MazokuRanma said:
MarsAtlas said:
I already voted for Tetra, and I'm sticking to Shantae as my #2, but Meat Boy would be a good addition to the roster. Getting more third party characters in one place, especially those still alive and kicking, would be a great reminder of all the franchises out there that haven't succumbed to the grimdarkening. Klonoa is an obvious and common write-in, so is Isaac from Golden Sun, but I think the likes of Abe from Oddworld to the cast of Thomas Was Alone and maybe even Faith from Mirror's Edge (parkour specialist, maybe rides on popularity of ME2) could all make good cast members as well. There's a lot out there, some of it getting a revival.
Tetra is an excellent idea, hadn't considered her. A perfect counterpoint to Toon Link though.
I chose her because a) we already have Toon Link, and b) she is the most unique iteration of Zelda. I mean, every Link has been pretty similar to each other when it comes to potential moveset, but Tetra is miles apart from any other Zelda when it comes to combat prowess, and lastly c) he's also my favourite because whereas other Zelda's clearly do have principles, Tetra has some principles as well as loads of personality to boot. I think if we were exposed to Zelda in the TLoZ series more before she got kidnapped we'd have a stronger connection with them. Hell, they could take a page out of the handbook from one of the Fire Emblem games, The Sacred Stones, where the two main characters split up on their own individual martial campaigns and reunited for the third act of the game. In the game, you could play as both, and while I wouldn't expect that in a TLoZ game, it would get rid of the damsel in distress criticisms while giving the player an open line of communication with her, albeit through messengers, and actually give her the capacity to actually do something for most of the game. Locking somebody away in a tower until the last twenty minutes is not exactly good character development.
