You know what?
I realise this is a place primarily of core Nintendo/Smash fans and so that's why these "Smash rosters with arbitrary rules that make the roster 100% worse" games come up a lot (when it isn't Pokémon speculation).
But you know, there is something else that I'm surprised nobody has brought up yet for speculation.
The Sonic 25th Anniversary Party is happening in about 2 days from now.
We got a 4-5 hour stream that is touted as the place where "the Future of Sonic will be revealed". That's a pretty big deal, especially considering what year this is for Sonic.
So what do you think will be revealed?
My predictions (brief note - I'm not saying all of these things are likely to happen at once. I just think they all are possible, and we could get just one of them, all of them, or anything in between):
-Something related to Sonic Boom. Most likely Season 2 trailer, and maybe something related to Fire & Ice, like a new feature for the game, or maybe even a demo being released after the show.
-Something about the Sonic movie. I don't think a trailer is that likely, at least not a very expansive one. At most, I'd expect like, a 20 second teaser that doesn't actually have footage from the movie. Realistically though, I think they will show some screenshots of it, reveal some of the people working on it, and maybe go into the concept of the movie, like the setting and characters.
-Sonic merchandise, of course. I expect the First4Figures Sonic 25th Anniversary statue, as well as possibly their upcoming Silver the Hedgehog statue, will both be revealed with a physical prototype model. And I think there will be some new stuff in general from other companies.
-More details on Sonic's appearance in LEGO Dimensions. Showing off what comes in his Level Pack, and some gameplay.
-I think it's possible that the SEGA mobile RPG will be shown off here. Sonic will most likely have a heavy presence in that game and they literally just teased it this week so it makes sense.
-Crush 40 concert is confirmed, and I think they will debut a new song from the new Sonic game. Remember how Johnny said him and Jun were confirmed to do music for the new game, but deleted the tweet after?
-And of course, the new main series/25th Anniversary game. I will be honest, I am hard pressed to predict exactly what it will be. There's literally
nothing to go off. The most I can say is that I think it will be something totally new. I essentially this is gonna be another case like Unleashed, where they have something really ambitious and massive in scale, and it will, to some degree, be a new gameplay formula. And as much as I want more playable characters (at least Tails and Knuckles for now), I think another Sonic-only game is most likely, especially since Aaron Webber hinted at this.
-I also think it's possible we will get announcements of either Sonic remasters or spin-offs. I think a PC port of Heroes or Colours is very plausible as both were name dropped as titles SEGA was "heavily considering" porting to PC (Heroes also does actually have an old PC port already). They also name dropped Unleashed, but stated it was "still being assessed as to whether or not it's realistically possible". Either way, Unleashed is the one I really want to see. Colours would be nice too, but it doesn't need it as badly (it's already universally well-received for the most part) and I don't think they could fix that game's problems through a remaster since they are more inherent to the game. I think another Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing game is also possible.
-Also a trailer for Big's Big Fishing Adventure 3.
-Something completely unexpected.
-More memes. Live memeing.
EDIT: An image from Tracker that sums up my predictions pretty well.