Official Next Smash - Speculation & Discussion Thread

[chocolatejr9]

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[SuperSonicFlyer]

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I dunno about you guys, but I kinda want that horse guy, if he is not just a person in a horse mask, in the next Smash Bros. game as a playable.

 

[dream1ng]

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According to insiders (fairly credible ones) this game is supposed to be absolutely dreadful.

Probably why you get a twitter drop reveal of a game launching within the month.

 

[HyperSomari64]

If 1, 2, Switch! can get a sequel, why not other one-off stuff like Ice Climber, Snipperclips or Tokyo Mirage Sessions?

 

[chocolatejr9]

I dunno about you guys, but I kinda want that horse guy, if he is not just a person in a horse mask, in the next Smash Bros. game as a playable.

My money's on the farmer dude from the cow minigame: he'd have the PERFECT Down Smash!

According to insiders (fairly credible ones) this game is supposed to be absolutely dreadful.

Probably why you get a twitter drop reveal of a game launching within the month.

Hey, they had to put out SOMETHING with E3 dead...

 

[dream1ng]

If 1, 2, Switch! can get a sequel, why not other one-off stuff like Ice Climber, Snipperclips or Tokyo Mirage Sessions?

1-2 Switch sold well and is a fairly cheap game to make. A lot of this is probably just going to continue to be repurposed tech demo stuff.

I mean I'm sure we'd prefer those other games - I have absolutely zero interest in 1-2 Switch or 1-2 Switch: Horse Edition, but I think it's shocking TMS even got a port. The first one was a bomba and the port was a bomba.

Snipperclips could continue, but eShop IPs infrequently become series. And even when they do they just kinda stop. Like, where did Pushmo go? And now Dillon is dead, rip. Plus the dev isn't a usual Nintendo partner, so that could be part of it too.

And Ice Climber... is in the deep freeze. Hopefully one day they see utility in the IP. Smash has been nourishing it for decades. But tbf Ice Climber isn't even a very good game.

Hey, they had to put out SOMETHING with E3 dead...

I think what's more compelling is the fact that they have their AGM for shareholders this month which they otherwise would walk into with a slate that is basically Pikmin 4 the following month, Metroid Prime 4 in its seventh year of TBD, and literally nothing else (DP2 isn't on their official slate).

Not that this does much tbh. I mean it's releasing before Pikmin, and it's... this.

Nintendo has never had a slate this barren before their annual shareholder meeting (or... just, ever), so maybe other things will also show up beforehand.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

This is the funniest game announcement ever made.

 

[Laniv]

I feel like 1-2 Switch is gonna be that game that Nintendo themselves will make fun of in 20ish years, just like the Virtual Boy.

 

[Stratos]

I wonder if in the sequel to The Super Mario Bros Movie or if there is a third movie in the future if they put Wart as the new enemy.

 

[LiveStudioAudience]

I love that the Twitter announcement doesn't even have an exclamation point.

Its like even Nintendo knows there's no point in pretending its an exciting reveal.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Honestly, that silly announcement is the best early birthday present I could've gotten.

 

[Delzethin]

Real talk, though, the horse head mask has potential as a Mii Fighter costume piece. Prime meme material just like it was in the late 2000s.

Honestly, that silly announcement is the best early birthday present I could've gotten.

Your profile pic made me read that in Sothis' voice. Felt completely in-character somehow.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Real talk, though, the horse head mask has potential as a Mii Fighter costume piece. Prime meme material just like it was in the late 2000s.


Your profile pic made me read that in Sothis' voice. Felt completely in-character somehow.

"Too many swordsmen, are there? Fine, let us bring the horse to Smash instead."

 

[dream1ng]

I don't think the horse head mask will ever stop being prime meme material

It's really the perfect mix of funny, random and creepy from which all the best memes are born

 

[Sucumbio]

"Too many swordsmen, are there? Fine, let us bring the horse to Smash instead."

Dang now I gotta redownload 3H and play it. Goes and does that

 

[Wonder Smash]

Just thought I'd mention that since the Pro Wrestling game was mentioned here again, fans might find something interesting in the Super Mario Bros. movie.

 

[fogbadge]

Dang now I gotta redownload 3H and play it. Goes and does that

and then remember sakurai turned sothis into viridi for some reason

 

[Sucumbio]

and then remember sakurai turned sothis into viridi for some reason

I don't get it?

 

[MrBlueSky26]

i honestly hope that sans gets into the next smash game, he has so much moveset potential

 

[fogbadge]

I don't get it?

her personality in byleths reveal trailer and final smash are closer to viridis than her own

 

[Sucumbio]

her personality in byleths reveal trailer and final smash are closer to viridis than her own

Ohh I see I am not familiar with viridi beyond what she looks like and I do see some design similarities.

 

[fogbadge]

Ohh I see I am not familiar with viridi beyond what she looks like and I do see some design similarities.

oh i do beg your pardon

 

[waddledeeonredyoshi]

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Rumor has it some people at Nintendo were genuinely concered it would damage Nintendo's software reputation so now they just wanted it to come out to as little fanfare as possible. Like taking a dump on the side of a highway in the middle of nowhere.

This should also mean a Direct is imminent though that's obvious

 

[SPEN18]

This should also mean a Direct is imminent though that's obvious

I haven't been keeping up with Direct rumors recently, but after last summer I don't think it's a given that we get a Direct soon. Maybe you meant something smaller than a general like a partner showcase or something, which would have a better chance of happening this summer?

And correct me if I'm wrong but I don't remember Twitter drops as ever being indicative of an imminent Direct.

 

[DarthEnderX]

I dunno about you guys, but I kinda want that horse guy, if he is not just a person in a horse mask, in the next Smash Bros. game as a playable.

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[Zerp]

Rumor has it some people at Nintendo were genuinely concered it would damage Nintendo's software reputation so now they just wanted it to come out to as little fanfare as possible. Like taking a dump on the side of a highway in the middle of nowhere.

This should also mean a Direct is imminent though that's obvious

Yeah it does seem like they're not trying to really market this much. I also agree a direct is imminent, but not because of that honestly. Main reason is that it's June and like every game company ever is presenting things this month. There's no way Ninty's not gonna want to have a piece of the attention pie.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

her personality in byleths reveal trailer and final smash are closer to viridis than her own

You say that as if their personalities were opposites.

I feel like Sothis was pretty much just... Sothis in that trailer.

The only thing that even remotely make her "closer to Viridi" is the fourth wall breaks by doing that one swordsmen joke.

 

[fogbadge]

You say that as if their personalities were opposites.

I feel like Sothis was pretty much just... Sothis in that trailer.

The only thing that even remotely make her "closer to Viridi" is the fourth wall breaks by doing that one swordsmen joke.

well maybe I’m remembering it worse than it was cause it was very cringe worthy trailer

 

[Idon]

Sothis from the start was always a sassy gremlin.

Moments wherein she acts like the goddess she technically is are few and far between (and most are in the spinoff game that came out months after Byleth in Smash did).

 

[fogbadge]

Sothis from the start was always a sassy gremlin.

Moments wherein she acts like the goddess she technically is are few and far between (and most are in the spinoff game that came out months after Byleth in Smash did).

what sass?

 

[Idon]

what sass?

For example, the very first scene you meet her...?

 

[fogbadge]

For example, the very first scene you meet her...?

ok I’m gonna have to play this again

 

[chocolatejr9]

I haven't been keeping up with Direct rumors recently, but after last summer I don't think it's a given that we get a Direct soon. Maybe you meant something smaller than a general like a partner showcase or something, which would have a better chance of happening this summer?

And correct me if I'm wrong but I don't remember Twitter drops as ever being indicative of an imminent Direct.

Yeah it does seem like they're not trying to really market this much. I also agree a direct is imminent, but not because of that honestly. Main reason is that it's June and like every game company ever is presenting things this month. There's no way Ninty's not gonna want to have a piece of the attention pie.

We can only hope they have SOMETHING planned. Though I don't think they're doing Summer Games Fest this year (to the surprise of nobody)...

 

[RileyXY1]

Yeah it does seem like they're not trying to really market this much. I also agree a direct is imminent, but not because of that honestly. Main reason is that it's June and like every game company ever is presenting things this month. There's no way Ninty's not gonna want to have a piece of the attention pie.

Especially considering that we know almost nothing about their Holiday 2023 lineup. The only new title that we have coming up in the holiday season is Pikmin 4. Everything else is just DLC for already released games. And I don't think that Nintendo wants to rely on Pikmin and DLC for Holiday Switch sales.

 

[Sucumbio]

Especially considering that we know almost nothing about their Holiday 2023 lineup. The only new title that we have coming up in the holiday season is Pikmin 4. Everything else is just DLC for already released games. And I don't think that Nintendo wants to rely on Pikmin and DLC for Holiday Switch sales.

To me this is the strongest evidence we're getting at least a new console announcement absolutely no later than Feb of next year. (Please age well!)

 

[dream1ng]

Yeah it does seem like they're not trying to really market this much. I also agree a direct is imminent, but not because of that honestly. Main reason is that it's June and like every game company ever is presenting things this month. There's no way Ninty's not gonna want to have a piece of the attention pie.

Nintendo didn't have a general Direct last June. Or last summer at all.

They had a partner showcase, but I don't think that's what anyone is talking about here.

 

[RileyXY1]

To me this is the strongest evidence we're getting at least a new console announcement absolutely no later than Feb of next year. (Please age well!)

Next year would be the eighth year of the Switch's lifespan. We would be well overdue for a new console at that point.

 

[SPEN18]

Ya, never make the mistake of overestimating how much Nintendo cares about what the rest of the industry does...

 

[fogbadge]

so late game stuff for totk has led me to a smash idea minuew's construct would be an awesome fighter

 

[Wunderwaft]

To me this is the strongest evidence we're getting at least a new console announcement absolutely no later than Feb of next year. (Please age well!)

Between the Nvidia graphics card leaks a couple of years ago and the recent rumors, I'm really bullish that we're getting the next console announced soon. The Switch is really beginning to show its age, I mean TOTK had moments where it dipped below 30FPS .

I think most likely they'll spend the latter half of 2023 on marketing this new console for it to release in early 2024.