Official DLC Speculation Discussion Volume II

[MBRedboy31]

You know what‘s an interesting idea for a “vehicle pilot” character that probably no one has considered?

Mii Tank, from Miitopia.

It looks like a silly Halloween cosplay, with a turret on their head and tank treads attached to their waist, held up by suspenders. But, they can pull their legs in and expand the treads outward as to drive around on the treads. Furthermore, if they also pull their head in, they become a tank completely. Thus, it’d avoid some of the practical issues with having a typical tank as a character, since they still have full access to their arms and legs. The turret on their head can fire both exploding shells and lasers, and can also launch other characters as a projectile (which would probably be a throw or command grab in Smash.)

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

If we're not getting Lloyd or Yuri, that leaves only the best option for a Tales rep.

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[PeridotGX]

You know what‘s an interesting idea for a “vehicle pilot” character that probably no one has considered?

Mii Tank, from Miitopia.

It looks like a silly Halloween cosplay, with a turret on their head and tank treads attached to their waist, held up by suspenders. But, they can pull their legs in and expand the treads outward as to drive around on the treads. Furthermore, if they also pull their head in, they become a tank completely. Thus, it’d avoid some of the practical issues with having a typical tank as a character, since they still have full access to their arms and legs. The turret on their head can fire both exploding shells and lasers, and can also launch other characters as a projectile (which would probably be a throw or command grab in Smash.)

honestly, I'd love a Miitopia rep, it's such a good game and I'm glad it got a second chance (which seems to have payed off). I don't know if a Mii class is the best option for a Miitopia rep (I'd go with a character, like the Great Sage or Dark Lord) but I'd take basically anything.

 

[DarthEnderX]

honestly, I'd love a Miitopia rep

You...have 3 already.

 

[Aurora Jenny]

You...have 3 already.

I don't know. I always felt like a Mii Mage wouldn't be amiss in things. A pure magic style,

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

You...have 3 already.

Gunners and fighters arent in miitopia

 

[chocolatejr9]

You...have 3 already.

Does this count as stereotyping?

 

[MBRedboy31]

You...have 3 already.

Of the Mii Fighters, only Swordfighter really fights much like any of the Miitopia classes (the Warrior, in this case.)
The closest thing to Brawler is the Cat (but the Cat fights with their claws, not with their fists and with kicks, although Brawler does have a cat costume option at least) and the closest thing to Gunner is the Tank (but the Tank fights with the cannon on their head.)

(Practically speaking, though, probably the easiest way to represent Miitopia is with a stage, since the game has a whole lot of visually distinctive environments. Notable characters could have background cameos using random Mii faces pulled from your system, like with the background Miis in Tomodachi Life.)

 

[PacificFun]

Okay screw it. I'm throwing out my predictions for FP10 and FP11. You can hate me all you want for this but I'm just going to throw it out there:

So first off, I see no 1st party representative for the rest of the DLC. Nintendo advertised Fire Emblem, ARMS and Xenoblade, three growing IPs. Pokemon doesn't need a "push" like these growing IPs do. And with Pokemon getting a spirit event, I'd say they're out.

So this leaves us with third-party characters. With these third-party picks, I dont think we're getting any new companies in this pass. I feel that Nintendo would want to stick with the already existing relations they have (when they were picking back in 2018) so no new strings need to be made. Theres also Ubisoft and Koei Tecmo but I just dont see them getting characters at this point.

Judging by the characters picked in FP1 and FP2 (so far), I think the final two characters will be one decent sized/somewhat niche third-party with a legacy (Fatal Fury, Persona) and a bombshell third-party for mass appeal (Final Fantasy, Minecraft). The decent sized third-party will be to compensate for the budget Nintendo is working with and the bombshell will be the final "hurrah" for the Ultimate Smash Bros. game.

Now for the pool of characters in the "decent sized to somewhat niche with a legacy" third-party characters:

-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Lylod (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)

I feel like this is our potential pool of smaller third-party picks that could still have decent impact (with an accompanying bombshell pick).

Speaking of the bombshells, these are my picks from the remaining third-parties for mass appeal characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)

I do not think we'll get another character from an already existing third-party in the game (ala Sephiroth). Final Fantasy 7 had a unique situation as it was heavily underrepresented at launch. Regardless on how we feel about the representation of Sonic and Street Fighter, what is there is "complete". So no Chun-Li and Dr. Eggman.

And here's a more bias prediction but I feel that at least one of these characters will not use a disjoint as their primary weapon. We've had SIX disjoint users in a row. There is no way in hell Nintendo and Sakurai didn't realize this in the development plan. We really could use a mix up for at least one of these last two characters (preferably both).

So yeah, I think this is the final pool of characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)
-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Tales character (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)


Okay, you can all laugh at me now.

 

[Gnateb]

Okay screw it. I'm throwing out my predictions for FP10 and FP11. You can hate me all you want for this but I'm just going to throw it out there:

So first off, I see no 1st party representative for the rest of the DLC. Nintendo advertised Fire Emblem, ARMS and Xenoblade, three growing IPs. Pokemon doesn't need a "push" like these growing IPs do. And with Pokemon getting a spirit event, I'd say they're out.

So this leaves us with third-party characters. With these third-party picks, I dont think we're getting any new companies in this pass. I feel that Nintendo would want to stick with the already existing relations they have (when they were picking back in 2018) so no new strings need to be made. Theres also Ubisoft and Koei Tecmo but I just dont see them getting characters at this point.

Judging by the characters picked in FP1 and FP2 (so far), I think the final two characters will be one decent sized/somewhat niche third-party with a legacy (Fatal Fury, Persona) and a bombshell third-party for mass appeal (Final Fantasy, Minecraft). The decent sized third-party will be to compensate for the budget Nintendo is working with and the bombshell will be the final "hurrah" for the Ultimate Smash Bros. game.

Now for the pool of characters in the "decent sized to somewhat niche with a legacy" third-party characters:

-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Lylod (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)

I feel like this is our potential pool of smaller third-party picks that could still have decent impact (with an accompanying bombshell pick).

Speaking of the bombshells, these are my picks from the remaining third-parties for mass appeal characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)

I do not think we'll get another character from an already existing third-party in the game (ala Sephiroth). Final Fantasy 7 had a unique situation as it was heavily underrepresented at launch. Regardless on how we feel about the representation of Sonic and Street Fighter, what is there is "complete". So no Chun-Li and Dr. Eggman.

And here's a more bias prediction but I feel that at least one of these characters will not use a disjoint as their primary weapon. We've had SIX disjoint users in a row. There is no way in hell Nintendo and Sakurai didn't realize this in the development plan. We really could use a mix up for at least one of these last two characters (preferably both).

So yeah, I think this is the final pool of characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)
-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Tales character (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)


Okay, you can all laugh at me now.

Arle and Chosen Undead are my final two expectations right now, more so than the other few I have in mind.

LouieG has successfully convinced me that Arle is a pretty serious contender, lol.

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Okay screw it. I'm throwing out my predictions for FP10 and FP11. You can hate me all you want for this but I'm just going to throw it out there:

So first off, I see no 1st party representative for the rest of the DLC. Nintendo advertised Fire Emblem, ARMS and Xenoblade, three growing IPs. Pokemon doesn't need a "push" like these growing IPs do. And with Pokemon getting a spirit event, I'd say they're out.

So this leaves us with third-party characters. With these third-party picks, I dont think we're getting any new companies in this pass. I feel that Nintendo would want to stick with the already existing relations they have (when they were picking back in 2018) so no new strings need to be made. Theres also Ubisoft and Koei Tecmo but I just dont see them getting characters at this point.

Judging by the characters picked in FP1 and FP2 (so far), I think the final two characters will be one decent sized/somewhat niche third-party with a legacy (Fatal Fury, Persona) and a bombshell third-party for mass appeal (Final Fantasy, Minecraft). The decent sized third-party will be to compensate for the budget Nintendo is working with and the bombshell will be the final "hurrah" for the Ultimate Smash Bros. game.

Now for the pool of characters in the "decent sized to somewhat niche with a legacy" third-party characters:

-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Lylod (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)

I feel like this is our potential pool of smaller third-party picks that could still have decent impact (with an accompanying bombshell pick).

Speaking of the bombshells, these are my picks from the remaining third-parties for mass appeal characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)

I do not think we'll get another character from an already existing third-party in the game (ala Sephiroth). Final Fantasy 7 had a unique situation as it was heavily underrepresented at launch. Regardless on how we feel about the representation of Sonic and Street Fighter, what is there is "complete". So no Chun-Li and Dr. Eggman.

And here's a more bias prediction but I feel that at least one of these characters will not use a disjoint as their primary weapon. We've had SIX disjoint users in a row. There is no way in hell Nintendo and Sakurai didn't realize this in the development plan. We really could use a mix up for at least one of these last two characters (preferably both).

So yeah, I think this is the final pool of characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)
-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Tales character (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)


Okay, you can all laugh at me now.

Neku's there, this pleases me

 

[PacificFun]

Arle and Chosen Undead are my final two expectations right now, more so than the other few I have in mind.

LouieG has successfully convinced me that Arle is a pretty serious contender, lol.

Arle is kind of like Terry. Not a huge deal but is still alive and kicking and has a sizable legacy (and would be very cheap).

 

[Shroob]

I think the big question is where does the Lloyd costume return?


I'm not really one to buy into conspiracy theories, but it is quite odd that so far, all the Mii costumes in FP2 have had somewhat connections to the characters that they came with.


Which, to me at least, means that at least 1 of the remaining 2 characters either has an RPG background, or uses a sword.

 

[Technomage]

Okay screw it. I'm throwing out my predictions for FP10 and FP11. You can hate me all you want for this but I'm just going to throw it out there:

So first off, I see no 1st party representative for the rest of the DLC. Nintendo advertised Fire Emblem, ARMS and Xenoblade, three growing IPs. Pokemon doesn't need a "push" like these growing IPs do. And with Pokemon getting a spirit event, I'd say they're out.

So this leaves us with third-party characters. With these third-party picks, I dont think we're getting any new companies in this pass. I feel that Nintendo would want to stick with the already existing relations they have (when they were picking back in 2018) so no new strings need to be made. Theres also Ubisoft and Koei Tecmo but I just dont see them getting characters at this point.

Judging by the characters picked in FP1 and FP2 (so far), I think the final two characters will be one decent sized/somewhat niche third-party with a legacy (Fatal Fury, Persona) and a bombshell third-party for mass appeal (Final Fantasy, Minecraft). The decent sized third-party will be to compensate for the budget Nintendo is working with and the bombshell will be the final "hurrah" for the Ultimate Smash Bros. game.

Now for the pool of characters in the "decent sized to somewhat niche with a legacy" third-party characters:

-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Lylod (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)

I feel like this is our potential pool of smaller third-party picks that could still have decent impact (with an accompanying bombshell pick).

Speaking of the bombshells, these are my picks from the remaining third-parties for mass appeal characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)

I do not think we'll get another character from an already existing third-party in the game (ala Sephiroth). Final Fantasy 7 had a unique situation as it was heavily underrepresented at launch. Regardless on how we feel about the representation of Sonic and Street Fighter, what is there is "complete". So no Chun-Li and Dr. Eggman.

And here's a more bias prediction but I feel that at least one of these characters will not use a disjoint as their primary weapon. We've had SIX disjoint users in a row. There is no way in hell Nintendo and Sakurai didn't realize this in the development plan. We really could use a mix up for at least one of these last two characters (preferably both).

So yeah, I think this is the final pool of characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)
-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Tales character (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)


Okay, you can all laugh at me now.

I think that Arle and Chief would be the most likely two picks from the selection.

 

[chocolatejr9]

Okay screw it. I'm throwing out my predictions for FP10 and FP11. You can hate me all you want for this but I'm just going to throw it out there:

So first off, I see no 1st party representative for the rest of the DLC. Nintendo advertised Fire Emblem, ARMS and Xenoblade, three growing IPs. Pokemon doesn't need a "push" like these growing IPs do. And with Pokemon getting a spirit event, I'd say they're out.

So this leaves us with third-party characters. With these third-party picks, I dont think we're getting any new companies in this pass. I feel that Nintendo would want to stick with the already existing relations they have (when they were picking back in 2018) so no new strings need to be made. Theres also Ubisoft and Koei Tecmo but I just dont see them getting characters at this point.

Judging by the characters picked in FP1 and FP2 (so far), I think the final two characters will be one decent sized/somewhat niche third-party with a legacy (Fatal Fury, Persona) and a bombshell third-party for mass appeal (Final Fantasy, Minecraft). The decent sized third-party will be to compensate for the budget Nintendo is working with and the bombshell will be the final "hurrah" for the Ultimate Smash Bros. game.

Now for the pool of characters in the "decent sized to somewhat niche with a legacy" third-party characters:

-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Lylod (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)

I feel like this is our potential pool of smaller third-party picks that could still have decent impact (with an accompanying bombshell pick).

Speaking of the bombshells, these are my picks from the remaining third-parties for mass appeal characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)

I do not think we'll get another character from an already existing third-party in the game (ala Sephiroth). Final Fantasy 7 had a unique situation as it was heavily underrepresented at launch. Regardless on how we feel about the representation of Sonic and Street Fighter, what is there is "complete". So no Chun-Li and Dr. Eggman.

And here's a more bias prediction but I feel that at least one of these characters will not use a disjoint as their primary weapon. We've had SIX disjoint users in a row. There is no way in hell Nintendo and Sakurai didn't realize this in the development plan. We really could use a mix up for at least one of these last two characters (preferably both).

So yeah, I think this is the final pool of characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)
-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Tales character (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)


Okay, you can all laugh at me now.

My only complaint is that this pool is WAY too safe. Nothing really "out there", which I feel people should be more willing to think of. Oh well.

Also, they can still add Euden to promote Dragalia Lost. Gotta mention that every time somebody implies Nintendo is out of shill picks.

 

[Gnateb]

I think the big question is where does the Lloyd costume return?


I'm not really one to buy into conspiracy theories, but it is quite odd that so far, all the Mii costumes in FP2 have had somewhat connections to the characters that they came with.


Which, to me at least, means that at least 1 of the remaining 2 characters either has an RPG background, or uses a sword.

If not with a Tales character or an unrelated character, I'm still thinking Dark Souls. Both Chosen Undead and Lloyd are sword wielding, Bandai Namco, JRPG playable characters from games with heavy exploration and action elements. They also share the same composer, and for Lloyd's costume reveal trailer they would likely use a song composed by Motoi Sakuraba, who would have tracks in the hypothetical Dark Souls challenger pack.

 

[DarthEnderX]

I don't know. I always felt like a Mii Mage wouldn't be amiss in things. A pure magic style,

Oh, well certainly. If we're talking about adding a new type of customizable Mii. I'm all for a Mii Mage.

But not a fighter that specifically represents Miitopia, which is about Miis, which we already have.

 

[PacificFun]

My only complaint is that this pool is WAY too safe. Nothing really "out there", which I feel people should be more willing to think of. Oh well.

Also, they can still add Euden to promote Dragalia Lost. Gotta mention that every time somebody implies Nintendo is out of shill picks.

If we look at the selection of DLC so far, the only out there choice is really Terry. Everyone else makes complete sense to me.

I don't feel like getting crazy rn (if that makes any sense).

 

[Gnateb]

My "out there" pick is Diablo. I'm probably very wrong, but I'm convinced Diablo would be our Activision character. Axel Stone also comes to mind for me, but not because of the series composer being followed by Sakurai.

Chosen Undead, who I'm a longtime advocate for, was widely considered "out there" until like last week for some reason.

 

[Guynamednelson]

If we look at the selection of DLC so far, the only out there choice is really Terry. Everyone else makes complete sense to me.

Maybe in hindsight, but a lot of DLC characters weren't commonly discussed until they actually joined the battle. Even with ARMS proving first parties can be a few years old and still be DLC fighters there were people who thought XC2 still missed the boat for example.

And even Terry can "make sense" if you pay attention to how many fighters got SNK DLC.

 

[Technomage]

What other characters could be considered "out there?"

 

[PacificFun]

Maybe in hindsight, but a lot of DLC characters weren't commonly discussed until they actually joined the battle. Even with ARMS proving first parties can be a few years old and still be DLC fighters there were people who thought XC2 still missed the boat for example.

When an ARMS character was confirmed, I was like 99% sure we were getting an Xenoblade 2 rep tbh.

 

[Strong-Arm]

Im gonna be honest I think people low key sleeping on Revolver Ocelot, Nightmare, or Axel Stone as out of left field picks

 

[Gengar84]

My "out there" pick is Diablo. I'm probably very wrong, but I'm convinced Diablo would be our Activision character. Axel Stone also comes to mind for me, but not because of the series composer being followed by Sakurai.

Chosen Undead, who I'm a longtime advocate for, was widely considered "out there" until like last week for some reason.

Diablo would be awesome. I think I’d slightly prefer Illidan or Kerrigan but Diablo would definitely be one of the coolest Smash characters yet.

 

[PeridotGX]

I still think there's a non-zero chance we get an Undertale rep.

 

[Guynamednelson]

What other characters could be considered "out there?"

First parties purely chosen for their ballot standings.

 

[spicynun]

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)
-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Tales character (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)


Okay, you can all laugh at me now.

I would honestly be happy if any two from that pool make it in

 

[perfectchaos83]

I think the big question is where does the Lloyd costume return?


I'm not really one to buy into conspiracy theories, but it is quite odd that so far, all the Mii costumes in FP2 have had somewhat connections to the characters that they came with.


Which, to me at least, means that at least 1 of the remaining 2 characters either has an RPG background, or uses a sword.

Gil came with Steve. There's really no connection you can make between them besides "lol blue sword" Not to mention, there's really no connection between Pyra and Mythra and the Capcom costumes.

 

[Technomage]

Gil came with Steve. There's really no connection you can make between them besides "lol blue sword" Not to mention, there's really no connection between Pyra and Mythra and the Capcom costumes.

Except most of them use swords, which Pythra are.

 

[Shroob]

Gil came with Steve. There's really no connection you can make between them besides "lol blue sword" Not to mention, there's really no connection between Pyra and Mythra and the Capcom costumes.

I mean, I'm gonna call Rie Sonomura in here, but she was the big one who claimed that the MonHun costumes would return with P/M.

 

[perfectchaos83]

Except most of them use swords, which Pythra are.

Kind of a weak reasoning. Arthur uses a Lance, even if it's sloppily tossed on the Mii Sword Fighter moveset.

I mean, I'm gonna call Rie Sonomura in here, but she was the big one who claimed that the MonHun costumes would return with P/M.

I mean, I did too. I just also Thought Lloyd would come back as well.

 

[NinJeds]

I still think there's a non-zero chance we get an Undertale rep.

I also believe there is a semi-decent chance of that happening, not a high one, but still.

Or maybe I’m just delusional.

 

[Technomage]

Kind of a weak reasoning. Arthur uses a Lance, even if it's sloppily tossed on the Mii Sword Fighter moveset.

Truthfully, I thought a lance was a type of sword; after all, rapiers are swords, and lances are practically heavy rapiers.

 

[2006ToyotaTacoma]

Okay screw it. I'm throwing out my predictions for FP10 and FP11. You can hate me all you want for this but I'm just going to throw it out there:

So first off, I see no 1st party representative for the rest of the DLC. Nintendo advertised Fire Emblem, ARMS and Xenoblade, three growing IPs. Pokemon doesn't need a "push" like these growing IPs do. And with Pokemon getting a spirit event, I'd say they're out.

So this leaves us with third-party characters. With these third-party picks, I dont think we're getting any new companies in this pass. I feel that Nintendo would want to stick with the already existing relations they have (when they were picking back in 2018) so no new strings need to be made. Theres also Ubisoft and Koei Tecmo but I just dont see them getting characters at this point.

Judging by the characters picked in FP1 and FP2 (so far), I think the final two characters will be one decent sized/somewhat niche third-party with a legacy (Fatal Fury, Persona) and a bombshell third-party for mass appeal (Final Fantasy, Minecraft). The decent sized third-party will be to compensate for the budget Nintendo is working with and the bombshell will be the final "hurrah" for the Ultimate Smash Bros. game.

Now for the pool of characters in the "decent sized to somewhat niche with a legacy" third-party characters:

-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Lylod (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)

I feel like this is our potential pool of smaller third-party picks that could still have decent impact (with an accompanying bombshell pick).

Speaking of the bombshells, these are my picks from the remaining third-parties for mass appeal characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)

I do not think we'll get another character from an already existing third-party in the game (ala Sephiroth). Final Fantasy 7 had a unique situation as it was heavily underrepresented at launch. Regardless on how we feel about the representation of Sonic and Street Fighter, what is there is "complete". So no Chun-Li and Dr. Eggman.

And here's a more bias prediction but I feel that at least one of these characters will not use a disjoint as their primary weapon. We've had SIX disjoint users in a row. There is no way in hell Nintendo and Sakurai didn't realize this in the development plan. We really could use a mix up for at least one of these last two characters (preferably both).

So yeah, I think this is the final pool of characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)
-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Tales character (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)


Okay, you can all laugh at me now.

This is a pretty realizable pool ngl, although I'd add Kiryu and Sol into that first category, but that's just me.

Also Ammy is there and this pleases me greatly.

 

[Deleted member]

Truthfully, I thought a lance was a type of sword; after all, rapiers are swords, and lances are practically heavy rapiers.

That's like saying a hand cannon was like a heavy flintlock

 

[epicmartin7]

Okay, you can all laugh at me now.

Honestly, your predictions seem to have a lot more foundation than mine.

Spoiler

I think Chrome Dino is a legitimate contender to be a Smash fighter. So if anything, you all can laugh at me for my outlandish beliefs

 

[Sage of Ice]

I still think there's a non-zero chance we get an Undertale rep.

yes! that and porky are the last two hopes and dreams i'm clinging to, slim though they are, and i'm not letting go 'til that eleventh pass is revealed

 

[Technomage]

I still think there's a non-zero chance we get an Undertale rep.

If it is, then part of me hopes it'd be Sans, just to what kinds of videos Master0fHyrule could make, like this one:

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Can Sans COMPLETE These 18 Challenges?

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[Pillow]

Okay screw it. I'm throwing out my predictions for FP10 and FP11. You can hate me all you want for this but I'm just going to throw it out there:

So first off, I see no 1st party representative for the rest of the DLC. Nintendo advertised Fire Emblem, ARMS and Xenoblade, three growing IPs. Pokemon doesn't need a "push" like these growing IPs do. And with Pokemon getting a spirit event, I'd say they're out.

So this leaves us with third-party characters. With these third-party picks, I dont think we're getting any new companies in this pass. I feel that Nintendo would want to stick with the already existing relations they have (when they were picking back in 2018) so no new strings need to be made. Theres also Ubisoft and Koei Tecmo but I just dont see them getting characters at this point.

Judging by the characters picked in FP1 and FP2 (so far), I think the final two characters will be one decent sized/somewhat niche third-party with a legacy (Fatal Fury, Persona) and a bombshell third-party for mass appeal (Final Fantasy, Minecraft). The decent sized third-party will be to compensate for the budget Nintendo is working with and the bombshell will be the final "hurrah" for the Ultimate Smash Bros. game.

Now for the pool of characters in the "decent sized to somewhat niche with a legacy" third-party characters:

-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Lylod (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)

I feel like this is our potential pool of smaller third-party picks that could still have decent impact (with an accompanying bombshell pick).

Speaking of the bombshells, these are my picks from the remaining third-parties for mass appeal characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)

I do not think we'll get another character from an already existing third-party in the game (ala Sephiroth). Final Fantasy 7 had a unique situation as it was heavily underrepresented at launch. Regardless on how we feel about the representation of Sonic and Street Fighter, what is there is "complete". So no Chun-Li and Dr. Eggman.

And here's a more bias prediction but I feel that at least one of these characters will not use a disjoint as their primary weapon. We've had SIX disjoint users in a row. There is no way in hell Nintendo and Sakurai didn't realize this in the development plan. We really could use a mix up for at least one of these last two characters (preferably both).

So yeah, I think this is the final pool of characters:

-Dante (Capcom)
-Chosen Undead (Bandai Namco)
-Lara Croft (Square Enix)
-Master Chief (Microsoft)
-Sora (Disney)
-Arle (Sega)
-Phionex Wright (Capcom)
-Tales character (Bandai Namco)
-Amaterasu (Capcom)
-Neku (Square Enix)


Okay, you can all laugh at me now.

Your post was kind of long, but I pretty much agree with a lot of your conclusions. I think that Amaterasu pretty much has 0 shot, Crash Bandicoot is still a very likely contender, 2B is more likely than Neku from Square, and Kazuma Kiryu has a legitimate shot but other than that I think it's pretty likely the final 2 will be 2 characters from this list.

Im gonna be honest I think people low key sleeping on Revolver Ocelot, Nightmare, or Axel Stone as out of left field picks

Nightmare or Axel maybe....but considering the current state of the Metal Gear franchise expecting Revolver Ocelot seems kind of out there to me. Plus, wouldn't Raiden by the natural 2nd rep from MGS?

 

[Perkilator]

What other characters could be considered "out there?"

I guess Sakura Shinguji? At least, she would’ve been for Vol. 1.