EPTFinal Roster:
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Mario
Luigi
Peach
Wario
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Yoshi
Link
Zelda
Samus
Pit
Ice Climbers
Kirby
MetaKnight
King Dedede
Fox
Pikachu
Pokemon Trainer
Olimar
Lucas
Sonic
Bowser
Snake
Ike
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TOON LINK
-Looks like a clone of link in terms of moves, but I could be wrong.
GANONDORF
-Some moves have been changed, it looks like. I know his up B has been changed so it's more like an upwards dash, it seems? Based on videos.
ROBOT
-Based on the old nintendo peripheral ROB. Don't ask, I don't know.
CAPTAIN FALCON
-Show me your moves!
JIGGLYPUFF
-Haven't seen much of her.
NESS
-Similar to Lucas. Lucas' PK Fire shoots straight horizontal, and he has PK Freeze instead of PK Flash. His grab is different, i think, and some of his A moves are.
LUCARIO
-From Pokemon Diamond/Pearl. Apparently really popular in Japan. Basically replaces mewtwo, but a few changes like energy ball pathing, dash replacing teleport, A moves, ect.
FALCO
-Haven't seen much gameplay of him. Same FS as fox though...
MARTH
-B move got changed from shield breaker to some charge stab thing.
GAME AND WATCH
-No idea on this one. Hopefully more playable?
WOLF O'DONNELL
-Star Fox's nemesis. Looks to be similar to Fox, with faster B up, slower but stronger laser, and an angled side B. FS is the same though.... (disappointing)
So, basically. only 4 melee characters are not returning: Roy, Dr. Mario, Pichu, and Mewtwo. Really, the only one I'm going to miss is Mewtwo.
Tons of gameplay vids online, if you bother to search...
*********Original Post************ (I forget)
Well, after the initial release date threads about Super Smash Brothers Brawl, I noticed that there has been no mention of other developments. Even though most of the attention is already on another upcoming game (SC2, and rightly so), I think the developments of Brawl should still be followed :3 Talk about the new characters, stages, items, or whatever and how cool they are ! :3
Anyway, since the announcement of the release date of Brawl, Dec. 3, lots of tidbits have been introduced; some that are major, some not so much.
-The adventure mode storyline (Subspace Emissary) has been somewhat revealed (although you really arent' SSing for the storyline). Purple globs fall from Meta Knight's ship, which is hovering over the original stadium, and form into robots. The original dudes start ganging up... and that's all. There is a short clip on the site that shows this.
-Final Smashes are elaborated on more.
-Samus: Shoots a giant beam from her gun. After this, her armor falls off and she becomes zero suit samus. Currently, this seems to be the only way to change into her zero suit mode.
-Donkey Kong: Plays the Bongos!
-Pit: A giant goddess appears, and then lots of ugly angels come and stab your enemies.
-Maps include Skyworld (Kid Icarus), Castle Siege (Fire Emblem), Rumble Falls (DK), Smashville (Animal Crossing)
-Pokemon/Assist trophies have been expanded to Deoxys (pokemon), who shoots hyper beam, and Knuckle Joe (kirby), who uh, punches.
-New items include the pitfall, which does an effect similar to DK's side B, the Franklin Badge (Earthbound), which is like passive reflector, and Smoke Bomb, which releases colored smoke.
-New Techiques (can be done by any character) include Footstool jump, which allows you to meteor smash someone by jumping on them. I imagine it's hard to aim though...
However... the main reason I wanted to make this post was because of the characters....
-Yoshi is back! Apparently, his egg toss will now act as a third jump...
-Newcomer: Ike! (fire emblem). He uses a double handed sword in one hand... His two known attacks so far are a charge called eruption, and a recovery that acts a lot like Kirby's final cutter... except it shoots no projectile and he does not flinch while doing it... which matters a lot!
and my favorite...
-Newcomer: Pokemon Trainer!
He doesn't actually fight.... he kinda sits in the background. However, he fights with three pokemon, which he can switch out during combat by using down B (like sheik). The pokemon are Charizard, squirtle, and ivysaur. Apparently, they have a new measure, which is stamina, which somehow is afffected by how often you change them out and how often you use them. Not much else is known about this yet.
Anyway, wow. I really like the idea of Pokémon trainer. So far, we haven't seen any carbon copies of the same moves in the characters released so far. I especially like how they're trying to make more of them distinct, with different playstyles. Although the items will most definitely not be used in competitive levels, they are set to make casual playing even more interesting. Although the stages introduced so far are interesting, well. There seem to be too many moving stages and ones that are easily destroyed. Everyone knew how much fun Icicle mountain was to play in the SSBM.. (not.) I hope they introduce more stationary stages that are less on sheer spectacle and more on practicality.
But altogether, I like the variety in everything that is shown at this point! I'm definitely looking forward to new announcements almost as much as SC2, even though they come tantalizingly slow (still praying for Sonic!)
**************EDIT 1****************
New Characters!
Peach: Still has toad and that umbrella, apparently
Diddy Kong: Peanut gun and barrel jump.
*************EDIT 2******************* (Oct. 10)
New character update!
Ice Climber: Look at the detail on that parka :3 Prepare for more little-kid yelping!
Lucas: From Mother 3. Does this mean Ness is out?
...and...
SONICC!!! WOOOO!!! Movies on the site.
************Edit 3************** (Oct. 25)
King Dedede!
Yes, from the Kirby series! Apparrently he's going to handle similar to Bowser in which he will be powerful, yet heavy and slow. But he looks so chubby and happy!
Ship those Kirby games, Sakurai!
**********Edit 4***************** (Jan. 9)
New Character Update!
...Captain Olimar!
Without the five multicolored Pikmin who follow him, Captain Olimar kind of reminds me of how Game and Watch looked in SSBM....
Not much other information about him so far though....
...heehee, the purple pikmin looks like an eggplant....
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/index.html
-Ark
Ike looks pretty bad ass now, I went back to Path of Radiance a couple days ago and he looks like a fifteen year old kid. T_T
