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even if its nothing but characters that you dont like?
I'd guess 5, maybe 6. We got 7 in Smash 4, but three of those were veterans, and two of those veterans were semi-clones. Assuming that they take the same amount of time to work on Smash Ultimate's DLC as they did for Smash 4, I figure we'll get a similar number of characters. (this isn't counting Echoes, who would take much less effort)
I'd say 5ish unique and 5ish echoes, however these could potentially shoot up to 10 if it outsells the Wii U version by even more then it likely will. If 40% of all Wii Us sold had a copy of SSB4 with them, and the Switch has sold about 48% more consoles than the Wii U so far (this number was calculated in June, and remember Smash sells consoles), then that's a lot of sales. And that's not counting the people who only had 3DS or Melee that want to switch to Ultimate!
I'm not a fan of Corrin in the FE games, but love them in Smash. Likewise, I love Palutena in Kid Icarus but not at all in Smash. You never know who you'll like or dislike in games like this until you try them all, and because I'm sure many families share Switch systems, it would make no sense to buy some but not all fighters in a collection, because it removes variety. That's just me, though.
I certainly hope so there, it would more than make up for Waluigi, Pauline, Ashley and Shovel Knight not getting to party with the others this go-round.
My guess is that DLC will work similar to Kirby's Dream Friend Allies, so it will come in waves. That being said it all depends on how many waves we have and how many characters are introduced in each wave. My general thought is that we'll have 12 newcomers for DLC including echoes: four waves, two new fighters and one echo in each. However I can see there being anywhere between 3 and 16 DLC fighters, but probably not the 32 or so we would need to bring the roster up to 100 (I'd like a nice, even 100 too, but historically Smash hasn't really paid attention to the final number of fighters).
Let's say the leak is real, you really think they're going to develop 20+ characters on top of that, with how huge the roster is already and how much harder the game gets to balance with each new addition? That's over 100 dollars worth of character DLC alone. It strikes me as simply unfeasible.
fair enough
Really? I remember hearing there'd be another console coming in 2023.
Well the Switch came out in 2017, so if the next console (The Super Switch? The Switch U? The Nintendo 2160?) comes out seven years after that it'd be 2024 and would probably be announced in 2023.
.... I started a reply last night and said almost the exact same thing. A bit weird to see it posted. :T
They said 7 to ten years, it could be 2027. Either way it's not for a long time. And besides, the next console could just be a revamped version of the Switch again, as we're supposed to get one late next year. It could be a home console system that connects with the Switch in some way (and hopefully with a stylus so we can play Mario maker)
The last ARMS update was some time ago, but Splatoon 2 is still in full support, as well as Odyssey. BotW is no longer receiving any work, and I believe the next Zelda game is already ind development. Star Allies will get it's 3rd (and maybe 4th) DLC waves sometime this year or the next. MK8 Deluxe has gotten some random updates here and there.
Then we also need to think about the type of support, I guess. Like Mario gets a simple costume every few months, while ARMS and Splatoon got and still get actual modes and weapons and online events and all that jazz. Ooof man I just have no idea XP
There's even speculation alternate costumes will come as DLC.
10 fighters is a lot. But I'm willing to go further and suggest up to 20, considering how many people are going to be unsatisfied.
That would be nice. I understand with such massive rosters it's hard to give so many alternate costumes but it's an area Smash has always been lacking.
There will still be people unsatisfied after 20, or 30, and so on. Consider that if Grinch is real, we have over 80 characters including echoes, and some people are still disappointed by the roster.
If Nintendo added more DLC characters than in the Base game they would get some bad publicity like FE Echoes did for having $45 worth of DLC although the game itself was $40. Besides, that would take like a week to install data wise.
I mean, character DLC alone for Smash 3DS costs 35 dollars (including bundled stages), vs. a 40 dollar game. I think Smash is popular enough that they can get away with it. I think it's only when character DLC gets close to the three digits that they are going to start sweating it.
The only characters who appear in Subspace that aren't playable or enemies/bosses are Palutena, the Clown Car and the Waddle Dees.
Plus the base game is more than worth the asking price for it (especially in Canada, where Switch games are more expensive), with the amount of content it'll have.
Well replace every Xenoblade character with Spring Man, but yeah the point remains. There are really only a few essential first party characters left
Okay Medusa and DJ Octavio replace Elma and Rex & Pyra though I still think they should be on the roster. Xenoblade is a pretty big franchise for Nintendo now. Xenoblade 2 did sell over a million copies afterall. Not bad for a newer niche JRPG series (even if I don't care for the series personally).
Very compelling point there...
there are characters that i don't like?
Well Rex is likely as DLC I don't really know why he said to replace him. Elma isn't looking too good though.
