Sakurai Cut Characters From Brawl

CantGetAWii · 07-03-2008, 04:58 PM

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Masahiro Sakurai, the developer of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, has admitted to ONM that he had to cut out a lot of characters from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

In an interview that features in the new issue of Official Nintendo Magazine (out on Friday), Sakurai said "It's taken over three years to make Brawl but I actually stopped trying to include new ideas early on in development.

"What happened in the next year and a half was that we distilled the game down, worked out which ideas we had time to include and which we didn't. Sadly, we had to trim out many great concepts just to keep within the time contraints. I had a lot more characters, for example.. but sadly I can't discuss which ones didn't make it."

However, Sakurai said he wouldn't just create another game to use up these characters. "There are 39 characters in the game this time around and just adding a few more wouldn't be enough to justify a new game in my opinion; I'd have to draw a line in the sand and have a new approach to make it worthwhile. As long as the fans enjoy it, though, that's what matters and in the distant future, I guess that might be something I have to consider."

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I would have waited for this game to have more characters, but I guess thats what happens when you surprise the dude in saying that a new Smash Bros. game was coming out.

oreo64$ · 07-03-2008, 05:03 PM

man that sucks

Luigi! · 07-03-2008, 05:06 PM

MAYBE we can get these characters a DLC (If we're lucky)

Birdmaster · 07-03-2008, 05:06 PM

Yep too bad

I wish he could say the names!!!!!!

Fillieto · 07-03-2008, 05:08 PM

DLC anyone?

Luigi! · 07-03-2008, 05:10 PM

But he DID say that he would update the site with further updates. (So far, the only one was Snapshots Galore #3 on June 27th)

oreo64$ · 07-03-2008, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Birdmaster

Yep too bad

I wish he could say the names!!!!!!

but then we wouldve been just as mad becuse it might have been someone we really wanted

Jay61 · 07-03-2008, 05:12 PM

The characters are probably those one's with scraps of data left on the disk, Mewtwo, Roy, Dr. Mario, Plusle & Minun, Toon Zelda/Toon Sheik and Dixie Kong (if memory serves).

Luigi! · 07-03-2008, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay61

The characters are probably those one's with scraps of data left on the disk, Mewtwo, Roy, Dr. Mario, Plusle & Minun, Toon Zelda/Toon Sheik and Dixie Kong (if memory serves).

Where do you learn this?

Jay61 · 07-03-2008, 05:16 PM

A Brawl forum..they looked at all the files on the disk or something and there were small parts of character files left over. It was back when it launched first though so it might take me a while to find a source..

Birdmaster · 07-03-2008, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay61

The characters are probably those one's with scraps of data left on the disk, Mewtwo, Roy, Dr. Mario, Plusle & Minun, Toon Zelda/Toon Sheik and Dixie Kong (if memory serves).

Yep your right
i would have only liked Roy,Toon Zelda/Sheik,Plusle & Minun

Jay61 · 07-03-2008, 05:20 PM

Toon Zelda/Sheik would have been..interesting. I wonder if by Toon Shiek they ment Tetra?

Marth101 · 07-03-2008, 05:24 PM

I would have waited more time for Brawl, just to have more stuff. I wish they would have spend more time in Online, to add more features to it.

Birdmaster · 07-03-2008, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay61

Toon Zelda/Sheik would have been..interesting. I wonder if by Toon Shiek they ment Tetra?

That's what i heard.

LevesqueIsKing · 07-03-2008, 06:11 PM

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However, Sakurai said he wouldn't just create another game to use up these characters. "There are 39 characters in the game this time around and just adding a few more wouldn't be enough to justify a new game in my opinion; I'd have to draw a line in the sand and have a new approach to make it worthwhile.

This is why I hate Sakurai's approach. This is the exact reason why Brawl got messed up, because Sakurai isn't content with just keeping a perfect game how it is. The Melee engine just needed a few tiny tweaks and it would have been perfect. Then he could have focused his time on adding more characters and making sure that said characters were as equal as possible. But no, it isn't worth making another game unless you can change everything.