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I give him a 65% chance of happening. He is a gaming icon (as acknowledged by Nintendo twice now) and he got a comeback just in the nick of time to be considered. And a strong comeback too. Crash is back in the spotlight as he should be and Activision is a non-issue as they initiated the deal to get Donkey and Bowser in Skylanders and they have consistently published games for Nintendo.
The only roadblock Crash really faces here is the language barrier and that's been dealt with twice by Microsoft. Unless Nintendo is tired of dealing with people overseas or they simply just pick somebody else instead then Crash Bandicoot really doesn't have anything going against him. I'll be bold and predict he is one of the final three characters.
It's not really a language barrier. Smash prioritizes the Japanese audience, that's just a fact. The only western characters that exist within the game are all heavily Nintendo associated characters (yes, even Banjo) and Steve who is arguably the biggest character in the game next to Mario and Sonic. I'd still say Crash has a decent shot, but I'd like to point out that his popularity in Japan is overstated. He's not unknown for sure, but he's definitely a pick that caters to the western crowd, which makes me doubt his chances somewhat.
I could definitely see him being our March reveal given that's when the Ninja Gaiden Trilogy releases.
Unpopular opinion, but I'm not feeling Crash as strongly as everyone else is. Maybe it's just not me being interested enough to look at him more closely (Probably the case, I mainly look into characters that really reach out to me and just hope I get lucky), but I haven't found anything that really hooks me beyond "Crash is iconic." While I agree, I feel like his influence is just a little overstated. His popularity petered out after the PlayStation era, and he's only made a resurgence recently. I don't think he's as huge as he used to be. Not to say he isn't iconic, but he's not mindblowingly so.
Ehhh...personally I'm not sure how much they actually try to align the DLC reveals with other game news. The only time I can recall this happening is with Isabelle's trailer being tied to the AC reveal. If they really were gonna try to do something like that, then I'd probably bet on Monster Hunter instead to align with Rise's release, a game that Nintendo has been pushing a lot unlike Ninja Gaiden.
Honestly, I think the amount of leaks surrounding him made Steve sound way more obvious than he was. Minecraft is gigantic, but many saw him as a character who didn't fit in Smash. "A stage would be better, his animations would look too choppy, he's a Western character that started as an indie game on the PC" there were a lot of these sort of statements made against him when he was first leaked.
Finally. I actually thought I was the only one feeling folks have been overconfident on Crash's chances. In all honestly, I don't expect him to happen but won't come off surprised if he does and if so I'll be thrilled as someone that wants him.
I remember when Sephiroth was our March reveal thanks to the FFVII Remake.
You say people are overconfident in Crash, but I've seen people just as if not more overconfident in Hayabusa and/or MonHun, Are these situations not similar? The overconfidence issue goes both ways.
I mean, I think the Monster Hunter costumes coming back is more likely at the moment. Especially if the theory that the next character is coming in March is true. Easy Rise promotion, right there.
You laugh, but when March comes around and Sephiroth gets revealed a second time; you won’t laugh.
So long as people understand that nothing is 100% and fall unto dis pear if their predictions don't come true, then overconfidence isn't even an issue. It's totally okay to believe in the characters you want. I'm always down to discuss my own opinions of characters chances, but I feel sometimes people bring this sort of thing up just because they want to see some others dump on a specific character.
It'll be Kingdom Hearts Sephiroth, just to really rustle the jimmies of Sora fans.You laugh, but when March comes around and Sephiroth gets revealed a second time; you won’t laugh.
"I will...never be a memory."You laugh, but when March comes around and Sephiroth gets revealed a second time; you won’t laugh.
Here's the money question for everyone then. Which character, if revealed, would be the one that lets you say "**** all y'all, I was right all along"?
He's possible, but he's also nowhere near guaranteed.
Chosen Undead or Kiryu at this point. I mean I guess I could say Hayabusa because he’s my most wanted but I think a lot of people are outright expecting him at this point, which kind of makes me nervous not gonna lie, but Kiryu and Chosen Undead have both been largely written off by the community because they aren’t most people first choice for a character from their respective companies and I just feel like we’re falling into that same trap we always fall in where our collective consciousness kinda overrides everything else.
Shadow the Hedgehog
Euden, Estelle or Sakura.
Definitely Sora by a mile.
Me with a Gen 8 Pokemon (Cinderace).
Phoenix Wright and Pyramid Head. I think they have a way bigger chance than people give them credit for.
Dovahkiin, the Western rep from a company many had written off because of the Vault Boy Mii.
Rex, Euden, and Laharl (or any Disgaea rep).
I’m not super confident in it but if there’s a Western made character coming I think it’s easily Crash. Other than that there’s nothing really leaning in his favor but that doesn’t mean a whole lot when nothing leaned in Steve or Sephiroth’s favor lol
Elma, KOS-MOS, a LoL character or Reimu
Considering 8 of the last 9 characters hit me out of left field, all foundations for me to be able to predict anything have been shattered.
That was already Steve for me.
As much as I'd love Kiryu I have some doubts about his chances. Hard agree on Chosen Undead though...I just wish the character had a less awkward name. Dark Souls is absolutely a gigantic franchise, but I just think that Unkindled or Sekiro sound far better than "Chosen Undead" blegh. The ideal for me would be Sekiro bringing in other FromSoft content with him like Terry did for SNK, since I think he'd animate and move way better in Smash than the clunky dark souls protagonists.
Gosh I hope you're right
Disgaea! But I'd prefer Etna wth a prinny ...seriously those stupid penguin things would fit right in, in Smash
But the Chief tho.
Euden. Though I already got Steve and K. Rool correct as well soooooooooooooo...................................
Dixie Kong, Chun-Li, and Lloyd/Yuri.
I don’t think anyone brought up Mother.
Someone just did on this page.
That's "Who's your most wanted?" with extra steps.
It was me that brought Mother/Porky up. And trust me that I agree with you all that it'd make absolutely no sense to bring in a mother rep as DLC of all things in 2021. It's just my personal belief that they have Porky planned for some reason due to his exclusion from Smash Ultimate as a whole. Not as confident in Ryu Hayabusa, but Porky would definitely confuse a lot of people by joining. By all accounts it should not happen, but part of me feels like it will.
He was in the absolutely safe capsule.
I think the one that'd really make me go "**** all y'all, I was right all along" is Eevee. Isaac's too much of a common request.
In my case it'd be "See? Told you they weren't impossible!"
