Official Next Smash - Speculation & Discussion Thread

[CommanderZaktan]

Happy 20th anniversary to Warioware Touched and Ashley!

 

[RileyXY1]

I love the boss fights in Ultimate, I just wish they had a proper boss rush mode, I would fight every boss with every fighter, but that’s not at all realistic right now.

I think Eggman would be a great boss, I would just hope if he were to become one we would at least get one of Sonic’s friends playable.

Yeah. I think they saw a Boss Rush mode as redundant since the WOL Final Battle and Sephiroth's Classic Mode pretty much do the same thing.

 

[BuckleyTim]

I still find it kind of hilarious that a linear boss rush mode technically exists... But only if you play as one dlc character.

 

[DarthEnderX]

Is it weird for me to think that Eggman being a playable character in Smash would be a disservice to Eggman and would fit way better for him to be a boss?

Not at all and I completely agree.

Death Egg Robot as a Boss would be a much more appropriate way to represent Eggman than as a Fighter.

I feel the exact same way about Dr. Wily.

But man, a character being a boss would feel like even less of a consolation prize than one being an assist trophy.

That's a problem with your perspective then.

A Boss in Smash has a fully realized character model with a nearly complete Smash moveset that is positioned to be a climactic encounter. It's 2nd only to a unique Fighter in terms of amount of respect and effort goes into making it. And is more prestigious than even Echo Fighters.

Even if I think they're power creeped to heck, I still see assists whenever I play the game casually with friends.

What we need is more Boss ATs like Rathalos.

 

[Gengar84]

I think it could be a fun option for a casual offline mode that lets players control bosses and assist trophies. They wouldn’t necessarily need any moves beyond what they already have and they don’t need to be balanced since it’s just a casual side mode to mess around with. I just thought it was a lot of fun to be able to finally play as Master Hand at the end of World of Light so it would be interesting to expand on that.

 

[Louie G.]

I'm not going to double down against Eggman as a playable character, I would be quite happy to welcome him into the fold. But I do think we may see him as a boss first, it's my gut feeling that he isn't really being considered for a playable role. It's not that it couldn't work, but Sonic has several other candidates who I think lend themselves more naturally who may take initial priority. I'm not sure if the mech styled gameplay really "dances" in Sakurai's mind the way someone like Tails, Knuckles or Shadow very clearly would.

Eggman would be the most unique, though. I've seen concepts that sell me on the idea a bit more. But I like the thought of him piloting a big Death Egg robot, or being a disruptive stage element on a Sonic stage with more diverse theming, I wouldn't be disappointed in that. Any kind of fresh new Sonic content would be exciting after so many years of stale bread, although I hope we get a second character one way or another.