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I mean, even Notch said (before he went full blown crazy) that Steve was just a husk to move the player around the world. The name Steve was literally thought of on the spot in an interview. So it might be more common around the office then we might think.
That's a possibility. Though he was used as merchandise before Microsoft took over, so I doubt that matters much to the fans alone. Notch isn't there anymore, even then.
Oh I know. I was just giving an example on how this might not be a lone case and how it might be a shared opinion around the office that could influence if they would let Steve in smash or not. I know it's not their choice in the end but I'm sure Microsoft and Nintendo would ask first.
I have a feeling Microsoft would probably not care about that. They know he sells lot hotcakes and it just means easy costume options.
There was actually supposed to be a Banjo-Kazooie cartoon on 4Kids around the time Nuts & Bolts came out but it was canned for whatever reason.
It doesn't have to be at E3... but announcing that at E3 would be a guaranteed hype machine
Are you being sarcastic or something? These are things the fans complain about, if the roster was made by fans NONE of these rules would be in. Most of these rules are already in use by Sakurai.
So is there a reason you keep coming back into this thread just to keep telling people Banjo isn't happening.
Should be pretty obvious that these are examples of fan rules that the community has set up for themselves. Im simply poking fun at how needlessly restrictive they are.
"B-but Ridley has to be terrifying and menacing in a game were it's literally possible to beat up the king of darkness with a secretary dog. Sakurai can take creative liberties with any character, except this one in particular for some reason."
*Ridley is then revealed*
Ah, but see, K. Rool is from a series that is still running!
Trolls gotta troll. I'm all up for constructive criticism. But for etiquette, there's a reason I don't pop up in the Steve thread.
(and for extra precautions, given I don't want to unintentionally agitate people, I limit my criticisms, even here).
Just goes to show how much Nintendo really pushed Banjo-Kazooie back in the day.
It's amazing that even after Ridley and K Rool people STILL find the need to make up rules to attempt to deny a character's chances, lmao.
It's 100% gonna happen.
Banjo's full name is actually Banjo-Kazooie of Nintendo 64
Fan Rules is basically people denying possible scenarios because they've never happened ignoring the fact that there could be a first time for such a scenario even without an official quote by Sakurai to back it up enough
Im surprised I never heard of this canceled Banjo-kazooie cartoon! Then again I am happy it was canceled, because if One Piece on 4kids is anything to go on, it would've been cringe central. Still digging the final design for the bear though.
I'm digging it too. It's angular, but it's not terrible like the N&B design. I would've watched the show had it come to fruition.
Banjo with sneakers is cursed yet somewhat blessed
And I agree, there is a first time for everything. But after 5 games ALL the west gets for representation is a single assist trophy, which o so conicendentally is a character for a game pubished by Nintendo(for Japan,) you have to admit that their level of caring for us is next to non-existent for this game. So it's impossible to believe that it may happen, because the actions of Nintendo/Sakurai shows. Why didn't we get a playable character on the base roster? Why just a SINGLE assist trophy?
Well to be fair, this game had only like, six actual newcomers. Two of those spots went to the biggest fan requested characters left (K. Ridley), two of them went to the biggest modern Nintendo characters (Isabelle and Inkling), one of them went to a historic third party rep (Simon), and the last went to an obligatory Pokemon rep (Incineroar).
Honestly this kind of set-up/hype would be far more in favor of Master Chief if it weren't for the fact that 343i employees have repeatedly stated that he's not in. Halo in Smash would be a nuclear-level megaton anouncement within the wider gaming industry. Also Microsoft are clearly trying to restore the luster that's been lost from Halo since Bungie's departure, and the hype for a Smash announcement would do wonders there. We're at a point in Halo's franchise life where I actually think Microsoft execs would kill for the publicity from MC appearing in Smash even with no recipocity from Nintendo beyond licensing fees.
Yeah, Steve is pretty generic. Good thing we've no extremely recent history of generic additions. Otherwise it might seem like they could still get in, irrespective of being generic.
Wait, we're losing faith because a situation makes too much sense? Would you feel more reassured if leakers named characters that had no relation to the data at all? Because generally when the situation lines up perfectly, that's not a mark against it.
I don't think it's fair to say Vergeben has no credibility. We know he has legit information, it's just mixed in with incorrect information.
In fairness we have not had a generic 3rd Party skin as a character yet. If anything the lack of a Monster Hunter rep goes against that idea. But it could still happen.
I’ve seen suggestions of Duck Hunt being a base for Joker because Persona summons and Gunman summoning.
That seems silly. I'd be shocked if Joker's Personas worked like that. And why would they use a character with such a drastically different model just for one move. Talk about a stretch.
My only concern about this is that they were in the game files before the game even launched. I think the game already leaked out before they made the official finalization announcement for DLC. It just seems strange how they would add placeholders for those games so soon when not even Joker had much development yet. And that's on top of people saying that Nintendo still kinda owns those game names in Japan
