Would have been a neat little surprise if I didn't read the description of the video on the front page first. Still a fun one.

That's correct NOW, but there are a lot of players who aren't aware of this. It used to occur pre-round too. Some older players who don't play competitively and don't play from medic probably have no idea that the pre-round uber doesn't increase anymore. I like to think that's why players damage themselves...…

I don't mean using the Project M versions of the characters, I was just pointing to them as an example of how the character could be different enough to make it in.

And yes, of course Snake isn't likely to be in. But in this day and age of secrecy, having Sakurai and Kojima deny Snake's involvement is the only way…

I have zero anticipation for this game. It looks really pretty, but the gameplay seems very... "new" final fantasy. I'm not a fan of MMOs or Monster Hunter style games, which is where the series has been progressing since FFX. I had an amazing time playing Bravely Default and will likely stick to playing those type…

I would love to be excited for this game. I'm not worried about the visuals or the music. Hell, even the writing and story will be acceptable levels of FF-ness. My problem is that the gameplay looks nothing like what I want to play. It's the strategy and building a character that I loved in FFX and earlier. Since…

EXACTLY.

I agree that the original Pichu and Roy are probably close enough to Pikachu and Marth to not be in the game. However, the Project M version of Roy is sufficiently different enough to warrant a place, and I think that Pichu could be given some variation from his original Melee style to make it in too. The real…

Here's what I really hope for. I think I would buy these 3 packs for $20 each...

Kirby is 8 inches tall.

His B moves, yes. Same with Ness and Lucas. But Wolf is far more than just those 4 B moves. His entire A button moveset was different than Fox. If there was a piece of equipment that changed his A button moves into Wolf's, then awesome! He's in the game. Unfortunately, I don't think that's gonna happen.

It's a fine roster to be sure. Even though I'm missing my main from Brawl (Wolf) and my main from Project M (Squirtle!), I'm pretty happy with it. I know I'm not alone in hoping that when the Wii U version is released, there will also be news of DLC for returning characters or new characters (Ridley anyone?), or…

Charmander

That's a total of 34, though two of those—Sheik and Zero Suit Samus—were just transformations in previous Smash games. One, Charmander, was part of the Pokémon Trainer's army in Brawl but is now a standalone character.

Nope, nope, and nope. Way too expensive, and as many other have noted, the face is off. I'm very happy with my D-Arts figure, thanks. Posing it and changing expressions whenever I want is better than a statue anyway.

Because a) game creators are lazy, there's already a perfectly viable moveset for a character, why change it? b) there's no pleasing everyone anyway, if they eliminated "classic clone" Ganondorf to give a new sword and magic based moveset, the fan of the old style character would complain and c) Sakurai delights in…

His appearance absolutely is a cop out. He's just a recolor with no distinguishable differences. But he may have enough gameplay changes to make him worthwhile. It doesn't LOOK like it, but he might be.

Many people, including me, play with no items at all, so I understand that feeling. It does seem like a waste, but maybe there are subtleties that make the characters different. I was garbage with Mario in Melee, but Doc was one of my mains. We'll just have to see.

The major difference with the 3 clones (Doc, Dark Pit, and Lucina) is that they have a different final smash. All the other skins, such as Alph, have the same final smash. So in a way, they're just slightly upgraded skins.

DLC is still a possibility, especially after how successful the Mario Kart DLC has already been.

It seems that the clones are basically the original character, but have unique final Smashes. If they are exactly the same, they get a skin. So think of Dark Pit, Doc, and Lucina as "upgraded" skins that got their own final smash.