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I think it was more likely to be around the Smash 4 era, and my hunch is that it might be right after the base game released when only Mewtwo was revealed as DLC and the idea of the Ballot didn't exist. Sakurai said in an interview after Smash 4 released that it may be his last in the series, and then he lamented that it's hard for him to picture someone else taking his place.
Only 40 more hours until you reach JRPG lenghts.
Experimenting with the idea during a DLC Cycle makes sense. You don't want to hold up the Development of Base game after all, and DLC is extra dev cycle that isn't as important as Base game. I'm going to assume the experiment didn't last too long though, as I'm sure Sakurai probably did need to be more hands on than he wanted too with the DLC.
Smash 6's story will be about how all the problems within the Smashverse were all actually caused by nano darknesses this whole time, the horros of gaming characters warring against eachother and beating eachother up for entertainment, and we will learn that every character is either a "Mario" or a "Tabuu"
How many of my most wanteds will you add?
Put Decidueye in or I will throw hands /j
If Smash 6 were up to me, I'd start with another Smash Ballot.
Hell yeah!
I liked the Coin Launcher myself. You know, as lacking in innovation as it may sound, I do feel that an upgraded Ultimate just becoming even more of a compilation of all the Smash content that came before it can only be a good thing when you consider that those games have been out of print for years with seemingly no sign of getting a true re-release (especially with Nintendo seemingly abandoning Virtual Console).
Indeed. As much as I want certain characters and concepts in Smash, there's no way in hell I could take up directorial duties given my general lack of involvement in competitive fighting games (though I do dabble in the online, I appreciate Smash more for its single-player aspects than anything else).
Sari
for helping me with this.
RIdley has been viewed as a likely newcomer since Brawl lol
I was lowkey joking but I didn't consider Ridley. No need to get so worked up thoughRIdley has been viewed as a likely newcomer since Brawl lol
I personally dont want the guy in but that is a crap argument.
TBH Literally any character has moveset potential tbh lmao. I've seen some pretty weird sets in smash. There was one GFaqs crap poster who made one for the Brawl main theme lol. And it was actually not a complete s***post set lol as it made some level of sense. Whether Sakurai will fulfill the request of making Brawl Main Theme a character in it's waveform form is up in the air, but I'm pretty sure every character has moveset potential that ties into some kind of playstyle that makes sense for them and is unique. Even characters who are literally against fighting and have no combat prowess could probably be turned into some kind of turtle camper.
I've been saying just the same for the last 6 months (after it became crystal clear that FP3 wasn't a thing). I'm glad Sakurai has seemingly rolled out the red carpet for this take I have!So part of Sakurai's last Famitsu column leaked.
スマブラ・桜井政博さん「（続編は）ムリですね！ムリ、ムリ！」 | ゲームよりどりサブカルみどりパーク
ファミ通最新号より Q次回作を作ることは可能ですか？ 「ムリですね！ムリ、ムリ！」 「続編は考えていない。毎度考えていない。しかしこれでスマブラは最後ですとは言い切れない」 「ユーザーをがっかりさせる行為をしてまでスマブラを出すべきなのかは考える必要がある」 「スマブラを私抜きで制作するのはいまのところ道筋が見えない」 「正直人に任せたいとおもっていて実際試したこともあるがうまくいっていない」 「シリーズを継続するのなら私と任天堂でやり取りを行いそうすれば成功するのか議論しなければ、真剣に考えるべき議題」 ファミ通コラム、スマブラSP制作おつかれさまでした！...ryokutya2089.com
He says he's currently not thinking about the next game, but he does say that "I can't say this is the last Smash Bros." Goes on to add "I don't see how Smash Bros. can be produced without me at the moment. To be honest, I'd rather leave it to someone else, and I've tried, but it hasn't worked out. If we're going to continue with the series, we need to have a dialogue between me and Nintendo and discuss how we can make it work, so it's an issue we need to think about seriously."
Ha, I knew that Andross can be Playable.
It's definitely not a thing going in favor of Andross lol. It really only raises the amount of characters who should get in before him. It just shows that anyone can have a moveset made for them.
Look it’s me I’m the sole Elma vote cuz I’m not giving up on her, Xenoblade 3 be damnedI am probably going to take a break from speculation hard after this post, but I figured I would share this with you all.
Originally, during the final day of RTC, I was going to try and post one last time to let everyone know the final tally, but instead we just dumped the info in the RTC discord. That being said, I figured I would show it off today. Thanks again to
For RTC's final day, we asked people to predict front runners for the next game, and try to guess either what would get in or what would become the hot topics of speculation, while putting a ban on Next Pokemon and Next Fire Emblem for obvious reasons. Here are the results.
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For first party, the amount of picks people really brought up was pretty consistent for the most part. You had a few people mentioning Animal Crossing and Tom Nook post New Horizons, but the vast majority of speculation was guessed to be on these six. In my opinion, these six all make a lot of sense. Splatoon has ballooned to be pretty big, Ring Fit and Astral Chain both were huge successes on the switch, and id say that the last three (Waluigi, Isaac, and Dee), are probably the last three truly massive smash requests in terms of first party.
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In terms of third parties, there was actually as you can see a lot more variety in who people highlighted and chose to focus on. Sakurai saying Lloyd and Dante were fan favorites seems to have made people more hopeful of them getting in in a potential next smash, whenever that may be. Crash still seems to have his fan demand intact, and still is seen as a super huge front runner for next time. Hayabusa support also seems to be less of a flash in the pan, hopefully he will be the Simon of the next gmae inf that makes sense. Capcom support seems to have people guessing that despite MH, RE, Chun Li, and Phoenix Wright all making sense, Dante seems to be king after that mii costume comment. People were divided on whether Chief, Doomguy, or Dragonborn would be the next Microsoft rep. Sol Badguy doing as well as he did surprised me, but to be fair if we do get another fighting game character, Guilty Gear seems like a solid place to turn to. Undertale/Deltarune seem to be the picks if we do get another indie character; with how popular they are globally I think it is a safe bet.
What was interesting though is how some characters have taken a tumble in terms of how likely people thought they are. Rayman, Shantae, and Geno for instance underpreformed what I expected of them.
Obviously, the entire question of the next smash is meaningless until there is a next smash. Hell, the most likely outcome according to that last Sakurai famitsu poll seems to be we might just get an ultimate port, where we would be lucky to get any new content save for better online. But it is interesting to have a bit of a baseline for what people are expecting. Thoughts?
They could tweak WoL a bit like rearranging some spirit layouts, adding more bosses, maybe another platform segment
Mother Brain [Metroid]
This Incineroar vs Master Hand fight is intense.
looks at Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, Three Houses and Xenoblade 2 which got stages
looks at Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, Three Houses and Xenoblade 2 which got stages
"Should they though?"
Glad to see Ryu Hayabusa that high up in 3rd. I figured he'd be getting a lot more support now.I am probably going to take a break from speculation hard after this post, but I figured I would share this with you all.
Originally, during the final day of RTC, I was going to try and post one last time to let everyone know the final tally, but instead we just dumped the info in the RTC discord. That being said, I figured I would show it off today. Thanks again to
For RTC's final day, we asked people to predict front runners for the next game, and try to guess either what would get in or what would become the hot topics of speculation, while putting a ban on Next Pokemon and Next Fire Emblem for obvious reasons. Here are the results.
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For first party, the amount of picks people really brought up was pretty consistent for the most part. You had a few people mentioning Animal Crossing and Tom Nook post New Horizons, but the vast majority of speculation was guessed to be on these six. In my opinion, these six all make a lot of sense. Splatoon has ballooned to be pretty big, Ring Fit and Astral Chain both were huge successes on the switch, and id say that the last three (Waluigi, Isaac, and Dee), are probably the last three truly massive smash requests in terms of first party.
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In terms of third parties, there was actually as you can see a lot more variety in who people highlighted and chose to focus on. Sakurai saying Lloyd and Dante were fan favorites seems to have made people more hopeful of them getting in in a potential next smash, whenever that may be. Crash still seems to have his fan demand intact, and still is seen as a super huge front runner for next time. Hayabusa support also seems to be less of a flash in the pan, hopefully he will be the Simon of the next gmae inf that makes sense. Capcom support seems to have people guessing that despite MH, RE, Chun Li, and Phoenix Wright all making sense, Dante seems to be king after that mii costume comment. People were divided on whether Chief, Doomguy, or Dragonborn would be the next Microsoft rep. Sol Badguy doing as well as he did surprised me, but to be fair if we do get another fighting game character, Guilty Gear seems like a solid place to turn to. Undertale/Deltarune seem to be the picks if we do get another indie character; with how popular they are globally I think it is a safe bet.
What was interesting though is how some characters have taken a tumble in terms of how likely people thought they are. Rayman, Shantae, and Geno for instance underpreformed what I expected of them.
Obviously, the entire question of the next smash is meaningless until there is a next smash. Hell, the most likely outcome according to that last Sakurai famitsu poll seems to be we might just get an ultimate port, where we would be lucky to get any new content save for better online. But it is interesting to have a bit of a baseline for what people are expecting. Thoughts?
Not to me.
Yeah but I'd rather that change now. Of course, Hayabusa will still get the most focus but I really don't want him to be the only one that gets it.
What about the other NES/retro characters?
