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I kinda feel like people are exaggerating how much of an edgelord Sakurai really is. He's still the creator of Kirby, we got Terry over Iori even though I'm sure SNK would be fine with either, and Dark Pit was actually supposed to be a parody of dark-colored edgy rivals.
Fair enough, although we will be seeing a lot of her more traditional Prime design come next year so I guess it depends when some of these decisions were being made. Dread being squashed between two other more conventionally designed Samus makes me feel like it'd be unfitting by the time Smash 6 actually does roll around. But I'll eat my words on that if I'm wrong, I just have a hard time seeing it as the default unless it's more of a Dread-influenced Varia Suit.
If he's not playable in the next game (AKA the likely scenario, but I have a little copium lol), I'd probably vote for Starfy again. I did it the first time, so might as well keep it going.
That is a good way to approach this. Even if there is no ballot in the future, I like this mind set.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed
evidently using the older meaning of parody where it was basically just reference
Like I said, I'm on a little bit of copium because the three non-playable first party series in Smash with the most Spirits in Ultimate I'm pretty sure are Golden Sun, Rhythm Heaven, and Starfy, but yeah not anticipating anything realistically lol
Nah, he's a repressed edgelord.
Meta Knight is also a bit of a parody. He's still a blue marshmallow ball who acts all edgy and is ashamed of his own appearance.
By default I would say my MWs, but in a situation like this it would be good to try and rally behind something as a community.
Smash 6's newcomers:
mix this with a SFIII-like roster with 3-4 returning characters and a new cast.
I know you said it's copium, but it's really not worth looking into.
Yeah, I always bring it up for Golden Sun since the disparity between Smash 4's absolute zero of anything extra and Ultimate suddenly giving it a ton of stuff feels like some level of acknowledgement, but beyond that it realistically doesn't mean anything lol
- I kinda don't think they would feel strapped to "Princess" Zelda. Sheik is actually a very MVC styled pick in a vacuum, to me, and I could see them throwing in someone like Tetra too. With Peach already on the roster (duh) and fruitful options for other mage characters I think it'd be interesting if they went for a subversive depiction of Zelda over the standard one. Depends how big the roster is though.
Smash doesn't give him enough room to actually show what makes him a parody.
Yeah I'm not saying he can't come, so much as that Ow The Edge won't be that much of an advantage. Smash just has too many characters that tell me Sakurai doesn't default to the edgy choice every time.
Well I wouldn't dismiss it as completely meaningless, at the very least I think all the attention Golden Sun and Isaac got (spirits, Mii Costume, a refreshed Assist Trophy) are a clear response to some kind of ballot showing. Up to you how much that will influence things a decade out, but I think some of those results will still be kept close to the chest when deciding the roster next game. But we're looking at pretty much everything but a playable character.
neither did uprising
I mean, Jigglypuff kinda fits this. Sure, it's not a cute girl in the traditional sense since Jigglypuff is a Pokemon and can be both female and male(although there are more females than males), but Jigglypuff still fits alot of the criteria.
Yeah, I do think Golden Sun specifically had a good showing because in Smash 4 all Golden Sun has is the remix from Brawl and like an overworld track I think (Weyard). It has no trophies even on Smash 3DS which was a bit more focused on handheld games and the Assist Trophy has been removed.
I've seen Chell noted as a great potential fighter for Smash, but getting the physics and general balance of the portal gun would be a heck of an undertaking to pull off.
In the event we DO get another transforming character, I think they'll be like Pythra and have some shortcuts taken. Look at how Pyra and Mythra are clones of each other with their most prominent difference being their specials.
I've been banking on either Squid Sisters or Off the Hook and those would require two characters' worth of unique animation and minimally a Pyra / Mythra level undertaking of moveset distinction. I think realistically they'd be somewhere between Pythra and Pokemon Trainer in development strain.
I guess there is some hope for Goroh in the form of F-Zero 99 being a thing and being based on the game where he's OP. But it's a long shot.
I mean to be fair, a franchise as big as Zelda hasn't had a newcomer in like 16 years since Toon Link in Brawl, so I'd say it'd certainly help F-Zero get a second character, but probably not quite a given per se, though I imagine that's what the "almost" is for lol
There was also a trend in Brawl in general where several characters got more dark or edgier skins but it’s not as common in later games.
Hard to say. There will be some distance between the Mario RPG remake and whenever Smash 6 releases (though granted it could be in development right now) so whether or not that game and the associated fandom with it is still in Nintendo's thoughts is difficult to determine. The big x factor is whether or not the remake was a one-off project to no longer have the game stuck on SNES hardware or whether there's plans to maybe do a sequel with licensing from Square Enix and possible developed by ArtePiazza again.
We'll find out in if it's his time in within uhhh, 733 days.
After the remake did pretty well, I'd be surprised if there wasn't at least some consideration and this is definitely his best shot I think, though it depends on if Square is willing to play ball, which to be fair they could be for what's basically a Mario character.
probably not
I mean Fortnite's story has been ramping up again after a period where they stopped entirely, but it seems like they've abandoned the Imagined Order and The Seven plotlines, unless the story somehow brings them back, I can't really see them using Geno as the main representative at this point.
I’m not sure where and why he got such a big following amongst Smash fans. Like, K Rool was once the main villain of his franchise, Ridley is one of Samus’ most recurring rivals, Banjo & Kazooie are the main characters of their series. Comparatively Geno is was more obscure.
These two sentences make me unsure if you're saying people are putting too much stock in Geno ("most complicated long-shot of a character ever"), or if people should put MORE stock into Geno (people still have little faith after a full remake) lmao
