Topic: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - OT

At the end of the day, leaks are almost never solid. Which is why I typically ignore 'leaks' and 'rumours' until something's officially revealed. No news seems to be set in stone unless the officials say so.
If treating your hopes as if they're facts leads to unjustified disappointment, that's your own fault; and if there's something you don't like, make like Kirby and suck it up!

EDIT: I found some Hyper Japan footage of the Tourney I played if anyone's interested.

@Dreamy I second that.

As for new Zelda characters, am I the only one that wants characters who have been in more than one game to be playable? By that, I mean, unless the new character is Ganon (pig-wizard Ganon) or Vaati, I'm not interested. Zelda has had too many games and characters for me to pick characters that only appeared in one game to be series reps.

EDIT: Sure you can say Sheik if you want, but remember that Sheik started off as a transformation for Zelda.

And why was it hard to find? Perhaps some localization issues?

On the wishing side, if Shulk is in I'd love it if his trailer also confirmed ROB, and after some other character (bonus awesome points if it's Ness) fails to beat it, Shulk and his monado come in (you know, since it's made to destroy robots and stuff)

@UGXWolf due to the reluctance of Nintendo to risk releasing it in the US as a wide release, Gamestop was the only store with the game available, and if rumors are true they held back on printing new copies (or downright pretended not to while adding them as pre-owned) to inflate its price. IDK if it has gotten any better since last year when I bought it.

On a side note, the whole "hold them back" nonsense was pure BS since they could just increase the price on the new versions. I'm not sure why making it pre-owned changed anything (aside from the fact you can return it for full price)

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. I don't think Shulk is a no-brainer because that would imply a bunch of characters that won't be added are no-brainers. Japan probably doesn't care about Shulk's existence as much as the US does

@Unca_Lz Not that I necessarily believe the rumors, but I don't think they can just raise the price of the game because they had a monopoly if not because of legal issues at least because it's bad practice. And I'd rather not discuss the specific chances of some characters getting before others, I've seen far too many of these become fully fledged fanboy wars already.
PD: I kinda screwed last message's response name :s

Ridley confirmed! The appearance of Samus confirms it!!

I'd honestly be surprised if the US cared more about Shulk than Japan does. After all, they were gonna keep the game there precisely because they figured it'd only be popular in japan

All this debating and Sakurai barely puts any thought into these characters besides how they could work I think any Nintendo character has a good chance at this point.. there are some possibilities I would hate (ex. Takutrashu,Diddy in Drag) but they're all possible if Wii Fit Trainer is in anybody could get in relevant or not

I couldn't really care less if Shulk is in or not. I just thought Xenoblade is a grossly overrated game in general. His inclusion does not seem like a no-brainer to me

I know a lot of people will be against this but whatif we got another Samus? Fusion Suit Samus. With Freeze Rockets, Wave Beam, and some other Fusion abilities (doesn't have to be exclusive to Fusion) I am not saying this will happen (and could possibly be made through the custom characters) but I wouldn't mind the idea lol

Why is that the only idea people get for trailer ideas these days? Ever since the Robin & Lucina trailer it seems that's all people can think of.

"[character A] is being attacked by [character B] and then suddenly [character C] shows up to help."

@MrWalkieTalkie I had actually thought about it before the Robin trailer aired
I guess it's simply that some characters won't realistically be shown doing anything but fighting. A trailer for a Rhythm Heaven rep could easily be one of the most unique and entertaining though.

For custom moves, sure sounds cool. For a character slot, NEVER (unless it's like lucina where it takes no extra effort)

http://jedisquidward.tumblr.com/
I think I've found something.

The bundle option is definitely there, but it could easily be just a Best Buy thing to entice players to buy both from them. It definitely seems weird given they'll come at different dates.

Smooth way to slip your tumblr in, Smooveeeeee

someone made a poll for best newcomer and is trying to get as many people as possible to vote.
here ya go:
http://poll.pollcode.com/57866499_result?v