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Smash Bros Brawl Creators Hint at Sonic

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sey-gah dept.

Wowzer writes "Nintendo hopes that Solid Snake's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl on Wii will encourage other publishers to allow their characters to join the Smash Bros. line-up, and is already actively negotiating for the rights to include at least one or two other non-Nintendo character. The plot thickens when Smash Bros. series director Masahiro Sakurai and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto say that 'Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog is the character that Smash Bros. fans have requested the most.' This begs the question, which non-Nintendo characters are most likely to appear?"

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  1. Sega fanboys? by bsharitt · · Score: 4, Funny

    If anything, this will give the old sega fanboys a chance to beat up on Mario with Sonic.

  2. Minsc! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Go for the eyes, Boo! Go for the eyes! Raaaaghhhh!!!!

  3. What a good family game like this needs... by enharmonix · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... is Sierra's own Liesure Suit Larry. I don't want to know what his special weapon is, though.

    1. Re:What a good family game like this needs... by nura78 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Duke Nukem!

      Yes. Then we can wait ten years for the game to come out.

  4. my vote by SharpFang · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pyramid Head from Silent Hill.
    Would love seeing him vs Princess Peach.

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  5. Re:I know! by Belgarion89 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Or, even tough he is not a video game character, maybe Samuel "The Man" Jackson? He's badass enough for this yet doesn't take himself seriously.
    And he could beat up on Solid Snake on a Plane!
  6. Re:I know! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bah, no one would want to play as a spoony bard.

  7. Objection!!! by Turken · · Score: 2, Funny

    The character that really needs to be added is Phoenix Wright and his Index Finger of Doom!

    "Take That!"

  8. Re:Obligatory SNES RPG response: by 7Prime · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh god NO!

    I love ChronoTrigger, but this is just a BAD IDEA! If you introduce one Square RPG character, a good 90% of Square RPG fans are going to be yelling, "why not Terra from FF6, why not Cecil from FF4... (gulp) why not Cloud from FF7?!!!", and thus begins WWIII. Suddenly you open up the series to becoming "Final Fantasy Bros", and as much as I like the FF series, and Square's other RPGs, there are WAY too many characters, there's way too many hot-issues, including a lot of bad blood between fans of games like FF7 and FF8... And you're headed down a slippery slope. I love Final Fantasy, I love ChronoTrigger... but keep it out of Smash Bros! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

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  9. What, no CatS!? by SuiteSisterMary · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hundred and eighty some-odd posts, and no requests for CatS from Zero Wing?

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