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I had the exact same idea about Mario.. The tanooki statue would be cool. Allthough I don't know what to do about the other characters either. Kirby's stone ability would certainly fit, but I think it would look too much like his actual stone ability (you'd have the attack & defend stone ability at the same time). Oh well, they're gonna change the movesets anyway.. Donkey Kong would very obviously use a barrel. Samus.. Hmm. Maybe that one supermove from super Metroid? The one that refills everything. Oh, and of course Krystal's hot . I prefer her outfit from Adventures rather than Assault though . And her voice too by the way (which can't be said about the other voices in Adventures, they're all parodies.. But that's Rare for ya . I think she'd make an excellent addition with her staff. Ganondorf should return (obviously), but with moves he actually had in Zelda games. Personally I'm thinking of 2 fireballs, a fast one other players can return (with swords, maybe Smash attacks even), and a slow one that can't be returned and is more powerful. Ganondorf would be able to deflect his own fast fireball easily as well. The fireball could get faster and more powerfull with each deflection (see who wins ). And he definately should have some sort of sword (or two). The way I saw him block my parry attack in WW for the first time.. Just way too cool. As for 3rd party characters.. Sonic would be a very realistic option I think. But as for the other 2 (-ish), I really have no clue. Megaman would obviously be cool, and make some sense. He has great Nintendo history and already has some fighting experience.. But somehow, I don't think it's a realistic possibity. Oh well, I think I'll just forget about it, and let Nintendo pleasantly surprise me once again when they announce the other characters (allthough.. it's sure fun to speculate and fantasize ).

Smash Brothers wouldn't be really Smash Brothers if they'd leave out 4-player action online, now would it? Wasn't this game supposed to be the first game you could play online? I think they'll try to go all out, so I'm pretty sure you'll see all the regular offline modes, options and features. Few minor things I'd like to see online: - Nintendog blocking the other players' screen, not yours (that's what I believed that thing was for ). - While using cloaking device, only on your screen will you be semi-transparent (but not totally), so you actually have a useful advantage. - The option to turn off the automatic zooming (to include all the players). Online you don't have to take in consideration other players' viewpoint of the screen, since they all have their own. Now you can have the screen focus on you. - Probably obvious, any mix possible between 4 players online, and LAN, and on 1 console (for example 2 Wiis connected through LAN, 1 playing on the one, 2 playing on the other, and a fourth online, all playing eachother. - Certainly obvious, stats tracking online. Smash Brothers brought stats and awards to another level, so it would be nice to see those things of the people you play online. You can immediately see their play-style..