Mastertoku Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Tomorrow, an acquaintance of mine may report back from E for All with news of either Meta Knight's Final Smash or Ike's. No doubt countless Youtube videos will be up by then, but all the same, I shall relay the information if it's needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKieser Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 No!!!! My internets are down for 2 and a half hours, and when I can finally check the Smash Update, I find Little Mac... as an ASSIST TROPHY!! NOOOO!!! ...I was REALLY hoping that he would be a playable, but I suppose it just isn't to be... Still, fucking awesome that he's actually in the game in some capacity. I suppose I'll live. Damn assist... --Jack Kieser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity's End Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 No!!!! My internets are down for 2 and a half hours, and when I can finally check the Smash Update, I find Little Mac... as an ASSIST TROPHY!! NOOOO!!! ...I was REALLY hoping that he would be a playable, but I suppose it just isn't to be... Still, fucking awesome that he's actually in the game in some capacity. I suppose I'll live. Damn assist... --Jack Kieser I was highly anticipating Little Mac in Playable Form myself, too. However him just being in the game tells us that Nintendo has not forgotten about him, and does listen to us, sometimes. I am extremely happy that they went with the NES version too, AND the fact that they rendered him in 3D instead of leaving him as a 2D sprite. Ah, the nostalgia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Author Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Assist trophies are for characters that almost made it in the game but couldn't be put. I would love to compare the list of first party new character suggestion with the list of assist trophies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 There is no valid reason whatsoever that Little Mac shouldn't be a playable character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mutericator Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 There is no valid reason whatsoever that Little Mac shouldn't be a playable character. Taking up a slot that could be put to better use by a more deserving character. Little Mac is cool, but he's like Ice Climbers cool - not really cool enough to be playable in Smash if it means someone else gets cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Roboto Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Little Mac would have been an awesome surprise. Damn it Nintendo,confirm Captain Falcon already.Then I can ignore all of your releases until the game is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_NutS Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 This is kind of a silly thing to say about a game like smash but, little mac looks a bit out of place to me there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameBrain_vX Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 This is pretty much how I imagined they would bring in Little Mac. He is cool enough to be a player character, as cool as Ness, Yoshi, or Ice Climbers at least. And he fits into the game as well as anyone else (Snake?). The problem as I see it is that he's a boxer. He can only punch, and only above the belt. How do you design a move set for that? The assist trophy covers the only attacks he could possibly do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Samus Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I could see Little Mac as part of the Smash cast. His boxing style could add a lot of variety. Oh well at least he is an assist. What do you guys think about the Advance Wars Assist? I thought that was hilarious!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Taking up a slot that could be put to better use by a more deserving character. Little Mac is cool, but he's like Ice Climbers cool - not really cool enough to be playable in Smash if it means someone else gets cut. I heartily disagree. If given the choice I would have sacrificed all of the Pokemon combined just to have a playable Mac. And whoever said that he looks out of place is wrong - Is he out of place when put beside Snake, or Wario? No, there is no such thing as out of place in Smash Brothers. You could put in a flying turd sandwich that shoots hadokens and it would fit right in. Little Mac deserves to be there just as much as Pit does. King Hippo and Bald Bull should have have been assist trophies, and Mac should have been playable. So there, I said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunther Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I want Dr. Kawashima and Electroplankton as assistant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwordBreaker Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Kind of pissed that Little Mac isn't a playable character. The 3D character model is so well-designed it practically begs for him to be playable. Oh, well...maybe Sakurai has something up his sleeve regarding the rest of the playable roster. I'm pretty sure there's going to be a surprise or three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penfold Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I could see Little Mac as part of the Smash cast. His boxing style could add a lot of variety. Oh well at least he is an assist. Yeah, I agree. Not even funny how much I liked Punch-Out!!, and while I think it would have been cool if he were somehow a playable character, I'm glad the game is at least getting representation through him as an assist. Come on Capt. Olimar for playable character!! Pikmin would have to at least be an assist, but given all the "lots of little stuff" assists they already have, they'd be a little redundant in this respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Well, I guess Nintendo can't unload all of their weapons at once. It isn't like this is the last Smash Bros. game in the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Well, I guess Nintendo can't unload all of their weapons at once. It isn't like this is the last Smash Bros. game in the series. Yeah, there's still more potential in the next Smash on Nintendo's next console: Nintendo Evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nookster Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Come on Capt. Olimar for playable character!! Finally, someone else besides me! I thought I was going crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drack Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 It's good to see that Little Mac is an assist trophy. I wanted nothing more, nothing less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltstarfire Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Little Mac doesn't really appeal to me as anything more than an assist trophy. Making him playable would just seem a little absurd to me. Mostly because a generic (if runt sized) boxer doesn't really strike me as interesting compared to just about all the other characters that come from worlds with things like space pirates, monstrous turtles, and crocodiles that like to eat bananas. He really just doesn't fit in because his game is pretty down to earth in relation to the other characters available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Little Mac doesn't really appeal to me as anything more than an assist trophy. Making him playable would just seem a little absurd to me. Mostly because a generic (if runt sized) boxer doesn't really strike me as interesting compared to just about all the other characters that come from worlds with things like space pirates, monstrous turtles, and crocodiles that like to eat bananas.He really just doesn't fit in because his game is pretty down to earth in relation to the other characters available. Oh yeah, because all of the fighters should be stuffed animals from alternate dimensions. Definitely too cool for a little boxer from the Bronx who beats up men five times his size. Yeah, that cowardly Pokemon trainer is way cooler than Little Mac, I'm sure of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral_C Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Earlier update said that when players break the rules, they turn back into trophies! But hinted that there was a way to turn them back... Crazy Idea... Certain Assist Trophies are actually playable characters that have yet to be unlocked! Probably wishful thinking... but it would be nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eulogic Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I'm a little disappointed that he won't be playable, but not really that much. I'm holding out hope for either Balloon Fighter or Alice from Balloon Kid though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunther Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Olimar can be a very interesting character... Weak but with a few Pikmins on his side... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Samus Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I don't think that's what Cobaltstarfire meant. I do feel your pain Megadave. I think Mac would have been an awesome addition to the Smash crew. Like I said before, at least he's an assist so he gets recognized in some way. On a somewhat unrelated note, for some reason Ashley's Song has been stuck in my head for the past two days. I have to say, I think that's one of my favorite songs so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devyn Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I don't think that's what Cobaltstarfire meant. I do feel your pain Megadave. I think Mac would have been an awesome addition to the Smash crew. Like I said before, at least he's an assist so he gets recognized in some way. On a somewhat unrelated note, for some reason Ashley's Song has been stuck in my head for the past two days. I have to say, I think that's one of my favorite songs so far. Uh, maybe he didn't mean that, it's no big deal either way. It's just a video game, but he'd be an awesome character and wouldn't stick out as much as some people think he would. I'm over it. Next. Ashley's theme is cool. I hope she makes it in as a full character and has some wicked evil spells complete with a Halloween-ish stage. After all, I wouldn't mind seeing some characters that aren't super-popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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