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Konami is likely being passed over because they already have a huge presence in the base game, with not only Snake and Metal Gear content coming back, but also the addition of Simon, Richter, and Castlevania content.
His reveal could end up just being fueled by memes but we can't really prove that it absolutely would be. Maybe people hopped on the bandwagon only to start unironically supporting him, maybe his fanbase is really that large and the people in it for the meme are the minority. Unless you poll every Waluigi supporter on the planet wether they're doing it ironically or unironically you can't say for certain Waluigi wouldn't be a hype reveal.
Like what? Pretty much all the decently talked about frontrunners have been disconfirmed for character 5. The only frontrunners that hasn't been disconfirmed is a Bandai Namco character, Phoenix Wright, Sora, and Reimu. So unless we end up getting Dovahkiin as character 5 along with the Cacodemon costume, pretty much all the big characters are hinted to not be in as character 5.
I'm actually starting to wonder if DLC 5 is Dovahkiin. Bethesda isn't out of the running yet and Skyrim was pretty popular in the west, so a VGA reveal would make sense. Might replace the recently fallen Ezio on my most likely list.
Worship not these false idols.
Hey, how'd you get into my office!?
Same (My top ten most played characters are Simon, King K. Rool, Joker, Ridley, Mii Swordfighter, Hero, Mii Brawler, Wolf, Incineroar, and Piranha Plant), but I think a lot of a character's popularity in the series as a whole is usually heavily influenced by their viability. e.g. Sheik.
Nah man I can't see Tales die again.
His soul was claimed before the pass was a thing.
honestly, I've been thinking Contra has been pretty slept on too. It was a huge iconic series on the NES much like Castlevania or Ninja gaiden (not in Smash of course, but Ryu was still someone that people have speculated over to death unlike Bill Rizer), Contra has had various games between multiple Nintendo and non-Nintendo systems, It has been a pretty influencial series, with how mnay games probably took some inspiration from it, and how it gave birth to the Konami code. Also important to note, is that Contra has been relevant to the Switch with stuff like the COntra collection and that new Contra game released on the system.
Lloyd's Mii Costume in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3Ds/Wii U does not disconfirm him for DLC in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It's like saying James Bond is disconfirmed because the Cloaking Device was an item in Super Smash Bros. Melee. And yes I know James Bond is ineligible because he's not a video game character but my point still stands.
good for you.
I mean, Bond(or someone representing him) almost got in Melee anyways so...
I don't think a character being "obvious" works against them in any way, otherwise we wouldn't have Isabelle, Incineroar, Ken, Hero or Banjo
And Nintendo aren't exactly the brightest bulbs in the game industry TBH.
Or Inklings, the one character literally everyone agreed would be in Smash before Ultimate's first trailer was even a thing.
The only obvious character on this list is Ken.
I’m pretty sure another male anime sword protagonist is also too much in this fighter’s pass in terms of representation. Characters like Kosmos make more sense because they’re unique.
Isabelle has been the face of AC since New Leaf, Incin was an open secret among insiders for months and we always get a new Pokemon, Hero was rumored for nearly a year before his official reveal and was datamined when Plant came, and Banjo was the obvious Microsoft pick after Steve/Minecraft talk started to lean more towards meaning nothing.
Calling Hero obvious is absolute hindsight. Hero became obvious after leaks and a datamine. As a DQ supporter since the early days of Smash Wii U discussion, there were plenty of people saying it wouldn't happen even during the time Hero was rumored. I'd argue calling Banjo obvious is bull**** too considering Steve was the front runner for Microsoft since last August up until a week before Banjo's reveal.
I've seen several people predict Isabelle getting in. She's a literal breakout star and is constantly featured in Nintendo merchandise.
I'm mainly talking about the Smash Bubble. A bubble that is almost universally wrong about most things if leaks aren't there to guide them.
Tales of Symphonia sold pretty well, it even got a sequel, and has had 15 to grow its legacy, not to mention being a highly demanded character who even got a Mii Costume last time around.
