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Agreed. the content itself won't matter and the whole thing is pretty silly as a concept. I was just wondering if a name drop for the later titles would matter or if it's just the logo. It's hard to imagine Sakurai talking about the Izuna Drop without name dropping some of the newer stuff.
Call me crazy but I think we're getting Min Min and Minecraft Steve.
Riley just stop being pessimistic, everytime you keep on saying "This fighter will never get in due to such and such" and that's all you do.
I don't know if Microsoft would want to put their biggest icon on the Switch without Nintendo putting their biggest icons on the XBox.
I still think Hayabusa, Toxtricity, and a BotW 2 character (likely Zelda at this point) are for sure getting in. As for the 4th character, I'm not sure at this point. I guess I'll have Sylux as my top guess, but the more time that goes by, the less I'm sure he's getting in. I thought Travis was going to be one of the first fighters in this pass but that didn't turn out so well. Lloyd/Tales of in general was one of my other initial predictions but I think all of the missing Mii costumes are going to be returning at this point.
I thought you said this pass was going to skew younger than FP1. Ryza is much more in line with the FP1 picks than the likes of Min Min and Steve.
Eh, tbh, as someone who's been watching a friend of a friend play Ryza, this game is disgustingly wholesome.
Same, I'm going back to just rooting for MWs
Frankly that's neither here nor there, if we're talking about to whom the choices will skew, it's about the target demographic of the series.
My thought with this was never about how the character was implemented into the game, just how the presentation would turn out. Changing the logo might not be enough to keep the rating down on the presentation, depending on how strict the guidelines are.
I really gotta try the series out at some point. Wholesome content is like, my #1 favorite thing, lol.
Steve is a bigger icon than Chief though...
Master Chief is the face of Microsoft and the XBox brand. It would be weird to have him on the Switch and not have Mario on the XBox.
Someone had to say it.
Besides Hero and Banjo, when have they ever?
Kat is definitely a character I'd love to see float into Smash. C'mon Sony, Microsoft got you beat 2-0 character wise step up your game.
All people are predicting now are predictable fighters like Rex, Geno, a Gen 8 Pokemon, Ryu Hayabusa, etc.
I think Steve is currently the face of Microsoft given how much Minecraft's sales surpasses Halo's. Also Steve is more known than Master Chief with various of audiences.
Master Chief is still the mascot of Xbox, as Steve is multiplatform while Halo is Xbox-exclusive.
Hmm... for some reason that got me thinking about the alternate timeline where this Pass does skew younger than FP1:
It's going to be really difficult to predict before the patch drops (they did universally decrease projectiles' shield damage in 3.0 IIRC) but one thing they could do is to universally give characters a little better air speed or roll speed.
Byleth was expected by quite a few people, just not exactly desired lol.
The face isn't just about what makes the most money, it's about who you position as representative of your brand. Minecraft has always mostly been treated by Microsoft as its own sort of entity.
In no particular order...
I don't get this line of thinking. At least with a company like Microsoft, there's a variety of valid options. (Banjo having long-time Smash demand, Steve being the face of Microsoft's biggest franchise, Master Chief being the face of the Xbox) Here, Ryu Hayabusa seems to be the main one, if not the only one, given his extensive history.
I love Lara Croft but if Kat got in against all odds, I'd cry probably. Master Cheif, Kratos, Goku, Kiki the Witch and Bob the Builder are getting in before Kat ever does.
While there are many Koei-Tecmo reps possible, the fact that an Atelier character would literally have the same crafting mechanic as Steve is a giant blow to the series' chances. Shame because it is a cute series with great music and I thoroughly enjoy Ryza.
