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Honestly at this point, what would be a bigger deal to Smash fans? E3 trailers need to be a memorable thing, Ridley's inclusion would be the stuff of legends even if you don't care for him, and the way you presented it would be perfect.
No, Sakurai's a magician. We won't get heads or tails whether Ridley's playable or not until the full game drops, nevermind E3.
Last time was the ballot and pretty much everyone knew Ridley wouldn't make it as DLC. Just a friendly reminder, that's all
I don't think there's too much to fear about a meltdown, some frustration will probably happen, but unlike with Brawl and Smash 4 there's not an expectation of Ridley making it in this time, just cautious optimism at best. The only way it'll happen is if Sakurai needlessly string us along with anything that can be interpreted as a hint.
I can already see it.
So very accurate. After the eternities that were the Brawl and Sm4sh character speculation periods, this is going to be child’s play. That’s the strongest evidence for the game being a port also, although I still think it’s a new game. There just won’t be a lot of time for them to drag out revealing characters like they normally do, nor will there be a ton of time for Sakurai’s usual trolling of Ridley supporters. (Also, far less time for hype to build in this thread to the point of it attracting as many Too Bigots as it usually does). If it’s a port, well, we already know the roster and they we didn’t make the cut. If it’s not, there may well be 1 or 2 big waves of character announcements. That, or barely anything until the roster leak right before launch.
Wasn't it confirmed that Sakurai is directing this game or is that a rumor? I hear people say that but I can't recall for sure.
Eurogamer confirmed that Namco Bandai is working on it to dispel any mystery on the developer. The Smash Switch developer remains a mystery which is important if we're to assume that Namco Bandai's involvement gives Ridley a shot. First Namco Bandai Singapore, now apparently Namco Bandai Japan is leading the development in collaboration with Nintendo. But would Sakurai even be able to look at a concept of Metroid Prime 4's Ridley from Namco Bandai if he wants to consider him again? I'm not sure when the game went into development although this implies before E3 2017. But how long before the confirmation? Sakurai said that he's been working on the game for about two years when Smash for Switch got confirmed and we're not sure when he decided on the characters. The question of when is important to ask if we're to assume he has a shot. Because unless everything lines up, he's not getting in and it's going to take a lot from Sakurai to change his mind
I thought my 200+ posts on the K. Rool and Mega Man forums were a lot. That makes me imagine how active I would have been in the Mega Man thread had I snatched it from the start. But it's hard to believe I'm nearly 10K posts in. There have been no forums that I've been more actively involved in than this one.Found this while looking through an old Smash related pictures folder from when the Smash 4 Ridley thread was closed:
Thank god the speculation period won't be as long this time.
I noticed this aswell, it may even be Prime 4's Samus. Regardless, I'm glad it looks nothing like the Other M design and more retro-y.
Mentioned before as an alternative, but what about the baby or literally any Metroid evolutions as stage hazards instead, along with maybe Diggernaut popping out here and there?
It's confirmed now as he said he's working on it on Twitter, but wasn't at the time of the post.
If this game started development only one month after we learned the true name of the "NX", I think Nintendo is going to make sure Sakurai gets plenty of inside information on upcoming games. The hard part is predicting if this will have a huge influence on characters, as most of the big Switch titles announced last year were probably in early development.
I think Sakurai has probably gotten an early peek at Fire Emblem, it's always seemed like Intelligent Systems have worked very closely with him when it comes to promoting their new games in Smash all the way back to Roy getting into Melee. We also know that he got an extremely early look at Pokémon X & Y so he could include a newcomer from Gen 6, and a lot of the things about Greninja, like his water swords, was Sakurai's own ideas just based on the design.
With both FE and Pokemon, Sakurai seems to take a lot of liberties with the characters. I remember him mentioning that he made Roy a strong clone after reading his character bio, but then felt like it didn't accurately represent him after he played Binding Blade for himself. With Greninja, it was basically Sakurai asking GF for a popular Gen VI Pokemon. GF responded by giving him a little info on Greninja, and then Sakurai had to personally create a moveset based off the information he was given.
Hah! That'd be a nice sly little Fire Emblem reference.
I wouldn't rule out Fire Emblem 16. The game is supposed to come out this year and was announced January of last year so unless it's been pushed back, it looks to be a case of not unveiling games until they have game play footage to show.
I really wouldn't count on an FE16 character being in the base roster.Fire Emblem is in kind of a weird position as it pertains to Smash.The only game post fates that would've been far enough in development
Nice to have you. What made you change your mind?
I really didn't want Ridley because of his Other M design, it looked so bland compared to his earlier designs. If we can have Ridley in his Super Metroid design, well.....that would be awesome.
