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It was never officially revealed. Some think it could've been for Inkling, Some think it could've been for that Custom Robo Mii Costume and some may think it's for Banjo but it was never officially revealed.
Honestly I don't know. I guess I'd feel a bit more hopeful cause the Mii Costume isn't there but I'd want to wait and see before getting my hopes up. For the most part though I'd feel more hopeful.
It will probably be a mix of both. Obviously the Mii costume being gone would make all of us think something is up, but dread often comes with anything where we are unaware of the final outcome, especially with a community like ours.
Absolutely nothing but optimism. There's pretty much no reason to not port the costume over even if Geno is planned on being made playable, so it not being there throws up a huge red flag especially because they are already using his likeness in the game.
Yeah it's possible he used the Vifam figure for Banjo but we'd still have to see different angles of the figure and of the move before saying one way or another though it is possible.
I thought she couldn't tweet Nintendo stuff anymore?
Well idk if sakurai is a married man or not, but i am, and sometimes my wife isn’t too happy when i buy something odd or unnecessary (in my case, old radios...) so I gotta come up with something to say for why I bought it...
This. If the costume is MIA then I'm 99% confident that Geno is confirmed.
No one's figured it out yet. Most people nowadays propose Doom Slayer given it's almost 1:1 with the standard assault rifle he uses. Geno could work too if they stick with the standard style of the Mii costume. Either way, Ultimate doesn't really have anyone that fights with that style of weapon yet. Inkling's splatgun is too stumpy for the style so I doubt it was for her.
I haven't heard about the Doomguy idea before. Does it really look like his assault rifle?
He bought the figure in January 2017, a year before DLC was being decided on, so I don't think it matters much. Maybe he just wanted to say it was for his game so he could write it off as a work expense, lol.
Wouldn't that be a little out of character for him?
If it's for Geno or the Slayer, one of my most wanted is getting in, which is great! When did he buy the figure, though? If it's before May 2016 he had his eye on Slayer before his game was even released, which is (so far) quite unlike Sakurai, and we don't tend to get the best look at guns in classic Doom games, which makes me lean a little more towards Geno here.
That's the Super Shotgun. The Heavy Assault Rifle looks like this:
That does look surprisingly like the Vifam figure admittedly but depending on when Sakurai bought the figurine the time-frame may not match up for Doom Guy getting in. If he bought it before Doom 2016 came out it seems unlikely for it to be for Doom Guy and that would make me lean back on it being A) For Geno or B) Scrapped.
He bought it late in 2016.
Hahaha yup. It is pretty dang close to each other. It could have been used for setting NOT Smash, but putting those side by side...this always gives me a slight bit of hope.
Yeah the timeline does fit up with Doom Guy then.. Honestly the Vifam figure was one of the reasons I remained hopeful for Geno and if it really is for Doom Guy then I have no idea how likely Geno may be.
It's certainly possible. Sakurai did make some sort of statement about this sort of thing in relation to Grant Kirkhope, right?
I am sure Sakurai suspected it would be a thing eventually. Either way, maybe the Vifam was made for a character he was trying to envision, but didn't make it into base for whatever reason? That could explain it's existence and why it would play into DLC, as now he could possibly pursue said character now that the roster is expanding a bit more.
Possibly, if it's a character Nintendo had in mind.
Maybe, but I am sure things like the guns size and shape matter for this sort of thing.
I think he talked about its gun specifically.
He just said he needed it as a reference for his work in one article, another says the rifle. None are direct quotes I think.
Thanks for the reminder.
So I guess we aren't sure? I was just wondering due to how the mecha could factor into this. If the figure itself factored in, that would fit a similarly armored character like Doomguy.
Based on what
TheCJBrine
said, I'm guessing the gun. I also heard about just the gun, so I reckon they're right there.
Only NPC I can think of would be Ray Mk.III, but he was in Brawl, so I don't think it's that. I do reckon it's Geno or Slayer.
It could be that it was a character that Sakurai considered for base game, but couldn't pan out for whatever reason base game wise. So when DLC became a thing, the character had a second chance.
