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[Beelzebufo]

Well I have wanted Tom Nook badly for some time. This reveal has confirmed it in my mind.

But Tom Nook is in Villager's FS. He's not gonna be in.

God damn it, twice I have been at try bottom of the page with my post.

Re: Robin's sword mechanic: I think that it will work similarly to the spellbooks. The trailer says that each spellbook only has so many uses. I think the same will hold true for his swords. It might be on swipes, hits, or damage taken, but I think the swords will be expendable as a reference to FE mechanics.

Bottom tier confirmed I guess. That's like super stale moves.

 

[J-Tier]

so can we now all agree that the leak was not,in fact real,but just well made and kinda lucky?

I doubt the part with every single thing correct is just a lucky guess.

Wii Fit Trainer, Megaman, PacMan, Villager, Little Mac, and Mii Fighter -- no way are all of those at once just lucky guesses.

 

[Kouriozan]

I'm considering that for OT but I don't know which version tho.

Well, we still have 2 months to think about it

 

[DaBoss]

This tweet lmao: https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/488693255476097025

 

[JStein0222]

That is the one truth: We're always wrong.

Betting against gaf is the real Sal Romano leak haha

 

[Starphoenix]

All together, I'm happy about today. Still would like to see Shulk show up as I really want some content from that game in Smash, but it looks like I'll have to wait a bit longer.

 

[Mr. Smiley]

When's that OT X coming up?

 

[I'M FINISHED!]

Are you saying that people don't know who Roy is? People love Roy.

The random smattering of Roy loyalists doesn't equal jack spittle.

 

[-Horizon-]

found on Reddit lol, thread's moving fast so excuse me if already posted

lol

 

[Jurassic Munson]

God damn it, twice I have been at try bottom of the page with my post.

Re: Robin's sword mechanic: I think that it will work similarly to the spellbooks. The trailer says that each spellbook only has so many uses. I think the same will hold true for his swords. It might be on swipes, hits, or damage taken, but I think the swords will be expendable as a reference to FE mechanics.

Down B to change tomes I hope.

 

[Golnei]

God damn it, twice I have been at try bottom of the page with my post.

Re: Robin's sword mechanic: I think that it will work similarly to the spellbooks. The trailer says that each spellbook only has so many uses. I think the same will hold true for his swords. It might be on swipes, hits, or damage taken, but I think the swords will be expendable as a reference to FE mechanics.

Either way, having them reference FE mechanics at all is a vast difference from Ike and Marth's implementations - considering the care the newcomers thus far have been implemented with, I feel ashamed for even expecting the only new FE rep to be a clonish Chrom.

 

[SliceSabre]

I think what we all are missing here is that Capt. Falcon is clearly a villian in this Smash game. I mean he was trying to Falcon Punch Lucina just for her trying to defend her father who is a man who fights for justice that Falcon defeated.

Thusly Capt. Falcon is now evil.

 

[Kouriozan]

This tweet lmao: https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/488693255476097025

/dead

 

[Red Arremer]

Sakurai did say he's nearing the end of his reveal trailers, but I do hope we still have some surprises to look forward to

He did?

 

[IntelliHeath]

My main takeaway from this reveal is that the roster will definitely not be 48. It'll be 50+, not even taking DLC into account.

What if DLC isn't real leak?

 

[Glass Rebel]

Sakurai should troll Metroid fans by making Dark Samus and SA-X playable characters rofl

Spoiler

;_;

King K. Rool's old ass is still more relevant than Lucina. Her imposter face will be forgotten before the next Fire Emblem is even released.

lol the fuck outta here with that rare abomination

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Lucina is probably the most appropriate clone in the entire series.

Also this means every single game in the series has added at least one clone!

 

[OricWindstar]

God damn it, twice I have been at try bottom of the page with my post.

Re: Robin's sword mechanic: I think that it will work similarly to the spellbooks. The trailer says that each spellbook only has so many uses. I think the same will hold true for his swords. It might be on swipes, hits, or damage taken, but I think the swords will be expendable as a reference to FE mechanics.

That was my thought as well. I love the implementation of actual FE gameplay!

 

[Red Rudolph]

... and at the end of the day, though they were very excited, nobody quite knew what to make of that Rayman trophy.

 

[Timeaisis]

So Robin looks like a pretty unique character.

 

[RomanceDawn]

2nd or 3rd Pic Of The Day.

"And welcome back, Captain Falcon!! When are you ever getting a new game of your own?"

I LOVE SAKURAI!!!!!!!!

 

[InvincibleAgent]

Who wants Pichu or Dr. Mario over Roy?

 

[NeonZ]

I hope we can customize Robin's appearance.

I'm not sure about an actual customization feature, but we'll at least get colors based on different designs, like the villager, I'd think.

 

[Mr. Smiley]

Lucina is probably the most appropriate clone in the entire series.

Also this means every single game in the series has added at least one clone!

Smash 64 Luigi

 

[Beelzebufo]

The random smattering of Roy loyalists doesn't equal jack spittle.

He's definitely more popular because of Smash though, just like Lucina will be. You're allowed to be wrong.

 

[J-Tier]

But Tom Nook is in Villager's FS. He's not gonna be in.

He'd be redundant anyways. I think Villager best represents AC at this point, without any other AC rep needed.

If Villager was never revealed, I'd probably be rooting for Tom Nook as well though.

... and at the end of the day, though they were very excited, nobody quite knew what to make of that Rayman trophy.

Sakurai just loves toying with us. He's a sadist.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

He did?

On Friday, when today's trailer was announced.

 

[Jurassic Munson]

But Tom Nook is in Villager's FS. He's not gonna be in.


Bottom tier confirmed I guess. That's like super stale moves.

I refuse to listen to your logic. He has an Amiibo.

 

[Kouriozan]

I think what we all are missing here is that Capt. Falcon is clearly a villian in this Smash game. I mean he was trying to Falcon Punch Lucina just for her trying to defend her father who is a man who fights for justice that Falcon defeated.

Thusly Capt. Falcon is now evil.

Plus, he killed tons of Pikmins

 

[-Horizon-]

This tweet lmao: https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/488693255476097025

 

[Icelandic_Jazz]

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the Rayman trophy. What a crazy day for Smash news.

 

[Forkball]

We finally got a blue haired swordsman.

 

[Aβydoς]

Actually, this still fits in perfectly in the "the final roster fits into two pages of the 3DS screen" theory. You just had to replace Mewtwo with Lucina.

LOL always thought that thing was bullshit. They can just resize the slots.

 

[Karsticles]

Either way, having them reference FE mechanics at all is a vast difference from Ike and Marth's implementations - considering the care the newcomers thus far have been implemented with, I feel ashamed for even expecting the only new FE rep to be a clonish Chrom.

The difference is that Marth and Chrom both have signature weapons tied to them on the games. Robin doesn't. So one can be more flexible with what he uses. Marth can't expend his family sword.

 

[georly]

I hope we can customize Robin's appearance.

I wouldn't be surprised if every alt color had one of the 3 different faces and maybe different hair color/style

Female 'big':

Female 'medium':

Female 'small':

Male 'big':

Male 'medium':

Male 'small':

Obviously their body type/size won't translate but I wouldn't be surprised if we saw all 6 face variations.

 

[Axass]

He did?

Yes but:

• One reveal trailer =/= one character. See this and the Greninja ones.
  
• Reveal trailers =/= all newcomers. There could and there will probably be unlockables.

 

[JStein0222]

What if DLC isn't real leak?

Even if the DLC leak isn't true, I'm betting on DLC anyways. Seems like Nintendo is all about this kind of thing recently and this looks like a fairly easy implementation in terms of guessing what people would want

 

[IntelliHeath]

What if leaker confused Shulk with Robin?!

This tweet lmao: https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/488693255476097025

So AWESOME!

 

[Beelzebufo]

He did?

No, he actually said he was nearing the end of character videos. Probably two left if I had to guess.

What if leaker confused Shulk with Robin?!

So AWESOME!

He's be blind and wrong, because Chrom isn't in either lol

 

[HawthorneKitty]

I wouldn't be surprised if every alt color had one of the 3 different faces and maybe different hair color/style

Female 'big':

I like this one.

 

[I'M FINISHED!]

wasn't k.Rool forgotten even by his own franchise?

Rool is the most well known DKC villain and the DKC villain with the most appearances in the DKC franchise. Let me know where girl-Marth stands in five years. One mainline game and one Smash appearance most likely.

 

[Save 'N Quit]

Why is there no WebM of Captain Falcon yet?

I'm going to make one if I have to.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Yes but:

• One reveal trailer =/= one character. See this and the Greninja ones.
  
• Reveal trailers =/= all newcomers. There could and there will probably be unlockables.

Sakurai has stated that he wants all newcomers to get a video. Even Lucina got one, and she's a clone.

 

[Sponge]

Sakurai should troll Metroid fans by making Dark Samus and SA-X playable characters rofl

Spoiler

;_;

lol the fuck outta here with that rare abomination

Well in that case we better get Dixie. DK needs some sort of third character.

 

[Valus]

So is Lucina a clone or an alternate skin for Marth?

 

[-Horizon-]

I like this one.

 

[JStein0222]

I'm most interested in learning about Robin's fighting mechanics! Wonder how his spell/sword switching things work!

 

[Macka]

I vote Falchion Punch

.

 

[NeonZ]

King K. Rool's old ass is still more relevant than Lucina. Her imposter face will be forgotten before the next Fire Emblem is even released.

I'm not sure about that. What if they develop the whole "past FE characters" mechanic next game? We could start seeing actual recurring characters (with no roles in the main story, but still gaidens and supports) just for fanservice.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

I still think that the rest of Gematsu's leak will come true (Shulk/Chorus Men). Him being wrong about one character doesn't automatically mean that he's a fraud and that none of the info was ever legit. The leak is partially real, I think it's foolish to say otherwise at this point, it's just that his info is not as 100% as we've been taking it.

Yep.
He is probably not someone very important during development, translator for example.
Development in games change all the time.
Is obvious Sakurai knows about the leaks and he is acting accordingly. Im pretty sure he told people at Monolith to retweet just so he could make a huge surprise. The Chrom fakeout was done in the trailer exactly for that.
This is done all the time in other media (misleading script titles, recording altarnate scenes so people can't leak, etc...), its not surprise Sakurai is using this tactic against the leak. No creator likes he things leaked before time.

The leaker knows things, but he doesnt know all and things like Chrom can be explained perfectly. And thank god for that, I think this is the more beneficial troll Sakurai has ever done to keep people excited.