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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12:38 AM on 01.21.2008
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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.
I think he has a good point there.
Yep looks like Ness.
But interesting find nevertheless.
専用シール = personal seal
The icon on the left looks like Ness, but what is that thing on the right?
Is this a founded number?
If this is true and all. <,<
get rid of mewtwo, add lucario: +/- 0 Pokêmon.
+2 Pokêmon 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.
Personally I was holding out the hope that Lucario would make it into Brawl. He is my favorite Pokemon, after all. :)
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
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.
Ness is with Lucas on this image:
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.
pikachu, gannon, lucario, and jigglypuff.
lucario sounds sick.
Ya, just saw the a screenshot of that on a different site...
[img]http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3259/iup542612bd3.jpg[/img}
But on the other hand there is a sticker for Nintendogs. Who could equip that? Fox?
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?
Rumortoid: Dojo post subtlety indicates that Brawl may actually be released at some point!
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.
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.
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.