Sakurai's stated he wanted Palutena or Bayonetta to be the starter character for WoL since they're OP in their origins, and both of them are from low-tier franchises. He went with Kirby solely due to being beginner-friendly.
I think it bears noting that the "fighters" is only the tip of the...
The Mario franchise has such a disproportionately large presence in it (for example, even counting Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings as a single fighter, that's 14 fighters), which is only rivaled by Pokemon's (which is almost entirely devoted to a single support item). While a Zelda or Metroid wiki...
When you have separately animating parts on combining sprites, depicting them all on a singular animated image can be a hassle. Take this one:
He closes his mouth every four steps, yet wags his mustache every seventh.
To properly replicate it, I had to individually drop the frames in order to...
Jr. Troopa is a newly hatched Bowser Jr.
The facial structure is fairly similar, and since the JP name plays of "Koopa" rather than "Noko," the "Troopa" bit seems like a localization-specific thing.
SMRPG enemy/affiliation concept sketch!
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Anyways, we have Smithy as a Buddha genie thing with a generic-looking Exor next to him and arrows pointing to:
(Unrecognizable) Cloaker & (recognizable) Domino -> Earth Link/Mad Adder
A mystery cloaked guy -> Magikoopa, Shy Guy, and Shaman
Mack ->...
Good god it's been so long since I played Smash or put much thought into the DLC I forgot a good third on the more recent characters' end were even in it LMAO
The real reason Nintendo rejected Ian Flynn's Mario comic book pitch was they were worried he'd dig back up Stanley the Talking Fish from obscurity as he had so many hardly known Sonic characters for that comic.
Oh, sorry, this wasn't the headcanons thread? My bad.
Beyond the pre-renders from the first few games and also some memes, there's not a lot of good things to say about it. Pretty much any fighting game from Capcom or SNK is better. And Tekken is from Namco of all things.
I'm happy Advanced Wars is there, if only because it deserves more attention than it's gotten. I'm also happy there's no sign of Fire Emblem since it's been overexposed in the past 5 years or so.
Given most Koopa shell plastrons are just horizontal ribbed bumps, it's interesting they actually gave this one semi-realistic detailing.
Especially since the carapace looks like a giant egg.
Pauline acknowledgement for a game she wasn't even in (unless that's Daisy, but even then, just madlib in her name)! Though Super Mario-kun did something similar iirc. A lot of odd enemy colorations in the background, though. Green G(al)oomba, anyone?
And Heff T. acknowledgement in the theme...
Names in other languages
Language
Name
Meaning
German
Funkelbart
"Twinklebeard"
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The quotations are really what sells it.