Nintendo Announces Next amiibo Waves And Asks Players To Vote For New Characters In The Super Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot

Ok...I just voted for Popo as a singular Ice Climber.

Splatoon inkling got my vote.

Oh those damn amiibos are going to kill my wallet!

Everyone, go to the website and vote for Leo Luster now or I will personally go to your house and lock you in your closet.
no not really

Palutena, Dark Pit, Dr. Mario and maybe Bowser Jr. as far as amiibo goes! I'm still thinking about the ballot, probably won't do it until next week or so.

Palutena and Dark Pit, fo' definite. I missed out on Pit the first time around... Not gonna let any more KI amiibo slip away!

Jr. and Dr. Mario are must needs.

Guys, we should probably decide who to vote for. The more requests a character gets, the more likely s/he is to get in.

Let's vote for Ridley just to troll Sakurai lol

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So many possible fighters to choose from. I couldn't even narrow it down to a list of ten.

@A01 Gamestop 2pm Central Time. Tomorrow.

Please vote for Professor Layton if you can! I already voted, and I hope others share my love for the dapper-hatted gentleman!

I voted for King K. Rool, but I might do some more votes later for Wolf, Rayman, Inkling, and Pichu (not doing Ice Climbers because of the issue in the 3DS version or Roy because I have some doubts).

Some of those look pretty good. Let me know when I can walk into any store and buy whatever 1 I want. Ganandorf should do something cool in Hyrule Warriors. Olimar looks good.

Goku was my vote, no hesitation.

I voted for Phoenix Wright as a fighter!

Whose with me? I trust there are no OBJECTIONS?

Hoping to pick up Ness and Bowser Jr. When they come!
Btw, I vote for none other than Viridi:)

I voted for Rayman, but would love to see Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright, too! (And Darth Vader, but he's more of a movie character).

Ness and Olimar are the last two I want. Won't lie, I doubt I'll get either one.

I voted for Chibi Robo and then voted again for Popo. I hope that's not against the rules but oh well too late.

I voted for Issac from Golden Sun. I'm trying to think of who else to put in a vote for. I'd vote for some of my favorite third party characters (like Luna of Lunar: Silver Star), but I want to vote for characters that have a realistic chance of getting in. Anyone else voting for a Golden Sun character?

So this means we're getting King K. Rool right?? That or we'll finally see Geno? Fingers crossed they take top 3 and release as a dlc pack of some sort

How can anybody not vote for Shantae? She just seems way to frickin' obvious if you ask me, ha, and has great potential for a unique moveset and she's been a part of Nintendo for some time now:

• Shantae (original) - GBC
• Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Dsiware
• Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - 3DS & Wii U
• Shantae: Half Genie Hero - upcoming for Wii U

@Cinnamon115 I'm giving a vote to Isaac as well. Where is our Dark Dawn sequel anyways? ;_; Love the Golden Sun series.

@Cinnamon115 I put in a vote for Issac. And I voted for Inkling on a different computer...

I voted Pulseman, just me?... Okay...

Bayonetta was a no-brainer for my vote.

Please vote for Krystal - Her Staff + Magic + SFA Outfit would make a perfect and intuitive character choice.

Voted for Saria

Yes! Dr. Mario amiibo. I hope its more accesible.

Also, you supposedly only can vote once, but im sure they keep track of that via IP,s. So you could multivote on different devices.

Voted for Saria

I think you can vote more than once on the same device, I just voted for Issac twice on my laptop and there were no issues.

THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO GET SNAKE BACK!!!

I voted for a Tetrimino fighter along with a new Tetris game for Wii U.

@rjejr
I'm with you. I vote for Pit — not dark pit — the original one. Because he is nowhere and never was — that's how it feels anyways. :/

Ganondorf and Olimar were the two that stuck out to me as well.

Paultina, I may have spelled her name wrong but that's the Amiibo I need to get right there.

Also, I need to check out the voting thing.

Time to get my amiibo army hat and gun (side savings) ready for the next coming war. My most wanted is the Pokemon and Kid Icarus amiibo line

I have voted yet but if I do, it will be for Raichu. Pichu had his time in the lime light in melee, why not him. He can have a similar moveset to pikachu but have a bit more reach (Especially with the tail) and power due to his body and evolution stage but a bit slower and a slightly weaker recovery by comparison. Also a different final smash.

Nice, this is what I wanted to see. Need to wait more for ROB and the dog. Palutena, Samus and Pac for me.

And if I vote it will be Bayonetta or W101. Kojima had his chance, now it is Kamiya's turn.

You guys forgot the Yarn Yoshi amiibo. My wife looked at me with her eyes widen and said "I need this amiibo. I just do"

@sinalefa Waiting on Mr. Game & Watch myself. :x That would gain me some more interest in this amiibo cray-ness.

Olimar!

Everyone vote for Reggie!

I need that greninja one in my life.

@TobiasAmaranth nah krystal's a upstanding women

GUYS WE SHOULD VOTE FOR BAYONETTA

Come on, she totally deserves it!

Must get Zero Suit Samus!!!

I'm going for all the Pokemon amiibo!
Hopefully they're at least as stocked as Pikachu and not like Lucario...

I voted for Rayman because Smash needs a 3rd party character that is not from a Japanese company. Trying to think of a few others like him but, he's the only one to come to mind. Smash needs a new female character too. Oh, there is Shantae. Still trying to think of other western 3rd party games that did well on a Nintendo system. Oh yeah, be nice to have Snake back too.

I voted for Shantae!

Ganondorf.... I might just be tempted to get my first amiibo...

@JubilifeRival
No objections here, I cast a vote for Wright as well. Take that, petition!

I'm voting for Shy Guy and Dry Bones!

My vote goes to Blanc-sama from Hyperdimension Neptunia series. Never been on a Ninty console, but she represents Ninty home consoles so it's worth a shot.

@neotemplarvellum Thank You! Shantae is like a missing piece to this puzzle that is the Smash Bros roster. We should try to get others to vote her in as well.

Wish they'd stop releasing new ones and replenish the stock of the ones that are already out.

Shovel KNight, Shantae, or Rayman.

Your time has come Toad!

I voted for Zero from Mega Man X...yeah, I know it's a pipe dream.

SHOVEL KNIGHT. ALL DAY EVERY DAY.

I voted for Rayman because we need a Western 3rd party fighter before having to wait for Super Smash Bros 5!

There are a lot of great choices here! I voted for the Inkling Girl! Nice to see I wasn't the only one wanting to give a new IP a chance to play with the big boys.

I voted for King K. Rool. The fact that we haven't seen the main antagonist playable by now as well as the fact that Donkey Kong still doesn't have three characters is criminal. There is no reason why he shouldn't be in.

Everyone vote for Anthony Higgs! Remember him!

@enderboy221
I also voted for Professor Layton x3

Say it with me:

SNAKE! SNAKE! SNAAAAAKE!
SNAKE! SNAKE! SNAAAAAKE!

Chorus Kids! They would be so perfect!

I was split between several characters to vote for. I considered both Ice Climbers and Ridley, the former's removal being a crushing disappointment to me, and the latter being a character I feel just deserves to be playing.

Then I considered how the Ice Climbers were unable to be added due to the 3DS, and Sakurai doesn't seem willing to include Ridley, so I feel any vote I give to them would be unfortunately wasted.

As such, I've gone with voting for Lip, my most wanted character for SSB of all. I know she's highly unlikely to come out on top, but if she receives enough votes and is given compelling reasons for her inclusion, there is a chance.

I voted for Ray MK III because I think that Custom Robo needs some more love.

Whoa whoa whoa. Where is the image that titled this from? What region's direct is that from? The U.S. direct listed us as getting Dark Pit and Palutena only in July, and Ganondorf, Zamus, Dr. Mario, Bowser Jr., and Olimar in SEPTEMBER. Why is this region getting them differently distributed and so much earlier before us? They'll have ALL the Smash amiibo by the time we even get Dark Pit and Palutena! And Yoshi's Wooly World comes out much sooner in Europe too! Nintendo of America, what are you doing?

I wonder if the Ganondorf Amiibo will unlock something special in Hyrule Warriors.

Guys. You better nominate Wonder Red. If you don't, diplomacy will fail!!

gentlemen, start your engines.
amiibo race bgins in 3... 2... 1

CHRONO! Or I'd take Shovel Knight

I voted for the Elite Beat Agents. I can't wait to pick up the remaining two KI Amiibo, ZSS, and Dr. Mario Amiibo

bayonetta, rayman, or wonder red. cant decide.

I voted for Tails and I will probably get all the Amiibo.
Splatoon characters for Smash Bros is a brilliant idea, would be great as free dlc to help promote Splatoon.

@BlackSpy

Do you even need to ask?

Definitely voting for Isaac, the Earth adept, the poster boy of the GS series, the character to have some of the greatest potentials out of 'em all to be an amazing Smash character. Earth psynergy, weapon unleashes, Djinn, potentially other classes and elemental psynergy, Summons, etc. He would be absolutely amazing in Smash.

Heck, he doesn't even need a sword. He can already summon huge psychic swords as Ragnarok and Odyssey!

Voted, now will probably get my sister and as many of my friends to vote!

Plus the amazing GS series could definitely use a rep and the exposure in Smash

"The deadline for entry is 10/3/2015."

What?

Good God, here's my chance! !!!!BAYONETTA!!!!!

I would love to see Saki Amamiya and the Bandana Waddle Dee.

@SlicingScyther I'd love to see Pulse Man

I think I wanna vote for Fiora...

@Ryo_Hazuki-san yes amen to that and bring back the stage from brawl!!

I say the original knuckles, zero, Ridley if that's how you spell his name and maybe a monster hunter character with changeable armor or just a stage that would be cool

Shadow please and don't be an April Fools joke. -_-

Voted for Travis Touchdown, because he, and No More Heroes are both amazing!

@shonenjump86 Same Here! I want a western 3rd party character before Smash 4 dies and must wait for Smash 5!

Snake Senpai plz come back!

Dark Samus!

We need more Metroid reps that are actually different characters, and since it seems Ridley may not be possible, Dark Sammy would be the next best thing! Her Phazon attacks and overall mannerisms would be a great contrast to Samus.

She'd be an evil doppleganger, but with a unique moveset!

voted dixie, but I'm going to vote for wolf as well

Hopefully they sort this distribution problem out NOW. With all these coming I'm sure the scalping trash of the world of Nintendo are already lining up to create some higher levels of so-called rarity to get the most out of people who actually want these things.

Still can't track down Fox, Pit, LIl Mac and Cap'n Falcon, or Shulk which I only wanted for Xenoblade (the others are desk toys since I grew up on the NES/SNES.) Grr...

i'm tempted to vote for snake, but the EBA guys or chorus kids would be awesome too. i think i'll vote for toad just b/c he/it is awesome.

@JohnsiBRPG
Yeah, I hear ya. Who knows, having a western 3rd party character in the game might even help getting more 3rd party games on Wii U. If only a little.

@rjejr
I'm gonna vote for TRUNKS just to troll you.

Voted for Paper Mario.

I Voted for Splatoon Inkling, It would work well in Smash and allow the new boys from Nintendo's new series (who are so new did not even exist when Smash bros was released) to fight it out with the classics like Mario

Bayonetta got my vote.

To me, I voted Ryu from Street Fighter. It's a no-brainer to include him considering what Street Fighter has done to the genre, and that would be like a nod to the series. There is a nostalgia theme throughout this Smash Bros. incarnation.

I voted for Hades from Kid Icarus Uprising.

YOSHIMITSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!

(Okay, Ryu would do good also)

I just want something else than alternative versions of already existing characters.

I'm voting for Rayman. Ever since Sakurai teased us by showing a picture of Rayman's trophy, I've been really hoping that he would be playable.

Still, there are a lot of other good ideas here.

My avatar should say it all; bring me all the Super Mario RPG love please. Gimme Geno, Mallow, Frogfucius, Booster, and/or the Axem Ranger(s). ...I'd take a 3DS remake of Legend of the Seven Stars and a Wii U sequel as well.

Seriously though:
Ryu alternate Ken
Bayonetta
Wonder Red
Belmont alternate other Belmont
Takamaru
Goku
Dixie Kong
Wrecking Crew Mario

I'm sure there are a lot more.

I voted for Dillon.

So this just leakages Mr Game & Watch, R.O.B and the Duck Hunt Duo left without an amiibo right? Hopefully they bring them out with the Mewtwo amiibo (and a Lucas one too), because those are the three I've been most wanting!

June will be expensive. I'll be grabbing Palutena, Zero Suit Samus and Ganondorf. As for the voting... Splatoon inklings just have to get in there. I'll be voting for some Wonderful 101 characters too but I think there's almost no chance of that happening as hardly anyone bought it.

@astarisborn94 Agreed!

I voted Tails. Splatoon characters make sense, and would be great to add them for free to help promote Splatoon.

Splatoon Inklings got my vote

Snake Snaaaaaaaaaakeeee

also Rayman

GRENINJA OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG MY BABY

I voted for Toon Sheik even though its the regular sheik that exists in LOZ game series and not Toon Sheik I still would like to have toon sheik as playable charecter and a ambiio that would be awesome.

@Frank90 glad to know someone else voted for Travis Touchdown! i can already imagine the beam katana, wrestling moves and dark side mode as the final smash!

Monkey D Luffy. Guys if we can get enough people to agree on Luffy he will show up. for those who don't know who he is you must look him up. He could have the perfect set of moves, super, outfits, and would fit perfectly. the more the votes and if you think about it please spread this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=825uGUYUoh8

Voted for Mach Rider myself. Dobut he'd ever win but was either him or Takamaru.

To be honest someone from Splatoon needs to appear whether they're in the vote or not. It's Nintendo's first big new IP in nearly ten years so a character should be arriving as free DLC to actually promote the game (same with someone from STEAM). Although, to be fair, development of an Inkling would likely take a while as they'd have to add in how he/she can cover characters and stages in ink.

@shonenjump86 Rayman?! This is a Nintendo game which includes a crossover with only the finest and biggest names of gaming. Rayman isn't even a Z-lister. He has no place in Smash today, tomorrow, next week, month, year or ever. Shall we invite Bubsy the bobcat in as well?

GANONDORF!

I went for Shovel Knight!

Guys, we have to band together and get the inklings playable characters! Vote for the inklings now!

New character developed from the ground up? Really? Sakurai has stated each takes a year to develop. Expect the 'winner' to be Wolf or Popo!!

@Ogbert Also Falco.

becuase there will no dobut be licence troubles that will prevent some characters i've done 3 votes. One for 3rd party (Bayonetta), one for a nintendo character (Inkling) and one wildcard (non-specific action figure)

@SlicingScyther I would but it is another SEGA character. I'll be helping Geno on another computer, then again Paper Mario would be cool.

Totally votedd for Bayonetta - AND I'D DO IT AGAIN!!!

Also, love how Dark Pit's Amiibo is his final smash pose. That is a pretty nice touch~

@BlackSpy Don't worry, Issac has already gotten my vote, as did Dixie.

@rastamadeus Dude, I might consider Mach Rider. UGH. Too many awesome choices.

Voted for Shovel Knight

tho Bayonetta would be cool too

I voted Captain Toad

I voted:

1) Cereza/Bayonetta
2) Impa
3) Avatar (new Fire Emblem)
4) Nabooru
5) Henry Fleming

I voted for Tails.

@tennfoley
Just imagine man, so much fun!
And could help with No More Heroes 3 (maybe)

@NintyMan thank you. I voted for king k. Rool as well.

Im a teacher and used different work stations at our school to vote for the following characters.
Inkling 4 times
Wonder Squad 4 times
King K. Rool 2 times
Phoenix Wright 2 times
Professor Layton 1 time

I still have about 40 computers to use

I voted for Wolf O'donnell. I miss him dearly!

@Timppis

If you skipped Alex from Eternal Darkness, you're doing it wrong!

But you're illustrating the primary problem with this voting system--that it can be spammed by people and heavily abused, and it will be.

Voted for Travis Touchdown!!

@outburst - Kid Trunks or adult Trunks?

I almost voted for Vegeta or Frieza but decided Goku might actually have a chance to be in the top 10 or something. And he's easier to type.

@rjejr
Adult Trunks of course because we are lacking sword fighters.

@Quorthon
They should have implemented voting through the use of the Wii U and 3DS console. I'm sure they have some way to detect the serial number through app or something.

Ouhh find out i CANNOT confirm my votes from my current country.. that,s great...

@outburst - Well that's probably the funniest comment I'll read today.

Mr. Satan photo was good too.

Have fun voting...

I'm gonna vote for Cranky Kong. Someone's gotta show those fifty-something whippersnappers what real fighting looks like!

@Captain_Gonru - Now that's a man who's thinking. But I'll walk into a store and buy a Goku amiibo before you buy Little Mac off a shelf

Cards don't count.

Ugh. Kotaku has an article trying to get Goku into smash. I'm voting for Impa.

Gotta get those pre-orders in. I am not getting skunked on these ever again.

I voted for Starman, probably the only person to do so, but I'd love to see Nintendo do an update to Pro Wrestling.

If you don't vote for Wonder Red, at least vote for Reyn!!

@Cinnamon115 Lunar is such a good game...

@Ryu_Niiyama saw the Kotaku thing. I'm happy enough with Impa just in Hyrule Warriors

My votes are for Splatoon Inkling
Okami
Shovel Knight
Monster Hunter
Custom Robo
Boo
Isaac (Golden Sun)
Phoenix Wright
Maxwell (Scribblenauts)

If they put Goku in I'm done with gaming.

I put in Lloyd Irving from Tales of Symphonia.

What with Namco working on the game with them, I thought it'd be a good fit and the 'Tales of' style of fighting would work well in Smash.

CRANKY KONG takes it to the fridge! Because the lack of geriatric fighters in Smash Bros. is APPALLING.

Less powerful and quicker than Donkey, but not as much as Diddy. His cane gives him a considerable attacking reach, despite lacking ranged moves.

Final Smash: Rage Rant. The old ape starts denouncing what's wrong with today's video games (EVERYTHING), his shouts harm any character they hit (think of it all an automatic, mobile, less powerful version of DK's Final Smash.). At first, the soundwaves are big and Cranky moves slowly; they become smaller and he regains his agility as his self-righteous anger dissipates.

@Frank90 agree, Suda 51 may finally decide to make another sequel wishful thinking

Captain Toad and Phoenix Wright for me!

Time for OBJECTION!

I voted for King K. Rool. He really needs more exposure!

@Lalivero I would love to see Shantae in Smash. Those games are so good.
She gets my vote. Probably Simon Belmont and Tails too.

@Nomad Thank You!

Okay think about it. Ice climbers was a great idea because it was a duo. But they are better duo. DIXIE AND CRANKY KONG. The young and joyful with the old and ... cranky.They exist since the SNES and I loved Tropical Freeze. Hell DKC was the best serie of the SNES, and should have room to show it.

Voted for Kid Chameleon, and I HOPE I can get my hands on a Charizard amiibo.

...make that eventually on account of Wave 4 being sold out. I won't even have to worry about it until the fall thanks to the NFC reader not being available until then.

Come on, guys. I can't be the only person in the world who wants Mappy as a playable character, right? .... guys?

I Voted for Simon Belmont, as he was one of my few desired charas that didn't make it in.

Voted for my most wanted since melee, King K Rool! #KroctheVote

Runner ups are Isaac, Shantae and Simon Belmont

@Stubborn_Monkey Glad I'm not the only one voting for him! I'd like him to spit out his chattering false teeth like he does in Tropical Freeze, and his FS would be the finishing attack in every boss fight; mash the buttons to beat up the opponents and send them flying! I'd rather not see K. Rool in the game, as he hasn't been a main villain in quite a while. The last game he appeared in was Mario Super Sluggers.
I also voted for Simon Belmont, Tetra, and Isaac.

Go, Geno, go!!

We need to get him into the game! Now is the time!!

@FilmerNgameR
Amen. I feel that we need more playable Sonic characters.

Vote Etna

Can anyone help me with why Jin Kazama should be a fighter?
I, for some reason, crave seeing Jin fight Lucario, Little Mac and Greninja.

Vote conker for super smash bros he was a nintendo character before Microsoft bought rareware. If you don't know who he is do go check out the games he's been like conker's bad fur day didykong raceing and even though he might say many bad words in smash they dont really talk so its still going to be rated E for everyone do please make me a favor of voteing conker he was in my childhood and would really like to see him coming back to a Nintendo game where he belongs!!!

@DjSSBB Yes.