I do wonder what the reception to SMSB would be if it were a real game.
- I have no clue if people would like the reskinned stages and especially fighters - I guess it'd depend on whether you're talking to the "character" crowd or the "function" crowd.
- I can't really imagine the open acknowledgement of Hotel Mario; the Super Show; the DKC cartoon; and such being recieved negatively. In fact, I can see it being this game's "Sans" moment if anything.
- Character trailers not being used would probably be disliked but understood, given that it's just one world this is based in.
- The guest fighters, when we get to them, could very well become the most divisive thing in Smash since wavedashing. There is a strong posibility we could get Shrek; Ronald McDonald; SpongeBob; or Gru (or even all 4) in the DLC but only one chance for Link or Kirby, and I can see why that'd upset people - but I can also get why people would love that
- Sonic being a stage cameo will not go down well. At all.
- Mii Heads are gonna be perfect meme fuel.
- Timber will absolutely spawn conspiracy theories about Banjo and Conker being in (They won't, at least not in base game in the case of Banjo. Conker's a no-hoper though.)
- Unless we get Pauline in the Ally Contact list later, King Boo will probably be the Waluigi/Isaac-tier disconfirm
- A lot of people are gonna stick to Ultimate, but it'll probably be the reverse case from Melee & Brawl with casual fans sticking to the earlier game while Nintendo devotees and competitive players try the new one (assuming the gameplay tweaks I have in mind are achieved)
