Playable 3rd Party Characters

Smashgoom202 said:
Me too, or Rush.
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I see Rush likely being used for Mega Man's Up B move instead. But I still wouldn't mind regardless.
 
You know what, I'd prefer Classic over X now. But they are really the only Megamen I want to see playable. (I would add Zero, but he's just appearing in too many fighters now)

I do hope though that alternate costumes will be added in SSB4, allowing Mega Man access to Being any other Mega Man.
 
http://nintendo3dsblog.com/more-scans-from-castlevania-mirror-of-fate
Since Castlevania has recently been rebooted with Lord of Shadow and the sequel, Mirror of Fate, has just been announced for 3DS, this gives a bit more chance of Castlevania being featured. The game has four playable characters, two of which are Simon and Trevor Belmont. I would love Simon's design to be like Mirror of Fate's and not his classic design in Smash Bros:

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And of course, if there are extra costumes like WarioWare and Classic wario, Gabriel (The Belmont featured in Lords of Shadow) Trevor (Or the other two unknown protagonists) would make possible costumes. From the information I can read from the Nintendo Power scans about his abilities, here is the move-set I can see him having:

B: Vampire Killer Whip Horizontal Strike (Whips enemies on the ground near him)
Horizontal B: Axes (Throws trajectory-based axes)
Down B: Burning Oil (Throws/breaks bottles of oil which erupt into flames)
Up B: Vampire Killer Whip Vertical Strike (He strikes his whip diagonally similar to the Pikmin Chain to attack enemies above and grab onto to ledges)
Final Smash: Guardians (Summons Guardian creatures which protect Simon from attacks or attack other enemies on the field)
 
I could just about stomach Sonic and Snake, and I could just about stomach them again. The only other third-party character inclusion which wouldn't force me to refuse to ever play the game would be Bomberman, any others and I'll refuse to acknowledge it as a Smash Bros. game never mind play it.
 
Tatanga said:
I could just about stomach Sonic and Snake, and I could just about stomach them again. The only other third-party character inclusion which wouldn't force me to refuse to ever play the game would be Bomberman, any others and I'll refuse to acknowledge it as a Smash Bros. game never mind play it.
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There's this thing called "not choosing the hated characters on the selection screen".
 
Minuette said:
Tatanga said:
I could just about stomach Sonic and Snake, and I could just about stomach them again. The only other third-party character inclusion which wouldn't force me to refuse to ever play the game would be Bomberman, any others and I'll refuse to acknowledge it as a Smash Bros. game never mind play it.
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There's this thing called "not choosing the hated characters on the selection screen".
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That's like saying it's okay if someone walks into your house and writes their name on one of your walls in their own faeces because you can chose to never look at that wall.

Sorry, but Super Smash Bros was created to be a tribute to Nintendo and its vast history and to be a treat for big Nintendo fans who love everything from the most famous to the most obscure about the company, and that's what it should always stay as. Having Snake and Sonic tarnished it slightly, but it was acceptable since they were just there as amusing little novelties. Throw in any more third-party characters and it's no longer a grand tribute to Nintendo, it's just a video game series crossover game. Also having a load of third-party characters would simply be catering for the general video game fan, rather than the hardcore Nintendo fan which the Smash Bros series was created to appeal to. Lastly, there are a limited number of new playable characters that can be introduced, the more third-party characters that are introduced the less Nintendo characters get to be introduced - there's so many Nintendo characters that can and deserve to be in the next Smash Bros game that would put a smile on many an ardent Ninty fan's face, Nintendo have such a rich history that the Smash Bros series has barely scratched the surface yet in terms of playable characters, I want them to take advantage of that rather than just throwing in a bunch of third-party stuff just to appease the majority (rather than the niche that Smash Bros was originally made for).
 
But here's what you don't realize and misunderstand about Smash Bros. It is indeed supposed to be a tribute to Nintendo. However, third-parties have played a VITAl role in Nintendo's history. They don't tarnish Nintendo's name or are just "amusing little novelties". They are series that even hardcore Nintendo fans such as I even love. Yeah, I can somewhat agree that having like, around ten series of third-parties would be overkill and mainly shift focus away from Nintendo mainly. It is just that that these series have provide many fans with find memories of Nintendo in general and are widely known.

Smash Bros. might have not even gotten as famous if it wasn't for Snake being introduced one E3 afternoon to increase overall hype. You thick this game was just made for hardcore Nintendo fans, and this is true. But saying that third-parties don't count in for Nintendo's history is completely false. This game wasn't made just for you, it was made for Nintendo fans as a whole. If you like only Nintendo franchises, that's fine, but don't get twisted because someone else's favorite series got in because it wasn't made specifically by Nintendo. There's a word I use for that, and it is immature. Characters like Sonic and Snake have just as much of a right to be in a fighter dedicated to Nintendo's history as any other Nintendo series if they can cause so many fans to be happy. Lastly, that's what makes them matter, it makes fans happy while catering to main Nintendo fans at the same time.

So don't get so righteous as if you have to declare how to correctly celebrate Nintendo's history, because you obviously can't. I'm not going to argue anymore because I don't want to derail this subject into even more threads. But please, do us all a favor and get off of your high horse while respecting everyone else's opinions, despite how different your's may be.