User:SeanWheeler/Project: Super Smash Bros.

Hi, I'm SeanWheeler contributer of Sonic News Network. This is Project: Super Smash Bros., a project to bring Super Smash Bros. coverage to Sonic News Network and write about Nintendo characters from Sonic's point of view.

Why am I doing this?
These characters weren't meant for my userspace. They were meant for the mainspace. We have a policy about non-Sonic characters stating that if a character made two crossover appearances with Sonic, they get an article here. Sonic had already appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, so when Sonic was confirmed in October, I knew we had to put all these Nintendo characters here. However, many people argued that Sonic's appearance in Brawl wasn't big enough. We had a major argument on Link's page. It eventually led to voting, which was pretty close 15-12 in favor of delete. Keep started off pretty good. However, there were a lot of ties along the way, and one got higher than the other back and forth. But delete ultimately won after two weeks. However, I managed to save these articles by moving them into my userspace, to continue to work on them until they have good enough quality and Sonic-relevance to be put back in the mainspace.

The revote
The revote will happen a week after Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U is released in America. During the week between the release and the revote, I will update the game's section with post-release information, and even keep editing during the revote. The revote will last two weeks. Unlike the previous vote on Link's talk page which worked more like the Super Mario Wiki proposals, the revote will be on a forum with the users voting with the Support/Oppose templates in their comments and I will count those votes after I read them.

Here's what will happen when I win:
 * My userspace characters will be moved to the mainspace.
 * Category:Userspace Characters will be replaced with Category:Crossover characters in these articles.
 * My SSB link template will be replaced with normal unpiped links.
 * My Smash Bros. navigation template will be replaced with the Non-Sonic template.
 * My characters will be added to the Nintendo part of the Non-Sonic template.
 * My nav template and link template will be marked for deletion, as they are for navigation in my userspace and won't be needed anymore after the characters are mainspaced.

And if I lose:
 * I will cry like a panic and overreact like crazy. Hopefully it won't cause me to say something to get me blocked.
 * I will mark my userspace except my personal profile to be deleted.
 * I will mark Brawl and it's sequel for deletion and add them to the Sonic Cameos page as the only way I see Smash Bros. not counting is if it was only a cameo and even supporting characters can be considered "main."
 * I will ask the admins if the Donkey Kong revisions from 2010 before Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games was announced could be deleted because if Smash Bros. doesn't count, Donkey Kong shouldn't have had an article until Bowser Jr. was qualified.

Userspace characters
These are characters who have been confirmed for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U. Characters before October 22 were temporarily on the mainspace before the voting ended with deletion (good thing I saved them in my userspace before that happened.)

Userspace templates:

Mainspace characters that appeared in Smash Bros.:
 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Bowser
 * Princess Peach
 * Donkey Kong
 * Yoshi
 * Wario
 * Mega Man

Characters awaiting confirmation:
 * Captain Falcon
 * Falco Lombardi
 * Ganondorf
 * Ice Climbers
 * Ike
 * Jigglypuff
 * Lucas (Super Smash Bros.)
 * Meta Knight
 * Mr. Game & Watch
 * Ness
 * Pokémon Trainer
 * Squirtle
 * Ivysaur
 * Charizard
 * R.O.B.
 * Sheik
 * Solid Snake
 * Wolf O'Donnell
 * Zero Suit Samus

Format

 * 1) Page Title - The page title will include the character's first and last name. If the page shares the same name with a mainspace article, add "(Super Smash Bros.)", even in my userspace. All characters with Smash 4 marking their second playable appearance with Sonic will stay in my userspace until the revote, thus add "User:SeanWheeler/" in front of the title.
 * 2) Infobox - Add Template:Character
 * 3) Title - Add the page title (minus "User:SeanWheeler/" and "(Super Smash Bros.)"
 * 4) Image - Add the Super Smash Bros. 4 artwork.
 * 5) Caption - Write "Artwork from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U."
 * 6) First Appearance - Write the title of the first game the character first appears in, with a link to Wikipedia.
 * 7) Games - List Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U. You can list any cameo they appear with Sonic, but don't list games from their own series or the first two Smash Bros. games as Sonic didn't come until Brawl.
 * 8) Voice actor - Write the name of the English voice actor.
 * 9) Species - Write the species the character is part of. When it comes to Pokémon, just say "Pokémon" not the Pokédex classification like "Mouse Pokémon" or the Pokémon's name like "Pikachu."
 * 10) Gender - Male or Female. Pokémon are not genderless (except for legendaries and some Pokémon that have inanimate object origins. The only Genderless Pokémon playable in Smash was Mewtwo and he didn't appear in Brawl.)
 * 11) Color scheme - Name the character's basic colors.
 * 12) Fur color - Name the colors on the character's fur (if they have fur)
 * 13) Hair color - Color of their hair (fur doesn't count, and yellow or golden hair is considered "Blonde"
 * 14) Feather color - If the character has feathers, list it's colors.
 * 15) Eye color - Use iris color.
 * 16) Attire - if the character has cloths, list what they wear.
 * 17) Alignment - Good, evil or neutral.
 * 18) Likes - Some things this character likes.
 * 19) Top - State the character as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U.
 * 20) Game Appearances - Add subsections for the games they appeared with Sonic.

FAQ
Q: But if this passes, Nintendo will have more crossover characters here than Sega! Even your current amount of characters is more than Sega. Are you sure that will be okay?

A: That's true, but it's not my fault. Nintendo chose to put Sonic in two Smash Bros. games and the Sega Superstars series didn't have as many characters as Smash Bros. Also, there is nothing wrong with us having more Nintendo characters than Sega non-Sonic characters. Sure, it's ironic, but as long as they follow the rules with the two appearance requirement, they are okay.

Q: The rule states that Sonic has to be a main character for the game to count. Sonic's a guest character who only made one appearance in the Subspace Emissary. I don't think he's a main is he?

A: "Main character" is relative. Notice it only said "a main character," not "the central protagonist." Super Smash Bros. is an all-star fighting game, with no real main protagonist. Even Mario can be unused in the Subspace Emissary. I think all of the playable characters are main characters. So what if Sonic's third-party? Batman was third-party of The LEGO Movie, and he was part of the main cast. And Solid Snake, a fellow third-party character had a decent amount of Subspace time. Also, while he had only appeared in the Subspace Emissary once, do you know what he did in his brief moment? He saved all the Nintendo characters lives! All of them! The main villain Tabuu spread his wings to turn everyone back into trophies when BAM! Sonic arrived and broke through Tabuu's wings, stopping him and saving everyone's lives. He then teamed up with the Nintendo characters to defeat him. Even if you chose someone other than Sonic, Sonic still crippled Tabuu. The way Tabuu's anger was directed at Sonic in the cutscene, Sonic crippling Tabuu, and the fact it's your first opportunity to use Sonic suggests that Sonic was supposed to be the one who defeats Tabuu. If you like Sonic (which most of you should on a Sonic fansite) or if you are interested in trying out new characters, you'd probably pick Sonic. Some of you might not as their are other characters to pick, but still. As brief his appearance may be, his deus ex machina moment does score points in relevance. Also, Tabuu also appeared late in the game as well. And Brawl is the only game in the series with a story. Sakurai even confirmed Smash 4 will not have a story, so story does not matter for Super Smash Bros.