Roster Prediction Discussion Thread

[Kenith]

I still stand by Vaati being the best 5th character for Zelda at the moment, I still haven't seen a good argument against him.

I am afraid we are on opposite sides of the battlefield, but if Vaati does indeed take a spot in the next Smash, I will have no choice but to give you an honorable handshake.

 

[TheLastJinjo]

I love how you responded to two sentences with a wall of text.

That's how I roll........mmmmmm rolls...

 

[Dinoman96]

I don't feel that Tingle should be his own series.
He should stick as a Zelda character.
It's different with Yoshi and Wario, because they are not frequent in Big Series Mario games, except for Yoshi, but in those he is just a pet.
Tingle is frequent in many Zelda games. He really only had one real game if I am correct. One was just a BF clone and I forget the 3rd one.
It would be like having Peach as a Super Princess Peach rep, were she represents a 1 game series that probably won't go on.

Um, parden me, but is a mere five game appearance that frequent? Even Impa has shown up more than him I believe. And isn't WW back on Gamecube literally his last appearence in a console Zelda game? Even on the handheld side, he's nowhere to be found in Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, and Link Between Worlds unless you count indirect cameos.

Tingle has two main games, a balloon fight knockoff, and a DSi-ware compilation back I guess. Didn't Yoshi just have Yoshi's Island and Story when 64 came out?

But I think the difference between him and Peach is the fact that Peach is a huge, major part of the Mario series, way more than Tingle is to the Zelda series.

 

[Starcutter]

Gee thanks @ Louie G. I appreciate it a lot!

 

[Autumn ♫]

He's not purple enough.

Isn't being too purple bad though, I mean look at Mewtwo and Ridley

I am afraid we are on opposite sides of the battlefield, but if Vaati does indeed take a spot in the next Smash, I will have no choice but to give you an honorable handshake.

I don't ever consider what side of the battlefield we are on, so if Ghirahim makes it, I shall congratulate you the same.

 

[Louie G.]

Gee thanks @ Louie G. I appreciate it a lot!

I knew I would forget people...
Maybe I'll make an honorable mentions list for post 3,500...

 

[Mega Bidoof]

WELCOME TO LOUIE G'S 3,000th POST!WITH YOUR HOST, LOUIE G!(Audience cheers)
"Thank you, thank you! Now for my 3,000th post I'm going to do something real special. I'm going to give our awards to my favorite users here at Smashboards. Just pretend they're real I guess."

@APC99, @ Mega Bidoof , @Keybladeguy, @ SuperBrawler : You know why you guys are here. We're the original Affinity 5 of course! You're a big part of why I come here every day, to work on such an amazing project. I'm happy to be a part of it.

Well, this is going to be the most awkward post I made all night, but you forgot Tornado Bus Driver and KingShadow.
Myself, APC, Mega Dunsparce, SuperBrawler, KingShadow, and Tornado Bus Driver were the original SIX members that started Affinity Dream (or as it was known back then as Team Bidoof).
You were actually the 8th member to come in, the 7th being Keyblade
But anyway, thanks for the shout out Louie! I am glad you like working on the project every day!

 

[Chandeelure]

@ Chandeelure : Waddle Dee of course.

 

[Louie G.]

Well, this is going to be the most awkward post I made all night, but you forgot Tornado Bus Driver and KingShadow.
Myself, APC, Mega Dunsparce, SuperBrawler, KingShadow, and Tornado Bus Driver were the original SIX members that started Affinity Dream (or as it was known back then as Team Bidoof).
You were actually the 8th member to come in, the 7th being Keyblade
But anyway, thanks for the shout out Louie! I am glad you like working on the project every day!

The Original 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I should have made that more clear.

 

[Autumn ♫]

Well, this is going to be the most awkward post I made all night, but you forgot Tornado Bus Driver and KingShadow.
Myself, APC, Mega Dunsparce, SuperBrawler, KingShadow, and Tornado Bus Driver were the original SIX members that started Affinity Dream (or as it was known back then as Team Bidoof).
You were actually the 8th member to come in, the 7th being Keyblade
But anyway, thanks for the shout out Louie! I am glad you like working on the project every day!

Affinity dream? Mind explaining what it is?

 

[Richard Nixon]

On the subject of Diddy + Dixie drastically changing Diddy's gameplay: do we really know whether or not Sakurai is concerned with preserving a character's playstyle? I mean, Pit seems to have had his moveset almost entirely overhauled.

 

[Morbi]

Um, parden me, but is a mere five game appearance that frequent? Even Impa has shown up more than him I believe.

Tingle has two main games, a balloon fight knockoff, and a DSi-ware compilation back I guess. Didn't Yoshi just have Yoshi's Island and Story when 64 came out?

But I think the difference between him and Peach is the fact that Peach is a huge, major part of the Mario series, way more than Tingle is to the Zelda series.

Tingle is prevalent enough. It isn't about how much he appears in Zelda (at least, it isn't about that for me); however, it his his Smash relevance that is more important. He is one of the only characters (along with Samurai Goroh and Ridley) to receive more than just a cameo and more than just an assist trophy status (which is essentially the next best thing to playable status).

5 appearances might not be the most significant number in the world, but it is certainly enough for him to stand above the competition. Vaati is the only real threat to Tingle, and even though Tingle is my most wanted Newcomer. I would be elated to have Vaati. Both are ideal choices in my personal opinion.

It is important to note that the number of appearances is not important. It is what he does in those appearances. Majora's Mask and Wind Waker are the big ones that I am thinking about.

 

[SuperBrawler]

WELCOME TO LOUIE G'S 3,000th POST!
WITH YOUR HOST, LOUIE G!
(Audience cheers)
"Thank you, thank you! Now for my 3,000th post I'm going to do something real special. I'm going to give our awards to my favorite users here at Smashboards. Just pretend they're real I guess."

@APC99, @ Mega Bidoof , @Keybladeguy, @ SuperBrawler : You know why you guys are here. We're the original Affinity 5 of course! You're a big part of why I come here every day, to work on such an amazing project. I'm happy to be a part of it.

@SaturnGamer64: Come on, I couldn't forget my pal Saturn! Sure, we may not agree on everything, but you're one of the first friends I made on Smashboards, and you continue to be one of my best, whether our opinions are similar or complete opposites.

@ Morbi : For giving me about half of my likes. Seriously, I think I speak for everyone here when I say that I would have nowhere near 5,000 likes if it weren't for you.

@BluePikmin11: You may very well have the weirdest rosters I've seen here, but I actually enjoy seeing them. It doesn't matter if I find it likely or not, you have fun with it and that's what truly matters. I will always tie you with Kawashima, Nintendog, and Prince Sable, no matter where I see them.

@ Scoliosis Jones : For Super Smashboards. I may not have brought it back or had the inspiration for reopening the thread if it wasn't for you. Not to mention you're just a really cool guy who knows what he's talking about.

I gotta get off, so I'll speed things up.

@ BKupa666 : Kutthroats forever!
@Groose: RTC is always a blast.
@Hotfeet444: One of the smartest people here, although you should ALWAYS have Palutena on your roster.
@lonekonwolf, @ XStarWarriorX , @KingShadow and @BigAxle for being good buddies throughout.
@ Chandeelure : Waddle Dee of course.
@TumblrFamous: We're the only sane people on this madhouse of a blog.

Good night everybody!

"The Pac is ba-aack!"

Hehe, thanks Louie. I should do that too. You know, your 3000 posts and almost 5000 likes have really shown me how far you've come compared to me, who showed up a year before you, anyway, fortunate to meet you!

(Hey, you try leaving for a year. )

 

[TheLastJinjo]

@SaturnGamer64: Come on, I couldn't forget my pal Saturn! Sure, we may not agree on everything, but you're one of the first friends I made on Smashboards, and you continue to be one of my best, whether our opinions are similar or complete opposites.

Yehoooooooooooooo!!!

 

[Frostwraith]

On the subject of Diddy + Dixie drastically changing Diddy's gameplay: do we really know whether or not Sakurai is concerned with preserving a character's playstyle? I mean, Pit seems to have had his moveset almost entirely overhauled.

His Down B is still roughly the same as Brawl's Mirror Shield. The big difference is that it can now reflect projectiles coming from both sides.

As for the Side B, it basically replaced a redundant move with a possibly strong launcher.

The rest of his moveset seems unaltered so far, so the changes might not be that big.

 

[Reznor]

 

[Morbi]

@ Louie G. Thank you for the appreciation. People don't realize how hard this job truly is.

Also, it took me a month to realize that your name actually alludes to something.

 

[Kenith]

Isn't being too purple bad though, I mean look at Mewtwo and Ridley
I don't ever consider what side of the battlefield we are on, so if Ghirahim makes it, I shall congratulate you the same.

Well, it's kinda weird to congratulate me personally, it's not like I had a baby.

@ Louie G. thanks for the shout out by the way! Wait...

 

[arcticfox8]

Do you still support slippy my PM buddeh?

You know it.

 

[Richard Nixon]

His Down B is still roughly the same as Brawl's Mirror Shield. The big difference is that it can now reflect projectiles coming from both sides.

As for the Side B, it basically replaced a redundant move with a possibly strong launcher.

The rest of his moveset seems unaltered so far, so the changes might not be that big.

I guess so. I'm probably remembering the changes being more drastic.

 

[TheLastJinjo]

Also, it took me a month to realize that your name actually alludes to something.

What's funny is that we both came up with it before we even met each other. And now we is bestest of friends. And Loogie fans.

 

[Louie G.]

Honorable Mentions:
@TORNADO BUS DRIVER: A truly great friend who I would love to continue to chat with.
@ Starcutter : I love Beedrills and MUST BUY CAVE STORY.
@ Kenith : Supporting Debbie till the end.
@YoshiandToad: I really can't believe I forgot.

 

[BKupa666]

On the subject of Diddy + Dixie drastically changing Diddy's gameplay: do we really know whether or not Sakurai is concerned with preserving a character's playstyle? I mean, Pit seems to have had his moveset almost entirely overhauled.

We're still waiting to see. Pit only had two, maybe three (depending on Up Special) changed slightly, while Bowser only has three non-Special moves changed that we know of, although his dash and jump are slightly modified as well. As much as people like to claim those were "complete overhauls," they really weren't.

Diddy becoming a duo character would be way more drastic than any of that if Dixie is constantly following and attacking behind him. If she's just in the background doing nothing, then he'd probably only lose his banana, which may happen anyways if tripping is removed 100%, even on bananas and icy surfaces.

 

[Morbi]

Well, it's kinda weird to congratulate me personally, it's not like I had a baby.

@ Louie G. thanks for the shout out by the way! Wait...

I would honestly personally congratulate you, as you are the only person, that I am aware of, that actually supports Ghriahim.

 

[Mega Bidoof]

Um, parden me, but is a mere five game appearance that frequent? Even Impa has shown up more than him I believe.

Tingle has two main games, a balloon fight knockoff, and a DSi-ware compilation back I guess. Didn't Yoshi just have Yoshi's Island and Story when 64 came out?

But I think the difference between him and Peach is the fact that Peach is a huge, major part of the Mario series, way more than Tingle is to the Zelda series.

Tingle's Appearences:
Majora's Mask
Wind Waker
Minish Cap
Four Sword Adventure
3 Tingle games.

That's 4 Zelda and 3 Tingle


Wario's Appearances:
Super Mario Land 2
Wario Land 2
Wario Land 3
Wario Land 4
Wario Land Shake-It!
Wario: Master of Disguise
WarioWare
WarioWare Party games
WarioWare Smooth Moves
WarioWare Snap!
Game & Wario

That's 1 for Mario, 10 for Wario
I may have missed some on this.

Yoshi Appearences:
Super Mario World
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario Bros Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Yoshi's Island
Yoshi's Island DS
Yoshi Story
Yoshi' s New Island
Yarn Yoshi

That's 4 for Mario, 5 for Yoshi

Yoshi and Wario are more prevalent in their own series.
The same can't be said about Tingle.

 

[Starcutter]

I'm glad my reputation with Louie G consists of things I did in the past month despite knowing him for half a year


(I kid, honestly thanks)

 

[XStarWarriorX]

I would honestly personally congratulate you, as you are the only person, that I am aware of, that actually supports Ghriahim.

Holder of the Heel says hi.

 

[FinalStarmen]

WELCOME TO LOUIE G'S 3,000th POST!
WITH YOUR HOST, LOUIE G!
(Audience cheers)

For the longest time, I've always mentally pictured the pronoununciation of your name as "Luigi G." (and I could have sworn I wasn't the only one). I might as well share this tibidt of trivial information with you (and I also could have sworn I've done so already before, curses).

Congratulations are in celebratory order - time to toast the chardonnay (or any non-alcoholic beverage instead) and let the confetti fly. Life is a party.

EDIT: Also, I extend my commendations to legendofrob1, as he achieved the same milestone.

 

[Mega Bidoof]

Affinity dream? Mind explaining what it is?

It is my Video Game development team, currently working on a Smash Bros fan game titled Super Smash Bros: Affinity, and our own original side-scroller (which we haven't announced much about yet) titled Limbs, which JonTron may or may not play a voice actor in (RESPOND TO OUR EMAILS DAMMIT JON!!)

 

[TheLastJinjo]

Well, I'm tired as ****. Had fun, but it's time to go. Refer to Louie G.'s Animaniac post. :3

 

[Starcutter]

Also apparently I also passed 3000 posts today but didn't notice

 

[Kenith]

I would honestly personally congratulate you, as you are the only person, that I am aware of, that actually supports Ghriahim.

@Pega-pony Princess she supports Ghirahim too! Right?
*crickets chirping*

Honorable Mentions:
@TORNADO BUS DRIVER: A truly great friend who I would love to continue to chat with.
@ Starcutter : I love Beedrills and MUST BUY CAVE STORY.
@ Kenith : Supporting Debbie till the end.
@YoshiandToad: I really can't believe I forgot.

... :')

 

[Reznor]

Also apparently I also passed 3000 posts today but didn't notice

I noticed but if I didn't noticed something bad will happen

 

[Starcutter]

@ Starcutter : MUST BUY CAVE STORY.

I don't sound like that do I?

 

[Richard Nixon]

Diddy becoming a duo character would be way more drastic than any of that if Dixie is constantly following and attacking behind him. If she's just in the background doing nothing, then he'd probably only lose his banana, which may happen anyways if tripping is removed 100%, even on bananas and icy surfaces.

I wouldn't really expect them to work like the Ice Climbers, using the follow / attack together mechanic. If the "uniqueness" thing has any value, there's no way Sakurai would take what makes another character special and copypaste it onto a newcomer. Not to mention, it's been stated that Diddy + Dixie was scrapped in Brawl because they had trouble implementing it. The Ice Climbers worked fine in Brawl - if Sakurai intended for them to work with a similar tag-team system there shouldn't have been any trouble.

Having them tag alongside each other in the background with a switch mechanic or piggy-backing with a mixed moveset or something sounds a lot more probable to me, if the concept's been considered at all.

 

[Shorts]

"Pic of the day. A group shot of the big guys"

has anyone jumped to conclusions about this yet?

 

[Kenith]

"Pic of the day. A group shot of the big guys"

has anyone jumped to conclusions about this yet?

Oh yeah, we've joked about that plenty of times.

Spoiler

Many Ridley jokes

 

[BKupa666]

I wouldn't really expect them to work like the Ice Climbers, using the follow / attack together mechanic. If the "uniqueness" thing has any value, there's no way Sakurai would take what makes another character special and copypaste it onto a newcomer. Not to mention, it's been stated that Diddy + Dixie was scrapped in Brawl because they had trouble implementing it. The Ice Climbers worked fine in Brawl - if Sakurai intended for them to work with a similar tag-team system there shouldn't have been any trouble.

Having them tag alongside each other in the background with a switch mechanic or piggy-backing with a mixed moveset or something sounds a lot more probable to me, if the concept's been considered at all.

I agree that them ripping off of the Ice Climbers and Zelda/Sheik's mechanic is disgusting, but to the fans of the duo mechanic fans you occasionally find, they think that's the greatest and most unique thing since Sakurai added a Wireframe as a newcomer and named it Wii Fit Trainer.

 

[Mega Bidoof]

Also apparently I also passed 3000 posts today but didn't notice

I am nearing 2000.
How did I get 1000 from late August to mid December, but I am about to get another 1000 in just a month?
I don't get that.

Anyways, I'm done for the night.
THAT'S ALL FOLKS!

 

[Starcutter]

I noticed but if I don't noticed something bad will happen

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This is just so amazing it brings me joy in which you can never imagine. Might even re-create that image for my profile picture, but with some changes.

However your grammar could use some work