Recent content by Garteam

I'd be incredibly happy if there were no true leaks for the next Smash simply because they centralize the conversation around them, especially when we're late in the pre-release cycle. Box theory vs. Grinch was boring AF. There are only so many conversations you can have about Mach Rider...

Ultimate began its project plan in February 2016 and released in December 2018, so there were about 32 months of development. Assuming development starts in November 2023 and the next Smash game takes as long to cook, we're looking at a July 2026 release date. That's probably later than...

They've also had annual releases (if you count DLC expansions that serve the function of a traditional third version) since 2016. If you explain away no 2015 release by noting that TPC was likely using that time to prepare for the series' 20th anniversary, you could even stretch this pattern...

I don't think this is the case. Rebooting the anime and not having a 2024 Pokemon release shows, at least to me, that the TPC is trying to reinvigorate its formula in light of criticism that Pokemon began receiving in the late 2010s (Games feeling undercooked, the anime doesn't go anywhere...

I'm going to be an optimist and say late 2025 for a new Smash. That would allow Sakurai to have about a year to take some time off, prepare the content for his YouTube channel, and work on the design document for the next Smash game. Formal development would then begin at the start of 2023...

This isn't a Switch 2 announcement. This is an NX 2 announcement.

Resident Evil is about the monsters about as much as Mario is about Bowser and his army. 95% of the bioweapons encountered across the series are generic, interchangeable mooks that the player is designed to work around and move on from. This only becomes more true as the series goes on and...

You're right, I worded that wrong. Sakurai wanted Geno rather than planned for him. Not that the substance of my post is changed that much by that minor flub. Sakurai has expressed enough interest in Geno in the past to where he publicly admitted to conceptually considering him and liking what...

I'm going to be honest, I've never heard the argument that Geno is fine in a non-playable role to the point that getting him as a full playable character is unnecessary before. If that were true, we wouldn't be having any discussion about Geno because he has his Mii costume and his spirit. You...

This isn't correct. Rex was Sakurai's first choice for a Xenoblade 2 rep, so he outprioritized the Aegis in terms of an abstract hierarchy to become a playable character. He only pivoted to the Aegis following the revelation that his vision for Rex's moveset wasn't workable. In a perfect world...

Ah yes, Square Enix, the company that famously never revisits or attempts to capitalize off of previously successful games or characters. It is completely within their modus operandi to not license an incredibly popular character and receive money in doing so. The argument against Geno has...

Super Mario RPG Remake has outsold Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Foamstars, Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince, Octopath Traveller 2, and Forspoken. The only 2023-2024 Square Enix title it didn't outsell was Final Fantasy XVI, a game that was noted as not meeting sales expectations. A remake...

I'd say Geno is the most likely SQ newcomer generally, but I honestly think he'll be a base game character (as bizarre as that is to type). I think 2B is very likely, but I could also see Tifa and Slime (who I personally think would be the most fun of their available options).

I used to be firmly on the "Sephiroth will be DLC" train, but now I think it depends on what Nintendo and Sakurai offer them. I could see Nintendo leveraging a new character in a DLC pack in exchange for getting Sephiroth in the base game. I could also see Square being more open to Sephiroth's...

I think it's worth noting that it is very rare for Sakurai to outright plan to not have a character return. In Brawl, everyone was planned to return from Melee except :younglinkmelee:, who had a functional replacement that was more relevant at the time, and :pichumelee:, who was a gag character...