Masked Marauders - Skull Kid For Smash! Night of the Last Day.

[AnOkayDM]

I'm not sure how long it is but there is a more bombastic version of sarias song played on ganondorfs character video. Still best case scenario we get a remix of one of majoras themes.

That song is from Brawl. It's the Ocarina of Time Medley, and it goes through a bunch of the playable songs from OoT. I'm hoping for a Majora's Mask version this time!

 

[_sneaK]

I'm not sure how long it is but there is a more bombastic version of sarias song played on ganondorfs character video. Still best case scenario we get a remix of one of majoras themes.

I want a bumpin remix of Majoras Incarnation with a bunch of percussion

 

[JoyStar]

I want a bumpin remix of Majoras Incarnation with a bunch of percussion

Same! Majora's theme rules!

Speaking of Majora, I had a dream last night and Majora was in it and was.... creepily helpful? The dream involved my character running from the Grim Reaper and apparently thee was a Mortality Tracker on the bottom of the screen (think the semi-circle in Majora's Mask but rimmed with a white border/glow, that I think was supposed to work but didn't (th character had spirit weapons and there was a countdown that appeared on screen indicating there were only 10 units of time left (I say "units of time" because 10 to 9 definitely took about 10 seconds to pass, or maybe it was a counter to how much Mortality he had left). Then outside the game I ended up encountering Majora (in Mask form) and after giving its tag speech saying I was "It", the mask said "Your game was no fun. The Mortality Tracker didn't work. Games are no fun if no one dies."

I don't even know how to code and the game didn't seem to have too much of a story at least that I was shown, but dang it I kind of want to make that a real game now, thanks Majora.

 

[DMTN]

It's unreal how many songs would fit Skull Kid:

- The Termina Field remix we already know of.
- Final Hours
- Oath to Order
- Any Majora theme
- A Clock Town remix that becomes more sinister as it goes on
- Saria's Song

 

[JoyStar]

It's unreal how many songs would fit Skull Kid:

- The Termina Field remix we already know of.
- Final Hours
- Oath to Order
- Any Majora theme
- A Clock Town remix that becomes more sinister as it goes on
- Saria's Song

You know, I just realized something... Skull Kid doesn't really have a "theme". The only thing that's considered his theme is actually Majora's Theme.

I love the idea of a sinister Clock Town remix though!

 

[Nazyrus]

https://twitter.com/LeakyPandy/status/1051472943224635395
Leakypandy preparing to leak again… oh no… oh nooo

 

[JoyStar]

https://twitter.com/LeakyPandy/status/1051472943224635395
Leakypandy preparing to leak again… oh no… oh nooo

LP doesn't seem to give any indication in that tweet, so maybe their "leak" is wrong about SK being a boss fight...

 

[AnOkayDM]

I'm still just sitting over here hoping they haven't gotten their first actual leak in that "Skull Kid is a boss" thing.

 

[JoyStar]

I'm still just sitting over here hoping they haven't gotten their first actual leak in that "Skull Kid is a boss" thing.

Same.

I just had a thought though—what if Skull Kid is actually both a playable character and a boss? Say, there comes a point in Spirits (or whatever the story mode is) where the character you are playing as in that moment encounters Skull Kid with Majora's Mask. Majora completely takes over Skull Kid, and you enter a boss battle where Majora at first uses Skull Kid as a puppet (esentially making him part of the boss fight), then discards him and uses its Incarnation and Wrath forms for the remainer of the boss fight. The character you play as then defeats Majora, setting Skull Kid free, and Skull Kid teams up with them, thereby unlocking Skull Kid as a playable character as well.

 

[AnOkayDM]

Same.

I just had a thought though—what if Skull Kid is actually both a boss and a playable character? Say, there comes a point in Spirits (or whatever the story mode is) where the character you are playing as in that moment encounters Skull Kid with Majora's Mask. Majora completely takes over Skull Kid, and you enter a boss battle where Majora and first uses Skull Kid as a puppet, then discards him and uses its Incarnation and Wrath forms for the remainer of the boss fight. The character you play as then defeats Majora, setting Skull Kid free, and Skull Kid teams up with them, thereby unlocking Skull Kid as a playable character as well.

I've had that thought as well. People don't seem to find it very likely? I dunno. Skull Kid would be kind of terrible as a boss, but I can see a small cutscene with the mask discarding him and transforming.

Either way, LP says Skull Kid is not playable and appears as a boss instead. So if their info is correct, that pretty much does it.

 

[_sneaK]

I'm still just sitting over here hoping they haven't gotten their first actual leak in that "Skull Kid is a boss" thing.

I kinda doubt he'd be a boss. I know it's been said plenty before but ya know, Skull Kid just doesn't seem big enough to fit the build. Above that, he doesn't seem like the kind of character you'd face in some big Smash bros story board battle.

 

[AnOkayDM]

Y'know what I just realized? Rathalos shows that someone can be both a boss and an Assist Trophy.

...so if Skull Kid is a boss, why is he not also part of the Moon AT?

 

[_sneaK]

Y'know what I just realized? Rathalos shows that someone can be both a boss and an Assist Trophy.

...so if Skull Kid is a boss, why is he not also part of the Moon AT?

I've thought about that too, but Dracula isn't an assist trophy. I don't know, but maybe they just removed him as an assist trophy to open up options for DLC. All DLC will be newcomers so they would want to keep their options full of popular characters.

 

[AnOkayDM]

I've thought about that too, but Dracula isn't an assist trophy. I don't know, but maybe they just removed him as an assist trophy to open up options for DLC. All DLC will be newcomers so they would want to keep their options full of popular characters.

In fairness, it makes more sense for Skull Kid to be part of that AT than for Dracula to be one, considering dropping the moon is what he should've done in Smash 4. That's a fair point though.

 

[Demonfunds]

Skull Kid being a boss would be the biggest slap in the face, Zelda at least needs a villain with a original moveset, that's all I want since Sakurai want's to declone Ganondorf at the worlds slowest pace possible.

 

[Mike Cometa]

I´ve seen multiple times the argument of Skull Kid not being big enought to be a boss but Majora´s Wrath doesn´t seem to be that much shorter than Dracula

 

[Demonfunds]

I´ve seen multiple times the argument of Skull Kid not being big enought to be a boss but Majora´s Wrath doesn´t seem to be that much shorter than Dracula

Yeah, but Majoras Wraith is not Skull Kid.

 

[AnOkayDM]

I´ve seen multiple times the argument of Skull Kid not being big enought to be a boss but Majora´s Wrath doesn´t seem to be that much shorter than Dracula

Majora's Wrath isn't Skull Kid.

EDIT:

 

[Demonfunds]

While we're on the topic, would a Majoras Wrath boss deconfirm Skull Kid? I'm leaning on no, I only bring this given the mask would sort of be in two places at the same time if skull kid was fighting Majoras Wrath.

 

[AnOkayDM]

While we're on the topic, would a Majoras Wrath boss deconfirm Skull Kid? I'm leaning on no, I only bring this given the mask would sort of be in two places at the same time if skull kid was fighting Majoras Wrath.

I don't think we're gonna see a Majora's Wrath fight before we see Skull Kid, one way or the other.

 

[UserKev]

I can definitely appreciate Delzethin's take on Skull Kid. He puts actual effort and doesn't limit Skull Kid to his specific gimmicks.

10/10.

 

[JoyStar]

I can definitely appreciate Delzethin's take on Skull Kid. He puts actual effort and doesn't limit Skull Kid to his specific gimmicks.

10/10.

And I noticed the moves he came up with didn't have Skull Kid take a backseat to Tatl and Tael, nice job!

 

[Dr Bones]

While we're on the topic, would a Majoras Wrath boss deconfirm Skull Kid? I'm leaning on no, I only bring this given the mask would sort of be in two places at the same time if skull kid was fighting Majoras Wrath.

if it were just majora's wrath, I think it would almost confirm him. even if he was a boss and not in the base game I think they would still make him DLC as a worst case scenario for us.

 

[PhantomShab]

https://twitter.com/LeakyPandy/status/1051472943224635395
Leakypandy preparing to leak again… oh no… oh nooo

Get hype guys we're about to learn the date of a new direct but absolutely nothing about what's actually in it.

 

[Nazyrus]

Get hype guys we're about to learn the date of a new direct but absolutely nothing about what's actually in it.

That's actually my favorite type of leak, cause i hate how nintendo doesn't let us know earlier than a freaking day before it happens lol and at the same time i dont want to be totally spoiled.

 

[RidleyKraid187]

I´ve seen multiple times the argument of Skull Kid not being big enought to be a boss but Majora´s Wrath doesn´t seem to be that much shorter than Dracula

First it was “Ridley’s too big to be playable”
Now it’s “Skull Kid’s not big enough to be a boss”

 

[RetrogamerMax]

First it was “Ridley’s too big to be playable”
Now it’s “Skull Kid’s not big enough to be a boss”

Lol! That's fan rules for you.

 

[Demonfunds]

The Ridley too big thing and the Skull Kid too small thing doesn't go both ways, if we're going by this logic then Skull Kid would be upscaled for a boss role, it's not like Ridley remained massive and was playable and he was shrunk down, in order for this to work then Skull Kid would have to be upscaled and it would look wrong, so yes, Skull Kid is too small for a boss role, so stop comparing these two agrugments like it disproves the argument for Skull Kid, cause it really doesn't.

 

[Blade of Evil's Bane]

While we're on the topic, would a Majoras Wrath boss deconfirm Skull Kid? I'm leaning on no, I only bring this given the mask would sort of be in two places at the same time if skull kid was fighting Majoras Wrath.

''When Toon Link Skull Kid joins the battle, Alfonzo is in charge of the train Majora's Wrath'' -Sakurai

Alfonzo: ''Leave it to me!''

Joking aside, my 2 cents on the Majora Wrath Boss vs Skull Kid chances.

1st cent: From what we know about Ultimate bosses so far (Rathalos and Dracula), they seem to be linked to a particular stage (like Ridley was to Pyrospere). If Majora's Wrath is a stage Boss, he would need a stage. Personally i can't see how this could happen unless there is a stage inside MM's moon (and a MM stage without a playable Skull Kid is unlikely imo).

2nd cent: Some have speculated that the single player campaign will be like SSE and will include boss battles. If Majora's Wrath is a campaign boss, just have fighters other than Skull Kid available for this particular fight (and as someone previously mentionned, this could even be the bossfight that unlocks Skull Kid as a playable fighter).

I don't think any form of Skull Kid/Majora as a boss would hurt his chances to get in as a playabe fighter.

 

[Demonfunds]

''When Toon Link Skull Kid joins the battle, Alfonzo is in charge of the train Majora's Wrath'' -Sakurai

Alfonzo: ''Leave it to me!''
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Joking aside, my 2 cents on the Majora Wrath Boss vs Skull Kid chances.

1st cent: From what we know about Ultimate bosses so far (Rathalos and Dracula), they seem to be linked to a particular stage (like Ridley was to Pyrospere). If Majora's Wrath is a stage Boss, he would need a stage. Personally i can't see how this could happen unless there is a stage inside MM's moon (and a MM stage without a playable Skull Kid is unlikely imo).

2nd cent: Some have speculated that the single player campaign will be like SSE and will include boss battles. If Majora's Wrath is a campaign boss, just have fighters other than Skull Kid available for this particular fight (and as someone previously mentionned, this could even be the bossfight that unlocks Skull Kid as a playable fighter).

I don't think any form of Skull Kid/Majora as a boss would hurt his chances to get in as a playabe fighter.

Hahaha I love how you took the time to photoshop that just for this response.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

''When Toon Link Skull Kid joins the battle, Alfonzo is in charge of the train Majora's Wrath'' -Sakurai

Alfonzo: ''Leave it to me!''
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Joking aside, my 2 cents on the Majora Wrath Boss vs Skull Kid chances.

1st cent: From what we know about Ultimate bosses so far (Rathalos and Dracula), they seem to be linked to a particular stage (like Ridley was to Pyrospere). If Majora's Wrath is a stage Boss, he would need a stage. Personally i can't see how this could happen unless there is a stage inside MM's moon (and a MM stage without a playable Skull Kid is unlikely imo).

2nd cent: Some have speculated that the single player campaign will be like SSE and will include boss battles. If Majora's Wrath is a campaign boss, just have fighters other than Skull Kid available for this particular fight (and as someone previously mentionned, this could even be the bossfight that unlocks Skull Kid as a playable fighter).

I don't think any form of Skull Kid/Majora as a boss would hurt his chances to get in as a playabe fighter.

That would be very similar to how you unlock Ganondorf in Event 29 in Melee.

 

[_sneaK]

While we're on the topic, would a Majoras Wrath boss deconfirm Skull Kid? I'm leaning on no, I only bring this given the mask would sort of be in two places at the same time if skull kid was fighting Majoras Wrath.

Adding Majoras Wrath but not Skull Kid is just one large backhanded slap to Zelda. Skull Kid is seen as the villain of the entire game, but just adding Majoras Wrath is kinda weird? It's also kind of a spoiler for Majoras Mask but then again they haven't minded spoiling Zelda plot points in smash (cough cough shiek)

I don't know it just doesn't seem plausible adding Majoras Wrath as a boss and Skull Kid being absent. It could of course be a situation like adding Simon and getting a new stage, and Majoras Wrath is the boss.

EDIT: accidentally posted before I was done lol

 

[Kensho]

''When Toon Link Skull Kid joins the battle, Alfonzo is in charge of the train Majora's Wrath'' -Sakurai

Alfonzo: ''Leave it to me!''
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Joking aside, my 2 cents on the Majora Wrath Boss vs Skull Kid chances.

1st cent: From what we know about Ultimate bosses so far (Rathalos and Dracula), they seem to be linked to a particular stage (like Ridley was to Pyrospere). If Majora's Wrath is a stage Boss, he would need a stage. Personally i can't see how this could happen unless there is a stage inside MM's moon (and a MM stage without a playable Skull Kid is unlikely imo).

2nd cent: Some have speculated that the single player campaign will be like SSE and will include boss battles. If Majora's Wrath is a campaign boss, just have fighters other than Skull Kid available for this particular fight (and as someone previously mentionned, this could even be the bossfight that unlocks Skull Kid as a playable fighter).

I don't think any form of Skull Kid/Majora as a boss would hurt his chances to get in as a playabe fighter.

Your first cent isn't happening. Rathalos and Dracula are not "stage bosses" like Ridley and yellow devil, because the places where you fight them aren't in the stage selection.

Even so, Majora's wrath as a stage boss would hurt skull kid, just as Ridley being a boss stage hurt him. Back then we also thought there is no way we would get a Ridley stage and not have Ridley playable xD sad memories.

 

[ActualGarbage]

Your first cent isn't happening. Rathalos and Dracula are not "stage bosses" like Ridley and yellow devil, because the places where you fight them aren't in the stage selection.

Even so, Majora's wrath as a stage boss would hurt skull kid, just as Ridley being a boss stage hurt him. Back then we also thought there is no way we would get a Ridley stage and not have Ridley playable xD sad memories.

Wait, what do you mean? I thought there was a Castlevania stage?

 

[Blade of Evil's Bane]

Your first cent isn't happening. Rathalos and Dracula are not "stage bosses" like Ridley and yellow devil, because the places where you fight them aren't in the stage selection.

I think i understand your point but Dracula's Castle is in the stage selection (bottom right: https://www.smashbros.com/en_US/stage/index.html) and if you look at the 8.8 direct's footage, Dracula appears in his Castle: https://youtu.be/P-kQWJrjRV4?t=320

As for Rathalos, some have speculated that what we see in his reveal is a Monster Hunter stage (the Steppes from MH4). If this is not the case, then it would have to be footage taken from the single player campaign (which is possible). We don't really know for sure yet...

Even so, Majora's wrath as a stage boss would hurt skull kid, just as Ridley being a boss stage hurt him. Back then we also thought there is no way we would get a Ridley stage and not have Ridley playable xD sad memories.

That's a fair point. As i said tho, It would be very surprising to see a MM stage being added without the inclusion of Skull Kid as a playable fighter imo. It would have to make sense for Majora's Wrath to be there, in the stage in question (Majora's Wrath in Great Bay would be silly for example)...

 

[AnOkayDM]

The version of Dracula's Castle where you actually fight Dracula is different than the stage itself. It's completely flat and the background is different.

 

[ActualGarbage]

The version of Dracula's Castle where you actually fight Dracula is different than the stage itself. It's completely flat and the background is different.

I mean, it's still the same stage. It just slightly changes depending on whether or not Dracula is present.

 

[GoodGrief741]

I mean, it's still the same stage. It just slightly changes depending on whether or not Dracula is present.

It’s a bit more than just a slight change though. The whole layout is different.

 

[AnOkayDM]

I mean, it's still the same stage. It just slightly changes depending on whether or not Dracula is present.

It becomes a totally flat walk-off with a different background. It's functionally a different stage.

 

[ActualGarbage]

It becomes a totally flat walk-off with a different background. It's functionally a different stage.

It's still the same stage though.