Sakurai Mentions Unused Character from Smash 64

The existence of a cut character in Super Smash Bros. 64 was recently rediscovered. Turns out an archived issue of Japanese gaming magazine The 64DREAM had an interview with Sakurai. In it he talks about the cut character, Clefairy from the Pokémon series.

Clefairy was planned to be a hidden character. All of Smash 64’s hidden characters were chosen because they can reuse assets, which was also the plan for Clefairy. The choice for which Pokémon could reuse assets from Kirby was between Jigglypuff and Clefairy. The former won out in the end because Sakurai thought Jigglypuff could bring a more interesting fighter concept. Clefairy still appears in Smash 64 as a Pokémon who can be summoned via the Poke Ball item.

Source Gaming recently made a video on the topic, please give it a look:

Edit: Despite being miraculously obscure until Source Gaming's video Smash Wiki actually had this tidbit of information on it since January of this year. Yes, really, the entire time!

Author’s Note: You guys remember that one episode of the Pokémon anime where Jigglypuff slapped a bunch of Clefairies? That kinda feels like an unintentional allegory for Clefairy getting cut from Smash 64 in favor of Jigglypuff. If it had been the other way around, what do you think Clefairy’s moveset would have been like? As always, let us know in the comments below!

Credits:
Writing: Perkilator
Thumbnail Graphic and Editing: Zerp
Special Thanks: Source Gaming, Smash Wiki and GoldenYuiitusin

 

didn't we already know this? cause i've definitely heard it before

 

I'm a huge Clefairy fan so this is AWESOME news for me. Like, a cut character would already be fascinating enough but Clefairy? That's amazing really. I gotta wonder what they would've been like, definitely would have to be pretty different from either Jigglypuff and Kirby. Could've been our first RNG character and predate Mr. Game and Watch if they had Metronome, which certainly would have been interesting.

 

Interesting. It would line up with all of the Pokémon Pink rumors and initial push to have Clefairy be the series mascot over Pikachu.

 

Well this is mind-blowing. I can see this actually working somewhat

 

Did you know that Cleafairy was originally going to be the mascot of Pokemon instead of Pikachu?

 

didn't we already know this? cause i've definitely heard it before

I believe you're getting confused with Mewtwo, who Sakurai also mentioned. Alternatively you might have heard of Meowth, which was commonly rumored but never proven. But for Clefairy it'd either be from a Japanese source or some really obscure place, this one hasn't been documented as far as I can tell on any western sites until people noticed it very recently. Comes from this on page 91, here's an image I took highlighting the important bit as well as a rough google translation of it (Pippi is Clefairy's Japanese name).

Inb4 mandela effect

 

I believe you're getting confused with Mewtwo, who Sakurai also mentioned. Alternatively you might have heard of Meowth, which was commonly rumored but never proven. But for Clefairy it'd either be from a Japanese source or some really obscure place, this one hasn't been documented as far as I can tell on any western sites until people noticed it very recently. Comes from this on page 91, here's an image I took highlighting the important bit as well as a rough google translation of it (Pippi is Clefairy's Japanese name).

Inb4 mandela effect

I've brought it up months ago in the Speculation Thread finding the source on SmashWiki.

Official - Next Smash - Speculation & Discussion Thread

I don’t think that’s true about incineroar, I’m not sure he’s popular with the Pokémon fans. With the smash fans sure also fates may have sold well but that’s more to do with it following one of the most popular games in the series, plenty of people have criticised it. Just ask the people here...

smashboards.com

 

I've brought it up months ago in the Speculation Thread finding the source on SmashWiki.

Official - Next Smash - Speculation & Discussion Thread

I don’t think that’s true about incineroar, I’m not sure he’s popular with the Pokémon fans. With the smash fans sure also fates may have sold well but that’s more to do with it following one of the most popular games in the series, plenty of people have criticised it. Just ask the people here...

smashboards.com

Woah nice, where on earth did you learn about the magazine having it? Well that definitely explains how fogbadge heard about it lol. Now I'm curious how people did not start documenting this until so recently then? I've heard rumors of it before but couldn't find it on TCRF or any news site until like just now, and was never told this until literally today, that's incredible. Clearly new to most of us too so I'm wondering how on earth this just stayed so obscure for so long, that's actually insane lol.

 

Woah nice, where on earth did you learn about the magazine having it? Well that definitely explains how fogbadge heard about it lol. Now I'm curious how people did not start documenting this until so recently then? I couldn't find it on TCRF or any news site until like just now, and was never told this until literally today, that's incredible. Clearly new to most of us too so I'm wondering how on earth this just stayed so obscure for so long, that's actually insane lol.

I saw it on SmashWiki one day when doing research on characters that hadn't made the cut and happened to find that detail that no one talked about.

 

Woah nice, where on earth did you learn about the magazine having it? Well that definitely explains how fogbadge heard about it lol. Now I'm curious how people did not start documenting this until so recently then? I've heard rumors of it before but couldn't find it on TCRF or any news site until like just now, and was never told this until literally today, that's incredible. Clearly new to most of us too so I'm wondering how on earth this just stayed so obscure for so long, that's actually insane lol.

there does seem to be a lot of facts that get easily missed or forgotten

 

Seems like it was added to the Smash Wiki in January this year, will add that to the article as that's definitely relevant. But also still insane how long it took for anyone to notice, and how it's only just now becoming sorta widespread lol. Thank you very much for bringing it up!

 

I was just thinking last night how Gengar and Psyduck probably couldn't worked as an alternative to Jigglypuff for similar reasons. It makes me think that they could totally make a collection of costumes and echo fighters of Pokemon who are similar to other fighters.

 

Does this mean the Meowth rumor wasn't true after all?

Damn, I really want Meowth in Smash.

 

Does this mean the Meowth rumor wasn't true after all?

Damn, I really want Meowth in Smash.

It never was.
There was no source for Meowth, Pit, Peach, Wario, etc.

Just someone editing the other Smash Bros. wiki and no one actually bothering to verify.

 

OK is there a reason I don't see an article? I only see the byline and the comments section

 

OK is there a reason I don't see an article? I only see the byline and the comments section

perhaps you blocked the writer?

 

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The existence of a cut character in Super Smash Bros. 64 was recently rediscovered. Turns out an archived issue of Japanese gaming magazine The 64DREAM had an interview with Sakurai. In it he talks about the cut character, Clefairy from the Pokémon series.

Clefairy was planned to be a hidden character. All of Smash 64’s hidden characters were chosen because they can reuse assets, which was also the plan for Clefairy. The choice for which Pokémon could reuse assets from Kirby was between Jigglypuff and Clefairy. The former won out in the end because Sakurai thought Jigglypuff could bring a more interesting fighter concept. Clefairy still appears in Smash 64 as a Pokémon who can be summoned via the Poke Ball item.

Source Gaming recently made a video on the topic, please give it a look:

Edit: Despite being miraculously obscure until Source Gaming's video Smash Wiki actually had this tidbit of information on it since January of this year. Yes, really, the entire time!

Author’s Note: You guys remember that one episode of the Pokémon anime where Jigglypuff slapped a bunch of Clefairies? That kinda feels like an unintentional allegory for Clefairy getting cut from Smash 64 in favor of Jigglypuff. If it had been the other way around, what do you think Clefairy’s moveset would have been like? As always, let us know in the comments below!

Credits:
Writing: Perkilator
Thumbnail Graphic and Editing: Zerp
Special Thanks: Source Gaming, Smash Wiki and GoldenYuiitusin

This honestly changes a lot. Think about it like this: Sakurai has broken so many of these “fan rules” like ATs can’t be characters or Spirits can’t be characters, etc. I know people say Sakurai won’t cut the original 12, but who’s to say that won’t happen if there’s another Smash Bros. game? Jigglypuff could potentially be replaced with Clefairy if it does happen. Sakurai is full of surprises honestly so the chances of this happening are 50-50

 

...peeked into an alternate reality.
An reality of obedience...

Kirby is yellow.
Pink aka Clefairy is the mascot of Pokemon.
Wario is purple.
Waluigi is marine blue.
and...

Then the alarm clock rang!

 

Did you know that Cleafairy was originally going to be the mascot of Pokemon instead of Pikachu?

Yeah - this is why I'm not surprised it was explored to be used in the game. What the things could have been...

This honestly changes a lot. Think about it like this: Sakurai has broken so many of these “fan rules” like ATs can’t be characters or Spirits can’t be characters, etc. I know people say Sakurai won’t cut the original 12, but who’s to say that won’t happen if there’s another Smash Bros. game? Jigglypuff could potentially be replaced with Clefairy if it does happen. Sakurai is full of surprises honestly so the chances of this happening are 50-50

I rather have Meowth over Clefairy incase we're looking for Jiggs getting replaced. Also technically some fan rules do still apply, such as ATs not ever getting to be upgraded to fighters in the same game (Spring Man).