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It makes sense; we've gone from waiting for an entire game's roster to be revealed to waiting for four DLC characters to be revealed, and at the rate that we're going at, we'll only be getting one reveal every two months or so. In terms of speculation, there's much less to work with.
I just don't think it'll be exciting for anyone once we're waiting on the last DLC character who may crush dreams depending on if we get a second round of DLC.
Yeah, things have certainly slowed down. At least pre Smash release there was still that natural hype and unknown factor for so many elements of the game. Now we are just waiting for DLC reveals. All we really have now are the communities we have formed here and other tangentially related topics.
I just wish Alph would be made into an Echo already. Poor guy deserves a better fate than Lemmy Koopa.Does anyone else regularly forget that Alph is a character in the game? It doesn't help that he's absent from the "everyone is here" banner, with Mr Saturn taking his place. Lowkey wish I had the artistic skill to add poor old Alph into the banner myself...
Things will pick itself back up again after update 3.0.0.:
I honestly just wish Nintendo would confirm whether or not we are getting a second Fighters Pass. I don't see how that could be a bad business decision, and at least it would end some of the tension within the Smash community. Because right now everyone is under the assumption that these next four characters are it until Smash 6, so a lot of people understandably have their panties in a bunch.
A lot of my friends treat Alph as a joke because not a lot of people I know ever touch Olimar, and you wouldn't know Alph is even there unless you are changing Olimar's costume.
I honestly doubt it. Maybe they'll announce something small to hint towards whatever is in update 3.0.0 at the absolute best, or there will be nothing. I'd be willing to wager nothing, and if we're getting Erdrick, an announcement at the US's Evo competition makes no sense, considering the East isn't going to be laser-focused on it.
This so much. If lucky, an announcement of another direct could be possible. And that's already unlikely.
They might since last EVO they announced a Smash Ultimate direct
Although I know what you mean, but you do realize that EVO is in August and 3.0.0 launches in April. We will most likely find out everything about 3.0.0 in April/late March as well.
Oh, crap, why did I think EVO was that much sooner? Thanks for correcting me there. I totally got that wrong lmfao.
You're fine, I got EVO's date wrong last year. For some reason I thought EVO 2018 was being held the day after the game lineup was announced.
Doesn't seem to be that way for the Cpt. Toad thread.
I would like something like Cuphead or Metroid Zero Mission.
God, imagine a Kid Icarus: Uprising-like game with Rosalina, whether she's his higher authority, adoptive mother, or whatever, guiding him and those two having banter a la Pit and Palutena.
A hack and slash that ironically focuses less on hacking and slashing and more on magical artillery and laser beams. I love me some flashy combat.
I do wonder how that dynamic would work. Don't know how funny Rosalina would be compared to Palutena though.
Fun fact, they did technically announce something last Evo. You remember the Direct that dropped Simon and K. Rool? That Direct was announced at Evo after the finals of either Smash 4 or Melee. It wasn't an immediate reveal, but it was something for Ultimate.
Huh, the Direct that dropped K. Rool, one of my most-wanteds...
Maybe in this case they'll explicitly say there will be a Smash Direct coming, like last time. Assuming anything happens at the end, that is.
They would probably get into a lot of arguments about parenting and how the other isn’t raising their children right.
Totally, especially since baby Bowser was so spoiled and pushed Kamek around a lot. Funny and kinda heartwarming though, Bowser does seem to appreciate and care for Kamek a lot more than he did as a baby. You could even argue that Kamek is arguably closer to Bowser than Rosalina is to most of her Luma's.
Well it's hard to get excited for Smash Bros Ultimate's future when you know what characters aren't getting in as DLC. We know Krystal, Bomberman, Akira, Isaac, Shadow, Zero, Shovel Knight, Ashley, Takamaru, Waluigi, Black Knight, Starfy, Skull Kid, Lyn, Chibi Robo, Custom Robo, Dixie Kong, Lip, Saki, Rex & Pyra, and the whole ARMS series aren't gonna be one of the 4 remaining DLC characters, so I really don't look forward to news about Ulimate now. Especially when all the DLC are gonna be third party what we really can't speculate or hope for since it could be anyone. I feel like a good way to reinvigorate the hype if we can Echo Fighter DLC, I would love for Shadow Echo Fighter DLC so it can smash the rule that Assist can't get upgraded through DLC (though most likely won't happen, we'll probably get a Shadow Mii Costume which is just gross).
Yeah, a lot of hype has been killed for a lot of people because of all of these deconfirmations + soft deconfirmations with spirits. I think that promoting a spirit or an AT would really reinvigorate that hype and give people hope again. Will it happen in the Fighter's Pass, though? 99% sure it won't. It'd be either through misc. DLC or future seasons, both of which are very uncertain.
Yep, I feel it. We really did juice the hell out of everything we could, but it was a blast. All the speculation is complete and whenever people speculate with their own characters they want, unfortunately there's going to be hate thrown at them; it sucks knowing if spirits disconfirm or not. All I do in Ultimate now is just play locally or in Battle Arenas, and I got tired of Quickplay because I end up getting sweaty, go up and down in SGP, and I've grown bored of it. I miss the June-August era of Ultimate, where the stuff was really good and we were expecting more; back when the E3 Smash Ultimate demo was out at conventions, which is when Ultimate's Battlefield soundtrack actually sounded good... one day, I hope someone rips the original Battlefield soundtrack from the demo. Yeah, it really sucks to know that we've basically completed everything and all we can do is wait for more. I can't wait for 3.0, but hopefully we get something like Home-Run Contest, Stage Builder, or some events. I really hope they bring back the cracker launcher... gosh, I loved that thing, even if it was hard to aim and control. lol
inb4 the next Character is Isaac
An hub world game that takes place in space, works like Super Mario 64/Sunshine/Galaxy/Odyssey, and the controls work like Kingdom Hearts. I agree, a "Kid Icarus: Uprising" type game for Geno would also be pretty sick. It would also be pretty cool if Geno made a cameo in a movie. Remember that Geno did make it in a Transformers comic one time as a cameo, so I could see him being a cameo in something like Toy Story if he was easy to get the rights to.
My concern is, if that's true, I feel like the first group of DLCs would also show some pattern about that. It's been discussed nurmorous times about whether Geno fits in a DLC slot in commcercial view or fanservice view. If NIntendo tend to pick good collaborations with more 3rd parties than any old Nintendo character, a second round might not ensure better chance for him.
I personally think what they said about "unexpected" is purely some video game characters that are popular and notable, just rarely mentioned in the Smash bros fanbase. Some of the "popular" character, unfortuantely including Geno here, might not be the really "unexpected" ones since it would be predictable to see those popular characters happen.
Wel... or asking for a new Paper Mario game wiith Geno in?
Well, it's not a particularly bad idea. I mastered Ice Climber on Retroachievements shortly before the Icies were confirmed to come back with everyone.
My biggest wish in the last Smash Direct was for DLC content (which came at an uncertain time, when most people gave up on seeing DLC arrive to a game that seemed to already be packed), so I hope that lightning will strike twice in that regard once the last pass character is unveiled.
Lucky for me I haven't been able to get around to acquiring a Switch yet, so I'll be quite busy once that day comes.Yep, I feel it. We really did juice the hell out of everything we could, but it was a blast. All the speculation is complete and whenever people speculate with their own characters they want, unfortunately there's going to be hate thrown at them; it sucks knowing if spirits disconfirm or not. All I do in Ultimate now is just play locally or in Battle Arenas, and I got tired of Quickplay because I end up getting sweaty, go up and down in SGP, and I've grown bored of it. I miss the June-August era of Ultimate, where the stuff was really good and we were expecting more; back when the E3 Smash Ultimate demo was out at conventions, which is when Ultimate's Battlefield soundtrack actually sounded good... one day, I hope someone rips the original Battlefield soundtrack from the demo. Yeah, it really sucks to know that we've basically completed everything and all we can do is wait for more. I can't wait for 3.0, but hopefully we get something like Home-Run Contest, Stage Builder, or some events. I really hope they bring back the cracker launcher... gosh, I loved that thing, even if it was hard to aim and control. lol
He said characters that are new to the series, not characters that have never been in smash before
Basically, newcomers.
I really hope that’s what Reggie meant since it means spirits don’t deconfirm. However, I don’t get why he would need to say that if the whole thing for smash ultimate is that everyone is here, so it wouldn’t be possible to get returning fighters as dlc anyways. Unless that was exactly what he was saying and was just telling people that they don’t have to worry about returning characters in the fighter pass
I think it's just to specify that "veterans are already in, from now on it's all new!".
It makes me wonder if Bowser is going to make any statements on the DLC and what might be happening.I think it's just to specify that "veterans are already in, from now on it's all new!".
But he is retiring after Joker details are presumably out, so it's a moot point.
