Earlier I watched the start of the QuakeCon at Home Livestream and saw the new post-game campaign coming up for DOOM Eternal and got back to thinking on the DOOM franchise's legacy, the CacoMallow leak, and somewhere along that train of thought, the pondering and rummaging of theories regarding Premium Mii Costumes, fighter types, and iconic franchises triggered a conscious click. Before going into the details, I thought of adjusting my predictions (some being "wants" as well) on the remaining Challenger Packs (in no particular order... kinda).
- Geno
- Crash Bandicoot
- DOOM Slayer
- Dante
- Master Chief
Before anyone points out the obvious apparent "game genre double dipping", the aforementioned pondering and rummaging of ideas is precisely what led me to consider the possibility of actually ending up getting Geno, DOOM Slayer, AND Master Chief in Fighters Pass Vol. 2.
First, the CacoMallow leak. Still hasn't been disproven, yet the leak apparently fell off the face of the Earth, but the fact that it remains as an unsolved mystery is what has preserved such a happenstance as a point in favor to both Geno, and the DOOM Slayer as potential upcoming fighters within the Pass. Some have argued that on the scenario that Master Chief comes as one of the DLC fighters, that they would add the Cacodemon Mii Hat to the Mii Costume wave associated to his Challenger Pack (as a consolation prize). I find the argument of this scenario a bit off because, the Cacodemon, I wouldn't see it as a "mascot" to the DOOM series. It would be like me saying that a Revenant Mii Costume would represent the DOOM franchise, or a Pinky-themed Costume, or a Pain Elemental hat. Personally I can't see a Cacodemon Mii Hat coming with a DLC fighter that is not the DOOM Slayer himself.
Now, as for Master Chief; it's been brought up on the thread a few times of the likelihood of Master Chief's inclusion in Ultimate due to rumors and such of possibly Nintendo and Microsoft having had further talks after E3 2019, when Banjo & Kazooie were revealed for the first Fighters Pass. In addition there have been rumors of something(s) RARE coming to the Switch as part of those talks that would also lead up (or tie-in) to Master Chief's inclusion.
In regards to "but the DOOM Slayer and Master Chief are almost like the same thing, you can't have both" argument; I'll admit that yes, on the surface both characters look exactly the same, but they aren't. In fact, DOOM and Halo are not exactly the same (1 to 1) games. The DOOM games focus more on fast paced playstyle from a first person perspective; slaying demons left and right, with little emphasis to exploration. Halo on the other hand has numerous instances of first person shooting and slashing up enemies, but there are instances in which the perspective switches to third person when riding vehicles or mounting turrets, etc. Also the aspect of exploration seems to hold a bit more weight than in DOOM. These are only some distinctions between both franchises. Following on this however, I remembered a complaint that often times came about among Smash fans when new characters with a specific playstyle were revealed; "another swordfighter?!".
It can be considered a fact by now that are perhaps "too many swordsman" in Smash, as referenced on Byleth's official reveal trailer. However, we've never heard/read (or at least it's not common) fans complaining of "too many brawlers" or "too many gunners". Huh, too many gunners eh? I can't remember if it was around Cuphead's Mii Costume reveal, or Vault Boy's, but I remember hearing/reading somewhere someone saying that "why is Mii Gunner getting all the good Mii Costumes?". So far we've gotten three "premium" Mii Costumes with Sans, Cuphead, and Vault Boy; all for Mii Gunner (oh lucky them!). *initiating conspiracy theory* How crazy it would be that, the fact that we got three premium Mii Costumes specifically for Mii Gunner was done so to warm players up to the prospect of incoming consecutive gunner-type Fighters in the upcoming Challenger Packs? In the first Fighters Pass in fact, we got three characters that fit (for the most part) the dreaded "swordfighter/swordsman" part; Joker, Hero, and Byleth. True, Joker and Byleth did ONLY use swords, and Hero could use skills/spells, but for the casual eye they were "swordsmen". Moving forward to Fighters Pass Vol. 2, some of the highly speculated names that have been discusses have been Geno, DOOM Slayer, and Master Chief; three characters that for the most part fit the role of a "gunner" type fighter. Like the alluded swordsmen from the first Pass, these three potential characters don't only use guns to fight, but they are their primary offensive means.
Dunno, these are only my humble opinions. Would be interesting tho if they panned out.
I just hope I'm not coming off as intrusive to other people's wishes/hopes because that is not my intention, I merely wished to share my thoughts.
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