[Mr. Game & Watch]

So with the recent addition of Rosalina, I thought why not start up a thread to discuss the new comers in SSB4. As of yet there have only been four, being Megaman, Villager, The Wii Fitness instructor, and Rosalina.

Megaman to me felt like a necessity after Sonic had been introduced in the last game, so I was sort of surpised to see him and sort of not. Mostly with the way Capcom had been acting recently, I thought he wouldn't show.

The Villager seems interesting to play, though a character from animal crossing should have been in the last one since there was a stage based on it, but I digress.

The Fitness Instructor seemed to got a lot of flack for some reason, I don't know why. Seeing the introduction video for the character made me laugh quite a bit and I look forward to playing this character since I enjoy the joke characters in SSB like ROB and G&W. I sort of wish that it was the balance board you could play as so that you can have a team of Nintendo accessories with ROB (if ROB is even in the next game), but oh well.

As for Rosalina, I think the way they showed off how she fought in the video was very interesting. I'd really like to play her, but it kind of off puts me that Rosalina was added to the roster before Waluigi since he is less of an obscure Mario character than she is, but I guess he doesn't have a big enough fan base. I still like Rosalina all the same though.

Anyway, what are your thoughts?

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I think this sort of roster is pretty much appropriate for the Smash Bros series, since it's pretty much as nonsensical that Nintendo can go.

Having Mega Man in the game pretty much stopped the planet when gamer saw this, even I was pretty much happy to see that the Blue Bomber is making a comeback in the industry. If this was Capcom's way of celebrating the missed out Anniversary of Mega Man, then it was worth the wait.

I expected that Sakurai would pull out a character from the Animal Crossing series, since Smashville and Resetii seem a bit off just being available... along with the fact that the stage and character had their own logos. Maybe the Villager was supposed to be featured in Brawl, it could make sense seeing how there was something off about it.

Wii Fit Trainer has every right to place herself in the spotlight, seeing how she's going to be a prime representative of the Nintendo Wii and Wii-U. The same goes for G&W with the G&W handhelds and R.O.B. with the Famicom/NES. I couldn't think of a more appropriate character to represent the Wii and Wii-U...

(People say Miis, but... let's be honest here, I don't like Miis to be actual characters. It's absolutely weird.)

Sonic? Well; it was a no brainier for him to not be in Smash Bros again, especially when SEGA and Sonic Team is placing all of their newest Sonic games in the Nintendo Platforms. If that's the case, then Sonic is welcomed to be a part of the Nintendo family.

Rosalina was something that I least expect from being a new character, I honestly thought she was going to be nothing more than a Stage Audience in the Mario Galaxy stage. Looks like Sakurai proved me wrong. Now, we have another tag-team character in the Smash series... but, what will be of the Ice Climbers?

Overall, these new character rosters looks absolutely splendid so far. Let's just hope that the next new character is going to be extraordinary.

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I hope Magus (Kid Icarus: Uprising.) makes it.

[WolfEx]

Hmmm well the pattern I am seeing here is that characters whom do not have a big enough role in games or are not recently making hub bub in the industry of Nintendo like Rosalina did; because her fanbase grew the more she appeared in bigger roles within Galaxy, are being put down as assist trophies instead of playables. I say this as a pattern because many rooted for Skull Kid and Ashley to be playable, but instead they are assist trophies which also has something to do with the fact that for one, they don't have much of a moveset, for two, they haven't appeared regularly enough in a Nintendo franchise, and for three, the fanbase isn't massive enough for those two where Sakurai would say go for it.

We must remember much of Nintendo's fanbase these days relies on modern characters and platforms, which is mainly children and little kids. Kids know the face of Rosalina and the villager because they are around alot these days as well as Mega Man. Sakurai goes for the bigger demands and the bigger fanbase, which is most prominently a younger audience. Sure he will listen to his older fanbase, but at the same time, their numbers must be large enough to ensure their coveted characters get in the games.

I am personally rooting for Ridley, but I am not getting my hopes up because for one, he was basically a boss in the last game, for two, he's gigantic, and for three, he's more appealed to older and mature gamers, smaller kids wouldn't really understand who he is.

King K. Rool would be my second big choice because DK needs a villain. King K. Rool is almost definitely in the game because kids know Donkey Kong, they know K. Rool as a villain, the main bad guy to DK, and they know he would be great as a playable character. The only thing I can see making Sakurai refrain from adding him to the roster, is that he is very much a power character, and he might not want another power character on the roster. But we'll see.

I am crossing my fingers that this time around the roster is much bigger, and that Sakurai will make many more fans happy than he did before. But as he said, and I quote; "I do not want my fans to worry about the creation process of Super Smash Brothers. I want them to relax and trust me and enjoy the game when it comes out." Or something along those lines, translations can get funky.

[PolarStarQuote]

I personally welcome our new nintendo princess overlord. Rosalina seems like a fun charercter to use, and she's been popping up everywhere so i think its fitting rosalina appears in ssb4.

Im personally hoping for ravio from a link between worlds, The moveset writes itself.

[WolfEx]

Little Mac got into SSB4! HOLY CRAP YES! Now King K. Rool just needs to get in and everything I ever hoped for in an amazing smash bros roster will come true. Mewtwo would be cool to be reinstated in as well.

We now know that awesome characters that were once assist trophies can be full fledged fighters on the roster! So psyched!

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I think Zoroak would be amazing inclusion in the game, he could be Lucario's opposite. I'm hoping Nintendo thinks of including Zoroak, I'm also hoping the characters they took out in ssbm return.