2069: Wishlist

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Wishlist
Disappointed that they caved to fan pressure and went with Ruth Bader Ginsburg over Elena Kagan.
Title text: Disappointed that they caved to fan pressure and went with Ruth Bader Ginsburg over Elena Kagan.

Explanation

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Super Smash Brothers (titled as Super Smash Bros.) is a crossover fighting game series published by Nintendo, primarily featuring Nintendo characters. As of publish date, there are 77 playable characters across the 5 games in the series. Starting with the third game, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, characters from third-party franchises (non-Nintendo) have been made available.

The comic lists 16 "characters" that Randall wishes were made available in Super Smash Bros., ranging from plausible playable characters, to the absurd.

Below is a list of the characters mentioned:

Mario / Luigi hybrid
Mario and Luigi are characters in the Super Mario Bros. series, one of Nintendo's flagship franchises. They are both playable characters in Super Smash Bros. A hybrid of these two characters would be interesting.
The SkiFree monster
SkiFree is a computer game for Windows released in 1991. The player controls a skier trying to avoid obstacles. After the end of a full run, a monster (possibly the Abominable Snowman) appears, and tries to catch the player.
Siri
Siri is the name given to Apple's personal virtual assistant for iOS, macOS, and its other operating systems. It is unclear how Siri would be a playable character in Super Smash Bros.
Ellie from Up
Ellie is one of the characters in Up, a 2009 Pixar film. In the beginning of the film, Ellie passes away, leaving her husband Carl alone.
Zordon
Zordon is a fictional character from the Power Rangers franchise who serves as the Rangers' mentor.
Clippy
Clippit, commonly nicknamed Clippy, was one of the Office Assistants for Microsoft Office (versions 1997 to 2003). It was an intelligent user interface that assisted users. Clippy (and the other Office Assistants) was negatively received by users, and was eventually removed in Office 2007.
The Sarlaac
The Sarlaac is an alien monster that lived in Tatooine in the Star Wars universe. It is most prominently shown in the film Return of the Jedi, when the main heroes are sentenced to death by being dropped into the Sarlaac's mouth.
InstallShield Wizard
Mr. Clean
Mr. Clean is a brand and mascot for Proctor & Gamble used for all-purpose cleaners and melamine foam cleaners.
Comet Cursor
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 16th congressional district since 2013. He was the nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2018 Texas U.S. Senate election, running against Republican incumbent Ted Cruz. O'Rourke received much media attention leading up to the election, with many considering the election abnormally competitive.
The Monopoly boot
The "boot" is one of the classic pewter tokens from the board game Monopoly. In 2017, the boot token was retired from the standard version of Monopoly.
Lot's wife
Lot and his wife are characters from the book of Genesis in the Bible. According to the book of Genesis, Lot and his family had to flee the city of Sodom, which was being judged by God for its wickedness. They were commanded to flee and not look back at the city. However, Lot's wife looked back at the city and was turned into a pillar of salt. It is unclear which version of Lot's wife Randall wishes to be playable in the game.
D.B. Cooper
D.B. Cooper is the name popularly used to refer to an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft on November 24, 1971. He extorted $200,000 in ransom and parachuted out of the plane. His identity and whereabouts have never been discovered.
The Blair Witch
The Blair Witch is the titular character of the The Blair Witch Project, a 1999 "found footage" supernatural horror film. The film became one of the most successful independent films of all time.
Mavis Beacon
Mavis Beacon, properly titled as Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, is a software program used to teach touch typing. However, many have mistakenly thought that "Mavis Beacon" is an actual person.

Super Smash Brothers is a series of fighting games made by Nintendo, where characters from across nearly all games in its history (along with a handful of characters made by other companies, such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Solid Snake) fight one another. Naturally, fans have suggested new characters to add for approximately as long as the games have been in existence, and few of these suggestions have been implemented. In this comic, Randall makes a number of suggestions, which are outlandish even by the standards of such suggestions.

Transcript

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[A bulleted list of items:]
  • Mario/Luigi hybrid
  • The SkiFree monster
  • Siri
  • Ellie from Up
  • Zordon
  • Clippy
  • The Sarlaac
  • The InstallShield Wizard
  • Mr. Clean
  • Comet Cursor
  • Beto O'Rourke
  • The Monopoly boot
  • Lot's wife
  • D.B. Cooper
  • The Blair Witch
  • Mavis Beacon
[Caption below the frame:]
Super Smash Brothers never did end up adding anyone to my wishlist.


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Discussion

Inspired by the current furor over Super Smash Bros being branded racist over the character Mr Game And Watch, perhaps? I know people started yelling over the last few days, but don't play the game so I don't have any further details. Feel free to delete / expand. 172.69.62.160 09:36, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Clippy: "It was an intelligent user interface that assisted users." Really? Did you have a different clippy? 141.101.69.45 10:05, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Randall should submit his list to McLeodGaming, maybe they will put one of these into SSF3. https://mcleodgaming.fandom.com/wiki/Character#Playable_characters_2 --162.158.88.44 10:53, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

The Mario and Luigi hybrid might be a reference to this monstrosity. Fabian42 (talk) 12:09, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

InstallShield Wizard Final Smash: Install malware. Screen glitches out, game blue screens, everyone takes damage and goes flying. Linker (talk) 14:17, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

If this comic left you wanting more: https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/will-not-play-new-smash-bros-unless-includes 172.68.230.106 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

is it just me or is the the Ruth Bader Ginsberg reference maybe related to how she looks like an older version bayonetta? 162.158.106.168 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

I assumed Lot's wife would be the pillar of salt version, because of how salty Smash players are when they lose. -162.158.38.196 20:47, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

The Lego Star Wars games for the Gamecude and Wii feature the Sarlacc Pit, though mostly asa a background/cutscene element, and definitely not as a playable character. It should probably also be noted that these games were multi-platform. 108.162.246.83 21:01, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

(Hope this is formatted correctly) This comic probably is in response to last Thursday's Nintendo Direct, about the new Smash game coming next month. In that trailer, many characters were deconfirmed, including many popular picks, while a completely unexpected character (not said to avoid spoilers for those who don't wish to see them) was added. Many people have expressed amounts of negativity about the roster reveals, ranging from simple disappointment about their most wanted not making the cut to people raging about said characters inclusion due to how "deserving" said character is. People who are extremely disappointed and people who are defensive about the choices have made the fanbase really... Broken, as usual. Depending on how you see the comic, Randall could be mocking those or sympathising with those who didn't get their characters in. Also, Lot's wife being the pillar of salt version could indeed be about how salty the Smash community can be (which would fit nicely if this comic is making fun of fans' overzealous disappointment) but it could also be seen as a reference to a certain event in the story mode, although it's not an exact reference.172.68.46.41 23:47, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

As for characters needing to be from Nintendo characters, Cloud only appears in games for Nintendo systems that are crossovers with characters from multiple different Final Fantasy games, with only a minority of those being on Nintendo systems. Some of the other characters also have the majority of their game appearances, including their original appearance, on other companies platforms (Snake, Pac Man, and Sonic.) And for the person talking about the Game and Watch controversy, that is not referenced in this comic, and the game has been a big topic of discussion among some people lately for reasons that have nothing to do with that, mainly due to it being highly anticipated and being released early next month, along with recent announcements of details about the game, including what characters are included (which is what this comic is talking about).--162.158.74.27 09:16, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

NOTHING about the "No Internet" dinosaur? C'mon Randall! 162.158.63.166 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~) Well, at the time the No Internet Dinosaur was planned for DLC, but Nintendo ended up scrapping that bit because of a conflict with Google on Pokemon Go. 172.68.78.52 04:00, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

They really should add Waluigi to Smash.