Hello Marth.... err Ike

He sounds more like Roy to me, more of a heavy hitter. Actually, in my opinion, this sort of confirms that Marth and Roy WON'T be returning for Brawl. There's no way they would put THREE Fire Emblem characters in the game... maybe two. If they have two, the other will be Marth. Roy was just a stronger/slower clone of Marth for the most part, there's no reason to keep him when he can be replaced with a different strong/slow character from the same series.

I dunno - Ike looks way too much like Marth for both of them to be in the game. If they put another Fire Emblem character in there, it'll likely be Sothe from Goddess of Dawn (and originally a supporting character in Path of Radiance alongside Ike).

personally, marth and roy were the same crap. i did enjoy the defensive special where if you get hit, you counter it 100% of the time. id rather there only be one of these sword guys in it. im just waiting for them to announce jigglypuff. she was my beeeotch!

Am I the only one who would rather see one of the massive badasses from FE for a second character?

But yeah, I'm going to guess Marth is OUT, unless he's a costume now.

"Am I the only one who would rather see one of the massive badasses from FE for a second character?"

Yes, Lyn please...

The whole "WARNING! CHALLENGER APPROACHING!" makes it seem obvious that Ike is unlockable, but I guess we'll see...

I woke up around Japan Time and to my suprise, Ike was a new character! Then I went back to sleep. Anyways, this seems to be the answer for Marth and Roy users. I'm a bit sad that Siglud wasn't on there. Would of been nice. However, Sakurai did said less Japan only. Someone from Goddess of Dawn has to be there. Bet it's a female because Sakurai wants more females.

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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
"Am I the only one who would rather see one of the massive badasses from FE for a second character?"

Yes, Lyn please...

The whole "WARNING! CHALLENGER APPROACHING!" makes it seem obvious that Ike is unlockable, but I guess we'll see...

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Then they shouldn't be so confusing and just use "NEWCOMER!" >=|

Marth and Roy were both unlockables in Melee, so...

They did put him under Newcomer in the Character section. I actually had to go to the front page to figure out what you were talking about. (I get them from the RSS feed and they link direct.)

So what's the difference between Marth and Ike? they both seem relatively the same design wise.

Nice character model though, happy to see a "new" character revealed =)

They need the Black Knight to counter him. Hector would be fun too. I'd hate to see Ephraim, Eirika, or Lyn though. Bunch of pansies.

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Originally posted by: Ceric
They did put him under Newcomer in the Character section. I actually had to go to the front page to figure out what you were talking about. (I get them from the RSS feed and they link direct.)

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Originally posted by: Mashiro
So what's the difference between Marth and Ike? they both seem relatively the same design wise.

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yeah on my first site view the "new challenger approching!" thing didn't appear but now it does . . .

weird. It would be strange to already reveal "locked" characters.

I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that he would reveal all of the secret characters on this website over time, but I can't confirm that.

I'd guess that Ike will be locked at the start, but that could be wrong. He might have included the "challenger approaching" banner because people won't be seeing it normally if they DON'T unlock Ike.

I'm pretty sure Ike will be playable from the start. Sakurai probably put the Challenger Approaching sign there because this is the first new character we've seen since E3 2006. In other words, it was just Sakurai being funny on the main page, because if you look at Ike's character page the sign isn't there at all.

<3 Sakurai-translated oddities. I didn't get to see the warning at first either since I use the RSS feed as well.

I can't wait to see what Ike's Aether looks like.