Character Unlock Method thread (Turns out nothing is actually random!)

SonicMario

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Turns out nothing is random heh. OP kept but struck out for context of some of the first replies.

Putting this thread ahead of time to both have something to confirm now and something to post for fun later.

At least in terms of Classic Mode and maybe even Vs. Matches. Character unlocks will be completely random! There were streams earlier today that proved this with Kirby unlocking Ness, while Link unlocked King K. Rool. So it will be completely random who you get next assuming you unlock characters outside of World of Light or if the Amiibo rumor is true or not!

When you get the game. Feel free to keep track of who you got in order. Who did you get first? Who did you get last? All that stuff. Just keeping this thread in handy until then. Of course this only really applies I guess if you didn't already decide to just try unlocking them through World of Light which I imagine may be a much more linear method (Albeit with the branching path with Sheik, Villager, and Marth. Not completely linear). But randomized unlocks of 63 characters (Pokemon Trainer will probably be one, and the 3 Mii Fighters may apparently be unlocked seperately) actually sounds like a lot of fun.

We'll no longer have the fun of getting a character we had no idea was in the game. But the randomized feature does still provide a "Who are we going to get next?!" kind of feeling.

And oh yeah, you still have to fight them in a Challenger approaching moment. And if you fail, a door may occasionally appear on the menu for you to try at it again.
 
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That's just great, whatever happened to just picking a character I want to play as next? I'd hate to go through the entire game just to find out my main was one of the last of the unlocked characters. >_>
 
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they had so many ways to unlock characters and they pick the fucking worst one

oh well I think amiibos will help me out here (if rumors are true) but if you don't have them, have fun
 
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Hm, I might of spoken too soon. Apparently someone else has unlocked K. Rool by beating Link's Classic mode. Maybe that person just managed to be super coincidental with the 1/63 chance of getting the same character as the other person. But maybe it's not quite as random as thought?

Either way, unlocking K. Rool with Link is an odd choice if that is the case. Damn it, why can't Nintendo be more open about the unlock requirements...
 
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That sounds both good and bad.

Bad because it may take the whole game to get the characters you wanna main.

But good because at least like that there won't be any spoilers on who's getting unlocked next.

A mixed bag. Will have to play the game to see what side is dominant.
 
Re: Roster Unlocks Outside of World of Light are Randomized! What order didja get?

who's ready to buy some orbs
 
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Both my mains (Yoshi and Kirby) are starters, so I get it easy. I hope the randomness doesn't decide to be evil to everyone else...
 
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With my luck, I'll probably get them in order of least favorite to favorite.
 
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Marth is an early unlock in WoL so that's good.
 
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Lucinavidad said:
who's ready to buy some orbs

Sucks that the only seasonal variant we have in the game is of Shulk.
 
Re: Roster Unlocks Outside of World of Light are Randomized! What order didja get?

Okay so it can be confirmed that it's still random.

One person got Jigglypuff with Ness. Another got her with Kirby. (Both in Classic Mode) So two streamers getting Link with K. Rool was just one huge, huge, coincidence.

Though I've also heard that Amiibo unlocking characters are fake. So... sorry for any Amiibo collectors but you're still going to have to through the lottery of all this heh.