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[Kalahari Inkantation]

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[Kalahari Inkantation]

https://cp.nintendo.co.jp/us/

submit your requests for snake and the ice climbers here

[TooB]

I voted for Shantae

[Nyerp]

vote for bayonetta

[bluaki]

https://cp.nintendo.co.jp/us/

submit your requests for snake and the ice climbers here

Doodthing for Smash

Some of the serious characters I'd like to see do well in this include Ice Climbers, Inkling, Dixie Kong, Paper Mario, Tails, and Quote (Cave Story)

[Hiro]

So fucking excited for Lucas 

Also here's my list of viable characters:
Ice Climbers
Tharja
Ridley
Snake
Impa
Ryu
Wolf
Bayonetta
Waluigi
Viewtiful Joe
Toad
Daisy
Roy
Crystal
Paper Mario
Ray MK III
Geno
Chorus Men
Vaati
Tetra
Sami

King K Rool or Banjo would be neat but Rare

Ice Climbers will prob be my vote but Tharja, Ryu, Geno, or Chorus Men would be nice too

[bluaki]

Also here's my list of viable characters:

That list almost perfectly reflects a (far from perfect) Japanese popularity check I saw recently: https://sourcegaming.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/perception-of-smash-dlc-in-japan/

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7.7% Wolf
6.0% Snake
5.1% Ice Climber
4.2% Roy
3.0% Pichu
3.0% King K Rool
2.8% Crystal
2.6% Ridley
2.6% Dixie
2.3% Paper Mario
2.3% Custom Robo
1.9% Daisy
1.4% Waddle Dee
1.4% Isaac
1.2% Jibanyan
1.2% Arle Nadja
0.9% Megaman Zero
0.9% Ryu
0.9% Squirtle
0.9% Klonoa
0.9% Crash Bandicoot
0.9% Toad
0.7% Valkyrie
0.7% Black Shadow
0.7% Viewtiful Joe
0.7% Tails
0.7% Zoroark
0.7% Skapon
0.7% Ashley
0.5% Waluigi
0.5% Mallow
0.5% Bayonetta
0.5% Zangief
0.5% Tharja
0.5% Aiai
0.5% Takamaru
0.5% Shiren
0.2% Roll
0.2% Belmont
0.2% Dark Samus
0.2% Impa

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The only things you listed that I don't see here are Geno (although Mallow is there instead), Chorus Men, Vaati, Tetra, and Sami.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

glad to see snake and the ice climbers near the top, even if snake has absolutely no chance of returning (then again neither do the ice climbers due to """technical limitations""" )

by why on earth does anyone give a hoot about wolf

[Kalahari Inkantation]

also tharja's already in the game

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[bluaki]

by why on earth does anyone give a hoot about wolf

Wolf is significantly different from Fox in playstyle, moreso than Falco. I don't personally care to play as him, but I at least understand why people do.

A better question is why anybody ever would ask for Pichu to return, let alone enough people to place it at 5th place popularity.

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

give me waddle dee or give me death

[Samus Aran]

Is "Belmont" just a generic "give us whichever Belmont we can get"

Simon would be the most obvious choice of them

Anyway why do people want Wolf back instead of a new character??? What a waste.

Is Ryu on that list referring to Street Fighter or Ninja Gaiden lol

[strongbad]

Ninja gaiden ryu would be cooler

[TooB]

Ninja gaiden ryu would be cooler

yes

[bluaki]

Is "Belmont" just a generic "give us whichever Belmont we can get"

Simon would be the most obvious choice of them

Anyway why do people want Wolf back instead of a new character??? What a waste.

Is Ryu on that list referring to Street Fighter or Ninja Gaiden lol

Neither Belmont nor Ryu specify a game on this page. The Japanese they're referred by are just ベルモンド (berumondo) and リュã,¦ (ryuu), which doesn't help clarify.

If you give people any playable character, there will be fans of how that character played who will want him back if he disappears. That's why Wolf is so popular (and Snake, Ice Climbers, Pichu, Roy). There are also people who care about villain representation, for which Wolf is the Star Fox series's best bet; similarly, that partially explains King K Rool, Ridley, and Black Shadow being the most-requested reps for DK, Metroid, and F-Zero.