Official DLC Speculation Discussion Volume II

[Dukefire]

Even then, the real truth can be diluted and even manipulated on the internet.

 

[CannonStreak]

But i feel like he would be an underwhelming inclusion for the final fighter despite the fan demand
I feel like the final fighter shoud bring something unique to smash and i feel like crash just dosent have that
He wouldve been fine if he wasnt the final fighter though

Maybe somewhat on the last part, but I still want him in, as do some others. Some may not even care if he is the last fighter with nothing that makes him unique.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

If it works it works. K. Rool's trailer was fantastic, he and Banjo had the Rare connection, and the people that needed to like the trailer liked it.

Sephiroth's trailer is basically the same as Mega Man's anyway, that doesn't diminish how cool it is in the slightest.

I still think it should have at least tried to be a little different, Sephiroth and Mega Man at least have different choreography, like, Terry and Min Min also use a similar set up but do it differently. You can watch them all back to back and they still feel very different. Do that with K.Rool and Banjo? Not as enjoyable as Mega Man and Sephiroth or Terry and Min Min. Maybe it's because I rewatch the trailers when there's a new character out or that I'd feel disappointed if my most wanted characters had the exact same trailer as someone else

 

[Kritter]

Honestly, part of me wants the final character to be someone completely bonkers. Not a commonly speculated character or one people thought is impossible to get in or too niche/obscure/whatever and looked over many times by fans. The most fun additions in Smash are ones that people overlook for one reason or another.

Like, yeah. Crash/Master Chief/Sora/Hayabusa could be cool and all but due to how often people think they're "inevitable", something unexpected would be fun to see.

Maybe we will get Goomba to bookend with Piranha Plant.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

But i feel like he would be an underwhelming inclusion for the final fighter despite the fan demand
I feel like the final fighter shoud bring something unique to smash and i feel like crash just dosent have that
He wouldve been fine if he wasnt the final fighter though

You say that now, but Sakurai 'bout to hit you with a box smashing mechanic and if you win the game's gonna hit you with a "Crash, Wins!...But he failed to destroy 200 boxes so now we're gonna drop them on your head."

More seriously though, simple != samey or boring. We should have learned this lesson quite a few times by now.

 

[WeirdChillFever]

I think it at least fits the more humorous nature of Banjo-Kazooie for them to reuse a trailer. Sepiroth doesn’t fit Banjo’s trailer because he demands this aura of prestige, but for Banjo and Kazooie it fits.

I just wish the bouncing Jiggy would’ve been replaced with something else. It kinda gave it away and it feels kinda random and shoe-horned in.

 

[Momotsuki]

So somebody brought up more off-the-wall picks...
I semi-joked about Rena in Smash before, but thinking about it some more I think they could give her a pretty good sort of composite moveset borrowing from a lot of different things, taking the Terry approach and having her be more a rep for 07th Expansion in general.

I don't think her odds are very, uh, existent, but damn, wouldn't it be cool?

 

[Dukefire]

You know a lot of people wants to do this if the marsupial is the last challenger.

 

[SKX31]

You know, what if the Last smash character reveal starts all the way back towards the Smash 64 commercial? It is where it all started.

In b4 they go with the Japanese ad instead:

The revisionism can get pretty insane.

Bayonetta was hype and had people excited, it was only after she murdered Smash 4 competitively that people really soured on her in my recollection.
Olimar was exciting at the time but again, became sour when people realised that the 50+ character roster the mid 00's internet promised itself was coming wasn't going to happen.

That and Olimar never really become a fan favorite to play as. He was considered absurdly effective in Brawl by the time Smash 4 came around - only really below and - but he was during Brawl's release window dismissed as another "gimmicky" character and never really developed a large casual fanbase. The main reasons I suspect are a zoner-esque playstyle that was derided as "campy"; and - more importantly on the casual side of things - the fact that he was unpredictable and had a really high learning curve. The fact that he had 6 Pikmin back then kinda didn't help since that encouraged farming for say 3-4 Purples or whatever.

I wouldn't be surprised if those were the main reasons why Sakurai and co. halved Olimar's number of Pikmin in the transition to 4: going from 6 Pikmin in Brawl to 3 in Sm4sh and reworked his Up B instead. Yes, halving the number of Pikmin did nerf him - but made him more consistent and prevented the situation where if you wanted to use a specific Pikmin again you had to toss / pluck up to 5 other Pikmin.

Bunny hopping you say?

This character better have a mechanic where if JRB jumps a set number of times in a game a flower appears close by and deals major damage (both normal and shield damage).

(Edited because on second thought 100 jumps in a game would be incredibly rare - once per match or something like that.)

 

[N3ON]

I think it at least fits the more humorous nature of Banjo-Kazooie for them to reuse a trailer. Sepiroth doesn’t fit Banjo’s trailer because he demands this aura of prestige, but for Banjo and Kazooie it fits.

I just wish the bouncing Jiggy would’ve been replaced with something else. It kinda gave it away and it feels kinda random and shoe-horned in.

Now I'm picturing a Sephiroth trailer featuring Cloud and the Rare boys chilling in the DK treehouse and getting punked out by Corrin as the silhouette lmao.

Of course instead of this

you'd get this

 

[Jondolio]

It's so surreal that we're this close to the finale

Good god I cannot wait for this

 

[Rie Sonomura]

You guys think we’ll see one more indie Mii with a song (a la Sans, Cuphead and Shantae) and/or another AT being made into a Mii (like with Squid Sisters and Bomberman)?

…what if it’s Shovel Knight? It’ll fulfill both categories in one go, two birds with one stone and all that

 

[Jondolio]

Now I'm picturing a Sephiroth trailer featuring Cloud and the Rare boys chilling in the DK treehouse and getting punked out by Corrin as the silhouette lmao.

Of course instead of this

you'd get this

Corrin is dead

Good

 

[Cutie Gwen]

So somebody brought up more off-the-wall picks...
I semi-joked about Rena in Smash before, but thinking about it some more I think they could give her a pretty good sort of composite moveset borrowing from a lot of different things, taking the Terry approach and having her be more a rep for 07th Expansion in general.

I don't think her odds are very, uh, existent, but damn, wouldn't it be cool?

Rena Ryuugu? We all know Beatrice is the superior When They Cry rep

 

[Momotsuki]

Rena Ryuugu? We all know Beatrice is the superior When They Cry rep

I like Beatrice, but Rena's got the icon power (Or rather, doesn't, but comes closer to having it.)

 

[N3ON]

Corrin is dead

Good

Not to be macabre but you know there'd be extra cheers during the reaction because of it lol

 

[Megadoomer]

You guys think we’ll see one more indie Mii with a song (a la Sans, Cuphead and Shantae) and/or another AT being made into a Mii (like with Squid Sisters and Bomberman)?

…what if it’s Shovel Knight? It’ll fulfill both categories in one go, two birds with one stone and all that

I could see them adding Shovel Knight similarly to Bomberman, where the costume closely resembles the assist trophy - it would be nice to get a Shovel Knight song in Smash.

 

[Jondolio]

Not to be macabre but you know there'd be extra cheers during the reaction because of it lol

Oh for sure

I know I'd cheer

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Speaking of trailer continuations

yes this is still me surmising the final trailer will be of WoL’s true ending

but I’m now even more sure that will be the case


I just randomly rewatched the two WoL bad endings and yup it looks like Hero’s and Sephiroth’s trailers are definitely connected to the bad endings

In the one where Galeem is defeated and Dharkon takes over, the sky looks the exact same as in hero’s trailer

In the inverse ending, right after Galeem goes Omae wa mou shindeiru on Dharkon, the attack they’re charging is the same one they do before Sephiroth yeets them from this mortal plane

 

[Technomage]

Corrin is dead

Good

Is it's corpse gonna be used to make creamed cor(ri)n?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Got damn. sora is once again tending on twitter. sora is a ****ing trending machine

 

[Jondolio]

Got damn. sora is once again tending on twitter. sora is a ****ing trending machine

Smash Twitter keep your expectations in check challenge (Impossible)

 

[Noipoi]

Got damn. sora is once again tending on twitter. sora is a ****ing trending machine

If it’s actually Sora, the reactions will be legendary.

If it’s not Sora, and especially if it’s someone like Cinderace, the reactions will be even more legendary.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

Is the Sora trending even for Super Smash Bros.

It would be pretty funny if it wasn't.

 

[Nekoo]

Is the Sora trending even for Super Smash Bros.

It would be pretty funny if it wasn't.

M8, Sora has been trending for 3 years only for smash.
When Sora is trending on twitter. It's for smash

 

[RaintheCriminalWhirlwind]

So what happens to this thread? Does it just end once the showcase is over?

 

[Rie Sonomura]

So what happens to this thread? Does it just end once the showcase is over?

The thread, I’d imagine so. Not sure about the sub forum as a whole tho

 

[N3ON]

Got damn. sora is once again tending on twitter. sora is a ****ing trending machine

oh man i read this as sora is a ****ing vending machine

i should probably go get something to eat

 

[Noipoi]

oh man i read this as sora is a ****ing vending machine

He shouldn’t.

It’s not very simple, and it really isn’t clean.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

So what happens to this thread? Does it just end once the showcase is over?

The thread, I’d imagine so. Not sure about the sub forum as a whole tho

From what has been said, the entire sub forum shuts down. A dedicated "let's talk about Super Smash Bros." thread getting put up afterward has been a request from a few people, but it's up to the mods.

EDIT: It's also worth noting that this thread closes during Nintendo presentations, so this thread will likely shut down for good before the Mr. Sakurai Presents will even start.

 

[Dukefire]

Enjoy while it is still up. The best is that it will be closed from further discussions as Ultimate's cycle is over

 

[True Blue Warrior]

The most important thing to remember for the last few days is to have fun. Do not focus on the idea of being right or wrong as much as focus on all the possibilities and try to have an open mind for the last newcomer, whoever it is. Ultimate is something really special and it will always be something special, no matter what.

Speaking of trailer continuations

yes this is still me surmising the final trailer will be of WoL’s true ending

but I’m now even more sure that will be the case


I just randomly rewatched the two WoL bad endings and yup it looks like Hero’s and Sephiroth’s trailers are definitely connected to the bad endings

In the one where Galeem is defeated and Dharkon takes over, the sky looks the exact same as in hero’s trailer

In the inverse ending, right after Galeem goes Omae wa mou shindeiru on Dharkon, the attack they’re charging is the same one they do before Sephiroth yeets them from this mortal plane

You made a really good Octoling trailer in another thread. You mind posting it here?

 

[Garteam]

It's crazy how a Smash announcement is trending on Twitter two days before the actual trailer is released.

Smash's brand power is ****ing insane. I struggle to think of many other franchises that could get this degree of publicity and discussion while being so far off from any actual news.

 

[GoodGrief741]

I still think it should have at least tried to be a little different, Sephiroth and Mega Man at least have different choreography, like, Terry and Min Min also use a similar set up but do it differently. You can watch them all back to back and they still feel very different. Do that with K.Rool and Banjo? Not as enjoyable as Mega Man and Sephiroth or Terry and Min Min. Maybe it's because I rewatch the trailers when there's a new character out or that I'd feel disappointed if my most wanted characters had the exact same trailer as someone else

Everything after the fakeout is different, in K. Rool's he has an epic fight with DK and Diddy whereas Banjo's has a bunch of wacky references, the tone couldn't be more different.

At the end of the day it's just a matter of opinion. You don't like Banjo so you don't like Banjo's trailer. Personally I don't think Terry and Min Min's trailers were very enjoyable to watch on their own, let alone back to back.

However one thing I guarantee is that if you got your most wanted character you wouldn't give two ****s about the trailer's originality.

 

[HYRULESHERO42]

Bunny hopping you say?

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Mad lad. Love it. Go Jumper! (Does the bunny have a name? Does Jumper work? It’s like Thumper, you know what you get it, I’ll stop)

 

[Technomage]

The most important thing to remember for the last few days is to have fun.

Well, I'm already focusing on Pokemon Sword, so I haven't been thinking about waiting for the last Smasher all that much. ^^

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Found this in a discord server, take with an ENTIRE SALT SHAKER, not just a single grain of salt, but:

Spoiler

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/832687843708764225/894273892573663294/video0.mp4

Possible leaked audio from the Mii portion of the next Smash presentation from a now deleted Twitter account If true, final Miis are for Doom, Mario, Smash, and Deltarune.

Thoughts?

 

[GoodGrief741]

Mad lad. Love it. Go Jumper! (Does the bunny have a name? Does Jumper work? It’s like Thumper, you know what you get it, I’ll stop)

We'll know what his canon name is on Tuesday when Sakurai gives us the lore.

 

[PeridotGX]

So what happens to this thread? Does it just end once the showcase is over?

we move on to smash 6, silly!

freedom is a myth

 

[Technomage]

Found this in a discord server, take with an ENTIRE SALT SHAKER, not just a single grain of salt, but:

Spoiler

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/832687843708764225/894273892573663294/video0.mp4

Possible leaked audio from the Mii portion of the next Smash presentation from a now deleted Twitter account If true, final Miis are for Doom, Mario, Smash, and Deltarune.

Thoughts?

Don't forget to ask how well it matches the other directs.