario and Sonic in the same game, so he'd be a logical pick. Besides, Sega, Namco and Nintendo have the "TriForce" thing going on.

Simon Belmont- The legendary whip-wielding hero from Castlevania would be a fresh choice, maybe using those Holy Water and Cross subweapons for "B" attacks.

Derek Stiles- A unique choice from Trauma Center, maybe using forceps and a bandage attack that paralyzes opponents. He would basically be the new Dr. Mario.

Cooking Mama- An oddity character that would use kitchen items (probably no knives, though) and food as attacks. If they could make Game And Watch work, they can make her work, too.

Arthur- Ghosts 'N Goblins, the heyday of NES. If they can ressurect Pit they may as well get this guy out of retirement.


And that's all I got for now. I tried to stick to games I've played, but I have seen some other intersting choices.

So I had to make some adjustments to my standings. I successfully predicted everyone in the first bracket + Sonic, but I went back on my standings on Shiek and Marth, so that counts as 2 losses. Plus I was a complete jackass and voted against Ganondorf, and lost honestly on my standing on Game And Watch, so that would make my final score 13-4. Not a bad score, if I say so myself.

This is also pending on the fact that there might be new info besides what's been released so far, but I'm pretty sure this is it. There's 33 characters in that roster, and I doubt they would probably wanna squeeze anyone else in there.

[Beardcore84]

you can play as R.O.B.

 



 

[Tynstar]

you can play as R.O.B.

 



 

Thats awesome!

[hXd]

Supposedly the final unlockable character has been revealed, and it's...


[img width=300 height=223]http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/thumb_33uvomx.jpg[/img]


Wolf, from StarFox.

Sigh, no Simon Belmont. Oh well.

[TraderJake]

And, the shit has hit the fan.

http://www.destructoid.co...s-brawl-disk--68272.phtml

[hXd]

That sounds fake to me. I could be wrong though- the Doc could be an alternate costume, like how Wario has his classic costume as an alternate. Time will tell.

[Shimra]

Okay so after seeing this image at gonintendo.com, I would say it's safe to assume that this roster shown will be the final roster:

Now to review my predictions:

My calls for who's coming back other than Mario, Pikachu, Link, Samus, Fox and Kirby:


Yoshi- They've already shown a Yoshi stage so he's an automatic in.

DK- You just can't have a Nintendo fighting game without DK. 'Nuff said.

Zelda/Sheik- They were very popular in Melee and frankly I would be shocked f they didn't return.

Captain Falcon- Again, very popular and an absolute powerhouse with ridiculous speed. No way he's getting left out.

Ness- I feel as though he's a underdog for return, but he's got a very loyal fanbase that would castrate Sakurai if he wasn't put in.

Ice Climbers- One of the more unique characters, unique enough to have a second go.

Peach- A surefire addition due to her Mario mainstay status, the same as....

Luigi- ...this guy. Impossible to have Smash without them.

Bowser- As painfully slow as he was, the Mario franchise portion of Smash needs a villain.

Falco- I will be SEVERLEY dissapointed if Falco is not in Brawl. He also happened to be the best character in Melee.

Marth- The best player in the USA uses Marth. Although if not for wavedashing Marth would actually suck really bad.

Jigglypuff- Probably the biggest underdog for return. But you can be sure there won't just be one Pokemon in the game.



The Rejects

As for the rest....I heard from a source that Sakurai is not putting in any "clones" in Brawl, so unless they change everyone's move lists, that automatically cancels out Young Link, Ganondorf, Roy, Dr. Mario and Pichu (the worst character ever).

Mewtwo was the second worst chracter in Melee, jokingly dubbed as "The Unfinished Character", so bye-bye.

Game And Watch was a unique character, but unfortunately I don't think he has enough pull from the fans to be considered for Brawl.



The Requests

Fighters I'd like to see:

Sonic- There is a game coming out in 2008 with Mario and Sonic in the same game, so he'd be a logical pick. Besides, Sega, Namco and Nintendo have the "TriForce" thing going on.

Simon Belmont- The legendary whip-wielding hero from Castlevania would be a fresh choice, maybe using those Holy Water and Cross subweapons for "B" attacks.

Derek Stiles- A unique choice from Trauma Center, maybe using forceps and a bandage attack that paralyzes opponents. He would basically be the new Dr. Mario.

Cooking Mama- An oddity character that would use kitchen items (probably no knives, though) and food as attacks. If they could make Game And Watch work, they can make her work, too.

Arthur- Ghosts 'N Goblins, the heyday of NES. If they can ressurect Pit they may as well get this guy out of retirement.


And that's all I got for now. I tried to stick to games I've played, but I have seen some other intersting choices.

So I had to make some adjustments to my standings. I successfully predicted everyone in the first bracket + Sonic, but I went back on my standings on Shiek and Marth, so that counts as 2 losses. Plus I was a complete jackass and voted against Ganondorf, and lost honestly on my standing on Game And Watch, so that would make my final score 13-4. Not a bad score, if I say so myself.

This is also pending on the fact that there might be new info besides what's been released so far, but I'm pretty sure this is it. There's 33 characters in that roster, and I doubt they would probably wanna squeeze anyone else in there.

Wow what the hell, Falco isn't the best character at all. He's a top tier but there are three broken characters above him, as in they deal way more damage than any other character. Marth, Fox, and Sheik are unbelievably broken, this really can't be argued if you look at their speed, damage they give, throws, spikes, etc.

[hXd]

100% disclosure, at the time that I wrote that I was a bit biased, as I mained Falco. Since then I've branched out my character taste, and now I tend to main C.Falcon, Samus, and Marth.

[OatBob]

Smash Bros. Brawl was the #1 selling game in japan last week selling over 820,000 copies.

[BadEnoughDude]

Is it bad that I have never played a second of any Smash Bros. game?

[OatBob]

you could be missing out.  Like anything, whether you like it or not is up to your tastes, but you could be missing out on an outstanding game.

This one is best played with friends at parties, or at weekend dorm tourneys. 

[Tondog]

Smash Bros. Brawl was the #1 selling game in japan last week selling over 820,000 copies.

Sad. In one week, it sold 8 times what No More Heroes has done in its lifetime.

[hXd]

you could be missing out.  Like anything, whether you like it or not is up to your tastes, but you could be missing out on an outstanding game.

This one is best played with friends at parties, or at weekend dorm tourneys. 

I need to get in on some hardcore tourney action. The last time I tourneyed was before I moved to Georgia at a toy store. That was a great one.

[Cobra]

Smash Brothers is very heavily hyped mind you, there needs to be more awareness of No More Heroes. No More Heroes still has my greatest interest of all the Wii library.