Recent content by Golden Icarus

It's gotta be Skull Kid. He's the biggest request today, so it would be an uphill battle to try and get the Zelda fandom (as well as the broader Smash fandom) behind anyone else. Sure, no single poll will ever reflect the entire fanbase, but there's more than enough evidence that points to Skull...

As a diehard Isaac bro, I just agree and totally understood the sentiment at the time. I felt similarly annoyed when Palutena just up and replaced Mega Man after he was revealed. Instead of being like “cool we got 1/4 of the Elite Four!” the community instead said “oh no now we need a very...

Yeah I don't think the conversation was all that relevant after Palutena's reveal. The ESRB Leak and the prospect of DLC revived the concept. Also you bringing up Wolf reminded me of something. After the "new Elite Four" of Mewtwo, Ridley, K. Rool and Isaac was formed, people very quickly...

Oh I vividly remember the elite four conversation coming back strong once the full Smash 4 roster was revealed and was somehow missing our champion, Mewtwo, as well as Ridley and K. Rool, who were maybe the two biggest titans in the elite four. Smashboards mostly agreed that instead of Mewtwo...

It seems like most people here have a pretty healthy mindset regarding cuts. Only like 20ish characters are obvious locks, with pretty much everyone else having some reasonable possibility of being left behind, even if some are more likely than others. Just keeping this in mind will really help...

Not quite, but I don't think it'll be too far off. It's fun to brainstorm a potential reboot that revamps the movesets of classic characters, focuses on a substantial single player mode and refines the gameplay, while offering a more compact, balanced roster...but those just aren't the big...

You're right. That's why I specified that Marth/Ike/Robin/Byleth is perfectly effective (and the most realistic). I just think if there were a time to see a total shakeup, then right now would be the time. The prospect of a Smash reboot, the oversaturation of FE in Ultimate and specifically the...

I'm so curious about the direction of Fire Emblem for the next game. If nothing is sacred and they really want a fresh coat of paint for the next Smash, then I do wonder if the FE selection will be totally overhauled. Roy and Corrin are easy targets for their lack of relevance and...

We'll definitely be seeing one and it will almost definitely be something we can't predict lol Not sure if it qualifies as a "surprise character," but I do feel Excite Biker is hugely slept on. It's a pretty recognizable NES release, but unlike Urban Champion, Mach Rider, Balloon Fight, etc...

Interesting. For me Wii Fit Trainer feels pretty firmly in the “middle of the pack.” Sakurai always seems hesitant to delete an entire first party series from Smash, with the only time it’s ever happened being Ice Climbers in Smash 4, which was explicitly due to technical limitations. I see the...

I agree. I love Falco, but if the StarFox cast had to get cuts I’d hope that we’d lose him first. Wolf just sat out of Smash 4 and had such a sick redesign in Ultimate. Falco is a classic, but I could handle him sitting out for one game. Of course if Smash 6 really goes hard with the cuts, then...

Skull Kid has aged like fine wine in my opinion. The fact that we’re over two decades past the release of Majora’s Mask and he’s still one of the most iconic and popular characters in the fandom says a lot. If we’re getting another Zelda character in Ultimate, which ****ing please holy ****...

Okay okay I hear you. I'm getting closer and closer to being a Tom Nook believer. Yeah exactly that's why we need more villains...like Raven Beak. :p But I see your point about the idols. That seems like a decently smart direction to go and I'm sure Splatoon fans would eat it up, but I just...

I don't know. Expecting Octolings as an echo feels so Ultimate-brained. Yeah of course they can be an echo, but echoes are almost exclusively reserved for lower priority characters that they wouldn't bother adding any other way. And in specific cases where we would get both an echo and unique...

I think the thing that bothers me about DJ Octavio and the Squid Sisters is that I often see them suggested along with the assumption that we'll get Octoling as an echo. A third Splatoon character sounds cool, but I'll be hella disappointed if it was at the cost of a half-assed Octoling. You...