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Godspeed, sir.
That's because he's solely owned by Disney
I just think it appears Square is pretty tough to deal with. Would it be easier for them to add a character they already have all the rights to or a character from a franchise where they would have to go through licensing hell. I could be wrong, but I don't ever remember any indication that DQ is even on Sakurai's radar. I personally don't see DQ as likely, but that's just my opinion.
i mean, dragon quest has practically no presence in america compared to japan, and its kinda obvious theyd make way more selling a geno dlc compared to any dragon quest character
This x1000; you guys know Geno is my most wanted, and I'm not trying to get anyone's hopes down, but personally my hopes were crushed after Thursday. I'm done expecting anything from this game, and with the way everything has gone over the past 10 years I would put my money on a DQ character over Sora and Geno as well.
Rights are not an issue; if he wanted Geno in the game, he would be in it. A DQ character makes a ton of sense: a new franchise for Smash, an anime sword user and something no one is expecting (since all the talk is Sora/Geno).
imagine if toriyama refused the offer because he wanted goku in instead
I don't follow.
All I'm saying is I don't know why suddenly DQ is looked as a guarantee by so many. Sure it could happen, but it's a franchise that is massive in Japan, and so-so elsewhere. I mean if I weren't on these boards I wouldn't be able to tell you any DQ character's name. At least Sora has more of a wide appeal. I have never played Kingdom Hearts, but I can at least appreciate how big of an icon Sora is. As for Geno, obviously I'll have a bit of Geno-Bias, but at least he came from a Mario franchise. Sure there are people who don't know him, but among the Smash community, Geno has a huge following, where DQ just doesn't.
ive lurked here for years and have been active for the past week or so and i still couldnt name anyone who wasnt "slime"
i think it might be deconfirming sora as the square enix rep since he isnt really a square character (dragon quest characters arent really square either, square just publishes the games afaik)
I can see it now: "Grandpa, did you hear? Smash Bros. 20 is coming out!" "Come, sit here on grandpappy's lap, let me tell you a story about my most wanted character, Geno." "Who?" "
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I'm literally so confused and so demoralized that I don't even know my ass from a hole in the wall; didn't PapaGenos say he was hearing about a DQ rep? I know that really doesn't mean much (and nothing really does unless it comes from Verge's mouth), but I'm literally just going with my mind, which is screaming that a DQ rep fits because it would disappoint me, it would likely just be another human sword-wielder, etc.
Comment of the year.I can see it now: "Grandpa, did you hear? Smash Bros. 20 is coming out!" "Come, sit here on grandpappy's lap, let me tell you a story about my most wanted character, Geno." "Who?" "
Same, there's no way that I use a MII Costume. I don't feel like I'm playing the character that I want, I just feel like I'm playing another character with a costume. If your neigbour wears a Michael Jackson's costume, you're not going to "feel like it's him", no.
I figure if Sora's in he'll still be broadly considered a Square character, even if he's not outright owned by them.
I guess we'll find out soon enough. I'm also in the mindset that I don't really trust anything anyone says aside from maybe Verge. Even then I don't look at that as a guarantee. I think we have more to live on that a single quote, but I know what you're saying. Piranha Plant may hurt, he may not. Like you said I don't think there are rules. Alternatively, just because a DQ character gets in, doesn't rule out another character that has ties to Square. But I still really don't see it. I could be wrong, but I'd bet against it and that's not because of Geno, it's because I really don't see them looking to that series.
Yup; they put way too much effort into Mii's, that they just piss everyone off. As I said earlier in the thread, they should've just done Geno and Isaac instead of the sword/gunner, and then had the Mii just borrow its moveset from its own games.
i just genuinely cant see sakurai selling a character that only japan cares about as dlc, let alone square being ok with selling a dlc character that'll only have japanese appeal.
You seem to forget that the last character always HAS TO BE a hype killer. Here comes Fortnite's dancer.
i mean, bayonetta (i think she was the last one? i dont remember if it was her or corrin) at least had a sizeable audience in europe, and a moderate one everywhere else, so not much of a hype killer unless ya didnt particularly like her tbh
I completely disagree. Dragon Quest is so big in Japan, it doesn't matter if it doesn't have mass appeal. There still going to make a ton of money on it. Western Smash fans will still buy it.
I hope the 'Hype Killer' is Sans
they wouldnt make nearly as much with dragon quest compared to geno if we believe sakurai's comments about how popular geno was in the smash ballot
sans would be such a good joke character that id honestly be 100% ok with him being dlc
Don't forget she was also #1 worldwide.
Despite these characters being individual sales, I don't think popularity dictates choices, and I think that comment was just him talking about the last 10+ years, not the ballot.
Sans Undertale would be the most-hype character imo.
if geno is confirmed, ill play snake eater really loud in my room for a little bit
Can't go wrong with either song tbh; I watched Metallica kill MoP on Stern, and Silence is a GOAT song.
I would agree; but Nintendo JUST put out the statement on wanting more DLC support for their high profile titles. And if Smash isn't high profile, I dunno what is. It's printing money.
i am simply because its the only way they could milk smash for all its worth without going through the hell of getting the rights for all of the 3rd party characters a 3rd (and for some a 4th) time, and theyd also have to figure out how to make the roster balanced for all of the minute changes between each sequel, and it just wouldnt be able to be marketted unless they went through a literally hell development cycle. if there isnt a 2nd season i dont see any new smash content for a loooong time
Dragon quest? K now were grasping for STRAWS jk. But in all seriousness the Last time we got a Japanese wanted character was melee aka marth roy. Since then we've been getting characters people want everywhere and plus the west is a bigger selling audience or something along those lines. "Then why not try to make it more popular in the west through Dragon quest in smash?" Here's the thing, SAKURAI picks the character not the company and there hasn't been i time i know of when they requested a different character instead. He just leaves if they say no. Unless it's Bandana dee who is wanted in Japan however popular other places too, i just can't see him doing that. Takamaru is proof of this. He didn't add him because he "Wasn't popular in the west for smash 4." P.s. before you say "then why did he get cloud instead of Geno for smash 4?" He literally said in a article "This isn't completely accurate but, out all square enix characters 1/3 wanted cloud and i wanted to know if it's ok if we could use him if he won" something like that.