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This whole thing reminds me of when Joker was first announced and people convinced themselves that Persona 5 was totally coming to Switch in an attempt to rationalize his inclusion. When it was revealed that all the Switch would get was a musou game and Royal was still a PS4 exclusive, there were a ton of angry rant videos with titles among the lines of "ATLUS LIED TO US GAMERS!!!" because they couldn't wrap their head around the fact that not everything in the game industry revolves around Smash.
Especially if it turns out to be someone like Tracer. Or Reimu.
Oh god, I remember that. Yoshi being the only member of the OG 8 to not appear in the reveal trailer probably aided this since he was replaced with Pit and Kid Icarus at the time. Sure took their time to reveal him too.
Are you saying that Terry Bogard didn't already take care of that?
Yeah, it'd be funny to see all of his fans hopes get completely crushed hahaha haaaaaa
Not that there aren't still leaps in logic in play, but people seem to like to gloss over the Hines interview when talking about why Doom Slayer has demand.
Terry? Guess Piranha Plant and Joker were widely expected.
I think they've become popular ideas also because they both fit with the direction the Pass has taken.
That's just how the human mind works: when you are more familiar with something among a group, you are more likely to think it as superior to the others.
What's the Hines interview and why is it important?
Why just settle for those two? There is Incineroar as well. After all, Decidueye was the defacto Gen 7 Mon, the next Greninja and Grass Starter and Ash's ace in the anime!Not that there aren't still leaps in logic in play, but people seem to like to gloss over the Hines interview when talking about why Doom Slayer has demand.
Terry? Guess Piranha Plant and Joker were widely expected.
I like how every time we get a character that wasn't among the most expected and people go, "WELL NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK!". It's just such a shame the Smash fanbase is plagued with as many memory problems as it is.
It's the interview where Hines indicated Bethesda has spoken to Nintendo about Smash and (for better or worse) it's been the backbone of the Doom Slayer argument since it happened last year, predating the 5ch leak. The leak may have widened the doors, but they were already open before that.
Now that's good evidence. It's no confirmation, but it's better than almost every fighter brought up.
That reminds me how people gone "NOW EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE!" when Banjo was revealed... after doing the same withTerry? Guess Piranha Plant and Joker were widely expected.
I like how every time we get a character that wasn't among the most expected and people go, "WELL NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK!". It's just such a shame the Smash fanbase is plagued with as many memory problems as it is.
and half of the third parties.I'm sorry, I can't remember that far back...Why just settle for those two? There is Incineroar as well. After all, Decidueye was the defacto Gen 7 Mon, the next Greninja and Grass Started.
TBH,That reminds me how people gone "NOW EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE!" when Banjo was revealed... after doing the same with
and really did escalate what people couldn't expect. PPlant is the first mook to ever become a full fighter, which goes against only defined characters being allowed for Smash. And then Joker threw a wrench into leaker speculation when everybody was expecting a SE rep for the first DLC.Yeah, it's alright. But it's certainly far from a confirmation of anything. I mean Hines doesn't even refer to any IP in particular, people just assume it's Doom-related.
Hard to argue against Steve, Hayabusa, and Doom Guy received more buzz at around the same time. Hell, there was also that Google Theory, which people for some reason took seriously. No doubt that increased talk about Hayabusa and Doom.
The same reason why now all of a sudden people are expecting Over watch characters.
I'm not expecting an Overwatch character. But in terms of western characters with world wide popularity that exposes Smash to new markets, there aren't many franchises better to pull from than Overwatch (or other Blizzard franchises tbh)
And Hayabusa since, well, since I joined the site.Ok so I'm about to make what I consider my idealish roster but I'm also keeping it realistic so here goes.
Mario:
Yoshi:
Wario:
DK:
Kirby:
Zelda:
Metroid:
Star Fox:
Pokemon:
F-Zero:
Earthbound:
Fire Emblem:
Pikmin:
Kid Icarus:
Animal Crossing:
Punch Out!!:
Wii Fit:
Mii:
Xenoblade:
Retro/whatever:
New Franchises -
Splatoon: Inkling Boy and Girl
Arms: Spring Man (Ribbon Girl as alternate)
3rd Parties -
Konami:
Sega:
Capcom:
Namco-Bandai:
Square:
Tecmo-Koei(?): Hayabusa
Activision(?): Crash
Bethesda (?): Doom Slayer
No cuts. I'm kinda still in the advanced port boat. I mean it took us from April 2015 to February 2016 to get the 7 DLC characters we got which were all, with the exception of maybe Lucas, built from the ground up. I feel like in the 2+ years between the end of DLC to the potential release of the Switch version, they could easily keep the entire roster, bring back the cut vets, and add a few new characters in the process.
All in all the characters that would be added to the complete Wii U Version of the game with this version tally up to 10, 13 counting the cut veterans, which I think is a decent enough number to make people want the game but not too much to be unrealistic.
Anyways, Newcomers ~
Captain Toad: Honestly I'm not too sure about him but if there were to be another Mario Character to be added he'd be a good bet since he's been in, I think, all 5 past 3D Mario games.
K. Rool/Dixie/Cranky:
So each one of these characters have something going for them. Depending on what happens with the potential 3rd Returns game I think all of them are possible and I think they are all deserving but I don't think more than one will get in. My choice would be K. Rool cause we just simply need more villains. I think the likely choice is Dixie though.
Bandana Dee:
He could make an incredibly interesting Character with his quick spear attacks and I feel like if another Kirby Character was EVER added to Smash ever again it would be him. He's the only one that fits the bill and he's super popular.
Ridley:
So, uh, what to say that hasn't been said before? I will say that I don't think Metroid will get another newcomer unless it's Ridley. So I went ahead and went for it because (spoilers) Mercury Steam made him look a little more plausible as a fighter in Samus Returns final boss fight.
Decidueye: You could basically trade him out for any Pokemon from this Gen or next. I do think we'll get a new Pokemon but I don't know what Pokemon we'll get. Decidueye is the most popular as of now, and he's rather interesting so I put him here. Shout outs to Incenaroar though.
Rex:
I'm getting more and more the feeling that Nintendo really REALLY wants to push Xenoblade as it's defacto RPG franchise, RIP the dream of Golden Sun, especially after seeing how much they pushed Xenoblade X. So I'm willing to bet that the new protagonist from 2 may take a slot on the roster. Either as a clone of Shulk or as a brand new, unique fighter doesn't matter.
Takamaru:
This is a personal choice. I adore this Character. I've been an avid supporter of him since I joined the boards and I feel like with him being considered in both Brawl and Wii U he is at his most likely now. Cap that with his popularity and potential for a unique moveset, I feel like his chances are better than good.
Bomberman:
I've wanted Bomberman in Smash for a while but I don't think it would ever happen because of Snake and I was totally fine with that but seeing how Sega and Capcom both got two reps I feel like Bomberman and Snake can coexist in the same game. I don't think they'd go after Bomberman without also getting back Snake so I think they're, in a way, tied to each other.
Doom Slayer, Crash, and Hayabusa:
These are more of just what-if's. I feel like they all have a possibility but I don't think they're at all likely. Like, in the slightest. However, if they choose to continue to build off of the game with DLC I think these characters could be potential contenders on the DLC space.
Alright that's it I think. Go ahead. Rip my roster a new one.
Edit: I really REALLY wanted to add Isaac in here as well. Thinking about it if I had to take out one of the newcomers I chose above for Isaac, it'd easily be Rex. But as I said I think Nintendo is trying to make Xenoblade their #1 RPG so 50/50 between Rex and Isaac I guess.
(This is the oldest post I could care to find)
Well... I don't know about Doom Guy but some people still have hope that IAmShifty is right about Hayabusa but was just wrong about him being the 4th figther of the pass. Someone in the Hayabusa thread (
Brother AJ
) made a pretty good rundown of IAmShifty's track record so far. I'll just drop it here in case anyone is interested:
Same for me with Prince of All Cosmos and Dragonborn ever since Katamari Damacy Reroll and Skyrim Switch were announced. ****, I was even hoping for the Prince since the Smash 4 DLC days!
Don't quote me on this, but November directs typically happen around the first two weeks. Of course, the better answer is "Sakurai will release Terry when he feels he's ready," which could mean anywhere during the month.
Does Fatal Fury have EX moves like King of Fighters? I can't get it out of my head that he could be super simple or super complicated depending on how much Sakurai thinks is necessary. I do know that Terry does have a lot of specials (at least in later titles), and if you add EX versions on top of that he'd have almost too much.
I still find it funny there were people that thought Joker was in Smash merely to promote a Musou game.
I believe not as EX Burn Knuckle is blue in KoF when that's the standard colour of it in FF.
Don't both of those break the Video Game rule since they're based on real life figures?
I've said quite a lot of arguments to why that wouldn't be the case, so I'll give 2 simple answers to why that wouldn't be the case:
Imagine if the 2nd image was a stock icon for L- https://t.co/nql9OKyn9d
— xd1x.bsky.social (@xD1x) October 8, 2019
This worries me.
I get ya. I mean as far as I'm aware I still feel like Geralt has a shot at making it because he's from the game interpretation of a book series but eh, we'll see.
As much as I want to entertain the idea, wouldn't they just use the Symphonia logo a la the Sm4sh costume (or Berseria in the insane timeline in which we get Velvet)? Unless this is used for a collection of Mii costumes...?
