i would have preferred any of the ultra beats over inceneroar
actually id preferred any other gen 7 pokemon but an ultra beast would still have been cool
Agreed. Given that Mimikyu was already Trophied, I was honestly hoping for an Ultra Beast like Buzzwole (who could also represent Incineroar's grappling style), or even Nihilego (now THERE's an idea for an unconventional Fighter). Really, given how story-relevent they are to gen7, it just seems like a waste to pass them over just to pick one of the starters again.
I really wanted Golisopod for a Gen 7 rep. Golisopod is in in my top three favorite Pokémon ever with Gengar and Cofagrigus and would have made an awesome Smash fighter. We don’t have any Bug types yet and very few Water elemental characters. Lycanroc would have been another cool choice. I’m not mad at Incineroar though. Starters are kind of boring in general but I’m a big pro wrestling fan and Smash did a lot to showcase its personality.
Yeah, as much as I was desperately hoping the Kencineroar leak wouldn't be true, the little gag at the end of Incineroar's trailer really helped me warm up a bit towards it. I REALLY hope that picking one of the three generational starters won't be a continued trend going forward, though (especially if they go with yet another Fire-type starter, which is why I absolutely despised the fan pick of Cinderace).
Sadly, with Pokemon, there's just too many characters in that franchise for any representation in Smash to be particularly satisfying (not unless they did something absolutely bonkers like a 1,000 character roster), but I think they could do better than blatant promotional picks that didn't even have a chance for proper fan reaction. Hell, even the current anime series has barely bothered with promoting gen8 content, instead putting more of a focus on appealing to audiences who've only recently been getting into the franchise through Pokemon GO (Ash's current team is an especially good indication of this, to say nothing of the character literally named Go).
If the next game, by some miracle, is an Ultimate Deluxe, besides characters, what other new content would y’all like to see?
I'd love it if Ultimate just went all-in on being one big series-wide compilation. Restore all the remaining stages, remaining music tracks, the few missing items, old modes, a proper Boss Rush (and also an option to play against all the bosses individually, including both solo and pair options for Master Hand & Crazy Hand and Galeem & Dharkon, maybe an option for each individual form of Master Core as well), and an updated port of Subspace Emissary (mostly the same game upgraded to HD, just that half the roster has to be unlocked like Jigglypuff, Wolf, and Toon Link, and the FMVs are untouched under the pretense of being legacy content).
Also, like Smash for WiiU, have all the character trailers be available in-game (the Brawl, Smash4, and Ultimate reveals, maybe the N64 and Melee trailers, and the veteran trailers from the Ultimate website). Give us a studio mode, allowing us to take pictures (and maybe movies) similar to the modded version of Ultimate that Sakurai uses for his Twitter account. The character select screen and stage select screens are completely customizeable (you can go into options to order them however you want, and even hide undesirable options if you please, which should really help with the people overwhelmed by the insane amount of options while also resolving complaints about release-order being the only ordering that's available). Hazards Off stages are just an option alongside Omega and Battlefield. Separate languages can be selected for text and voices. Stage Creator can have options for making Break The Target, Board The Platforms, and Race To The Finish stages, and maybe some arenas for bosses and mob enemies (and like Brawl, creations can be saved to the SD card).
And give us more Mii Fighter slots. It saddens me that this never got increased despite continually adding more and more costumes through DLC. At the very least, have the 99 limit be separated between Brawler, Swordfighter, and Gunner. Alternatively, they could give us some pre-built sets that are separate from the custom ones (with some examples being the default Miis unlocked in World of Light, and several character-based sets that come with their respective costumes, the latter of which has the benefit of sparing people who just wanna play as Sans or whoever from going through the creation process). Or again, SD card.
Save data from the first Ultimate is transferrable to this version, and Ultimate's DLC is compatible with this release. However, they'd also release a premium pack. More expensive, but allowing all the DLC to be available on a physical cart.
