Looking forward to Shiek and Zelda, though I'm honestly not happy about them being split up. I'm really good as both of them and I adored being able to switch between the two depending on what kinds of moves I wanted to use. Oh, well.
I was iffy on the announcement on separating transformations due to fearing it would take up character slots, but I grew to love the concept since Zelda, Shiek, Samus, and Zero Suit Samus are changed to be accustomed to this, which is good.
However, I grew to ADORE this concept once Charizard was announced as a STAND-ALONE CHARACTER! I thought Charizard was fun to play as in Brawl, even though he was hampered, imo, by being piggy-backed with Squirtle and Ivysaur (who aren't as fun to play) as well as bringing in something that I thought was kinda dumb. They brought Pokemon mechanics into the fray. Although they probably did it for accuracy's sake, I feel that the Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors factor of Pokemon doesn't translate well into Smash Bros. This is why I felt Ivysaur was a chore to play as, because she (yes, Ivysaur in Brawl is a female) is weak to fire and SO MANY other characters have fire attacks, which I felt crippled her.
Though here's my question, with the Pokemon Trainer himself pretty much confirmed gone, do you think Squirtle and Ivysaur have a chance of returning or are their chances as low as, say, Solid Snake? (Who is pretty much confirmed to not come back. Hideo Kojima expressed severe doubt and Pac-Man's announcement pretty much seals that deal for me.
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