I’m so salty over this because Porky has such banger battle themes but none of them have smash remixes yet…

I remember all the Smash speculation in 2019. Being the Year of the Pig, we all thought King P would finally be added to the game. Oh well, maybe in 2031 I guess...

Porky has a lot of merit as a potential Smash Character.

I imagine they would use his EarthBound desgin and proportions, and use a lot of his Subspace attacks as Normals.

They can take some creative liberties with his moves since some attacks in Mother 3 are conveyed as odd or indescribable. One idea that sticks with me is having a Special or grab where he gets out of the mech and strangles the opponent. If he triggers a Special Zoom (the slow-mo effect) the background shows Gyigas to represent the evil intent behind his actions.

Hopefully he makes an actual apperance cause his ommision did feel strange.

You bring a lot of good points and I’m surprised Porky isn’t even in ultimate technically. I mean a lot of villains from brawl did come back in ultimate (Petey is part of the piranha plant, the legendary space pirate Ridley is a fighter, rayquaza is a hazard technically in one of the Pokémon stages). I think it would be cool to see Porky in a future installment.






Also rip Mother 3 again for still being stuck in Japan-

bro was so real with the "getting a job is tough" shit I had to click that sub

I remember desperately wanting Porky to be playable in Ultimate in 2018-2019. It still shocks me how long it’s been, and how I just sort of forgot how passionate I was about it. Seeing someone just as passionate now as I was then is nice, and I’m still in full support of another villain in smash. Here’s to your dream.

I don’t know much abt mother though being honest, from what I see of porky he seems to be a pretty interesting and unique pick-

My man still inside the Absolutely Safe Capsule

ty for giving me smth to watch while i ate my cereal

Subbed, the workforce is in a horrid condition. Hope you can make it big, you've got potential!

Edit: Region Locking icons is wild.

I remember campaigning HARD for Porky to be in Smash back in the day, all of the evidence really made me think he was gonna arrive at some point. Alas, shattered hopes...

That being said, in the case of a future smash game, I think that even if we have to cut Lucas, Porky definitely deserves a shot, even if he's back as a boss like in Brawl! Regardless of his return, I'm glad to hear another YouTuber on the side of the King of New Pork himself! 🐽

I've always thought the start of the banjo trailer was weird. They really should have just started with DK yawning. Adding a new rival image to it was just bizarre and pretty misleading imo. So many reactions to the reveal start with someone saying "a new villain?"

Haven't heard that Ness was planned to be cut from Brawl, I know Jigglypuff was at one point, and that Ness was going to be replaced by Lucas in Melee, but after EB64 went down the drain they kept Ness.

Also I was convinced we were going to get Ninten and/or Porky to finish off the protag trio, and/or have the "main villain" of the series, at least in the 2 games already represented.

I mean we could use more villains in Ultimate, or more Mother representation in general.

But seeing how the Mother franchise sold poorly in comparison to, say, Mario, Zelda or Pokemon, I don’t see Porky being made playable anytime soon.

Still, he would be a cool addition to Smash.

Hi I agree with you it's weird that he wasn't in the game

Thanks for bringing up Phosphora as the potential new Kid Icarus rep.  I'd love Medusa or Magnus or Hades, but Phosphora was my main priority when I noticed the pattern of female Assist Trophies from Sm4sh getting the promotion to playable in Ultimate.  Also she's just so much fun as a character.

Honestly, I think this is the result of a problem with the roster of ultimate: A lack of representation for villains. While I am grateful for the fact that villains such as King K. Rool and Ridley got added, I still feel potential for more antagonists to be added to the roster. One villain that I would've liked to see was Yellow Devil from Megaman. (I know that it's unsurprising coming from me, but I believe that there is moveset potential with a character like him.)

JUSTICE FOR PORKY

I 100% agree with the 1st Party vs 3rd Party discrepancy. I personally want King Bob-Omb in smash (Probably not surprising given my profile pic), but I know he'll probably never make it, because there's just so many 3rd Party characters (and some admittedly more-deserving 1st Party characters) that are more relevant. One thing I love about Smash Bros is the characters like Piranha Plant, Game & Watch, and Duck Hunt that have weird movesets, and in general are weird inclusions. Now though, people look at characters like Piranha Plant as bad inclusions who deserve to be scrapped from the next game, and I entirely believe that it's because of the 3rd party characters. I'm not saying I hate 3rd Parties in smash, far from it. I'd love to have characters like Dig Dug, Bomberman, Phoenix Wright, Rayman, Etc., but I feel like there's an imbalance of 1st Parties.

It's so sad that Porky is nowhere to be found in Ultimate when he was so prominent at one point that he was part of Tabuu's army

I don't really care about spirits as much now in 2026 as I did in 2018, but having the Absolute Safety Capsule as a spirit could explain his absence, yet still remains a dumb move in my opinion