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Probably depends on when Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition comes out. I don't think they'd announce it before that released since the average person doesn't know much difference between the Xeno titles.
Here's to that getting announced at the hypothetical January Direct everyone is guessing.
Nope, don’t know why they would remake or remaster it.
Then again...we still don't have news of a new BK game since BK got back...
Banjo is the only character that was put in with no game announced... yet.
Though, that would still not hurt KOS-MOS' chances, I believe.
I still think it’s almost impossible to get in but You’re right.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/ka...ailed-in-a-profitable-market-analysis.161374/
This actually progressed to the remaster's plan, but failed in a profitable market analysis.
— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) December 26, 2019
Sorry guys, This plan will be difficult to resurface... https://t.co/0CRJJDPl5Z
yup, xenosaga failing in a namco-led market analysis bodes extremely poorly for them ever deciding to put KOS-MOS in smash unless they were stubbornly determined to make a marketing push (despite already determining it'd be a huge financial risk)
For me I just assume it’s never going to happen. Not upset though, I never had much expectations for it.
This pretty much disconfirms her 100%. It's no longer, "her chances are a lot less likely now" or "it'll take a miracle for her to get in" or "On the Smash side of things, it doesn't really matter much because Sakurai personally liked her enough to include her." It's full-on "Xenosaga failed at garnering public interest. It's a dead franchise."
Well at least she isn’t my most wanted lol
And he said “this plan will be difficult to resurface”. Difficult. Not impossible. If KOS-MOS being in Smash adds more fan demand then Xenosaga HD Trilogy just might happen
They might be dead but they are first party and we’re in previous Smash games. Kos-MOs isn’t a popular character like people keep saying.
The same could be said for Banjo & Kazooie before Fighter Pack 3. Before then, they weren’t a popular 3rd party character (At least not a lot of people nowadays knew about them), they never appeared in a Smash game until now and their franchise has been pretty dead since Nuts & Bolts came out over a decade ago.
I was going to post that myself, but I thought that it might be seen as different since Banjo and Kazooie have had a consistent demand among Smash fans for over a decade, whereas support for KOS-MOS is relatively new from what I've seen.
Yeah but at least there was a huge support and many people wanted him and he was topping polls, can you say the same for Kos-MOs?
So what would they gain from adding Kos-MOs into smash?
she has a bigger chance since people actually played her game.We will find out for sure in the next direct regardless, but it is definitely a good idea to make backup plans. Mine is 2B for either FP5 or in post pass.
Adding a fun character that people are invested in that's appeared in a bunch of crossovers and has some popularity? If you're talking Bandai-Namco, money and making people happy?
Wouldn’t putting a more popular character would satisfy more people? If the series that she’s from isn’t seen as profitable why bother putting her in over other more recognizable Namco characters? It doesn’t matter how much crossovers she’s in, and being fun is really subjective because you say that about any character.
Yes, it's subjective, but there is one individual in particular you need to worry about that subjectivity with: Sakurai. His definition of fun decides the fate of every character on the roster, and we've seen it swing against something as big as Resident Evil and yet in favor of Joker. Obviously, you can pick apart all the individual differences of that situation til you're blue in the face, but it proves that such things are possible and Sakurai's definition of fun doesn't always manage everyone else's. I thought a Resident Evil character would be a blast, but Sakurai clearly didn't see the same conclusion. And there is also the issue that, KOS-MOS is arguably filling an extremely different niche from most Bandai-Namco picks. She's part of the greater Xeno universe that Monolith Soft has worked on and nurtured for ages now. It's extremely unlikely that she "gets chosen as a Bandai Namco character" as that's not why people are interested in her. She fills a different niche than many options, and there is undeniably a demand for more love given to the Xeno series in Smash. We've seen the love and support for Rex/Pyra/Mythra and Elma, and many of those same fans are here championing KOS-MOS as well.
To be fair, Lucas was put in Brawl while Sakurai still thought Mother 3 would be localized. It wasn’t, but due to the demand for the character he returned as Smash 4 DLC, and of course Ultimate.
K. Rool as well.
If Monolith Soft didn't make a Xenosega trilogy and the latter two didn't flop in sells, they never would have went almost bankrupt, left Namco to go to Nintendo, and Xenoblade wouldn't exist.
Well then let’s see if she makes it in. Honestly I’d like to be wrong and see Kos-Mos in, despite seeing it as impossible.
However, I've also noticed the only Mii Costume promotions from 4 were in the base roster (Chrom, Isabelle, Inkling, King K. Rool). So far no Mii Costume from 4 has been promoted via DLC for Ultimate. That may or may not change in the future
