5 Super Smash Bros. Brawl characters that SUCK, and the 5 that should've been in it INSTEAD
Posted by Gary Hodges at 6:30 AM Apr 01, 2008
While I don’t think Super Smash Bros. Brawl is quite as dazzlingly stupendous as most of the review community does (including our very own Game On), it’s still a great game. The graphics are Wiimarkable (i.e., remarkable by Wii standards), the multiplayer options are endless and brilliant, and the number of hidden goodies – playing on a gamer’s inexplicable and uncontrollable need to Unlock Things – even keeps players lukewarm on the game (like me) obsessively coming back for more.
One area SSBB does fall short, though, is in keeping a dense, concentrated level of nostalgia in the character roster. No doubt, there’s a shit-ton of awesome classic characters to pick from, but the lineup’s also watered down with characters that simply haven’t earned the right to share space with heavyweights like Mario, Link, or Samus – especially when greater characters are sitting on the sideline.
Case in point: StarFox’s Wolf O’Donnell? Are you fucking kidding me? How many people in the world are actually going to unlock Wolf and cry “HOLY SHIT WOLF O’DONNELL HOW SWEET!”? Better question: How many people even know who Wolf O’Donnell is?
And then there are the redundancies. Ness from Earthbound is cool, a nice nod to a great game; Lucas, though, is bullshit – not only because he lacks star power, but because he’s just too much like Ness. Same goes for the Fire Emblem crew: Marth or Ike is okay, but Marth and Ike dilute the mix. When you have such diversity in characters as Sonic, R.O.B., Pikachu, Olimar, and Bowser all in the same lineup, adding near-duplicates of characters that – let’s be honest – aren’t so interesting to begin with reeks of filler.
Oh yes: the f-word. Now you know I’m not playin’.
You’ve got to punch your own weight. Those characters make megastars like Donkey Kong look like he’s slumming by being in the game. If Nintendo had consulted me on the matter (and I have no idea why they didn’t), I’d have recommended the following characters get axed without shedding a single tear:
(Because we already have Fox McCloud.)
(Because we already have Ness.)
(Because we already have Ike.)
(Because who cares.)
(Because I want an even 5, and Because give me a fucking break.*)
As the hypothetical advisor/creative consultant on SSBB, I’m not going to just dump characters and leave gamers with a skinnier lineup. I care about the fans. So here are the five indisputably awesome and superior replacements I’d add in place of those superfluous, dead-weight nobodies:
Quit that snickering in the back and just think about it. A few images automatically pop to mind when thinking about the Mario series: Italian day laborers, mushrooms, big green pipes, and hordes of enemy turtles. So the fact not one of Nintendo’s own iconic and omnipresent Testudines has found his way into a SSB game as a real selectable character seems like plain old laziness.
Here, I’ll even start Nintendo out with some free* tips on how Koopa would work: Imagine being able to toss his shell at will, a simple risk-reward scenario where the flung shell could be the most powerful attack in the game, but would naturally also leave Koopa au natural – smaller, lighter, and thus easier to bounce out of the arena.
Since Konami saw fit to lend Solid Snake to Nintendo’s lineup, their legendary 8-bit vampire-hunting hero Simon Belmont is on the table as well – and frankly, a much better fit. Even the most diehard Metal Gear Solid fanboy has to admit knife-fighting, neck-breaking, headshot-executing Snake looks retardedly out of place standing next to Kirby. And there’s no question that Castlevania and its hero were far more important to the Nintendo brand than the Metal Gear games.
With his trusty whip, Simon would have an attack range advantage against other characters, offset by the fact he actually leaves the house bare-legged and wearing a tunic (making him a defensive lightweight). Best of all, his special attacks – boomerangs, axes, and even a magical pocketwatch that will temporarily freeze opponents struck by it – would be plentiful and powerful enough to rival even the mighty Link’s arsenal.
Bionic Commando was the greatest game to ever appear on the NES. If you disagree… well, I won’t judge you. But God will.*
For those criminally unfamiliar: Rad Spencer was the titular bionic commando, an army of one who bore a cybernetic grappling hook that he could use to swing across the landscape like Spider-Man. Yes, he’s a gritty military man, but hey, if Solid Snake is in there then Rad deserves a spot too. And maybe he isn’t as well known as some of the other characters, but he concludes Bionic Commando by blowing Hitler’s head off. What did Wario do to be in the game? Fart? I think Rad’s accomplishments have that shit beat.
Rad’s ability to grapple and swing to ledges would be insanely interesting on almost any given SSBB map. Imagine being popped off a ledge and flinging your hook out at the last second, pulling yourself back to safety. Imagine being able to flick it straight up up to instantly mount the level above you. And just try to picture Rad catching obnoxious Jigglypuff by the face and flipping her into the stratosphere.
In short: think of the win, people. Think of the win.
There were rumors Mega Man was going to appear in SSBB – wishful thinking, or evidence of talks between Nintendo and Capcom that ultimately broke down? Either way, he would have blended seamlessly with the game’s crew; far, far more popular and recognizable than even a few of Nintendo’s own (King Dedede, anyone?).
In fact, Mega Man is such an obvious candidate for inclusion, I think you’ll agree I don’t even have to make a case for him.* So I’ll just leave you with a picture that I feel best summarizes the power of the Blue Bomber.
Link’s eternal adversary in the Legend of Zelda games wasn’t always a sneering, snickering Scotsman with an Abe Lincoln beard and the complexion of a wooly mammoth just dug out of a glacier. I mean look at this jackass, look at him without your love-for-Zelda goggles just for one second:
Come on.
This wasn’t the Ganon I grew up with, this was some retconned bullshit introduced into Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. But in every Zelda prior, Ganon resembles a hulking, ogre-like pig beast who led his horde of misanthropic creatures to overwhelm peaceful Hyrule, a classic fairytale-like antagonist befitting the classic fairytale-like series; a Grendel to Link’s Beowulf, if you will.*
It was strange, then, that Nintendo abruptly switched out this icon of 8-bit evil for a decidedly less interesting character; then, like a damn tease, it’s hinted at Ganon’s blue pig heritage ever since, but only in the most inexact, passing sort of way, like the Ganon puppet in Wind Waker that resembled the original design, or the boar-like variation in Twilight Princess that was similar but different.
Blue Pig Ganon deserves a better homage than such silly winks and nods. Blue Pig Ganon was the ultimate adversary in the early Nintendo years, sharing a seat in a virtual pantheon that included Bowser and Mother Brain. These years of neglect since are inexcusable.
In SSB, Ganon appears as “Ganondorf”, the redheaded humanoid variation who is essentially just a big dude with a sword (and admittedly the only Ganon many extant gamers have ever known). But that leaves plenty of room for plain ol’ GANON, Prince of Darkness and cursed bearer of the Triforce of Power, the bloated, disfigured being whose gluttonous greed was ironically rewarded with the visage of a pig.
Footnotes:
1. You can empower and modernize Zelda all you want, Nintendo, but it's all revisionist history to me. Princess Zelda was always the helpless victim needing to be saved, and if she was half the badass you portray her to be in SSB, Link would never've had to save her elfin ass. (Princess Peach isn't disqualified on the same grounds since she was actually playable in a few games.)
2. Not free.
3. And harshly ye will be judged. Repent.
4. This is despite the fact Mega Man is essentially an Astro Boy rip-off, and was handicapped with the worst videogame box art in the history of mankind.
5. You've actually been reading these? Wow.
Comments
I agree on most parts, even though I like Lucas better than Ness (even if it's a jab to all countries who will never play Mother 3 legally). I'd rather have Krystal than Wolf, if we're going to milk the StarFox franchise.
As for Simon Belmont, trivia time: there was a GC game from Hudson named Dream Mix TV World Fighters pitting characters not only from Hudson, but also Takara and Konami... and it DID have Snake and Simon on their roster. (not to mention Master Higgins and Optimus Prime).
Posted 04/01/2008 at 02:13:30 PMMarth because we already have Ike doesn't make sense to me. Because they're both from the same series? If anything choose two characters have have somewhat similar moves, like Luigi and Mario or something.
Posted 04/02/2008 at 02:06:07 AMRead the whole damn thing... I agree, some of the characters blow porcupine wang.
Posted 04/03/2008 at 06:07:17 PMI agree on the whole, although, and this might not be a popular opinion:
Wolf O'Donnel is awesome.
He's the absolute shit.
YEAH, hes a clone, yeah hes not had his own game, and YEAH, he was absolute bullshit in the games he was in!
But... ah crap... argued myself into a corner. Ahem.. he must have a redeeming feature.
I like him! Yeah! And that makes him cool!
totally don't mind if they cut Zelda, but Sheik is well good ^^
Megaman NEEDS to be in Smashbros, it's just WRONG that he's not!
And yeah, lucas is just a great big chunk of gay, Ike can go suck a turd to a point and stab himself with it (as my good buddy Sean would say ), Roy was better, but still crap :P
Yanno what would have been cool? Dark Samus as a playable character, that would have rocked ^^
Totally agree on the koopa troopa too... but Rad Spencer is a douche :P
You seem to have a bit of a boner for blue pig ganon, something to confess? :P
Now I just have to sit an wait for Brawl to actually COME OUT in Scotland! >
Good article dude! :D
-Keny from Queens of the Pwn Age
Posted 04/04/2008 at 12:25:09 PMSimon Belmont, that woulda been wicked, I didnt even think about Castlevania, stupid me.
Mega Man woulda been schweet too, it just makes sense. But on the same token, what about Bomberman? I think that wouldve been perfect.
Knucles or Dr. Robotnik couldve rounded out the Sonic area.
What about the guy from super ghouls and ghosts, don't know his name but people fuckin love that game.
Some more long shot ideas id had:
Joanna Dark (Perfect Dark)
Paper Mario
Vectorman
i dunno, i cant come up with anymore.
Posted 04/05/2008 at 10:06:11 PMjust dont murder me over this
Bomberman would've been brilliant. Dammit!
After writing this, a friend also suggested Bonk from Bonk's Adventure. Double dammit.
Posted 04/06/2008 at 06:28:20 PMWho knows who Wolf is? Are you kididng me? Anyone who plays StarFox knows who Wolf is!
Posted 04/28/2008 at 04:02:10 PMRad Spencer? Koopa? Pig Gannon? What are you smoking?
You're asking to cut some of the more memorable characters (Marth, Wolf, Zelda, etc) just for some of the most god-awful suggestions I have ever seen (For the most part. You're right about Megaman though).
Please, for the love of God, cut your hands off so you never type anyhting like this again.
Ok well lets see here..
I see your saying that Lucas, and falco are both clones. Have you even played brawl? Seriously, their movesets are different and they both have unique play styles.
Also you picked ike over marth, wtf? So having 2 completely different characters such as Ike and marth is stupid. Seriously how the fuck does that dilute the mix of characters. If that's how your going to be why don't you just remove luigi while your at it. Also why would they get rid of the fire emblem rep from the very first game.
Now as for wolf you stated who knows him. Well i'm pretty sure a lot of people know who wolf Odonell is. The starfox series has been one of nintendo's best and Starfox 64 was one of the topsellers for N64. He should be in because he's been foxes rival since the beggening and is an important part of the starfox series.
Also Zelda? What the Fuck? If you seriously wanted to be rid of similar characters why not state someone like luigi or ganondorf.
Now on to your choices..
Koopa Troopa: He's a generic enemy from the mario series, it would be like making shy guy or a goomba playable. Maybe him as an AT but no, not playable.
Simon Belmont: i actually agree with you on this one, Castlevaneia was much more important to nintendo then the metal gear series.
Rad Spencer: Who the fuck? Ok what. Your saying that nobody knows who starwolf is then your going and sugesting this guy. Wtf..
Megaman: I wanted him in.
Pig Ganon: Ok you know what, No just no i'm not even gonna comment on this. This list is stupid and pretty much fails, it sounds like you havent even played this game.
Posted 04/28/2008 at 05:09:19 PMHow many people knew who Marth was in Melee again? Don't tell me you cried out fucking sweet when you saw Mr. Game and Watch.
Ness and Lucas are important to EarthBound. Which is important to Nintendo. Why? Because according to Satoshi EarthBound inspired the Pokemon franchise.
Same goes for the Fire Emblem crew: Marth or Ike is okay, but Marth and Ike dilute the mix. Marth and Ike are important to Fire Emblem.....lemme guess.....blue hair?
1. Falco
(Because we already have Fox McCloud.)
I kind of a agree on this..., but why WOLF? Fox's rival!
2. Lucas
(Because we already have Ness.)
No, Lucas is important to EarthBound.
3. Marth
(Because we already have Ike.)
Marth started the damn Fire Emblem franchise
4. Wolf
(Because who cares.)
Nintendo.
...and finally...
5. Zelda
(Because I want an even 5, and Because give me a fucking break.*)
No. :/
As the hypothetical advisor/creative consultant on SSBB, I’m not going to just dump characters and leave gamers with a skinnier lineup. I care about the fans.
Are you fucking kidding me? You really care about the EarthBound, Starfox, and Fire Emblem fanbase? STFU.
So here are the five indisputably awesome and superior replacements I’d add in place of those superfluous, dead-weight nobodies:
@Koopa- Because he contributed so much to Nintendo....
@Simon Belmont- As cool as he is....really? Snake got in Brawl without any licensing because Konami asked them, not vice versa, Simon would cost something. And wouldn't he look retarted right next to Kirby. Yeah I can play that game too.
@Rad- Cool, but he has contributed NOTHING.
@Megaman- QFT. BUT NINTENDO DOESN'T CHOOSE THERE CHARACTERS BASED ON POPULARITY, BUT IMPACT ON GAMING. LIKE HOW SNAKE CONTRIBUTED TO THE STEATLH GENRE, OR MARTH STARTING MEDEVIL TURNBASED GAMES(WAR GAMES WERE BY NINTENDO WARS).
@Blue Big Ganon- BLUE BIG GANON WAS NEVER PLAYABLE LIKE ZELDA TOO, AND NINTENDO LIKES USEING THERE MOST RECENT DESIGN.
Posted 04/28/2008 at 05:57:37 PMIf you think Rad Spencer and Pig Gannon are more recognizeable than Wolf or Dedede, then you must've been really high when you wrote this.
Posted 04/28/2008 at 08:50:39 PMEarthBound...important to Nintendo
Posted 08/18/2008 at 05:33:00 PMSo important that 3 of the games (Mother 1, Mother 3, and that GBA rerelease of 1+2) never saw release outside Japan?
Like hell Nintendo doesn't choose these characters based on popularity. Or to put it bluntly, based on what Wii Ware they want to sell. As a case in point, examine the differences between the US and Japanese "Masterpieces" section. All of the titles were upcoming or released in the respective countries.
Posted 10/14/2008 at 01:14:36 AMAs far as repetition, Brawl did more to differentiate the clones than Melee did, but it is still present. I would have loved to see Ganondorf get a move set of his own, instead of stolen (and uselessly slow) copies of Capt. Falcon's attacks.
And the character they REALLY need to include is Toad.
Zelda Rocks
Posted 10/23/2008 at 05:14:55 PMi agree that some characters have the same moves as others but whats the point in getting rid of them . for instance i would rather falco where as 1 of my friends use fox. so just because they have duplicates doesnt mean they should be removed . if u dont l9ke using them then dont use them no1 is making u.. however i do agree with the ideas u have..
Posted 11/18/2008 at 01:39:37 PMthey should add earth worm jim . he would be fun
Posted 11/18/2008 at 03:16:09 PMgaylord
Posted 01/02/2009 at 01:50:29 PMHere's what I think... add Koopa and Baby Mario as yoshi series characters,add Toad as a mario character and add Isaac or Felix from golden sun.
Posted 01/05/2009 at 07:26:02 PMmegaman had his chance in the marvel vs capcom series.... and honestly, he blew.
someone said bomberman. FANTASTIC! can we get rid of diddy kong for a bomberman trade off?
Posted 01/31/2009 at 02:26:49 PMfUck all of u dat say wolf iz gay... lucas iz a piece o'shit he can go suk ness' d*** for bein so gay. This list of new characters makes no damn sence.Rad who wtf... y don't u stop suking ur own dick nd smell the coffee
Posted 02/08/2009 at 09:15:39 PM*megaman iz a nice option
i agree whith you on every thing man blue gannon was kick ass,and would of looked even better in todays graphics,but i think the reason for making ganon a more civilized ganondorf was to add some human into him, like cmmon i dont think a big blue pig (although lokking sweet) could be verry diabolicle in the time we live in.and the reason in wind waker hes never the big pig is cause he is only a weak little gannon for the whole game.and it shows when he was at full monster power at the begining he was the tough ass blue boar!
Posted 03/29/2009 at 03:20:43 AMWhile I'm fundamentally butt hurt at the rampant tier-fail of brawl, I'd have to say you've just let your esoteric preferences run rampant.
Posted 03/30/2009 at 03:09:32 PMI can't believe you're a so-called "fan of the fans" if you want to cut out (The Legend of) Zelda, or the central protagonist for the Fire Emblem series. Ike plays completely differently from Marth and replaced a clone (Roy), plus he works because he was made in America- kinda like how Lucas didn't see light out of Japan.
Koopa did appear, and just as he should have; he was a weak enemy in the story mode and his shell was an item. Enough.
Simon Belmont is actually a good choice, but two characters from a separate company might be a bit tough, erm, business wise? He did appear in another fighting game though, with fucking Snake, Bomberman, and Optimus Prime.
Megaman = Win! Perfect old school character recognizable by everyone. There's a rumor he was replaced by ROB (fitting name), but I don't know if that's true. I personally wanted him or Ryu from Capcom... Their moves would translate so well too!
As far as the rest go, WTF Wad Spenso. BC was awesome, we know, but YOU GET PIT. Pig Ganon makes an appearance so he doesn't need to be playable.
Replacable characters-
Lucario- is he REEEAAAALLY that much more popular or cooler than Mewtwo? There are more kickass new pokemon anyway.
ROB- G&W + Pit + Iceclimbers are enough of a nod to old school, I think.
Wolf/Falco- either or, to keep Fox from loneliness.
Olimar- Meh. Did the GC have nothing else to offer?
King K. Rool however, needs to be in the game.
I think Nintendo has basically used all of their truly notable characters. They need more crossover characters like Master Chief, Mega Man, Crash Bandicoot, Knuckles, or Cloud from FF7. I know it's a stretch, but those characters would be badass.
Posted 07/28/2009 at 03:06:32 PMHow about a Big Daddy from Bioshock?
Posted 07/28/2009 at 03:07:40 PMalthough i would like it if megaman was in brawl, i dont agree with everything else.
Posted 08/11/2009 at 06:04:41 PManyway, koopa troopa would be THE EXACT same as squirtle, think about it.
Who the fuck is Rad? Also, I like both Ness and Lucas, but Lucas is NOT a copy. He plays completely different from Ness, and Lucas looks more like a real boy. Ness looks like a boy's toy. But I do like Ness better. Megaman is pure win and add Zero with him. They should add in Knuckles and Shadow to balance out Sonic and add in someone like that MGS AT to add to Snake. And add the Golden Sun series. Maybe Isaac, Felix and Garet? Other than that, whoever wrote this article is on heavy drugs.
Posted 08/15/2009 at 09:40:19 AMfalco is better then fox. wolf has a differnt look of the final smash. i think that it is better to have ganondorf then ganon cause ganon doesn't turn into ganondorf ganondorf turns into ganon and zelda is strong and lucas fucking better. dick licking bitch hole niggas
Posted 08/20/2009 at 05:23:45 PMI have to say.
After looking around for only 6 minutes at this website and the articles within, and the comments on them, I think it is important to tell you how much this entire website fucking sucks and that you should be ashamed of yourself for even bothering to host it.
But this list takes the cake of fail.
First of all, this is just so poorly written, it hurts to look at, let alone read. Your typing, grammar, and formatting resembles a brain-dead 10 year old flamer troll-fag on some shit forum.
That's not a good start.
Secondly, your points, reasoning ability, and logic also fits the above description of said brain-dead 10 year old flamer troll-fag on some shit forum.
Getting past that.... good god. You've never played Brawl. Not once, in your miserable, pathetic life. This is evidently clear from what you've written here. Aside from your piss-poorly reasoned and troll bating "opinions", your "facts" are likewise anachronistic, and wildly inaccurate.
And then your list choices.
Koopa Troopa? Pig Ganon? Rad... whoever the fuck that is.
No.
Just... no. If you cannot see, yourself, as to why these choices epically fail on every conceivable level that you are beyond all rational hope.
Hence, I feel that I must say the following with all the due respect that you deserve: Go fuck yourself.
Then light yourself on fire and throw yourself into a vat of acid. Now.
Look. From one person to another. You're not good at this. Blogging, sharing opinions, tryin to reason, fact checking, and having so much as a fucking clue about anything before wasting your time and ours, vomiting your stupidity for all to read?
None of these are exactly your strong points.
This website is a disgrace. Your writing and reasoning ability? Doubly so.
There is no nice way to say this. You suck. Please kill yourself for the good of mankind. Thank you.
Posted 10/12/2009 at 05:32:11 PMThanks for reading, Karma! I'm happy to have you as a fan!
Posted 10/12/2009 at 07:08:02 PMdurrhurrhurr hurr i'm karma and i take super smash bros. brawl more seriously than anything else in the entire world
Posted 12/03/2009 at 01:11:44 AMkill yourself if you disagree with me human life is less important to me than when people disagree with me about super smash bros brawl
i'm so angry all the time because not everybody agrees with me about super smash bros brawl
if i hear another dissenting voice regarding super smash bros brawl i'll slit my own throat
ZELDA is awesome!
Posted 12/16/2009 at 11:17:38 AMShe is two charakters in one and... I´m sure that you´re taking drugs!
Sorry to be rude and all but i think your ideas are an utter disgrace. I have never actually played any megaman games so i'm not that sure if he would be good but most people seem to agree with you on that bout so ill go along with it. Who is this Rad character i've no idea what you meant by adding a character that noone knows. The kooper shell is an item so wouldn't it be a little wierd to have him throwing his own shels when its already an item? Zelda is absoloutly fantastic in this game and shiek is just as good. she is there for mostly fan based reasons. But i do agree on the fact that she dominates in brawl and cannot save herself in her own games. Ummm pig ganon? Isn't he like ganondorfs final smash or something? That is all i can really remember on the article without haveing to look back up again but if youwould like to share any other comments on brawl that i could constructively critisize don't be afraid to e-mail me! =)
Posted 01/01/2010 at 07:17:14 AMI view the game like this. we have SIX!!! characters from the mario series. also effectively SIX!!! from the pokemon games. and we have FIVE characters from the zelda series. so of all 35 players basically half of them come from 3 games. If you want to get rid of characters how about taking them from those groups and giving other games a chance?
especially get rid of toon/young/paper/whatever you want to call him in the next game link? unlike some other characters, these are honest to god clones. they have identical movesets, there is no reason for them to be here. give us ONE link, thats all we need. personally i would also remove alot of other characters (like wario, ROB, diddy, pit, meta knight, cpt falcon, snake, ... ) but i dont have any real reason for it other than i dont like them or there were better choices.
As for characters that i would love to see, megaman would have been awesome but Banjo/kazooie would be AMAZING! too bad microsoft bought the rights....
Posted 01/07/2010 at 07:38:31 PMThis was fully retarded. I totally agree that some characters are simply masturbatory nods to Nintendo's halcyon days, but you neglected to mention any of them (R.O.B., for instance. Half of the players don't know who he is, and the rest of us don't care about 20-year-old references). Also, the condescending view of the Wii (Wiimarkable? Really?) reeks of a gamer who started on Xbox and doesn't actually appreciate gaming as a entertaining phenomenon. But that may just be my own bias.
Posted 03/08/2010 at 09:01:18 PM"Also, the condescending view of the Wii (Wiimarkable? Really?) reeks of a gamer who started on Xbox and doesn't actually appreciate gaming as a entertaining phenomenon."
All the characters I wanted added are from the 80s and yet I started gaming on the Xbox? Yes, that makes perfect sense.... shit for brains.
Posted 03/08/2010 at 09:27:34 PMThat review or whatever you'd call this terrible piece of junk is one of the worst things I've ever read in my life!!!! Although I've never played Brawl and only have played Melee with other people on the console, as I do not have a Wii or GameCube and I cannot find ROM's for them to work properly on my emulator, I am a huge fan of SSB, SBBM, and SSBB. I have not played all of the games those characters are in, but I know enough about them to completely detest your opinion...
Of course people know Wolf! From what I've seen, he has many strong moves, and I love his cry when he gets hit off the screen. I don't really know why, I just like it. Lol. ANYways. Are you effing kidding me?! Do you want kids to think the games Fox and Falco are in have no enemies? That they're just two fine and dandy furry and cute characters that carry around guns and blast themselves from the scene?! Heck no! Obviously these two have an enemy (excluding the infamous Andross), and players need to see this. It sounds stupid, but look how well Dedede, Bowser, Ganondorf (your idea of blue pig ganon or whatever is just a flop. he would replace the humanioid...) and Meta Knight (though he actually helped Kirby in a few or one of the games in the series, I believe) fit into the game. Isn't it just awesome- only in the super smash brothers series do you get to pay revenge as the bad guy to the hero?! Come on, that's clever of Nintendo to add Star Wolf in there...
Lucas?! What?! Why get rid of him?! Doesn't anyone else think it's a good idea to put in another EarthBound character in the game, to add to the Mother mix? I know, from experience, that the SNES Mother/EarthBound series can be a bit creepy, disturbing (Giygas), and odd, but they're still great games. And sure, they may have been on drugs with the swirling battle backgrounds and trippy music (which freaks me out at times, to be honest lol) but, it's a gem of a game. It's a shame Mother 3 never came to the U. S. LEGALLY, but perhaps Lucas's appearance is a hint that the third in the series may be released to the U. S. in the next few years? Who knows? Perhaps the Japanese are taunting the Americans for causing the first game(s) to change some of the dialogues, names, and images in the original Japanese version? Lol that was a joke. But I'm getting a bit off track... Ness and Lucas are not alike. Well, of course, I haven't played SSBB OR Mother 3, but judging from the voices, actions, and appearance, would it be an understatement to say that they're TWO DIFFERENT KIDS?! Atleast Ness is still a hidden gem, until you unlock him, that is. Proves he still is top dog up against Lucas, atleast in my opinion....
Why the fack would you get rid of Zelda? I agree on her strange ability to kick butt in SSBM/SSBB and opposite in the actual LoZ games, but you just can't get rid of that bad a** chick. She's awesome.
I know nothing about Ike or Marth it Roy to be honest, except they kind of look the same. But they're not the same...
I kind of agree that Falco can APPEAR clone-like to many players, even those who've played the Star Fox series, such as myself, we know him and Fox are NOT the same guy. They DO have a big rivalry, but they are NOT the same.
I hope you will change your mind on this after reading it. I'm getting do tired right now to write more, but I couldn't let my opinions and bottled up anger live inside me like that anymore.
Posted 03/20/2010 at 11:18:47 PMUnlike all these cruel, unjust commenters that apear to be my predecesors, I've decided to look at the postive things you've done with your review.
1. Lots of pictures. Good job. Many pictures = very pretty review.
Posted 04/17/2010 at 07:56:59 PM2. Your creativity is unmatched. Making up new words on the spot like that, well that's just Wiimarkable!
3. Your abilty to express your opinions as fact amazes me. I am truly envious.
4. And your reasonable arguements for claiming Zelda should be replaced, "Because I just wanted an even 5". Truly undeniable.
5. And this is here because I just wanted to make an even five. I mean, odd fives are like, so totally overrated.
I am a Ganon fanboy too,Mr. Hodges.
But listen to me: In SSB, character models WILL confuse you!
When you play as a character in SSB (be it Mario or Link), you are not playing as their most recent form, rather, you are playing as an "amalgamation" of that character.
For example, the Snake in SSBB is atually a combination of all the Snakes that appear in MGS games - he has moves from different Snakes.
So, when you play as Ganondorf, don't think you are playing simply as his more human form alone; you are playing as everyone ever called Ganon/Ganondorf.
Beleive me, it's hypocritical and silly to use the "most recent appearance" for a historic character in a game that is meant to be an ode to Nintendo's history.
Each form of said character should earn equal praise! All these commenter's rant, when Ganon deserves just as much (if not more) spotlight in SSB than 'dorf. They should have made alternate costumes are AT LEAST make 'dorf play more like Ganon did.
But enough ranting. Generally, Hogdes, consider SSB's audience whenever you want to discuss what you feel should be changed.
Admittedly, the characters (besides Ganon) you want playable in SSB don't deserve such spots. They could definitely appear as Assist Trophies, but NOTHING MORE. To become playable means that character is recognized by Nintendo gamers or is pivotal to Nintendo's development.
Ultimately, Ganondorf is part of Ganon, Hodges. To have this character appear in SSB means we would need to see contributions from all his forms - be it pig or human. Most players don't know Ganon anyway, so be thankful 'dorf's Final Smash at least involves some form of Ganon.
Sure, I think Ganondorf's appearance in Brawl is misconsrtued, belied, and disrespectful to his TRUE character, but we still have SOMETHING to be happy about.
Oh, and some of these commenters need to take a step back and remeber you are merely stating OPINIONS. Why are they ridiculing you so seriously and unreasonably?
Posted 04/30/2010 at 12:15:45 AM"In SSB, Ganon appears as “Ganondorf”, the redheaded humanoid variation who is essentially just a big dude with a sword "
...Has Ganondorf ever carried a sword EVER? 'Cause he definitely didn't in SSBB. For that matter, have you actually PLAYED SSBB(that stands for Super Smash Bros. Brawl, BTW[By The Way])?
Posted 06/10/2010 at 01:54:08 AM