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I’ll go with Zero since he’s been both a Mii costume and an Assist Trophy, unless you meant an Ultimate specific Mii costume. In which case, I think I’ll go with Dante.
That might be just me but I wouldn't be surprised if we see Akira as a playable character in the case Smash keeps checking the list of prominent classic Japanese fighting games.
I feel like one of the characters that was included with Kazuya's Mii was has a good shot, since they were singled out as being popular characters who they weren't able to include this time. (unless I'm misremembering what was said)
Akira would be cool to see eventually but I’d like to see Nightmare or Sol Badguy get in for new Japanese Fighting game IP reps first. I really want Fulgore and Sub-Zero as well but they’re western.
Yea I was gonna say, I feel like there aren't a lot of prominent Japanese fighting games left I can think of that can get playable character representation
Most of the new Mii costumes added in Ultimate were made with the knowledge that these characters were popular but without enough time to develop fully we’re created as Mii characters. It seems like the K. Rool costume in Smash For was a similar case and maybe more that I’m forgetting.
Dante, Shantae and Dragonborn seem likely considering Sakurai said they were highly requested. The same would go for Lloyd, but with Tales of Arise doing very well and the Tales of games still not getting a rep, it's hard to tell which character they will choose to be the first Tales of rep.
I think it was also because the Final Destination forms of different stages have slight gameplay variations, namely with the upper blast zone being lower or higher depending. Though it's a wonder why such differences were even programmed if all these stages were meant to function identically in terms of gameplay.
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Alright, I’m going to change my vote. I forgot about Octoling being a Mii costume. I think a second Splatoon character is as close to a sure thing as you can get at this point with how successful that series has become and Octoling makes perfect sense for an easy echo or semiclone.
This makes me wonder..
Not exactly. The game was in development for almost three years, longer than any previous Smash game, and had to compromise on newcomers and side content for the base game because they didn't have unlimited money or manpower either.
But remember, none of the 3rd party Miis from Smash4 got an upgrade to a playable character. Until we see otherwise, I'd take it more as a sign that, if anything, characters that became Miis squandered their chance at being a true character. Of course, this is by no means set in stone, and I expect it could be subject to change as early as the next Smash (especially given how many popular characters have been made into Miis by this point). But still, if Terry and Steve can make it in despite not having a single hint of their games' content in Smash4, or if Kazuya can get the playable position over Heihachi, then you probably don't need to worry about Hayabusa that much.
Longer than any previous Smash game? I'd say that Smash4's development (started early 2012, released late 2014) and Brawl's development (started somewhere in 2005 and possibly earlier, released early 2008) also fall into the realm of almost three years. I guess you could factor in DLC, but otherwise, the only one you could really make a case for is Melee (which is infamous for being rushed) and maybe the original N64 title.
That sort of makes sense.
Yes, yes it is.
Bomberman definitely has a chance. As a Mii costume, not only does he have alternate colors but Sakurai also gave people an idea of how he would play if he was a regular character.
That's kind of why I don't want to have too many MWs. In fact, I want to be done with them completely. No matter how much sense they make, there's always a good chance that they won't make it in, which can really be heartbreaking.
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There's never going to be one single system that lasts forever and ever. Just because the Wii and DS were equally huge didn't mean Nintendo and its partners wanted to stay on that dated hardware forever, and the same would be true with the Switch. In fact it's probably going to be even worse with the Switch because its hardware is more dated than the Wii's was in 2009.
Geno, Bomberman, Dante, Monster Hunter, Doomguy, Octoling seems the most likely
This isn't an official ballot promoted in a Direct, it's a poll on Sourcegaming in 2022. I think you overestimate how far-reaching this thing will proliferate.
Knock on wood, but I would be shocked if the next Nintendo system wasn't backwards compatible. All of Nintendo's handhelds were backwards compatible, and every home console since the Wii was as well. The only reason the switch wasn't is because it's a single screen system that can't have a disc drive without ruining the form factor. There's no such excuse for the Switch 2.Earlier in the thread, I was talking about the possibility of all Nintendo consoles from here on out featuring backwards compatibility, something that consoles in general may wanna consider given the viability of PC gaming and its vast library of games. The announcement of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cowabunga Collection made me remember that the Switch has been getting a LOT of classic game collections, as well as a pretty massive catalogue of indie titles which (for a console, at least) is very ambitious. I also remember a few years back, a lot of people were even joking about everything coming to the Switch.
Everything Coming To Switch - April Fools 2019
Yes, we put together this phony Nintendo Direct for April Fools day 2019 and we apologize for raising your hopes and dashing them quite expertly. Did we fool...
I dunno, just feels like all the more reason to keep this train going, rather than abandoning it all just as soon as the next console comes around. Plus, with digital store fronts becoming more standardized, it seems like there's really no reason not to keep backwards compatibility around anymore (in fact, I'd argue that Nintendo was trying to keep things backwards compatible with the Wii to WiiU, but the gimmicky hardware and the abandonment of optical discs made that difficult to maintain.... which is a better excuse than Sony has, at least). Though, if the Switch really does turn out to be Nintendo's future, I just hope they can bring back Virtual Console (or Nintendo Classics Collections, I'd buy those).
I kind of see it the other day way around. There are so many characters I’d love to see that if I get even one of them, I’m happy. Out of the newcomers we got, I only actively wanted King K. Rool, Ridley, Joker, and Sephiroth but I still had fun with a lot more of them. I realize most of my favorites are long shots but that only makes things that much more exciting if any of them actually make it in. I’m not too heartbroken if they don’t make the cut since most were never likely to begin with.
On the other hand, with backwards compatibility (which I assume the next system, or at least next major iteration, will have), there could be a much greater incentive to depart from the current untenable course of perpetual inflation given people have the option to simply play Ultimate on that system as well.
Time to bring up MvC yet again.
I'd argue that worked better because MVC2 was effectively just a giant ROM dump that was dominated by random filler X-men and Street Fighter characters. Like I don't think that many people miss the likes of Marrow or ****ing Bone Claws Wolverine.
Marrow was rad as **** in MVC2. Moreso than she was in the comics. BCW was just a palette swap.
Well, if they're characters that you don't expect to see in Smash or don't think is that likely, then yeah, it's not much of a heartbreak. I wasn't really upset that Billy and Jimmy Lee weren't in Ultimate because by that point, the River City Ransom spirit event already made it clear that there wasn't going to be an ASW character in the roster. Same with Doom Slayer after the Vault Boy costume was revealed, which is why I'm satisfied with Doom Slayer himself being a Mii costume.
I've heard hearsay that Sony has co-ownership of SFV because they helped fund it, so if that's the case maybe that's the barrier?
Well, there WERE rumors that Sony wanted to make Street Fighter the main fighting game series for Playstation, like how Smash is for Nintendo...
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This is something I've thought about for a while now, and funnily enough, Blaziken is who came to mind when thinking about it: movesets that are a bit more Frankenstein-esque are something the devs could possibly do. You could have Blaziken be a simple echo of Captain Falcon, or you could also steal moves from Charizard, Incineroar, and Ryu as well. As an example, Flare Blitz from Zard is a fitting side B, down tilt from Incin is already theorized to be Low Sweep, which Blaziken can also learn, Ryu's Shakunetsu could be modified to be Fire Blast or Focus Blast (they could simply exclude the special inputs from it and make it more of an averaged-out fireball), and either Ryu's Shoryuken (renamed to Sky Uppercut on Blaziken) or Incineroar's Cross Chop could work as up B. Zoroark comes to mind as another character who could be Frankenstein'd, with moves from Wolf, Lucario (though the moves would lack aura and be evened-out) and Mewtwo. I really like the prospect of characters being created this way, as it gives people who already liked to play the characters the new character is derived from, a sort of second version of their character who they might also like playing. And it would probably save the devs a good amount of work, while providing characters who have a lot of interesting differences rather than just a few like most echoes have.
And Killer Instinct for Xbox