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When it comes to potential Nintendo characters, I feel that the most consistent 5 on this site tends to be Rex, Waluigi, a Pokemon, Akira Howard and Bandana Dee unordered. Obviously that's just my perspective on primarily browsing this thread, so I could be wrong there
I mean, I disagree with his thoughts on the "likely" and "red herring" picks, but... I also see very little point in debating it considering it seems focused mostly on opinion.
I think I can see most of it happening, except maybe indies. I think if Shovel Knight, Undertale and Cuphead couldn't make it, then it's hard for me to think of someone who stands a chance. I guess Reimu, The Knight and Cadence, maybe, but the former one is a big question mark imo and the latter two could very well end up as Miis.
That’s what I’m thinking too, that and the attention to detail they gave his costume, like the little Titan (WHY DID I FORGET HIS NAME??? AND I CALL MYSELF A XENOBLADE FAN) and most importantly, Pyra’s sword with Pyra herself being absent
I think RE didn't get in because its be hard to implement the "spirit" of RE into a Smash moveset. The very nature of RE is managing low resources and survival. And the protags are very "normal" for the most part. How do you organically translate that into Smash?
You must be new here. All according to plan...
As far as I know, he's mentioned a lot, but generally agreed to not be happening.
Gramps, or Azurda if you're not Rex.
I come on here and there but not actively.You must be new here. All according to plan...
Scol was known for shilling RE as a potential character constantly, it's part of the lore that the spirit announcement made him go insane and make fine ****posts such as these. In all seriousness though RE feels super easy to adapt, especially when Banjo's gimmick got introduced, a sluggish character with very powerful but limited options like ammo or herbs, what made RE so scary for gamers wasn't the zombie dogs, but that they had a chance to run out of healing items, ammo and even chances to save the game if they weren't careful. Resource management is also a tried and true mechanic in fighting games, including Smash
It’s a post satirising accusations of bias by ironically acting like a biased fanboy.
The point was that if Nintendo thinks a franchise has a future they can add a character from it, and it doesn't matter whether it started on the Switch or on any other console.
Ahhh, gotcha. That makes more sense now.
Okay, I can agree with that. I don't feel like being stubborn right now, haha.
While I do agree with this, I think it’s worth noting that most of the “new” first party content has been from Switch titles. Mario Odyssey, Splatoon, BOTW, ARMS, Mario Kart 8, Three Houses, Xenoblade,...Dragon Quest XIS isn’t first party, but it definitely fits that “Switch” game mold.
Haven't seen the video myself, but it definitely sounds like it slants more towards biases and the age-old "Nintendo connections are needed" misconceptions that have been in speculation for years.
I'd say give it proper balancing, the best example being the traditional magnum (No, realistic guns aren't banned for kids media in Japan shut up) working like Wonderwing, making the gun an incredibly fast and powerful projectile that'll crumple foes who are hit that lets you potentially follow up with a good read, but you only get so many per stock or even per match. It's simple yet effective at communicating that players can do VERY well but need to make sure they land it when it matters and can't aimlessly use it. Sound design would also help sell the impact of it. One could argue that a character who typically gets weaker the longer they stay alive doesn't sound fun to play as, but that's as subjective as me saying it's really interesting and how I'd love to see the kind of mind games a Jill/Chris/Leon main could pull off
To be honest I think the concept of an Undertale pack died with Sans, at least for this game. Sans came with a a remix of the most iconic Undertale song there is, composed by Toby Fox himself, specifically for Smash. An Undertale pack would either make that redundant or would come off as odd without the new remix of the most Undertale song possible.
Decided to spoiler tag my post because its long. TL;DR at the bottom....which isn't far down thanks to spoiler tags hiding the bulk of this post lol.
Nah. It's just one option. If we were to assume that Dante was in, I still wouldn't put it past them to just do whatever with the initial reveal. Perhaps they wait till a January direct or something.
I think that gets more into subjectivity. For example, some people love how Steve's recourse management changes the way you interact with the game, while others just nope right out of the room.
Are we talking like a projectile more powerful than PK Flash?
As is tradition in Smash. But only having content from Switch games is not the same as only having content from Switch franchises. As fine as I'd be if the last four characters were from Astral Chain, Ring Fit Adventure, Snipperclips and Sushi Striker, I think it'd be a mistake to only look at new franchises when it's pretty much guaranteed that many of Nintendo's evergreen franchises will continue to receive games.
I don't think Nintendo would throw away potential money because of 1 song
The Byleth Presentation was flimed in November, and Sakurai in that Presentation said the FP2 Roster was finalized
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that FP2 was finalized in August 2019.
none of you are ready for Real Life Man from 1-2 Switch
Idk, I'm not well versed in balance, especially as there's more factors to take into account than most. Let's imagine like idk, 25% with 3 bullets per stock. That's an absurdly powerful move right there even without the potential crumple effect. But that's part of the beauty in this idea imo, you can think of many different ways to implement the same core idea
I'll take Labo Man, thank you very much.
The main thing is that the Sans costume is already available for purchase, and not just as an exclusive bonus like with Rex. From what I can gather, any post-launch content that isn't a fighter is more or less deconfirmed.
Once again, I largely agree. However, I’d argue that given the crossover nature of the game, there’s still plenty of top tier gaming industry choices, as opposed to the objective fact that the characters Nintendo has left don’t necessarily stack up. (This is going to be seen as incendiary. Not what I mean, just that typically an industry mascot will be a “bigger” pick characters from smaller series, but that’s also not necessarily the purpose of each pack!)
Where's the XB2 mini stage?
I agree, They probably aren't happening, I'm just keeping the possibility in the back of my mind.
If we get an Undertale rep, I think it's a matter of "The sans costume is selling like crazy and broke the internet add a full Undertale character".
I'd like to point out that the reason for this in both cases is likely due to the fact that Ring Fit Adventure came out after the DLC was locked in, and Astral Chain came out dangerously close to that point (assuming we have a general idea of when that was). They probably both didn't have the chance to properly establish themselves before decisions were made. It's not always a problem as seen with Fire Emblem, but these two games don't have the luxury of being a part of a long running franchise.
