Super Smash Bros fans have gotten some incredible recent news lately. We have been treated to leaked footage of new characters to the roster of the upcoming Super Smash Bros game for the 3DS and Wii U. The new characters introduced were Shulk from Xenoblade and Bowser Jr. from the Super Mario series. A YouTube user named Izat True posted videos of Shulk and Bowser Jr. fighting before they were taken down. Luckily someone has made a copy!
Just last week a picture online showed the alleged complete roster of who will be in the game. Again, Shulk and Bowser Jr. was in the final roster. The characters also in the picture last week also showed that characters form previous games Ganondorf, Ness, Dr. Mario, Falco from Star Fox, R.O.B. returning. The character not returning, sadly, are Ice Climbers, Wolf from Star Fox, Lucas from the Mother series, and Snake from the Metal Gear series who was added as a third-party character. Characters who we've known to be already in the game due to pictures and video game footage but haven't been officially announced are Jigglypuff and Mr. Game & Watch.
The picture of the "final" roster was considered to be fake, but seeing footage of Shulk and Bowser Jr. actually fighting in the game makes it seem as maybe it's not so fake at all. Newcomers that haven't been shown in action from the supposed leaked picture of the final roster are Dark Pit from Kid Icarus Uprising and shockingly the Dog from Duck Hunt. Here are my thoughts on the supposed final roster.
Shulk seems to be another sword fighter, like the Links, and most of the Fire Emblem cast. Honestly, I'm not that excited for Shulk. I'm not too familiar with the Xenoblade series, but I'm fully aware that he has been demanded by fans to be added to the series. It's nice to see that the director, Masahiro Sakurai would hear the fans' wishes and add him in. Bowser Jr.'s fight mechanics seem to be him doing most of the fighting in his Koopa Clown Car a la Pac-Man from Street Fighter X Tekken. Bowser Jr., even though I have not warmed up to him being in the game as they not only have a ton of Mario characters in the game (Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Rosalina and Luma, Bowser, and Yoshi, Donkey Kong and Wario if you're counting them) but Bowser Jr. would who I considered to be last on the list of Mario characters to add as his character is not iconic enough to be considered. There are far more characters in the Mario games that could've been included in Super Smash Bros. Geno, Waluigi, and even Princess Daisy comes off the top of the head and have are in high demand by fans to be added. But nonetheless, Bowser Jr. seems he will be a lot of fun to play. There is a rumor that Bowser could be swapped out for any of the Koopalings which, ironically, would make up for the idea of him being in the game.
As for the supposed returning characters, there are a few surprises and some givens. I'm not surprised about Ness and Jigglypuff being brought back. They are a part of the original twelve that have been in all of the games in the series to date. Lucas was pretty much a given he would not return. Gannondorf was already known that he would return. It would've been weird to see Link and Princess Zelda without Gannondorf because they are key characters in the Legend of Zelda series. Also Ganondorf is also supposedly to be Sakurai's main character to use playing Super Smash Bros. I'm shocked and saddened to not see Ice Climbers not returning. They have been a staple appearing in Melee and Brawl. We could've done without R.O.B and had Ice Climbers in his place. What's also shocking to see is Dr. Mario returning to the series. He was in Melee but was taken out of Brawl. Hopefully Sakurai has tweaked him enough so that he isn't too much of a clone character (Ganondorf too).
The recent leaks have been big, but that's not all. There is news that this isn't even the final roster. The person responsible for the leak picture has stated that more characters could be in the game. The characters that have been cut may not have been and there are supposedly new characters like Dixie Kong, Chorus Kids from Rhythm Heaven, and even Mewtwo from returning. We'll see when the game comes out in October 3 for the 3DS and in November/December for the Wii U.
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