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I agree with you in this case, but to be fair to those reading it differently., "by the end" is typically read as later than sooner. Like, if Nintendo announced a new Smash game would be released by the end of the decade. Most would assume it's coming in the late 2nd half instead of in the next couple of years.
That's why people are already assuming the last character won't be available until November or December and not like... August.
A quick glance on YouTube gives these times (rounded up/down)
I don't think Sakurai needs to teach us how to play fighting games this time, though. Or play through classic mode.
Terry's presentation was mostly long because Sakurai decided to play through his entire Classic Mode, he usually does a different "gimmick" when showing off each new fighter.
Step one - obtain Knights of the Round
Weird to think about how Sakurai presents are such a new thing, they genuinely feel like a key part of the Smash experience.
That would explain a lot. The build I used to get through the game made everything super easy except Sephiroth, who bodied me hard. I made Cloud super buff and gave him cover and counter attack, so he destroyed basically everything solo. That doesn't work when your enemy almost one-shots the entire party.
That was pretty much the only summon that I didn't get in FF7 - I felt like trying to get the Golden Chocobo would be too time-consuming.
He's labeled actually as FFVII, so... beyond the costumes and amiibo shown up, it's not very likely. He might go a little into the history of FF on Nintendo, maybe? Since it has a major history in general(and not just with Nintendo). Like Dragon Quest, it's a codifying set of rpg's.
It is worth noting that it's not impossible though since the "Persona 5" series has Persona 4 and Persona 3 stuff, and the "Fatal Fury" series has things from all of SNK. It'll probably be more like the former example if we get anything like that, but it would be better than nothing, so I hope that's the outcome.
May feels like a cursed month lol.I imagine someone has mentioned this before but:
January
February -
March
April
May -
June
July
August -
September
October
November
December
Smash certainly loves Fall and the holiday season
I know the Geno thread caught on to that one. Gotta give them credit where it's due from time to time.I imagine someone has mentioned this before but:
January
February -
March
April
May -
June
July
August -
September
October
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December
Smash certainly loves Fall and the holiday season
Makes me wonder how they're going to balance Sephiroth in smash.
Difference is Final Fantasy isn't generally represented beyond 7 anyway, bar at best one costume(and Chocobo Hat is specifically based upon a spin-off game that isn't actually labeled Final Fantasy). No other literal FF game is represented. Persona came in as having alternate content immediately. We have yet to see that with FFVII as is. Same with Dragon Quest. FFVII is an outlier, however, as you wouldn't expect it with other franchises. I wouldn't take any other franchises into account cause they're from different developers/IP owners or were already shown to not be like FFVII at all.
I don’t think this holds any water but it feels like February or March are good dates to expect the next character followed by August. Perhaps we could get a double reveal at E3 this closing out the Fighter’s Pass with the last character double dipping on a fall month.
January also had Plant albeit for early adopters. Non early release was February.I imagine someone has mentioned this before but:
January
February -
March
April
May -
June
July
August -
September
October
November
December
Smash certainly loves Fall and the holiday season
Reminder, that
's release date was Feb 1st, and they do count it in the "Paid downloadable fighter" category for obvious reasons.
That are currently not in the game? I know a lot more now than I did back then. But if I take out what I've learned from Smash speculation, out of the major ones--I wouldn't know about Geno, Arle, Monster Hunter (I would know of the series, nothing about the characters), Ryu Hayabusa, 2B. I would know about Doom and Master Chief, though haven't played the games. The ones I do know are the ones I'm still pulling for, like Crash. And Sonic characters.
Meant third party DLC, but back then I didn't even know Mewtwo and Lucas were DLC, that's how out of the loop I was. And never played Melee, so Ultimate was my first time playing Mewtwo.
That kinda feels like you're forcing the DLC to end in December, when December 2021 was always just a failsafe to give them enough wiggle room in case stuff went FUBAR.
I think we'd have a "What is Final Fantasy?" segment, where he talks about the appeal of the series as a whole, followed by talking about FF7 and the lore, then Sephiroth's moves. Similar to Fire Emblem. I wouldn't expect gameplay hints, but do expect casual spoiler dumps. It's interesting how he talks about characters as if people don't know who they are, while simultaneously spoils the games freely.
Isn't generally? We only got Final Fantasy content 1 time. There isn't much of a precedent set here. And just because things are different doesn't mean that they are absolutely, completely, and totally unrelated and incomparable. It's not at all a leap in logic to say that the fact that other more specifically named series feature content from outside that series means that the same could happen for this next wave of "Final Fantasy VII" DLC.
This feels like a pretty safe roadmap. I have 0 idea when FP11 will drop, but 9 and 10 feel very safe, if only because the Amiibo in March and E3 in June. Now, if we get an Amiibo announcement in say, the March presentation, that could change up the roadmap, but who knows at this point.
It would be really rad. Demi-fiend would probably be the pick, he's probably the most well-known protag of the series. Flynn from SMT IV would be cool as well, though.
If anything I'm pretty sure Smash, or Sakurai, would get a pass. Sakurai does basically what he wants and Nintendo seems to trust him blindly. I mean, assuming the trailers and their content are directed by Sakurai, I doubt Nintendo would allow Mario getting 'stabbed' in normal circumstances.
YES please. Kyo should be the next SNK character, if that happens at all that is.
Maybe this time he'll finally catch that invite.
Sometimes I feel sad because Joker never had a Sakurai Presents, and I'd have been very excited to see he nerding about the series and all. We know he's a fan of the series, but I'm curious if he would have said "if you want to play Persona 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5... go buy a Playstation" lmao
No, we still kept FFVII only content going into Ultimate. It's now labeled even more clearly as FFVII on the site. Treating it like other series is silly. It's simply not like others.
It's also really weird what he chooses to spoil and what he chooses not to. Like, in Byleth's presentation, he avoided spoiling the fact that he fuses with Sothis (or something, which is a pretty minor spoiler all things considered), but the game straight up reveals that Fiora's death is a fake out death, which is knowledge that could pretty easily ruin the first act of the game because the perception is now "lol she ain't dead".
