Board 8 > Save my Smash Assist Trophy - Round 70 (Rule Change)

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Welcome to Round 70 of Save my Smash Assist Trophy, the Save my where all assist trophies (even the ones absent in Ultimate) battle until there is only one left.

The rules have changed. Please read the rules before you make a post.

Rules (Stolen from UnderUrMattress):

• You personally (no bots/scripts/lending of accounts) can save 1 assist trophy per hour.
• An assist trophy needs 5 votes to be saved.
• 5 unique users need to save an assist trophy for that assist trophy to be saved.
• Ambiguous saves will not count.
• Last assist trophy unsaved is eliminated.
• No alts, rallies, trades, or editing votes.
• Only _Keeby can start up new topics.
• Community Rule is in effect. Deliberate rules violations will result in bans.
• Have fun!

And heres the list!

Unsaved:
[0] Alucard -
[0] Dr. Kawashima -
[0] Isaac -
[0] Jeff -
[0] Moon -
[0] Zero -

Saved:

Eliminated:

One Save:
75th: Helirin
74th: Burrowing Snagret
73rd: Rathalos
72nd: Rodin
71st: Flies & Hand
70th: Phosphora
69th: Sheriff
68th: Starfy
67th: Nightmare
66th: Jill
65th: Sabl Prince
64th: Infantry and Tanks
63rd: Dark Samus
62nd: Dr. Wright
61st: Ghosts
60th: Lakitu and Spinies
59th: Excitebikes
58th: Magnus
57th: Isabelle
56th: Ray Mk III
55th: Waluigi
54th: Tiki
53rd: Starman
52nd: Barbara
51st: Color TV-Game 15
50th: Akira
49th: Kappn
48th: Black Knight
47th: Knuckle Joe
46th: Saki Amamiya
45th: Sukapon
44th: Vince
43rd: Spring Man
42nd: Ashley
41st: Arcade Bunny
40th: Dillon
39th: Midna
38th: Riki
37th: Chef Kawasaki
36th: Elec Man
35th: Little Mac
34th: Krystal
33rd: Samurai Goroh
32nd: Devil
31st: Shovel Knight
30th: Yuri Kozukata
29th: Metroid
28th: Ghirahim
27th: Squid Sisters
26th: Kat & Ana

Two Saves:
25th: Nikki
24th: Thwomp
23rd: Mr. Resetti
22nd: Skull Kid
21st: Takamaru
20th: Chain Chomp
19th: Andross
18th: Klaptrap
17th: Gray Fox
16th: Tingle
15th: Nintendog
14th: Hammer Bro
13th: Wily Capsule
12th: Lyn

Three Saves:
11th: Bomberman
10th: Shadow
9th: Guile

Four Saves:
8th: Knuckles
7th: Mother Brain

Five Saves:

Zero.

Zero

Jeff

Moon

Dr. Kawashima

Moon

Isaac

Jefff

Unsaved:
[0] Alucard -
[1] Dr. Kawashima - Scorpionxz
[1] Isaac - Underleveled
[2] Jeff - WhiteLens, PlasmaKappa
[2] Moon - Great_Paul, hylianknight3
[2] Zero - Neocrimson, BSkullX

Saved:

Zero

Zero

Moon

Dr Kawashima

Jeff

Alucard

Zero

Isaac

Unsaved:
[1] Alucard - Suprak_the_Stud
[2] Dr. Kawashima - Scorpionxz, Fiop
[2] Isaac - Underleveled, WhiteLens
[3] Jeff - WhiteLens, PlasmaKappa, Mewtwo59
[3] Moon - Great_Paul, hylianknight3, hombad46

Saved:
[5] Zero - Neocrimson, BSkullX, raidenmon, MZero, pjbasis

Dr. Kawashima

Alucard

Alucard

Alucard

Dr. Kawashima

Moon

(Slow day)

Unsaved:
[4] Alucard - Suprak_the_Stud, pjbasis, PrinceOfKoopas, WhiteLens
[4] Dr. Kawashima - Scorpionxz, Fiop, MXCM, Johnbobb
[2] Isaac - Underleveled, WhiteLens
[3] Jeff - WhiteLens, PlasmaKappa, Mewtwo59
[4] Moon - Great_Paul, hylianknight3, hombad46, pjbasis

Saved:
[5] Zero - Neocrimson, BSkullX, raidenmon, MZero, pjbasis

Dr. Kawashima

Jeff

Moon

Unsaved:
[4] Alucard - Suprak_the_Stud, pjbasis, PrinceOfKoopas, WhiteLens
[2] Isaac - Underleveled, WhiteLens
[4] Jeff - WhiteLens, PlasmaKappa, Mewtwo59, Fiop

Saved:
[5] Zero - Neocrimson, BSkullX, raidenmon, MZero, pjbasis
[5] Dr. Kawashima - Scorpionxz, Fiop, MXCM, Johnbobb, WhiteLens
[5] Moon - Great_Paul, hylianknight3, hombad46, pjbasis, Jakyl25

Isaac

Jeff

Results:

Saved:
[5] Zero - Neocrimson, BSkullX, raidenmon, MZero, pjbasis
[5] Dr. Kawashima - Scorpionxz, Fiop, MXCM, Johnbobb, WhiteLens
[5] Moon - Great_Paul, hylianknight3, hombad46, pjbasis, Jakyl25
[5] Alucard - Suprak_the_Stud, pjbasis, PrinceOfKoopas, WhiteLens, UltimaterializerX
[5] Jeff - WhiteLens, PlasmaKappa, Mewtwo59, Fiop, pjbasis

Eliminated:
[3] Isaac - Underleveled, WhiteLens, Chaeix

Appearances: Brawl, Ultimate

Isaac is the main protagonist of the first Golden Sun game, otherwise known as The Broken Seal. It was one of the earliest Game Boy Advance games, being revealed at Spaceworld 2000 and released just under a year later in 2001.

Isaac is an Earth Adept, meaning he has the ability to cast magic elemental spells (known as Psynergy) relating to quakes, plants, and the like. His hometown is the usually peaceful village of Vale, which is also home to plenty of other Adepts. However, at the young age of 17, Isaac must go on a difficult and unprecedented journey when his childhood friend Jenna and local scholar Kraden are kidnapped. Thankfully, he doesnt have to do it alone, as Garet, his other childhood friend and a Fire Adept, is right beside him. Later joining the quest are Ivan, a Wind Adept with a mysterious background and the ability to read minds, and Mia, a healer Water Adept with a connection to one of the villains.

Just 11 months later, the sequel, The Lost Age, released. Things take a different turn as Isaac and his crew are put on the backburner, with you now in control of Felix, one of the NPCs from the first game and older brother of Jenna, whos also playable. To say anything more would spoil plenty of twists.

Just over 8 years later, the third game, Dark Dawn, released for the DS after being revealed under the name Golden Sun DS at E3 2009. This entry takes place 30 years after the GBA duology. Here, the main character is Matthew, son of Isaac.

Melee released too soon after the original Golden Sun game for there to be any content relating to it, so it would not be until Brawl came along that things representing the Golden Sun franchise would pop up. Alongside an arranged track, there would be an assist trophy of Isaac. When hes summoned, he casts Move, a common utility Psynergy often used in the Golden Sun games to push aside pillars and other obstacles. In Brawl though, its just used to smack the fighters across the screen. Notably, like some other assist trophies in Brawl, Isaac had to be unlocked before he would regularly appear in matches. This oddity was done away with in 4.

Isaac was one of 9 assist trophies from Brawl cut in 4. However, he was one of two that returned in Ultimate, the other being Gray Fox. This was especially surprising since whereas Gray Fox was cut in 4 likely because they didnt have the license to use the Metal Gear IP, there were no such issues with Isaac (being a character from a Nintendo published series) and on top of that, there were no new Golden Sun games released in the timeframe between 4s and Ultimates releases, so why Isaac returned and not any of the other 6 (Little Mac was upgraded to playable fighter) abandoned assists is unknown. Even more intriguing is that he doesnt just cast Move anymore, now having Pound and Lift to select if he chooses.

Fun Fact: In the first two GS games, Move was originally classified as a Mars (Fire) Psynergy. This is alluded to in that Garet, like Isaac, can also cast Move. In Dark Dawn, it was changed to be under the Venus (Earth) alignment. This is likely because it was more commonly associated with Earth Adepts. Three of the four playable Earth Adepts in the series (Isaac, Felix, and Matthew) can use Move, as opposed to only one Fire Adept (Garet).

(Another long write up, and perhaps the final one.

During Save my Kirby Copy Ability, I had kept my favorite ability a secret until it was eliminated as to avoid biased results. There, it was Hi-Jump.

Isaac has been eliminated, so I can now reveal hes my favorite assist trophy. Well, maybe not assist trophy (Id probably say Resetti was my favorite in terms of functions as an assist), but favorite character when referring to their series of origin. I love Golden Sun way too much. Maybe it was already obvious and I did a poor job at keeping it a secret.

Isaac preformed really well. He beat out every Fire Emblem character, every Kirby character, most third party characters including very iconic ones like Bomberman and Shovel Knight, and even every Mario character. That includes fellow CAMELOT creation Waluigi, who placed 49(!!) places lower than Isaac.

With this, Dr. Kawashima is the last character from a universe that doesnt have a playable fighter, and Alucard is the last character whose name starts with a vowel.

This round lasted over 12 hours, so the next one will stay at five saves.)

Ugh.

Since I first played Golden Sun back in 2002 Isaac has been my most-wanted playable character in the Smash universe. Thankfully my expectations have dwindled with each passing game to the point where it's officially a pipe dream, but back in Brawl I was really expecting to see it happen. Sakurai apparently just doesn't see him as a viable option. Discussions on various message boards across the web seem to indicate that he performed well in the Fighter's Ballot, which is probably what got him reinstated as an AT in Ultimate.

Unless we have another smash game that tries to include a lot of new characters, it's hard to see old franchises getting a spot.