Official Newcomer/DLC Speculation Discussion

[Mushroomguy12]

You're thinking too inside the box


Consider


Pink Gold Daisy

Even better;

Orange Bronze Daisy

How about Dr. Pink Orange Bronze Gold Holiday Fairy Baby Daisy?

 

[Shroob]

How about Dr. Pink Orange Bronze Gold Holiday Fairy Baby Daisy?

Nintendo, hire this person for your next mobile game character designer.

 

[Perkilator]

who do you guys think will be the retro rep of this pass? similar to how terry was, at least thats what i see him as.

Maybe, say, Sakura Shinguji?

 

[osby]

How about Dr. Pink Orange Bronze Gold Holiday Fairy Baby Daisy?

Share to scare a Mario Kart fan.

 

[SirBillyBob]

How about Dr. Pink Orange Bronze Gold Holiday Fairy Baby Daisy?

I'm really tempted to make this.

 

[SpectreJordan]

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.

You mean Calyrex?

I think it’s pretty clear that Nintendo has further plans for the Arms franchise. I think announcing Min-Min alongside a bigger character is a smart idea because it’d get people who come for the big character to take a look at Min-Min & thus the Arms series.

who do you guys think will be the retro rep of this pass? similar to how terry was, at least thats what i see him as.

I know DQXI’s Luminary is the default, but I count Hero as the retro rep tbh. Mainly because Dragon Quest originated on NES. My guess for a retro rep is either Ryu Hayabusa or a Beat Em Up character like Haggar, Billy/Jimmy, Axel or Rash.

 

[rychu_supadude]

How about Dr. Pink Orange Bronze Gold Holiday Fairy Baby Daisy?

Don't forget the Bus Driver outfit

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

who do you guys think will be the retro rep of this pass? similar to how terry was, at least thats what i see him as.

There won't be one.

Terry represents a series with a long history, but still represents an active series.

 

[Hadokeyblade]

Maybe, say, Sakura Shinguji?

Not gonna lie, I partly want this just to confuse western anime fans.

Since we never got the game she was the actual star in, we just got an English dub of the anime adaptation of said game. So people in the west would probably only recognize her as an anime character not a game one.

 

[DarthEnderX]

who do you guys think will be the retro rep of this pass?

Hayabusa.

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

who do you guys think will be the retro rep of this pass? similar to how terry was, at least thats what i see him as.

I dunno did we technically get a retro rep last Pass? Does Banjo count?

Hayabusa.

This mans on the right track tho.

 

[Jomosensual]

"Isn't it so cool that Mario can fight Sonic, Cloud Strife, and Banjo & Kazooie in one game? It's the console wars come to life!"

The guest stares at you, obviously confused, and honestly asks, "Don't you have any other hobbies? You've been talking about this game for 20 minutes."

To which you respond, voice laced with the regret of countless summers lost to petty arguments on online forums, "Who needs hobbies when I have Smash Bros?"

From the sheer-faced cringe of your guest, you come to the bitter realization that there's more to life than a character selection stage, but it's far too late to change.

"Get out. I want to be left alone." You say. Your guest understands, and promptly leaves. You sink to your knees, and sob. Your phone buzzes in your pocket. It's a notification.

"HOTGIRLVIDEOS69 POSTED ON TWITTER?! WE MIGHT GET A DIRECT SOON? YES!"

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Posts like these are why I keep coming back to this thread.

 

[SirBillyBob]

If I had actual drawing or photoshop skills, this would've turned out better. Alas, I present thee with:

 

[Perkilator]

Not gonna lie, I partly want this just to confuse western anime fans.

Since we never got the game she was the actual star in, we just got an English dub of the anime adaptation of said game. So people in the west would probably only recognize her as an anime character not a game one.

Oh, God…the amounts of “See? Goku is totally possible now!” would be insufferable.

 

[rychu_supadude]

There won't be one.

Terry represents a series with a long history, but still represents an active series.

It's a shame that Ultimate doesn't have a "pure" retro rep (with absolutely no other appearances) in the vein of , but also not a big surprise - you're never going to get any kind of mass appeal with Takamaru or Mike Jones, and Melee is now older than the Ice Climbers were when they were first added. They went for some Nostalgia Picks instead which is a bit of a middle ground.

Excitebike is the closest thing I could see as the highest selling unrepresented NES game (not even having the AT anymore is a big miss) - and even that has modern entries that noone really remembers. Most third-party retro reps would be in the same boat, I guess.

 

[Ben Holt]

Clearly they're going to add Waluigi to revitalize interest in Mario Tennis Aces like they did with ARMS. They're even doing the Gold Point Tournament thing! It's SO obvious!

Just wait until they add Daisy again to promote Super Mario Party. This pass is gonna be lit.

I wouldn't even be mad if it meant that we're getting Waluigi.
But I feel like the fact that Spring Man wasn't FP6 is damn good evidence that Assist Trophies (and possibly Mii Costumes) are out.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

It's a shame that Ultimate doesn't have a "pure" retro rep (with absolutely no other appearances) in the vein of , but also not a big surprise - you're never going to get any kind of mass appeal with Takamaru or Mike Jones, and Melee is now older than the Ice Climbers were when they were first added. They went for some Nostalgia Picks instead which is a bit of a middle ground.

Excitebike is the closest thing I could see as the highest selling unrepresented NES game (not even having the AT anymore is a big miss) - and even that has modern entries that noone really remembers. Most third-party retro reps would be in the same boat, I guess.

Wouldn't Banjo or K.Rool be the perfect fit for the term? Banjo fits all the criteria except that he was on the N64 instead of the NES, which friendly reminder, was over 20 years old when he got in Smash and just like K.Rool, hadn't appeared in anything for a decade when they appeared. For some reason people never like calling these two retro picks but will gladly slap it onto Terry and the Belmonts despite those series having being way more active

 

[Hadokeyblade]

It's a shame that Ultimate doesn't have a "pure" retro rep (with absolutely no other appearances) in the vein of , but also not a big surprise - you're never going to get any kind of mass appeal with Takamaru or Mike Jones, and Melee is now older than the Ice Climbers were when they were first added. They went for some Nostalgia Picks instead which is a bit of a middle ground.

Excitebike is the closest thing I could see as the highest selling unrepresented NES game (not even having the AT anymore is a big miss) - and even that has modern entries that noone really remembers. Most third-party retro reps would be in the same boat, I guess.

I'm pretty sure the retro pick was either banjo or Simon.

Both of them fit the bill

 

[Shroob]

But yeah.

With good indication a Direct of some sort's on the horizon, and the website removing the NEW thing, which has always meant a new character is coming relatively soon, it's pretty safe to put 2 and 2 together.


It'll be fun to see who it is, and the copious amount of reactions that come from whoever. It was going to be the E3 reveal, so this character will be very interesting in seeing who the Big-N chose for E3.

 

[Hadokeyblade]

But yeah.

With good indication a Direct of some sort's on the horizon, and the website removing the NEW thing, which has always meant a new character is coming relatively soon, it's pretty safe to put 2 and 2 together.


It'll be fun to see who it is, and the copious amount of reactions that come from whoever. It was going to be the E3 reveal, so this character will be very interesting in seeing who the Big-N chose for E3.

No doubt if this was the E3 character then this character is season 2's big guns. So thatll be interesting.

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

But yeah.

With good indication a Direct of some sort's on the horizon, and the website removing the NEW thing, which has always meant a new character is coming relatively soon, it's pretty safe to put 2 and 2 together.


It'll be fun to see who it is, and the copious amount of reactions that come from whoever. It was going to be the E3 reveal, so this character will be very interesting in seeing who the Big-N chose for E3.

its sora

sora time

if i keep saying it then it has to come true

please

 

[Guynamednelson]

I'm pretty sure the retro pick was either banjo or Simon.

Both of them fit the bill

Simon has 8-bit whip sounds, so I'll pick him.

 

[Shroob]

No doubt if this was the E3 character then this character is season 2's big guns. So thatll be interesting.

Well, don't forget that this pass is going into next year as well, which means it could also attend next year's E3......... if there even is one.

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

Well, don't forget that this pass is going into next year as well, which means it could also attend next year's E3......... if there even is one.

Or one big gun this year and the second big gun next year.

"Big gun" being a subjective term here, used to refer to a more widely popular character (i.e. Joker, Banjo, Hero for Japan)

 

[Hadokeyblade]

Simon has 8-bit whip sounds, so I'll pick him.

He was also designed like Megaman, where he keeps his retro movements and asthetics.

Man, I wish Mega man could talk in smash.

 

[DarthEnderX]

It's a shame that Ultimate doesn't have a "pure" retro rep (with absolutely no other appearances) in the vein of

No it's not. All of those characters suck besides Pit. None of them deserved higher than AT status.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

No it's not. All of those characters suck besides Pit. None of them deserved higher than AT status.

They are precious. No bully.

 

[Dalek_Kolt]

We didn’t know that there would be an arms

Then came the shock when in came Min Min

3 weeks of no news really did no harm

To let her sit there with her win win

Only now we got rumors like the Christmas elf

And Nintendo and Microsoft still got no beef

All I can say is prepare yourself

For Master Chief
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So I've been doing some model ripping, and my interest in Halo is finally getting piqued. I don't think I'll be able to play through all of the games to form an opinion, but maybe at least a few. I was just wondering which iteration of Master Chief design-wise fans generally consider to be the best, since I hear some contention akin to Samus and Doomguy's suits, and I'm interested in adding a third to this image.

 

[AustarusIV]

So I've been doing some model ripping, and my interest in Halo is finally getting piqued. I don't think I'll be able to play through all of the games to form an opinion, but maybe at least a few. I was just wondering which iteration of Master Chief design-wise fans generally consider to be the best, since I hear some contention akin to Samus and Doomguy's suits, and I'm interested in adding a third to this image.

IIRC Halo 2’s Master Chief design is probably the most iconic look for him, so I would use that.

 

[smashkirby]

They just deleted this tweet.
It's a stationary set you can get via My Nintendo Store from August.
Smash related news is coming soon hopefully.

I know I'm about a day late, but...

"YOU join the battle! YOU join the battle! EVERYONE joins the battle!!!"

or

"You've joined the battle, HE'S joined the battle! Is there anyone else who's joined the battle that I don't know about?!" *Meow* "I'm out of here."

In all seriousness, I REALLY wish this would be released over in the West. I wonder how many would use these as their wedding invite letters...

By the way... considering the concepts of these letters... Well, isn't this kind of what Mii Fighters are for?

 

[osby]

No it's not. All of those characters suck besides Pit. None of them deserved higher than AT status.

I finally know what happened to those bags of salt I lost.

 

[DarthEnderX]

They are precious. No bully.

Any character that NEVER had a good game, doesn't deserve to be in Smash. That means Ice Climbers. That means ROB. That means G&W.

Duck Hunt is...ehhh...it's charming, but I'm not sure it's actually a good game.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

That means ROB

Wow can't BELIEVE the Mario Kart DS slander

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Any character that NEVER had a good game, doesn't deserve to be in Smash. That means Ice Climbers. That means ROB. That means G&W.

Duck Hunt is...ehhh...it's charming, but I'm not sure it's actually a good game.

Personal opinion aside.

Is it really fair to call the Game and Watch games bad? For their time, they were very impressive and high quality.

 

[DarthEnderX]

Is it really fair to call the Game and Watch games bad? For their time, they were very impressive and high quality.

How so?

Those games all came out post Atari 2600. And they were still coming out well into the NES era. And arcades were still a thing. I'm not sure what was impressive or high quality about games that were glorified calculators when there were real game systems in existence at the time.

Like, okay, the 2600 version of Donkey Kong sucks. But the G&W version is even worse.

Maybe they're impressive if you add the qualifier "for a handheld". But outside that, no, they weren't impressive compared to other video games that existed at the time.

 

[Wunderwaft]

ROB and G&W allow me to piss off my friends due to their OP and broken moveset, they're cool

 

[MarioDDR755]

Sure Simon is kind of the retro rep of Ultimate but Castlevania kept making games and such, while Duck Hunt, ROB and Ice Climbers were one-offs for the NES. So to have an Excitebiker, or Balloon Fighter, or DK Jr. or... someone who has been completely irrelevant for decades.

But as entrenched as we are in third parties now, perhaps such a character is no longer desirable...

 

[waddledeeonredyoshi]

Any character that NEVER had a good game, doesn't deserve to be in Smash.

Aren't you the guy who wants Arthur from Ghost 'n Goblins in Smash? Cause that game looks so brutally unfair I'd hesitate to even call it "good".
Then again, I'm a zoomer who knows little about it's sequels, it's legacy or it's general reception so it might just be an unpopular opinion of mine. Still, while those retro games might be a bit dated, if they're important enough to Nintendo's history (G&W and R.O.B especially) I don't mind them being there, even if their games of origin don't really hold up.

 

[GoodGrief741]

How so?

Those games all came out post Atari 2600. And they were still coming out well into the NES era. And arcades were still a thing. I'm not sure what was impressive or high quality about games that were glorified calculators when there were real game systems in existence at the time.

Like, okay, the 2600 version of Donkey Kong sucks. But the G&W version is even worse.

Maybe they're impressive if you add the qualifier "for a handheld". But outside that, no, they weren't impressive compared to other video games that existed at the time.

By that logic every console and computer game before the 5th gen of consoles sucks because arcades existed and had better hardware.

Which is a weird point of view for a dude whose support list is just a bunch of NES characters.

 

[BZocky]

who do you guys think will be the retro rep of this pass? similar to how terry was, at least thats what i see him as.

tfw you realize Waluigi will count as a retro character next week since he will be 20 years/over 3 console gens old

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