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I absolutely love Smt. I would rather have Demifiend from smt nocturne but I'd be happy with the smt v protag too. I don't think it's gonna be either though.
This too. Whoever is added is the character that will end the biggest crossover of all times. And will be hated for that reason alone.
Porky would generate the most salt because he is an ugly and obese repulsive 13 y/o instead of a beautiful anime person
Being ignored in Smash speculation is a good sign when looking at most of the DLC fighters.
However, Porky's a special case since his series is always getting ignored by Nintendo. It's at a point where "leakers" mention Earthbound, they'll say fake immediately.
The series got new releases on the virtual consoles from 2015 to 2017 and ended up as the best selling games on it. It's not really getting ignored, the franchise is over, of course it won't get as much focus as Mario or Zelda, but it's not ALWAYS ignored.
Yea Earthbound stages and characters are used a lot in character trailers
I'm expecting more a September reveal. They managed to reveal the characters in a two/three months pattern up until now, and it would easily fall into the September direct we always get.
I have a feeling the wait is going to be longer than usual. Sakurai doesn't usually give us a heads up about a long wait like he did with today's presentation. I wouldn't be surprised if things end at the Game Awards.
We will see, because if the wait is really at the Game Awards, that would have been the longest wait for the DLC, not even Min-Min and Byleth would have gotten such a long wait, and that possibly was because of the COVID.
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Honestly it's more suffering to realize that Porky has a 99% chance of being forgotten. No fighter and no spirit. Hopefully the last character is the supposed "bonus fighter"
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You are so smart. I didn't even realize that.The first tournament event after Kazuya's reveal is... drum rolls
"Born in the 2010s" which features characters who first appeared between 2010 and 2019.
While this is not a "hard" disconfirmation, it would be bizarre on their parts to make a tournament on this theme NOW if they intended to add a character from this era in a few months.Born in the 2010s
Born in the 2010s was an Event Tourney. It ran from 6 a.m. on July 2, 2021 to 6 a.m. on July 5, 2021. During the event, only characters and stages that originated from games released during the 2010s could be used.
Sure, just after Kazuya and the Heihachi mii costume debacle, it's up to debate, but in this case they had more than a year of difference.
Yes, we had tournaments themed after the 80s, 90s and 2000s, however the next few fighters released after each event were not related to these.
I do think it helps narrowing down the next fighter.
I don't know if it's being smart, but I do find it useful for speculation's sake.
Idk, all of FP1 feel like brand new choices picked for after the base game roster concluded (minus Byleth).
Agree with this sentiment. For a fact, Rex and an Arms character would have been added to the base game if their games had been released earlier, but the Switch's timing didn't allow that, and instead of fixing this mistake during the first pass, they did so during the second one. Which is why I do hold the belief that spirits are still a huge blow, if not a straight wall to a character; the only two exceptions to this rule are characters from games that Sakurai outright stated they were considered for the base roster. It's also shown by the Xenoblade 2 and Arms spirits being among the last spirits added in the game according to datamining, probably due to Sakurai not being certain having the occasion to make a second pass. These two obvious additions -after the fact, but retrospectively, they are- are out of the way, and with the latest tournament, it's sure we won't get anyone new to promote a Switch game. This is a huge help, that eliminates a ton of concurrence. Even characters introduced in Skyward Sword and onwards for the Zelda franchise are out, Splatoon as a whole too, Bayonetta, Xenoblade...
Dang it. Octoling is my runner-up if it isn’t Porky…
Sure, it's all theorizing in the end, and Sakurai as well as Nintendo do what they want. We saw that with Heihachi that appeared as a costume before despite Kazuya appearing later in the pass.
If they wanted to do another "plant" then why would they save it for last instead of putting him first.Agree with this sentiment. For a fact, Rex and an Arms character would have been added to the base game if their games had been released earlier, but the Switch's timing didn't allow that, and instead of fixing this mistake during the first pass, they did so during the second one. Which is why I do hold the belief that spirits are still a huge blow, if not a straight wall to a character; the only two exceptions to this rule are characters from games that Sakurai outright stated they were considered for the base roster. It's also shown by the Xenoblade 2 and Arms spirits being among the last spirits added in the game according to datamining, probably due to Sakurai not being certain having the occasion to make a second pass. These two obvious additions -after the fact, but retrospectively, they are- are out of the way, and with the latest tournament, it's sure we won't get anyone new to promote a Switch game. This is a huge help, that eliminates a ton of concurrence. Even characters introduced in Skyward Sword and onwards for the Zelda franchise are out, Splatoon as a whole too, Bayonetta, Xenoblade...
If my theory that we won't get another spirit upgrade is correct, what is left for Nintendo characters are, as Merengue said, Porky, but also Sylux and Adeleine. However in both of their cases their absence is definitely not on the same level as Porky. Adeleine was never in Smash at all, Sylux had a trophy and a sticker in Brawl. Porky still is the weirdest absence, that's not up to debate at this point every single assist trophies and bosses made an appearance as a spirit. The closest are Bonsly, Gulpin and Weavile who were Pokéballs in Brawl and don't appear as spirits. However, they also didn't appear in Smash for Wii U nor 3DS, contrary to Porky and the King P statue.
Of course, the issue is that the final character might be from another company, which is not to be excluded. But I do hope the last slot is our "Piranha Plant" of the second wave of DLC fighters and believe Porky fits this criteria.
Also, did you notice that all the unique new Nintendo characters added in Ultimate who were not from the 2010s are all villains? Ridley, King K. Rool and Piranha Plant.
Food for thought.
Simply because it would be the best moment to add the new Plant. Piranha Plant is a DLC fighter, sure, but at the same time is an exception as it is not part of any pass, and arguably was the finishing touch of the Smash roster. Never planned to be in the base roster, but always planned to end the base game and start the DLC part (as shown with it being the only DLC choice that has a Palutena Guidance). Genuine leakers also told us it was already playable back in September, so it does reinforce this idea they had it planned for a long time already.
Yea but it feels so weird. The final character of the biggest crossover in history, a repulsive obese asshole 13 year old kid. He'd cause more salt than a Fire Emblem character
I wouldn’t have it any other way!
Like I said in my previous post, they initially intended to make ROB the final character after Snake and Sonic in Brawl, Duck Hunt after Megaman and Pacman in Smash Bros for Wii U, and Piranha Plant (to an extent) in Ultimate. I don't know why, but they never decide to make the final reveals the big shots.
It would be bad that people wouldn't buy the pass in the earlier because the big hitters are last and are yet to be revealed.
Probably, which is why I'm still confident that it is Porky's best (and last) chance to become playable.
