12-18-2013, 11:35 PM
I just did a thing with Adamant Ditto and talked about Smash. The basics were this:
Mario: We thought Bowser Jr was the most likely with Rosalina as a wildcard because of all the love she's gotten recently.
Yoshi and Wario: Good as-is.
DK: Dixie is a pretty solid addition and (in our opinion) likely. The fact that Cranky is playable now kind of throws a monkey wrench (tee hee) into that, though.
Zelda: All the necessary characters are in. It looks like they're getting "definitive" looks instead of changing with each new main game, but that makes it easier to not have to redesign/adapt Sheik/Ganondorf/etc each game. If anything, maybe Toon Zelda, but... unlikely.
Pokemon: Pikachu and Jigglypuff are pretty much locks. Mewtwo was being considered and the consensus was that he'll be back since he's super-relevant. Trainer is a great concept and uses a lot of characters. With 5 Mario reps, we can add Lucario to make it so not everyone is a Gen 1 Pokemon.
Kirby: Has the three that it needs. Moving on...
Metroid: Samus is in the roster twice. The series is about Samus, and nobody else comes close to being as important.
Kid Icarus: Probably Palutena. If not her, Hades, Magnus, and Medusa are all "maybes" but Palutena has the best shot, imo.
Star Fox: Fox and Falco are locks. Wolf is iffy on returning. Krystal is a huge maybe, but SF series is looking good right now.
Fire Emblem: Marth and Ike will probably stick around because they're the most prominent lords. A couple names were tossed around, but I don't know the series well enough to remember them...
Earthbound: If anyone, Claus. Jeff and Porky were mentioned, but overall, the series is low on Nintendo's radar now that the big two are in.
Misc: Ice Climbers, G&W, ROB, Olimar, and Captain Falcon are all fine for their series.
New: Little Mac will be playable. Mark my words. And others, I'm sure.
Third party: If Snake returns, I'll be shocked. Kojima hasn't put a Metal Gear game on a Nintendo console in a long long time.
I think that's the gist..?
Mario: We thought Bowser Jr was the most likely with Rosalina as a wildcard because of all the love she's gotten recently.
Yoshi and Wario: Good as-is.
DK: Dixie is a pretty solid addition and (in our opinion) likely. The fact that Cranky is playable now kind of throws a monkey wrench (tee hee) into that, though.
Zelda: All the necessary characters are in. It looks like they're getting "definitive" looks instead of changing with each new main game, but that makes it easier to not have to redesign/adapt Sheik/Ganondorf/etc each game. If anything, maybe Toon Zelda, but... unlikely.
Pokemon: Pikachu and Jigglypuff are pretty much locks. Mewtwo was being considered and the consensus was that he'll be back since he's super-relevant. Trainer is a great concept and uses a lot of characters. With 5 Mario reps, we can add Lucario to make it so not everyone is a Gen 1 Pokemon.
Kirby: Has the three that it needs. Moving on...
Metroid: Samus is in the roster twice. The series is about Samus, and nobody else comes close to being as important.
Kid Icarus: Probably Palutena. If not her, Hades, Magnus, and Medusa are all "maybes" but Palutena has the best shot, imo.
Star Fox: Fox and Falco are locks. Wolf is iffy on returning. Krystal is a huge maybe, but SF series is looking good right now.
Fire Emblem: Marth and Ike will probably stick around because they're the most prominent lords. A couple names were tossed around, but I don't know the series well enough to remember them...
Earthbound: If anyone, Claus. Jeff and Porky were mentioned, but overall, the series is low on Nintendo's radar now that the big two are in.
Misc: Ice Climbers, G&W, ROB, Olimar, and Captain Falcon are all fine for their series.
New: Little Mac will be playable. Mark my words. And others, I'm sure.
Third party: If Snake returns, I'll be shocked. Kojima hasn't put a Metal Gear game on a Nintendo console in a long long time.
I think that's the gist..?