Official Next Smash - Speculation & Discussion Thread

[toonito]

Stop.

 

[Wonder Smash]

This may not technically be Smash related but...

ファミコン年表 | ファミコン40周年キャンペーンサイト | 任天堂

ファミコン発売から40年。発売された主なハードやソフトをそれぞれの年の出来事などと共に振り返ります。

www.nintendo.com

...sometimes, exploring Nintendo's history (or what they consider important to their history) is just so fun to do. It's kind of why I love the trophies and spirits in the Smash Bros series. It's like some kind of Nintendo museum.

I also love the background. A mix of Nintendo and third-party characters.

(Plus, I can't help but noticed that a certain Hot-Blooded Tough Guy is shown TWICE on that page. Awesome!)

 

[Speed Weed]

A day ago I challenged myself to form a lineup of exactly 100 unique fighters. The only caveat I made myself obey were that I could only have a maximum of six straight clone characters (same number as Melee). Otherwise, I gave myself no restrictions for the other 94 choices, meaning I was free to include whoever I wanted and reimagine/update returning choices as I pleased. This is what I came up with in a subpar collage.

Wanted to do this as a decent distraction for the thread. Feel free to give your thoughts and opinions, hopefully I can ignite some fresher discussion with this whole "100 fighters" thing.

I just wanna say kudos for using some of that good-ass classic Compile-era art for Arle

 

[Ivander]

Hammer time!

 

[Laniv]

Well, I think Lakitu would make a funny Bowser Jr. Echo

 

[FazDude]

A day ago I challenged myself to form a lineup of exactly 100 unique fighters. The only caveat I made myself obey were that I could only have a maximum of six straight clone characters (same number as Melee). Otherwise, I gave myself no restrictions for the other 94 choices, meaning I was free to include whoever I wanted and reimagine/update returning choices as I pleased. This is what I came up with in a subpar collage.

Wanted to do this as a decent distraction for the thread. Feel free to give your thoughts and opinions, hopefully I can ignite some fresher discussion with this whole "100 fighters" thing.

Decided to give this a shot - Limited myself to three reps per third-party company.

Spoiler: The Roster

1. Mario
2. Luigi
3. Peach
4. Toad
5. Bowser
6. Bowser Junior
7. Donkey Kong
8. Paper Mario
9. Diddy & Dixie
10. Cranky Kong
11. King K. Rool
12. Link
13. Zelda
14. Ganondorf
15. Ganon
16. Impa
17. Vaati
18. Majora
19. Samus
20. Ridley
21. Omega Metroid
22. Yoshi
23. Kamek
24. Kirby
25. Meta Knight
26. Dedede
27. BWD
28. Magolor
29. Fox
30. Falco
31. Wolf
32. Slippy
33. Pikachu
34. Trainer
35. Mewtwo
36. Sceptile
37. Meloetta
38. Greninja
39. Incineroar
40. Toxricity
41. Tinkaton
42. Team Rocket
43. Captain Falcon
44. Deathborn
45. Ness
46. Kumatora
47. Ice Climbers
48. Marth
49. Anna
50. Hector
51. Ike
52. Robin
53. Azura
54. Byleth
55. Mr. Game & Watch
56. Pit
57. Palutena
58. Wario
59. Waluigi
60. Ashley
61. Olimar
62. Captain & Oatchi
63. ROB
64. Villager
65. Isabelle
66. Wii Fit Trainer
67. Shulk
68. Rex
69. Noah & Mio
70. Duck Hunt
71. Inkling
72. Octoling
73. Spring Man
74. Dr. Coyle
75. Sukapon
76. Game Boy Horror
77. Snake
78. Alucard
79. Frogger
80. Sonic
81. Dr. Eggman
82. Red
83. Ryu
84. Chun-Li
85. Mega Man
86. Pac-Man
87. Ghost Gang
88. Kazuya
89. Cloud
90. Hero
91. Space Invader
92. Steve
93. Master Chief
94. Crash
95. Terry Bogard
96. Rayman
97. Tetromino
98. Sans
99. Heavy (TF2)
100. Mii Fighters

 

[Perkilator]

A day ago I challenged myself to form a lineup of exactly 100 unique fighters. The only caveat I made myself obey were that I could only have a maximum of six straight clone characters (same number as Melee). Otherwise, I gave myself no restrictions for the other 94 choices, meaning I was free to include whoever I wanted and reimagine/update returning choices as I pleased. This is what I came up with in a subpar collage.

Wanted to do this as a decent distraction for the thread. Feel free to give your thoughts and opinions, hopefully I can ignite some fresher discussion with this whole "100 fighters" thing.

Decided to take my own whack at 100 fighters, quoted from another thread:

This is moreso me revising an existing roster, but I still feel proud of most of my choices:

Spoiler: 64

Luigi​	Mario​	Donkey Kong​	Link​	Samus​	Captain Falcon​
Ness​	Yoshi​	Kirby​	Fox​	Pikachu​	Meowth​

Spoiler: Melee

Mario​	Luigi​	Peach​	Bowser​	Donkey Kong​	Link​	Zelda / Sheik​
Ganondorf​	Samus​	Yoshi​	Kirby​	Fox​	Falco​	Pikachu​
Meowth​	Mewtwo​	Ness​	Captain Falcon​	Ice Climbers​	Marth​	Mr. Game & Watch​

Spoiler: Brawl

Mario​	Luigi​	Peach​	Bowser​	Yoshi​	Wario​	Donkey Kong​
Diddy Kong​	Dixie Kong​	Link​	Zelda / Sheik​	Ganondorf​	Tetra​	Samus / Zero Suit Samus​
Kirby​	Meta Knight​	King Dedede​	Fox​	Falco​	Wolf​	Pikachu​
Pokémon Trainer (Totodile / Grovyle / Charizard)​	Meowth​	Mewtwo​	Plusle & Minun​	Lucario​	Ness​	Lucas​
Captain Falcon​	Ice Climbers​	Marth​	Lyn​	Ike​	Mr. Game & Watch​	Pit​
Olimar​	Isaac​	DeMille​	R.O.B.​	Snake​	Sonic​	RANDOM​

Spoiler: for 3DS / Wii U

Spoiler: Base game

Mario​	Luigi​	Peach​	Bowser​	Paper Mario​	Bowser Jr.​	Rosalina & Luma​	Yoshi​	Wario​	Donkey Kong​
Diddy Kong​	Link​	Zelda​	Sheik​	Ganondorf​	Tetra​	Ghirahim​	Samus​	Zero Suit Samus​	Kirby​
Meta Knight​	King Dedede​	Fox​	Falco​	Pikachu​	Meowth​	Lucario​	Greninja​	Ness​	Captain Falcon​
Marth​	Lyn​	Ike​	Robin​	Mr. Game & Watch​	Pit​	Palutena​	Olimar / Alph​	Isabelle​	Wii Fit Trainer​
Little Mac​	Shulk​	Duck Hunt​	Takamaru​	Dixie Kong​	Lucina​	Dark Pit​	Sonic​	Mega Man​	PAC-MAN​

Spoiler: Extra fighters

Mewtwo (DLC)​	Rayman (DLC)​	Ryu (DLC)​	Lucas (DLC)​
Cloud (DLC)​	Azura (DLC)​	Bayonetta (DLC)​	Mii Fighters (Brawler / Swordfighter / Gunner; base game)​

Spoiler: Ultimate

Spoiler: Base game

64	Melee	Brawl	for 3DS / Wii U	Ultimate
1. Mario 2. Donkey Kong 3. Link 4. Samus 4ε. Dark Samus 5. Yoshi 6. Kirby 7. Fox 8. Pikachu 9. Luigi 10. Ness 11. Captain Falcon 12. Meowth	13. Peach 13ε. Daisy 14. Bowser 15. Zelda 16. Sheik 16ε. Yiga 17. Ice Climbers 18. Ganondorf 19. Falco 20. Mewtwo 21. Marth 21ε. Lucina 22. Mr. Game & Watch	23. Meta Knight 24. Lyn 25. Pit 25ε. Dark Pit 26. Wario 27. Snake 28. Ike 29. Zero Suit Samus 30. Wario 31. Plusle & Minun 32. Olimar 32ε. Alph 33-35. Pokémon Trainer (Totodile / Grovyle / Charizard) 36. Diddy Kong 36ε. Dixie Kong 37. Lucas 38. Sonic 39. King Dedede 40. Tetra 41. Wolf 42. Lucario 43. Isaac 44. DeMille 45. R.O.B.	46. Isabelle 47. Mega Man 48. Wii Fit Trainer 49. Rosalina & Luma 50. Paper Mario 51. Little Mac 51ε. Glass Joe 52. Ghirahim 53. Greninja 54-56. Mii Fighters (Brawler / Swordfighter / Gunner) 57. Palutena 58. PAC-MAN 59. Robin 60. Shulk 61. Bowser Jr. 62. Duck Hunt 63. Takamaru 64. Rayman 65. Ryu 65ε. Ken 66. Cloud 67. Azura 68. Bayonetta	69. Inkling 70. Simon 70ε. Richter 71. Ridley 72. King K. Rool 73. Bandana Waddle Dee 74. Incineroar 75. Banjo & Kazooie

Spoiler: Fighters Pass

Vol. 1	Vol. 2
76. Joker 77. Hero 78. Crash Bandicoot 79. Estelle Bright 80-82. Team NEO GEO Terry Bogard Iori Yagami Nakoruru 83. Steve	84. Chun-Li 85. Dr. Eggman 86. Sephiroth 87-88. Pyra / Mythra 89. Kazuya Mishima 90. Sora

 

[Oracle Link]

Here is a roster i made with some smash ands hyrule wariors assets:

Sadly i didnt have specific assets so i had to use those i had!

 

[Stratos]

I just now thought of Frey and Freya, the two protagonists from Zangeki no Reginleiv. They could in my opinion come as newcomers in future Super Smash Bros. games, but the question is whether Freya should have her own moves or be a clone or echo of Frey, although I've never played Zangeki no Reginleiv and that makes sense since it was only released in Japan.

 

[Gengar84]

Here is a roster i made with some smash ands hyrule wariors assets:
View attachment 378358
Sadly i didnt have specific assets so i had to use those i had!

Nice. Is this intended for a Smash game or a new Hyrule Warriors game? Either way, it looks like there are a lot of fun characters here (but some people would argue it might go a bit far in making up for Smash’s lack of Zelda characters if it’s for Smash lol).

I just now thought of Frey and Freya, the two protagonists from Zangeki no Reginleiv. They could in my opinion come as newcomers in future Super Smash Bros. games, but the question is whether Freya should have her own moves or be a clone or echo of Frey, although I've never played Zangeki no Reginleiv and that makes sense since it was only released in Japan.

Interesting. I’ve never heard of that game before but it’s always fun to learn about new games and characters through Smash. It’s been too long for me since that’s happened.

Being a big Final Fantasy IX fan, my mind always goes to Freya Crescent when I hear the name Freya. She’d also be a fun fighter in Smash though she’d probably get passed over for Zidane, Vivi, or maybe Garnet.

 

[Laniv]

Here is a roster i made with some smash ands hyrule wariors assets:
View attachment 378358
Sadly i didnt have specific assets so i had to use those i had!

Thank heavens Vaati isn't completely forgotten

 

[smashkirby]

I just now thought of Frey and Freya, the two protagonists from Zangeki no Reginleiv. They could in my opinion come as newcomers in future Super Smash Bros. games, but the question is whether Freya should have her own moves or be a clone or echo of Frey, although I've never played Zangeki no Reginleiv and that makes sense since it was only released in Japan.

I'd actually thought of Frey and Freya myself at some point, though I'm not holding my breath of them, given their Japan-only status. We all know how Sakurai approaches characters like THAT nowadays...

Still, even I wasn't sure if the two should be clones of each other (a'la Simon and Richter Belmont), or alt. skins of each other.

 

[Oracle Link]

Nice. Is this intended for a Smash game or a new Hyrule Warriors game? Either way, it looks like there are a lot of fun characters here (but some people would argue it might go a bit far in making up for Smash’s lack of Zelda characters if it’s for Smash lol).


Interesting. I’ve never heard of that game before but it’s always fun to learn about new games and characters through Smash. It’s been too long for me since that’s happened.

Being a big Final Fantasy IX fan, my mind always goes to Freya Crescent when I hear the name Freya. She’d also be a fun fighter in Smash though she’d probably get passed over for Zidane, Vivi, or maybe Garnet.
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Its for a zelda only smash and 36 characters are certainly possible in that case unlikely yes but not impossible!

 

[Jave]

My idea for a 100-character (plus Echoes) roster:

Characters 1-82: The SSB Ultimate Roster, plus all original 7 Echoes.

Echoes of Veteran characters:

10ε.- Ninten (Earthbound Beginnings)
11ε.- Jody Summer (F-Zero X)
17ε.- Hilda (The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds)
18ε.- Dr. Luigi (Dr. Mario/Luigi)
38ε.- Shadow (Sonic the Hedgehog)
64ε.- Octoling (Splatoon)

Spoiler: Characters 83-100

83.- Dixie Kong (Donkey Kong)
84.- Ashley (Warioware)
85.- Ring Fit Trainee (Ring Fit Adventures)
86.- Impa (Legend of Zelda, specifically the Ages of Calamity version)
87.- Alear (Fire Emblem Engage)
88.- Meowscarada (Pokemon Scarlet/Violet)
89.- Captain Toad (Captain Toad: Treasure Trackers)
-> 89ε.- Captain Toadette
90.- Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog)
91.- Arle (Puyo Puyo)
92.- Twintelle (ARMS)
93.- Chun-Li (Street Fighter)
94.- Paper Mario (Paper Mario)
95.- Waluigi (Super Mario)
96.- Rayman (Rayman)
97.- Shantae (Shantae)
98.- Terra (Final Fantasy VI)
99.- Professor Layton (Professor Layton)
100.- Phoenix Wright (Ace Attorney)
-> 100ε.- Miles Edgeworth

Final Roster: 115 (100 Characters + 15 Echoes)

 

[Opossum]

Its for a zelda only smash and 36 characters are certainly possible in that case unlikely yes but not impossible!

I'm just saying...it took Actual Smash until Brawl to get to that amount. And no non-Smash platform fighter has even reached that amount, besides Brawlhalla, which not only follows a Games As A Service style model, but tons of the characters are also just alternate skins, inflating the count.

As a point of comparison:

Super Smash Bros. (N64) - 12
Super Smash Bros. Melee - 26
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 39
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U - 58 (51 base)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 89 (76 base)
DreamMix TV World Fighters - 17
TMNT Smash Up (Wii) - 16
Cartoon Network PunchTime Explosion - 18
Cartoon Network PunchTime Explosion XL - 26
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale - 24 (20 base)
Rivals of Aether - 18
BrawlOut - 25
Slap City - 11
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl - 25 (20 base)
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 - ~29 (~25 base)
Multiversus - 23 (16 base)
Fraymakers - 6 revealed, ~10 planned (?)

When it comes to platform fighters, and even including the really bad early ones like Punch-Time Explosion and Smash Up, 36 characters for a first entry is literally unheard of. Like...it's significantly more than anything else's first go at the moment.

The sweet spot as of right now is about 20-25, not 36. That's far less realistic for a first entry.

 

[Gengar84]

I'm just saying...it took Actual Smash until Brawl to get to that amount. And no non-Smash platform fighter has even reached that amount, besides Brawlhalla, which not only follows a Games As A Service style model, but tons of the characters are also just alternate skins, inflating the count.

As a point of comparison:

Super Smash Bros. (N64) - 12
Super Smash Bros. Melee - 26
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 39
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U - 58 (51 base)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 89 (76 base)
DreamMix TV World Fighters - 17
TMNT Smash Up (Wii) - 16
Cartoon Network PunchTime Explosion - 18
Cartoon Network PunchTime Explosion XL - 26
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale - 24 (20 base)
Rivals of Aether - 18
BrawlOut - 25
Slap City - 11
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl - 25 (20 base)
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 - ~29 (~25 base)
Multiversus - 23 (16 base)
Fraymakers - 6 revealed, ~10 planned (?)

When it comes to platform fighters, and even including the really bad early ones like Punch-Time Explosion and Smash Up, 36 characters for a first entry is literally unheard of. Like...it's significantly more than anything else's first go at the moment.

The sweet spot as of right now is about 20-25, not 36. That's far less realistic for a first entry.

It’s possible Oracle was counting the potential DLC in that number. Ultimate got 12 characters I believe. It’s reasonable with a starting roster of 20-25, we could potentially reach 36 by the time it is done.

 

[SPEN18]

It’s possible Oracle was counting the potential DLC in that number. Ultimate got 12 characters I believe. It’s reasonable with a starting roster of 20-25, we could potentially reach 36 by the time it is done.

The again, it's not even a guarantee that Smash itself is gonna get 12 DLC characters every time, let alone a new series on its first go. Not to mention Smash didn't even do 12 for its first go-round.

That said, I am guessing this hypothetical Zelda Smash roster is just for fun anyway

 

[Gengar84]

The again, it's not even a guarantee that Smash itself is gonna get 12 DLC characters every time, let alone a new series on its first go. Not to mention Smash didn't even do 12 for its first go-round.

That said, I am guessing this hypothetical Zelda Smash roster is just for fun anyway

Fair enough. I’m guessing it’s just for fun too. It can definitely be challenging to narrow down lists like this and not feel like you’re leaving out a lot of favorites. I’d love to do the same for a hypothetical second TMNT platform fighter since I feel Smash Up never really lived up to its potential.

 

[Sucumbio]

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U - 58 (51 base)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 89 (76 base)

Wow! I never really thought about it but them adding 25 characters to base to start with 76 characters... no wonder they be like nah we ain't doing this again lol really does put into perspective what a massive deal ultimate was to produce.

 

[KneeOfJustice99]

One thing I think would be pretty interesting to see in a hypothetical "Smash reboot" is how different series would be represented without the need to grandfather in older content for the sake of it. It'd be especially cool for some series that have been around for ages, like Metroid or The Legend of Zelda, given there's a lot of things like stages you could include without being beholden to "rising lava stage quotas" or something

 

[Schnee117]

One thing I think would be pretty interesting to see in a hypothetical "Smash reboot" is how different series would be represented without the need to grandfather in older content for the sake of it. It'd be especially cool for some series that have been around for ages, like Metroid or The Legend of Zelda, given there's a lot of things like stages you could include without being beholden to "rising lava stage quotas" or something

Society if Mario stages weren't 8 billion takes on World 1

 

[PeridotGX]

Society if Mario stages weren't 8 billion takes on World 1

I'm a hypocrite. I'm as sick of all the 1-1 stages as the next guy, but I really wish Bomb-Omb Battlefield was a stage and that's the textbook definition of generic grassy field.

 

[HyperSomari64]

Ignore this.

 

[HyperSomari64]

Sorry for the double post.

 

[Diddy Kong]

Here is a roster i made with some smash ands hyrule wariors assets:
View attachment 378358
Sadly i didnt have specific assets so i had to use those i had!

A Lynel is definitely a character I miss. Maybe Moblins too. Could have a masked version of Young Link, Tetra, Phantom Ganon too. But overall good list.

 

[HyperSomari64]

Now for real, what if the new stage for the Mario series was the first five minutes of "Super Hornio Brothers" looped indefinitely?

 

[Wonder Smash]

I'm not sure about everybody else but I think I can do without the stage morphing feature for the next game. It's one of the few things in Smash Ultimate that I was never really excited about anyway.

 

[CannonStreak]

I'm not sure everybody else but I think I can do without the stage morphing feature for the next game. It's one of the few things in Smash Ultimate that I was never really excited about anyway.

Neither was I. I was not the biggest fan of that feature myself. It did change battles some and make them a bit more chaotic, if you know what I mean, but that is it.

 

[Gengar84]

Neither was I. I was not the biggest fan of that feature myself. It did change battles some and make them a bit more chaotic, if you know what I mean, but that is it.

Same here. It’s kind of cool in concept but I honestly completely forgot it was a thing.

 

[Noipoi]

Meanwhile there’s me, a ****ing freak, who used stage morph a ton

 

[CannonStreak]

By the way, I have an item idea for Smash Bros. It is from the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

Player Swap

Not to be confused with Teleporter (object). Player Swap[1] (テレポーターのみ[2], Terepōtā nomi?, lit. "Teleporter only"), also known as Swap (入れ替え[3], Irekae?), Teleporter [4] (テレポテーション[5], Terepotēshon?, lit. "Teleportation") or Teleport, is an Item Box power-up that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog...

sonic.fandom.com

The Player Swap, or Character Swap Monitor.

This monitor, as an item for Smash Bros., works like this: When it by the player that attacks it, the player's character randomly turns into another character that is playable in the game. Of course, the selection of what character the player's character turns into is random, but it can be any character in the game. This works on unlockable characters, too, provided you have unlocked them to begin with.

What do you all think?

 

[Perkilator]

I'm not sure about everybody else but I think I can do without the stage morphing feature for the next game. It's one of the few things in Smash Ultimate that I was never really excited about anyway.

You know what? In hindsight, I think it would've been better to trade Stage Morph for the return of every stage in the Smash series*, including skins based off previous versions of Battlefield and Final Destination.

*with the appropriate changes made to stages like Pac-Maze and Pyrosphere, of course.

 

[jamesster445]

A day ago I challenged myself to form a lineup of exactly 100 unique fighters. The only caveat I made myself obey were that I could only have a maximum of six straight clone characters (same number as Melee). Otherwise, I gave myself no restrictions for the other 94 choices, meaning I was free to include whoever I wanted and reimagine/update returning choices as I pleased. This is what I came up with in a subpar collage.

Wanted to do this as a decent distraction for the thread. Feel free to give your thoughts and opinions, hopefully I can ignite some fresher discussion with this whole "100 fighters" thing.

I'll give this a shot. Not in the mood for revising history so let's just have the original 82 unique characters we already have.

Spoiler

83. Arle (Puyo Puyo)
84. Dixie Kong (DK)
85. Tingle (Zelda)
86. EMMI (Metroid)
87. Master Chief (Halo)
88. Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
89. Bandana Dee (Kirby)
90. Tinkaton (PKMN)
91. Porky (Mother)
92. Waluigi (Mario/Wario)
93. Anna (Fire Emblem)
94. Officer Howard (Astral Chain)
95. Andy (Advance Wars)
96. Euden (Dragalia Lost)
97. Foreman Spike (Retro)
98. Noah/Mio (Xenoblade)
99. Ring Fit Trainee (Ring Fit Adventure)
100. Octoling (Splatoon)

 

[DarthEnderX]

A day ago I challenged myself to form a lineup of exactly 100 unique fighters.

83. Ryu Hayabusa [Ninja Gaiden]
84. Bill Rizer/Lance Bean [Contra]
85. Arthur [Ghosts ‘n Goblins]
86. Kunio/Riki [River City]
87. SV-001 Metal Slug [Metal Slug]
88. Bub/Bob [Bubble Bobble]
89. Jill Valentine [Resident Evil]
90. Morrigan [Darkstalkers]
91. Nightmare [Soulcalibur]
92. Kazuma Kiryu [Yakuza]
93. Nakoruru [Samurai Shodown]
94. Dante [Devil May Cry]
95. Phoenix Wright [Ace Attorney]
96. Bomberman [Bomberman]
97. Rash/Zitz [Battletoads]
98. Zero [Mega Man X]
99. Alucard [Castlevania]
100. Captain Toad/Toadette [Treasure Tracker]

 

[Mamboo07]

Smash Fighters Pass 3 gets announced and you’re in charge of the picks. Who’s getting in? pic.twitter.com/7uJTyPDkve

— Marina 🦑 Kraken Mommy (@MarinaVT_) September 25, 2023

Who would you choose?

My picks would be: (having 7 fighters)

1. Bandana Dee (Kirby needs more than just representation from Sakurai's games)
2. Crash Bandicoot (Popular third party request)
3. Dixie Kong (The next one after K. Rool)
4. Amaterasu (More quadruped animal fighters)
5. Toxtricity (Pokémon didn't get a Gen 8 rep during Smash's DLC)
6. Dr. Eggman (Sonic needs a villain rep)
7. Master Chief (Pretty iconic to finish with)

 

[HyperSomari64]

Smash Fighters Pass 3 gets announced and you’re in charge of the picks. Who’s getting in? pic.twitter.com/7uJTyPDkve

— Marina 🦑 Kraken Mommy (@MarinaVT_) September 25, 2023

Who would you choose?

My picks would be: (having 7 fighters)

1. Bandana Dee (Kirby needs more than just representation from Sakurai's games)
2. Crash Bandicoot (Popular third party request)
3. Dixie Kong (The next one after K. Rool)
4. Amaterasu (More quadruped animal fighters)
5. Toxtricity (Pokémon didn't get a Gen 8 rep during Smash's DLC)
6. Dr. Eggman (Sonic needs a villain rep)
7. Master Chief (Pretty iconic to finish with)

1. Manny Calavera
2. Ceruledge and Armarouge
3. The dog dude from Puyo Puyo Tetris
4. BJ Blazkowics
5. Bandana Dee
6. Hyperdimension Neptunia character
7. Taffy (the Candy Crush kid)

Anyway, Full Motion Video deserves representation

 

[rychu_supadude]

Smash Fighters Pass 3 gets announced and you’re in charge of the picks. Who’s getting in? pic.twitter.com/7uJTyPDkve

— Marina 🦑 Kraken Mommy (@MarinaVT_) September 25, 2023

Who would you choose?

My picks would be: (having 7 fighters)

1. Bandana Dee (Kirby needs more than just representation from Sakurai's games)
2. Crash Bandicoot (Popular third party request)
3. Dixie Kong (The next one after K. Rool)
4. Amaterasu (More quadruped animal fighters)
5. Toxtricity (Pokémon didn't get a Gen 8 rep during Smash's DLC)
6. Dr. Eggman (Sonic needs a villain rep)
7. Master Chief (Pretty iconic to finish with)

If I'm picking purely from my own personal bias:

1. Bandana Waddle Dee
2. Karate Joe
3. Octoling
4. Crono
5. Dr. Eggman
6. Phoenix Wright

If I'm picking what I think is realistic and best for the game:

1. Octoling
2. Impa (or literally anyone from BOTW/TOTK)
3. Dr. Eggman
4. Rayman
5. Neku
6. Waluigi

 

[dream1ng]

I went for trying to be somewhat realistic.

If there's a FP3, presumably the prior content can be reevaluated, as this was decided afterwards. So two promo additions, one fan demand, two big series/characters, and one mid-size series/character. I thought Capcom was due for another character, as well as a new company (to the roster).

No non-promo first-parties (which include series that don't usually get promo additions), as that doesn't seem to be what they opt for.

1. Akira Howard
2. Jill Valentine
3. Gholdengo (I just don't want another starter)
4. Geno
5. Ryu Hayabusa
6. Master Chief

In theory they may opt for Alear or Noah/Mio, but since both those series already got promotional additions via DLC, I reasoned another from either may be deprioritized and went for Pokemon and AC.

In my personal pass, I think the only crossover would be Chief.

 

[Sucumbio]

I have never used Stage Morph so... literally a wasted feature for me.

 

[fogbadge]

I keep forgetting stage morph is a thing