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| Official picture of Palutena in SSB4 taken from NOA's Twitter |
Needless to say, I am MORE than pleased. I joked during the presentation that maybe a new Kid Icarus game would be announced, but this is even better. After I finished Kid Icarus: Uprising (which I will someday review), I was hoping that Palutena would be added to the roster, fed, in part, by a certain part of the game where Palutena fights someone. However, it was just a hope, and I figured it was beyond my wildest dreams. With such a cast of characters, I assumed that, if anyone was picked, it would not be Palutena, and probably not even a female character.
Palutena is the third female character (fourth, if you include the female villager) announced for the roster. (Rosalina from the Super Mario Galaxy series and the Wii Fit Trainer from Wii Fit are the other new additions.)
While Zero Suit Samus was added to the roster in Super Smash Bros Brawl, the roster has not seen such an influx in female characters since Melee. There is now (including Female/Male Wii Fit Trainer and Female/Male Villager and excluding Pokémon and Sheik) a ratio of [male:female] 20:8, which, will not great, is still exceptional, considering that I did not expect any new female characters to be announced after Rosalina.
I am so excited for the new Super Smash Bros and I cannot wait to try out Palutena.
Super Smash Bros will be released for the Nintendo 3DS October 3 of this year and for the Wii U with a specific date still TBA at some point in holiday 2014.
You can visit the official (US) website Super Smash Bros for the Wii U and 3DS here.
