BombermanBoard

Bonk · #52 Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:19 am

dakirbydude wrote:

Damn, that was a fast 404, it's still the 11th here

Well I guess they can update the copyright, but I don't think Bomberman is going to be in due to popularity issues. Besides, he's been having too much of an identity crisis for the last few years, I don't want any Bombermen besides good old fashioned Shirobon.

Not that this has anything to do with Bomberman, but what do you all think of the prospects of Megaman in Brawl? Personally I would rather see him in that Bomberman (blasphemy I know) because I used to be a huge Megaman fan, and I think he has a good chance. Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see them both, but I grew up with Mega and there's more nostalgia there.

Here are some facts:

1. Dec 17 will be Megaman's 20th birthday in japan

2. Capcom has a countdown on their site for his 20th anniversary

3. Being confirmed for brawl would be an extremely awesome birthday present for his fans

4. There is at least 2 missing slots in the character icons:
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_01.gif - Smash logo
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_02.gif - Donkey Kong
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_03.gif - Starfox
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_04.gif - Kirby
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_05.gif - Captain Falcon's logo
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_06.gif - Metroid Screwball
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_07.gif - Earthbound globe
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_08.gif - Pokeball
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_09.gif - Triforce
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_10.gif - Mario Bros.
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_11.gif - Yoshi Egg
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_12.gif - FE Sword
# 13 is empty, we can probably assume it's Mr. Game & Watch
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_14.gif - Ice Climbers Eggplant
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_15.gif - Animal Crossing logo, possible AC character?
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_16.gif - Warioware
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_17.gif - Kojima Productions/Metal Gear
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_18.gif - Kid Icarus logo
# 19 IS ALSO MISSING HMMMMM
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_20.gif - Sonic!
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_21.gif - DS logo

What does this have to do with anything? Well aside from confirming 2 more franchises, you can look at #s 15-20 (newcomers) for a pattern: Here is the name of each franchise in Japanese

15 = Douboutsu no Mori
16 = Made in Wario
17 = Metal Gear
18 = Parutena no Kagami
19 = ??????
20 = Sonic the hedgehog

If you notice, they're all in alphabetical order. What major franchises (in their japanese names) that have not already been announced in some form come between Pa and So? Pikmin, Seiken Densetsu, ROCKMAN? Can't think of any others off the top of my head. Which one of these franchises has the best chance of getting an entry? I'd say it's a toss-up between Pikmin and Megaman.

Of course this sequence falls apart when you look at the DS logo at 21 (which might still be alphabetical, I don't know what the DS is called in Japanese). That's probably because it's a stage, not a character that it represents. There isn't any characters that could be represented by a DS logo now is there? (maybe something from Nanostray)

5. 2 is an awfully weird number of guest characters. 3 would be better, and 5 even moreso: Bomberman AND Megaman along with someone else.

Anyway I haven't been keeping up with the updates for a while, I think the last one I stayed up for was Dedede's final smash. I mean look at the last 2 or 3 weeks, nothing but ZZZZZs. I know it's because they're short on content because of the delay, but Sakurai could at least confirm Captain Falcon to relieve everyone who's afraid he won't be returning.

For anyone who is interested, CoroCoro magazine said they will be revealing the entire playable roster on the 15th, keep your eyes on the major gaming news sites.