I mean, every year it would release it would get overshadow. We're getting a new Mario, Starfield and Spider Man 2 this year among others things, if anything chances are that next year is actually more calm in video game releases.
Those games aren't direct competition. 2023 was a dry year for platform fighters and would've had NASB 2 better stabilize. One of the most unvoiced ways NASB 1 got screwed over is the way it released with other big stuff happening, direct competition before NASB could get its footing. So many players wanted to play it more but couldn't because not a chance were they playing the blatant licensed game over Smash and MVS's new releases coming out on a similar date. Totally not silly to release NASB 2 between the massive and reworked Multiversus and Rivals of Aether 2.
I'm gonna go ahead and doubt MVS is going to be that much of a threat to NASB2. NASB2 at least has the advantage of being a sequel with a fresh start. MVS is still gonna be MVS, for better or worse.
Nah, it's a huge threat because Warner Bros actually cares unlike Nickelodeon. Warner will pay so many big streamers huge money to play it and expose MVS to the wider audience. It's a big event no matter what, marketing carries. They got Jerma to play it lmao. At the end of the day, there will potential eyes and attention lost, because that's exactly what happened to the first game. There were people that wanted to check out NASB 1's huge updates out of goodwill toward the game but couldn't.
Plus, that advantage isn't much of an advantage. Other games didn't need a sequel for the bare minimum, NASB having its redemption arc would be much easier without competition.