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We don't really know? It's not like Sakurai has ever gone "I picked out this character, this character and this character. Nintendo insisted on this one and this one. And a 3P publisher came to us and asked us to add this one."
Well, he kinda has, but the sample size isn't quite enough I think.
Also the fact that lot of the base roster were chosen because of fighter’s ballot. Even some of the Echoes.
Not saying the DLC was bad but also, like, is the fact that Nintendo made some good choices reason to believe that this wasn't a one-time thing? Smash Bros is Sakurai's project after all, we know how involved he is in pretty much the entirety of its dev.
We do though... SourceGaming's youtube channel and site is a great source for behind the scenes info and then there is obviously the project plan for Smash 4, all of this suggests that Sakurai is very much the one choosing the characters.
If anything I imagine it's prolly just gonna continue this way; Sakurai (or whoever eventually replaces him) continues to handle the base game, and Nintendo does the DLC.
Probably Bandai Namco again. I don’t really see why not; they have done two so far and Ultimate was very successful.
I also think Bamco will be back again for 6 but in the less likely scenario of another group taking the helm?
Ah, I see. Instead of packing the game with content, it’ll barely have any at all!
A suggestion based on a vague description of half a game.
Studio S/Studio 2 is 2 teams. One working on a 3D game and another on a 2D game.
And it'll expand "everyone is here" to mean literally every Nintendo character, but they'll all be clones of each other!Ah, I see. Instead of packing the game with content, it’ll barely have any at all!
Half a game? Lol, their series on youtube covers all the games
I think that the 2D game is probably something else entirely, like a new 2D Metroid.
I still think its MercurySteam if there be another 2D Metroid.
I think that's the only thing it could be unless either it's some bizarre new spinoff of a pre-existing franchise or Sakurai's been replaced as the director of the series.
Yunobo/ Daruk one Word: Goron
I feel like Sakurai would direct the next game and then maybe start seriously considering passing the director torch after that, since he'd probably be at least in his 60s by the time the game after Smash 6 happens. He's 54 right now, which isn't exactly young, but considering Miyamoto is 72 and Aonuma is 62, he's definitely got at least one more in him. And even then, after that point he'd almost certainly supervise whoever he passes the torch to for a while.
It may be Sakurai's project but that's only because Nintendo allows it to stay that way by directly asking him to make new ones. They're the ones owning the IP, no matter how passionate Sakurai is when developing each game.
Although I think it will be years before we'll see the next Smash game. I don't know if it will even be on the Switch 2.
Considering the Switch 2 isn't even out yet, Smash is the third best selling game on the Switch, and it's very commonly a system seller, I have no idea why you're so adamant on this meaning they might just skip the Switch 2 for Smash.
With Sakurai developing Kirby Air Riders and the possibility of that game getting post-launch content the timing doesn't line up unless either they're outright replacing Sakurai as director of the series or they're just rereleasing Ultimate.
Air Riders comes out THIS YEAR, Riley, and most Kirby spinoffs (I think pretty much all of them actually) don't get DLC.
Also I think the only ones that it actually happened was Roy in Melee, Corrin in the west for Smash 4 and Hero if it’s about the Switch port.
Kirby spin-offs have notoriously not gotten any kind of post-launch content. It's not impossible for Sakurai to break the mold since having him back on a Kirby game is pretty damn special but even so, whatever post-launch content it gets won't be enough to entirely shut down the idea of Smash on Switch 2.
I think that if it does happen unless they replace Sakurai it will be a very late console release, like in 2029 or 2030.
It's Riley, he has to be adamant on things not happening.
And where's the problem with that, Riley?
I would say Byleth counts since Three Houses was still actively getting new content at that point.
How much DLC are you expecting Air Riders to get, man? It comes out this year and Smash takes like 3 years to make normally.
Smash has never been a late console release before. They might as well decide to delay it a couple years to have it be the big launch title for the Switch 3, like Breath of the Wild for the Switch 1 and Mario Kart World for the Switch 2.
Clearly he expects Sakurai to work on Air Riders until the Switch 3
I think it will start development next year for a 2029 or 2030 launch.Clearly he expects Sakurai to work on Air Riders until the Switch 3
Smash 64 would like to have a word with you.
If the Switch 2 lives about the same time as the first one, 2029 is in the middle. It's not that bad.
I'm thinking that the Switch 2 will have a shorter lifespan than the Switch 1. I think that the Switch 1's longer lifespan is an anomaly due to its massive success, much like the PS2.
So you're going off the assumption that the Switch 2 won't maintain momentum.
There is that, but one thing worth noting is that DLC is sold individually, so other companies taking up a slice of that revenue means less than if they took from the main game. It's why Hero was DLC and not base.
