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Meh it's interesting but i'd rather them choose the one with history to Nintendo but that's just me
But, contrary to popular belief...
Saying every character has the same chance of getting into Smash is a little silly, especially considering there's a good reason to say Crash is more likely due to his popularity in Japan unlike Doom.
I only have one caveat, and that's what Shuntaro Furukawa (Nintendo's President) thinks. I definetely think Furukawa's underrated here - his goals are pretty much to build up Nintendo's presence everywhere they can step by step, just like they did with the primary regions (Japan, NA, EU). He is already trying to grow Nintendo's fanbases in places like China and elsewhere. Sure it'll take years, but Ultimate's DLC could be the place to speed it along.
I agree and this is how I think they should have done it from the start. It would have saved everybody a whole lot of trouble in the post-Joker period if we knew Hero was coming. I think it's great to drop one character and make sure the next one is known so there's always a consistent momentum to the DLC and the fans always know what is coming next and more specifically, when the next thing is coming. It keeps Sakurai from having to have too many hard deadlines to work with like a full season announcement with carefully planned dates, but also works to communicate with the player base at all times. I hope that continues... but there is a chance that we have to wait from Terry's release to The Game Awards depending on who Fighter #5 is/how Nintendo want to play things this year.
The issue is that the entire FPS genre really struggles in Japan. This isn't just one game in a series or a genre that's well liked not catching on, I mean the West's main genre of games these days just does not translate to Japan it seems. I don't know if any amount of Doom Slayer or Master Chief in Smash is going to be able to change Japan's fundamental outlook on FPS games...Sakurai be like : "Yo what if I made Doom popular in Japan"
lmao
Just saying the promotion thingy can go either way lol
That's fair. I'm sure a lot of people would want Hayabusa more than an actual Warriors character since Ninja Gaiden did originate around the NES era.
They didn't teased KoF music in Terry's trailer for nothing. As a huge SNK fan i can tell that KoF music is pretty iconic and memorable, as KoF is SNK'S most important franchise. It wouldn't make sense not to put KoF songs in a KoF based stage, since it's a huge universe that englobes characters from various franchises (Fatal Fury, Art of Fighting, Psycho Soldier, Ikari Warriors, Samurai Shodown, etc). Fatal Fury music is OK, but it doesn't reach the greatness of KoF's songs.
No offense but Spyro has nothing to do against Crash. I mean, Spyro is cool and I like him, but Crash is bigger in all senses: more known, more popular in general, and has a decente fanbase in Japan. As far as I know Spyro's like a Ridley 2.0 in Japan, and while it's a popular character outside of Japan I doubt he has enough following in USA/Europa of characters like Doomslayer to compensate his low presence in Japan.
I forgot to address Banjo. I think most people see Banjo as an exceptional Western addition on account of how heavily-requested he was. This is the Smash game where Ridley and K. Rool were finally included, so clearly Sakurai is trying to meet all expectations. But I have no reason to believe we'll get another Western DLC character.
I won't lie to too you and say the music isn't great I love the games I'm just not attached to anyone from the series but the music is epic
Why not? There's quite a few Western third party companies that have great relationships with Nintendo now, such as Ubisoft and Bethesda.
But is sakurai willing to deal with them that is the question
Going to Microsoft for Banjo shows that he can, especially considering that Microsoft is a competitor to Nintendo in the console market. Ubisoft outright included Nintendo characters in their own games twice since the Switch launched, and Bethesda included BOTW Link's outfit in the Switch version of Skyrim.
I know, but would Sakurai reach out to them before Namco, Capcom, Sega? I think if Bethesda or Blizzard took the initiative it might happen, but even then...
Microsoft is the exception obviously but is he willing to deal with more American companies
EarthBound doesn’t have its villain, either.
There’s nothing saying he won’t.
EarthBound and Yoshi: “Am I a joke to you?”
While I do agree with
EricTheGamerman
in the very general sense, Sakurai also looks far and wide. He's praised Half Life 2 and Halo 2 in the past, and those are not games he finds easily in Japan. Not in 2004, before Youtube / Niconico exitsted. Sure there were video sharing sites back then, but they were kinda awkward to use (and find).
Probably. But it should be noted thar Ryo is ALSO a Fatal Fury character(he was in Fatal Fury 2), and that Art of Fighting has ALWAYS been in the same continuity as Fatal Fury(The AoF games take place about a decade before the FF games).
Okay now, some things even Smash can't contain!
Technically he went through both Rare Ltd. and Microsoft and said that Microsoft was HAPPY to offer Banjo and that Rare welcomed them with open arms. I think the meetings they had went very, very well so his reluctance to deal with Western Companies has probably subsided, if was ever even there in the first place.
That's crazy because I think both earthbound and F-Zero can make a big return with todays new possibilities in technology. For F-Zero the thing is that this game should evolve and not be only a racing game but takes some adventure outside the traks, after all Captain Falcon is a bounty hunter. F-Zero can took inspiration from GTA for example but instead of a criminal you are a Bounty Hunter hero make that semi open world and still have the beloved race track if you want to compete for trophies.
It’s not the abscense, but rather that I feel both are happening no matter the circumstances.
I mean we already HAVE KoF content with the Stage. I'm sure that counts in telling us what we're likely to get.
A lot of popular franchises in other regions still come from Japan though as evidenced by something like SNK being included. I don't know if there are a ton of Western made franchises that manage the same popularity in other parts of the world, except for maybe parts of Europe in some cases. I guess the Western market feels a bit more insular than the Japanese market on average, though, I don't have the data to make those definitive claims. Something like Undertale being so successful in Japan again is more of the exception and not the rule from what I've seen.
2B hasn't really appeared on a Nintendo console, so I don't think she quite fits with the others. I mean Sakurai did praise Nier Automata, so that is a point in her favor for sure, but she just seems a little bit removed still.
I feel like that's unlikely since Sakurai wants to "keep pushing the record forward" which tells me he wants even more companies on board and that he wants "to introduce more worlds". Sure, you can say that we're reading to much into his words but we did the same thing with Reggie at The Game Awards and we were right. I think we're getting another 3rd Party passes.
Shigesato Itoi, EarthBound’s creator, said he was finished with EarthBound after Mother 3, like it was intended to be the ending for the series. He says someone else could reboot the series or something but it arguably wouldn’t be the same without Itoi.
Only ones I can think are Viewtiful Joe, Karate Joe and Glass Joe.
Cheers, I'll drink to that.
Neither had Dante though besides crossovers like Project X until the the Switch with his games being ported
We’re getting our first anime rep and it’s not Goku but instead Joseph Joestar /s
Joe Moma... that's literally what they're referencing...
