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I am not a Geno fan, but I think he is the most likely. But then again I don’t think anyone seems like a shoe-in. I’d give him maybe a 33% chance. Travis might be more likely in my books in light of recent events.
So it’s just a coincidence that the first 3 character in FP1 were Joker, Hero and BK and the last one was Byleth and that it easily could have been reverse? No, there is a clear reason for this.
I don’t think we’ll see a new series get in without a stage. Sakurai seems pretty serious about that. The only character without a stage from their series is ROB & that’s because he doesn’t have any optiobs
I agree. If Nintendo wanted to start out FP1 with the “most exciting” option then they would’ve bumped Banjo to that spot.
Hard to answer. One part of me wants to give a list of what I'd want added for first party characters (more Zelda) and the other part of me would say they'd just go through their catalogue and see what games are coming and choose promotional picks (Pokemon for the SwSh Crown Tundra release, another Mario character for Super Mario 3D + Bowser's Fury release).
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Why not? Zero Suit Samus and Daisy are newcomers. Echo/extension or not, they're new characters. I feel like it would be more disingenuous to not include them.
I think me and you are the only ones in this thread that are willing to see AC news drops instead of Smash, lol.
Daroach. His name is Daroach. In terms of Kirby, you could also make a case for Dark Matter, Galacta Knight, Magolor, and Adeleine, plus possibly Marx if he can be more than a boss fight.
not sure what AC did to have people be so hateful toword it beside it exsisting along with smash along with smash pff
Let's just say that sometimes it's better to stay small rather than going big.
The trend right now is first party characters with a recent game released. My picks are Astral Chain, Pokemon SWSH & Paper Mario
Do you have to make this exact same post literally everytime we get Nintendo news?
There is no trend with first-party newcomer DLC.
and was decided on before their games were released world-wide for the sake of having a new character from an upcoming game but Was a simple bonus character and was decided on at least 2 years after ARMS already released. Also, Astral Chain and Sword & Shield are out (at least Paper Mario doesn’t solely rely on the idea of recency in terms of game content as he has an established legacy of games since 2000, though things still don’t look good for him). Unless your picks are more about want than expectation, in which case disregard this last part.
If I may suggest a few more, some that are slept on:
AC news drop is very awesome to see
It's TGS this week. Nintendo typically doesn't show stuff off while other things are being shown off. Less eyes/hype on the Nintendo product if it's being overshadowed.
I have heavy doubts on more XC1 content. It's by far the best-represented game in the series and Shulk already advertises XC1 enough as it is. At best, I'm expecting a Spirit Event.
Everybody gangsta til Gooey FP7
If I may be so blunt: Aside from "This comment has the risk of aging really poorly" I can think of a couple first party promotional opportunities, such as:
Nothing is showing for me on the mobile app...
that was soooo dumb. I was baffled about why out of nowhere suddenly half the people on nerd forums were so certain dante would be next. And now basically nobody talks about him. How did that even happen? It shows how fickle speculative trends are.
They should add Don-chan to Smash. Maybe he would be the closest thing to us getting a Yakuza rep:
In a way this gives me a bad feeling Travis will end up being similar to Dante in those regards, if he isn't in this Fighter's Pass.
Why add the closest thing to a yakuza rep when you could add Don-chan AND Kiryu
Speaking of Falcom, I'm beginning to look into Adol's chances a little more. One of the oldest and most distinguished JRPGs, one of the first ARPGs that are still going, over thirty years of history... And at the same time, it's a cult classic in both Smash and general gaming. That sort of iconic-but-niche situation intrigues me, and I want to know more.
I agree. But in my head I could see Kiryu sacrificing his Smash appearance by giving Don-chan his Smash invitation, because he's a really good person.
You cant say no to Don-chans adorable :3 face
There is also the Legend Of Heroes series, One of the Oldest JRPG's of all time Older than Ys and Older than Dragon Quest, It has 14 games and is still getting new games at a frequent pace and generally gets higher reviews than most Ys games but that is just conjecture, I think Trails in the Sky is one of if not the greatest JRPG of all time so I am totally biased. When it comes to Falcom I think Estelle the protagonist of that game is possible so is Rean the protagonist of the most popular game in that franchise Cold Steel.
I'm tellin' y'all, he's inevitable. The one one true Mario rep to rule them all.
Yeah. In the context of Smash, Adol or Estelle are dark horse picks but these two (or any Falcom rep) would surprise me and not at the same time, even if that sounds strange.
Well, it could potentially help us narrow down who the next DLC fighter is. I dunno about you but I consider that kind of knowledge valuable. Not groundbreaking or definitive, mind, but valuable all the same.
What do you mean there's been no hard evidence? I already listed the hard evidence in my previous post. I pointed out how Little Mac was based on Captain Falcon, Bayonetta was based on Zero Suit Samus, and Ridley was based on Charizard. I wasn't making **** up when I said that, I wasn't being all conspiratorial like "WELL THEY LOOK SORT OF SIMILAR SO THEY COULD'VE BEEN USED AS A BASE!!1", that's actually the case.
I dunno, this just seems to be reiterating the whole relevancy argument yet again, which I'm still not convinced is enough to argue a character is more likely. Also, I'm not keen on your position that Monster Hunter has only now become super mega global popular and thus more likely to join Smash. And as I've mentioned earlier, this isn't the first time Monster Hunter has gotten their own dedicated Directs. I really don't think this is as big of a deal as people are making it out to be.
Fair enough. Again, I don't believe this kind of theory is air tight or anything, but I do believe that there's enough here to worth looking into at the very least.
Well, if a company is so goddamn anal about their franchises that they don't even want them near the other third-party content, then at the very least that would indicate that we're in for another SquareEnix character this pass which, while it's not a guarentee that that character would be Geno, the possibility's still there.
Which is par for the course for leakers. I mean, it's why these people tend to form networks and sit on information they've heard before going all in and making it public. Just because you hear something from one source doesn't mean it's confirmed legit, and it may take several months to a year of corroborating your information with others you trust before you can definitively verify the information you're given.
Oh. Well, it still wouldn't make much sense for all of those names save Mallow and Smithy to be costumes anyways, especially considering his other leaks have been entirely uniform with regards to what they're for.
As far as I know, that's totally false. All that's known for certain is that they mysteriously took the mod down one day, and according to one of the devs it had nothing to do with Nintendo directly threatening them with legal action, but rather they took it down based on the recommendations they got from one Ryan Morrison, a video game attourney.
