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Smash Bros 64 Mod adds 4 Brand New Characters to the Game and 25 New Stages

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BassForever

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Ryce said:
I honestly think Dark Samus and the other post-N64 content kind of ruins this. It'd be a much more focused and effective project if it stuck to feeling like an unearthed Smash 64 sequel.
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Probably because clones like Dark Samus are easier to add to this mod then full on new characters. Also adding mostly 64 era characters would likely lead to all the newcomers being the same characters added to Melee and Brawl.
 
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BassForever said:
Probably because clones like Dark Samus are easier to add to this mod then full on new characters.
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If we're talking clones, I'd take the likes of Donkey Kong Jr., Funky Kong, Slippy, Peppy, Raichu, Black Shadow, or Ninten over an anachronistic character like Dark Samus. It's so jarring to me that it destroys the illusion.
BassForever said:
Also adding mostly 64 era characters would likely lead to all the newcomers being the same characters added to Melee and Brawl.
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There are still plenty of untapped '80s-'90s characters, including Toad, Geno, Dixie Kong, Meowth, James Bond, Sukapon, Takamaru, and so on. That shouldn't be a concern to whoever is making this.
 
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Ryce said:
If we're talking clones, I'd take the likes of Donkey Kong Jr., Funky Kong, Slippy, Peppy, Raichu, Black Shadow, or Ninten over an anachronistic character like Dark Samus. It's so jarring to me that it destroys the illusion.

There are still plenty of untapped '80s-'90s characters, including Toad, Geno, Dixie Kong, Meowth, James Bond, Sukapon, Takamaru, and so on. That shouldn't be a concern to whoever is making this.
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It's not like Smash wasn't known for adding characters before their games released like with Roy and Corrin. Just head canon that smash remix would have come out in 2001 (2 years after the original), and Dark Samus was a tease for the upcoming Metroid Prime a year later :P

Dark Samus is close enough that it doesn't bother me as much as if they added like Byleth or Inkling... that said I would love to see how an N64 era Inkling would work.
 
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BassForever said:
It's not like Smash wasn't known for adding characters before their games released like with Roy and Corrin. Just head canon that smash remix would have come out in 2001 (2 years after the original), and Dark Samus was a tease for the upcoming Metroid Prime a year later :P

Dark Samus is close enough that it doesn't bother me as much as if they added like Byleth or Inkling... that said I would love to see how an N64 era Inkling would work.
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This looks like it would have come out in late 1999 or early 2000 as an expansion to the original game. That's half a decade before Dark Samus' formal debut in Metroid Prime 2 (the design used here).

I just think it's really jarring that a '90s game with a '90s aesthetic has a GameCube/Wii character. It's an odd direction to take. Even Wario is based on his classic games in this.
 
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This is already an alternate timeline. Just pretend the N64 Metroid happened and Dark Samus was in that one.
 
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If you don't like it, make your own.

I think it's great that they started out with clones that already exist in other Smash games, even if they weren't from the N64 era. That likely let the team get a handle on modifying the original game with simpler "new" characters, then building the tools/knowledge needed to make Wario with a wholly new moveset in today's update. Even if this project died tomorrow due to a C&D, I'd call this a huge success in terms of Smash-related mod scope.
 
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I'm very curious if they're able to create completely new characters. Wario was still originally a Mario clone. Would be interesting to see if they could make Peach and Zelda, or even Bowser.

My best ideas for new clones would be Donkey Kong Jr., Raichu, and Birdo.
 
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I like to imagine these are what sequels would like look had consoles had longer lifespans. I love these mods.
 
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This is super cool, wow. But what's the deal with Falco being a bobblehead? :D

Toxi said:
This is already an alternate timeline. Just pretend the N64 Metroid happened and Dark Samus was in that one.
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Probably easier to pretend that Dark Samus appeared on the alternate timeline version of Super Metroid. :)
 
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Giga Man said:
That's the way. You can pretend Mother 3 came out on the N64 too and add N64's version of Lucas!
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Lucas and Pichu feel like two more obvious clones to include in this mod. At the same time I hope we see more full on (relatively) new characters like Wario over more clones (assuming they plan to stop making new characters once the ? Blocks are filled)
 
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Wow this is incredible, and literally a dream for my 5 year old self when playing the OG. I love this.
 
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Spiral Mountain but no Banjo???? For shame!

But yeah, I understand why. There wouldn't be any suitable characters to reskin Banjo into. Still, everything about this is pretty cool!
 
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    Omg! This is so fucking awesome!!!

    The feedback and hit impact from 64 will always be classic.
     
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    It's crazy seeing all of these mods for this game. I can't imagine all of the stuff we would get if they also did a full source decompilation job like they did with SM64
     
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    Wow that's great! I like how they even got the music for Lucas to sound like the old EB64 Spaceworld demo



    heh, I just realized they gave Lucas Ness' upair from Ultimate. Clever.
     
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    Smashketball stage and the MvC2 remix in the 64 soundfont both made me smile. Always fun to see the updates this team puts out.
     
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    No surprise by the Lucas clone, hopefully next will be Pichu and be done with the obvious clone options.
     
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    Not sure how I missed this until now, super cool.

    Ganondorf is a ton of fun. Want to find a simple way to set up some macros for my GC controller for C stick aerials though.
     
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    God I love how well each new character fits with the aesthetic. Like they all really seem like they could have been in Smash 64
    would love to see footage of giga bowser
     
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    Uploaded some gameplay/overview with the latest Smash Remix update with Bowser. Captured on a N64 with the UltraHDMI mod.

     
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