Official Next Smash - Speculation & Discussion Thread

[CannonStreak]

Well, here is something I have been thinking; if a new Smash Bros. game were announced this year for the Switch 2, I can see it being announced, but not released within the next year or two, just like how Smash Bros. 4 for the Wii U and 3DS was.

What do you all think of this?

EDIT: 1000 pages, everyone!

 

[Noipoi]

Completely unrelated to the page number or anything silly like that, but-

Gholdengo would be cool in Smash

 

[GoldenYuiitusin]

I was confused at first, I thought that was referring to a menu item at Burger King before looking it up and finding it was a Burger King game.

But for a second, I pictured a Nintendo themed fast food restaurant in my head...

Nintenburgers.

 

[Opossum]

Completely unrelated to the page number or anything silly like that, but-

Gholdengo would be cool in Smash

I love Gholdengo. It's such a silly, good vibes Pokémon that's also a walking war crime with its signature move and ability.


Please Sakurai

 

[CannonStreak]

Nintenburgers.

How about this? Burger Kingdom: An Nintendo Restaurant?

 

[GoldenYuiitusin]

How about this? Burger Kingdom: An Nintendo Restaurant?

text so not media only post

 

[CannonStreak]

text so not media only post

Notice the troll face.

I was just kidding around, you know.

 

[GoldenYuiitusin]

Notice the troll face.

I was just kidding around, you know.

Why do you think I put a Simpsons quote? :V

 

[CannonStreak]

Why do you think I put a Simpsons quote? :V

I noticed. Still, I have to say this...

Very funny, wise guy!

 

[RealLuigisWearPink]

1000 Pages, Smash Speculation truly never dies down.


Topic I thought up: who are some characters you want in smash just for the music they’d bring?

 

[DarthEnderX]

"Mario Kart but half the cast is gone but hey, you can play as Ridley now"

Why would half the Mario characters have to go anywhere?

Again, Kart characters don't have movesets. There's nothing stopping them from just having, like 200 characters. Tour is proof of that.

Playable Ridley? Try playable Ridley, Kraid, Metroid, Chozo, Sidehopper, etc...

Enjoy your Captain Falcon, Samurai Goroh, Dr. Stewart AND Pico.

Hell, you might even finally get your playable Takamarus and Mach Riders.

How about this? Burger Kingdom: An Nintendo Restaurant?

Waluigi's Greasy Diner

 

[FazDude]

Why would half the Mario characters have to go anywhere?

Again, Kart characters don't have movesets. There's nothing stopping them from just having, like 200 characters. Tour is proof of that.

Playable Ridley? Try playable Ridley, Kraid, Metroid, Chozo, Sidehopper, etc...

Enjoy your Captain Falcon, Samurai Goroh, Dr. Stewart AND Pico.

Hell, you might even finally get your playable Takamarus and Mach Riders.

Waluigi's Greasy Diner

I mean, a lot of Tour’s character lineup as a lot of variant characters that share the same basic structure/animations as others IIRC, so that’s not the best comparison. Well, unless you wanna have Dr. Ridley; I don’t judge.

 

[CannonStreak]

I mean, a lot of Tour’s character lineup as a lot of variant characters that share the same basic structure/animations as others IIRC, so that’s not the best comparison. Well, unless you wanna have Dr. Ridley; I don’t judge.

Now that you mention the word, "Dr.", why is Dr. Mario not a playable character in Mario Kart yet?

 

[FazDude]

Now that you mention the word, "Dr.", why is Dr. Mario not a playable character in Mario Kart yet?

He’s in Home Circuit.

 

[HyperSomari64]

I mean, a lot of Tour’s character lineup as a lot of variant characters that share the same basic structure/animations as others IIRC, so that’s not the best comparison. Well, unless you wanna have Dr. Ridley; I don’t judge.

How 'bout Dr. Metal Tanooki Baby Marth.

 

[NintenRob]

Woo, I was here for page 1000

 

[RileyXY1]

1000 Pages, Smash Speculation truly never dies down.


Topic I thought up: who are some characters you want in smash just for the music they’d bring?

Pokémon's music selection sucks (especially for Gens 2 and 3) so another one of those would help out quite nicely.

 

[Mushroomguy12]

1000 pages, wow.

This thread was started right after Ultimate's Playable Character DLC concluded.

So what do you think is going to come first, us hitting 2000 pages, or the next Smash game getting announced?

 

[Noipoi]

1000 pages, wow.

This thread was started right after Ultimate's Playable Character DLC concluded.

So what do you think is going to come first, us hitting 2000 pages, or the next Smash game getting announced?

Well it took 2 years to hit 1000 pages…and going by current trends we could see the next Smash game in about 2 years…

It’s gonna be a close race

 

[NintenRob]

1000 pages, wow.

This thread was started right after Ultimate's Playable Character DLC concluded.

So what do you think is going to come first, us hitting 2000 pages, or the next Smash game getting announced?

Next Smash game announced hopefully

 

[cashregister9]

The funny Gholdengo number

Topic I thought up: who are some characters you want in smash just for the music they’d bring?

I pretty much only Raiden for MGR music

Now if we are getting weird
A Rise Of the Triad Rep would be ****ing wild for a variety of reasons but the music would be killer

 

[CannonStreak]

He’s in Home Circuit.

Yeah, as the action figure standing by for when a driver gets damaged.

 

[DarthEnderX]

I mean, a lot of Tour’s character lineup as a lot of variant characters that share the same basic structure/animations as others IIRC

It is. But a lot also isn't. Tour added a bunch of "normal" Mario enemies that were new to the series.

 

[Noipoi]

Woo, I was here for page 1000

And all you got was a lousy T-Shirt

 

[Mushroomguy12]

I would love Gholdengo in Smash, the only concern though is that we would probably be at Gen 10 by the time we get to the next Smash and they always like to pick their obligatory Pokemon rep from the newest Generation....

 

[HyperSomari64]

Topic I thought up: who are some characters you want in smash just for the music they’d bring?

Tokyo Mirage Sessions.

Just to hear Raindrop Memories or This World isn't an illusion in a fight.

 

[PeridotGX]

My hot take - Nintendo Kart should be "Mario Kart Tour 2". Free to play, with new courses and characters every other week. No need to fret over who and what gets added, because there's essentially no limit. It would also be an excellent way to promote upcoming games. Most importantly, the fairly distinct gameplay style of Tour wouldn't step on the toes of a proper Mario Kart 9 or whatever.

 

[DarthEnderX]

Topic I thought up: who are some characters you want in smash just for the music they’d bring?

Vyse [Skies of Arcadia]
Bang [BlazBlue]
Any Final Fantasy character not from FF7

I want Touhou music, but not a Touhou character.

 

[Wonder Smash]

Well, here is something I have been thinking; if a new Smash Bros. game were announced this year for the Switch 2, I can see it being announced, but not released within the next year or two, just like how Smash Bros. 4 for the Wii U and 3DS was.

What do you all think of this?

EDIT: 1000 pages, everyone!

While content is still being added to Ultimate? Not sure how I feel about that.

1000 Pages, Smash Speculation truly never dies down.


Topic I thought up: who are some characters you want in smash just for the music they’d bring?

Jago (Killer Instinct)
Axel (Streets of Rage)

 

[Slime Scholar]

I'm not sure what Mario Kart stands to gain by crossing over with series that are frankly far less popular than it. It has even less to gain if it goes through a rebranding while doing so. Everyone knows Mario Kart. FWIW I really like the idea of guest drivers in the series and think it was done tastefully in Mario Kart 8 because they largely showed restraint with who they added and characters like Link got Mario-ized redesigns to be brought in-line with the rest of the game's art.

So yes, it would be nice to play as Kirby instead of Baby Rosalina, but the series should still remain Mario first and foremost. Without that focus we wouldn't see as many creative courses that expand the Mario universe in fun and interesting ways, like Dragon Driftway or the Electrodome.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

So honest question about Bowser Jr. We've brought this up in the past, but I want to talk about it again.

We know that Jr. barely made it in Smash 4. He was a lower priority character and was stated to be lucky to be included, much like Lucario in Brawl. MY question is, did Jr. get in purely to show off 8 Player Smash?

With the ability to have eight different alt characters in the Koopalings, he'd be a prime candidate to show off Smash Wii U's main feature. Does Jr. have eight player smash to thank for his inclusion? Would he have been included otherwise?

 

[Ivander]

1000 Pages, Smash Speculation truly never dies down.


Topic I thought up: who are some characters you want in smash just for the music they’d bring?

The Guardian or Matoi (Phantasy Star Online 2)
Saber (Fate series)
Adol Christin (Ys)
As kinda mentioned, any FF character not from FF7. Terra and Bartz for FF6 and FF5 music would be great.
Reimu Hakurai (Touhou)

 

[GoldenYuiitusin]

So honest question about Bowser Jr. We've brought this up in the past, but I want to talk about it again.

We know that Jr. barely made it in Smash 4. He was a lower priority character and was stated to be lucky to be included, much like Lucario in Brawl. MY question is, did Jr. get in purely to show off 8 Player Smash?

With the ability to have eight different alt characters in the Koopalings, he'd be a prime candidate to show off Smash Wii U's main feature. Does Jr. have eight player smash to thank for his inclusion? Would he have been included otherwise?

I think Jr. himself would have been in regardless.

It's having the Koopalings with him as alts that I question would have happened without the 8-Player Smash.

Just like how we had Palutena have a whole three different moves per Special to advertise the Custom Moves for non-Mii fighters, but she still likely would have been added regardless.

 

[Lionfranky]

1000 Pages, Smash Speculation truly never dies down.


Topic I thought up: who are some characters you want in smash just for the music they’d bring?

Master Chief (Halo)
Agumon (Digimon) Butter-fly and Brave heart in Smash would be rad

 

[Oracle Link]

I have some COPIUM!
You know dragonball budokai tenkaichi 3?
Recently that series got a fully new Sequel announced were all animations and graphics are completly diffrent!
And it has 164 Characters 3 more than the third game!
So im guessing smash might be able to reach 150!

 

[Nabbitfan730]

No real Smash news almost 3 years but still hitting 1000 pages. Guess Speculation never stops. Glad to have made it here

Speaking about huge numbers

“SmAsH UlTiMaTe hAs tOo mAnY cHaRaCtERs the RoStEr ShOuLd bE sMaLlEr NeXt GaMe WiTh LoTs Of CuTs”

Meanwhile, Dragon Ball fighting games… https://t.co/6reYc8bCIL

— PapaGenos (@GenosPapa) January 29, 2024

Sparking Zero's roster count has been released. With all the arguments of cuts and no cuts, imagine an official Smash game with this roster size.

It would be literally impossible but still, crazy dreams.

 

[RouffWestie]

I have some COPIUM!
You know dragonball budokai tenkaichi 3?
Recently that series got a fully new Sequel announced were all animations and graphics are completly diffrent!
And it has 164 Characters 3 more than the third game!
So im guessing smash might be able to reach 150!

Of course it is possible
Just expect Tanuki Mario, Dr. Luigi, Every Peach costume from PPS, Toon Zelda, Young Zelda, all the Koopalings and Heroes split into individual spots, and many more Marthlikes.

 

[Sucumbio]

On this the 1000th page I shall reaffirm my wish for Rygar to join Super Smash Bros. Please, Nintendo!

 

[fogbadge]

On this the 1000th page I shall reaffirm my wish for Ruger to join Super Smash Bros. Please, Nintendo!

well in that same spirit: TOAD, CHIBI-ROBO & TAILS

 

[NintenRob]

Post 40000!!!

Who's your most wanted character now! Is it still the same for Ultimate?