Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3448772-20121201035828/@comment-24307068-20131218034954

Sheikah warrior wrote: Rocketslime 1 1 wrote:

Sheikah warrior wrote:

Super Silver2013 wrote: Jumpman98 wrote: Skull Kid was just announced to be an assist trophy! About time!
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Precisely. Everyone keeps telling me to be grateful for him being in the game at all, but...well...I'm not. Every time I summon him, I'm going to be taunted with "what could have been". And honestly, with the likes of Toon Link being confirmed playable, in what messed up world is it OK for Skull Kid not to be playable? Well? What world? Honestly, give me one good reason why he can't be playable. He (Majora's Mask Skull Kid) hasn't been in a game in many years. Even if you do count him as being the Skull Kid in Twilight Princess he still hasn't been in a game in years.

I wasn't expecting him to even be in the game, so I'm happy that he is in the game as an assist trophy. Skull Kid's last game was Twilight Princess. That's the second most recent console Zelda. Furthermore, The mask is referenced MULTIPLE times in A Link Between Worlds (The MOST RECENT Zelda), and even appears in the game (as a cameo wall-decoration, but still) So, I'd say he's been seen pretty recently.

Furthermore, he's a VERY popular character. He's one of the most fan-art prevalent characters in Zelda, and has been heavily requested since the days of Melee. I view it as Little Mac in brawl. Sakurai takes an older, yet EXTREMELY popular character and delegates them to the role of assist trophy, disappointing/upsetting the masses.

Yes, but you forget that there would be a problem with the moveset. If it was just the mask, that would be fine, but it's Skull Kid, so it's harder. He can float and turn people into other things, but that isn't much. And not too many people are upset about this. I mean, I'm glad that he's even IN the game. What if he was just a background character, with no role but to make the stage look good?

Assist Trophys aren't bad. I think that just by making him an Assist Trophy, Sakurai is acknowleding that he even EXISTS. I wouldn't be suprised if was a playable character in the next Smash Bros.