Overtaken
Smash Journeyman
I know this gets discussed in pockets here and there, but I was thinking that this topic is a major elephant in the room that deserves a focused and collected discussion.
We are in a wierd spot where we know we are getting five more unique DLC fighters but a great many of the prime choices are in as spirits or assist trophies. We all know Sakurai is a choatic man who will do what he pleases and break nearly any rule, expectation, or "pattern" he pleases at any time, but that doesn't mean there wouldn't be something deeply awkward and questionable about adding fighters who are already spirits or ATs.
So on the one hand, with the exception of perhaps a Dragon Quest rep and Banjo&Kazooie (that I can think of), any of the obvious "iconic all star" choices are seemingly partitioned off behind this design choice. On the other hand, it seems equally unlikely that 3-5 of the remaining fighters are just going to be obscure/oddball choices a la Piranha Plant or deep-pull (iconic but not connected to Nintendo) 3rd party choices.
We are in a wierd spot where we know we are getting five more unique DLC fighters but a great many of the prime choices are in as spirits or assist trophies. We all know Sakurai is a choatic man who will do what he pleases and break nearly any rule, expectation, or "pattern" he pleases at any time, but that doesn't mean there wouldn't be something deeply awkward and questionable about adding fighters who are already spirits or ATs.
So on the one hand, with the exception of perhaps a Dragon Quest rep and Banjo&Kazooie (that I can think of), any of the obvious "iconic all star" choices are seemingly partitioned off behind this design choice. On the other hand, it seems equally unlikely that 3-5 of the remaining fighters are just going to be obscure/oddball choices a la Piranha Plant or deep-pull (iconic but not connected to Nintendo) 3rd party choices.