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nah all he said was that sora was the last dlc character in fp2, and that was the very last sakurai presents. he didnt say anything about spirit events, potential new stages, or post pass content at all
He said Sora would be the last fighter for Ultimate, and since those are what keep people around, chances are development will end shortly after Sora.
No offense but that does'nt seem to relevant with Waluigi specifically, if we only talk about Waluigi being future Smash fighter.
He kept saying that that was the last presentation for the game. I don’t think he ever said that that was the last piece of content though. That is what I think was weird, I thought for sure they were going to do a wrap up to discuss how far smash has come/what to expect from smash going forward but they didn’t. Maybe the truth is they don’t know yet.
Well the deadline is December and they finished the last fighter in October.
nah lol there's rly no reason to assume that. we're definitely gonna keep getting balance patches & spirit events, the latter is ez promo
This is cute and all but once again, just fluff and nothing else.
Yeah we're not getting any more DLC. I do believe that "Smash 6" isn't that far away though, and it will probably just be an enhanced port for the next console a la Mario Kart 8. I think Waluigi will be one of the newcomers added.
He said "no more DLC fighters" though. That alone kills the Waluigi dream even if there is more content planned for the game
Honestly, Waluigi in NSMBW would be so lame... why ? Because it's NSMBW aka the average corporate game that destroyed the creativity we all loved back in the day.
TBH if there's any game to blame for the mandates it's probably the Strikers duology, NSMB was more just what they built the sanitised Mario world out of.
Apparently Super Paper Mario and Rosalina's storybook in Galaxy also had something to do with the mandates. But I blame NSMB Wii because almost every game that came out after (except Mario & Luigi) got infested by some sort of blandness universe caused by this game until the Switch came out and some Mario games got a bit of its creativeness back. But during the early-mid 2010s, Nintendo made NSMB Wii the face of the series and you know it was the case when you look at most of the Mario games during this period. These pictures sum everything up.
Let's...not do this on the literal last day of the thread. It's not a good look.
You messed up a bit your DLC ranking : Banjo & Kazooie are clearly number 1, and Piranha Plant is the lowest.Honestly, I've never been hooked on a daily bases to a series like Smash Bros.
This series is truly one of a kind.
From the reveals, to Sakurai's pic of the day, to even the speculation scene with its ups and downs.
I'll miss all of this.
Part of the reason of why I want Smash 6 to use and build upon Ultimate is because Smash Bros at its core, is all about playing as your favorite characters, simple as that.
And also because this roster, especially this roster, I don't want us to lose it by next Smash.
I have this feeling that a perfectionist like Sakurai after getting to 89 fighters, he'd have to think to himself that a 100 isn't too far right now.
I hope Sakurai for Smash 6 goes like:
Let's have all fighters from Ultimate
Beginning with
Mario #1
(All other fighters)
Ending with
Sora #82
And let's just improve on the characters that are already in the game while adding a small number of newcomers that with time will expand through DLC similar to how Ultimate started.
Base Newcomers:
Waluigi #83
????? #84
????? #85
????? #86
????? #87
????? #88
????? #89
DLC Newcomers:
????? #90
????? #91
????? #92
????? #93
????? #94
????? #95
????? #96
????? #97
????? #98
????? #99
????? #100
????? #101
And with that ladies and gentlemen we reached 108 fighters.But seriously though, Smash Ultimate is a fantastic game, I even want them to expand on the Spirits mechanically because I actually use them outside of WoL, that's how much I've played Ultimate.Now about playing as your favorite characters, to me going from Brawl to Smash 4 and losing Snake was actually really sad.
Some folks might not understand this, and some might tell me to not get too attached to Smash and play other games, but...
Smash Bros is my favorite video game series of all time.
Ever since I was a 5 year old kid, Smash was always my go to game.
I only ever knew Mario at the time, so playing Super Smash Bros. on my N64, as a kid I thought it was just another Mario game like Mario Golf/Tennis/Kart/Party.
It was the first time I got introduced to other Nintendo characters like Link, Samus, Fox, Kirby, etc.
Smash Bros Melee introduced me to more games through reading the description of the in-game Trophies.
So by the time Brawl got revealed (E3 2006), I was already playing other games like Zelda, Ape Escape, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, and more.
But I hated FPS games at the time because I thought it was just mindless shooting and nothing more, I was ignorant about a lot of games, so imagine my shock when it was revealed that Solid Snake was coming to Smash, who at the time was just from a shooter game to little ignorant me.
I knew who Snake was, or rather seen his game before (MGS on PS1), so I was curious what his game actually played like.
I bought MGS3 for the PS2 and it was the best gaming decision I ever made.
Mario introduced me to Gaming through Super Mario 64
Smash Bros introduced to many amazing series'
Metal Gear encouraged me to get outside of my comfort zone and try different games from other genres.
So now I love Metal Gear Solid, I'm attached to this Snake character, and he's in my favorite series Smash Bros.
But Smash 4 removed him, and I feel the game is extremely empty.
Because unlike characters who have yet to make their Smash debut, he was there, he was once playable alongside many amazing characters.
Some suggested putting a substitute Nintendo fighter using his move-set, but I'm attached to the character Snake not his Smash move-set.
So what about Waluigi you say ?
He's part of the main Mario cast even though he never appeared in a main game, he makes yearly appearances in the spin-off games.
And me personally, he's a big part of my childhood since I used to just mainly play Mario games, he was my main in Mario Party 3 and Mario Kart Double Dash.
So his absence as a playable character is weird and jarring to many, yes we know Smash isn't a Mario game, and there's many other characters who didn't get be playable fighters, waiting on the sidelines for years now.
But this is Waluigi we are talking about, like, how simple and easy of a request is it compared to a 3rd party with tons of licensing to work around or a 1st party whose proportions are so difficult to get them to work properly (Ridley).
I wish he was obscure but he's not.
With Waluigi you're not representing a new universe, or digging a dead character/series from the grave to revive them through Smash.
It's just simply Waluigi, a fan favorite to many who is absolutely relevant, because he is always there with the Mario crew, year after year not skipping once.
People will say then what about Dixie Kong or Bandana Waddle Dee ?
Yeah what about them ?
They're fine, but let's not beat around the bush, the Super Mario franchise is the face of Nintendo and is arguably the biggest gaming franchise.
So if any series deserves a newcomer every new Smash entry it's Super Mario without a doubt.
But to our dismay, Smash Ultimate gave us a Piranha Plant as a newcomer before Waluigi.
And look I love P. Plant but ****, who asked ?
I love this stupid Plant more than Joker, and I ****ing love Persona 5, but you don't ****ing add it before Waluigi, this Plant made its first ever playable debut in Smash of all games, and Waluigi is just stuck in AT hell till Nintendo get of their asses to make him a game to justify his inclusion and so he can have enough source material for moves even though that never stopped C. Falcon, Duck Hunt, etc.
And the DLC while some might disagree with the choices, is phenomenal.
I hope we get to see Waluigi in a similar ranking when Smash 6 comes around, because I know he's my number 1.My ranking personally to each DLC fighter on their own merits and not counting the Stages and Music tracks they each bring.
1- Kazuya
2- Sephiroth
3- Terry
4- Hero
5- Sora
6- Byleth
7- Min Min
8- Piranha Plant
9- Steve
10- Pyra/Mythra
11- Banjo&Kazooie
12- Joker
Thank you Sakurai, for accomplishing the impossible and for the years of entertainment from Smash Bros.
And thank you Smash devs, for all of your hard work on these projects.
But apart from that, I agree with almost every single word you said. I'm rediscovering the Twin Snakes on my good old Game Cube, and it feels so good to get out of my comfort zone !
I strongly disagree. If Waluigi got in Smash and played as poorly as Min Min, Hero, Mega Man, Sonic, e.t.c. it'd be a bigger insult than Waluigi not appearing at all. It's why I'm so cautious about Crash actually - one of my favourite series of all time, but I highly doubt Sakurai would do it justice.
I'm not saying that it doesn't matter. I'm saying it's not all that matters, and who the character is is at least as important as how he plays. I don't like the way Sonic plays in Smash, so I never play him, but that's very rare (for me) and I'm convinced that his presence is a very important fact by itself : it's important that he's here, because he should be.
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