
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.
01/21/2008 00:36
01/21/2008 00:37
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.
01/21/2008 00:37
01/21/2008 00:39
I think he has a good point there.
01/21/2008 00:40
01/21/2008 00:40
Yep looks like Ness.
01/21/2008 00:41
But interesting find nevertheless.
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専用シール = personal seal
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01/21/2008 00:50
The icon on the left looks like Ness, but what is that thing on the right?
01/21/2008 00:54
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Is this a founded number?
01/21/2008 01:00
If this is true and all. <,<
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01/21/2008 01:15
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.
01/21/2008 01:15
01/21/2008 01:20
Personally I was holding out the hope that Lucario would make it into Brawl. He is my favorite Pokemon, after all. :)
01/21/2008 01:28
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
01/21/2008 01:31
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.
01/21/2008 01:32
Ness is with Lucas on this image:
01/21/2008 01:33
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.
01/21/2008 01:34
pikachu, gannon, lucario, and jigglypuff.
lucario sounds sick.
01/21/2008 01:34
01/21/2008 01:35
Ya, just saw the a screenshot of that on a different site...
01/21/2008 01:35
[img]http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3259/iup542612bd3.jpg[/img}
01/21/2008 01:40
01/21/2008 01:55
But on the other hand there is a sticker for Nintendogs. Who could equip that? Fox?
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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?
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01/21/2008 04:18
Rumortoid: Dojo post subtlety indicates that Brawl may actually be released at some point!
01/21/2008 05:49
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.
01/21/2008 06:28
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.
01/21/2008 07:16
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.
01/21/2008 08:26
01/21/2008 09:38
To be fair though.... Smash IS extremely popular in Japan, so I guess I'd see some characters I wouldn't immediately recognize!
01/21/2008 09:44
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Agreed
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01/21/2008 10:18
Now all we need is Ridley, TP Ganondorf, and this game will official apex with my personal hype.
01/21/2008 10:32
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01/21/2008 10:54
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.
01/21/2008 10:54
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01/21/2008 11:16
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
01/21/2008 11:17
01/21/2008 12:01
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._%28series%29#Playable_characters
I'm sure someone nazi wikipedia admin will change it though
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01/21/2008 15:45
Mewtwo might still be in, just as a villian, not playable in SSE.
01/21/2008 15:51
There is a reason why Jigglypuff is [i]the[i/] character that everyone recommends to use in Event Match 51.
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