So recently, the new DOJO pictures came out and those dojo pictures apparently somehow disprove Toad and Ridley's entrance to Smash Bros 4. Saddening but it's Sakurai's choice but I wouldn't go as far as saying that these pictures blew their chances into the sarlacc pit. So why exactly? Might as well go into this. I'm not the type who'd prove that "X" is likely or "X" won't get in. I prefer disproving arguments against how hopeless "X" is or whatever. (WARNING : Don't hold your breath and keep your fingers crossed)
We start with Toad
Alright, we saw a picture of him being a moveset which was pretty much a sucker punch but that doesn't mean that Sakurai could actually put Toad in the roster. I mean.... There several Toads of that color. It may look illogical but how can that be illogical to begin with anyway? It's pretty much common knowledge that even the dumbest person in the world could notice when playing a Mario game would notice that there are several Toads of the same color. Don't give me things like Sakurai wouldn't care about that. Even he knows that and if he doesn't know that then that's probably one of the reasons why he left Nintendo (Just kidding but seriously, he knows that and I'm sure of it). And then we have the shady description "Moveset may change (Or something along those lines)." People might say, "Sakurai put that ONLY about changing the moveset attributes of Peach. The problem with this is that saying that is also illogical because what's the point of telling this to us? We don't even see the percentage meter, how much the move damages, where's the details about the moves. The elements? Did he just say that even if we didn't know jack about the moveset and their traits? If you say that he might change some moves in terms of aesthetics or whatever then Toad's pretty much a possible change there.
The problem, and will always be, is that he's still a moveset. Because of this, my fingers were crossed and I bet several supporters are doing the same but there are some points against Toad that just seem not fully correct. There's still hope for Toad. Just because one character (The most likely or at least one of the likely ones) was shot down, doesn't mean that the others will take the throne to being the next mario rep. Even though one has been (Almost) shutdown, it doesn't mean that those other characters have automatically skyrocketed to being likely as the next rep. This doesn't change the fact that Jr. and Paper Mario have things going against them (That are not related to any other character that can take their position as the new Mario character). Hell, there might not be a new Mario character and I've been leaning to that ever since I left speculating for a long while.
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Alright, now we go to Ridley
The only good thing about this? No pictures of Ridley being shown as a stage hazard.
Problem, there's no doubt that it's him (Almost) but since there's no photo of it, there's hope.
And also this guy (Shooting down dreams :c )
"Although people still think Ridley will get in, I lost hope for that already. People are gonna be like, "NANANANANAW RIDLEY WILL GET IN. SAKURAI " Well then if that's what you believe in then so be it. You might say that Sakurai won't like the backlash but then again, just my thoughts.
And the quote says... "An enemy from Samus's past may appear at any second…" Oh who could it be? Of all places, it's in the pyrosphere where in you fight THAT bad*** and he IS an ENEMY from Samus' past and she even had FLASHBACKS of HIM (Sort of I guess : Can't post links here so search it in Youtube "Other M Ridley scene"). And I will requote : "An enemy from Samus's PAST". You guys might pull out something like, "That might not be the real Ridley." Okay, does Sakurai even care about the details? I wouldn't be this pessimistic if there were a vague post like "This stage is not final" or whatever (One of the reasons why I still think Toad has a small or negligible chance of getting in but I'm crossing my fingers)
I'm sorry if I'm trying to get your hopes down. Haha. I was kidding. This doesn't de-confirm Ridley to be honest (Not really). If there's anyone that can disprove this somehow then I'd be very welcome to embrace that because I really need it so I can go back to supporting one of the characters I want in SSB4 rather than degrading them because I'm somewhat frustrated. Don't expect me to get stoked so easily"THEN AGAIN, this does not dis-confirm Toad and Ridley :|
It's just making things a bit *shudder* nerve-wrecking
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So yeah. Good luck. Always be ready for the worst and expect the worst. Don't get too positive. I wouldn't jump the gun on these two so keep your eyes open for news
