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Even as a Mario RPG superfan, I certainly say that the timed hits element was improved in Mario & Luigi (though arguably taken to mini-game excess in later titles) and the equipable items system perfectly refined via the first two Paper Mario entries. SMRPG's biggest strength is its soundtrack...

Kazuya definitely feels like he engendered the most neutral reaction. Fans saw his potential sure and Tekken was significant enough to warrant at character in Smash but between how complex is mechanics were and the general space between SSB players and much of the traditional fighting game...

I believe they're referring to opening weak Japanese sales (from Famitsu), which is certainly important but given the game's strong numbers in Europe and likely decent sales in the US, I'd say TTYD remake's eventual place will be pretty good. Really it makes sense that the modern Mario RPG did...

The thing that gives me pause in comparing MK8 and SSBU is that the former's late DLC was essentially made up of tracks that were already created for Tour. Yes, they were altered in ways and Deluxe had a few select new tracks, but much of the purpose of the Booster Course pass seemed to be...

Keep in mind, Mario Kart 9 and the next SSB could simply follow the philosophy of "if you can't be bigger than, be different than". There are loads of directions both franchises could go to attract fans that simply involve a change to the formula. Even something like "Nintendo Kart" (as...

What's worth noting is that Nintendo is flush with cash even more than they were in 2015/2016, have increased their ownership of (albeit very steadily) of in-house developers, and don't have the image of a recent console that failed partially due to a weak first year library. A lot of game...

I could see a dual Smash announcement in a Direct where both the next SSB is revealed and the graphical updates to Ultimate when playing on Switch 2 are shown off; basically, incentivizing fans making the upgrade while also teasing that the real sequel is coming.

I don't know if this is practical, but I honestly think a Pokémon specific ballot for Smash would be an interesting idea to gauge the broader interest for selections. Yeah, you'd have trolls voting for MissingNo and/or old schoolers rallying to get someone from Gen 1 or 2. However, even with...

A lot of this is related to the IP proper rather than just Diddy specifically, but a video game hype cycle and broader interest is related to both recent releases and the promise of more titles... and the latter is where Donkey Kong in general is fairly weak. A remake of a spin-off like Mario vs...

Diddy definitely has his fans and I think most realistic roster predictions include him, but he's not often felt like a fighter that many in hardcore Smash fandom or even some DKC fans are ultra enthused about. His trickier style of play and (for some) the emphasis on monkey elements over things...

This kind of has me wanting Bethesda to put out an actual Vault Boy Adventures game for the Switch in the style of the first two Fallout titles with the conceit that it's a simulation that a vault is running to train its dwellers for eventually going out in the wasteland. It would be a...

It would be entirely too much work for a single/two player campaign, but I'd love to see the theme in the next Smash Adventure style mode to be fighters going against twisted clones/copies of themselves. You might think that's similar enough to ideas we've seen in previous entries; here's the...

Both of them would be a dream. Hat Kid especially has so many little abilities/attacks that would just be really cool to see in Smash. Plus, the likes of Mustache Girl existing as a spirit would only elevate SSB.

It's a pity we're passed the era of more modest AA games, because man there's an interesting what if where a lot of the Japanese heavy hitters (Capcom, Konami, Koei Tecmo, Namco, SE, Sega, Nintendo) had developed a strong fighting game ecosystem between each other circa the sixth gen and we got...

And all this has to be adjusted with the characters that dance in Sakurai's head as fighters with factors like even European appeal possibly playing a role in selection. As I said, it's a very tough hypothetical because Sega's popular identity with characters is much harder to outright define.