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Timekeeper Cookie A rip in the spacetime continuum appears in the air before your very eyes...Is someone coming at this final minute? Disbelief leads to shock as a small shadow appears from the torn fabric of reality, prompting nearby clocks to go haywire...

I declare war / On anyone who stands between me and what I dream for

Most people tend to take Sakurai's incredible credentials for granted. The fact is that there's, well, no one we can really think of who's sincerely played every game out there like Sakurai has, let alone while also being a good game director. Anyone can go around the internet and easily find...

Sakurai immediately chooses chaos, blessed

This also strikes me as an interesting consequence of Ultimate, and something only future generations of speculators will really have to contend with. In that future, posters will debate on the contemporary relevance of franchises whose veterans have yet to be fully confirmed, franchises much...

It's a shame it never happened...Out of all the characters who could have come to Smash... While Layton has never been one I thought was truly likely, this long speculation period has made me realize that he'd certainly be the one character I'd have the greatest personal reaction to. And I...

Wow. This is it, huh? The end of the Smash era as we know it. At least we got a game out of it, huh? I think many made their peace with this "end" even before this day. After all, so many highly-requested characters finally got in even on Ultimate's launch, and for most, there wasn't much point...

"I know now, without a doubt. Super Smash Bros... is light!" This final day really has me looking back at my time in RTC. Man, look how far we come. RTC had some truly legendary days back in 2018, didn't it? Just look at the very first Sora discussion day. Look at how people assumed Disney...

While it's a shame that the bandicoot never got his shot, it's no lie that his position's been much better than it was a decade ago. With luck, the people who hold him will continue to develop the franchise so that his following stays solid in the years to come. And who knows? Maybe if Smash...

I'd say the biggest contributing factor is that a small number of people will speak devotedly about a particular subject matter, while a much greater number of people will only have a light passing interaction with those matters. The old internet favored the former, while the current one uplifts...

It's really a tough question. The essential thing to consider is that ARMS is a metagame designed around every fighter having extendable fists and the ability to sidestep attacks very easily, creating an elaborate bait-and-punish meta game where carelessly throwing out punches drastically...

Not really. Problem is that at some point, any indie big enough to be better than games by big companies probably isn't recognized as an indie anymore (see: Minecraft). The main argument of indies before was that they'd be easier to negotiate with—but as the Fighters Pass demonstrated, Nintendo...

The Geno base has no one to blame but itself in that regard. For such a large and devoted base, it sure picked a very inconvenient whole console lifespan to take a collective nap. You don't see any other character support base grumble about this. And I'd rather not gloss over the fact that the...

The Geno bandwagon certainly spiraled out of control. While it didn't help that speculation had to consider the idea on a constant basis, being at war with both the Mario franchise and Square Enix as a whole meant they had very few friends (if any) to turn to. And yet I don't think any character...

People just seem to want to get back to dreaming that their most wanteds will have a chance within a realistic time frame. You know what I think is more realistic? Nintendo never attempting to 1-up Smash ever again. What I feel is the most depressing takeaway from the end of speculation is that...