Perhaps for a lab assistant, but no robot with a powerfully destructive arm cannon can be construed as anything but a killing machine.  Thanks, Cocaineman.

No, no, they're right. Rock was created as a lab assistant. He was later converted to a fighting robot.

For that matter, most of his enemies weren't war robots either. They're corrupted utility robots designed to operate in dangerous environments and perform useful tasks. Gutsman was created for construction, Bomb Man (plus the ubiquitous Mets) was created for mining, and most of the others have reasonable enough origins as non-military robots.

Hmm. I'm thinking an RE character would work well in Smash. Since, you know, RE was "Nintendo Exclusive" for a while.

Throw in Jill, Chris, or Leon and whoo! I have another character besides Link and Snake!

are you challenging the member called "Rockman." on his rockman knowledge?



this is not a killing machine

It is cute though.

Megaman for Brawl.

Okay guys, the xyz sonic megaman for Brawl is getting old. You have it in your signature, just...

Also yeah Megaman was originally built as a lab assistant but I mean they pretty much rebuilt him for fighting Dr. Wily.

Sorry.

YES MEGAMAN.. Mario will always be the character I'm best with though since the first game.. I mean it took me an hour at most to master him and now I don't ever lose with him because he essentially has the same moves from the very first game.

Can anyone compile a complete list of all of the characters confirmed thus far?

Pit
Wario
Zero Suit Samus
Ike
Pokemon Trainer
Diddy Kong
Meta Knight
Snake
Mario
Link
Kirby
Pikachu
Fox
Samus
Zelda
Bowser
Donkey Kong
Yoshi
Peach
Ice Climbers

http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/index.html has the list.

Sonic for Brawl. Megaman for Brawl.

I hate to be a bad-news-betsy, but if Amazon's Brawl boxart is accurate, Sonic is probably not in the game.
I think we can all agree that Sonic is a big enough character to make it onto the box, especially for marketing purposes. That said, either the boxart being used for preoders is temporary, sonic is not in the game, or sonic is a hidden character.
I highly doubt Sonic is a hidden character, as much as I doubt Sonic would be included without being on the cover, but god almighty let's hope.

I hate to be a bad-news-betsy, but if Amazon's Brawl boxart is accurate, Sonic is probably not in the game.
I think we can all agree that Sonic is a big enough character to make it onto the box, especially for marketing purposes. That said, either the boxart being used for preoders is temporary, sonic is not in the game, or sonic is a hidden character.
I highly doubt Sonic is a hidden character, as much as I doubt Sonic would be included without being on the cover, but god almighty let's hope.

Oh...
Damn...


EARTH WORM JIM FOR BRAWL


Btw Bowser and DK aren't on the "Box" either... Same with Snake and Zelda, and Diddy Kong...
You see where I'm going with this.

We need to build a super computer and hook it up to the internet with 900,000 connections so it can collect as much useless trivia as possible, and have it make a game called The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny.  It would have every character from everything, and be set up just like Smash Bros.  Then, we would need to destroy that computer, because it would easily take over the world after this feat.

I hate to be a bad-news-betsy, but if Amazon's Brawl boxart is accurate, Sonic is probably not in the game.
I think we can all agree that Sonic is a big enough character to make it onto the box, especially for marketing purposes. That said, either the boxart being used for preoders is temporary, sonic is not in the game, or sonic is a hidden character.
I highly doubt Sonic is a hidden character, as much as I doubt Sonic would be included without being on the cover, but god almighty let's hope.

You're right - but who knows for sure.  It might not be the final box art.

If Sonic isn't included, I think it will be because of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games.  That game is riding purely on the Mario vs Sonic gimmick.  Having Sonic in Smash would significantly diminish the novelty of that gimmick.

Btw Bowser and DK aren't on the "Box" either... Same with Snake and Zelda, and Diddy Kong...
You see where I'm going with this.

DK, Bowser, Snake, Zelda, or Diddy Kong aren't big enough characters that would sell more of the game if they were on the box. If Sonic is in the game, not putting him on the box would be a huge mistake, just because so many people will randomly see the box and say "ooohhh Sonic is in it? I'll buy it."


I thought the same thing about Sonic & Mario olympics, and I'm doing my best to ignore that game, but I'm hoping we can count on Saukrai to include the #1 most demanded character in his fan polls. I'll be really upset if we get characters like Geno or Ridley and not Sonic.

The official boxart hasn't been released yet, or at least it hasn't been announced on any of the usual gaming sites that it has. I'm 99% certain whatever art Amazon's got up is, like the art they put up on BestBuy and GameStop, a placeholder that they are using until the boxart is released.