Official Newcomer/DLC Speculation Discussion

[Wigglerman]

10/10
*spoopy clown noises*

Saw some video about giving each character an echo fighter. Not that I think every character should get one(and to be honest, we got plenty for how large this game's roster is.)

But I will say Rock Howard would Terry's only real choice since he has a similar body shape and his moveset is as close to Terry as you can get. He'd be like Ken though, with most of his moves being off-shoots of Terry's.

Rock would have some cool variants though as his version of Burn Knuckle is his leaping below slam thing, he'd have Rakuken instead of Power Wave (Possibly even Double Rakuken). He'd have unique moves for his Go! specials and such. Would be a really good 'Echo' character.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

*quietly sniffs*

also is your icon a Switch Mameshiba

This is my first time hearing of the term, though my design is so simplistic that it's probably been used countless times before I came up with it. lol

 

[Knight Dude]

Rock would have some cool variants though as his version of Burn Knuckle is his leaping below slam thing, he'd have Rakuken instead of Power Wave (Possibly even Double Rakuken). He'd have unique moves for his Go! specials and such. Would be a really good 'Echo' character.

Right. His Reppuken would be the standard press, and the held version could be a Double Reppuken. I think Rock's version of the Burn Knuckle is called Shining Knuckle, it's an elbow into a punch. He has his own version of Power Dunk, and Rising Tackle is more or less the same between the two as well.

Again, he'd probably would have as many differences from Terry as Ken does from Ryu. I haven't made a moveset in a while, and I know some people do them a TON, maybe I'll grab some gifs and workshop something for Rock.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

This is my first time hearing of the term, though my design is so simplistic that it's probably been used countless times before I came up with it. lol

Lol, yeah, it looks Like the character mameshiba

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

Lol, yeah, it looks Like the character mameshiba

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Yup. Basically what I've got, except with highlights in its eyes and a bean shaped body as opposed to my more amorphous design.

EDIT: Just as adorable though.

 

[Deleted member]

Nobody. I don't have any expectations on who it's going to be. There's too many characters and we don't know if certain characters are on Nintendo's radar. As long as they're not a Nintendo character, Assist Trophy, Mii Costume, or Spirit then they have a fair shot on being the Fifth Fighter.

Well..

I’m kinda expecting 2 sprits to be upgraded Postpass And that’s all. And that being geno & Shantae. 2 3rd parties. And the rest will be unrepresented 3rd party series like Lloyd, Dante, Layton, etc

I’m expecting Skyrim for cp5 because it would make the cacomallow leak true and it survived verges Deconfirmations as of now

 

[Cosmic77]

I'm not wasting my time making any assumptions about the next pass because we have absolutely nothing to go off of. We don't know if it'll be handled similarly to this pass or completely opposite. We don't know if it'll focus on fan-favorites or random additions. Heck, we don't even know if it's a pass. It could just be three characters for all we know.

Assuming anything is too risky for me. I'd rather keep an open mind to all possibilities rather than expect something specific and end up disappointed.

 

[Flyboy]

Saw some video about giving each character an echo fighter. Not that I think every character should get one(and to be honest, we got plenty for how large this game's roster is.)

But I will say Rock Howard would Terry's only real choice since he has a similar body shape and his moveset is as close to Terry as you can get. He'd be like Ken though, with most of his moves being off-shoots of Terry's.

While Terry doesn't have an exact echo fighter, Alice and Rock are both excellent potential choices that would be a great way to add fan favorites. I do think if you Ken-ify him/Chrom him you could get away with making him pretty accurate yeah.

 

[P.Kat]

I think that's already in the game.

*Facepalm* Well then, I'll change that choice to Sakura Taisen from Sakura Wars.

 

[Spongeboob]

YO imagine the Fighters Pass fighters get their amiibo in the same wave. Also, would future fighters' poses be developed with trophies/amiibo in mind?

 

[Knight Dude]

YO imagine the Fighters Pass fighters get their amiibo in the same wave. Also, would future fighters' poses be developed with trophies/amiibo in mind?

I want to say yes. But some of them are floating or are in poses that would require those weird plastic attached to their limbs, like Fox and ZSS. But most of them seem to be posed in a way that's convenient for making Amiibo.

Although it's not like some characters get updated Amiibo with their new poses, Mario would be hard to pull off, but Ganon or Mega Man would be pretty cool and flashy, while the Smash 4 ones go for stoic and badass.

 

[Lamperouge]

I'll continue to remain a little hopeful for first party characters and upgrades in the next season, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them continue with the third party content since it was extremely successful for the current pass.

A Nintendo Direct needs to hurry up and arrive already for the sake of invigorating discussion around here, though. This place has become a ghost town ever since the Game Awards...

 

[Wrathful_Scythe]

A Nintendo Direct needs to hurry up and arrive already for the sake of invigorating discussion around here, though. This place has become a ghost town ever since the Game Awards...

Well, we can start another fight if anyones up for it. What would Christmas be without some toxic sh*t flinging on the internet?
Tis was but a joke, please don't hit me.

I, for one, enjoy the temporary serenity. Takes less time to check up on this board.

 

[Evil Trapezium]

If Sakurai doesn't release Fighter 5 on Christmas day, he'll ruin my christmas!

 

[Deleted member]

If Sakurai doesn't release Fighter 5 on Christmas day, he'll ruin my christmas!

You could say he Grinched you. Sakurai is the Grinch confirmed.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Come on guys just another 3-4 weeks. We all can make it. We all made it this far! I believe in ourselves!

 

[StarBot]

People desperately wants a Nintendo Direct just for a character announcement

But what else are they gonna announce?

 

[Michael the Spikester]

People desperately wants a Nintendo Direct just for a character announcement

But what else are they gonna announce?

Bayonetta 3
Metroid Prime Trilogy
First Post-Pass DLC Smash fighter
Halo games being ported to Switch

 

[MooMew64]

Last two big early-year Directs were in March and February.

Just sayin'.

 

[StarBot]

Bayonetta 3
Metroid Prime Trilogy
First Post-Pass DLC Smash fighter
Halo games being ported to Switch

2 of these are extremely stupid to blow off in there beginning of the year direct

And one of these aren't happening

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

People desperately wants a Nintendo Direct just for a character announcement

But what else are they gonna announce?

With all the New Animal Crossing content surfacing lately, I’m sure that Animal Crossing is gonna occupy a big portion of the direct. Maybe a reveal of the title of BotW 2?

2020 is looking kind of sparse on details and 1st party games as of now for Switch. I’m wondering what the Mario odyssey development team is working on, they didn’t really have extended DLC content so I’m assuming they went on to work on a new project.

Personally I’m hoping that we can get an an announcement for more Mario Sports games of any kind (golf, baseball, strikers) or maybe a confirmation that Pikmin 4 hasn’t been forgotten.

 

[StarBot]

Pikmin 4 hasn’t been forgotten.

Pikmin 4 was Hey! Pikmin

 

[Michael the Spikester]

2 of these are extremely stupid to blow off in there beginning of the year direct

And one of these aren't happening

True.

There's also more footage for Breath of the Wild 2 which I think is pretty certain.

 

[StarBot]

Honestly, with what MooMew said

Last two big early-year Directs were in March and February.

Just sayin'.

The only way I can see a character announcement is that they are doing a by the wire reveal on February (oof)

Or they did what they did with / reveal, and just randomly drop a livestream

 

[King Sonnn DeDeDoo]

Pikmin 4 was Hey! Pikmin

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-14-miyamoto-pikmin-4-still-progressing

You sure? Miyamoto said it was “progressing” back in 2017, hey! Pikmin was made by a different development team and is not considered one of the numbered titles.

I can only assume that Pikmin 4 was originally planned for WiiU but they decided to restart for the Switch instead.

 

[GKMLTTSB]

Hopefully next direct features Panzer Dragoon Zwei and an actual release date for the first remake. >_>

 

[Deleted member]

Bayonetta 3
Metroid Prime Trilogy
First Post-Pass DLC Smash fighter
Halo games being ported to Switch

>Bayonetta 3
> Metroid prime trilogy

 

[Evil Trapezium]

So we have three possible outcomes for when this fabled Fighter #5 is revealed and released.

1. Nintendo releases a January direct, Fighter #5 gets revealed with a February release window which turns out to be the 29th of February.
2. Nintendo releases a February direct early, Fighter #5 gets revealed but is not released until the 29th of February.
3. Nintendo releases a February direct. Fighter #5 gets revealed and released on the same day... 29th of February.

 

[Scoliosis Jones]

To be honest, I’m using this time to complete more of my backlog because it’s becoming ridiculously large at this point.

If you want the time to go by faster, find something else to do. Not even trying to be a **** about it, just being honest. I’ve hardly thought about Smash in the last week and it’s because I have things going on between holiday stuff, and playing Dragon Quest.

Will I be excited for Pick 5? Absolutely. Will I be on here salivating for Pick 5? Hell no, there’s hardly anything to go off of and it’s been drawn out to the point that I’ve lost a bit of interest tbh.

Just be patient, find some stuff (like, MAYBE some new games of characters in Smash you’ve never played if you can manage it) to do, and take up some time. It’ll be here before you know it.

 

[Deleted member]

What if I’m actually the 5th fighter in the pass?

 

[Deleted member]

To be honest, I’m using this time to complete more of my backlog because it’s becoming ridiculously large at this point.

If you want the time to go by faster, find something else to do. Not even trying to be a **** about it, just being honest. I’ve hardly thought about Smash in the last week and it’s because I have things going on between holiday stuff, and playing Dragon Quest.

Will I be excited for Pick 5? Absolutely. Will I be on here salivating for Pick 5? Hell no, there’s hardly anything to go off of and it’s been drawn out to the point that I’ve lost a bit of interest tbh.

Just be patient, find some stuff (like, MAYBE some new games of characters in Smash you’ve never played if you can manage it) to do, and take up some time. It’ll be here before you know it.

You basically nailed my thoughts on the whole topic.

In my case I plan to kill time not only with my games backlog but also the stuff I may pick for Christmas and the X-Men DLC in UA3 (which comes tomorrow).

 

[blackghost]

fo the people hat feel smsh is incomplete,i have copy of gears 5, the new modern warefare, halo mc collection, and battlefront to sell you.
smash like most Nintendo titles do not launch incomplete.

also shantae>>>>>>>>geno. that is all. rather she get in as an indie character. shes survived for 20 years as an indie.

i dont know why people think an echo pack would be well recieved the general population would hate that.

also gotta love this thread larryboy and neopets getting brought up. lol

 

[Will]

homies over here salivating over the inevitability of porky time

 

[MooMew64]

To be honest, I’m using this time to complete more of my backlog because it’s becoming ridiculously large at this point.

If you want the time to go by faster, find something else to do. Not even trying to be a **** about it, just being honest. I’ve hardly thought about Smash in the last week and it’s because I have things going on between holiday stuff, and playing Dragon Quest.

Will I be excited for Pick 5? Absolutely. Will I be on here salivating for Pick 5? Hell no, there’s hardly anything to go off of and it’s been drawn out to the point that I’ve lost a bit of interest tbh.

Just be patient, find some stuff (like, MAYBE some new games of characters in Smash you’ve never played if you can manage it) to do, and take up some time. It’ll be here before you know it.

I'm in the same boat: This speculation for FP5 has just gotten exhausting, and I'm at a point where I just don't care all that much, TBH. I'm still gonna be hyped (well, if it's someone I like, ha ha) for a new Smash character, but I'm not really on the edge of my seat here.

...Besides, I also got a monstrous backlog now. Holiday sales were nuts this year, and well...I got a lot because of the cheap prices:

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Shenmue 1&2
Touhou Genso Wanderers
Dragon Quest XI S
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 9
World of Final Fantasy
Shovel Knight: King of Cards (Okay, this was technically free, because I own base SK before it came out.)
Yakuza 0

...And all the other dozens of games I've had sitting on my backlog.

Yeah, I'm good on games for a long while, lol. Nintendo and Sakurai's team can take as much time as they need.

 

[Iridium]

I'm looking out for more info for the BOTW sequel, XC: Definitive Edition and the FF7 remake, but most of those release after FP5 anyway. Now what I really want to see is a new Ninja Gaiden title announced so the wait can end.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

I myself got plenty of novels/comics to read and , movies and shows to watch to keep me occupied until FP5 gets announced.

Plus Christmas and the holidays and the movie Underwater which comes out next month/next year.

 

[Will]

I myself got plenty of novels/comics to read and , movies and shows to watch to keep me occupied until FP5 gets announced.

And yet you still barge in here asking if there's any news on the daily.

 

[Deleted member]

You know what characters would be cool as DLC? The Mario brothers, I mean, how are they not in Smash?

 

[GKMLTTSB]

I've got a stupid backlog as well, plus SE just updated Blue Mage recently and PSO2 just released Etoile.

And yet I still find myself faffing about on here more than anything... >_>

 

[Michael the Spikester]

And yet you still barge in here asking if there's any news on the daily.

No more I'll be doing though. As said one of my new years revolutions is to become better.