Recent content by Speculator

A top DLC choice that I think people will seriously sleep on. Dragon Quest is to JRPGs what Street Fighter is to tournament fighters, and Slime is so iconic to the series that it's practically the logo. Sakurai recently made the case for Piranha Plant ("If you think about it, there isn't anyone...

As far as Japan goes, as a resident hopefully I can offer some perspective. The truth is that the vast majority of Western-designed series do not reach the same level of popularity here as their domestic counterparts. I would say SK and Shantae are roughly equal in their presence in Japan - you...

Dixie Kong: Chance 60%, a perfectly possible and sensible echo fighter. If she was supposedly considered for Brawl as an addition to Diddy, then this would be a good opportunity to revisit her. There is some merit to the idea that her reveal would have come alongside K. Rool, but I don't think...

75% Perfectly satisfied. She's a very sensible inclusion from a popular franchise. I'm a little ashamed actually since before her reveal I honestly hadn't given her much thought; in my mind Villager brought to the table pretty much everything Animal Crossing had to offer, so it was a pleasant...

The first source shows Banjo listed with a total of 51 votes. Even from their sample size of 1000 that's barely more than a dent, not a K. Rool style outpouring of fan demand. As for the second I'd be interested to know exactly which magazine - I can't read the link at the bottom so I can't get...

The character has no presence in Japan at all. It is an exercise in self-delusion to claim BK has some kind of following. For reference I live in a major Japanese city and frequent several of the retro gaming hotspots, not once have I seen or heard a peep out of the series. Anecdotal evidence...

Very well put. If they were going to go to all the trouble of securing a Microsoft character - the chances of which are so low anyway that it's basically not even worth considering - they would choose a general representative of the company as a whole. Banjo is not that. Connection to Nintendo...

Banjo? His chance is 0%, along with all other Western third parties. It's taken them this long to reach a total of three Western-designed playable characters (Diddy, Dark Samus and K. Rool) and they're all characters that Nintendo actually owns. If they're going to go to the trouble of securing...

From a different point of view; this move is single handedly in the process of destroying my casual free-for-alls with friends. Even if you successfully read the counter, it's more than likely someone else's attack (or even a stray projectile) will connect with Corrin's extremely generous...

People weren't going to begrudgingly vote for Wolf because the timing makes sense from a marketing perspective. He just isn't a big deal to a lot of people - his appearances in Star Fox are really tiny, basically just boss fights. That, combined with sharing a basic moveset with two...

Obviously they aren't going to add in characters completely unfamiliar to their domestic market. Diddy Kong is so far the only character with Western origins, and it's not like they had a choice since they let Rare handle Donkey Kong for fifteen years. This is also probably the reason there...

Guy obviously knows his Smash but falls into the trap of being deliberately inflammatory in order to make his point. Great for youtube views, not so useful for stimulating a civil discussion. I'd like to see him do a podcast or some kind of debate program with other people, so there's a chance...

It hasn't been officially announced yet. PAX is happening over the next few days so I assume it'll be YCG's "megaton announcement". If Shovel Knight did make it into Smash, which in spite of this rumor I still think is hugely improbable, then there would definitely be a Smash series Shovel...

"Rumour source says that the image of the Shovel Knight amiibo (which I saw before that Twitter posted it FYI) is "not final"." Sounds a little like backtracking to me. That tweet/promotional image is clearly all ready to go out, is it really likely that they'd leave it this late to send the...

Prince of Sable, Takamaru and Sukapon were my trinity of JP-only reps, so I'm glad 2/3 got in as ATs. Also very glad we got Lucas back. It's a real shame some of these characters didn't come to the West, I think they'd have much higher priority if they did.