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Official Next Smash - Speculation & Discussion Thread

Potted Plant

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That's actually a really good idea. We could have a moveset based on inanimate objects with Rotom.
I'd either go the route of a stance-switch character, or, the more feasible option, different forms are allocated to different parts of the moveset a la Byleths weapons. I can already see the Mow Form being used for a burst movement side special, and Fan Form would naturally be the recovery.

A Final Smash where it possesses all the devices at once (not just the combat forms, but the Pokedex and stuff too) to come together like a giant mech would be fun.
 
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I never suggested sidestepping League itself. Jinx has the benefit of being both very popular in League as well as Arcane. Vi is really popular in Arcane but much less so in League. Ahri and Yasuo are really popular in League but don’t have the mass appeal benefit from Arcane. I feel like Jinx offers the best of both worlds. She’s even one of the few champions revealed so far for 2XKO.
I will say that despite Jinx's popularity, Ahri is still the character that Riot uses as League of Legend's mascot, and that's gonna count for a lot. Not saying that they won't pick Jinx, but she's definitely not the obvious choice between the two.


INB4 they pick Teemo.
 

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I will say that despite Jinx's popularity, Ahri is still the character that Riot uses as League of Legend's mascot, and that's gonna count for a lot. Not saying that they won't pick Jinx, but she's definitely not the obvious choice between the two.


INB4 they pick Teemo.
I like Ahri too. She’s one of the characters in Ruined King alongside Yasuo, Miss Fortune, Illaoi, Braum, and Pyke. Every character from that game was cool. I did connect more strongly with Jinx but I’m not really opposed to anyone. I do think that Arcane does help a lot since it greatly expanded the audience for the property. I also think the Sonic movies will play a part in the likelihood of certain characters.

I’m not sure if this is any kind of indication but the characters chosen for the Fortnite crossover were specifically the Arcane versions of Jinx and Vi. Magic: the Gathering had a Secret Lair (small collection of promo cards) based on Arcane. Those might not have any relation to who they’ll pick for Smash but it’s something I found interesting.

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I could see Sakurai picking Baxcalibur just so he could do a bunch of Godzilla tropes without having to go 4P.
I never really cared for Baxcalibur’s design personally. The Godzilla connection is cool and I’m surprised it took so long but I’m not a huge fan. Maybe I’m in the minority here but I personally found Kyurem to be the much cooler Ice/Dragon type.
 

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Something a bit off topic, do you guys see a 3rd party 'surprise/wtf/random' character (not necessarily a joke character, just someone in the vein of ROB, Mr. Game & Watch etc., someone who's completely left field as an option basically) or do you think these are reserved for 1st parties with the 3rd parties being primarily bigger/more recent hits
 

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Something a bit off topic, do you guys see a 3rd party 'surprise/wtf/random' character (not necessarily a joke character, just someone in the vein of ROB, Mr. Game & Watch etc., someone who's completely left field as an option basically) or do you think these are reserved for 1st parties with the 3rd parties being primarily bigger/more recent hits
I suspect that’s likely more a first party thing. I can’t really think of any third party wtf characters that would make sense. Maybe Hatsune Miku from Vocaloid?
 

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Something a bit off topic, do you guys see a 3rd party 'surprise/wtf/random' character (not necessarily a joke character, just someone in the vein of ROB, Mr. Game & Watch etc., someone who's completely left field as an option basically) or do you think these are reserved for 1st parties with the 3rd parties being primarily bigger/more recent hits
Probably not but Minesweeper would go so hard as a fighter
 

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So do we think that these upcoming Chrono Trigger projects might help the chances of actually getting a character in Smash as DLC down the line? I think it definitely couldn’t hurt and might actually help quite a bit depending on what these projects are. A HD2D remake or ambitious sequel would make me really hopeful. The video I shared earlier speculated that the sequel story could focus around Magus and his search for his sister Schala. If that’s true and they really push Magus as the main character for the sequel then I think he actually has a great shot. This is all assuming that the projects are actually games and not smaller things like merchandise but any little bit help. I’d love a Magus action figure so I’m cool with that too.
 

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Maybe I’m in the minority here but I personally found Kyurem to be the much cooler Ice/Dragon type.
Kyurem looks awful. I never liked him or Palkia.

Something a bit off topic, do you guys see a 3rd party 'surprise/wtf/random' character (not necessarily a joke character, just someone in the vein of ROB, Mr. Game & Watch etc., someone who's completely left field as an option basically) or do you think these are reserved for 1st parties with the 3rd parties being primarily bigger/more recent hits
I don't see them doing that for 3Ps.

Sorry kids, no Buck Bumble for you.
 
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Getting into what could be expected from League of Legends itself, Jinx there is a heavy weapons artilarist sort of character that has multiple abilities that pin down opponents, and a passive that buffs her movement after getting a kill/assist, allowing her to chase opponents or run away after successfully taking someone down. She also is able to swap between a minigun and a rocket launcher for her main attack, so there's quite a bit of complexity here.

I think what I would do is make her down special Switcheroo!, which swaps between Pow-Pow (the minigun) and Fishbones (the rocket launcher). The weapons affect her normals: both have physical attacks that are kinda slow, but necessary when she has to cqc, and projectile attacks where she fires the weapon. Pow-Pow fires multiple projectiles, and has pretty low end lag in exchange for middling range for a projectile, while Fishbones fires a single exploding projectile with a lot of range and knockback, but is quite laggy, and can hurt Jinx if fired at point blank. The strategy here would be to use Pow-Pow to rack up damage in midrange, and Fishbones to secure K.O.s, or harrass opponents that hang out at long range. Jinx's smash attacks are laggy, but whenever she lands them, it procks Get Excited!, giving her a sizable boost to her movement speed for 10 seconds, or until she is grabbed. Get Excited! is also procked by K.O.ing opponents or Assist Trophies. If it procks while it's already active, it resets the timer.

Her neutral special would be Flame Chompers!, which acts like a mix between Snake's Grenade and C4. The Flame Chompers are grenades with metal teeth that explode a few seconds after they touch the ground. They're thrown in an arc that can be influenced by inputing a direction on the control stick, and they're items too, so Jinx can pick them up and throw them, which causes them to explode on impact. Like with Grenade, you can press the sheild button to drop one at your feet. While the Flame Chompers are on the ground, any character other than Jinx that steps on it get rooted in place, and then exploded, allowing some time for Jinx to position herself to follow up on the explosion. Opponents can also detonate the Flame Chompers early by hitting them, though they may the lack range to do so safely, and can pick them up, but doing so without triggering them is difficult. Jinx can only have 1 or 2 Flame Chompers out at a time depending on what's more fair.

Side special would be Zap!, a straight shooting electrical projectile that can be aimed up or down. It has a lot of startup lag, but on hit, it paralyzes opponents for an amount of time based on their %. Essentially, it's an aimable Paralyzer, but only the charged version.

And then her up special would be a rocket jump or something I dunno.

All in all she'd be a mid-long range zoner/trap hybrid character with bad cqc, but multiple tools to set up "gotcha" moments that allow you to deal big damage or set up K.O.s.
 

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Getting into what could be expected from League of Legends itself, Jinx there is a heavy weapons artilarist sort of character that has multiple abilities that pin down opponents, and a passive that buffs her movement after getting a kill/assist, allowing her to chase opponents or run away after successfully taking someone down. She also is able to swap between a minigun and a rocket launcher for her main attack, so there's quite a bit of complexity here.

I think what I would do is make her down special Switcheroo!, which swaps between Pow-Pow (the minigun) and Fishbones (the rocket launcher). The weapons affect her normals: both have physical attacks that are kinda slow, but necessary when she has to cqc, and projectile attacks where she fires the weapon. Pow-Pow fires multiple projectiles, and has pretty low end lag in exchange for middling range for a projectile, while Fishbones fires a single exploding projectile with a lot of range and knockback, but is quite laggy, and can hurt Jinx if fired at point blank. The strategy here would be to use Pow-Pow to rack up damage in midrange, and Fishbones to secure K.O.s, or harrass opponents that hang out at long range. Jinx's smash attacks are laggy, but whenever she lands them, it procks Get Excited!, giving her a sizable boost to her movement speed for 10 seconds, or until she is grabbed. Get Excited! is also procked by K.O.ing opponents or Assist Trophies. If it procks while it's already active, it resets the timer.

Her neutral special would be Flame Chompers!, which acts like a mix between Snake's Grenade and C4. The Flame Chompers are grenades with metal teeth that explode a few seconds after they touch the ground. They're thrown in an arc that can be influenced by inputing a direction on the control stick, and they're items too, so Jinx can pick them up and throw them, which causes them to explode on impact. Like with Grenade, you can press the sheild button to drop one at your feet. While the Flame Chompers are on the ground, any character other than Jinx that steps on it get rooted in place, and then exploded, allowing some time for Jinx to position herself to follow up on the explosion. Opponents can also detonate the Flame Chompers early by hitting them, though they may the lack range to do so safely, and can pick them up, but doing so without triggering them is difficult. Jinx can only have 1 or 2 Flame Chompers out at a time depending on what's more fair.

Side special would be Zap!, a straight shooting electrical projectile that can be aimed up or down. It has a lot of startup lag, but on hit, it paralyzes opponents for an amount of time based on their %. Essentially, it's an aimable Paralyzer, but only the charged version.

And then her up special would be a rocket jump or something I dunno.

All in all she'd be a mid-long range zoner/trap hybrid character with bad cqc, but multiple tools to set up "gotcha" moments that allow you to deal big damage or set up K.O.s.
I really like this moveset. I based mine off her fight scenes in Arcane but tried to incorporate elements from League of Legends and 2XKO as well. I think she could have a speed boosting Get Excited gimmick based on damage she deals or KOs she gets but you’d have to balance it carefully so she’s not overpowered.

Here’s mine:

Jinx is a lightweight, glass cannon zoner style. She’s got really quick movement and melee attacks but some of her projectiles like the rocket (Fishbones) and chain gun (Pow Pow) have a slow startup.

Weak Attacks

Jab - a flurry of punches followed by a quick shot of her zap gun

Forward tilt - A pistol whip

Up tilt - a jumping knee strike

Down tilt - a spinning low kick

Smash Attacks

Forward smash - Fishbones - Similar to Samus’ power missile where Jinx pulls out her rocket launcher on her shoulder and fires a rocket forward. This is a bit stronger than the power missile but has a longer startup. She can also perform this in the air and the rocket fires diagonally downward.

Up Smash - Jinx loads her rocket launcher with fireworks and shoots it diagonally upwards. The fireworks are a multi hit attack with three explosions

Down smash - A melee attack with the barrel of her chain gun swinging it diagonally downward

Specials

Neutral special - Pow pow - Jinx fires her chain gun and can aim slightly upward or downward. The range is about the same as Mega Man’s jab and lasts about as long as Charizard’s flamethrower before it overheats and has to recharge. This acts a lot like Ivysaur’s bullet seed but aimed horizontally instead of vertically.

Forward special - Zap! - Jinx fires a quick shot from her energy pistol which causes a slight stun effect like Zero Suit Samus’ blaster

Back special - Zap! - Jinx fires two shots from her pistol backwards without looking. The first is straight back and the second is diagonally upwards.

Up special - Shimmer teleport - Similar to Lucario’s Extreme speed attack with a pink trail. Rather than the attack itself dealing damage, she is capable of performing an attack immediately afterwards

Down special - Flame Chompers - Jinx sets down a timed grenade that hops around for about five seconds before exploding. If an enemy touches them, it latches on to them. She can set three of these at once but each one placed increases the cooldown for the next one.

Aerials and Running Attack

Neutral air - Jinx pulls out her wrench and performs a quick spinning backhand attack with it

Forward air - a jumping axe kick which can spike

Back air - Jinx performs a spinning back kick

Up air - Jinx performs a somersault kick similar to Captain Falcon

Down aerial - Another move similar to Captain Falcon where Jinx performs a double foot stomp

Running attack - Jinx performs a running knee strike

Throws and Pummelt

Pummel - Jinx strikes her opponent with her knee

Forward throw - Jinx latches a flame chopper onto her opponent and kicks them forward

Back throw - Similar to Falco’s throw where she tosses her opponent backwards and fires two shots from her pistol

Up throw - Jinx performs a heavy uppercut launching her opponent upwards

Down throw where- Jinx tackles her opponent to the ground and hits them with a flurry of punches

Running attack - Jinx performs a running knee strike

Dodges

Jinx’s dodge roll is a pink shimmer infused teleport similar to Mewtwo’s

Her spot dodge has her mostly standing in place but shifting her head to the side

Final Smash

Final Smash - This is her super from 2XKO where she summons a giant pink monkey turret which fires a super mega death rocket that acts similarly to Olimar’s final smash

Taunts

Jinx says “Here I am, your big fat hero!” as she raises her arm in a heroic pose

Jinx has a mental breakdown and hunches over grabbing her head and says “Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!!!” and scratched graffiti of haunting scenes from her past appearance around her

Jinx laughs maniacally

Victory Animations

The first victory animation shows Jinx surfing through the air on top of her Super Mega Death Rocket. This is a reference to the opening of her music video “Get Jinxed”.

The second victory animation shows Jinx pull over a huge chair with her name spray painted across the back and stares at the camera hauntingly.
 
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I never really cared for Baxcalibur’s design personally. The Godzilla connection is cool and I’m surprised it took so long but I’m not a huge fan. Maybe I’m in the minority here but I personally found Kyurem to be the much cooler Ice/Dragon type.
Baxcalibur actually has a pretty cool design. The problem is that they insist on drawing and animating it as if it's actually a dude in a rubber costume. And like, part of the appeal is that it's kinda supposed to be a meme, but removing any and all dynamic posing kills the design. Once you fix that, it actually looks kinda cool.


Kyurem looks awful. I never liked him or Palkia.
Kyurem's base form is kinda eh, but Black Kyurem goes pretty hard.

White Kyurem is OK too I guess, but it's missing the color contrast.
 

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Shower thought; I’ve seen people debate on whether or not KH’s representation in the next game is gonna be through the base game or entirely through DLC again. Personally, I think there’s a compromise we can go with.

Sora can come back in the base game, and Roxas as a unique DLC fighter. Sora’s Challenger Pack in Ultimate was based almost entirely on KH1, as shown in the music selection and the Hollow Bastion stage. With Roxas, you could bring in music from the other KH games, a stage based on Twilight Town, and Spirits (or whatever) based on the other members of Organization XIII.
 

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Kyurem looks awful.
That's kinda the point, he's supposed to be an empty husk left behind after the other 2 grew out of him and we've never seen his true form.

Shower thought; I’ve seen people debate on whether or not KH’s representation in the next game is gonna be through the base game or entirely through DLC again. Personally, I think there’s a compromise we can go with.

Sora can come back in the base game, and Roxas as a unique DLC fighter. Sora’s Challenger Pack in Ultimate was based almost entirely on KH1, as shown in the music selection and the Hollow Bastion stage. With Roxas, you could bring in music from the other KH games, a stage based on Twilight Town, and Spirits (or whatever) based on the other members of Organization XIII.
If they did a full newcomer at that point it should be Riku TBH.
 

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Kyurem looks awful. I never liked him or Palkia.

I don't see them doing that for 3Ps.

Sorry kids, no Buck Bumble for you.
Funny how opinions can vary so wildly. Base Kyurem is actually my favorite of its forms and one of my favorite Dragon types in the whole game. The whole Baxcalibur line are by far my least favorite of all the Dragonite style pseudo legendaries. I just don’t care for any of them at all. I agree with you on Palkia though. I never liked it or Dialga either. They’re my least favorite of all the cover legendaries. Giratina Origin Form is awesome though.

As far as Kingdom Hearts goes, I’d absolutely love Ansem (Seeker of Darkness) or Xemnas even if they’re not the most likely. Riku is fine but I’m mostly indifferent to him. I just think it’s cooler to have a major antagonist than a secondary protagonist in general.
 
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Something a bit off topic, do you guys see a 3rd party 'surprise/wtf/random' character (not necessarily a joke character, just someone in the vein of ROB, Mr. Game & Watch etc., someone who's completely left field as an option basically) or do you think these are reserved for 1st parties with the 3rd parties being primarily bigger/more recent hits
There's so many iconic third-party characters left to add, that a random/surprise one wouldn't go over well. Characters like R.O.B. and G&W were easy to accept because many of the big first-party characters were already in, or being added alongside them.
 

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Something a bit off topic, do you guys see a 3rd party 'surprise/wtf/random' character (not necessarily a joke character, just someone in the vein of ROB, Mr. Game & Watch etc., someone who's completely left field as an option basically) or do you think these are reserved for 1st parties with the 3rd parties being primarily bigger/more recent hits
Would Hyperdimension Neptunia count?
 

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Re: Skylanders
I am way too old to care about Skylanders lmao. It definitely was this major thing that even affected Nintendo with amiibo, but like... I don't care, man. Always looked like a bog standard action platformer thing with a gimmick to me, which is rich coming from a Nintendo nerd on smashboards but idk even as a preteen I could feel anything when exposed to it.
I was like 13 when the first Skylanders came out, i feel like i was too old for the target audience as well, still people who were like 6 when the first Skylanders came out are turning 20 this year, i think it would be a cute nostalgia pick for younger zoomers. I don't think it will happen, though.
 
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Something a bit off topic, do you guys see a 3rd party 'surprise/wtf/random' character (not necessarily a joke character, just someone in the vein of ROB, Mr. Game & Watch etc., someone who's completely left field as an option basically) or do you think these are reserved for 1st parties with the 3rd parties being primarily bigger/more recent hits
Absolutely not.

Nintendo-based "surprise characters" are easy access; any third-party is going to require negotiations and licensing, so why would they go through the effort for someone completely random?
 

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Something a bit off topic, do you guys see a 3rd party 'surprise/wtf/random' character (not necessarily a joke character, just someone in the vein of ROB, Mr. Game & Watch etc., someone who's completely left field as an option basically) or do you think these are reserved for 1st parties with the 3rd parties being primarily bigger/more recent hits
I don’t think it will happen, but if it did I would love to have Frogger playable, with the caveat that he look like this.
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I don't see them doing that for 3Ps.

Sorry kids, no Buck Bumble for you.
Absolutely not.

Nintendo-based "surprise characters" are easy access; any third-party is going to require negotiations and licensing, so why would they go through the effort for someone completely random?
Not even Capcom? Who's got a good cast of characters that could be considered surprise characters that most people would be open with and probably the most open regarding Smash Bros?
 
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I think Goodra and Dragonite itself are worse.

Barney-ass lookin' Dragonite...
lol I’m not a fan of Dragonite either, especially with how much I love Dratini and Dragonair. I’d say my favorites are Garchomp, Metagross, and Dragapault. Goodra’s okay, I don’t really love it or hate it.
 
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Not even Capcom? Who's got a good cast of potential surprise characters that most people would be open with and probably the most open regarding Smash Bros?
If the likes of Chun-Li, a major Resident Evil character, Phoenix Wright, a Monster Hunter/Felyne/smaller incarnation of Rathalos/etc., Zero, Dante, Frank West, Amaterasu, etc. are on the table and you go for something like Saki Omokane from Quiz Nanairo Dreams because she'd fuction as a "surprise character", that's a problem.
 
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If the likes of Chun-Li, a major Resident Evil character, Phoenix Wright, a Monster Hunter/Felyne/smaller incarnation of Rathalos/etc., Zero, Dante, Frank West, Amaterasu, etc. are on the table and you go for something like Saki Omokane from Quiz Nanairo Dreams, that's a problem.
Doesn't that etc imply Saki is part of that table already?:4pacman:Or is it Strider's middle name? Strider Etc Hiryu?
 

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If the likes of Chun-Li, a major Resident Evil character, Phoenix Wright, a Monster Hunter/Felyne/smaller incarnation of Rathalos/etc., Zero, Dante, Frank West, Amaterasu, etc. are on the table and you go for something like Saki Omokane from Quiz Nanairo Dreams because she'd fuction as a "surprise character", that's a problem.
I’m biased because id be really happy as long as I like the character, I don’t really care much about how important they are. That just helps me strengthen the case for characters I already want. For example, I’d be way more happy with Zegram Ghart from Rogue Galaxy than almost any mainstream pick. Doesn’t mean it’s ever going to happen but it would be hypocritical of me to dismiss more obscure characters just because no one asked for them.

I’m just really lucky that a character I really like a lot (Jinx) also happens to be hugely popular in pop culture right now. Things don’t often line up that way for me. A lot of my favorites aren’t talked about much in Smash. At least most of them have something going on for them. Battletoads got a new game in 2020, Zero’s already a part of Smash, Chrono Trigger is getting a bunch of new projects, Tales of Arise sold beyond expectations, Contra got a new game and so on. Most are still long shots but there’s at least something to be hopeful for. Can’t really say the same about Zegram except that Level 5 is making something of a resurgence.
 
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Probably fake as hell leak but I leave this here for discussion purposes or for something to make fun of lol.

Tho the newcomers sound reasonable enough I suppose. The thing that makes the leak sound fake is the name of the new smash bros game. Supposedly is a continuation of Ultimate and the game is called the same as Ultimate but with the name reversed on how it was called in japan and America. And we are losing the final fantasy characters on base game for problems with negotiations supposedly. Take all this information as you will lol.
 

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Since Dragonite got brought up a bit ago, random side tangent I guess but I'm curious if they'll go back next game and fully realize that unused Dragonite model from Ultimate for a new Poke Ball Pokemon.

For context, even though it's already on Kalos League's Dragon transformation, there was another Dragonite model in the folder with the Poke Ball Pokemon with upscaled textures to make it more like every other Ultimate asset, so it's likely it was gonna be a similar situation to Scizor where you can get it from a Poke Ball but it can never appear on Kalos League because of the background one.
 

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Probably fake as hell leak but I leave this here for discussion purposes or for something to make fun of lol.

Tho the newcomers sound reasonable enough I suppose. The thing that makes the leak sound fake is the name of the new smash bros game. Supposedly is a continuation of Ultimate and the game is called the same as Ultimate but with the name reversed on how it was called in japan and America. And we are losing the final fantasy characters on base game for problems with negotiations supposedly. Take all this information as you will lol.
Based purely off the video thumbnail…

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I’ll give it a watch when I get the chance. Maybe they hid the characters I care about in the video itself lol.
 
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Probably fake as hell leak but I leave this here for discussion purposes or for something to make fun of lol.

Tho the newcomers sound reasonable enough I suppose. The thing that makes the leak sound fake is the name of the new smash bros game. Supposedly is a continuation of Ultimate and the game is called the same as Ultimate but with the name reversed on how it was called in japan and America. And we are losing the final fantasy characters on base game for problems with negotiations supposedly. Take all this information as you will lol.
Metal Mario being on this list as an Echo alone makes me think this is nonsense (imagine putting a Metal character into a game where the Metal Box is an item so Mario can literally just become his Echo if items are on), plus the newcomers list feels like a "Speculation's Greatest Hits" list.

That's not even getting into how unlikely I feel like Lyn is even if she's really popular because Intelligent Systems has always gone for their newest thing aside from Marth, the Hero King and face of the franchise, and Chrom, who was added as an Echo even though he was popular on the Ballot.
 

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I don't think we'll get a "surprise character" like Piranha Plant for 3rd parties any time soon. What I can see, however, is a "sleeper pick" 3rd party character, like a Ys character, a Cave Story character, a Streets of Rage character, a Genshin Impact character, an Atelier character, a Ghost 'n Goblins character, or a Granblue character getting in.


But something completely random, like Leroy Smith from Tekken 7, Angelo from Dragon Quest 8, or Bravoman from Bravoman, is likely not going to happen any time soon, if ever. There's a line between a sleeper pick and a completely out-of-the-field character for 3rd parties, in my opinion.
 
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Probably fake as hell leak but I leave this here for discussion purposes or for something to make fun of lol.

Tho the newcomers sound reasonable enough I suppose. The thing that makes the leak sound fake is the name of the new smash bros game. Supposedly is a continuation of Ultimate and the game is called the same as Ultimate but with the name reversed on how it was called in japan and America. And we are losing the final fantasy characters on base game for problems with negotiations supposedly. Take all this information as you will lol.
I'll take it as nothing but a dime a dozen random /v/ "leak" since this is by far not the only one that's come up since the beginning of the month and this is just some random YouTuber posting on it now.

In fact, I have the original post right here since I save these for archival purposes JUST FOR random coverage like this.
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Let's not give random fake leaks attention just because some nobody that wants to be the next LaxChris/Blocked Content covers it. No seriously, if you look at his other videos, he's covering every other random /v/ "leak", not just this one.
 
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