Escapist News Now: Smash Bros. Justifies New Character Choices

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Smash Bros. Justifies New Character Choices

Masahiro Sakurai explains that "the villager and trainer were not choices we made for the sake of cheap novelty."

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[daxterx2005]

Getting an error message on this one.
Really wanted to see this one.

 

[AngelSword]

If R.O.B. is out for this iteration, Wii Fit Trainer may become my go-to character for online matches.

 

[daxterx2005]

Ah there we go, it works now.

I would play with Wii Fit Trainer if I wasn't already a boss with Pikachu >.>

 

[Negatempest]

Lets be honest hear. A guy cannot be anywhere near creative with rule 34 with the Wii Fit trainer compared to a Mii avatar. Also as many people may already say, there have already been far odder choices included into Smash Bros long before Wii Fit trainer. Game&Watch and RoB are high on that list.

 

[Fodder Aplenty]

Yeah, I'm fine with having the trainer in the game. the Wii Fit series a significant part of Nintendo, and she seems fun to play.

 

[RaNDM G]

What's wrong with Wii Fit Trainer? I think she could really kick some ass in this game.

 

[Shinsei-J]

I love the Wii Fit Trainer, her fighting style looks both hilarious and amazing.
A strong fit for this redonk game.
Alao the potential smach talk as her is pretty much S tier already and that's what really matters.

 

[AkaDad]

I got an error the first time I tried to watch, but at least I was able to watch the advertisement.

I also think the Wii Fit Trainer is a good fit for the game.

I can already hear the "You just got your ass kicked by a yoga instructor!"

 

[Hero of Lime]

I don't mind the new choices, whether you like it or not the "Wii ____" series is like a new IP for Nintendo, so the choice of including her isn't that weird. Plus all of the jokes and memes to come out of the Villager's reveal warrants his inclusion in the roster.

captcha: no stinkin badges, I have at least 10 badges captcha, get your facts straight.

 

[TK421]

As long as they don't take out Kirby or Samus I will probably be fine.

 

[Olas]

They've already done Mr. Game-N-Watch and R.O.B. is the Wii-Fit trainer really that much crazier? I mean I'd prefer that over having so many similar characters from the series like Falco, Fox, and Wolf.

 

[Tsukikagenoknight]

I never had a problem at all. Nintendo can add whoever they want....if someone complains about characters from a nintendo franchise, I'd like to ask if they complained when Snake/Sonic were added.

I'd like to see some Final Fantasy characters added from the nintendo exclusive FF games...Cecil, Terra, Fighter, Theif.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

I'd play as the Wii-Fit girl. I usually like characters that can move and strike quickly so she seems right up my alley.

Also the serial killer Villager is amazing.

 

[NoeL]

Not too interested in the Villager, but I'm super keen to try out the Trainer. She looks amazingly hilarious.

 

[BX3]

Good to see I'm not the only one that adores the inclusion of WFT.

At first, I was pretty apprehensive, but dat moveset, man. Dat moveset. Definitely maining her.

 

[Nazulu]

I'm so sick of people mentioning Mr. Game and Watch as a strange choice like the Wii Fucking Fit Trainer. As I said in a similar thread, Mr. GaW was a great call back to my childhood since I was playing many of his games before the Game Boy was released. You could say he looks generic but he still has his own style on how he is drawn and the way he moves. And don't forget he was in a shit ton of his own mini games that were quite memorable - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Game_%26_Watch_games

Frankly I reckon Mr. GaW was a perfect choice as the last unlockable character and I wish the Wii-Fit Trainer was as well. I can put up with her but she is more generic and she only has one game under her belt so I doubt she had many (if any at all) fans.

 

[ShirowShirow]

Wii Fit Trainer is brilliant. They basically added her in just to screw with the fans, and the fans responded with a deluge of loving fanart.

 

[TKretts3]

I don't care about that, as long as Samus and another Metroid character are in. It doesn't even have to be Ridley (Though that would be AWESOME!), they could just throw in a Federation Marine (Fingers crossed for the Metroid Prime 2 style Marine, and not the abhorred Other M purple suits).