Alright, I'm bored. So check this out.
2024-The next Nintendo console is both announced and released during this year. Let's call it the Switch U.
June 2025- During a Nintendo presentation, we get the rather vague announcement that a new Smash brothers is in the works for the Switch U. It's set for a 2026 release, and Masahiro Sakurai is still involved. Nerds rejoice worldwide.
February 2026-After months of speculation, we finally get the initial reveal teaser. Obvious characters like Mario, Link, and Pikachu are confirmed. A holiday 2026 release date is established.
June 2026-
We get the full reveal for Smash 6, though the whole returning roster isn't shown off at once. Over the course of the year we learn that few characters are cut, namely crazy third parties like Sephiroth or Sora and oddballs like Young Link and Pichu. Incineroar and Corrin are also gone, for obvious but yet to be revealed reasons. But for the most part all first party veterans are intact, along with third party staples like Sonic and Pac-Man. And to the surprise of many Joker, Steve, and Banjo Kazooie are still around. We get our first new character reveals here, particularly
Waluigi,
Dixie Kong (an echo of Diddy), and
Crash Bandicoot. They spend a lot of time focusing on tweaks made to improve older characters, like Mario using more power-ups or Ganondorf's...everything.
Summer-ish 2026-
A solo Smash presentation. New features abound, tons of music and items and assist trophies and Pokeball summons, disconfirming some big requests like Isaac or Bomberman. We get standalone stages based on Tears of the Kingdom, Mario Wonder, and Legends Arceus. Here we get the announcements for
Master Chief,
Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic echo),
Octoling (Inkling echo), and
Geno. Nerds rejoice once more. The game's main gimmicks to set it apart from Ultimate are retooling old movesets for classic fighters, and an all-new story mode with fully animated cutscenes, setting out to be an improvement on the Subspace Emissary.
September 2026-A Nintendo Direct is held as usual, revealing
Alear at the end and
Bandanna Waddle Dee near the beginning. Reactions are mixed.
Fall-ish 2026-
A month or two before the game's release, a final presentation is held. Revealing
Noah,
Meowscarada,
Paper Mario, and
Sans. They go into more detail on the story mode, and announce that dlc is on the way, featuring both new characters and returning veterans like Sephiroth. If you preorder the new expansion pass, you get an extra fighter,
Tingle. No one knows how to respond to this being the first Zelda rep in a decade.
Late Fall/Winter-ish 2026-Game releases.
This is
generally how I see things going down, with a few liberties taken here and there. If I'm wrong I'll literally drink water.
Feel free to tear it to pieces