User:Unfortified Castle/SSB4 Roster Contest

I've decided to hold an SSB4 roster contest.



Guidelines
The requirements are:


 * No more than 80 fighters (Zelda/Sheik, etc. are allowed)
 * No more than 5 Brawlers taken out
 * MUST have each character's name above OR below pic (including Random)
 * MUST have original 12
 * MUST have 1 of the non-Brawl Melee characters OR Forbidden Seven
 * MUST have 1 new character from:
 * Mario
 * Zelda
 * F-Zero
 * Sonic
 * Pokémon
 * (New characters do not include non-Brawl Melee characters OR Forbidden Seven)

Aside from that, I'm letting you have free reign. Send your rosters ASAP to meleemarth01@gmail.com! (tilde x4) MeleeMarth01 (talk) 18:21, 15 November 2011 (EST)

Contest Update
ToastUltimatum already sent me an entry. Also, the entry deadline for this contest is Saturday, December 3. Remember: meleemarth01@gmail.com! (tilde x4) MeleeMarth01 (talk) 20:33, 17 November 2011 (EST)

Rule Changes
After thinking about the rules, I've changed them a bit. Here is Requirement List 2.0, a bit cut down:


 * No more than 80 fighters (Zelda/Sheik, etc. are allowed)
 * MUST have original 12
 * MUST have 1 new character from:
 * Mario
 * Zelda
 * F-Zero
 * Pokémon

I think this is pretty reasonable. Random just feels necessary; 80 fighters is a lot; see Super Smash Bros. if you need to know who the original 12 are; and the four series that I chose are pretty easy to deal with. Good luck; send your contest to: meleemarth01@gmail.com!

...Minna, miteite kure!MeleeMarth01 (talk) 19:06, 18 November 2011 (EST)

Deadline Change!
I'm changing the whole deadline thing. Now, I'm just gonna wait until I get 8 entries, but I hopefully want it by April Fools Day. Can't wait to see the rosters! ...Minna, miteite kure! Melee  Marth  01

2 Down!
Thank you, ToastUltimatum and FireEmblemFan275, for entering my contest. I'm waiting for 6 more entries. Can't wait to see what you come up with! MeleeMarth01 Minna, miteite edit!

Make it 3!
Thanks, PokemonUltimate! Need 5-7 more entries still. MeleeMarth01 Minna, miteite edit!   20:54, 14 January 2012 (EST)

Entries
The 6 entries are:
 * ToastUltimatum
 * FireEmblemFan275
 * PokemonUltimate
 * JamesHeart123
 * RickTommy
 * LightningBlue

All entries are in, and I am currently judging!  Melee Marth  01   18:49, 5 April 2012 (EDT)

Results
Hello, SmashWiki users and IPs! This is MeleeMarth01, with the results from my SSB4 Roster Contest!

All requirements were met. Below are the six entered rosters. If the list of names was given to me, it is shown below the roster.

ToastUltimatum
 Mario, Yoshi, Link, Kirby, Pikachu, (Zero Suit) Samus, Captain Falcon, Chrom, Little Mac, Snake

Luigi, Wario, Zelda/Sheik, Meta Knight, Meowth, Metroid Placeholder, Black Shadow, Ike, Ice Climbers, Sonic

Peach, Donkey Kong, Ganondorf, King Dedede, Jigglypuff, Fox, Pit, Micaiah, Sukapon, Megaman

Bowser, Diddy Kong, Zelda Placeholder, Dark Matter, Red (Squirtle, Ivysaur, Charizard), Krystal, Magnus, Ness, Mr. Game & Watch, Geno

Bowser Jr./Shadow Mario, King K. Rool, Toon Link, Prince Fluff, N (Snivy, Dewott, Emboar), Falco, Matthew, Lucas, ROB, Dragon King

Paper Mario, Captain Rainbow, Toon Zelda/Tetra/Phantom, Spinax, Zoroark, Wolf, Olimar, Claus, Mii, Random

Pokémonultimate

 * Pokémon Trainer uses the gen V male trainer's design and uses Oshawott, Servine, & Emboar.
 * Olimar only has pikmin from pikmin 1 (Red, Blue, Yellow), while Louie uses all of the pikmin (including Bulbmin, although they are extremely rare)
 * Ridley is once again a boss, as he would have to be scaled down ridiculously to be a fighter compared to his Brawl appearance.
 * Waluigi has so far only appeared in mario sports spinoffs, and is not important enough (in my opinion) to be included.
 * THIRD PARTIES ARE NOT WELCOME HERE!!!1!
 * Any questions about why a certain character wasn't added can be brought up on my talk page. Usually, it is because he/she was deemed not important enough (in my opinion) to be represented in smash, or he/she is from a game i haven't played or seen.
 * Feel free to fix spelling errors.
 * Characters with 2 forms have their method of change denoted as DS (Down Special) T (Taunt) CS (Color Scheme) or FS (Final Smash).
 * Veterans with FS transformations would have their final smashes altered (eg. Bowser summoning a wave of lava to kill foes and change to dry bowser, and Giga Bowser retaining his boss status)

JamesHeart123
Mario, Peach, Daisy, Link, Samus, Fox, Kirby, Ninten, Pikachu, Marth, Random

Paper Mario, Yoshi, Kamek, Ganon(dorf), Rundas, Falco, King Dedede, Ness, Jigglypuff, Ike, Banjo and Kazooie

Luigi, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Zelda/Sheik, Captain Falcon, Wolf, Meta Knight, Lucas, Lucario, Roy, Amaterasu

Bowser, Wario, Ashley, Toon Link/Young Link, James McCloud (F-Zero), Krystal, Adeleine, Masked Man, Mewtwo, Black Knight, Squall

Koopa Kid/Bowser Jr., Mr. Game & Watch, R.O.B., Wolf Link, Super Arrow, Olimar, The President of Hocotate, Boy, PKMN Trainer (Snivy, Pignite, Samurott), Solid Snake, Sonic

Ice Climbers, Andy, Little Mac, Saki, Isaac, Tin Star, Lip, Pit, Wes (Umbreon, Espeon), Naked Snake, Knuckles

Mario

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Peach
 * Bowser
 * Daisy
 * Birdo
 * Waluigi
 * Bowser Jr.

Donkey Kong

 * Donkey Kong
 * Diddy Kong

The Legend of Zelda

 * Link
 * Zelda/Sheik
 * Ganondorf
 * Toon Link
 * Midna

Metroid

 * Samus
 * Ridley

Yoshi

 * Yoshi
 * Kamek

Kirby

 * Kirby
 * King Dedede
 * Meta Knight

Star Fox

 * Fox
 * Falco
 * Peppy
 * Wolf

Pokémon

 * Pikachu
 * Jigglypuff
 * Pokémon Trainer
 * Zoroark

F-Zero

 * Captain Falcon
 * Black Shadow

Mother/EarthBound

 * Ness
 * Lucas

Ice Climber

 * Ice Climbers

Fire Emblem

 * Marth
 * Roy
 * Ike

Game and Watch

 * Mr. Game and Watch

Wario

 * Wario

Pikmin

 * Olimar

Kid Icarus

 * Pit
 * Palutena

R.O.B.

 * R.O.B.

Metal Gear

 * Snake

Sonic the Hedgehog

 * Sonic

Newcomers

 * Isaac
 * Balloon Fighter
 * Ryota Hayami
 * Rob Haywood

Third-Party

 * Megaman
 * Bomberman
 * Slash Kamei
 * Homestar Runner
 * Strong Bad
 * Another one that I can't think of

LightningBlue


Row 1: Mario; Kirby; Link; Pikachu; Fox; Donkey Kong; Mr. Game & Watch; Samus/Zero Suit Samus

Row 2: Luigi; King Dedede; Zelda/Sheik; Jigglypuff; Falco; Diddy Kong; Yoshi; Solid Snake

Row 3: Princess Peach; Meta-Knight; Ganondorf; Red/Squirtle/Ivysaur/Charizard;Wolf; King K. Rool; Birdo; Ike

Row 4: Bowser; Bonkers; Ghirahim/Demise; Hilbert (Snivy/Dewott/Emboar); Krystal; Sonic/Tails/Knuckles; Ice Climbers; Marth

Row 5: Bowser Jr./Shadow Mario; Knuckle Joe; Ness; Zoroark; Pit; Shadow; Sora; Captain Falcon

Row 6: Wario; Olimar; Lucas; Black Mage; Mega Man; R.O.B.; Isaac; Samurai Goroh

Row 7: Random

The Results
Wow. Those were all amazing rosters! Thank you to all the entrants.

Now, I will rank the rosters, from sixth to first. Don’t be ashamed of your ranking; this was a very tough decision.

6. RickTommy: He included lots of new characters, which I appreciated. Some of the choices were very interesting to me, such as Kamek and Midna. However, it seemed like he thought of this contest as a joke when he included Homestar Runner and Strong Bad. This contest was supposed to have characters from Nintendo and other game developers involved, not characters from YouTube.

5. Pokémonultimate: He also included lots of newcomers (I liked the idea of Magolor in particular), and took the Pikmin series to a new level with Olimar and Louie. But he also seemed to be a bit rude when he said that “third parties are not welcome here.” (This was ripped directly from his userpage, which is why I left his comments in.) Third-party characters were an idea that Sakurai himself approved, and so it would be a bad idea not to include any. Also, since Sonic and Snake are already in the series, it is unlikely that they would be taken out.

T2. These next three all were amazing rosters, but just came up short. Some reasons why they were not the winner were placeholders, image quality, and odd characters that only appeared in one or two games (I appreciate that, but some things just don’t make sense).

The three rosters belong to FireEmblem275, JamesHeart123, and ToastUltimatum.

Which means that…

LightningBlue, you are the winner of my SSB4 roster contest! Congratulations!

As a reward for winning, I will try to organize a Wi-Fi session with you as soon as possible.

Thank you to everybody that entered, and congratulations to all that entered!  Melee Marth  01   20:12, 5 April 2012 (EDT)