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C3PX, you are correct. Solid Snake will indeed be in Brawl. He's actually been confirmed for quite some time now.

The official roster, according to the official site (smashbros.com) goes as follows:

New Characters:

Pit
Wario
Zero Suit Samus
Ike
Pokemon Trainer
Diddy Kong
Meta Knight
Snake
Lucas
Sonic
King Dedede
Pikmin & Olimar

Returning Characters:

Mario
Link
Kirby
Pikachu
Fox
Samus
Zelda
Bowser
Donkey Kong
Yoshi
Peach
Ice Climbers
Sheik

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Whoa, man, where you been!

Snake was announced for Brawl when the game was unveiled at E3 2006!

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Don't have a Wii so I don't keep up on that stuff. Still don't think Snake really fits the game so well. It kind of brings his character down to have him fighting against characters like Kirby and Pikachu.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Originally posted by: C3PX
Don't have a Wii so I don't keep up on that stuff. Still don't think Snake really fits the game so well. It kind of brings his character down to have him fighting against characters like Kirby and Pikachu.


Snake's own games have ridiculous plot lines! He fits in just perfectly with Kirby and Pikachu.

(For crying out loud, Snake fights a boss that can read your memory card. How can you take him seriously?)

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Originally posted by: C3PX
Don't have a Wii so I don't keep up on that stuff. Still don't think Snake really fits the game so well. It kind of brings his character down to have him fighting against characters like Kirby and Pikachu.


Snake's own games have ridiculous plot lines! He fits in just perfectly with Kirby and Pikachu.

(For crying out loud, Snake fights a boss that can read your memory card. How can you take him seriously?)


That is one the most creative things ever put in a game I think.
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I had always just figured those sort of things (reading memory cards, strange creatures that fit into tiny balls, aliens with monkey tails who collect dragon testicals, etc.) were inevitable when it comes to stories made by Japanese people. Nothing against Japanese people, they just have some really out there story telling. I would say Metal Gear Solid is pretty serious and plausable compared to most stories originating from Japan. You never know, there may really be people out there who possess the ability to read your memory card. For all you know Chaltab, I could be reading your memory card at this very moment.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Originally posted by: C3PX
For all you know Chaltab, I could be reading your memory card at this very moment.


Dun Dun DUNNNNN!

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The full roster for Brawl has been leaked from Japan:

SPOILERS





-Mario
-Donkey Kong
-Twilight Princess Link
-Samus
-Kirby
-Fox McCloud
-Pikachu
-Diddy Kong
-Zelda
-Pit
-Meta Knight
-Pokeyman Trainer
-Ike
-Peach
-Yoshi
-Ice Climbers
-Dedede
-Bowser
-Wario
-Lucas
-Solid Snake
-Sonic the Hedgehog
-C. Falcon
-Luigi
-Jigglypuff
-Ganondorf
-ROB the Robot
-Mr. Game & Watch
-Falco Lombardi
-Ness
-Marth
-Lucario
-Olimar
-Wind Waker Link





Ridley is a boss in Samus' Sub-Space Emissary missions, however.



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That would have been cool for Ridley to have been a playable fighter. Too bad that is not the case. Wouldn't have worked to well anyway, considering he is a winged alien who is suppose to be able to fly and he is rather large. Geno would have been really cool also, but he is pretty obscure, and I suppose plenty of other Nintendo characters deserve their turn first. Would have liked to have seen a playable Koopa Trooper in there, I think those guys deserve more credit than they get. He was always my favorite playable character on the VB's Virtual Tennis.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Uh... a spill of water on an unplugged N64 *WON'T* break it right? Please?
I spilled, I dunno, 1/8th of a 1 pt water bottle.

A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em

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No, since it was unplugged you should be fine. Just don't plug it in until it dries out. If you plug it in while still wet you'll fry it, but as long as it doesn't have any juice running through it she should be just fine. I'd let it dry out for a few days before plugging it in to test it, just to be on the safe side. If you were very attatched to it that might seem like a long wait to find if it still works or not, but the longer you wait the safer you'll be.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Thanks C3PX, yeah I'm attached to it (my first system, 9 years old it is...) so I'll wait for it to dry; although I've been spending more time on the internet than any of my systems, I wouldn't want one to break.

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Oh, it looks like there's one more SSB Brawl character besides those already mentioned:



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Wolf O'Donnel, Starfox's non-floating head arch enemy.


















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Starwolf is a lot easier to make. All they have to do is change the colors on Fox's model and add an eye patch.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Originally posted by: sean wookie
What about the Great Leon!!??


Too busy dealing with that annoying bird. Oh, I went there.

A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em

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Since my problem went totally ignored at the official PlayStation boards, I figured I'd come to my friends at OT.com for this particularly aggravating episode in my video game playing career.

So I'd been playing Final Fantasy IX for the past couple of months. During the Christmas holidays, I'd gotten all the way to Disc 3 pretty quickly. Once Christmas came, and I got Galaxy among other games, it went by the wayside, but I made sure to pack it all up when I returned to school in January. Once my new games were done, I decided to break out FFIX again and finish it. Only I couldn't find my memory card. It baffled me to be sure because I had made the trip with it between home and school constantly over nearly four years with no problem whatsoever. But after turning my room upside down and even going home to check there, I finally had to conclude that my memory card was MIA permanently, which made me really sad because I'd had it for six years or so, and it had end of game files for nearly every Final Fantasy game.

So of course my problem lay in finding a replacement. Video game stores don't carry PlayStation memory cards anymore, not even used, so I had to go to eBay. I quickly won a brand-new Sony brand memory card, receiving it only a few days after winning the auction. That weekend, I celebrated by having the longest FFIX marathon I've ever had before. In one day, I nearly made it through the entire first disc. An odd thing happened, though. The first time I tried to save, it said my card was unformatted and asked me if I wanted to format it. Not having had a new memory card in over half a decade, this prompt was unfamiliar to me, but I said yes. After waiting a few seconds, it told me the formatting failed, but it let my save my game anyway. I took a break and came back later that night, only when I tried to retrieve my data, it claimed there was no FFIX data! I was about to have a fit, but after a few tries, it suddenly retrieved my data no problem, and I continued on.

The next day, however, the same thing happened, only I never could get my data to come back. I assumed the lack of formatting thing is the culprit and have tried repeatedly to get the damn thing formatted. I have tried three different PS2s, but it always fails. I've gotten in touch with the seller to try and get it replaced, but I am curious, especially if it happens again in the future: has anybody else had something like this happen? Is anybody more familiar with the PlayStation memory card system who can tell me what exactly this is all about and why it even needs to be formatted in the first place? I'd really appreciate it if somebody could give me some kind of answer or even speculation. It may help heal my wounds after having lost eight hours of saved game data.

Sorry that was so long (and my post at the PlayStation boards wasn't like this at all), but since you all know me here, I figured you could put up with my story. ^_^

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Wow, that sucks, Gaffer. I don't have any idea what to tell you, though. Have you tried examining the card in the PS2 main menu?

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Hmm, that sounds like it might be a bad memory card. Did you try formatting the card in an actual PSX/PS1? (I don't even remember if formatting those old cards was necessary.)

Otherwise, the fact that Sony doesn't sell PSX memory cards anymore is very strange to me. You'd think there would be a demand of some kind. I can't even find third-party products from any large-scale businesses. I have found generic products from businesses like this though:

http://www.handhelditems.com/playstation-memory-card-p-7736.html

http://www.tulipstuff.com/1mb-memory-card-playstaion-ps1-new-yellow-see-through-color-p-9844.html?currency=USD

The trick is finding out if these websites are reliable/safe places to purchase from.

"Now all Lucas has to do is make a cgi version of himself.  It will be better than the original and fit his original vision." - skyjedi2005

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Actually, I'd later find that Sony's main PlayStation website does still sell memory cards. I guess they only sell them online. But I did wish I'd known that before I'd gone the eBay route. You see, the second part of this story makes it even crappier. Once I realized that the card wasn't working, I got online to contact the seller about it. When I arrived at eBay, I had an alert saying that the seller had filed a dispute against me for not paying for the item. Apparently my money order must have gotten lost in the mail (and I found it costs about half of what this money order was worth to file a claim about it). I don't know why he sent it if he hadn't received my money, but oh well. I was suddenly on the defensive about my purchase of this defective item, so I couldn't really complain about it until after he'd received my payment. Now I'm complaining about it.

Too damned complicated...

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Actually, I'd later find that Sony's main PlayStation website does still sell memory cards. I guess they only sell them online.


Hmm, I can't seem to find that. What's the link?

Otherwise, good luck with your money order issues.

"Now all Lucas has to do is make a cgi version of himself.  It will be better than the original and fit his original vision." - skyjedi2005

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Mario Galaxy:

Is awesome. How could I ever have doubted you, Nintendo?

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Damn, this is so awesome.
http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-SanJose/8700/P/GXSCCB236/indexE.htm Basically, what it does is it plays midi files like an NES would. So you can enjoy all your favorite songs in 8-bit form, assuming they have midis of it.

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Okay, so how about this one?

It hasn't been too long, so I assume you remember my previous memory card woes. So... after having resent the payment, the dispute against me was closed, and I addressed the issue of my broken memory card. The guy immediately sends me another one (even before I sent back the old one), and to my delight, it worked perfectly. So I've been playing FFIX again, albeit at not as fast a pace as previously. However, when I started playing it (on my roommate's PS2, which is the communal PS2), I did find it strange that the first memory card slot wouldn't read it. It didn't read it poorly, it just didn't recognize that anything was in there at all. I thought that was weird, but it worked perfectly fine in the second slot, so I didn't worry about it. For the past week or so I've been playing, and now I've just gotten to exactly where I was when the previous memory card refused to recall my data. I got home from school today, popped in the game, and forgot that the first memory card slot wasn't reading the data and put the memory card in there. When it did recognize that it was there, I noticed where I had accidentally placed it. That's cool, I thought, the first slot is reading it now. It pulled up my saved game, and I chose to load it. At that moment, I thought, maybe I should have switched it to the second port, just in case. But it was too late. I got the loading screen, and when it reached the end of the time bar, a message popped up that said, "DATA CORRUPTED" and my saved game suddenly disappeared! I quickly returned to the PS2 browser only to find the same message that the previous card had given me, telling me that the card was unformatted and asking if I'd like to. And of course, when I tried, it always failed. Anybody heard of this happening before?

And how many times am I going to have to play through the same 7-8 hours of this damned game?!!!!?!

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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Sounds like suicide's the only answer at this point.

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