#nintendorivals

So a lot of people have been enjoying Marvel Rivals unfortunately I can’t because all I have is a Switch. And that got me thinking what if Nintendo made a game like Rivals with their own wide array of characters. What would the roster look like? So I made one using exclusive Nintendo characters. I decided to make the starting roster 36 to make it even. Let’s go through them and explain starting with.

The Duelist or the DPS

Mario: An obvious pick. He be an easy to play all round fighter being able to get up close with big jumps to move around or fight at a mid range distance with fireballs.

Link: Another obvious pick with a large assortment of weapons that give him a lot of mix up options. This character would be a challenge to get good at. We can even give him a passive that gives him a high damage sword beam when he’s at full health. As for which version technically all of them because we have skins that can reference the other Links

Pickachu: Pokemon of course is another big name, he be a fast character able to stun enemies temporarily but with a trade off of having lower health.

Captain Falcon: while F-Zero isn’t a big name for Nintendo we needed an Iron fist type character that get all up in the enemies face and Captain Falcon is that guy and we would need the falcon punch as that move that would just insta destroy your opponent

Meta Knight: A popular character form the Kirby franchise be a hard character to learn and always in the sky and be able to dive attack opponents but always being in the air would make him an easy target.

Krystal: Starfox is another name that’s just not big for Nintendo but I still wanted to include at least one character from it. But one reason Marvel Rivals got so big was because of certain characters and Nintendo doesn't have a lot of those except for Krystal. She can use the standard star fox gear in addition to her own stuff giving her a much more range of abilities

Marth: The Smash games got backlash a lot for having too many Fire emblems characters so I wanted to limit that. So let’s just focus on the mascot of the franchise Marth and we can reference the other protagonists in skins

Inkling: Spaltoon is a big new face that we got to have and have an interesting playstyle being able to do more damage the more ink is on the opponent similar to smash or slow down enemies by placing ink on the map.

Bayoneta: Now I know technically this isn’t a Nintendo character but her games have always been Nintendo exclusive so if there’s one guest character we can get it’s her and like stated before we need those types of characters. And there’s no character more than Bayo.

Pit: We need a sniper character and honestly Pit is basically the only good option I could think of.

Shulk: Xenoblade has become well known enough. I feel like it earned a couple spots so let’s include Shluk who would be an interesting addition with the ability to change his stats mid fight. I sort of picture him as this game's Magick if that makes sense.

Pyra and Mythra: Xenobalde needed another character so decided to include these too we’re gonna do something similar to their smash version and Cloak and dagger form rivals where you can swap between the too. Pyra would be stronger but sower and have a burning affect to attacks that do a bit of damage over time while Mythra would be faster but weaker and be able to stun enemies with attacks.

The Vanguards or Tanks

Bowser: an obvious pick he be a basic vanguard able to get up close and personal

Donkey Kong: Another obvious pick and simple to learn he be like venom able to climb up walls and do big damage like the gorilla he is.

Ganondorf: Ganondorf would be the Magento of the game. He would have a lot of raw power but be difficult to master.

Samus: This may seem like an odd pick for vanguard and not duelist but I almost have a Bruce banner/Hulk idea for her where she can start in her zero samus form and then transform into her full suit after filling in a meter. Then she have a lot of armor blast, and missles and you know she move around in the morph ball.

Kirby: If you know Kirby you know this makes sense he be able to shallow enemies and just throw them off the map like Jeff and for his ultimate he shallow an opponent and copy thier entire kit.

King Dedede: Another big Nintendo villian I see him as our Groot being able to block enemies approach with gordos and pull them in with inhales and beat them with his hammer.

Wario: Wario would have an interesting vanguard being able to cover an area with stench that do president damage for whoever’s in for the period of time it last and being able to have the best vanguard movement with his bike.

Charizard: We needed a least one Pokémon in the vanguard and with how much the Pokémon company loves him Charizard was the easy pick. He be another flying character with a lot of fire power.

Wrestler: Rivals isn’t just about the easy picks or the big names as it puts a spotlight on lesser known series and characters and I wanted to do that by pulling form the rhythm heaven series and I thought the Wrestler form it would be the funniest to play around with.

Ridley: I almost didn’t put him in as I’m worried he play too much like Charizard but I wanted another Metroid rep and the only other option that thought could work for a vanguard would be Mother Brian the problem with that is again this game needs skins and Mother Brian Doesn't have that, but Ridley does. So let’s add him and make him faster but less powerful then Charizard and have him focus on being up close and personal with his targets

Midna: I wanted another Zelda character outside of the main trio and I believe Midna is the best of that. She could be the Dr.Strange of the game, able to make portals via the twilight realm, grab enemies with her hair and ride around via her wolf buddy.

Yoshi: I almost made him a duelist but the more I thought about it the more clear I realized he fit vanguard able to shield being in an egg and if we do team ups like rivals he can have others ride on him or scoop them in an egg and do a fastball special.

And finally the Strategist or Supports

Luigi: You might think this should just be another duelist like Mario but I want Luigi to be as different as possible let’s focused on his ghost hunting and have him pull from that

Pauline: That’s right no Peach, it’s not just about who’s on the roster buts who’s not. I originally had Rosalina for this spot but then later I remembered Pauline, Nintendo has been pushing her lately and she could be our Luna Snow using her songs and music to empower and heal allies

Bowser Jr: He would be the Rocket Raccoon in the game as he be able to fly around in his clown car, and have a lot unique tricks that make him hard to master.

Zelda: a simple choice with a lot of magic at her disposal making her a natural healer.

Ashley: I wanted a representative form the Warioware games and Ashley was the perfect pic her powers of magic can make her a wacky support.

Greninja: Greninja according to multiple polls is the most popular Pokémon of all time so I had to toss him in here. We could make him a duelist that works like Psylocke but I think we could focus on his water for healing ability to make him a sneaky support that could ninja run alongside walls

Robin: I wanted another Fire Emblem character and one from Awakening snice it’s the game that revived the franchises and Robin your avatar in the game is a stragagist and making him one in this game was way too tempting.

Isabelle: Needed an Animal Crossing rep and Isabelle was the perfect pic that could be our Mantis focus on boosting and damping the stats of others

Tom Nook: I wanted one more Animal Crossing pick and I have a fun idea for Tom Nook where he was a big health pool and he could give a big portion to an ally to heal and then after a set amount of time that amount of health would return to him from the player he healed I call it Loan Healing.

Andy: I wanted one more pick form a less recognized series to I went form Andy form Advanced Wars. He could be basically a turret fighter focusing on healing allies or giving them extra ammo while he summons mini tanks to fight for him.

Huisian Zorarak: I wanted a mythical Pokémon and my original thought was Mewtwo but then we would have too many Kanto Pokémon. But then I recalled a Pokémon from my favorite gen. Zorarak would be our Loki or Spy from Team fortress where he could disguise himself as an enemy team member and sneak around dealing damage or support allies in tough spots. I also want it to be the Huisian version as I prefer that design and we can have the original as a skin.

Magolor: For our last character I wanted one last villain someone with the potential power that could bring these characters together and that brought me to Magolor. Who has gotten back in the public eye thanks to having his own story in the recent remake.