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[DeviousFish]

Spoiler: Seems like we may have finally gotten the non-silhouette boxart leaked (Spoilers - It doesn’t reveal anyone we don’t already know about)

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from the siloutes it look like catdog was being crushed by spongebob;guess not

 

[TheBrainJem]

To those that asked, it's apparently on the Brazillian e-Shop of the game

Also the game is live on digital stores now!

Anyways taking the boxart into account with how Ren and Stimpy are placed and the fact that these are their major players they have yet to "reveal", I'd say this is probably gonna be our final roster, or at least something similar

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Pretty much what I think but probably would swap Luan with either Garfield or Rocko (leaning more on Garfield being in the base roster now)

 

[Fields - Ultimate's Great]

lmao I knew it was october. Glad it'll come out sooner than later.

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

To me, the box art does indeed confirm that yes, Ren & Stimpy are seperate. In silhouette, it looked a bit like both were cheering, but with full details they're clearly in different poses that don't bounce off each other like I thought.

EDIT: also consider the speed streak lines, Ren & Stimpy are clearly moving away from each other.

 

[LimeTH]

To me, the box art does indeed confirm that yes, Ren & Stimpy are seperate. In silhouette, it looked a bit like both were cheering, but with full details they're clearly in different poses that don't bounce off each other like I thought.

EDIT: also consider the speed streak lines, Ren & Stimpy are clearly moving away from each other.

Counterargument, remember GIR in the first trailer? How for a moment he looked like a separate character from ZIM because they used him rather than one of the other actually playable characters for that final faceoff shot?

Just because they're posed separate doesn't mean they are.

If they were separate though, I'd learn to live with it purely because it'd make people stop insisting the Angry Beavers absolutely have to be an Ice Climbers duo or Alph alts of each other in any potential DLC or sequel.

 

[FreeFox]

Who would have though that a simple image might have lead to so much? We might be almost about to learn the whole roster. That also means that we should be getting the rest of the reveals this month. Besides a possibility in the smash direct, what other events do we have in september?

 

[cashregister9]

I'm doubt this box-art is a good indication of potential gameplay yet, It looks like things were placed for visual interest. Not necessarily how well it represents playstyles. I hope Ren and Stimpy are revealed soon to end this debate

 

[Fields - Ultimate's Great]

I really hope Ren and Stimpy are just a duo.

 

[Ze Diglett]

Yeah, I'm still pretty set on Ren & Stimpy being a duo. They're right next to each other on the boxart, and I don't think they need to be exactly touching to convey that they're partners for the sake of this crossover.

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

When I made my point about R&S I was running off the assumption everybody remembered what Rep said about "leg girl"'s placement before the April reveal: that each piece of character art was produced seperately and just placed in any visually appealing position as long as SpongeBob was in front. If Ren & Stimpy were a duo their art likely would've had eithet similar poses or them interacting.

Why would you want Ren & Stimpy as a duo, anyway? Sure it could be fun to have them beat one another up to win as a team, but CD are using that gimmick to an extent and Ren & Stimpy clearly have enough unique qualities to set them apart in battle.

 

[Mamboo07]

Spoiler: Seems like we may have finally gotten the non-silhouette boxart leaked (Spoilers - It doesn’t reveal anyone we don’t already know about)

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Spoiler: Spoiler

Lmao Lincoln looks smol and tiny compared to others.

And we got our first look at Ren and Stimpy!

 

[Fields - Ultimate's Great]

When I made my point about R&S I was running off the assumption everybody remembered what Rep said about "leg girl"'s placement before the April reveal: that each piece of character art was produced seperately and just placed in any visually appealing position as long as SpongeBob was in front. If Ren & Stimpy were a duo their art likely would've had eithet similar poses or them interacting.

Why would you want Ren & Stimpy as a duo, anyway? Sure it could be fun to have them beat one another up to win as a team, but CD are using that gimmick to an extent and Ren & Stimpy clearly have enough unique qualities to set them apart in battle.

I just prefer them together than apart.

 

[Mamboo07]

I just prefer them together than apart.

Same, would love to see them use each other like in the game Stimpy's Invention for moveset potential.

 

[Ze Diglett]

When I made my point about R&S I was running off the assumption everybody remembered what Rep said about "leg girl"'s placement before the April reveal: that each piece of character art was produced seperately and just placed in any visually appealing position as long as SpongeBob was in front. If Ren & Stimpy were a duo their art likely would've had eithet similar poses or them interacting.

Why would you want Ren & Stimpy as a duo, anyway? Sure it could be fun to have them beat one another up to win as a team, but CD are using that gimmick to an extent and Ren & Stimpy clearly have enough unique qualities to set them apart in battle.

I just think they function better as a pair than they do apart. Imagine if the show was only Ren or Stimpy, it's just wrong. Plus, I think it'd make them way more unique, since we don't have a proper duo character (CatDog is only ostensibly a "duo" in the absolute loosest sense and seems to be closer to a stance fighter archetype-wise) and they could have some really fun moves where Ren swings around Stimpy or Stimpy tosses Ren as a projectile, for instance. It's just more fun that way IMO.

 

[LimeTH]

Why would you want Ren & Stimpy as a duo, anyway? Sure it could be fun to have them beat one another up to win as a team, but CD are using that gimmick to an extent and Ren & Stimpy clearly have enough unique qualities to set them apart in battle.

The vitriol is only ever one sided on Ren's part. Stimpy rarely ever actually fought back, so them fighting each other to fight the opponent wouldn't happen as it does for CatDog. Ren and Stimpy don't go into direct conflict with each other all that often compared to CatDog or the Beavers where their differences and sibling rivalries make up the bulk of the shows' dynamic. Ren abuses and backstabs Stimpy on the regular, but Stimpy never does anything intentionally mean to Ren like that. Otherwise, the two usually work as a unit just fine.

I have no real issue with them being separate characters (heck, we could count Ren as a technical villain rep the same way we can for ZIM). I guess it comes from it being fun to imagine how it would work, how it actually makes sense for these particular characters to have that sort of gimmick than it would for other character pairs, and definitely a bit of denial in wanting the extra slot that a duo would leave open for a character from a show yet unrepresented.

 

[BonafideFella]

i still believe (or hope strong enough for delusion's sake) that ren and stimpy are a duo. i can't really imagine the benefits of having them separate that couldn't also be fulfilled by having them together.
keep in mind that while my theory is as much conjecture as anyone else's, i don't see how their poses on the boxart give away that they're separate. they're still positioned together at the top of the box (likely to account for them being together in alternate boxarts) and are facing forward for the sake of consistency with everyone else. at least, that's what i see.

 

[Capybara Gaming]

When I made my point about R&S I was running off the assumption everybody remembered what Rep said about "leg girl"'s placement before the April reveal: that each piece of character art was produced seperately and just placed in any visually appealing position as long as SpongeBob was in front. If Ren & Stimpy were a duo their art likely would've had eithet similar poses or them interacting.

Why would you want Ren & Stimpy as a duo, anyway? Sure it could be fun to have them beat one another up to win as a team, but CD are using that gimmick to an extent and Ren & Stimpy clearly have enough unique qualities to set them apart in battle.

Because both of them are already boring enough characters on their own, that I don't want them each taking up a slot on the roster.

Am I being a stick-in-the-mud? Maybe, but I just don't see them as particularly interesting enough on their own as opposed to as a duo.

 

[Mamboo07]

Why would you want Ren & Stimpy as a duo, anyway?

Because I wanna see them use each other like weapons.

 

[dlewis53]

Having seen that supposed image of the actual box-art...yeah, I'm sticking to my guns on this: I still have a strong feeling that Ren & Stimpy are gonna be a duo character (either fighting directly alongside each other ala Duck Hunt or Banjo & Kazooie, or implementing some sort of switching mechanic ala Pyra & Mythra); just the fact that the two are posing so close together makes me think that they aren't gonna be separate fighters.

Honestly, at this point, I don't care how many characters are revealed next; I just want Ren & Stimpy to be among them so we can finally put this debate to rest!

...And also so we can have some sort of confirmation/de-confirmation of Stage Theory.

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

Leaks like this don't surprise me anymore. It's hard to keep base stuff under wraps in general. Rep's gonna have a field day here.

I know there's at least like 6 other characters that'd make it in before him, but I need my main man Barnacle Man and his sulfur vision
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Too bad they retired the character in SB alongside Mermaid Man, even with the prospect of no voices.

If there is a Nintendo direct this week or the next, do any of you think we might get a new character revealed in it?

Yes. There isn't too many months left before release anyway, so it's getting too late to turn back from standalone announcements now.

That being said, I think we'll get a stream next week.

I just think they function better as a pair than they do apart. Imagine if the show was only Ren or Stimpy, it's just wrong. Plus, I think it'd make them way more unique, since we don't have a proper duo character (CatDog is only ostensibly a "duo" in the absolute loosest sense and seems to be closer to a stance fighter archetype-wise) and they could have some really fun moves where Ren swings around Stimpy or Stimpy tosses Ren as a projectile, for instance. It's just more fun that way IMO.

Not to mention that there's a precedence for this, since Stimpy's Invention on the Genesis had their entire gameplay function like that. Wouldn't be strange to use that as a frame of reference, if the Turtles can get away with using moves from their own old fighting game.

Who would have though that a simple image might have lead to so much? We might be almost about to learn the whole roster. That also means that we should be getting the rest of the reveals this month. Besides a possibility in the smash direct, what other events do we have in september?

PAX was mentioned, I believe.

 

[GilTheGreat19]

I’m with Nelson on this one
I was hoping for someone not initially noticeable to be on the box art, especially between Stimpy and Spongebob, but oh well haha

 

[RileyXY1]

The cover does not say for certain whether Ren and Stimpy are gonna be together or separate.

 

[Quick Gaming (QG)]

Luan is apparently that darkened figure discovered in the Loud House stage from the first trailer so here have this one instead

 

[Sammerbro44]

Spoiler: Seems like we may have finally gotten the non-silhouette boxart leaked (Spoilers - It doesn’t reveal anyone we don’t already know about)

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Overall, this looks pretty solid (Though Catdog's positioning does feel a bit off to me). Correct me if I'm wrong, but if we look at Ren and Stimpy, doesn't Ren have one of his hands behind Stimpy? Maybe Ren does in fact hold onto Stimpy from behind (though tbf, it could just be Ren having his other fist in the air not touching Stimpy). This does lead me to believe that they are a duo fighter as opposed to separate.

 

[Quick Gaming (QG)]

Overall, this looks pretty solid (Though Catdog's positioning does feel a bit off to me). Correct me if I'm wrong, but if we look at Ren and Stimpy, doesn't Ren have one of his hands behind Stimpy? Maybe Ren does in fact hold onto Stimpy from behind (though tbf, it could just be Ren having his other fist in the air not touching Stimpy). This does lead me to believe that they are a duo fighter as opposed to separate.

imagine if Ren rides Stimpy like a horse

 

[Mamboo07]

imagine if Ren rides Stimpy like a horse

Giddy up, giddy up!

Hi Ho Silver Stimpy, away!

 

[DrifloonEmpire]

I'm a bit confused, why are we assuming that The Loud House is getting a third rep? We don't have a third stage for them like we do with Avatar.

 

[RileyXY1]

I'm a bit confused, why are we assuming that The Loud House is getting a third rep? We don't have a third stage for them like we do with Avatar.

Reptar doesn't have a stage yet. They can always show one later.

 

[DrifloonEmpire]

Reptar doesn't have a stage yet. They can always show one later.

I know, it's just a bold assumption to make. Nobody predicted a third Avatar rep before Omashu was revealed, and much of the April/Shredder speculation came from having three TMNT stages. Those were both based on solid evidence. Whereas this is just kinda out of nowhere.

 

[Opossum]

I know, it's just a bold assumption to make. Nobody predicted a third Avatar rep before Omashu was revealed, and much of the April/Shredder speculation came from having three TMNT stages. Those were both based on solid evidence. Whereas this is just kinda out of nowhere.

It's anecdotal but I was absolutely predicting a third Avatar character up until we knew there were going to be two character announcements at Gamescom. I stopped then because I figured the announcements were Aang and Korra and it would've been odd to reveal two but not three...only for it to be CatDog and April with Omashu implying a third rep anyway lol.

I always thought we'd get Zuko with a chance of it being Toph instead, though since Omashu I've been leaning more towards Toph, but it could still be Zuko.

 

[ivanlerma]

I know, it's just a bold assumption to make. Nobody predicted a third Avatar rep before Omashu was revealed, and much of the April/Shredder speculation came from having three TMNT stages. Those were both based on solid evidence. Whereas this is just kinda out of nowhere.

Most likely from a few people believing loud house(and ren & stimpy) would get three characters since they are popular similar to Spongebob, TMNT, and probably Avatar.

 

[DrifloonEmpire]

It's anecdotal but I was absolutely predicting a third Avatar character up until we knew there were going to be two character announcements at Gamescom. I stopped then because I figured the announcements were Aang and Korra and it would've been odd to reveal two but not three...only for it to be CatDog and April with Omashu implying a third rep anyway lol.

I always thought we'd get Zuko with a chance of it being Toph instead, though since Omashu I've been leaning more towards Toph, but it could still be Zuko.

If it were Ba Sing Se I'd definitely make a case for Zuko there since he has connections to it, though a more general Earth Kingdom stage like Omashu definitely leans Toph for me.

...or we could just get King Bumi instead! I mean his whole shtick IS making us think differently than we normally do! XD

 

[Wario Bros.]

Well we now know that there weren't any hidden characters inside the obvious silhouettes.

Now we truly know 19 characters (20 if Ren & Stimpy are separate)

 

[Mamboo07]

Reptar doesn't have a stage yet. They can always show one later.

Watch it be the Rugrats playpen with the babies not being fighters.

 

[Guynamednelson]

I’m with Nelson on this one
I was hoping for someone not initially noticeable to be on the box art, especially between Stimpy and Spongebob, but oh well haha

I know he was already revealed but I expected what turned out to be Stimpy's tongue to be Zim shouting.

 

[CapitaineCrash]

Considering that the dev said themselves that they have big biais for 1990 and early 2000's cartoon, I personnally don't think we'll get a third Loue house rep even if the show is pretty big.

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

Considering that the dev said themselves that they have big biais for 1990 and early 2000's cartoon, I personnally don't think we'll get a third Loue house rep even if the show is pretty big.

There's always DLC for that. Just gotta make sure the demand for it is there.

 

[FreeFox]

PAX was mentioned, I believe.

When is Pax?

A for the duo discussion. I kinda hope they are our duo character for the game. My main reasoning is that the more gimmicky characters are the ones that havemt been revealed yet. I think all the rest have some sort of gimmick to themselves. My main reason is for different styled gameplay though its just my guess.

 

[WahHahaha]

So it appears that there are only 2 characters that we don't know about now.

I'm betting on another Spongebob character, probably Squidward and then probably another TMNT character. Chances aren't too good for Jimmy Neutron in the base game.

 

[Quick Gaming (QG)]

GameMill dropped this on Twitter! Actual gameplay info!