Why, may I ask? What makes it realistic?
1. Smash website was updated for space for 5, 6, and 7 shortly after Terry's reveal.
2. By all accounts, 5 will probably go over about as well as a sour milk filled punch bowl. That's why I think a buffer or two will be needed to stop that potential salt avalanche.
3. Insiders and major gaming channels being a little too coy for their own good: suggesting 5 will be a flat note and 6 and 7 will "break rules."
4. Every stand alone character CGI trailer has been followed up by a presentation that had two. Ridley followed by Simon and K. Rool, Isabelle followed by Keniroar and WoL, and Joker followed by Hero and Banjo. This suggests Terry will be followed up by a presentation with two trailers, likely 5 and 7.
5. The confusing nature of character 6. Always suggested to either be a standalone bonus or part of a pack totally unrelated to its content. This suggests a character that exists outside the passes and likely wouldn't have a full on CGI trailer, just like Plant. Food for thought, 6's Mii costumes are supposedly not supposed to related to 6 at all. This isn't too weird given that Rex was technically Plant's Mii costume and Banjo's was just **** all.
6. The Smash YouTube channel has been updated with minor touch ups multiple times since November. Nobody is exactly sure of the full nature of these touchups and old ass videos were made private for some odd reason.
7. Insiders and speculators alike suggesting that Season 2 will be a hard return to fan favorite characters. This is another of the few things my contacts and the people in my fact checking/cross checking circle full on agree on, even if not everyone agrees on the names heard.
8. Cacomallow, as I explained earlier, suggests one of the hats is pack 5 and the other is pack 7. Because it's unlikely that the Fighter's Pass packs will double dip company wise, this suggests that, if real, Cacodemon is part of Pack 5 and Mallow is part of Pack 7. This lines up with the intel that 5 is supposed to be a serious Western character from a yet unrepresented company while Season 2 is supposedly a hard steer back to fan favorites.
9. Supports both Power of Six theory and Power of Two theory. Power of Six theory suggests that Hero was originally supposed to have Geno and Chocobo while 5 was supposed to have Rathalos, Monster Hunter, Lloyd, and Gil: all swordsmen, all fantasy elements, and three have armor and helmets. Thematically, fits together. Groovy.
Now, Power of Two theory suggests that the Mii costume formula was changed so that each pack would get 2 Smash 4 DLC costumes. So far, all these costumes have been related pairs. Tales and Knuckles. Zero and Protoman. Akira and Jacky. Same company, same franchise. Going off this, we can infer that 5's pairing will be Rathalos and Monster Hunter. Also groovy.
Now, here comes a fun theory. Geno and Chocobo were the first Mii costumes "removed", right? Wouldn't that potentially suggest that they would be the first ones to be added back in? Now, remember, the rumor about 6 is that all six of their Mii costumes are totally brand new but unrelated to the character. This means that Chocobo and Geno can't come with 6, with their earliest possible addition being 7. Now, this makes sense if 7 really is the start of "Season 2" and demonstrates that the Smash 4 costume pairings will likely continue until all 15 third party Smash 4 DLC costumes are added back into the game. Let's go to the chalk board...
Here are the current missing "pairs":
-Rathalos and Monster Hunter
-Geno and Chocobo
-X and EXE
-Lloyd and Gil
-Heihachi
We've already established that Rathalos and Monster Hunter will probably be coming with 5 and Geno and Chocobo will be coming with 7 based on our theory, right? This suggests the other pairs will probably come back with other characters, possibly in the order they were taken out. Fun stuff. Brass tacks: this means the removed Square Enix costumes would be added back in first, at the very least, supported by the existence of Cacomallow.
10. Geno being 77 would just be kinda neat, don't ya think? 7 stars? Watta knee slapper, amirite? The prospect certainly raises a warm, hardy laugh from my breast and out onto the open world. So, 5 (CGI trailer), 6 (no CGI trailer), and 7 (CGI trailer) lines up with this assessment.
So, uh, yeah, that's just my speculation on things. If I'm wrong I'm wrong but, uh, January should be fun nevertheless, right? If we don't get a triple reveal we at least get a public hanging, amirite? C'mon! Let's entertain the weird and wild while we're still young and not totally jaded by the cruelty of the world! Still, fun times ahead, at least I think so. Let's start the new year with a bang, shall we?