Super Smash Bros.

[Eddy]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Namco's inclusion means Pac-Man is going to be a third party guest.

[Avaitor]

That seems likely. I don't think that Pac-Man would make for a great fighter, but I think a stage dedicated to his game would be a lot of fun.

[gunswordfist]

  If half of Pac-Man's moves are biting people. I think he could be a pretty hilarious character.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I'd prefer Klonoa but he isn't exactly popular. I'm not sure if it means there will be a Namco character, though. There wasn't a GameArts character and they helped with Brawl.

I'm still hoping against hope for Mega Man.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I'd still love to see Ryu Hayabusa (preferably classic NES Ryu) as a character in an SSB game, but now that Tecmo has utterly butchered the character and the Ninja Gaiden franchise along with it thanks to the abysmal NG3, there's pretty much no chance of that happening anymore.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Well, Nintendo is publishing that Ninja Gaiden 3 release, and they are buddies with Tecmo. So it is possible...

But I don't know how many third parties are likely to make it in. Snake was a pretty random choice if you think about it, but Sonic made perfect sense.

[talonmalon333]

If half of Pac-Man's moves are biting people. I think he could be a pretty hilarious character.

And I hope that's his only move.

[gunswordfist]

If half of Pac-Man's moves are biting people. I think he could be a pretty hilarious character.

And I hope that's his only move.

Hell, that'd be an accurate representation of him.

[Eddy]

Pac-Man moves could be based on his attacked from the Pac-Man World games. He did things like rolls and pounds in that. His final smash would be eating a power pellet and everyone turning blue and he eats them.

But yeah, Snake was a random choice. The only reason he's in there is because Sakurai and Kojima are close friends.

[gunswordfist]

Oh, I know they'd do that if he'll be in that game. I'm just saying it'd be funny if he just went around biting people. In fact, I seriously doubt he'd have a bite move at all in the game.

[Nel_Annette]

I have an idea. Pac-Man's final smash wouldn't actually do anything to him. It would turn the other three fighters blue and weak for a limited time.

[Rynnec]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/118217-Super-Smash-Bros-is-Done-With-New-Characters

[Geezer]

Good.  Brawl sucked royally compared to Melee, so I'd rather see them focus on making a good game this time instead of adding a ton of characters.

[Rosalinas Spare Wand]

Brawl hardly had a ton of characters. It only really added about 10 and a few were just reinventions of the clones from Melee.

If they're not going to have a crazy huge roster, at least give the 3DS and WiiU versions completely unique rosters. You don't need to remove every single character for that, just add enough variety and exclusives to make them worth double dipping for. Like say, give one game Snake and the other Simon Belmont.

[Avaitor]

I think the best way to go for the 3DS game is to more or less do a remake of the original. Same format, smaller roster than the last 2 Smashes, and possibly more focus on a unique storyline to make it stand out.

You can try to go all or whatever out with the Wii U version.