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Personally I would love Agnés in the game. Bravely Default is one of my favourite 3DS games.
Post of the year. *Claps*
Supposedly the Incineroar stuff was because their sources weren't sure until later... but it doesn't add up to me either. The way I see it, it could be one of two things...
There is nothing wrong with jumping on the hype train or seeing the value in particularly popular characters. It may seem false and a little boring, but with a lot of characters I think people see the fan base and want to see them happy. Especially with the longer requested choices of Isaac and Geno for example. We also just need to rally behind characters as we have fewer clear options.
Oh yeah, totally agreed- I was just responding to try and fit the two together and maybe explain some rationale. I'm personally skeptical of the Box Theory because the character ordering is a little bizarre and could easily be changed, but who knows?
Agreed on that. Theories like these, which are attempting to make definitive statements like that just seem very unlikely to me. Stuff like Smash blog updates and music posts work better, since they're more about trying to learn things from patterns.
Yeah that's what gets me, why have rows of six but separate character groups by rows of nine? It just seems like an odd design decision. Now I know personally if I was working on a box mockup, if I had to remove info I would just take the elements I have and enlarge them and reorganize them to fill in the space. That is to say if they were originally smaller rectangles that made rows of nine, I would take the easiest route to redistribute the icons. I mean the theory could be true, I won't deny it (as could the chair theory, music theory, etc.) but there is nothing to directly pointing to it as an undisputed truth.
My biggest counterpoint, for which I have yet to see any real response since even the most vehement supporters ignores it is "if there were still 5/6 characters left instead of 2, would they really have left 5/6 empty slots on that placeholder boxart that was meant to be shown between the Smash Direct and the September Direct, well before the final roster was unveiled, since it lacks Isabelle?".
People hate Verge because they're afraid of their favorite character not being in, even though believing his leaks doesn't necessary mean your favorite character won't be in since he has said himself that he doesn't know how many characters will be in the game.
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I would only accept assist trophies if we could select which characters would come out before the start of a match.Also just curious to hear your guys’ thoughts on Elma being an assist trophy...if she’s not playable I think she would be a pretty cool assist. But apart of me also feels like we would’ve seen her as an assist already? That’s why a part of me is hesitant about this box theory...it seems like there are a ton of major characters that would seemingly just be left out with a role in smash if they aren’t playable or an assist(which I’m assuming most big assists have been shown...but also assuming makes an a** out of u and me
It would just be weird having characters like Dixie, shadow, skull kid(probably boss) Elma and Shantae not have any major role in this smash...
Given how a big chunk of Xenoblade's popularity is in its music, you'd also think a music track would've been posted earlier.
It alone doesn't but the general lack of Xenoblade content is a major red flag, no music, no new assists, shulk's trailer has yet to be a blog post, the whole thing is sort of fishy.
I can't place 100% trust in patterns either because well... they're patterns. Patterns can easily change and a pattern is what's fueling that insufferable box. Plus, there's question over whether or not it'd disconfirm Geno (I don't think it would because they consider Mario to have more than one franchise in Smash and since Geno would come from one specific game, they'd probably make an exception).
The music theory doesn't help Isaac at all because Golden Sun could easily just not receive a remix; after all, it has no stages or newcomers on the game. A Pokemon and Elma are different because they can actually be deconfirmed, so each week that passes without Pokemon or Xenoblade getting a song increases their chances. The same can't be said about Golden Sun.
I'm saying that the blog still hasn't uploaded a remix composed by Motoi Sakuraba (not just Golden Sun, but any track he's done for Ultimate). That's the same thing that we point out for Hiroyuki Sawano, is it not? We know both were called on for Ultimate, so there is at least one remix that could be credited to them.
I wouldn't trust blog patterns - they have yet to show the existing fighters of those series, so they'll just add them to the list once they show them. Like, Xenoblade will likely be added to the list once Shulk is featured on the blog, or Gaur Plains. Or Final Fantasy will be added once they feature Cloud etc.
I've heard two theories aside from Elma: one where the Splat Charger was originally planned to be included Inkling's moveset but it never went through, and another where it could be for an item like the new Kid Icarus Staff.
The thing is the weapon of this toy is really close to the one of the elma's doll (length and shape), it's difficult to replicate a weapon from just one face(the official artwork from Xenoblade X) for a 3d model , so if sakurai and his team wanted to create the same gun as the elma's doll in 3D they need to see it with all angles. That's why it makes sens to buy a figure for that.
The thing with the figure is that Sakurai uses them to test proportions and animations.
