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At least one of the following, since I figure we'd get a few first-parties:
No but from some of the comments people are assuming it will be
Technically, no; my question was more hypothetical. Although, with the likes of Waluigi, Isaac, and Skull Kid being Assist Trophies and Bandana Dee being a Spirit Battle in World of Light, I can't really think of any "suprising, must-have" first-party characters that are left.
BD doesn't even get a spirit battle Waddle Dee does and then you enhance the spirit to get him. Guy deserved his own fight at least.
I'd be fine with Banjo being a belated anniversary gift. I had to try to mentally restrain myself from thinking about him being revealed every time Phil Spencer showed up on screen in the VGA.
Sylux.
I don't know who that is.
I think Reggie said the DLC characters will be from series new to Smash, which doesn’t leave that many first-party options open, so this pack feels very tailored to third-parties.
That’s...that’s not what I said...
He never said anything about new series. He was emphasizing that all of the DLC would be new characters; different from Smash 4, since all of the veterans are already back. Too many people are misinterpreting this. It's caused a lot of the Dixie Kong thread to just give up, which is kind of frustrating since I expected them to have more passion than that. I suppose every fanbase can't be the K. Rool fanbase though.
No, that's not what he said. He said that the characters are new to Smash, which is a convoluted way of saying they are newcomers.
Yeah, it's one thing to misinterpret Sakurai's comments due to possible translation snafus, but Reggie? Next thing you know, Bill Trinen's wish of seeing a player from Hockey on NES will be treated as a serious hint.
Okay okay, I went back to when he was talking about it, and yes he said “characters new to the series” I think it’s more that was what I think he was implying it was going to be new series, at least that’s what it sounded like to me. And to be fair the way the DLC is structured seems like it’s tailored to franchises new to the series.
It probably will be to some extent. I expect at least two first parties, the rest being third.
It’s funny how people suddenly say “Banjo won’t happen because everybody would expect him” even though their old argument was always “Banjo won’t happen because they’re owned by Microsoft.”
Exactly. Hoping for Goku or Shrek is one thing, but Da Bear is a game character. The only barrier is whether Nintendo is willing enough to venture outside of the 4-5 companies they've collaborated with so far (Atlus is still a part of Sega). And unlike with Geno, there aren't a bunch of legal hoops to leap through.
There’s still the thought of what these first-party characters would be able to bring in terms of their stage and music list that would justify using this setup.
Well, I do have a few:
Alright, not bad at all, I could see those working. Hopefully MP4 and Crafted World will be able to provide memorable enough stages and music.
I mean,
In fairness the DLC WILL be unexpected/surprising.
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My bets are on Porky or BDee for "obligatory first party character"I dunno, that would be weird though.
"Ultimate DLC Fight Pass (1?), featuring big third party names!"
"Oh, and also this thing
We'll just have to wait and see what happens before assuming there will be any set pattern/theme. Whoever's last is bound to be a shocker, at least.
Our last DLC's newcomers were Cloud, Ryu, Bayoneta and also this thingI dunno, that would be weird though.
"Ultimate DLC Fight Pass (1?), featuring big third party names!"
"Oh, and also this thing
We'll just have to wait and see what happens before assuming there will be any set pattern/theme. Whoever's last is bound to be a shocker, at least.
I know right. Even though absolutely nothing was hinted at in the VGA. And I had remind myself that the Banjo playing during the RDR2 song segment was a coincidence.
At least everybody knew who the Piranha Plant is by the time he got revealed.Our last DLC's newcomers were Cloud, Ryu, Bayoneta and also this thing
That announcement came a few hours before The Game Awards, we talked about this briefly on how this could mean Banjo could come to the Switch via their Game Pass service.
You forgot Porky. While those characters are either one off or minor in their series, Porky isn't. Porky was a boss back in Subspace Emissary and he is the co-antagonist of Earthbound/Mother 2 and the main antagonist of Mother 3. Out of the missing characters that are not spirits, Porky has got the best shot of making it in. Especially with Mother's 30th anniversary coming up next year, with potentially Mother 3 finally being announced and getting localized and released in the west. Porky as DLC could be a good promotion for Mother 3.
So what could be his potential stage and list of songs?
Seeing as New Pork City and Fourside are already in the game, his stage would probably be where you fight him at the end of Earthbound which is the Cave of the Past.
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