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Well I think we'll be able to find out after the fact with a little code mining. Shuffled about data usually has artifacts of where it was before.
have they discovered anything via data mining since hero? in regards to smash i mean
Considering the whole "it's one of those fighters, who will it be?" yeah, even without the Assist Trophy, I would believe it's not Springman, personally. There's always characters that will seems more obvious than others, but that would be really bad to do that whole thing just to go for the most basic, normal choice possible.
Someone right above my post already said most of my points, so I'll just one I didn't see
Most likely not, seeing how this board hasn't brought any of that up. It's getting harder to find anything.
If it is Spring Man, it's almost guaranteed that he would have to come with something unexpected. Unlike other fighting game properties, they can do just about anything with ARMS since it still only has the one game, whereas the other ones have been established for decades and are treated with a bit of reverence to the point that they don't need any formal introduction (even if companies like Bamco tend to go after fan favorites first).Someone right above my post already said most of my points, so I'll just one I didn't see
Most notably the fact that Nintendo and Sakurai can just do whatever the hell they want with Smash because it's basically their thing. If they want to promote an Assist Trophy through playable means, there's really nothing stopping them for any DLC that's decided after the base game since it's beyond their initial plan.
Heck, it wouldn't even be the first Nintendo fighting game where an Assist-type character gets promoted to playable, as that honor goes to Croagunk in Pokken. So there's definitely precedent to this idea of a promotion and if that's what they want to go for, they'll just go for it, end of story.
Should also point out Croagunk is the only example from Pokken, so in other words, if we do get an Assist promotion in the second Pass, don't expect it to be a norm. It would likely be the only case for the entire wave.
What makes me think it won't be Spring Man is already said above; that guessing game would be utterly pointless if we got the most obvious choice.
It'd be like if, back in 2015, Nintendo said "we're getting a fighter from Street Fighter II, but we're not saying who" when pretty much everyone could tell in advance that it'd be Ryu, and not just because it leaked through datamines, but because Ryu is the mascot for the franchise, if not the entire fighting genre. Spending weeks of making us guess would be a complete waste of time because we'd figure Nintendo out in one second, if even that.
Yeah, they're reliably predictable like that. At most we'd hear stuff at 9 PM tonight, in regards to their time zone.
Everything in regards to ARMS is a Schrodinger's Cat right now, even the alleged leaks. The closer we move to the announcement, the more confusing it gets.
You're right it isn't like not even Nintendo staff as Sakurai stated knew that FP5 was gonna be Byleth.
That one's a little different, since it was a combination of a real leak (Box one) and a fake (Grinch one) arriving at roughly the same time, confusing everyone for about a week, IIRC, especially with some interpreting Sak's "a few more characters" statement prior to those to mean more than what he exactly meant.
whats that?
The June 16th rumor that says Spring Man with alts of different characters and a sequel to Kencineroar as the trailer. June 16 is ARMS’s anniversary
The only time they ever did that was for Punch Out, and I don't really use anniversaries to judge when a character reveal occurs. I think we'll see it before then
Yeah, this week seems like the determining factor. If something happens then, the leak's mostly fake, if nothing happens until the next, it's a lucky guess at best.
This could be another exceptional time where they could do it again.
Robin and Lucina’s trailer had Captain Falcon in it because it was F-Zero X’s JP anniversary, but yeah I agree
Two boxing-based properties having reveals on two different anniversaries. It'd be like poetry.
Most likely not. Even the Three Houses DLC was separated by about two weeks or so from the end of the first Fighter Pass
Oh snap! Does that mean FP7 is an Gen 8 Pokemon?
To another endless guessing game?
Nah, just to knowing who the next character shortly after that is. We are supposed to specifically move on from the deliberate guessing game of ARMS, no other character before this one was so vague in their reveals, not even Byleth (really only lasted two days on that one).
That would require exceptional timing.
Nintendo/Sakurai: Here's Cinderace instead (Given the anime withIn case it is though, I'm ready for the kung fu Ultraman Tiga bear.
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It would go back to my initial theory of base forms being deconfirmed by their spirits, but not their evos, incidentally.Nintendo/Sakurai: Here's Cinderace instead (Given the anime with
As you say though just starter forms plus Pokemon aren't characters, they're an species so there's more then one. So final evolutions are still on the table.
...You do know it's what I said just now, right? That Final evos aren't deconfirmed by spirits. Ugh, unintentionally vague on my part, yet again.
You're right - they're going to make them even more ambiguous!
But really though, I don't think there would be any real point in doing that outside of ARMS, not only would it be nonsensical, but it'd get old fast.
I think there are some games where it could still work. Can't think of any off the top of my head, but they're out there.
Well I'm not so sure. I don't think they'll do it for 3rd parties but if there's more Nintendo characters, who's to say they don't do this for the next one?
My bad, sorry....You do know it's what I said just now, right? That Final evos aren't deconfirmed by spirits. Ugh, unintentionally vague on my part, yet again.
Imagine if Nintendo (on HAL's behalf) gets Sak out of his comfort zone enough to do it for a
character, like I pointed out earlier. We still have no idea what, if any, upcoming projects for that series will be like, since we usually get at least one entry per year.
Those Kirby ones were really vicious.
The unusual, "joke" character, presented almost like an echo fighter. Flashy animated trailer made for the Game Awards, without gameplay. and The most standard of the bunch, with "normal" trailers, mixing CGI and Gameplay.Fun trailer paying hommage to the Neo Geo, while keeping a short mystery about who the SNK character will be playable. No gameplay, but in game model shown directly. Let's not forget the little teaser during Banjo's presentation the same day.Normal trailer, but revealed directly during Sakurai's presentation, with an awkward hint before.
and I currently think Spring Man's the least likely out of the bunch given that he had both a Mii Costume and AT. It's a big elephant in the room
how about Xenoblade? the Rex vs Elma wars would be in full force... though I personally think Rex is the least likely there due to him being not just a Mii Costume, but one that's bundled with a paid-for pass (aka not in the base game).
