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Official Newcomer/DLC Speculation Discussion

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Cosmic77

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In all seriousness, Pokemon newcomers have always had unique movesets and unique designs. I'm sure a few people will probably dislike the character at first for being Pokemon, but I think most would warm up to it after a week or so.

That being said, I don't expect a Pokemon. Historically, Pokemon characters have never been revealed at E3.
 

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E3 has been cancelled since what? February? I think Nintendo would have time to repurpose their marketing so I don’t think this Direct (if real) is going to be “the E3 direct but not E3 but still all the hype ever”
E3 presentation take often the full year to prepare with a dedicated team on it depending on the studio.

E3 was cancelled since February when the bad bad virus started. So I let you take a guess on how much time they had to redo all of their marketing.
 
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E3 presentation take often the full year to prepare with a dedicated team on it depending on the studio.

E3 was cancelled since February when the bad bad virus started. So I let you take a guess on how much time they had to redo all of their marketing.
Oh, I didn’t know that, thanks for the heads-up!
 

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If the next fighter was initially supposed to be grouped with Min Min, I can see them being a third party since Smash has a habit of revealing first parties and third parties together.

Just some food for thought.
 

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Min Min doesn't seem like she'd be E3 material. She's a cool character, but she's not a big, influential icon, nor is she highly requested. Usually, we've had big characters for E3, especially when DLC is involved. Who knows, maybe they'll push a new reveal forward to fill the gap.
That being said, only one new character seems logical, especially since this isn't the E3 Direct anymore.
Cinderace is my top pick but I'm honestly fine with anything that isn't Urshifu, or the weird, big head one who's name I can't remember from the second half of the DLC.
You mean Calyrex?
 
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If the next fighter was initially supposed to be grouped with Min Min, I can see them being a third party since Smash has a habit of revealing first parties and third parties together.

Just some food for thought.
Or, if it's really a repurposed E3 direct, it might be a third parties since smash always had them there.
You can argue that Ultimate initial trailer didnt had one, but Snake coming back with the tagline "everyone is here" could as well count as one.
 

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Urshifu is the only pick that would disappoint me. They sort of already did the whole "martial artist Pokemon" thing with Lucario, and I'm not eager to see a second.

Not really crazy about any of the starters. Cinderace is my favorite in the games, but I think it'd make a boring fighter. Out of the three, I'd probably choose Inteleon just because it has the most to work with.

I'm sure everyone already knows which Pokemon I want, so covering them probably isn't necessary.
 

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HotGirlVideos69 predicted this.

Clearly it means its a hot girl.

ITS HAPPENING

 

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Screw Urshifu, screw Cinderace, screw Rillaboom

you know what Gen 8 we REALLY need?

ZARUDE SANDSTORM.
 

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Min Min doesn't seem like she'd be E3 material. She's a cool character, but she's not a big, influential icon, nor is she highly requested. Usually, we've had big characters for E3, especially when DLC is involved. Who knows, maybe they'll push a new reveal forward to fill the gap.
That being said, only one new character seems logical, especially since this isn't the E3 Direct anymore.
I don't think it's that weird for Min Min to have been planned for E3, we've had first party characters like Villager, Wii Fit Trainer, Miis and Palutena revealed there before, and while you can argue they've each got specific things over Min Min, she still very much falls into the same category as those. Besides, E3 was cancelled so late that I think it's practically guaranteed she was supposed to have been revealed there, it's not like they had time to shift development, and iirc Sakurai mentioned that they've largely still been on schedule despite having to work from home, so it's unlikely she was meant to have been released earlier.

I think the original plan was probably Min Min + big shot 3rd party, kinda like how we had Mega Man and Pac-Man accompany the first party examples I gave above.
 
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If the next fighter was initially supposed to be grouped with Min Min, I can see them being a third party since Smash has a habit of revealing first parties and third parties together.

Just some food for thought.
Even though I feel like there's a decent chance the character is third-party, I don't think this is really a pattern. Every third-party in the DLC so far was first revealed alongside another third-party or alone. The base roster third-parties are the only ones who were grouped with first-parties, and that's understandable considering how they only had six months to reveal 12 characters.

E3 2018 revealed nothing but first-parties, and E3 2019 revealed nothing but third-parties. It's entirely possible this year could stay in one lane and stick with first-parties.
 
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Whats with all the pokemon talk? Something happen to make it likely? Are we expecting something soon? Pages have moved up by around 15 since the last time I was here; its too much to sift through lol.
 

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People are sleeping on the wailing and nashing of teeth when the character you didn't want gets revealed.
 

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People are sleeping on the wailing and nashing of teeth when the character you didn't want gets revealed.
What are you talking about?

It's confirmed to happen regardless of who it is.
 

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And Reimu too. Touhou's probably the biggest indie series, even if it's not as well known outside Japan. That'd usually be a bit of an issue, but I think it makes up for it by being HUGE in Japan.
I'm gonna be honest, I think People have recently been awake to Touhou recently. I wouldn't say she's slept on anymore
 

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I'm gonna throw the bone and make a wild prediction.

Geno as 77 at the start with Waluigi revealed as a separate bonus as 78.
 

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Everyone is gangsta until we get Shillmon gen 8.
You thought the ARMS Filler Arc was fun, now get ready for...

The Pokémon Gen 8 Filler Arc!

Don't worry though. We're building up to the Geno Fallout Arc, where all the real **** goes down.
 

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You thought the ARMS Filler Arc was fun, now get ready for...

The Pokémon Gen 8 Filler Arc!

Don't worry though. We're building up to the Geno Fallout Arc, where all the real **** goes down.
Imagine the ****storm this website will go, no, internet will go if we do indeed get a Shillmon gen8 and during their presentation Geno, Sora and others fan favorite get Mii'd into the shadow realm.


I almost want that.
 

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Imagine the ****storm this website will go, no, internet will go if we do indeed get a Shillmon gen8 and during their presentation Geno, Sora and others fan favorite get Mii'd into the shadow realm.


I almost want that.
geno mii costume announced during mr. sakurai presents rillaboom
 

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I wouldn't be surprised if they do announce two more. By this point last year, we knew 3 fighters of a 5 character pass. Here, we only knew 1 fighter of a 6 character pass. I think it might make sense to announce two characters: one with gameplay and the other one would be a tease.
 

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geno mii costume announced during mr. sakurai presents rillaboom
I'm actually really worried about what would happen if someone like Klonoa or Bandana Dee dropped a bombshell like that with the Miis. Most of my most wanteds are either niche or have something held against them, and if a big request gets deconfirmed with them, that might seriously impact their reputation. Geno's Mii would ideally come with someone like Crash, Dante, or Doomguy; A heavy-hitter who could afford to take one for the team.
 

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Y’ALL

SHE DOUBLING DOWN

AND TRIPLING

AND QUADRUPLING

LETS GET THIS BREAD *****ES
 

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Still deeply hate the idea of a Gen 8 Pokémon coming in the Fighter Pass, but I kind of want them to rip that bandaid off and get it over with. I’m convinced it’s happening, I’d rather they just show them now instead of waiting til the end like they did with Byleth. At the very least it’ll put an end to the endless “which one will they choose” debate so we finally can stop talking about Pokémon.
 
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