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Yeah, Smash is always released within the first two years of a console's life (the N64 and 3DS don't count because Smash was a new series and for 3DS was tied to for Wii U).
Now I'm just imagining the Tekken Project dev room has a Smash Bros. Alarm.
That's not what I'm saying really. Harada directly said after Sora's presentation was announced that the development staff at Bandai Namco Studios would return to the Tekken Project after Ultimate finished following a short break. Obvs they're still separate teams, but there's heavy overlap internally between specifically the Tekken Project devs and the Smash devs.
I don't think Harada talking about it directly confirms overlap. After all, he and Sakurai are actually friends beyond just work and Harada actually got to see the Smash work because of both the Heihachi Mii and Kazuya's Challenger Pack.
I wonder if that means we’ll see a more popular classic Pokemon from an earlier generation instead? It gives me some hope for Gengar at least. I’m also curious about the timing of Legends Arceus. This could strengthen the case for Hisuian Zoroark since they were pushing it a lot at the time even giving it its own animated mini series.
They're friends and regularly hang out, but I'm not really sure how else to interpret "the development staff at BANDAI NAMCO Studios will take a short break and return to the TEKKEN Project again" lol. He's pretty much just directly saying the skeleton crew behind Smash's DLC would take a break and then return to the Tekken Project "again".
If that is the case, Pokémon Scarlet/Violet released the same year with the DLC releasing the following year, so my money would be on:
To be fair, the Switch's successor was planned to be out this year.
that’s the thing I’d say byleth has a very interesting story. granted you only learn it in certain routes but he’s got a very good backstory. I’d say a silent protagonist is slightly better than a non silent protagonist who speaks like corrin and alear. sure they both have interesting stories to but they’re still blank slates, just blank slates that talk. at least with byleth I can imagine what he’s saying to everyone else
I don't think it meant the Smash devs were Tekken Project employees.
Ultimate only had 6 months between its reveal and release, but its fighter videos were arguably more successful than Smash for Wii U's.
6 months is longer than what most Nintendo games get, honestly. Smash still gets special treament.
Well yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying. Harada said they would work on the Tekken Project "again". IE, they worked on Tekken Project previously, went over to Smash, and are now returning to Tekken. That's very typical for game dev, especially in the case of Smash which didn't have a formalised internal development team at the time.
That’s my thinking as well. While it’s not a guarantee by any means, I do think that his project is the next Smash. The timing lines up perfectly to similar timeframes between Smash games. We’ve also seen random recent updates to Ultimate. If it isn’t Smash, that means they won’t be starting development for at least another year and that’s way too long between Smash games in my opinion.
I changed my mind. Please be a new Smash game!
I'd say it's highly likely that Gen 10 wasn't even in pre-production by that point since the DLC was releasing late the following year. They'd have to wait at least one whole year, possibly somewhere around 2 years for designs to be finalized, which is a big difference from including designs from a game releasing about a year after the project plan was finalized. In that latter case they were probably waiting more like months.
It may not be as far off as you think. Sakurai games have quicker turnarounds then a lot of other modern games. Kid Icarus Uprising came out in 2012 and he was able to follow that up with Smash Wii U and 3DS in 2014, then DLC for that ended in 2016 and Smash Ultimate came out in 2018.
Hold up, maybe I need to re-watch the video, but I don't think he said who approached him?
I looked back and it never specified who approached him for the proposal.
You're right I just checked, he didn't clarify who approached him to make the game only that he was requested to do it.
Cue the Playstation All-Star Battle Royale 2 trailer
tbf isn't that what happened to Greninja? Its appearance in X/Y and Smash were pretty much developed concurrently, but it's a Pokémon and that series is big enough to get that sort of preemptive special treatment.
This is pretty much my theory. People forget how long DLC cycles last. As mentioned earlier in this thread, the reveal of Ultimate to release was only about half a year, but then the release of the game to the final DLC fighter was almost two years. Obviously, the actual development of Ultimate lasted for years before its reveal, but that would've been actual round-the-clock, dedicated work. Meanwhile, working on the DLC fighters was probably a lot more spaced out legal and marketing responsibilities. Sakurai spent so much of his time in an awkward middle ground where he was 99% done with a game but still too busy to start another.
Yes, that's my point. Gen 9 was the gen that was being developed behind closed doors when the project plan was being finalized. Gen 10 is out of the picture.
Yeah, unless GF is gonna force Sakurai to scrap the planned Gen 9 fighter to force a Gen 10 fighter instead, it's clear that Gen 10 is not getting a rep. In fact I don't know what they're gonna do about Pokémon.
