Official Newcomer/DLC Speculation Discussion

[Lady Kuki]

Dante is more of a combo character and the Knight has soul gauge. Anime swordies are plain.

Any character can be interesting regardless of the weapon they use. I will admit that the FE cast uses swords the blandest way possible, but they're all capable of using different weapons canonically. It's just a lot of them fight the same way due to time constraints... basically why it took Ganon 2 games to finally stop being similar to Captain Falcon.

Sometimes I wish FE chars were more properly designed so that people wouldn't be so opposed to literally anyone with a sword, you know the most common weapon used in fantasy? <.<

As long as a sword has a weird gimmick, like Shulk's Monado Arts or Cloud's Limit mechanic, a sword can be far more interesting than those weird sex kicks a lot of 64 fighters have, ground pounds, multi jabs, and spinny nairs.

 

[Captain Fun]

I wish we got a Mii hat of a Metroid and a Mii Swordfighter costume of Yangus, ngl:

True, but if it were up to me, Yangus would be a full character. Brawler could work too though.

They worship a guy who got kicked out of Sabi's server as a god so I'm calling this as petty vengeance

As much as Fatman has a cult around him, it kinda sounds like he's talking about something serious here. As in, he implies Sabi has been doing things that are even more unethical than leaking sensitive information.

 

[Deleted member]

True, but if it were up to me, Yangus would be a full character. Brawler could work too though.

As much as Fatman has a cult around him, it kinda sounds like he's talking about something serious here. As in, he implies Sabi has been doing things that are even more unethical than leaking sensitive information.

Even worse.

He has messed up with a man who I legit dare to call too good for this world (Paragon).

I was suspecting that shady stuff was seriously going on behind the scenes all this time... but the fact Sabi dared to involve Paragon of all people into his mess is what has broke the straw for me.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

Dante is more of a combo character and the Knight has soul gauge. Anime swordies are plain.

Boy wa 'chu mean?
Limit
Dragon Lunge
Command Selection
Is a heavy
Remote Bomb
Tipper
You got me there
You got me there (and ain't it a shame)
Weapon break system
Erm...hilter?
So much freaking damage
Monado Arts
Is a zoner
Good up close and far away

 

[Deleted member]

Fatman's cult is in direct opposition to the Churvh of Vergeben and as such it needs to be eliminated. All false Gods and their followers shall perish! The flame of Kencineroar shall burn you all!

 

[AugustusB]

Long time since I have been here...how is everyone doing?

 

[ES. Dinah]

I think the Geno justification is wack.

I think it's far more interesting that Jon, of all ****ing people, is saying KOS-MOS.

any evidence that gamexplain has info? I've seen people mention it... and there's the whole thing that happened with Jon calling out verge

 

[Calamitas]

Fatman's cult is in direct opposition to the Churvh of Vergeben and as such it needs to be eliminated. All false Gods and their followers shall perish! The flame of Kencineroar shall burn you all!

Clearly, the crests stars (sending dolls) are to blame.

 

[BlackInk]

any evidence that gamexplain has info? I've seen people mention it... and there's the whole thing that happened with Jon calling out verge

Jon is so pissed off, he leaks Kosmos before they do!

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Clearly, the crests stars are to blame.

They're part of some omnipotent gods who have full control over our free will so you right

 

[Guybrush20X6]

So assuming that we do get a character reveal at the Game Awards (which is looking very likely now IMO), at what point during the show do you think we'll see FP #5 get revealed? I'm probably guess somewhere early on in the show.

I'm thinking two or three awards in, and the trailer will be a bait and switch.

So now I gotta watch all of them...

Dang, why does it have to start at 1:30?

 

[Wunderwaft]

What's this about Sabi now? What did Fatman exactly say?

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

any evidence that gamexplain has info? I've seen people mention it... and there's the whole thing that happened with Jon calling out verge

They probably know more information than we do, but nothing substantial like who the next Super Smash Bros. DLC character is. If they did know something like that then I'd say any predictions they have are going to be false since leaking information is probably a big nono for them. Also if they did their discussions wouldn't likely be as organic feeling as they are.

 

[Droodle]

any evidence that gamexplain has info? I've seen people mention it... and there's the whole thing that happened with Jon calling out verge

Jon in particular leaked the entire Isabelle Direct.
Back in the Grinch days they pretty much dismissed the entire leak without any good evidence, which was weird for them since they talk about "good" leaks decently in depth.
When CacoMallow leaked, they did the exact same thing (barely covered the leak).
They definitely have a close relationship with Nintendo.

That said, their record is not 100%, so it's difficult to know if they're leaking or just speculating until after the fact. I would just take their words with a HUGE grain of salt, as they are probably just speculating currently.

 

[BlackInk]

They probably know more information than we do, but nothing substantial like who the next Super Smash Bros. DLC character is. If they did know something like that then I'd say any predictions they have are going to be false since leaking information is probably a big nono for them. Also if they did their discussions wouldn't likely be as organic feeling as they are.

With Jon, he’s going to push it to flip off Sabi.

 

[3BitSaurus]

So PAC-MAN's name is supposed to be in all caps? I couldn't tell if that was the case or if it's just that the font is in all caps.

Every time I see it, it just reminds me of the version of "Here comes Pac-Man" where everyone is screaming.

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

What's this about Sabi now? What did Fatman exactly say?

Here's the original post in question:
https://smashboards.com/threads/geno-♥♪-return-of-the-starsend-savior.446378/page-1983#post-23717586

TL;DR: Sabi is maybe planning on retiring from leaking (whether in general or just about Smash doesn't seem to be specified) after TGAs. Fatman and Paragon talk about it a bit in a PM conversation. In it, Fatman calls out Sabi on grounds of harming others and general immorality, specifically leading on the Geno community and using them to rise to prominence even though Fatman did that too while Paragon is way more chill about the situation. The Geno thread is obviously on Fatman's side, and seem to be on track to attempt to cancel Sabi.

Will a religious war break out between the Cult of Fatman and the Sabi Stans? Only time will tell. Either way, get out your popcorn, because

 

[MissingGlitch]

Me sitting back to watch the Smash Speculation Community implode.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

Long time since I have been here...how is everyone doing?

Well the Leakers seem to have declared war on each other.

Looking a little Three Houses around here.

 

[Dr. Jojo Phantasma]

Well the Leakers seem to have declared war on each other.

Looking a little Three Houses around here.

So which leakers are which house leaders?

 

[cosmicB]

Yeah, I imagine Fatman wouldn't have posted any of that had he not gotten kicked out of the server. Does it mean Sabi is a good person and everything written there is false? Nah, I wouldn't be surprised if it's all true.

The thing is there's zero substance to that discord conversation. Geno thread being lead on? How? Sabi did a lot of bad things? Like what? Got people fired? How?

Literally none of the context is known to us, so it just reads like petty drama until we have some solid details.

 

[KatKit]

I hope the next fighter will be an interesting character like KosMos instead of another anime swordie. I don’t have a problem with sword characters, it’s just they’re not likely to be interesting as Hollow Knight or Dante.

Various Soul Calibur characters, Travis Touchdown/Shinobu Jacobs, Rean Schwarzer (Trails of Cold Steel), Elma, Raiden, 2B, Sol/Ky, Officer Howard (Astral Chain), Ragna/Jin, Jeanne (Bayonetta), Katalina (Grandblue), etc. They may not interest you specifically, but there are countless characters as interesting mechanically, if not more so than the two examples that you provided. I can even think of Fire Emblem characters that would be fun. Corrin was definitely a move in the right direction, and a whip-sword would be awesome in its own way.

 

[Deleted member]

Man I don't ****ing care about this **** anymore I just wanna see Fighter 5
Between the drama, arguing and general attitude surrounding speculation recently I'm probably just gonna dip after TGA, reveal or not, because it's starting to become insufferable.

 

[Deleted member]

TL;DR: Sabi is maybe planning on retiring from leaking (whether in general or just about Smash doesn't seem to be specified) after TGAs.

So basically this is just a publicity stunt and Sabi will be back to leaking Smash in like a couple weeks or something.

Bear in mind a supposed C&D didn't stop her. I doubt this means anything and y'all are falling for it.

 

[BlackInk]

Various Soul Calibur characters, Rean Schwarzer (Trails of Cold Steel), Elma, Raiden, 2B, Sol/Ky, Officer Howard (Astral Chain) Ragna/Jin, Jeanne (Bayonetta), Katalina (Grandblue), etc. They may not interest you specifically, but there are countless characters as interesting mechanically, if not more so than the two examples that you provided. I can even think of Fire Emblem characters that would be fun. Corrin was definitely a move in the right direction, and a whip-sword would be awesome in it's own way.

Idk. They usually make the sword characters too basic even with a gimmick.

 

[AugustusB]

Well the Leakers seem to have declared war on each other.

Looking a little Three Houses around here.

Supposedly this is just the start from what I am gathering. I mainly reside in the...umm...Geno thread....boy it's hot in here eh? I am of the wait and see what happens, because either way as DaybreakHorizon said...it gun b gud!

 

[RealLuigisWearPink]

people take this smash stuff too seriously

 

[Guybrush20X6]

So which leakers are which house leaders?

Depends on who you think was wrong.
In both Three Houses and the Leaker Scene.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

While I could care less about Sabi, her absence would probably make this thread much happier in tone since there wouldn't be so much drama.

Well the Leakers seem to have declared war on each other.

Looking a little Three Houses around here.

Wonder what I'll look like after the timeskip.

 

[SKX31]

Here's the original post in question:
https://smashboards.com/threads/geno-♪-return-of-the-starsend-savior.446378/page-1983#post-23717586

TL;DR: Sabi is maybe planning on retiring from leaking (whether in general or just about Smash doesn't seem to be specified) after TGAs. Fatman and Paragon talk about it a bit in a PM conversation. In it, Fatman calls out Sabi on grounds of harming others and general immorality, specifically leading on the Geno community and using them to rise to prominence even though Fatman did that too while Paragon is way more chill about the situation. The Geno thread is obviously on Fatman's side, and seem to be on track to attempt to cancel Sabi.

Will a religious war break out between the Cult of Fatman and the Sabi Stans? Only time will tell. Either way, get out your popcorn, because
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Either way, I hope the mods have their special clean up solutions ready. It's gonna be messy:

people take this smash stuff too seriously

Emotional investment and the possibility of being validated are really strong drugs for the mind, man.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

people take this smash stuff too seriously

It's the series that let both Mario and Sonic and Link and Cloud officially kick the stuffing out of each other, of course it's gonna get nuts.

While I could care less about Sabi, her absence would probably make this thread much happier in tone since there wouldn't be so much drama.


Wonder what I'll look like after the timeskip.

SMAASH! Doggo?

 

[Droodle]

Various Soul Calibur characters, Travis Touchdown/Shinobu Jacobs, Rean Schwarzer (Trails of Cold Steel), Elma, Raiden, 2B, Sol/Ky, Officer Howard (Astral Chain), Ragna/Jin, Jeanne (Bayonetta), Katalina (Grandblue), etc. They may not interest you specifically, but there are countless characters as interesting mechanically, if not more so than the two examples that you provided. I can even think of Fire Emblem characters that would be fun. Corrin was definitely a move in the right direction, and a whip-sword would be awesome in it's own way.

It's about time Fire Emblem got a villain in Smash. I hope IS puts in the most popular villain in first,

 

[MissingGlitch]

Anyway, I figured I would share my highly unrealistic/impossible wishlist.

 

[Calamitas]

Biggest mystery with Sabi for me is honestly still their gender, or rather, what pronouns they go by. I've seen people use female pronouns, others use male pronouns, and others still gender-neutral ones - it's confusing.

 

[RealLuigisWearPink]

Emotional investment and the possibility of being validated are really strong drugs for the mind, man.

No kidding. I've fallen pray to it, myself. At this point i'm just content to take what we get, though

 

[Lady Kuki]

Anyway, I figured I would share my highly unrealistic/impossible wishlist.

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Tails ;~; I want him so badly. Feels bad that neither Sonic nor Megaman will be getting a second character. They're some of my fav franchises.

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

people take this smash stuff too seriously

And they should, because Smash Speculation is a matter of LIFE AND DEATH.

IN THIS WORLD IT IS KILL OR BE KILLED AND MY CHARACTER WILL GET IN OVER YOURS AND TO PROVE MY SUPERIORITY YOU MUST DIE AS DO ALL OF YOU EMPTY, CORPOREAL HUSKS SUPPORTING INFERIOR CHARACTERS.

I'm correct and if you think otherwise you are biased and nitpicking okay bye bye.

 

[Metal Shop X]

Here's the original post in question:
https://smashboards.com/threads/geno-♪-return-of-the-starsend-savior.446378/page-1983#post-23717586

TL;DR: Sabi is maybe planning on retiring from leaking (whether in general or just about Smash doesn't seem to be specified) after TGAs. Fatman and Paragon talk about it a bit in a PM conversation. In it, Fatman calls out Sabi on grounds of harming others and general immorality, specifically leading on the Geno community and using them to rise to prominence even though Fatman did that too while Paragon is way more chill about the situation. The Geno thread is obviously on Fatman's side, and seem to be on track to attempt to cancel Sabi.

You know, I'm kinda glad I stopped taking Smash Speculation so seriously a long time ago.

Like, I don't know what to feel about all of this.

 

[Lighteni]

I feel like you people are drastically overestimating the amount of entertainment value that can be extracted from watching Smash leaker drama.

 

[AugustusB]

And they should, because Smash Speculation is a matter of LIFE AND DEATH.

IN THIS WORLD IT IS KILL OR BE KILLED AND MY CHARACTER WILL GET IN OVER YOURS AND TO PROVE MY SUPERIORITY YOU MUST DIE AS DO ALL OF YOU EMPTY, COPOREAL HUSKS SUPPORTING INFERIOR CHARACTERS.

I'm correct and if you think otherwise you are biased and nitpicking okay bye bye.

That sounds about right!