Board 8 > Which Smash Bros character announcement was the best?

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andylt
12/11/20 7:08:57 PM
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People talking about this on the discord, curious what the board thinks. I'm guessing Snake/Cloud win. It was very hard to narrow this to 9, it feels wrong leaving some on the 'other' but idk who I'd switch out, Ryu/Simon were leaked and the others just feel a bit less shocking.

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LeonhartFour
12/11/20 7:09:29 PM
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LordoftheMorons
12/11/20 7:09:59 PM
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DQ Hero

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Grimlyn
12/11/20 7:10:06 PM
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I'm not even a Snake fan but it's definitely Snake (haven't played MGS... was starting 1 but then PS2 broke and I never came back to the series - my BC PS3 also broke so...)

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12/11/20 7:13:46 PM
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Nothing can ever touch Snake.

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Pirateking2000
12/11/20 7:14:06 PM
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Snake

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LeonhartFour
12/11/20 7:15:40 PM
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although Cloud is a solid runner-up because of pj's "my uncle works at Nintendo and he told me Cloud is going to be announced for Smash" topic literally hours before the actual announcement

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WarThaNemesis2
12/11/20 7:16:26 PM
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K. Rool

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MoogleKupo141
12/11/20 7:17:12 PM
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I think Mega Man is the one for me, although Banjo is up there.

that Mega Man trailer was so cool and he was just a perfect character to include
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andylt
12/11/20 7:18:20 PM
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Yeah I was gonna make this 'which was the biggest announcement' but figured Snake would roll that, I agree he opened all the doors. Considering that though Cloud and Joker were still pretty impressive surprises.

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StealThisSheen
12/11/20 7:20:57 PM
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Snake and K. Rool were huge for different reasons. Snake because it opened more doors, and K. Rool because it was the first huge "Oh shit they actually listened."

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kilafer
12/11/20 7:37:28 PM
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LordoftheMorons posted...
DQ Hero


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MetalmindStats
12/11/20 7:39:25 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
It'll always be Snake for the sheer shock of it.
This, though I also loved the DQ Hero's announcement for more personal reasons.

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htaeD
12/11/20 7:52:13 PM
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Ridley is my pick for anyone not Snake.
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swirIdude
12/11/20 7:56:46 PM
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Snake and Joker are the top two for the sheer surprise and insane applause they got. No one else comes close.

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SwiftyDC
12/11/20 7:58:03 PM
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Cloud

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BetrayedTangy
12/11/20 8:00:16 PM
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I had no idea who Snake was back then, so I just didn't care. I voted Banjo cause he was my most wanted newcomer for awhile. Mega Man and Cloud are pretty high up there too

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pjbasis
12/11/20 8:08:41 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
although Cloud is a solid runner-up because of pj's "my uncle works at Nintendo and he told me Cloud is going to be announced for Smash" topic literally hours before the actual announcement

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Haste_2
12/11/20 8:46:09 PM
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Snake first. Mega Man second.

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Great_Paul
12/11/20 8:48:12 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
K. Rool because it was the first huge "Oh shit they actually listened."

I think Ridley would've been the first there.

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StealThisSheen
12/11/20 9:11:47 PM
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Great_Paul posted...
I think Ridley would've been the first there.

Well, Ridley was a bit different in that they had actually commented on it ("TOO BIG") and put him in as a boss and all that jazz. He was clearly already on the radar, the only surprise was that they relented.

K. Rool was a bigger shock since it wasn't an "upgrade" or anything. They just legit put in a character that hasn't been in a game in ages due to pure fan demand.

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ninkendo
12/11/20 9:14:27 PM
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LeonhartFour posted...
It'll always be Snake for the sheer shock of it.


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ExThaNemesis
12/11/20 9:17:12 PM
#23:


Snake, Cloud, Sephiroth

then everyone else

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UF8
12/11/20 9:39:55 PM
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palutena (but not the dubbed trailer)
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redrocket
12/11/20 9:44:14 PM
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Piranha Plant

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INCEPTlON
12/11/20 10:19:58 PM
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Sonic for me. Finally got to see Mario vs Sonic

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LeonhartFour
12/11/20 10:21:12 PM
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FBike1
12/12/20 5:35:33 AM
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Joker. We never saw it coming.

but actually snake

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Kinglicious
12/12/20 6:27:34 AM
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Snake first.
Then IT'S A FUCKING PLANT.

Basically the two most unexpected options when they happened.

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MZero
12/12/20 7:25:18 AM
#30:


Joker personally
Snake objectively (and then Joker)

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andylt
12/12/20 8:09:46 AM
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*sigh* is there a single poll here that someone won't stuff...

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XIII_rocks
12/12/20 9:31:56 AM
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It's Snake by a distance to me. I've used used the Snake announcement as a frame of reference for all of them since.

Helps that it was during a live broadcast and an E3 announcement for the game itself. Think that helped build the excitement more
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PrinceOfKoopas
12/12/20 9:33:33 AM
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Other: Little Mac

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TomNook
12/12/20 10:12:33 AM
#34:


Mega Man. Actually surprised he's winning. Always loved his games.

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Xuxon
12/12/20 10:21:24 AM
#35:


TomNook posted...
Mega Man. Actually surprised he's winning. Always loved his games.
i, too, am surprised someone bothered stuffing this poll

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Big Bob
12/12/20 10:37:01 AM
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I voted Joker because he was announced at TGA, and it wasn't even clear his trailer was a Smash thing at first. I still remember Max going "Please be a dancing game... OH MY GOD."

Snake was announced by the press before a trailer was even revealed to the public, which was definitely a lame way of doing it, though he gets credit for being first.

Sephiroth was shocking because he's the first third-party franchise to get a second character.

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Leonhart4
12/12/20 10:54:06 AM
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The Snake thing was wild because it started to leak that he was in Smash, but it seemed so absurd no one was sure whether to believe it or not, so it was still crazy when the trailer dropped.

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LiquidOshawott
12/12/20 11:15:19 AM
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Honestly Snake the second time around was crazier than most of these

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Leonhart4
12/12/20 11:21:51 AM
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LiquidOshawott posted...
Honestly Snake the second time around was crazier than most of these

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cyko
12/12/20 11:24:42 AM
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Cloud, Mega Man, Ridley, Sonic, Sephiroth, Banjo and K. Rool were all great reveals that nobody saw coming. But none of them can compare to Snake. He was the first completely unexpected character to be revealed. His trailer was perfect. It came out during E3 at a live event. Nothing in Smash will ever compare to that level of hype.

Side point - I don't get why so many people here think Joker was a great reveal? He's not an iconic character and his series is barely connected to Nintendo at all. He doesn't seem to be a bad character, but his reveal was kind of disappointing.

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andylt
12/12/20 12:28:13 PM
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I have zero connection to Persona, but Joker's was hype just because of the manner of the reveal. He wasn't really on anyone's Smash radar, and the twist reveal that it was for Smash was just too good. And he opened people's possibilities further than they had initially thought.

Snake's is like the objective best (won't be topped unless they broaden the medium out to a non-games character), but personally Cloud's was such a mind****. I really thought he was a never-ever guy, and that the Link v Cloud hype was limited to gfax and the like, no idea he had such broad appeal. Banjo was a great feel-good pick too, I hadn't even played his game then but that was such a happy reveal. Simon's and K Rool's might be the best individual trailers in isolation imo.

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Zigzagoon
12/12/20 12:40:32 PM
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By far and away Ridley

Duck Hunt would have been up there if we all didn't know about him already and everything lol

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pjbasis
12/12/20 1:07:42 PM
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Yeah Snake into EVERYONE is actually low key up there.

They showed Cloud right before because people were speculating he wouldn't return like Snake...and then actual Snake.

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SilentSeph
12/12/20 1:32:24 PM
#45:


Snake and Sonic were huge, but Mega Man got the biggest positive reaction from me and his trailer is amazing

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jcgamer107
12/12/20 3:25:35 PM
#46:


It has to be Banjo-Kazooie. The second the puzzle piece bounced by people went nuts.

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MZero
12/13/20 6:31:12 AM
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cyko posted...


Side point - I don't get why so many people here think Joker was a great reveal? He's not an iconic character and his series is barely connected to Nintendo at all. He doesn't seem to be a bad character, but his reveal was kind of disappointing.

His reveal was so unexpected. No one even knew it was a Smash trailer until like half-way through. You could say

*puts on sunglasses*

we didn't see it coming

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BlAcK TuRtLe
12/13/20 4:12:02 PM
#48:


Leonhart4 posted...
The Snake thing was wild because it started to leak that he was in Smash, but it seemed so absurd no one was sure whether to believe it or not, so it was still crazy when the trailer dropped.
I remember someone's cam footage of a TV in the media room dropping pretty soon after word broke, but ya, it's still surprises me to this day that they announced it that way rather than doing so at the E3 press conference that year.

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Earthshaker
12/13/20 4:33:24 PM
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Personally, my vote goes towards Lucas being DLC in Smash 4. That got me way more hyped than anything Ultimate pulled off, since he was a main of mine back in Brawl-era.

Granted, I'm a huge Castlevania fan, and Simon's reveal was less a "WOOO" and more a "FRICKIN' FINALLY."

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Waluigi1
12/13/20 5:43:21 PM
#50:


LeonhartFour posted...
It'll always be Snake for the sheer shock of it.


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