I know this is from yesterday, but...
I was checking the copyright information on the Vault Boy mii costume, but I noticed that they credited BOTH Bethesda and Zenimax by stating that Bethesda is owned by Zenimax. They likely talked with Zenimax at some point when discussing the mii costume, and since Zenimax is the head of id/Bethesda in general; it's safe to assume DOOM and Elder Scrolls were brought up as well.
Now as a detractor of Cacomallow, even I don't think this kills the leak. It has pros and cons for Cacodemon/Zenimax rep in general.
Pros:
- It means that there is (likely) more Bethesda/Zenimax content coming on the way (mii costumes/fighter/spirits who knows). At this point I would be surprised if we don't end up with things related to Skyrim and DOOM.
Cons:
- Who knows about Cacodemon's chances anymore. I think it can still come (it's a possibility until FP 8) but the chances are getting unlikelier with more and more Fighters coming out since the leak.
My issue currently is if Doomguy is a character in Pass 2 or not. With all the information surrounding him and a lot of the interviews, it's more likely that he's not in FP 2. If he was, why wouldn't Vault Boy just come with him as a mii costume; it would make a lot of sense considering that they talked to the same company in making the costume, however, he still isn't impossible.
I can't see us getting Cacodemon
without a Doomguy fighter, because I can't see us getting both Cacodemon and Doomguy mii costumes to represent DOOM (new 3rd party series that do not have a character associated with them only get 1 costumes nowadays); and in terms of if DOOM were to get only 1 mii costume, Doomguy nowadays is more synonymous with DOOM compared to Cacodemon, and I'm pretty sure more people want to see Doomguy in Smash compared to Cacodemon even if it was just a mii costume, and usually they stick with the character that people want.
So yeah, all in all I can't really see us getting a Cacodemon mii costume unless Doomguy or
maybe Dovahkiin get added as playable fighters, the partnership with both Bethesda and Zenimax did increase the chance of this happening, but even then there are still things that definitely take away from it like Vault Boy showing up outside of a potential Bethesda/Zenimax character.
https://www.smashbros.com/ja_JP/products/dlc3.html
Copyright information is only on the JP site.