Post by: Jonnyboy117 on January 08, 2008, 06:03:45 PM
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=15072
King DeDeDe was the last new Smash Bros. character revealed on the game's official blog, but today's update finally has another: Captain Olimar from Nintendo's Pikmin series. Of course, Olimar has a gang of Pikmin (one of each color, including white and purple) to aid him in combat.
All we know so far about Olimar is that he has to manually pluck Pikmin from the ground during gameplay, and they don't live very long. Without any Pikmin, Olimar can't even perform smash attacks. The blog also notes that Pikmin tend to become scattered -- perhaps Olimar's trademark whistle can be used to call them?
The initial revelation doesn't give many details about how Olimar will play, or what kinds of special moves he will bring to battle. However, the blog usually follows up new character announcements with some of their special moves later in the week, so stay tuned for more information.
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Post by: ShyGuy on January 08, 2008, 06:23:19 PM
Post by: TJ Spyke on January 08, 2008, 06:29:31 PM
I do think he should be in the game, but as an Assist Trophy.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on January 08, 2008, 06:42:38 PM
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Post by: Arbok on January 08, 2008, 06:54:00 PM
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Originally posted by: TJ Spyke
How can Olimar possibly be in it? The previous smallest character was Pikachu at 1' 4''. Olimar is the size of a quarter, about 1''. I know they changed heights around a bit to make them more even, but this will be too far (any of the characters could squish Olimar with just their hand).
Well they are all trophies to begin with, not the actual characters, so them being of relative size is natural.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on January 08, 2008, 06:54:46 PM
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 08, 2008, 07:08:53 PM
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Originally posted by: TJ Spyke
How can Olimar possibly be in it? The previous smallest character was Pikachu at 1' 4''. Olimar is the size of a quarter, about 1''. I know they changed heights around a bit to make them more even, but this will be too far (any of the characters could squish Olimar with just their hand).
I do think he should be in the game, but as an Assist Trophy.
So who's your favorite character so I can nitpick reasons why they shouldn't be in the game?
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on January 08, 2008, 07:11:19 PM
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Originally posted by: TJ Spyke
How can Olimar possibly be in it? The previous smallest character was Pikachu at 1' 4''. Olimar is the size of a quarter, about 1''. I know they changed heights around a bit to make them more even, but this will be too far (any of the characters could squish Olimar with just their hand).
Thankfully, Sakurai and his team don't care about continuity. The whole idea of Smash Bros. is about discontinuity -- facing off characters you would otherwise never see in the same game. Mario fighting Sonic is more unlikely than Olimar changing size. Besides, we don't even know for sure that Olimar landed on Earth. The planet has Earth-style objects, but then Earth doesn't have Pikmin, does it? So let's please avoid these lamentations on continuity and just enjoy the wackiness of the game.
Post by: IceCold on January 08, 2008, 07:44:22 PM
That is all.
Post by: NWR_pap64 on January 08, 2008, 08:05:28 PM
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Can we spend at least a day celebrating new and unexpected characters before going back to complaining about the ones that haven't been confirmed yet?
Word!
Even if I didn't care much for the character (just in case, I loved Pikmin and thought the characters were charming) I would still be happy as this is the first character reveal in MONTHS!
This update even opens a lot of doors towards discussion and speculation. Pikmin's icon is number 22, meaning that there can be more than 10 new franchises in Brawl. Finally, Capt. Olimar was one of the most requested characters in Japan and now he's finally in.
Could the rest of the most requested characters be in the final game?
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on January 08, 2008, 08:32:15 PM
Post by: TJ Spyke on January 08, 2008, 08:59:44 PM
Arbok, I guess that sorta explains it since these are supposed to be trophies (or dolls in the original SSB game) coming alive and not the actual character (i.e. it's a trophy of Mario fighting and not Mario himself).
insanolord, Samus has always been my favorite. In SSBM I racked up more time/KOs with her than every other character combined.
Post by: TheFleece on January 08, 2008, 10:09:38 PM
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Post by: Ian Sane on January 09, 2008, 04:04:50 AM
Though in the future it would be nice if NWR didn't reveal the character in the headline itself. I'm trying not to know too much about Brawl beforehand. In a way this is kind of a spoiler revealed on the front page where no one can avoid it. Something like "New SSB Brawl character revealed" would have been a better headline and then everyone can choose whether or not they want to find out who it is.
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Post by: mantidor on January 09, 2008, 06:22:05 AM
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Any acknowledgement from Nintendo that Pikmin exists is a good thing. I've wanted Olimar in Brawl from the get-go.
Though in the future it would be nice if NWR didn't reveal the character in the headline itself. I'm trying not to know too much about Brawl beforehand. In a way this is kind of a spoiler revealed on the front page where no one can avoid it. Something like "New SSB Brawl character revealed" would have been a better headline and then everyone can choose whether or not they want to find out who it is.
I wish I could have the willpower to do this.
Post by: Caliban on January 09, 2008, 07:13:27 AM
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Post by: NWR_pap64 on January 09, 2008, 09:45:40 AM
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looks like they made his space suit more detailed.....he has kind of a NASA jumpsuit look going on
Its also more brown.
Remember, brown=realism! *thumbs up
Post by: LuigiHann on January 09, 2008, 11:14:32 AM
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Originally posted by: TJ Spyke
How can Olimar possibly be in it? The previous smallest character was Pikachu at 1' 4''.
Kirby is supposed to be about 8 inches tall.
Post by: bubicus on January 10, 2008, 03:57:19 AM
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Johnny, wasn't it Nintendo themselves who said Olimar was the size of a quarter?
But a quarter from WHERE, hmmmmmmmm........?
Post by: Tuxedo.Bond on January 13, 2008, 05:48:56 PM
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Originally posted by: TJ Spyke
Johnny, wasn't it Nintendo themselves who said Olimar was the size of a quarter?
Arbok, I guess that sorta explains it since these are supposed to be trophies (or dolls in the original SSB game) coming alive and not the actual character (i.e. it's a trophy of Mario fighting and not Mario himself).
insanolord, Samus has always been my favorite. In SSBM I racked up more time/KOs with her than every other character combined.
Maybe they stepped into some Miracle-Gro...
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 13, 2008, 06:00:18 PM
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Originally posted by: TJ Spyke
Johnny, wasn't it Nintendo themselves who said Olimar was the size of a quarter?
But a quarter from WHERE, hmmmmmmmm........?
Super Mario Bros. 3 World 4?
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 13, 2008, 06:19:35 PM
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Originally posted by: TJ Spyke
Johnny, wasn't it Nintendo themselves who said Olimar was the size of a quarter?
But a quarter from WHERE, hmmmmmmmm........?
Super Mario Bros. 3 World 4?
Kuribo's Quarter!
