Agumon
Chance: 7% - Heihachi stands strong as the obvious next Bandai Namco choice, which alone is a massive blow to Agumon’s chances. Even if we were to get a third character from them, there’s Tales, Soul Calibur, and other series to compete with. If we get to three characters, I think Agumon might get some extra attention due to the rivalry with Pokémon and Smash’s predilection for making those dream matches come true. But, I don’t see us getting three Namco characters anytime soon, and Tales in particular seems to be much better poised for the spot considering the Lloyd Mii costume.
Want: 90% - As someone who lived through the playground Pokémon vs. Digimon wars, this would be almost as big of a rivalry realized as Mario and Sonic. He’s not my most wanted, but if we got a trailer where the Smash logo sliced in and the Digimon intro theme started playing, I’d lose my mind with hype.
Predictions
Dark Samus: 8.56% - Not lookin good for this dark doppelgänger. Unless the “Baby Metroid in Fed Force was cloned from Dark Samus” theory is correct, her time in the franchise is done now. This is probably her last chance to make it in, but people seem pretty pessimistic on her.
Sylux: 9.21% - Even though he’s not been voted on yet, Sylux is already a strong contender for “most overrated” in my book. Aside from cameos, he’s not even done anything yet that puts him above the level of the other hunters, yet I see higher prediction scores all around for him than Dark Samus. If there’s debate about Spring Man and Rex being too soon, then Sylux should be dead in the water considering we haven’t even seen GAMEPLAY of the title he’s getting his big break in. Tomorrow’s going to be... interesting, for sure.
Nominations
Lara Croft x 5 - Since Scorpion doesn’t seem like he’ll make it in time for E3, I’ll pause on him for now and help that Lara Croft dream come true.