#takamaru

Today, we're doing a sequel to Smash Bros. Double the Roster with Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Here's your roster:

Reasons for characters:

Wario, DK Jr., Ganon, Gooey, King Dedede, and Leif: Carryovers from last time, though Wario was the first on the list if Melee had time for one more character.

Lugia, Meta Knight, Sukapon, Diddy, Mr. Saturn, Mew, and Toad: Characters that made top 20 in the 'If there was a Smash 2 poll?'

Excitebiker, Mach Rider, Ayumi, Takamaru, Urban Champion, Balloon Fighter, and Bubbles: Ice Climbers were added as an NES rep, they weren't the only ones for consideration however...

Clefairy: Was actually in consideration for Smash 64. It was between her and Jigglypuff to see who made it in. Luckily, we're early enough in the timeline to add them in.

Snake and Sonic: Hideo Kojima and Yuji Naka wanted their respective characters in Melee but it was too late to add them.

Charizard and Wolf: Whenever people talk about extending Melee's roster, these two are usually added.

Slippy: While this hypothetical roster had more time/resources/ease of development, even the number of clones had to be doubled.

Did you touch this when we got it on the Virtual Console?

4/14/1986, JP got Nazo no Murasamejo (The Mysterious Murasame Castle) on the FAM Disk System! It & THE Legend of Zelda were the add-ons' first!

In Edo Japan, Takamaru must kill an alien possessing a big Murasame statue.

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