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Rumortoid: Three new characters for Smash Bros. Brawl accidentally revealed
Hamza CTZ Aziz
\\ 01.21.2008
77 comments

Newbie Dtoider skyler just pointed out a whopper of a Matlocking. Last week, the DOJO surprised everyone by announcing that the Stickers would be able to power up characters on the Adventure mode. Some of the stickers would only work with certain characters though. What most people didn't notice from that update was that the certain characters that the stickers would work for are shown on the bottom of the screen.

Now here's where things get interesting. Last week, a video preview of Brawl was released on the Japanese Wii Web site. That preview though had been modified at some point so up until about an hour ago, the stickers segment showed Jigglypuff , Ness and a Pokemon known as Lucario as what we can only assume as playable characters in Brawl. Nintendo was quick to cover this up though and quickly replaced the video with the old one. And yes, I did see the icons with my own eyes. Of course, this is the Internet, so screen caps were taken of it too, as you can see above (With Jigglypuff and Lucario) and in the gallery below (with Ness). Until Nintendo and the DOJO officially confirm anything though, I'm slapping this with the Rumortoid. [Update: Here's the video in question. Fast forward to 4:20.]

Jigglypuff and Ness do make sense (and yes, I know I said he wouldn't be coming back ... shut up.) but another Pokemon sounds like over kill. Of course, if Brawl is really going to have 48 playable characters, then I guess it makes sense. 

Proper credit goes out to Edible from the GameFAQs forums for this apparent Matlocking.  



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Ratcliff's Avatar
This is cool news, almost as good as having the game itself...... right?
NihonTiger90's Avatar
専用シール = personal seal

It's next to the character icons, so basically, it means those characters are the only ones that can use that sticker.

The one with Ness and Lucas reads [PSI] 攻撃, which translates out into [PSI] Attack.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Another Pokemon is overboard, considering Pichu jumps the shark, but whatever.
Teta's Avatar
ZekeThePlumber pointed out it could be the Pokemon trainer instead of Ness.
I think he has a good point there.
Reaprar's Avatar
Pichu will probably be bagged, and the new pokeyman will probably replace mewtwo, so you're getting about the same eitherway.
Teta's Avatar
Wait, i didn´t see the other picture.
Yep looks like Ness.
Alanar's Avatar
If you ask me, the face you think is Ness looks more like the Pokémon Trainer which would make a little bit more sense. It is a Pokémon sticker after all.

But interesting find nevertheless.
Aerox's Avatar
NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS NESS
Alanar's Avatar
Okay, haven't seen second picture like Teta. Sorry for my mistake.
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar
Actually, that Ness looks more like the Pokemon Trainer. I don't mean to burst anyone's bubble, but Sakurai said there would be no 'clone' characters, and Lucas is way too similar to Ness to not call a 'clone.
13thDragon's Avatar
Wow, I thought Halo fans were obsessed, but for the last couple months, I think Brawl fans are worse.
NihonTiger90's Avatar
Clearer picture of what I'm talking about:



専用シール = personal seal
EternalDarkWing's Avatar
JIGGLEPUFF.
TheGoldenDonut's Avatar
Meh. I never cared for Jigglypuff much anyway.
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Fuck, I thought the Ness one was Diddy Kong, myself.
DynamicSheep's Avatar
@NihonTiger90:
The icon on the left looks like Ness, but what is that thing on the right?
Necros's Avatar
Now that I've thought about it, the Ness sticker makes much more sense as the Pokemon Trainer. But still, I heard other rumors about Ness being in, so I'm not concerned.
Necros's Avatar
Now that I've thought about it, the Ness sticker makes much more sense as the Pokemon Trainer. But still, I heard other rumors about Ness being in, so I'm not concerned.
tsunamikitsune's Avatar
FUCK YEAH JIGGLYPUFF
NihonTiger90's Avatar
Sheep: That's Lucas.
A Humble Mr Perfect's Avatar
what's with the rumor of 48 playable characters?
Is this a founded number?
prowlerx083's Avatar
I'm probably the only one who's excited to play as Lucario...

If this is true and all. <,<
vexed alex's Avatar
Anyone want to trade Pokemon, perchance? I need a Squirtle.
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar
A Humble Mr Perfect: That's the number I keep seeing tossed around EVERYWHERE. But it's not a fact.
LarkOhiya's Avatar
FrankHowley's Avatar
Rad
DynamicSheep's Avatar
get rid of pichu, add PT: +2 Pokęmon.
get rid of mewtwo, add lucario: +/- 0 Pokęmon.
+2 Pokęmon for 0 roster slots = a good thing.
Hell, even if mewtwo were still in the game (if he is then why isn't he in the personal seal list?) it'd still be +3 for 1 and that's not overkill.
Namelessted's Avatar
SONIC IS A PLAYABLE CHARACTER IN STARCRAFT 2!!?!?!?!?
Mister Disco's Avatar
Well maybe you think another Pokemon is overboard, but let's count how many Mario characters there are, shall we? I mean, come on...

Personally I was holding out the hope that Lucario would make it into Brawl. He is my favorite Pokemon, after all. :)
Monte's Avatar
eh, i'm thinking it's the pokemon trainer... I mean, it's a pokemon sticker and the other three characters that can use it are pokemon, only makes sense that the Pokemon trainer would be able to use the sticker that the pokemon can use, while it makes no sense that Ness could use it...

Not to mention that brawl said they were not going to make clones this time around, and Lucas has been shown to have pretty much Ness's move set(PK: fire, Thunder and magnet) with slight changes
LarkOhiya's Avatar
monte... expect an update with this video in it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfb2l-iYlRo

go to 4:20 and see for yourself. your right its pika,PT,lucario, and puff. but in the very next frame it has ness and lucas right next to each other. he is in.
Cyzir's Avatar
Uh yeah, Ness isn't on that sticker (It's exclusively for the Pokemon characters)...
Ness is with Lucas on this image:
freeman1's Avatar
Just so everyone is clear, that is Pokemon Trainer in the picture Hamza posted. Ness is in the other picture that NihonTiger90 posted.

I don't think Lucario is overkill at all. That just makes a total of 6 Pokemon, only 2 more then what Melee had. And if you count Pokemon Trainer as one character, then it's the same number of Pokemon Melee had. Mewtwo and Pichu aren't on the Pokemon sticker, so it looks like they aren't returning in Brawl.
bottled dark's Avatar
looks like
pikachu, gannon, lucario, and jigglypuff.

lucario sounds sick.
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar
God damn guys, there are two pictures here. The second scree cap has Ness and Lucas on it.
Monte's Avatar
@LarkOhiya
Ya, just saw the a screenshot of that on a different site...
Cyzir's Avatar
Oops, ermm let's try again...
[img]http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3259/iup542612bd3.jpg[/img}
MechaMonkey's Avatar
Rumor generator has reached critical mass. Insert confirmation card to prevent overload.
DanielMachine's Avatar
Does this mean that every sticker has a playable character that it goes to then? Does that in turn confirm that Animal Crossing and Advanced Wars have playable characters?
But on the other hand there is a sticker for Nintendogs. Who could equip that? Fox?
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar
DanielMachine: Some of the stickers only work with specific characters. So say the Nintendogs one, it will work with everyone. But if it's something specific like maybe a Kirby Star, it will only work with Dreamland characters.
Faintz's Avatar
Can anyone translate what the Pokémon sticker said? The reason Mewtwo isn't there may be because he uses psychic powers...
emotaku's Avatar
rofl@LarkOhiya
Dexter345's Avatar
Another Pokemon might seem like overkill to you, but at least they picked one that makes sense. Lucario is a fighting type. He rocks the house.
ZekeThePlumber's Avatar
Just to clarify, in the c-blog I said the first hatted character icon was Pokemon trainer and the second one in Ness and Lucas.



For anyone who still questions it compare the picture with the icon. He has tufts of hair that stick out from the sides.

If these pictures were taken from a game with everything fully unlocked, does this mean Mewtwo got the boot?
topgeargorilla's Avatar
who the fudge is lucario?
T24's Avatar
Now when you really look at the picture it does look like jigglypuff and lucario but the other doesn't look like ness but poke'mon trainer.(not to crush anyones dreams of ness coming back)Still i say nintendo is smarter than what people say and they'll keep all the original characters from melee.
A New Challenger's Avatar
Next one who says Ness=Pokémon Trainer seriously needs to learn to RTFA and LAATFP.
dprime's Avatar
If the scientific and medical community had this quality of peer-reviewed research for a day, cancer would be gone.

Rumortoid: Dojo post subtlety indicates that Brawl may actually be released at some point!
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar
Awesome news. But though I'm glad Lucario will likely be in the game, it's sad to see any Melee characters get cut, even MewTwo and Pichu.

I'm sure Nex (and a bunch of little Pokemon loving girls) are out there right now crying their eyes out, in the darkness of Pokemon relate grief.

This is even sadder than when Dumbeldoor killed Snape.
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask's Avatar
They took away my Mewtwo :..(
I hate to see Ness back in. The Masked Man is a far more original character with amazing moveset potential and I doubt the Mother series will get more then three reps.
SWE3tMadness's Avatar
In the first picture, it's definitely the Pokčmon trainer, not Ness, but that's definitely him in the second one. Yay!

The other two faces are definitely Jigglypuff and Lucario. Looks like Mewtwo's not going to make a return after all. ;_;

Now just announce Luigi, Cpt. Falcon, and NonClone!Ganondorf and I'll be complete.
MasterMS's Avatar
Glad to hear Ness may still be with it.
Rockvillian's Avatar
They should rename Brawl to KirbyPokemon Superstars. And I'm gonna join in the chorus and also say who the f is Lucario?

To be fair though.... Smash IS extremely popular in Japan, so I guess I'd see some characters I wouldn't immediately recognize!
Zero_armada's Avatar
...Wow, you guys have the eyes of damn hawk.
Sam Spectre's Avatar
Too much Pokemon. Good to see Ness though.
CreamyGoodness7's Avatar
"Now just announce Luigi, Cpt. Falcon, and NonClone!Ganondorf and I'll be complete."

Agreed
webrunner's Avatar
Or perhaps, the eyes of a damn falcon?
CaffeinePowered's Avatar
NESS - This makes me so happy, he was my main player in 64 and melee
Novakaine's Avatar
Who the hell is Lucario? One of the most badass things to happen to Pokemon, that's who.

Now all we need is Ridley, TP Ganondorf, and this game will official apex with my personal hype.
Mr Bas's Avatar
YAY! NESS FTW! But Lucario? meh... Jigglypuff is also kinda crap so please kick him/her/it?! out. Add Megaman, Ridley, Wolf, King K. Rool and confirm Captain Falcon, Luigi, Falco already.
rabidkeebler's Avatar
This is turning into something that is freakin awesome. I'm getting all twitchy just thinking about playing it.
F Whipple's Avatar
@Mr Bas

Kick Jigglypuff out??? Hell no I love the little er....whatever it is. There is no better way to embarrass your friends than to fall asleep on them.
BluFire's Avatar
I can understand Jigglypuff and Pikachu staying in the game, but adding in Lucario just seems weird.
Chicken008's Avatar
Cool, a Pokemon actually meant for a fighting game, why do they still keep Jigglypuff???
JonDarkwood's Avatar
Maybe i'll learn to play as Ness/Lucas this time around... I love Earthbound but I suck as Ness so much in Smash
JonDarkwood's Avatar
Oh boy Wikipedia says Ness is in! It has to be right guys

Ness also appeared in Super Smash Bros. as a hidden character and Super Smash Bros. Melee as a starting character, and he will appear in Super Smash Bros Brawl as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_EarthBound_characters#Ness
HyrulianSpartan's Avatar
would of preferred Mewtwo
IceMax's Avatar
o dam, didn't know wikipedia accepted rumors in articles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._%28series%29#Playable_characters

I'm sure someone nazi wikipedia admin will change it though
Clockwork's Avatar
That's one of the reasons why I'm not so happy with Pokemon Pearl (and Diamond). There's like, 8000 Pokemon. It was much easier to "Catch 'em all" when there was only 200.
The-Excel's Avatar
Why is Ness such a big deal again that anything that could possibly herald his return warrants a front-page story?
Mr Bas's Avatar
Because he rocks more than Lucas.
BluFire's Avatar
How can anybody not want Jigglypuff? It's great for playing against inexperienced players and sending them straight into the sky.
Dan CiTi's Avatar
Lucario is a fucking badass. He's wayyy cooler than Mewtwo.
NintenDawg's Avatar
The stickers are only used in Subspace Emissary...

Mewtwo might still be in, just as a villian, not playable in SSE.
SWE3tMadness's Avatar
Anybody who claims Jigglypuff sucks has obviously never played as him/her/it in SSBM. JIgglypuff's moveset has several strong attacks that can be used quickly to rack up combos, especially its aerial attacks. Not to metion Rest.

There is a reason why Jigglypuff is [i]the[i/] character that everyone recommends to use in Event Match 51.
Ein Dose's Avatar
NintenDawg: Actually, you might have a point. Dedede is listed on the Sticker Power-up update with Kirby and Meta-Knight to equip a sticker, but Dedede's not much of a villain, he's been known to ally with Kirby from time to time.
Fading_Star's Avatar
Sweet.

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