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They've said that there will only be Sonic characters in the game, but if they change their mind for DLC (which would come out after Ultimate's launch so we'd have to assume B&K aren't in at launch), then it would really depend on if B&K are in the Switch version or not.
I had the same reaction. The Ballot focus gives me a lot of optimism, while the stage comment makes me incredibly cautious. I still think four new stages is way too low for what's supposed to be a new game, and Sakurai wrote that before the release of the Direct, so it's not responding to the feedback. I just wish outlets would ask Nintendo to clarify, because if it's the total stage count they should answer it--otherwise they would say to wait for future announcements. It's gonna be an excruciating wait for the next Direct.
While the artwork doesn't give much hints, the blog is another story. It's been releasing an average of 3 fighters per week. As there is 26 weeks since the blog started to release, based on that pattern there should be 78 fighters. And currently there are 69 fighters (where Mii Fighters and Pokemon Trainer count as 1 each, echoes counting separately), so I've assumed we have around 9 more fighters including echoes to go, more or less. For prediction purposes, I've been going with 4 unique, and 4 echoes. If there's more, great. If not, it makes sense if we treat veterans as "returning fighters", then the count approaches to what we would normally get. Plus echoes. It's an analysis I made after the Direct gave me an idea of where they were going, though I've seen others coming to similar conclusions.
It's funny... K. Rool was my second most wanted newcomer as well and when he was announced I was reading people's responses of tears and such. I was thinking really? Tears?
For K. Rool, it wasn't just that he was in Smash - that was obviously huge. It was that the character was back, after being missing for ten whole years, and now with a secure future for his place in his franchise, and knowing that all our hard work paid off. That was the emotional reaction more than anything.
I agree 100%. I guess what I was getting at was that it set in for me that I have the emotional connection to BK that some people have for other characters.
It's great to see how much overlap there is for K.Rool and Banjo-Kazooie supporters,(Can't forget Dixie Kong either)Then again I shouldn't be surprise since Banjo-Kazooie is pretty much a spinoff of the Donkey Kong Franchise and it also shows how great Rareware was amazing at making great characters and worlds that a lot of fans love, to sum it up if your a fan of Donkey Kong theirs probably good chance your fan of Banjo-Kazooie and Rare as a whole too.
Think he tweeted about it after the reveal and said he had no idea.
But he still works at Rare, wouldn’t Microsoft at least let him know? Perhaps he is just fibbing about not knowing Rool was in.
Maybe, I tend not to take developers word if they are in a way directly involved considering they either will act like nothings happening or don't say anything. But K.Rool is Nintendo's property so he'd have no clue on that front, for BK he might. It's more Microsoft handling it however unless Rare is contributing with submitting assets required for Nintendos development to expedite the process of creating characters, from models, to voice clips to music etc.
I would think if anyone were allowed to give input, he would be the one that Microsoft would choose from Rare's staff seeing how he's one of the creators behind the character and likely the most veteran of the Rare's team, But at the end of the day it's Microsoft's call.
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Let's say that's true, let's say all of Vergebens leaks are true.
If Geno gets in, its beneficial to everyone, it shows that Sakurai truly is trying to make the Ultimate Smash Bros. experience and is trying to get the biggest characters in no matter how insane it might be. If Issac gets in too, its highly likely Banjo-Kazooie won't be far behind. I think these next few months are gonna be very interesting for the Smash community.
That's true, based on what I've seen around, If they both get in Banjo-Kazooie should probably be the next frontrunner, Kind of likefhow after Ridley got in, everyone's focus shifted to King K.Rool and so on.
After super early reveals of Ridley, K. Rool, and Simon Belmont, these few months are going to be nuts for all of us.
Yeah, getting King K. Rool in really ignited a fire in the Banjo-Kazooie community, myself included since I did my share of voting and support for Banjo-Kazooie and King K. Rool during the fighter ballot back in 2015.
We'll have to wait and see if there are any more surprises in store for the coming months. Either way, I'm excited to see what this game has in store for all of us!
The insane part is its like less than 4 months left! How much more do they have to show! 1-2? 6-7!? You can dedicate two whole directs to Smash with the amount left unseen, one dedicated to single player alone.
