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Oh, I just meant filling out the defeated character grid in All-Star Mode. I'm assuming that the CSS will always have that Mii-Fighters/Everyone Else screen in front of it and that Random stays put.
Because that becomes the pokemon problem. One game for the price of two. You cannot get everything in the game you purchased without also getting the other title to obtain the arbitrary pieces locked away from you. Except in this case it's worse because those 5 characters are locked in limbo for both games unless they interact.
Not to mention that the reason that Nintendo do Pokemon as two games per gen is because the Japanese love socialisation bonuses. I doubt they'd like being forced to buy two games to unlock characters any more than we do. So the incentive for them to do it that way isn't there to begin with.
It doesn't directly change anything, but it does create the potential for further speculation since now we can honestly say we don't know for certain what the leak means.
It isn't guaranteed, but it shows us how DLC characters could factor into All-Star mode, which is a question that quite a few people were asking before this update. If characters can be added to All-Star mode as they're unlocked, the same could happen when they're downloaded. That would allow Sakurai to make DLC without sacrificing the ultimate completeness of All-Star Mode in the process. So I'd say it makes it more feasible, but we won't know whether it's more likely until we get a more concrete statement on DLC from Sakurai himself.
My personal guess is that they want to add DLC characters, but don't want to leave All-Star Mode locked until the last one comes out. Nor do they want to sacrifice the ultimate completeness of All-Star Mode by not having DLC characters be a part of it. So by making All-Star available from the start and adding in characters as they're unlocked, they can do the same for downloadable characters. I don't know how likely this is though. We don't yet know what else Sakurai might have up his sleeve.
Because of post release character unlocks or just for the sake of having more modes from the start is my guess.
If they had DLC couldn't they just update it to include the new characters?
Because the roster is freaking huge now and it's kinda silly to lock it away for so long?
It could very well be either of those options, but who knows?
That's a fair point. I was just making a guess based on the available information. Frankly I think it could go in any direction. Today Sakurai showed us that even when we think we have him figured he can still throw us a curveball.
We never got a look inside the leak's All-Star mode, so there's no way to know. Today's pic of the day basically just reconfirms what we know, that the lock on All-Star might indicate more characters, so in a sense it is pretty worthless.
However, if that was from the leak
EDIT: Oh wait, wrong one.
Well, it's from a trailer advertising the game. So the characters wouldn't need to be unlocked anyways.
And again, I've already cautioned you guys on the fact that shot could be from a separate stage of unlocking.Well I can't see how anyone can say the roster is complete now. The lock in the leak proves that he has not unlocked all the characters as stated by Sakurai today. This also makes way for DLC characters, because the biggest argument was all-star mode would not work right since they would have to apply the new characters to all-star mode without requiring you to buy the DLC characters or not be able to play all-star mode. This is a big day for all fans who are still waiting for their favorite characters to get announced
Hey, dude. Don't worry; you should be grateful Sakurai didn't bother disconfirming either. There still hope up in this schizz-nist, yo~this thread has killed my hype
The original leaked picture was identical to the PotD if I recall correctly. This could either mean that the bottom screen for All-Star mode does not change as you unlock characters, or that the leaker got the image from a point where virtually no characters were unlocked (no G&W, DHD, or ROB).
Hey there, keep your hope alive! The PoTD does indeed mean something. If the screenshot of the locked all-star mode was from the same period that the leaked roster was shown, then there's definitely more characters we haven't seen yet. Some people are just being cautious.this thread has killed my hype
Why is it even that relevant that you can play All Star before getting all characters? Even if it didn't work like that, I'd assume DLC characters wouldn't be needed to unlock it, that wouldn't make any sense. This pic of the day changes nofin. It makes the leak more believable for people that needed the extra convincing for some reason, I guess.Well I can't see how anyone can say the roster is complete now. The lock in the leak proves that he has not unlocked all the characters as stated by Sakurai today. This also makes way for DLC characters, because the biggest argument was all-star mode would not work right since they would have to apply the new characters to all-star mode without requiring you to buy the DLC characters or not be able to play all-star mode. This is a big day for all fans who are still waiting for their favorite characters to get announced
They should announce it though.
