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Game Informer Lists The Characters They’re Voting For In Super Smash Bros

It was a brilliant decision by Nintendo to allow us to vote for the character we would like to see most appear in Super Smash Bros. Nintendo of America clarified yesterday that you are able to vote for any character from any video game franchise and that has got people voting in their droves. Anyone is fair game including Bayonetta, Knuckles and Banjo. Game Informer has listed their favourite choices to appear in Super Smash Bros. Here’s their list.

  • Bayonetta
  • Waluigi
  • Toad
  • Shovel Knight
  • Kamek
  • Young Link
  • Knuckles
  • Elincia
  • Wolf
  • Simon Belmont

246 thoughts on “Game Informer Lists The Characters They’re Voting For In Super Smash Bros”

          1. Nope 11 characters from the mushroom kingdom if they Toad and Waluigi. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Rosalina, Wario, Bowser, Bowser Jr. Dr. MARIO, May as well have a mushroom kingdom fighting game. They would have as many characters as the first Mortal Kombat.

    1. Young link is the best choice if they use a majoras mask version. Imagine how awesome it would be. Using the masks in battle. Lastly that final smash fierce Diety link. Amazing

    2. Wolf but no Krystal? Wolf’s move set is already in the game as Fox alts! (Though so is Lucas)

      Krystal FTW!

      1. Geno is such a stupid choice, I can’t even imagine what goes through people’s heads when they want him added smh

    1. I don’t think you even have to vote them in. Nintendo themselves will most likely add them as paid DLC or free DLC if you own Splatoon

      1. pink0crystal0midbus

        He did not say that he can’t join even if he is voted for the most through the polls. Seriously, maybe if he sees how many people truly want him in, he will reconsider.

        Sakurai changes his mind ALL the time. Look at Wii Fit Trainer and Villager and some of the clones. Originally he has said before that characters from peaceful games could not be in a fighting game and that he would not do clones anymore….well, he changed his mind.

    1. Captain Toad fan but...

      In a game where jumping is a key mechanic, I’m not sure Captain Toast would be the best fit… unless he could temporarily lose his backpack.

      1. Kinda a dumb point when Link can’t jump in his games and yet he can in Smash. Who cares about those diagram limitations for Toad, just incorporate his poor jumping skills.

        1. No, Link can jump but there is never a button to press to do so, that is the only difference. One of the main points of Captain Toad is that he cannot jump whatsoever. Stop thinking you have more valid points than others. Piece of shit.

        2. One of the core mechanics of Captain Toad is that he can’t jump. Since Sakurai loves to add characters in Smash and make them play like the game they’re in (Megaman is an example) he isn’t gonna be put in. Think more you piece of crack

      2. pink0crystal0midbus

        Who says Captain Toad would need to jump? He could be launched by an object, float with balloons, pulled through the air by something, etc. He doesn’t need to “jump” to get off the ground.

        Though, it would be REALLY interesting if, as a character, he loses his backpack when he jumps into the air and his movest changes completely, but when landing on the ground, he regains his backpack and his moveset returns.

        I could see him being a heavy; powerful character on the ground, but lightweight and weaker in the air. It would be one heck of a niche mechanic for a character to have.

        1. And there are several good characters who could make it- Black Shadow, Goroh, Pico, Super Arrow…

        1. I'm a Boss Ass Bitch

          she has a better chance because she was in the first kid Icarus game. and it will also make her the first female villain

          1. Nintendo Tetrarch Quadramus-NX

            >>>Well, as long as it’s a villain that makes the cut I will be satisfied, no more pathetic heroes>>>

            1. I'm a Boss Ass Bitch

              Yeah you’re right the only two villains we have is Ganondorf and bowser. King dededede doesn’t even fucking count.

              1. A roleplaying basement-dwelling loser or a guy so insecure in his own personality and/or masculinity he has to swear in literally every single comment ever?

                whoever wins, we lose.

                1. Nintendo Tetrarch Quadramus-NX

                  >>>Of course we win, considering you stalk both of us and are obsessed with us, specially me>>>

      1. I'm a Boss Ass Bitch

        Yes if she gets in than honestly I don’t care who else getting in. I’m going to main the shit out of Medusa.

  1. Wow, I would just shrug off a character choice I don’t agree with usually, and this list is mostly okay. But are you kidding me with Young Link? That’s like throwing your vote away. Toon Link and Young Link are the same shit.

  2. Cast of Castlevania FTW Trevor C. Blemont, Simon Blemont, Richter Blemont, Alucard,Sonia Belmont,Reinhard Schneider,Nathan Graves,Gabriel Blemont.
    Simon Belmont as the main with the others as skins for players 2-8

    1. Nintendo Tetrarch Quadramus-NX

      >>>I don’t want to see an Xbot icon’s dead corpse defiling the sacred grounds of Smash Brothers>>>

  3. pink0crystal0midbus

    Krystal from Star Fox,
    Bayonetta from Bayonetta,
    King K. Rool from DKC,
    Dixie Kong from DKC,
    Birdo from Mario Tennis,
    Medusa from Kid Icarus: Uprising,
    Ivy Valentine from SoulCalibur,
    Banjo-Kazooie from Banjo-Kazooie,
    Inkling(s) from Spaltoon,
    Ice Climber from Ice Climber,
    Ms. Pac-man from Ms. Pacman,
    Dr. Eggman from Sonic,
    Shantae from Shantae,
    Shovel Knight from Shovel Knight,
    Ridley from Metroid,

    These are the people I’ve voted for so far. Maybe I’ll vote for Waluigi or another Pikmin character, like Britanny later today.

        1. Sylux is more intimidating and mysterious though…

          I’d love to see Weavel (or any of the other hunters, really) as an assist, though.

      1. Where does it say that? The site only says “please limit your vote to one per person.”

        People definitely won’t obey that, including myself, but nowhere did it say a new vote cancels your previous one.

  4. I voted for Chrono and Isaac. This list really has a lot of problems imo. 1. Bayonneta probably won’t be in SSB to maintain the esrb rating maybe 2. Peach already uses Toad, and isn’t unique enough to even be a character. 3. We already have enough Links in SSB imo. These are just my opinions not facts.

  5. I love Zelda games, but I really don’t wanna see any more Zelda characters. I’d like to see a character from a game that isn’t already in Smash Bros.

  6. My top 5 (not ordered):

    – Banjo&Kazooie (Banjo&Kazooie)
    – King K. Rool (Donkey Kong Country)
    – Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
    – Simon Belmont (Castelvania)
    – Sora (Kingdom Hearts)

    I would add Rayman because I love him and he would perfectly fit in the game, but the recent actions of Ubisoft removed it from this list…

  7. I would love to see the inkling boy/girl. But outside of Nintendo, I think Steve (Minecraft) would be perfect 👌

    1. Nintendo Tetrarch Quadramus-NX

      >>>The Inklings will most likely be DLC in the future regardless if you vote or not so I think it’s kind of a waste of vote>>>

        1. Nintendo Tetrarch Quadramus-NX

          >>>You can always add something to make it work, having their squidform can be used for melee attacks>>>

    2. Sorry but ur taste in videogames is shit bro. I voted for isaac. Rayman k rool funky kong shovel knight banjo etc also would be nice

  8. Vote for Brock Samson!!! He was already in PN2 (Telltale), so he technically already has experience as a video game character! Go Team Venture!

  9. Are they retarded..?
    They can’t add knuckles because the Sonic franchise already has one representative (1 per third party)
    They can’t add Waluigi because he’s an assist trophy in this game.
    And why would they add a clone of Link when we already have Toon Link?

    1. I completely forgot about him! Casting my vote now <_<

      Though I feel more people would rather have Wonder Red who looks similar but is more of a Nintendo exclusive.

  10. Still not seeing any Takamuru requests. And why would we waste a slot on a veteran? (Not that it’s bad) we don’t know how many characters can join

    1. People had lost hope in him because of his Assist Trophy role and the fact that they believe anything Sakurai says (He needs more familiarity in the West to be in the roster). Sad, but true.

  11. What about Mario from Mario Strikers? I also want Nintendo to add some characters from DBZ but firstly they should add all possible Nintendo characters

    1. No bitch!! Young Link is better than Toon Link!! Dr. Mario is there!! He doesn’t deserve here. Young Link is the best choice!! All veterans should be brought back

  12. I would really want banjo in super smash bros He’s actually one of my favorite characters. And it would me a lot to me if nintendo puts them in :)

    1. Space Pirate Initiate

      I don’t think they’ll allow guns to be used. Nintendo said no guns when Snake was in Brawl, and I don’t think that’s going to change if Bayonetta makes the cut.

  13. Guys I dunno who to vote for! I want Banjo a lot and he’s my most likely vote for now, but I also think Waluigi and the Inklings should be in it too. I also want another Xenoblade character maybe Reyn or Dunban, but now one else is suggesting this. Toad and Knuckles would be cool too.
    Also for those arguing over Toad vs Captain Toad, we could just have both with costume/colour changes like they did with Wario etc….

    Anyone know who I should vote for out of the ones I’ve said?!

  14. I voted for someone that wasn’t in any of the comments above. I voted for Professor Layton. Usually people vote for a fast character or a strong character. Why not a smart character? We got Dr. Kawashima from Brain Age as an assist trophy. Why not Profesor Layton? He’d be a good challenge for any developer.

  15. How about bringing Squirtle back…he was one of my fave! Still can’t believe Squirtle is out.

    If not Squirtle, i’d go for a Metroid (if they can’t do Ridley, please, a Metroid would be very cool!
    Dixie Kong and Captain Toad would also be welcome.

  16. How about bringing Squirtle back…he was one of my fave! Still can’t believe Squirtle is out.

    If not Squirtle, i’d go for a Metroid (if they can’t do Ridley, please, a Metroid would be very cool!
    Dixie Kong and Captain Toad would also be welcome.

  17. Oh man, I forgot all about Knuckles. One of my most favorite video game characters too. Gonna vote for him!

  18. sherlockwillfightbilbo

    Am I the only one who’d love to see Professor Layton solving puzzles on the battlefield?

  19. Black Mage from Final Fantasy (I want my SSF2 main to be a reality),
    Bayonetta from Bayonetta (Best game in Wii U action game hands down!),
    King K. Rool from DKC (He is long overdue!),
    Nicky from Style Savyy (If we already have two songs from these games, then why not have a character from them),
    Lark from Pilotwings 64 (The lack of Pilotwings 64 content was disturbing),
    Medusa from Kid Icarus: Uprising (Fuck Hades!),
    Takamaru from The Mysterious Murasame Castle (Sakurai, this is to prove that there is demand for this samurai!),
    Banjo-Kazooie from Banjo-Kazooie (Give them the fuck back, Microsoft!),
    Inkling(s) from Spaltoon (Nuff said),
    Ice Climber from Ice Climber (Have Nana as a damn alt),
    Princess Daisy from Mario Party 10 (Fuck Waluigi!),
    Dr. Eggman from Sonic (You know what they say, the more the merrier!),
    Impa from Hyrule Warriors (Midna fanboys, don’t even say a word),
    Mona from Warioware Inc (Wario doesn’t need to be alone anymore),
    Cia from Hyrule Warriors (There is such thing as the Guardian of Time outfit and fuck that blue haired J-Pop trash!),

    These are the choices I’ve voted for to this very day. Maybe I’ll vote for Krystal or Ryu Hayabusa when I get my hands on the library’s computers.

      1. He would be a nice addition since he at least crossed over with Mario a few times (Mario Hoops and Mario Sports Mix) and he’s the first Final Fantasy protagonist (excluding the other Warriors of Light). Some spells like Stop, Meteor, and Haste would work well for his moveset.

  20. Finally, someone else but me is interested in having some more Sonic characters. I’m happy for Knuckles, Tails, or even Robotnik!

  21. Silver the hedgehog. krystal. Amy rose. Goku. dixie. Birdo
    I would pick banjo but we already have duck hunt he would be another clone so no
    And definitely not young link whats the point of having three link’s in the game

  22. I’d like to see the pokemon chikorita as a playable character
    We need a grass starter and it was in melee and brawl as a pokeball pokemon so why not

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    1. Space Pirate Initiate

      Nintendo made it clear, only characters that originated from Video Games are allowed and have been on a Nintendo platform at least once, Naruto started as a manga, thus is disqualified.

    1. Nintendo Tetrarch Quadramus-NX

      >>>Because they are the cattle>>>

      >>>If the developers of Shovel Knight didn’t mention it, I bet about 90% of all Shovel Knight voters wouldn’t even vote for it>>>

  24. As much as I’d love to see additional 3rd party characters I would rather Nintendo focus the Smash Bros. universe more on the Nintendo characters like it was intended during Smash 64.
    The majority of other fighter titles usually only add like 1-2 guest characters. Smash 4 already has 3, which IMO is more than enough.

  25. I voted for Percy Jackson since Nintendo owns his videogames and also owns the video game version of him to and his video game moves are so cooler than his book abilities

    1. Imagine young link from majoras mask switching from masks becoming a Zora a deku and a Goron in battle. And just imagine the special fierce Diety link. He gots my vote

  26. they can suggest any character and that’s their list?

    ugh

    i’d like to see crash bandicoot.. or earthworm jim.. or the vault boy.. or sam and/or max…or the duke… or for god’s sake guybrush threepwood

  27. The only third-party characters I wanted in Smash are already in it (Mega Man and Pac-Man). So anybody else is just an added bonus. Doesn’t matter to me who they pick.

  28. This is the stupidest list I have ever seen. Waluigi’s already an assist trophy! Toad? Who in the world wants Toad in the game! Toad’s a minor grunt worker, completely irrelevant to the SMB series, PLUS, why would they waste a Mario slot on a flipping Toad! That’d be like getting an Octorok as a Zelda rep for Smash! And Kamek? Kamek is already a stage hazard in the NSMB WiiU stage… Simply idiotic… Where’s the Inkling from Splatoon? Where’s Geno from Super Mario RPG? Even that dumb crocodile king would be a better addition than a flipping Toad! Wolf and Bayonetta are arguably the only characters on this list to even stand a chance of getting in…

  29. No Waluigi! Never! Why waste our time with that?! And Knuckles? God damn it. When will people quit? Simon Belmont! Let’s get that Vampire Killer in there.

  30. Korra from The Legend of Korra. I’d love using the 4 elements and the Avatar State as the final smash.

  31. I would love, Bomberman, Bayonetta, Simon Belmont and Earthworm (Frigging) Jim!!!!! Imagine using his head whip, super suit and blaster it would be ace plus you could drop cows on other players

  32. King K. Rool, Krystal, Geno, Shantae, Shovel Knight, Simon Belmont, Fawful, Midbus, Banjo & Kazooie, Waluigi, Toad!!! I would love to see a reveal trailer that starts off with the Smash logo, followed by quicker versions of the same logo, with Nintendo revealing multiple characters at once.

  33. On the Smash Fighters Ballot, when it says “Please limit your vote to one per person,” does it mean one vote per character, or one vote total?

  34. Now this is what a voting list should look like. I can see all of these characters being added to Smash in some way. Way better than stuff like Goku, Freddy Fazbear (not kidding, that was an actual vote), and Shrek (again, not kidding).

    I myself voted for Carol and Lilac from Freedom Planet, not only because their game is getting a Wii U port very soon, but also because their movesets would fit perfectly in the Smash series

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  36. I voted for the following:
    Tails
    Krystal from Starfox Adventures
    Lilac from Freedom Planet
    Kei Nagase from Ace Combat 5
    Nathan Hale from Resistance Fall of Man series

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