Who wants Birdo in the next Super Smash Bros game?

[Cure]

Pichu wasn't in Brawl. Don't be dumb.

And yes, Pokemon is still popular. Don't be dumb.

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by Logan

This isn't about my statements, this is about Cure's.

But if you'd like, I'll elaborate further. Yes, I don't like Pokemon. It's also not nearly as popular as it was years back, so the franchise doesn't warrant having so many characters in the SSB games. Are that many people going to be upset if Jigglypuff doesn't show up in the next game? How about Pichu? It's the same problem as with Mario; there's far too many characters from the franchise that it takes up space for new and, frankly, potentially more interesting characters.

I hope that's a sufficient answer to your snide remark.

So Pokemon isn't as popular as it was when it was a WORLDWIDE phenomenon so it deserves less spotlight.

But....Kid Chameleon and Vectorman deserve more? Characters that weren't really all that popular when they first arrived? Much less after years of NOTHING?

[CyberCubed]

The only reason Jigglypuff wasn't removed was because it was part of the original Smash Bros. roster, and stays for that reason.

Obviously in terms of relevance Mewtwo is far more iconic and deserved to stay overall, given it was the first major legendary and one of the original "villains" of the Pokemon franchise.

But then again that was 15 years ago. Mewtwo is as relevant now as Misty is....just long gone characters from over a decade ago that only original fans remember fondly and younger fans don't care much about.

[Logan]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

But....Kid Chameleon and Vectorman deserve more? Characters that weren't really all that popular when they first arrived? Much less after years of NOTHING?

Much like the Ice Climbers, Captain Falcon, Mr. Game & Watch, Ness, Roy, Pit, Marth, Lucas, Ike, R.O.B., King Dedede, Meta Knight...

I'm glad that we're on the same page, Stryker.

[shuriken]

^^ I agree with most of the said obscure characters but Pit, Meta Knight, Nes, And Captain Falcon are awesome. Even though I hate DeDeDee since he's a main Kirby villain it makes sense that he's there. Hell Medusa from Kid Icarus would be a cool character (just make her less huge).

Back to Birdo, sure add Birdo why not? But I don't see why they don't add other cooler characters like Shinobi, Vectorman or Sonic (Granted they are from Sega but they already had Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games so why not). Besides who wouldn't want to whoop Jiggleypuff with the goddamn Shinobi?

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by Logan

Much like the Ice Climbers, Captain Falcon, Mr. Game & Watch, Ness, Roy, Pit, Marth, Lucas, Ike, R.O.B., King Dedede, Meta Knight...

I'm glad that we're on the same page, Stryker.

All of those are Nintendo characters.

You're asking for them to reach out of their wheelhouse and give money to whoever owns those characters. Characters that aren't popular at all now and barely counted as such when they were originally released.

Getting Snake and Sonic? That makes sense. Doing the same for characters like Alex Kidd and Vector Man? Not so much.

Their time would be better spent going after Megaman. Atleast he's somewhat relevant and has connections to the Nintendo legacy.

But no. Let's talk about awesome characters like The Bonaza Bros or Aero the Acrobat and complain about them not getting a fair shake.

Originally Posted by shuriken

Back to Birdo, sure add Birdo why not? But I don't see why they don't add other cooler characters like Shinobi, Vectorman or Sonic (Granted they are from Sega but they already had Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games so why not). Besides who wouldn't want to whoop Jiggleypuff with the goddamn Shinobi?

Sonic was JUST in the last game.

Also Jigglypuff is way better than Shinobi.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by shuriken

Back to Birdo, sure add Birdo why not? But I don't see why they don't add other cooler characters like Shinobi, Vectorman or Sonic (Granted they are from Sega but they already had Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games so why not). Besides who wouldn't want to whoop Jiggleypuff with the goddamn Shinobi?

Sonic...was in Brawl.

[shuriken]

yes just realized after posting Sonic was indeed in the game. And Shinobi is awesome. At least the Genesis Shinobi. But I guess we'll have to wait and see who shows up in the next game.

[The Stryker]

Jigglypuff is still better than Shinobi. Shinobi wasn't even the best video game ninja of that time period or that console!

[shuriken]

On the Genesis? Who'd be your pick? Stryder Hiryu? And looking back Ryu Hayabusa makes more sense since he did come out in several NES games. But Shinobi is still awesome.

[Ninjinister]

Shinobi's not even a character, you crackheads.

[shuriken]

UGGGHH But it's a title given to a ninja of highest regard/ranking or whatever. Dude's name is Joe Musashi (or something very close to that). You knew who we were talking about and I will continue calling him Shinobi.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by shuriken

UGGGHH But it's a title given to a ninja of highest regard/ranking or whatever. Dude's name is Joe Musashi (or something very close to that). You knew who we were talking about and I will continue calling him Shinobi.

wat

Shinobi just means ninja. It's not a rank. Unless there was one of the games that I skipped that said this (in which case, it's dumb), then this isn't true.

Joe was just one of the playable characters. For instance, Hotsuma was in the PS2 games and Joe's dad Jiro is in the 3DS game.

Calling any of these characters Shinobi is like saying Cloud is called Final Fantasy.

EDIT: I STAND CORRECTED! There is actually one character in the series that goes by just Shinobi: the player character in the GBA game The Revenge of Shinobi!