#i want her to be a fucking badass in 4 she deserves it. her moveset in remind was INSANE she needs to be op in 4

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bunch of kairis (+ bonus quadratum kairi)

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Decided to try my hand at that whole “Most Wanted Characters” thing +stages. Would like to talk about them, but I’ll do that under the cuff.

Sonic was my main back in Brawl, and Greninja was my other main in Smash 4. I really love what they did with Super Sonic’s Final Smash, even if it ends up making him a worse fighter. And I really hope that Greninja turns into Ash Greninja upon his final Smash. I pretty much just mained Sonic because I’m a huge Sonic fan, but I ended up really liking Greninja.

My secondaries could definitely extend to other characters, but I stuck with these three because why not? Really hyped for Pokemon trainer to return, because I felt like that actually made Charizard better. Then again, he keeps Flare Blitz, so how much better he’ll be we’ll see. Shulk’s inclusion also got me into Xenoblade, and I look back and love what they did with him.

Elma is the most likely character to me because of the time frame of the game’s development being back in 2016. Now, granted, I do think that they’re going use the ballot to largely decide the new roster this time around, but I still think Elma has a good chance, just because her game was out in America around the time of development, and out in Japan long before. She’d be really cool to add in, and I think they could get away with using her as a Xenoblade X rep as opposed to just a Xenoblade character. Think like Wario in comparison to Mario.I’m not sure if she’d fit my playstyle, but it’d be amazing to have her.

Shadow is the most likely Echo to me. I’d be totally hype for him as a character. I really just want more Sonic representation in Smash, that’s a big reason why I got Brawl in the first place. (Melee’s roster looked really boring to me as a child)

I more support Lycanroc as an opposition as opposed to supporting him for himself, but I think he’d be pretty cool to have, We have two quadrupedal characters, but neither of them are fast attackers like I’d imagine Lycanroc would be.

Rex and Pyra is the main duo character I want to be in the game, which I’m hoping they got added ate in development. I loved Xenoblade 2, and really want them as playable. I’ve also seen plenty of people say they think Pyra should be a background element like Pokemon trainer, but I disagree. That’d be really lame, even if it is more feasible. No, I want them to be like Ice Climbers, except instead of wanting to desync them, you want to keep them as synced as possible. I know this would do murder on him as a viable character, but I don’t care, gimme my Anti-Ice climber swordsman and his anime waifu. I also really hope that they don’t censor Pyra’s outfit, or if they do, they don’t do it like Tumblr and manage to keep all of the cool pats. Pyra’s weird for me, I don’t register her design as a sexual one for some reason, so all I see when I look at her is a badass adorable design. And nearly every tumblr ”Fix” of the design ruins it in some way or another.

Shantae is also a character I’d love to see. Especially if they took inspiration form her Pirate’s curse incarnation. That one was my personal favorite in terms of design and moveset. keep her dances, obviously, but also include the saber, the gun, , everything like that. out of all the Indie characters who have a shot at the game, she’s probably the biggest, because she’s widely popular in Japan.

Shovel Knight, on the other hand, is a character that needs the Ballot to win. Which I actually think has a decent shot of happening, considering how many people voted for him back during the ballot. Obviously not everyone, but a lot of people did it. So I seriously hope he gets in, he’d be super fun to play as.

Lana and Cia are probably the most “What the fuck” type characters on this list. They’re not a duo or switching characters. They just both use the same moveset and are different skins of each other, ala Olimar and Alph. It’d add a Hyrule Warriors rep, add some female characters, and add in a villain. I think she’d be really fun to play as.

And Malos is just a character that I want mainly as an echo to Shulk. It’d add in a villain and an easy one for Xenoblade.

My Least Wanted newcomers come in two flavors. Waddle Dee and Toad I don’t want in because I feel both franchises are represented well enough, and I feel like it’d just look like they’re scraping the bottom of the barrel. I know both characters kinda deserve the right not to be looked at like that, but it really would look like it.

And I kinda hope Decidueye doesn’t get in because everyone’s penciling him in as the “Surefire Pokemon rep.” Part of what made Greninja’s reveal so cool was that we weren’t expecting it. We were expecting Mewtwo, not some random starter pokemon. That’s lightning in a bottle that I don’t think they’d be able to repeat twice. I know he would fit in pretty well, but right now, I’d rather a more out there character form Gen 7.

My stages (Which I added because that’s probably what I’m the most hype for) are simple. Uraya and Primordia for Xenoblade X and 2. The Altar of the Sunne/Moone for Sun and Moon. the other two I more want because I think they’d be really cool for stage hazards.

Imagine a Salmon run stage that starts out as a medium sized stage and all of the Boss Salmonid come in as mini bosses. Nothing too distracting, but something you can take care of. Then the idea of high tide and low tide being incorporated by making the stage a big or small stage would really be cool.

And Metropolis would be amazing because you could have an Infinite Boss fight, or even have the stage take place in Null Space for certain parts. Really, though, I just hope for a Sonic stage that isn’t Green Hill or Chemical Plant.

Thank you, this has been my Ted Talk.