Official DLC Speculation Discussion Volume II

[chocolatejr9]

Some events were posted late so maybe this is another one of those late events?

Last time this happened was two weeks ago for Mario Golf spirits.

Don't do that. Don't give me hope.

 

[Theguy123]

Some events were posted late so maybe this is another one of those late events?

Last time this happened was two weeks ago for Mario Golf spirits.

god damnit, gonna have to stay up later now. Ohh well. Guess I can stay up till 3 at the latest

 

[subterrestrial]

Let's be real here: pretty much every clone/semi-clone in Smash could, in theory, have a totally unique moveset...but they don't. Not even the ones who weren't last minute additions like Isabelle and Lucas.

With Smash, it feels like if a character can be deriative of another character, then their moveset almost always ends up being deriative.

hopefully they wouldn't do that for paid dlc lol

honestly octolings are inevitably gonna be in smash, but the timing of their inclusion is gonna make huge difference. octoling as ult dlc would probably be wayyy more gimmicky than smash6 base roster

 

[GilTheGreat19]

Oh god I wonder if the spirit event's gonna imply something that could be significant

 

[Theguy123]

Aight so who’s clearly getting deconfirmed tonight then guys since it’s late like last time

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

bro do u know how many different weapons there are in splatoon lol

It is still a "could they?" versus a "would they" situation. Could they? Absolutely, would they? For now, I think that's a bit more complicated.

Obviously the Octolings would parallel the Inklings in some way. At the very least, they would share the ink mechanic (they could make it work like it actually works in Splatoon where it's geared for stage control instead of stacking Damage Up for some reason, but I don't think they'd do that for the sake of consistency). As DLC characters though, I can't imagine them being too close to the Inklings in terms of gameplay; the fact that they're sold separately makes making them different easier to justify.

Let's be real here: pretty much every clone/semi-clone in Smash could, in theory, have a totally unique moveset...but they don't. Not even the ones who weren't last minute additions like Isabell and Lucas.

With Smash, it feels like if a character can be deriative of another character, then their moveset almost always ends up being deriative.

Actually, I'd say that adds more pressure for the Octolings as DLC to be more unique than other characters of their ilk. They're visually similar and mechanically identical to the Inklings in Splatoon, so in order to sell them they're going to need to put more work in to make them look and feel like a new edition rather than just Inkling 2.0.

As for how they'd be different, I suspect they'd wield the weapons featured in their official art just like the Inklings. For the Octoling character specifically, I think they'd pick the ones for the art that got Amiibo, which would be this:

Spoiler

Problem: They both have different weapons. Considering that one of them is a Roller though, I'd imagine they'd pick the Brush instead for the sake of versitility, though the Roller could see a bit more use than just in the Side Special. Either way, they'd be sword characters rather than the more brawler style character that the Inkling is. After that, they'd use different weapons and sub-weapons from a sniper rifle to a jet pack to a shield...shotgun...thing.

As base roster characters they would one hundo percent be clones though. That I agree with.

 

[SNEKeater]

Smash fans be like "God I hope we get some Assist Trophy promotions, I'm sick of these anime swordsmen" thinking they'll get this:
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when if that happens they'll probably get this:
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I mean... the second image is the good timeline

 

[Þe 1 → Way]

Late spirits, I guess Mario Golf wasn’t content with getting just one spirit event huh?

 

[GilTheGreat19]

Someone on GameFAQs pointed out a potential pattern that I'd like some verification on

Tourney - Spirit Board - Tounrey Spirit Board

It was a Tourney last week
So we may be in for a Spirit Board event.

 

[Theguy123]

New spirit event or a potential smash bro’s reveal in august though I’d think the spirit event is more plausible

 

[MattX20]

The last time we didn't have a spirit event confirmed within the hour was the Mario Golf spirit event that had new content. There's a decent chance that not only this new spirit event has new spirits, but potentially is one of the two missing events too

 

[GilTheGreat19]

New spirit event or a potential smash bro’s reveal in august though I’d think the spirit event is more plausible

To be fair, the day Steve was revealed was a Thursday.
We knew he would be revealed on Thursday because of a Wednesday morning tweet.

Maybe they will announce something tomorrow morning after the pokemon direct.

 

[SmashCraftNin1064]

New spirit event or a potential smash bro’s reveal in august though I’d think the spirit event is more plausible

New spirit event? Yes, we got that Mario Golf spirit event. Smash reveal in August? I think September is a better time to reveal the next fighter

 

[RileyXY1]

To be fair, the day Steve was revealed was a Thursday.
We knew he would be revealed on Thursday because of a Wednesday morning tweet.

Maybe they will announce something tomorrow morning after the pokemon direct.

I don't think so unless they're revealing the final DLC fighter at Gamescom, which I doubt.

 

[GilTheGreat19]

Random Spirit Board idea

The Sakuna event made me realize we got more Marvelous content.. so now it's those spirits and the Travis outfit.

What's another smaller JP company with content already in the game? ArcSys.

Guilty Gear spirits, anyone?

 

[DrifloonEmpire]

I mean... the second image is the bad timeline

Fixed it for ya xP

 

[GilTheGreat19]

I don't think so unless they're revealing the final DLC fighter at Gamescom, which I doubt.

I doubt that too
Nintendo hasn't even been confirmed to be at Gamescon and it's supposed to start a week from today

 

[WahHahaha]

The reveal is probably happening next month with the pokemon presents and the indie direct this month. But the actual character probably won't drop until October-November, judging by Sakurai's "it will be a while" comment which he has said twice regarding the last fighter, and is even further apparent by the late deadline.

I'm hoping for Waluigi but the more realistic side of me says it will probably be a Capcom character or another JRPG character that I don't care too much about.

But oh god... wouldn't Waluigi be such a beautiful ending?

 

[Þe 1 → Way]

Fixed it for ya xP

I agree, the best timeline is obviously the one where we get Black Knight.

 

[GilTheGreat19]

I have to admit
a Waluigi Pinball stage would be incredibly satisfying

 

[cashregister9]

I agree, the best timeline is obviously the one where we get Black Knight.
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I think you mean this black knight actually

 

[subterrestrial]

Either way, they'd be sword characters rather than the more brawler style character that the Inkling is. After that, they'd use different weapons and sub-weapons from a sniper rifle to a jet pack to a shield...shotgun...thing.

As base roster characters they would one hundo percent be clones though. That I agree with.

a zoner octoling with disjointed inkbrush normals would be pretty sick

 

[WahHahaha]

I have to admit
a Waluigi Pinball stage would be incredibly satisfying

Objectively Waluigi would be the best ending to this game just because of the glorious reaction from all sides. There would be so many whiners and so many people extremely happy with it. Also it would be even greater since nobody would see it coming.

 

[DrifloonEmpire]

I agree, the best timeline is obviously the one where we get Black Knight.
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Black Knight would honestly be super cool if his franchise didn't already have 8 reps.

What's wrong with overwhelming community favorites getting promoted?

Objectively Waluigi would be the best ending to this game just because of the glorious reaction from all sides. There would be so many whiners and so many people extremely happy with it. Also it would be even greater since nobody would see it coming.

Honestly, overall I have to say that Waluigi would be a crowd pleaser, most of the community wants him and it'd be a glorious victory for his character! He'd also be the perfect way to end it off, it bookends well with Ultimate starting with his disclusion and ending with his inclusion!

 

[WahHahaha]

Honestly, overall I have to say that Waluigi would be a crowd pleaser, most of the community wants him and it'd be a glorious victory for his character! He'd also be the perfect way to end it off, it bookends well with Ultimate starting with his disclusion and ending with his inclusion!

But Waluigi has such a vocal fanbase that the people who don't want him are also very vocal about it if that makes sense. I agree that overall he would be a crowd pleaser, but these small amount of vocal whiners would make his reveal better.

 

[PeridotGX]

maybe the spirits are Pokemon related and they're saving the reveal for tomorrow?

 

[RileyXY1]

maybe the spirits are Pokemon related and they're saving the reveal for tomorrow?

Unless they're doing a Spirit Event for Unite (which would be weird) I don't see that happening.

 

[GalacticPetey]

I'm feeling a NEO TWEWY spirit event coming

 

[GilTheGreat19]

It'd be very late, but maybe spirits for the DLC legendary Sw&Sh pokemon?

 

[Theguy123]

Someone said on here a few posts backwards that this could potentially be one of the missing events.do we have a timeframe for when these events were skipped and if so what spirit events were skipped over around that time

 

[Momotsuki]

Let's be real here: pretty much every clone/semi-clone in Smash could, in theory, have a totally unique moveset...but they don't. Not even the ones who weren't last minute additions like Isabelle and Lucas.

With Smash, it feels like if a character can be deriative of another character, then their moveset almost always ends up being deriative.

I hardly feel like this is a bad thing to be honest. Real life sucks and it means you can only do so much. For a lot of characters, being glaringly derivative was their best if not only shot. Dark Samus comes to mind as better-than-nothing incarnate.
Of course, this is probably not very relevant with regards to DLC, as it seems like something they'd avoid.

 

[Mushroomguy12]

Two weeks ago we got the Spirit Event Announcement on Thursday instead of Tuesday, a whole two days late, and then last week it went back to having the Event Tourney announced on Tuesday. T'is some unpredictable times we live in.

The Spirit Event/Event Tourney could be announced as soon as the next hour, or as late as the end of the week, or even just skip this week entirely. Much like the next character, it's hard to predict.

 

[PeridotGX]

i've been writing a script for a youtube video on why we could be getting an undertale rep, i swear to god if we get a spirit event for it tonight i will light fire to a turkey.

 

[2006ToyotaTacoma]

i've been writing a script for a youtube video on why we could be getting an undertale rep, i swear to god if we get a spirit event for it tonight i will light fire to a turkey.

This is what we in the business call "foreshadowing" /s

 

[GalacticPetey]

The Mario Golf spirits were announced officially on a Thursday but we somehow found out about them earlier. An in game notification or something?

 

[SneakyLink]

The Mario Golf spirits were announced officially on a Thursday but we somehow found out about them earlier. An in game notification or something?

Yes, starting Wednesday Eastern Time Zone they announce the next event in game.

This is the page as seen in game containing all major news items.

And here is an example page, using the Head tourney from last weekend.

 

[GilTheGreat19]

I asked this hours ago, but how does one start a support thread for a character/series?
I'd like to start one. (Or at least, have the idea of starting one in mind.)

 

[MattX20]

Someone said on here a few posts backwards that this could potentially be one of the missing events.do we have a timeframe for when these events were skipped and if so what spirit events were skipped over around that time

The two missing spirit events chronologically would've happened in April and August 2019: 1019 and 1035 are the two missing spirit events

 

[Theguy123]

The two missing spirit events chronologically would've happened in April and August 2019: 1019 and 1035 are the two missing spirit events

hmmm are there any games that that were skipped over around those times.

 

[SneakyLink]

I asked this hours ago, but how does one start a support thread for a character/series?
I'd like to start one. (Or at least, have the idea of starting one in mind.)

At the top of the Newcomer Speculation Forum there is a option to create a new thread. It is above the stacked posts in this section of the forum.

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