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40 minutes of MK9.
You're correct, Iron Giant was temporally disabled a bunch of times because they had trouble balancing him in MVs. However, Sakurai sometimes likes to do experimental stuff, i don't think Rathalos is likely mind you, just something i could see Sakurai trying.
Probably it does help, but i do think Chrono Trigeer is popular on it's own to get in regardless, i think. I'm not so sure about the chances, it's definitely posible, but he has to compete with characters like 2B probably and peraphs Sepiroth if he gets cuts from base game.
Just don’t make Bowser the size of Giga Bowser, though.
Not quite that big but the size he is in the spirit battles would be perfect. I think it’s around 1.3x his size if I had to guess.Just don’t make Bowser the size of Giga Bowser, though.
I was just joking there, though Spirit battles Bowser, as you said, would not be a bad idea.
I'm just thinking ports of Atlus's two most recent games that skipped the Switch 1
After trying to convince my friend to try Persona for over 15 years, he finally bought Persona 5 Royal and he’s considering 3 reload. He was watching random video game reviews and was really interested in Soul Hackers and absolutely loved it. He said it’s the best turn based battle system he’s ever played. I haven’t actually played that one myself yet but I watched him play it a bit. I told him if he loves Soul Hackers, he’d probably love Persona and Metaphor. I think he was put off by the whole calendar system but it’s really not bad once you get used to it. I convinced him to buy Tales of Berseria and Arise too. He’s spent most of his gaming life just playing Madden and other sports games but I know he lived Final Fantasy X and Chrono Cross when they came out.
How do we know that even having the PT behind in the background as a visual feature was feasible? We don't have anything similar to that in the previous games happening to that extent, and gleaning Sourcegaming we lack any details from Sakurai or otherwise to indicate it could've happened. On top of that, 64 is still the most technically limited of its family and Melee had infamous development limitations with its short development, so even if it was an idea Sakurai could've wanted to do he may just not have had the chance to do it with what he had on hand.
As for people getting 'freaky' over Hunter, it's because that's the one people want. If you look up polls like Sourcegaming, Hunter is the one that tops the list for the franchise, not the Rathalos, not even the Palico, the Hunter is the choice of both its playerbase and the one that interacts with Smash. It's not even the case of it being seen as the only option, that MvC3 quote and their relative lack of presence in crossovers has existed for over a decade, so MH fans have a reason to consider other options but the Hunter is the one they push for. That puts them more along the lines of Hero then it does Frisk.
I don't expect Spirits to return. They're tied to Ultimate's WOL story mode, and I doubt we'll get WOL2.
Yup, that’s why I have well over 50 characters I’d be really hyped to see. Sadly, I wouldn’t be surprised if I don’t get any of them at all. Still, even the character wasn’t on my personal most wanted list, I can still have a lot of fun playing them in Smash like Terry and Kazuya.
I can't comment on Elden ring, but Diablo is a very similar case to other franchise you talked about. In every Diablo games, you can customize your avatar and pick a classes. In Diablo, the main character doesn't have a design that fits all classes similar to Dragonborn in Skyrim. Instead, each classes have a basic design which can be customize by the players. This makes it hard to support any Diablo main characters, because there's a plethora of them (because each games got different classes and classes design). Also while each classes has some "signatures" powers, because of the customisation and the big skill tree in those games every players will play the game with different moveset, which makes it hard to translate in Smash because there's so many stuff to work with. Which classes would Smash represent? Based on which games? Which skills would be represented? What design?
I do think the series tends to favor the playable characters, but it’s not some unbreakable rule like people make it out to be. Take Elden Ring for example—Sakurai could easily pick Malenia over the main character. I really think the fanbase needs to stop being so rigid about following patterns and rules. It's like that one person on another forum who kept insisting that indie characters will never be playable in a future game just because they weren’t in Ultimate. Just because something didn’t happen before doesn’t mean it’s impossible in the future.
Perkilator already answered your question, but personally, I think fan-made "rules" are pretty silly. They made sense back in Brawl and Smash 4 because those were different times, but in 2025, after Ultimate, they just feel silly. The only real rule we can rely on is that non-video game characters won’t join the battle. That’s it.
Whenever I know I'm going to miss an important Direct, I go to the Nintendo website the day before, visit the Direct page, and leave my computer in rest mode. That way, when I come back, I don’t have to worry about being spoiled— all I need to do is refresh the page.
Me neither, it could be anything, i'm hoping for Mario Kart 9 news at very least. But honestly, i'm hoping for a Smash reveal the most, i want to put the Port vs New Game deebate to rest as well.
I think we’ll see trophies return, or possibly a new collectible like Smash Cards. Personally, I feel that Spirits are unlikely to return, as they seem more like an Ultimate-specific feature. Spirits worked well within the context of World of Light, but "EiH" did sacrifice certain features like Trophies.
Ash Ketchum should honestly be a skin or some sort of clone of Pokemon Trainer.
There's more that could've been done. There are various DK64 abilities that could've been represented. Simian Slam, Chimpy Charge, Guitar Guizap, the Orange Grenades for example, and his tail based attacks.
Or probably added as a background character for Pikachu.
Adding to the "Smash favors the playable characters" thing, when you focus solely on the fighters we already have, there's a couple grey areas but I don't think there's anything too rule-bending? The most glaring exception is Pokemon, but you do play as the Pokemon themselves in combat, issuing commands that they carry out. So while Pikachu isn't the player character, you can still control him to some degree, so it's not entirely unprecedented. ROB also an exception; He's a periphal who inputs commands for you, so technically he's the opposite of a playable character. I don't know if he even shows up in his games. He's not just a mascot, he's a piece of hardware, which is a very unique situation in the context of Smash.
"...at least until a character I don't want would break them"
It's kinda awkward for me, my wishlist has slowly but surely been taken care of over the course of the past 18 years or so from Sonic to Megaman to Sora that at this point my list of characters i want in smash is pretty much made up of unlikely characters
I am guessing I was wrong, huh? No biggie, though. I just never played Monster Hunter before.
Tiny Rathalos is a thing that exists, so the "too big" argument might not be applicable
the orange grenades would have made good items
Oh, I see. Maybe that could work like a Mini-Kraid from Metroid, except it is really Rathalos here?Tiny Rathalos is a thing that exists, so the "too big" argument might not be applicable
It's very likely the ports and remakes were done so the Switch could actually get a decent influx of games leading up to the actually new, original stuff that's being cooked by Nintendo's various divisions and studios.
Don't want to drag out the debate for too long, but this is an important point and I wanted to respond. With many of the supported exceptions to the usual player characters - Sans, Freddy, Monokuma - It's because they're just that iconic and popular, even if they're not playable. But like you mentioned, the Monster Hunters aren't overshadowed in popularity by Rathalos or the Palico; They're still the dominant figure in discussions, despite their lack of presence in crossovers compared to other candidates. The biggest pushback against them is not that they're unpopular, per se, but because people feel they wouldn't, or even can't be in a fighting game.
It's not a big deal, it's just funny as a Monster Hunter player because there are so many Rathalos variants. We have the Azure Rathalos subspecies, the Silver Rathalos rare species, the Dreadking Rathalos Deviant form, the altered Apex Rathalos, the new variant seen in Monster Hunter Wilds that I can't elaborate on because of spoilers, and multiple insanely strong forms seen only in Frontiers. And that's not getting into Rathian, the female form of the species.
In all fairness, the entire design behind Pokemon Trainer kinda forces Charizard to be slow and clunky.
I see what you mean. Still, I was more worried about the proportions than actual size, which is why I did the Ridley comparison, as Ridley had that issue.
King Boo’s Luigi’s Mansion look
