Board 8 > Remember when most people thought Tom Nook was gonna be the AC rep in Smash?

(+) Yeah! (+)

This seemed to be the consensus in the Brawl days, though there was a cluster of fans who kept the faith in "Animal Crosser" becoming playable instead. Then Sakurai deconfirmed an AC rep entirely via the Dojo. Crazy times.

I still wish it would have happened, Nook is a badass.

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I never understood that. They wouldn't use a side character before the main character.

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The Smash fan wishlists Ive stopped considering a long time ago

Especially when theyre wrong about predictions for stupid reasons

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Remember when people thought Captain Falcon was cut because it took him months to finally be confirmed?

People would wait for his announcement every dojo update only to see Sakurai post "Okay, so here's how the shield button works".

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He literally got a fucking invitation.

They trolled the shit out of us.

The Animal Crossing games can basically be categorized as "Pre-Isabelle" and "Post-Isabelle." Even back then, Tom Nook didn't get the amount of attention Isabelle does now.

-hotdogturtle-- posted...

I never understood that. They wouldn't use a side character before the main character.

If Isabelle had been in Animal Crossing from the start, I could see them adding her first. She really became an iconic character.

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-hotdogturtle-- posted...

I never understood that. They wouldn't use a side character before the main character.

Robin and Lucina got in before Chrom.

Not that they're "side characters" but Chrom is quite clearly the lead.

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Underleveled posted...

Robin and Lucina got in before Chrom.

Not that they're "side characters" but Chrom is quite clearly the lead.

I mean he said "main character" and Robin is the main character.

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Isabelle is great, but she's not as good as the big raccoon himself.

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Grand Kirby posted...

Remember when people thought Captain Falcon was cut because it took him months to finally be confirmed?

People would wait for his announcement every dojo update only to see Sakurai post "Okay, so here's how the shield button works".

The Dojo was so cool (and extremely nostalgic now), but yeah, the "Crates and Barrels"-type updates had so many people going stir crazy. Poor Sakurai.

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-hotdogturtle-- posted...

I never understood that. They wouldn't use a side character before the main character.

Pokemon got into Smash before Pokemon Trainer did.
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Tom Nook has been robbed twice now and its disgusting

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Xeybozn posted...

Pokemon got into Smash before Pokemon Trainer did.

I mean the series is called Pokemon not Pokemon Trainer

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Zigzagoon posted...

Tom Nook has been robbed twice now and its disgusting

Real talk, I'd actually buy him as DLC. Even if he was just added to blatantly advertise New Horizons.

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Tom Nook has usurped Isabelle as the face of New Horizons. His invitation will come. We must have faith.

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mnkboy907 posted...

Tom Nook has usurped Isabelle as the face of New Horizons. His invitation will come. We must have faith.

If only...

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Oh huh Isabelle wasnt from the original

Neat.

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Pikachu is literally the only exception in the franchise's history to the rule that "The first character added from a franchise is the main character", and even in that case it's the franchise's star mascot at least. Even if the main character is boring or weird compared to side characters, I am 100% confident that they will always add the main character first. Keep this in mind for any DLC predictions.

TheCodeisBosco posted...

If Isabelle had been in Animal Crossing from the start, I could see them adding her first. She really became an iconic character.

It's actually shocking how much she became the face of the franchise despite appearing so late in the series. And it makes having Tom Nook as the mascot of New Horizon feel really weird for some reason.

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