Official Newcomer/DLC Speculation Discussion

[DarthEnderX]

Regarding assist trophy do you think we can have new one ? I'd like an Ace Combat assist trophy.

I don't think we're getting any more, but there's definitely a bunch of characters I'd like to see get them still:

King Hippo [Punch-Out]
Eggplant Wizard [Kid Icarus]
Chocobo [Final Fantasy]
Slimes/King Slime[Dragon Quest]
The Amazon [Pro Wrestling]
Rygar [Rygar]
Vic Viper [Gradius]
Mike Jones [Star Tropics]
Simea [Crystalis]
Sophia 3rd [Blaster Master]
Urban Champions [Urban Champion]
Kuros [Wizards & Warriors]

 

[TheCJBrine]

.........huh. apparently they do. Didn't know that. Rayman, too. Guess it falls to Ezio for a Ubisoft rep.

Spirits disconfirming hasn’t been confirmed.

And since we’re getting past Season 1 DLC, I don’t see why the goalposts would be moved to “they’re already a png you can have multiple of.”

 

[DarthEnderX]

In Smash (Playable)
Bandai Namco
Capcom
Konami
Microsoft
Nintendo
Sega
Square Enix

In Smash (Non-Playable)
Koei Tecmo
Ubisoft

Not In Smash
Activision Blizzard
Aksys Games
Bethesda
EA
NIS America
Paradox
Sony
Take Two
THQ Nordic
Warner Bros.
XSEED Games/Marvelous USA

Who would people like to see from these companies?

ArkSys - Kunio/Riki [River City Ransom], Billy Lee/Jimmy Lee [Double Dragon]
Bandai Namco - Heihachi [Tekken], Mitsurugi [Soul Calibur]
Capcom - Arthur [Ghosts ‘n Goblins], Nathan Spencer [Bionic Commando], Jill Valentine [Resident Evil], Viewtiful Joe [Viewtiful Joe], Amaterasu [Okami], Mike Haggar [Final Fight], Strider Hiryu [Strider], Phoenix Wright [Ace Attorney], Morrigan [Darkstalkers], Firebrand [Gargoyle’s Quest], Zero [Mega Man X]
Koei Tecmo - Ryu Hayabusa [Ninja Gaiden]
Konami - Bill Rizer/Lance Bean [Contra], Goemon/Ebisumaru [Legend of the Mystical Ninja], Bomberman [Bomberman], Alucard [Castlevania]
Microsoft - Rash/Zitz [Battletoads]
Nintendo - King Hippo [Punch-Out], Captain Toad/Toadette [Treasure Tracker], Spring Man/Ribbon Girl [ARMS]
Sega - Kazuma Kiryu [Yakuza]
SNK - Nakoruru [Samurai Shodown], SV-001 Metal Slug [Metal Slug]
SquareEnix - Bub/Bob [Bubble Bobble], Crono [Chrono Trigger]

 

[TheCJBrine]

Okay, so here is an aggregate list of the top 20 video game publishers from the last decade. Based it off Metacritic's publisher scorecard so some of it is a bit fuzzy, like Aksys can sort of double for ArcSystemWorks despite the companies not being related at all:

In Smash (Playable)
Bandai Namco
Capcom
Konami
Microsoft
Nintendo
Sega
Square Enix

In Smash (Non-Playable)
Koei Tecmo
Ubisoft

Not In Smash
Activision Blizzard
Aksys Games
Bethesda
EA
NIS America
Paradox
Sony
Take Two
THQ Nordic
Warner Bros.
XSEED Games/Marvelous USA

Who would people like to see from these companies?

Microsoft - Steve
Nintendo - A lot
Sega - Tails
Ubisoft - Rayman
Bethesda - Doomguy
Capcom - Wood Man >:]

edit:

Bamco - Agumon
Konami - Bomberman

edit2:

Square Enix - Geno (I planned to put him originally but it seems my brain lost hold of my thought)

 

[Deleted member]

What I've noticed from the Smash DLC it's that it seems to be targeting certain demographics, maybe we can guess who #5 is by looking into that? However characters post-pass might not be under that same criteria.

 

[Graizen]

I genuinely cannot envision a world in which Sakurai skips over Tekken, Soul Calibur, Souls, Tales of and Tamagotchi and goes "Yes, Agumon is the next best character that Bandai Namco have to put into Smash"

There's too much competition and just not enough going on in the games department to make me think Digimon can stand-up against Tekken 3, Soul Calibur 2, Dark Souls and Tales of Symphonia.

Because you don't live in Japan, and you probably never went after Digimon.

Sakurai created a Tamagotchi inspired by Digimon's Tamagotchi, that was part of his story. I believe Sakurai does have a certain degree of importance to the V-Pets.

 

[SKX31]

Okay, so here is an aggregate list of the top 20 video game publishers from the last decade. Based it off Metacritic's publisher scorecard so some of it is a bit fuzzy, like Aksys can sort of double for ArcSystemWorks despite the companies not being related at all:

Who would people like to see from these companies?

In Smash (Playable)
Bandai Namco - Heihachi, Yoshimitsu, Ms. Pacman.
Capcom - Strider Hiryu, Chun-Li, Jill Valentine, Amaterasu.
Konami - Raiden, Alucard.
Microsoft - Master Chief, Steve, Rash.
Nintendo - Style Savvy, ARMS, Krystal, Jody Summers or Black Shadow mainly.
Sega - Ulala, Tails, Kiryu.
Square Enix - Lara Croft, 2B, Jecht mainly.
EDIT: SNK - Nakoruru, Geese.

In Smash (Non-Playable)
Koei Tecmo - Ryu Hayabusa.
Ubisoft - Ezio mainly.

Not In Smash
Activision Blizzard - Hoo boy. Kerrigan, Crash, Thrall, Raynor, Spyro in that order. All whom I like by the way. (Edit: Oh, forgot Diablo and Zeratul. Add them in too.)
Aksys Games - Not familiar with their games. Leaning maybe towards Guilty Gear.
Bethesda - Doom Slayer, Dragonborn.
EA - If only Mass Effect didn't fall down the drain. Thanks classic EA greed!
NIS America - Honestly, Dunno.
Paradox - They don't have many - if any - good choices for Smash due to the games they develop.
Sony - Kat, Sly, Sweet Tooth
Take Two - Not sure, honestly. Their biggest IP (GTA) would be really wonky to fit in at best.
THQ Nordic - Dunno.
Warner Bros - Scorpion. 10 / 10 addition if he somehow got in.
XSEED Games/Marvelous USA - Dunno.

 

[Deleted member]

Okay, so here is an aggregate list of the top 20 video game publishers from the last decade. Based it off Metacritic's publisher scorecard so some of it is a bit fuzzy, like Aksys can sort of double for ArcSystemWorks despite the companies not being related at all:

In Smash (Playable)
Bandai Namco
Capcom
Konami
Microsoft
Nintendo
Sega
Square Enix

In Smash (Non-Playable)
Koei Tecmo
Ubisoft

Not In Smash
Activision Blizzard
Aksys Games
Bethesda
EA
NIS America
Paradox
Sony
Take Two
THQ Nordic
Warner Bros.
XSEED Games/Marvelous USA

Who would people like to see from these companies?

Bandai Namco: Heihachi [TEKKEN]/Lloyd Irving [TALES OF SERIES]/Klonoa [KLONOA]
Capcom: Phoenix Wright [ACE ATTORNEY]/Jill Valentine [RESIDENT EVIL]
Konami: Bomberman (Assist Upgrade)
Microsoft: Steve [MINECRAFT]/Master Chief [HALO]
Nintendo: Isaac (Assist Upgrade) [GOLDEN SUN]/Rex & Pyra [XENOBLADE CHRONICLES]/Bandanna Dee[KIRBY]/Dixie Kong[DKC]/Chorus Kids[RHYTHM HEAVEN]/Mach Rider [MACH RIDER]
Sega: Arle Nadja [PUYO PUYO]/Eggman [SONIC THE HEDGEHOG]/Shadow (Assist Upgrade) [SONIC THE HEDGEHOG]
Square-Enix: Geno [SUPER MARIO RPG]
Koei Tecmo: Ryu Hayabusa [NINJA GAIDEN]
Ubisoft: Rayman [RAYMAN]

 

[Nquoid]

Because you don't live in Japan, and you probably never went after Digimon.

Sakurai created a Tamagotchi inspired by Digimon's Tamagotchi, that was part of his story. I believe Sakurai does have a certain degree of importance to the V-Pets.

I was massively into Digimon in the 90s. I got my Playstation partly so I could play Digimon World. I watched the anime religiously for the first three seasons. And then came back for Tri. I owned digivices and figurines.

However, despite all that, I don't think the impact Digimon has had on gaming is AS big as any of those other games. Even if we go the virtual pet route, Tamagotchi is the obvious example. Tamagotchi have made $2.955 billion from virtual pet sales, whereas Digimon has only made $424.1 million. This isn't to diminish how big Digimon is. because clearly it is. But that popularity isn't driven mostly from video games, and I think in this celebration of video games that that is very important.

I didn't know that about Sakurai though, that's interesting.

 

[EricTheGamerman]

I don't think we're getting any more, but there's definitely a bunch of characters I'd like to see get them still:

King Hippo [Punch-Out]
Eggplant Wizard [Kid Icarus]
Chocobo [Final Fantasy]
Slimes/King Slime[Dragon Quest]
The Amazon [Pro Wrestling]
Rygar [Rygar]
Vic Viper [Gradius]
Mike Jones [Star Tropics]
Simea [Crystalis]
Sophia 3rd [Blaster Master]
Urban Champions [Urban Champion]
Kuros [Wizards & Warriors]

You're way too focused on the NES era hahaha. There's a whole 30 more years of gaming man!!!

 

[osby]

You're way too focused on the NES era hahaha. There's a whole 30 more years of gaming man!!!

Now that you mention it, here's hoping Joker and half of Hero aren't the only 21th century characters we get.

 

[shinhed-echi]

In Smash (Playable)
Bandai Namco - KOS-MOS
Capcom - Nathan Spencer / Jill Valentine / Roll
Konami - Bill Rizer
Microsoft - Battletoads
Nintendo - Mike Jones / Takamaru.
Sega - Joe Musashi / Vectorman / Metal Sonic / Blaze Fielding
Square Enix - Lara Croft
SNK - Nakoruru

In Smash (Non-Playable)
Koei Tecmo - Ryu Hayabusa.
Ubisoft - Rayman
Wayforward - Shantae

Not In Smash
Activision Blizzard - Grom Hellscream
Aksys Games - Kunio / Billy & Jimmy / Misako
Bethesda - Doom Slayer
The Behemoth - Castle Crasher
Interplay - Earthworm Jim
Inti-Creates - Gunvolt / Ekoro / Risu
“ + Sunsoft - Jason Frudnick & Sophia III

 

[Graizen]

I was massively into Digimon in the 90s. I got my Playstation partly so I could play Digimon World. I watched the anime religiously for the first three seasons. And then came back for Tri. I owned digivices and figurines.

However, despite all that, I don't think the impact Digimon has had on gaming is AS big as any of those other games. Even if we go the virtual pet route, Tamagotchi is the obvious example. Tamagotchi have made $2.955 billion from virtual pet sales, whereas Digimon has only made $424.1 million. This isn't to diminish how big Digimon is. because clearly it is. But that popularity isn't driven mostly from video games, and I think in this celebration of video games that that is very important.

I didn't know that about Sakurai though, that's interesting.

The first Digimon Tamagotchi in 1997 sold 14 million units.

Digimon Cyber Sleuth only got localised because Western fans got together and made a petition asking Bandai Namco to localise it. And there were enough signatures for BN to take notice that "Hey, maybe Digimon still has fans in the West."
It's pretty much the exact same thing as Xenoblade Chronicles ("Operation Rainfall", was it?)
Except Digimon is a pre-established franchise


Digimon is far more "important" than you think it is.
Going simply by monetary value. Look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_media_franchises
Second place for Bandai Namco, Digimon made more money than Resident Evil and Minecraft.
Anyway, one could say PAC-MAN represents the Namco side of the company, and we need a character to represent Bandai.
Which would be Mametchi or Agumon.
And Bandai Namco is currently pushing one and not the other.

And about the Sakurai Tamagotchi, look here: https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/12/15/sakurai-works-on-mushi-king

 

[EricTheGamerman]

Now that you mention it, here's hoping Joker and half of Hero aren't the only 21th century characters we get.

Yeah, I understand why Smash leans so heavily on the classics, but we've burned through so many of the really, really important ones that it would be nice to cover more recent characters. Like, at this point, there's been more Nintendo console history in the 21st century than in the 20th. There's 20 years of great options including characters like Steve, Dante, and Sora that would fit in extremely well and arguably deserve as much of a place (if not more in the case of Minecraft to be quite frankly honest) as the characters we're currently getting.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Out of Steve, Dante and Sora. I think Steve has the best chance to be honest given Microsoft's relationship with Nintendo and how "easy" it was of an deal to getin. I think they'd be fine with having another Microsoft rep being added.

Capcom has a good relationship too but what gets in Dante's way is Phoenix Wright and an RE rep which I feel is more likely.

Then we have Sora with the whole Disney fiasco...

That said both Microsoft and Capcom have the best chances of getting two characters.

 

[DarthEnderX]

You're way too focused on the NES era hahaha. There's a whole 30 more years of gaming man!!!

But none of them will help me complete this checklist!

 

[EricTheGamerman]

Out of Steve, Dante and Sora. I think Steve has the best chance to be honest given Microsoft's relationship with Nintendo and how "easy" it was of an deal to getin. I think they'd be fine with having another Microsoft rep being added.

Capcom has a good relationship too but what gets in Dante's way is Phoenix Wright and an RE rep which I feel is more likely.

Then we have Sora with the whole Disney fiasco...

That said both Microsoft and Capcom have the best chances of getting two characters.

Err... Capcom already has three characters? Also, Dante is the character that translates the easiest to Smash, so that might be a big point in his favor given that he just fits with his craziness and little extra creativity. I find Phoenix Wright's chances to generally be overstated though. Nothing against him, I just don't think he's quite the most likely candidate from Capcom at this point.

I'm not sure Sora is such an issue. There's not a whole lot that specifically points to Disney and Nintendo having trouble working together and a whole lot more that points to them being pretty good business partners that seem willing to work towards mutually beneficial projects.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Err... Capcom already has three characters? Also, Dante is the character that translates the easiest to Smash, so that might be a big point in his favor given that he just fits with his craziness and little extra creativity. I find Phoenix Wright's chances to generally be overstated though. Nothing against him, I just don't think he's quite the most likely candidate from Capcom at this point.

I'm not sure Sora is such an issue. There's not a whole lot that specifically points to Disney and Nintendo having trouble working together and a whole lot more that points to them being pretty good business partners that seem willing to work towards mutually beneficial projects.

Fair enough I'm just too used to the whole "Strong history with Nintendo" for Phoenix Wright and an RE rep whereas Dante's games haven't until the announcement for the Switch.

 

[Jedisupersonic]

There's also always Falcom, who haven't been the most in the spotlight but have been consistently making games since the early 80s, Ys and the Legend of Heroes are fairly big in Japan and Korea and Falcom basically started the Action RPG genre way back in 87.

If you want another pick that's like SNK there is always them and most of their titles were localized by Xseed and now NISA (who is now basically hiring the old Xseed people who did do their localizations anyways).

 

[Nquoid]

The first Digimon Tamagotchi in 1997 sold 14 million units.

Digimon Cyber Sleuth only got localised because Western fans got together and made a petition asking Bandai Namco to localise it. And there were enough signatures for BN to take notice that "Hey, maybe Digimon still has fans in the West."
It's pretty much the exact same thing as Xenoblade Chronicles ("Operation Rainfall", was it?)
Except Digimon is a pre-established franchise

Digimon is far more "important" than you think it is.
Going simply by monetary value. Look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_media_franchises
Second place for Bandai Namco, Digimon made more money than Resident Evil and Minecraft.
Anyway, one could say PAC-MAN represents the Namco side of the company, and we need a character to represent Bandai.
Which would be Mametchi or Agumon.
And Bandai Namco is currently pushing one and not the other.

That's where I pulled the numbers from. Again, don't want to discredit the importance of Digimon or it's popularity. However in the video game sphere, and looking solely at Bandai Namco's video game output, Digimon is not a franchise that they have historically pushed in terms of gaming. Soul Calibur, Tekken, Tales, Dark Souls have all taken that centre stage. And that's not to say that Survive and Cyber Sleuth haven't shown a marked change in approach. But 84% of the money earned by Digimon has come from everything but video games. Which isn't what you'd expect from a franchise that is supposed to be comparable to some of the biggest purely video games franchises out there.

Pac-Man (Video Games) – $14.098 billion
Tamagotchi (Console + Virtual Pets) - $4.109 billion
Digimon (Console + Virtual Pets) – $512.6 million

 

[Rie Sonomura]

Regarding assist trophy do you think we can have new one ? I'd like an Ace Combat assist trophy.

It’ll never happen but it would be heckin awesome if Sephiroth was an Assist Trophy. Still salty over FF, one of three new franchises added to Smash 4 DLC, not getting an AT while the other two, Street Fighter and Bayonetta, did.

In Smash (Playable)
Bandai Namco - KOS-MOS
Capcom - Nathan Spencer / Jill Valentine / Roll
Konami - Bill Rizer
Microsoft - Battletoads
Nintendo - Mike Jones / Takamaru.
Sega - Joe Musashi / Vectorman / Metal Sonic / Blaze Fielding
Square Enix - Lara Croft
SNK - Nakoruru

In Smash (Non-Playable)
Koei Tecmo - Ryu Hayabusa.
Ubisoft - Rayman
Wayforward - Shantae

Not In Smash
Activision Blizzard - Grom Hellscream
Aksys Games - Kunio / Billy & Jimmy / Misako
Bethesda - Doom Slayer
The Behemoth - Castle Crasher
Interplay - Earthworm Jim
Inti-Creates - Gunvolt / Ekoro / Risu
“ + Sunsoft - Jason Frudnick & Sophia III

Companies already in Smash (playable):
Bandai Namco - KOS-MOS, (through From Software) Solaire of Astora
Capcom - Phoenix Wright or Dante
Konami - Contra character
Microsoft - Ori or Master Chief
Square Enix - Neku Sakuraba
SNK - Nakoruru
Sega - Tails, (through Atlus) Kasumi Yoshizawa
Nintendo - Elma, Octoling, Bandana Dee, Black Shadow, (collab with Square Enix) Geno, Akira Howard

Companies in Smash (non playable):
Koei Tecmo - Yuri Kozukata if you wanna promote an AT. If not, Ryu Hayabusa I guess
Ubisoft - either Rayman or Assassin’s Creed character or Buck Bumble
WayForward - Shantae or Kyoko (River City Girls)

Companies not in Smash:
IntiCreates - Gunvolt
Bethesda - Dovahkiin or Vault Boy. We’ll probably get Doom Slayer regardless tho
Spike Chunsoft - Monokuma? I guess?
Arc System Works - Ragna the Bloodedge or someone from UNIST
Activision Blizzard - dunno
Marvelous AQL - dunno
Take Two - dunno
EA - Bella Goth or GTFO

 

[shinhed-echi]

But none of them will help me complete this checklist!

View attachment 238360

Now I want everyone on that list too.
Even TMNT, Nemo, and Batman lol.

 

[Deleted member]

The first Digimon Tamagotchi in 1997 sold 14 million units.

Digimon Cyber Sleuth only got localised because Western fans got together and made a petition asking Bandai Namco to localise it. And there were enough signatures for BN to take notice that "Hey, maybe Digimon still has fans in the West."
It's pretty much the exact same thing as Xenoblade Chronicles ("Operation Rainfall", was it?)
Except Digimon is a pre-established franchise


Digimon is far more "important" than you think it is.
Going simply by monetary value. Look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_media_franchises
Second place for Bandai Namco, Digimon made more money than Resident Evil and Minecraft.
Anyway, one could say PAC-MAN represents the Namco side of the company, and we need a character to represent Bandai.
Which would be Mametchi or Agumon.
And Bandai Namco is currently pushing one and not the other.

And about the Sakurai Tamagotchi, look here: https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/12/15/sakurai-works-on-mushi-king

If we're basing this off how much money each series has made, then Call of Duty (~$17 Billion), Space Invaders (~$14 Billion), Dungeon Fighter Online (~$12 Billion), Warcraft (~$11 Billion), CrossFire (~$10 Billion), GTA (~$9 Billion), Angry Birds (~$8 Billion), League of Legends (~$8 Billion), Monster Strike (~$7 Billion), Puzzle & Dragons (~$7 Billion), Westward Journey (~$6 Billion) and Halo (~$6 Billion) should all be in Smash before Digimon (~6 Billion).

 

[pupNapoleon]

I'll give the 16 DLC character slot a try:

my go!

1. Piranha Plant (Super Mario)
2. Joker (Persona 5)
3. Hero (Dragon Quest)
4. Banjo & Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie)
5. Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury)
6. Crash Bandicoot (Eponymous Series)
7. Spyro the Dragon (Eponymous Series)
8. Doom Guy (Doom)
9 Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
10. Agumon (Digimon)
11. Rayman (Eponymous Series)
12. Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
13. Eevee (Pokemon Sword & Shield)
14. Heihachi Mishima (Tekken)
15. Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
16. Frogger (Eponymous Series)

 

[DrifloonEmpire]

Okay, so here is an aggregate list of the top 20 video game publishers from the last decade. Based it off Metacritic's publisher scorecard so some of it is a bit fuzzy, like Aksys can sort of double for ArcSystemWorks despite the companies not being related at all:

Who would people like to see from these companies?

Bandai Namco: Prince of All Cosmos
Capcom: Phoenix Wright, Elec Man
Microsoft: Steve, Master Chief
Square Enix: Gex, Chrono
SNK: Nakoruru
SEGA: Tails, Eggman, Aiai, Chaotix
Nintendo: Louie, Captain Charlie, Bandana Waddle Dee, Infernape, Drifblim, Gothitelle, Dixie Kong, Funky Kong, Waluigi, Geno.

Ubisoft: Rayman
Wayforward: Shantae

Activision-Blizzard: Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Thrall
Bethesda: Dragonborn (or any Elder Scrolls rep)
2K Games: Gandhi (Firaxis)

 

[NoOtherPersona]

Now that you mention it, here's hoping Joker and half of Hero aren't the only 21th century characters we get.

I'm hoping jokers Brothers form SMT gets in maybe something from SMT V (i can dream)

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

2B is a sleeper choice that I think could show up in the Second Pass. It was said that they would like to put Neir: Automata on Switch so for all we know it could be in development.

Does suck that such a good soundtrack won't be properly represented... just like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.

 

[Deleted member]

Okay, so here is an aggregate list of the top 20 video game publishers from the last decade. Based it off Metacritic's publisher scorecard so some of it is a bit fuzzy, like Aksys can sort of double for ArcSystemWorks despite the companies not being related at all:

In Smash (Playable)
Bandai Namco
Capcom
Konami
Microsoft
Nintendo
Sega
Square Enix

In Smash (Non-Playable)
Koei Tecmo
Ubisoft

Not In Smash
Activision Blizzard
Aksys Games
Bethesda
EA
NIS America
Paradox
Sony
Take Two
THQ Nordic
Warner Bros.
XSEED Games/Marvelous USA

Who would people like to see from these companies?

I may as well list some characters I'd want to see in Smash from this list.

Currently has a fighter in Smash:
Bandai Namco: Nightmare
Capcom: The Arisen
Konami: Pyramid Head, Bill Rizer
Microsoft: Rash
Nintendo: Byleth
Sega: Aiai, Kiryu
Square Enix: Agent 47 cause I'd love to see him disguised as other fighters
In Smash but no fighter:
Koei-Tecmo: Ryu Hayabusa, Zhao Yun, Yukimura Sanada, an Atelier girl
Ubisoft: Tom Clancy
Wayforward: Shantae
Not in Smash:
Ark System Works: Sol Badguy
Bethesda: Doom Slayer
NIS America: Neptune
THQ Nordic: Cryptosporidium
XSEED Games/Marvelous: Travis Touchdown

 

[CroonerMike]

Because you don't live in Japan, and you probably never went after Digimon.

Sakurai created a Tamagotchi inspired by Digimon's Tamagotchi, that was part of his story. I believe Sakurai does have a certain degree of importance to the V-Pets.

Can you give proof to that statement that Sakurai created a Tamagotchi? Like, is there an article or a statement by him?

 

[NoOtherPersona]

2B is a sleeper choice that I think could show up in the Second Pass. It was said that they would like to put Neir: Automata on Switch so for all we know it could be in development.

Does suck that such a good soundtrack won't be properly represented... just like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.

but shes in Soul Cal

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

I'm also curious that should Crash get in would the copyright be listed simply as Activision or Activision-Blizzard...

Just a weird thought I had.

 

[Aetheri]

but shes in Soul Cal

Crossing over in another fighter isn't necessarily going to effect her chances for Smash.

 

[KatKit]

Characters are fun and all, but how would y'all feel if they sold music packs? For some companies, it'd lessen the blow if for whatever reason they didn't get playable characters and/or stages. Plus, as colossal as the playlist is for this game, there's no denying that it could be better. I know I'd buy music packs at least. Especially from ArcSys, Nihon Falcom, SquareEnix, and a few others.

 

[NoOtherPersona]

Characters are fun and all, but how would y'all feel if they sold music packs? For some companies, it'd lessen the blow if for whatever reason they didn't get playable characters and/or stages. Plus, as colossal as the playlist is for this game, there's no denying that it could be better. I know I'd buy music packs at least. Especially from ArcSys, Nihon Falcom, SquareEnix, and a few others.

I'd rather get the characters to be honest sounds cool tho

 

[Roberk]

Characters are fun and all, but how would y'all feel if they sold music packs? For some companies, it'd lessen the blow if for whatever reason they didn't get playable characters and/or stages. Plus, as colossal as the playlist is for this game, there's no denying that it could be better. I know I'd buy music packs at least. Especially from ArcSys, Nihon Falcom, SquareEnix, and a few others.

I basically fully doubt third parties without a character/representation already in the game would just get music packs, but I'd gladly put down money for music from first parties and third parties already in the game. (Where the hell is "Twilight of the Gods" Sakurai, you had 4 Shadows of Valentia songs to work with!)

 

[CapitaineCrash]

I'll give the 16 DLC character slot a try:

1. Piranha Plant (Super Mario)
2. Joker (Persona 5)
3. Hero (Dragon Quest)
4. Banjo & Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie)
5. Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury)
6. Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
7. Doom Guy (Doom)
8. Heihachi Mishima (Tekken)
9 Sol Badguy (Guilty Gear)
10. Shantae (Shantae)
11. Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
12. Edelgard (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
13. Pokemon Sword & Shield Rep (Pokemon Sword & Shield)
14. Rex & Pyra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
15. Akira Howard (Astral Chain)
16. Tracer/D. Va (Overwatch)

On top of my head, here are my predictions if they decide to fill the 16 characters slot. I pick characters that came from a wide variety of developpers and represent many different game genres.

Bonus: Piranha plant

Fighter pass 1:
Joker (Persona)
Hero (Dragon quest)
Banjo & kazooie (banj-kazooie)
Terry Brogard (fatal fury)
Leon kennedy (Resident evil)

Fighter pass 2:
Steve (Minecraft)
Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja gaiden)
Phoenix Wright (Phoenix wright: ace attorney)
Arle (puyo puyo)
Solaire of Asotra (Dark souls)

Fighter pass 3:
Crash bandicoot (Crash bandicoot)
Doomguy (doom)
Heihashi (Tekken)
Professor Layton (Professor Layton)
Sora (Kingdom hearts)

 

[BlueMonk]

2B seems kind of like Joker to me, where there's a lot of people that want her but she's often discarded for being too new or not Nintendo enough. I think she might have a good shot.

 

[NoOtherPersona]

2B seems kind of like Joker to me, where there's a lot of people that want her but she's often discarded for being too new or not Nintendo enough. I think she might have a good shot.

She just needs to get on switch to be honest I'm surprised her game isn't on the console at all

 

[Curious Villager]

2B seems kind of like Joker to me, where there's a lot of people that want her but she's often discarded for being too new or not Nintendo enough. I think she might have a good shot.

Yeah I do get Bayonetta/Joker vibes from her too for some reason so yeah, wouldn't be too surprised if she made it in.

 

[Graizen]

Can you give proof to that statement that Sakurai created a Tamagotchi? Like, is there an article or a statement by him?

Here : https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/12/15/sakurai-works-on-mushi-king