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Official Next Smash - Speculation & Discussion Thread

AreJay25

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Bro what ****ing timeline are we in

Mario Kart became Burnout Paradise

Soul Calibur 2 with Link is getting a port in the year of our lord 2025

FromSoft is making a Nintendo exclusive game

SAKURAI IS WORKING ON A NEW ****ING KIRBY AIR RIDE

A 3D Donkey Kong game that looks ****ing insane

It's too damn early for this Nintendo what is happening
 

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Due to Sakurai now working on Kirby Air Riders it's now either Ultimate Deluxe or nothing until the Switch 3.
A new Smash game could still be in the midst of development over at Namco Studio S. Nintendo's not going to shelve one of their biggest money makers for an entire console generation.
 

BritishGuy54

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Ah well. Nearly there.

But holy f**k. Mario Kart World looks phenomenal. The return of Toad’s Factory and Airship Fortress is great to see.

The new DK game looks cool. I suppose those rumours of the 3D Mario team developing it were true.

Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games are a good call. I can see Xenoblade Chronicles 2 following suite within the next few years.
 

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Due to Sakurai now working on Kirby Air Riders it's now either Ultimate Deluxe or nothing until the Switch 3.
Kirby Air Riders finishes development in 2025, and it's possible for it to have been wrapping up enough for Sakurai to start conceptualizing a new Smash as early as 2024. We're not going to see it until 2027 at the earliest, but Kirby Air Riders's development isn't going to take so much time that he's not gonna be able to work on another game for this console.
 

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Unless they are doing an Ultimate port I highly doubt that. I think that now Smash will completely skip the Switch 2 and we won't see the next Smash game until the Switch 3 sometime in the 2030s.
The **** are you smoking? Air Riders almost done.

That’s even implying he can’t oversee two games being made at one time. :sakbanjo:
 

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10/10 100/100 1000/10 IT'S HAPPENING! IT'S HAPPENING! IT'S HAPPENING! IT'S HAPPENING! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KIRBY AIR RIDE IS GETTING A NEW GAME!!!!!!!!!!

I actually cried. I am so happy.....


Mario Kart World, Hyrule Warriors, Donkey Kong Bananza and The Duskbloods also look fantastic, but god.....I am so happy!
 

RileyXY1

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Kirby Air Riders finishes development in 2025, and it's possible for it to have been wrapping up enough for Sakurai to start conceptualizing a new Smash as early as 2024. We're not going to see it until 2027 at the earliest, but Kirby Air Riders's development isn't going to take so much time that he's not gonna be able to work on another game for this console.
I think that the earliest the Project Plan can be conceptualized is this year, but that would bring the game to a 2029 release and that's just too late in a console's lifespan for a new Smash game.
 

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450 is a lot, oof(now that I know what "suggested retail price" actually means).

Anyway, Mario Kart 10 looks beautiful. I like the parkour-like options. A pretty good starting lineup. Earlier than I thought(I was expecting in the second half of this year at the earliest). There are some Treehouse live streams tomorrow morning, so we might find out there.

I'm guessing, if Smash is somehow this year(I doubt it), it'd be a December launch anyway.
 
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dream1ng

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Due to Sakurai now working on Kirby Air Riders it's now either Ultimate Deluxe or nothing until the Switch 3.
Or he's just not the director but is still providing oversight. Keep in mind he always seems to have multiple ventures going, even if it's just his videos/column as well as game development.

Plus... I don't think Air Ride is quite as time consuming to develop as Smash... and if it started active development in 2022... by now he's probably already working on something else as well.

I don't think that. I think that it will be an early release on the Switch 2's successor, with them releasing a new game for the Switch 2 to fill the void created by the lack of a new Smash game for it.
Smash skipping a system makes sense, I heard Nintendo doesn't like money anymore.
 

AreJay25

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Now, I know a lot of attention to Donkey Kong's redesign, but what does everyone feel about King Boo? Personally, I find it very different, but not too bad.

I just wish they'd actually commit to the Luigi's Mansion design.

But it's not bad or anything.
 

Undella2

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To be honest, besides the new fromsoft game and a couple of the others featured, I would have rather had more first-party games shown off. A tad disappointed, but oh well. Pleased to see a new Donkey Kong game even if I don't love the new artstyle, and I'll be interested to see what Sakurai might be cooking up with a new Kirby game after so long.
 

DarthEnderX

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Direct Reaction:

An open world Mario Kart was not something I was expecting...or wanted.

Love the 256GBs. No extra SSD card needed this time.

They're CHARGING for Welcome Tour?!

I'll be getting SF6. Does this mean Switch 2 can handle rollback netcode?

Amiibos are back!

Bravely Default remaster is cool. But I don't need to replay that.

Alright, Hyrule Warriors 3. That's fine.

Gamecube Online. Yes.

Uh oh, stream's falling apart.

Silkwhat? Never heard of it.

Lol, Nintendo bought Bloodborne 2.

Sakurai's project was Air Ride? Meh.

A new 3D Donkey Kong? With seemingly no companions? Double meh.


But the most important takeaway?

SMASH ULTIMATE SWITCH 2 EDITION INCOMING!! :p
 
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BritishGuy54

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So it’s confirmed! Sakurai’s mysterious project is Kirby Air Riders.

This basically kills any chance of a new Smash coming in this year. And with Pokémon’s schedule and the absence of 3D Mario this Direct, it’s a hard ask for Smash to come in 2026.

It could be that Smash is still being developed, just in the background for now. Perhaps 2027 is the year we see it.
 
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