Topic: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - OT

@Dark-Luigi I'm happy for someone. (Apparently @WaveBoy ) but I'm not happy for it, myself. I just can't get excited for this character. I've literally loved every character I didn't want until now. Villager and Wii Fit Trainer were characters I would've hated, had I only been told about them. But those trailers really made me love and accept them. Pac-man I can't.

@Jazzer94 Kirby's Pac-man face is the best part of his inclusion.

Pac-man is boring, obvious, and even Sakurai stated that they couldn't make a moveset on him alone and have it actually work. Greninja is interesting, unexpected, and clearly had plenty of potential in and of himself for a playable slot.

Not big on Pac-Man, but it's appropriate with Namco's involvement in development. Even with Pac-Man being Namco's mascot though, it must have been hard to decide with character to include. Namco owns Tekken, Soul Calibur, and Tales of, which alone would give you about 50 cool characters to choose from.

If a Konami character ends up on the roster, I would much rather see Simon Belmont or Shanoa than Snake again. Simon because he's the most iconic Castlevania character, Shanoa because she's the most unique.

Pretty much the attitude I'm going to take towards this is the "It's not for me, but I'm sure someone's happy about it" position. I'm mostly sour because there are so many Namco characters I would've preferred to see in there, and I've felt Pac-man overstayed his welcome for a very long time.

@DestinyMan ...Yeeeeeah, sorry, don't agree with you in the slightest. To think Snake was worse enough, this tops it. They seriously should've choose someone who actually fits.

...But whatever, opinions are opinions, I guess.

@Mickey That literally makes no sense...

On a completely different note, I can still see one more 3rd party character. We've mentioned Ryu Hyabusa and Simon Belmont, but does anyone have any other ideas on what's possible? (Also, I'm more certain than ever that there's going to be around 45-50 characters.)

Yeah but his expression was what I was referencing as if a bit depressed.

Snake fit into the wackyness perfectly in my opinion the codec conversations were and are still gold.

@UGXwolf - I personally think we're done with 3rd Party characters. We already have Sonic, Mega Man and now Pac-Man. The roster's gonna be huge, but I feel asking for yet another 3rd Party reps would be a bit much.

Agree.Having four third party fighters would enable players to make matches whitout Nintendo characters(things like having two Megamans and two Pac-mans doesn't count,I'm talking about four different third party characters)

People here who'll play Smash Bros. for Wii U at Best Buy, please gives us your first impressions like game mechanics, the pace of the game, and the graphic when seeing it in person. Also tell us how big are the improvements over Brawl.

I get your point, but it's not about asking for more 3rd party characters. It's about what else Sakurai might think fits. I could totally see Simon Belmont replacing Snake or Ryu joining for his chronic involvement with Nintendo as well as the connection to Tecmo-Koei. I'm not saying there WILL be another 3rd party character, but who do you think it'd be or COULD be, if there were another (and we're still assuming one per franchise, so no SEGA, Capcom, or Namco.) I mean, it's more a talking point than anything else.

Besides, it's not about Nintendo IP, it's about Nintendo history. Something, anything, that was at one point, inherently Nintendo, would really fit right in. Thus the argument of a battle of non-Nintendo characters really isn't a problem. It's still stuff that, at least at one point, was really involved with Nintendo.

Pac-Man looks surprisingly fun. Weird that they show G&W but don't confirm him as a character either in the trailer or on smashbros.com.

I'm going to try to make it to Smash Fest tonight.

Oh, a "what-if" scenario. OK, I can dig that. Well, I personally don't care for him but Simon would have more of a chance than Ryu, especially since Castlevania was typically on Nintendo consoles back then and thus is a part of Nintendo's history. Only if Konami was really helping out Nintendo in some big way, mind you.

Be sure to report back on your experience with the game if you do.

This is audio of the round table for Smash no video.

@WaveBoy: I'm with you. I don't quite understand why a lot of people dislike Pac-Man. Granted, I never wished for him in Smash, but I thought it would be nice to see, and he turned out great. I think of him as the Mickey Mouse of gaming--he'll always be a classic icon.

http://www.smashbros.com/us/howto/entry2.html

With Namco it was obvious that Pacman would appear. I think he's a nice addition. He looks cool, and so do his moves.

I wonder if Snake's still in it though.

Do the Mii Fighters count as one character or three separate? If the former, the roster is at 33. If the latter, the roster is up to 35, already equal with Brawl's final roster.