Official Newcomer/DLC Speculation Discussion

[SMAASH! Puppy]

Billie Joe Armstrong confirmed.

Aw man. The Game Awards would have been a much more fitting place to reveal him.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Sakurai Presents is happening, guys!

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YES! THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER!

THE DROUGHT HAS ENDED!

Until after a week, we go back to square one of course. ;P

 

[Guynamednelson]

Aw man. The Game Awards would have been a much more fitting place to reveal him.

They didn't have the time to listen to him whine.

 

[zumaddy]

Welp, I'm gonna avoid any sites that might leak the fighter and pop back here tomorrow right before the trailer to chat. See y'all then!

 

[SKX31]

Crazy bet: it’s a League champion. Isn’t Worlds soon?

It's ongoing - the Play-In stage (10 teams fighting for 4 Group Stage slots) just finished, and the Group Stage (with 16 teams) will start this Saturday.

I'm not counting on a LoL character tomorrow, but it's a dark horse for tomorrow IMO. I do think a third party like Crash is liklier, but who knows.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

given the circumstances (sakurai said in the Min Min presentation that he almost considered just doing a reveal trailer instead of a longer presentation), i have a feeling this might actually be the equivalent to the other presentations and he just didn't have the time in this instance to put something longer together

That might be the best outcome since it wouldn't simply mean that the fighter isn't presentable yet so they just get the stylized part of their trailer for now.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Cleaning my house this morning was definitely worth the time.

 

[Deleted member]

Mostly because it's the "Safe" choice according to many people and some people legit believe a rep is inevitable.

Are people forgetting we got post-release event spirits though?

Byleth got in, and they didn't have post-release event spirits.

 

[Goombaic]

Does this mean no Mii costumes?

 

[Deleted member]

Still thinking there’s a chance that CP7 is first party.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

Why is everyone jumping on the "Its a Gen 8 Pokemon!!!" boat quite hard now?

Because A. with the Crown Tundra trailer everyone's got them on the brain and B. everyone wants to get the obligatory "disappointing one" out of the way.

We'll show them though. FALINKS GANG RISE UP!

 

[Curious Villager]

Curious Villager you ready for another day of sadness and depression and struggle of being a Layton fan

Implying that isn't basically every day.

Pain and suffering is something I get basically every day from Level-5 themselves so I'm used to it...

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

Does this mean no Mii costumes?

That's the biggest question mark here. I doubt they'll stop adding them, but there's no way we can fit a trailer (even without the gameplay) and the Mii Presentation, and have any time left for Sakurai to say anything.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

My guesses.

Crash Bandicoot, Dante, Gen 8 Pokemon, Geno, Ryu Hayabusa, and Travis Touchdown.

 

[SNEKeater]

Does this mean no Mii costumes?

I don't think this is our usual Sakurai Presents. They're just announcing the fighter, and I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get gameplay at all, just a CGI trailer.

We'll get more Mii Costumes for sure. The question is, we will get a proper Sakurai Presents for FP7 where he will show us the character and all his/her content, or FP7 is gonna have a Joker treatment?

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

Inb4 people theorize it's someone who said something to the effect of "sorry to keep you waiting" at some point in their gaming history.

Pit from the Kid Icarus franchise is coming to Smash! Oh wait...

 

[cashregister9]

I imagine the reasons this is called a "Sakurai Presents" is just because it is Sakurai Presenting something and a standard one will be coming at some point later down the line

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

My guesses.

Crash Bandicoot, Dante, Gen 8 Pokemon, Geno, Ryu Hayabusa, and Travis Touchdown.

Imagine if it was Travis. A delay for his fighter would be super fitting. lol

 

[Deleted member]

Does this mean no Mii costumes?

We are getting Mii costumes, we will be able to purchase them. We are just probably getting them either shadowdropped, in a future Sakurai presents that goes on detail about CP7, or they will just not be talked about at all, and they will just pop up on the Eshop or mentioned by Nintendo on a tweet.

 

[Staarih]

Hm, it actually is a Sakurai Presents. Curiouser and curiouser.

Sakurai still presents the new fighter to us, even if it's shorter than usual, so the naming is apt. I just can't see a 3min video covering what has typically required 30-40 minutes. I feel like an in-depth presentation will occur later.

 

[Tree Gelbman]

I'm fully expecting someone ResetEra to make a hint today.

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Basically

if FP7 isn’t Geno

then that’s it, Geno’s done, they don’t even have to show the costume to deconfirm him. Otherwise he’d be coming out in time for that Mario tournament

 

[Ridrool64]

This is not a Sakurai Presents in the previous sense, the English title of the video is misleading.

In Japan, the equivalent video is called 新ファイター参戦!! , which simply means "New Fighter Joins!!". Previous Sakurai Presents in Japan were called [Character Name]のつかいかた, or [Character's] How to Play. The thumbnail (which, might I add, has a very similar name to the Japanese video title in both languages) also differs from previous "Sakurai Presents" in that the man himself is not present on the thumbnail at all.

 

[SKX31]

I'm fully expecting someone ResetEra to make a hint today.

You opened Pandora's Box! Now everyone's going to constantly F5 Imran, Zhuge and Shinobi's twitter pages!

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

Pit from the Kid Icarus franchise is coming to Smash! Oh wait...

No you dunce! It's obviously Snake from the Metal Gear franchise! Oh, wait...

 

[kylexv]

Billie Joe Armstrong confirmed.

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Time to read into this tweet too much and say its Toxtricity

 

[Rie Sonomura]

I'm fully expecting someone ResetEra to make a hint today.

Or Zhuge or even gasp THE RETURN OF THE KING VERGEBEN.

Although... someone help me I’m already starting to analyze Imran’s Green Day joke

“Wake me up when September ends” is a somewhat depressive cynical song

Green Day is kinda pop-punk/emo

You know who else is emo...?

 

[Michael the Spikester]

That said.

Hoping: Crash Bandicoot
Predicting: Travis Touchdown

 

[CapitaineCrash]

I just saw on Twitter Kamiya is retweeting a lot of Viewtiful joe in Smash tweet. Did he do that for the other character announcement too? At the same time, I'm not really expecting Joe to be in really, but it's a bit weird.

 

[SNEKeater]

I'm fully expecting someone ResetEra to make a hint today.

I'd rather not to be honest. I mean we're just a day away from the reveal. If someone wants to post a hint they should have done it before. At this point I'd rather have the surprise.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Pain and suffering is something I get basically every day from Level-5 themselves so I'm used to it...

Plus the fact the layton twitter went dead silent too. its like they said "oop, nvm twitter"

 

[ChaosAngelZone]

So glad that the wait is finally just about over and we're going to find out who the next fighter is!

My personal most wanted characters are Crash, Geno (yes, I'm one of those weirdo Geno fans ), Dixie Kong, Phoenix Wright, Arle, another Sonic character (totally not needed, but, I'll admit I'm very biased), or, if the impossible happens, NiGHTS from the classic Saturn game NiGHTS into Dreams.

I'll be cool with just about anyone though as long as they're an interesting addition to the roster and bring in some good content.

 

[Guynamednelson]

someone help me I’m already starting to analyze Imran’s Green Day joke

Just think of it as a "Wake Me Up When September Ends" joke.

 

[SMAASH! Puppy]

This is not a Sakurai Presents in the previous sense, the English title of the video is misleading.

In Japan, the equivalent video is called 新ファイター参戦!! , which simply means "New Fighter Joins!!". Previous Sakurai Presents in Japan were called [Character Name]のつかいかた, or [Character's] How to Play. The thumbnail (which, might I add, has a very similar name to the Japanese video title in both languages) also differs from previous "Sakurai Presents" in that the man himself is not present on the thumbnail at all.

Japan: "Let's call it like it is."
U.S.: "BRANDING!!!"

 

[Deleted member]

Billie Joe Armstrong...

What could this mean?

 

[TyrantLizardKing]

Finally, our prayers have been answered. We're going in blind once again tomorrow, best of luck to each of you. I'm expecting another 1st party personally.

I don't think this is our usual Sakurai Presents. They're just announcing the fighter, and I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get gameplay at all, just a CGI trailer.

We'll get more Mii Costumes for sure. The question is, we will get a proper Sakurai Presents for FP7 where he will show us the character and all his/her content, or FP7 is gonna have a Joker treatment?

It sounds like it'll be the trailer + Sakurai talking briefly about them. Lots of speculation that they're gonna extend the deadline for Fighters Pass 2 because of the troubles covid-19 is giving everyone, which is logical.

Speaking of Sakurai Presents, apparently people were looking up the price of his couch after the Min Min video. That probably made him uncomfortable, wouldn't be surprised if he filmed it somewhere else or just had it done the way Joker's video went. Can't imagine it's fun showing off your very expensive living room to 100 million people worldwide at once.

 

[SNEKeater]

Plus the fact the layton twitter went dead silent too. its like they said "oop, nvm twitter"

Layton Twitter just sacrificed himself so we could finally know who is FP7.

 

[Perkilator]

Hoping: Cash Banooca
Predicitng: Probably not Cash Banooca

 

[Deleted member]

Another tweet from Imran Khan.

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[Hydreigonfan01]

Billie Joe Armstrong...

What could this mean?

Nanomachines son