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It's still nowhere as damning as Doom director commenting.
I’ve definitely seen a lot of Brawl nostalgia lately. Most people seem to rank it over Smash 4 now. I don’t agree with that personally; though I do think Brawl has the best newcomers & Subspace is great.
I can understand for those whose first game was Brawl, but Subspace I was never particularly a fan of. Sakurai was right to be upset about the cutscenes and everything being leaked because if you saw them, you already experienced like 80% of of the mode itself, while the remaining 20% was average (or sometimes less than) platforming levels filled with generic backgrounds and enemies. If some of the characters had voice acting like in the World of Light opening scene, the scenes would've been more memorable. On paper there's enough voiced and silent characters in Smash to make a full story work without necessarily having everyone do dialogue, but everyone being mute like in Subpsace was dumb imo. Lastly, most of Brawl’s development time and resources went to Subspace, which left the rest of the game not feeling as polished as it otherwise could've been. If Subspace was fairly replayable it might've been worth it, but it was one of those one and done type modes that there was no reason or incentive to go back to once you had everyone unlocked. The character reveal trailers for Smash 4 and Ultimate are the spiritual successor to Subspace if nothing else, with them being the “cutscenes” of it. Just wish Ultimate had a menu someplace where you could rewatch the character trailers like in SSB4.
Yeah, the newcomer trailers do a lot to help fill in that Subspace hole. I was very glad when Ultimate’s DLC started getting them. I was worried they wouldn’t since Smash 4’s didn’t. It’ll always be lame that MFing Ryu & Cloud didn’t get these great, CG trailers.
They've at least made up with Sephiroth's trailer for featuring Cloud. As far as I'm aware Ryu hasn't yet appeared in a CG trailer.
Yeah I do think Cloud getting such a showcase in that trailer was Sakurai trying to make up for it. I wish Ryu could’ve got the same treatment in Ken’s trailer.
Can I ask why for these predictions? Just asking.
It's just a feeling. Crash Bandicoot, Dark Souls, Halo, and Ninja Gaiden all seem like the likeliest new franchises to be added to Smash right now. This is based on a few things each has going for it. Master Chief in particular seems like a character that could be a separate pack. This is due to how big he is and how Nintendo would be foolish to turn him down if Master Chief was offered to them. That, and the fact that we already have a Microsoft character in Vol. 2. So, having another Microsoft rep might be weird. That being said, I did say it was crazy for a reason. It's not something that's actually all that likely. It's just that I want to be bold, lol.
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Still say he won't be a guarantee until I see King Zell's mythical hint at a Halo Switch thing show up.
On the flipside, Namco sure is strangely modest about lending its characters for fighters, only Pac-Man came from them so far.
Doesn't he strictly cover Directs? I'm not sure he'd have much better luck than other insiders to know of Pass 2's DLC.Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Insider Casts Doubt on Crash Bandicoot DLC
Despite his continued demand, Crash Bandicoot might not make it into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, according to the opinion of a reliable insider.
Another case of an insider talking about Chief in a positive light, just like with Imran Kahn. Hmm....
I believe it was something about Sakurai saying he didn’t want Namco getting special treatment for 3rd party additions just because they were the developers or something along those lines, but can’t remember for sure. Was years ago that I saw that.
You do realize that the ever elusive Master Chief Collection Switch port could be saved for marketing synergy purposes for his inclusion in Ultimate right? Nothing is guaranteed, but it is something to speculate on
Precisely. I figure that for an E3 reveal to work, the collection would have to be announced around the same time that MC becomes a fighter at the event.
Makes sense, though this means it'll take a while before Namco ever gets anyone new. It took two games before we got any
besides the little guy, after all.
Am not really a Tekken fan, so Heihachi doesn’t interest me and in fact find kinda boring, though same can be said for Lloyd for those that haven’t played his game. Either would be a nice addition for a certain amount of people, though I don’t think it’s a sure thing even with another game, but if Namco and Sakurai/Smash remain partners for life or something, then it’ll help for those characters among other things.Makes sense, though this means it'll take a while before Namco ever gets anyone new. It took two games before we got any
Also, he ran into issues trying to adapt Heihachi's moveset for Smash, so far, so that doesn't help.
That being said, I'll wait as long as it takes. At least this'll encourage support for other Bamco characters to increase by the time all support for the Switch eventually ends around five years from now.
Sora, as a company without Bamco involvement right now, is comprised of Sak and his wife, so I don't think that'd be much of an issue.
Yeah, though it's pointless to try and convince most people that a Bamco character isn't coming. They're not prepared for the possibility of strongly campaigning for every single noteworthy one of them besides
, just because of the company not getting any favoritism so that other third-parties can get their time to shine.
I have it in my head that these two characters are the last of the mascot eras of games. Crash for Sony back then, and Chief for Xbox. Would be amazing if these two rounded out the pass.
I remember seeing one proposal. Make Game Pass Switch version like PC version. Put games that Nintendo agree on. I guess Xbox first party (games that Switch can handle) would be no brainer. Since Bethesda is under MS now, this offer may be tempting for Nintendo. Third party games may be tricky since Nintendo would most likely keep conservative stance. Phil said current relationship is unsustainable, but he said he would be open to Game Pass on Switch. So, I guess the latter option would be profitable?
I could see that happening. But I’d take advantage of the MS relationship as much as possible now. It’s brand new, so we don’t know it’s longevity.
I think they’re the biggest game characters not in yet. They’re my ideal final two, but there’s no way we’re that lucky.
I think that’d be a wise idea. I think it’d be valuable for MS to get their IPs a Japanese audience & the Switch could be the way to do that. I think Halo could be bigger in Japan if it was on a console that the Japanese want to buy.
Doom which is just as if not more violent than Gears is on Switch. So, Gears should be fine. And, there were GTA games on Nintendo platforms before, so it's matter of Rockstar, not Nintendo. Nintendo wouldn't mind seeing those kinds of games on their platform, but featuring them in Smash is different story.
And Nintendo did allow Mortal Kombat 11, so I guess you are right
While I don't think it would be linked with the GP, I can see the reason why there were six characters instead of five because of this reason. Either Microsoft or Square Enix wanted a second character in this pass.
Yeah it could be Square too. I think Nier: Automata could end up on the Pro & maybe they asked to get 2B in Smash because of that.
I think the reveal of Chief will be in fall along with the announcement of Xbox Game Pass coming to the Switch. And as for who's going to be revealed at E3 this summer, I think it's going to be Crash. So since Chief is more likely now. I want to predict his color alts besides his default.
