Possible Super Smash Bros. Brawl Characters Narrowed Down?
Apparently the daily dose of Super Smash Bros. Brawl news isn’t enough for some people. After a great deal of URL digging, someone called Zeke The Plumber has possibly unlocked a clue as to who the next character could be, or at least the series they could be from.
The idea is that every character has their own icon. Each icon’s has the URl http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_**.gif. The icons are separated by numbers where the ** are, for example Sonic’s icon is 20, so it’s URL would be http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/images/icon/world_b_20.gif. The intriguing thing is that there is a gap in the numbers at 13 and 19. The space for 13 is supposedly for Mr.Game & Watch, who is the last franchise from Super Smash Bros. Melee which hasn’t been confirmed for Super Smash Bros. Brawl yet. More after the jump.
So what about the icon for “19″? After some seemingly random deciphering of the Japanese translation of the franchises, “Zeke” has found something interesting in their order, possibly pointing to what series “19″ could represent.
“All that remains are 15 through 20 and the mysterious absence of number 19. Animal Crossing, Wario Ware, Metal Gear Solid, and Kid Icarus, all of which are new series to Brawl. It would be safe to assume that 19 will be a new series as well. Hmmm… from the looks of it, it doesn’t look like we’ll be able to discern any predictions from first glance. BUT WAIT! Let’s take those series and change them to their translated Japanese names, giving us:
Animal Forest (literal translation from Dobustu no Mori)
Made in Wario
Metal Gear Solid
Myth of Light: The Mirror of Palutena (literal translation from Hikari shinwa: Parutena no Kagami)
???
Sonic The HedgehogWhat does this show us? The names are in alphabetical order. Which would mean that the next series would fall somewhere between M and S. The candidates: NiGHTS, Pikmin, Pac-man, Punch-Out, and Rockman.”
Of course this is hardly any form of confirmation, and it could easily be a coincidence. Still it’s interesting to see what people find out with so little to go on.
October 21st, 2007 at 7:04 pm
This is like when people find skulls on Halo 3. it’s crazy what results random stuff will get you!
October 21st, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Take it easy, just wait til the tenth of February.
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:45 am
just wait maybe? the guy hasnt got the game or seen it and he’s masterbating over it. these people are insane, and not in a good way.
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Entertainment for some. Let them have it.
October 23rd, 2007 at 1:47 am
Funnily enough it was punch – out
December 9th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
I dunno on why no one is patent enough to wait until the release. We will all find out on February 10th.
December 11th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
fuck
December 18th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Well it’s either Pikmin or Rockman, and there’s already some credible sources saying that Mega Man will be in. So it’s probably Mega Man.
Great find.
December 18th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Hmmm, I wonder if it also means that there can be other new franchises from S-Z to go after 20 (Sonic)
January 9th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
This Zeke guy was right. It’s Pikmin. I wonder who else will be in the game.
January 15th, 2008 at 3:05 am
alright so im almost positive the 3rd non-nintendo character will be ulala from space channel 5! acording to zeke’s theory,who by the way is a genius, the 23rd number is after pictochat, and is also blank. ive recently read an interview with the creater of the space channel 5 series and he said,”ulala will DEFFINATLY be making a comback!!” yet, funny thing is that there are no plans whatsoever for a 3rd game for the series. so, we take that info, and zekes theory(which has proven correct for pictochat)and alphabetically,after p…q,r, S!!!!! SPACE CHANNEL 5!!!!!!!!!
now dont kill me if im wrong, but i feel very strongly that its right. what do yooooou think??
January 22nd, 2008 at 9:35 am
OMG they were right it was revealed on the smash bros site as pikmin
January 27th, 2008 at 6:31 am
Olimar and pikman were confirmed as a character
February 14th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
They should put other characters in such as spawn from the game spawn koppatroper from mario 64 and naruto from clash of ninja
February 15th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Spawn? What is this, 1994? Oh yeah, naruto, generic anime character! Wooohooo. I myself would love to see D from the Vampire Hunter D films/novels in smash bros or any video game really.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Brawl Character: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Wario, Link, Zelda(Shiek), Ganondorf, Toon Link, Zero Suit Samus, Pit, Ice Climbers, R.O.B., Kirby, Metaknight, King Dedede, Pikmin(red, blue, yellow, white, purple) & Olimar, Fox, Falco, Wolf, Captain Falcon, Pikachu, Pokemon Trainer(Squirtle, Ivysaur, Charzard), Lucario, Jigglypuff, Marth, Ike, Ness, Lucas, Mr, Game & Watch, Snake, Sonic.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:27 am
my bad, i found out the wii game ulala is in turned out to be sega superstar tenis…not brawl. damn, the official list kinda blows : (
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Everyone is wrong it is R.O.B that robotic thing from the 1985s era
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:07 am
Wow, great detective skills Joe! You figured out a secret character of a game that’s already released!
September 26th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
What is…
Zero Suit Samus,
-> Zero Suit <- Samus
Would That Mean…
You get my point, if anyone figures it out TELL ME!!!