Sakurai Says "Game System Is Complete" and Talks Third Party Characters

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“The game system itself is complete, so we don’t want to make it 3D or introduce complicated controls just for the sake of it. However, I am thinking of ways we can introduce a slightly different, fun experience all the while keeping the usual frantic game play.”

“I think Snake and Sonic joining were fantastic. It made many fans happy, and it broadened the Smash Bros arena. However, introducing more non-Nintendo characters willy-nilly will lose the focus of the game, so I also recognise the need to narrow it down.”

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Quoted more of the important stuff from the source but you're welcome to read the rest of it.

But nice to know the Game System is complete.

And chances of us getting several third party characters look to be small and while he doesn't say how many he wants in the game, it will probably be small.

Thoughts?

I think they'll end up keeping Sonic in, and then add maybe 2 more third party characters, each from a different popular series.

When they announced Sonic in SSBB it was one of the happiest gamer days of my life... ;____;

quote StewieRox

I think they'll end up keeping Sonic in, and then add maybe 2 more third party characters, each from a different popular series.

but that would go more or less against what sakurai said.
He says he wants to narrow it down,but if they simply add new third-parties,they would simply expand it,instead of narrowing it down.
Besides,if they keep sonic and snake,people would get the impression,that third-party-characters become standard-characters in the series.
they would expect sonic and snake to be in the next smash bros.again alongside the new thirdparties from ssb4 and completely new thirdparties and in the next game it would be the same over and over again.......

quote PwnageMaster67

I really want Sonic and Snake to stay in, but it doesn't seem likely.

Oh my god my eyes >.>

They could keep sonic and snake, still had 2-3 more third parties and that would technically still fall under the vague term of narrowing it down since at max we would have 3-5 third party vs 33+ first party characters. (Currently there are 33 first party characters in brawl).

quote Ded Valve

They could keep sonic and snake, still had 2-3 more third parties and that would technically still fall under the vague term of narrowing it down since at max we would have 3-5 third party vs 33+ first party characters. (Currently there are 33 first party characters in brawl).

but they want a roster roughly the size of the brawl roster.
So if we get 40 characters,it would be ~4 third parties and ~36 nintendo charas.
That would be 3 more nintendo characters,while we're getting 2 more third-parties.
But if the two versions have different rosters,they could double the number of third-partys by including 2-3 third parties per version.In which case we'd have 4-6 third party characters,in that case I could imagine them keeping sonic and snake in different versions.

quote GaTheZakk

I think if there is any third party characters there's probrobly only going to be 2 at most.

I hope if there is any third party characters, then I want to see Megaman and Yoshimitsu.

How would Ike and Marth be considered third party?

Is Isaac third party?

why should ike and marth be considered third party in the first place?Fire emblem is a nintendo franchise,developed by intelligent systems,which belongs to nintendo.

And isaac isn't third party,I think he is what you call a second-party-character.
He is from a game devolped by a third party-group,but he belongs to nintendo
So either way,nintendo has the right for all the golden sun games,so isaac isn't a third party.

BlueLore First off, there's no confirmation that there will even be an SSB5. And yes, he said narrow it down, but if they're expanding the roster then narrowing down could just mean keeping it at the amount that they have now, proportional to the roster size of SSB4. I don't expect them to add in a bunch of third party characters, but since Sonic is a huge series and many people loved him in Brawl, more so than Snake, I predict that he'll be put into the next game and Snake will be replaced by another. Clearly Sonic isn't intended to be a given character for every Smash game, for he isn't even owned by Nintendo.

There will definately be a Super Smash Bros 5, but we should focus on Super Smash Bros 4 right now.

That's good news if Golden Sun is a first party Nintendo franchise, now all they have to do is give Super Smash Bros 4 a Golden Sun rep, of course that would Isaac.

I read a irrelevant comment somewhere stating Marth and Ike being third party, that's why I asked, anyway I'm glad Fire Emblem isn't considered third party because I like Marth and other Fire Emblem characters they put in each Super Smash Bros game, I hope for Lyndis next time.

Does this mean we might not see Megaman?

I think there is good things and bad things about not having too many third party reps

Good thing: Focus is on Ninitendo characters

Bad thing: I have a list of third party charactersthat wont make it

Terra Branford
Yoshimitsu
Cassandra Alexandra
Snake
Sonic
Shadow
Knuckles
Kazuya Mishima
Ryu
Megaman
Zero (Megaman)
Magus (Chrono Trigger)
Wesker

I think at most two third party characters might be in it, but probrobly nobody from my list, although I think Megaman might have a shot at being added.

It still sucks that Sonic has to be cut.